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Football Player Collides With Child In The Stands

By Jamie Burch

CAUGHT ON CAMERA The player picked up the crying boy, hugged him and made sure he was alright. Football Player Collides With Child In The Stands

Published: Fri, October 31, 2008 - 2:59 pm Last Updated: Fri, October 31, 2008 - 3:33 pm

Football is a violent sport and nasty collisions happen every game. But they usually happen on the field, not in the stands.

During Thursday night's game between the University of Cincinnati and South Florida, Bearcat wide receiver Mardy Gilyard collided with a little boy in the stands.

Early in the second quarter, Gilyard caught the ball in the back of the endzone on a 31 yard pass play. But he couldn't stay in bounds and he couldn't stop either. The 6'1", 180 pound wide receiver flipped into the stands and landed on a pint size fan.

Shocked by the unexpected collision, the little boy started crying. Before returning to the field, Gilyard stopped to make sure the kid was okay. He even gave him a hug.

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David Rencher Says:

Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 10:19 am

The Indian Head Test Card was a black and white television test pattern which was introduced in 1939 by RCA of Harrison, New Jersey as a part of the RCA TK-1 Monoscope. 20th century television later became so important socially that this purely technical electronic instrument (covertly identified as a branded industrial product) became a historical cultural icon of television’s early days as a mass medium. Its name comes from the original art of an American Indian featured on the card.

The primary and critical Indian Head Test Pattern was not itself a card. Rather, it was generated directly as a monochrome video signal by means of a monoscope camera.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head_test_card

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carl Says:

Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 7:45 am

Where did you get that old test pattern for your Avatar David Rencher? It’s been many decades ago since I’ve seen that old test pattern.I can remember those from the time when WKRG signed off at night and before they resumed regular transmitting in the morning.I would tweak the old black and white set I was watching using them to get the picture just right.No more of that now,if they get a little off now you either watch it or send it to the shop! No adjustments easy to get too.

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David Rencher Says:

Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Billydkd
sometimes there is a lag from when we encode the video and when it actually gets to our streaming server.

Sorry for the delay.

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Billydkd Says:

Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:03 pm

I have it if you look at my post time 4:21 and then Last Updated: Fri, October 31, 2008 - 4:33 pm. So they had to fix it.

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Opinionwriter Says:

Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Props to this guy for caring about this kid. Those seats are way too close to the field which puts the fans and players at risk for injury.
Billydkd, you might want to try installing the latest flash player. The videos work quite well for me.
- http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

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Billydkd Says:

Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:21 pm

Go figure the video never works.

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