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Unread post by NewApp » Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:21 pm

Was Bjorn Nitmo a kicker or a punter?
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Unread post by AppStateNews » Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:22 pm

NewApp wrote:
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Was Bjorn Nitmo a kicker or a punter?
Placekicker.
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Unread post by Black Saturday » Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:33 pm

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Unread post by appstate24 » Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:13 pm

Was Armanti Edwards a QB or Defensive Lineman?

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Unread post by NewApp » Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:07 pm

FWIW, I saw Bjorn play at App several times also saw his appearances on the Letterman show when Letterman tried desperately to embarrass him.
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Unread post by appfanjj » Fri Apr 07, 2023 5:28 pm

I believe he was with the NY Giants at that time?

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Unread post by NewApp » Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:02 pm

appfanjj wrote:
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I believe he was with the NY Giants at that time?


Saw him play while he was playing for Appalachian.
He would have been with the Giants when Letterman was ridiculing him (repeatedly called him Nitmo, Nitmo, Nitmo over and over again) in a condescending way, but the legendary critical hit was not when he was playing for them. Can't remember what the occasion was, however.
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Unread post by AppWyo » Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:15 pm

When Bjorn Nitmo was on David Letterman he asked him if he kicked barefooted in college and Bjorn said, "Oh no, it's too cold in Boone."

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Unread post by NewApp » Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:27 am

AppWyo wrote:
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When Bjorn Nitmo was on David Letterman he asked him if he kicked barefooted in college and Bjorn said, "Oh no, it's too cold in Boone."

Letterman mocked him many times as Bjorn appeared on Letterman's late night show on numerous occasions. Considering all that happened to Bjorn during his career and lifetime, not a darn thing was humorous.
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Unread post by AppStateNews » Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:57 am

NewApp wrote:
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AppWyo wrote:
Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:15 pm
When Bjorn Nitmo was on David Letterman he asked him if he kicked barefooted in college and Bjorn said, "Oh no, it's too cold in Boone."

Letterman mocked him many times as Bjorn appeared on Letterman's late night show on numerous occasions. Considering all that happened to Bjorn during his career and lifetime, not a darn thing was humorous.
Bjorn didn't have to agree to come on the show... He obviously enjoyed it.

But yes, nothing funny about his head trauma.
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Unread post by BUTCH1991 » Sat Apr 08, 2023 11:18 am

I never thought he was mocking him, he just liked the name.

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Unread post by Yosef84 » Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:01 pm

BUTCH1991 wrote:
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I never thought he was mocking him, he just liked the name.
That was my impression. It was all fun, not mocking. He was having fun with a name that was very unusual for American football. At the time, Bjorn's head trauma wasn't known, to interpreting Letterman's jokes based on that context seems a bit revisionist, although I do get that in retrospect it stings. His head trauma is nothing short of a tragedy.

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Unread post by BUTCH1991 » Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:08 pm

The head trauma came later in a preseason game when he was with the Falcons

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Unread post by Yosef84 » Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:26 pm

I'm aware the final concussion happened then, but my understanding was that he had had three concussions during his career and there is a cumulative effect. I'm no expert to be sure. Regardless, it wasn't an issue at the time Letterman made his jokes and that was my point.

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Unread post by Stonewall » Sat Apr 08, 2023 3:16 pm

It was all part of Bjorn's temporary celebrity.No harm ,no foul.

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Unread post by NewApp » Tue May 23, 2023 3:49 am

I already knew the answer. I was posting it to see what members knew he was a place kicker and not a punter. I saw Bjorn play on several occasions as well as seeing him on arsehole Letterman's show.
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Unread post by NattyBumppo'sRevenge » Tue May 23, 2023 2:31 pm

Speaking of kickers, I was in a week long insurance class in St Paul, Minnesota back in 2000 with Scott Norwood.

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Unread post by Rekdiver » Tue May 23, 2023 6:59 pm

He was also dating Parcells daughter.

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Unread post by McLeansvilleAppFan » Tue May 23, 2023 9:46 pm

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