NFL Blooper of the Year

NFL Blooper of the Year in Preseason Week 1

First year, first game; first play nerves got Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Landry Jones. The heir to the Iron Curtain was drafted by the Steelers in the 4^th round to eventually take the team over after Ben Roethlisberger. NFL expert odds have the Steelers at 20 to 1 to win the Super Bowl.

Jones was drafted from Oklahoma where he led the Sooners to double-digit wins in all of his seasons as the starting quarterback. With Jones at the helm, Oklahoma went 3-1 in bowl games including their Fiesta Bowl victory against Connecticut. Jones had great success at Oklahoma, totaling 16,646 yards and 123 touchdowns after following Sam Bradford.

This past week during NFL Preseason Week 1, Jones’ took the snap and ran into RB Baron Batch, which led to a fumble and a safety. The Steeler veterans are surely not going to let the rookie QB forgets his mistake until he wins his first NFL starts.

You can view the action here:

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/0ap2000000228877/Pre-WK-1-Can-t-Miss-Play-Safety-first.

Steeler’s fans know that Jones wasn’t drafted to be sitting on his behind all season long. He will start the season as the #2 but as many times as Big Ben gets sacked NFL experts would say it’s a safe bet Mike Tomlin won’t hesitate to throw the rookie in late this season if and after the Steelers clinch.

Jones proved in his college career that he is an accurate passer, completing over 60 percent of his passes every season as a starter. His outstanding bowl record shows that he has the intangibles, and the ability to win the big games. He has the ability to throw the deep ball and has great football knowledge and understanding of defenses.

Jones a traditional pocket passer with not much mobility, but he has good size and is able to look over the offensive line. These physical and mental attributes are what every quarterback in the NFL needs.

Now if the Steelers can only get their running game on track.

Worst Sports Flash Mob Ever

Borussia Dortmund lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich last Saturday in one of the most exciting Champions League Finals ever. What was confusing was that sports brand Puma decided to organize a flash mob for Dortmund at Stansted Airport before they flew back to Germany. There were no tumbleweeds but the Dortmund players could not have looked any less interested as they mourned the defeat. What was even more bizarre was that the song (Primal Scream's Movin' On Up from their classic Screamadelica album) was sung in English. A sign was held up that read "We're Proud Of You", also in English! Epic fail? We think so!

 

Floodlight Failure At Craven Cottage

During the Fulham v Manchester United Premier League encounter at Craven Cottage, three minutes before half-time, the floodlights spontaneously turned off. The year is 2013 and in a multi-million dollar league full of prima donnas and Russian billionaires, how can this happen?! Hilarious to hear the commentators asking their colleagues if they have ever seen this before with the constant references to Fulham not paying their electricity bill!

Man Too Stupid To Use Hat

A Texas A&M fan proves that he is stupid by a). wearing his cap backwards and b). not turning it around to shield his eyes from the sun!!

Baseball Fan Ejected From Ballpark

This has to be the biggest blooper courtesy of the Colorado police force. A fan catches a home run ball during the Arizona Cardinals-v-Colorado Rockies game and throws the ball back onto the field. Nothing unusual there right? Wrong! The police then tell him he has won a prize and eject him from the ballpark. What World Sport Bloopers love about this clip is the way the interviews tracks him on the way out and announces that he will get 2 free tickets to a ballgame back in his home town. Listen also for the commentators who tell him to "Fight the power, fight the man". Gold!

Oxford Cambridge Boat Race Disaster

ENGLAND

For everyone outside of, well Oxford and Cambridge, the annual boat race between these two English university towns is meaningless. It is a chance for two academic powerhouses to prove who really is the elite but is normally a non-event. That changed this year!

On Saturday 7th April, 2012, this race had everything. Here is the sequence of events that created one of the most hilarious and disastrous boat races in history:

- The 158th boat race starts on the River Thames, London.
- 10 minutes in both teams are neck and neck.
- An intruder is seen swimming in the river and both teams stop whilst the man is detained by police.
- The teams restart from the halfway point.
- Shortly after the restart, both boats are too close to each other and their oars clash. Oxford breaks an oar.
- Cambridge go on to win the race.
- Oxford bowman Alex Woods was so incensed at the decision no to restart again due to the broken oar, that he collapses in the back of the boat.
- It takes 5 minutes for anyone to realize that Alex is unconscious and he is rushed to hospital.
- There is no award ceremony in all the confusion.

image: cbc.ca

Hilarious Cristiano Ronaldo Celebration

SPAIN - La Liga

Real Madrid 'Casanova' Cristiano Ronaldo scores his second goal on his way to a hat-trick against Malaga. Watch as he and Marcelo celebrate by attempting something that would not be out of place in a National Lampoon movie!!



Thanks to contributor Safiyya Patel

UFC Fighter Backflip Blooper

This UFC fighter celebrates with a beautifully timed backflip...right onto his butt!



Thanks to Safiyya Patel for the video

Epic Skateboard Blooper

USA

This clip doesn't need an introduction. What we will say is that the kid who doesn't quite land the skateboard according to plan lets fly with the f'ing and blinding!!



Thanks to Safiyya Patel

Proper Way To Hurdle Blooper

Kid runs up to jump over hurdle. Kid realizes hurdle is way too high to jump over. Result...

Weightlifting Celebration Blooper

Following on from yesterday's post, Weightlifter Vomits On Jury, here we have a similarly unusual video as this weightlifter celebrates shortly before fainting!

Weightlifter Vomits on Jury

As this guy lifts his weights, the jury really couldn't have expected the reconstruction of a scene from The Exorcist:

Soccer Medics Blooper

Somewhere in Europe...

A football player lies injured on the pitch and the medics come on to stretcher him off. What happens next? Find out:



Big thank you to Jake Lawrence for sending the video

Cycling Crash Blooper

Introducing the 'BIKE OUT' - like a wipe out but with a bike:

Gymnastic Blooper

This kid looks like he's trying to impress his parents at a school gymnastics tournament. At the very last minute, he bottles it and as a result will forever be teased with lines like, "Quit horsing around" and "Have you lost your voice? You sound a little hoarse!!"

Epic Failed Tackle Attempt

Sometimes as a sports player, you just have to prove to your coach you tried your best. This American football player obviously believes this is the time to show his commitment...

American Football Fan Fail

Look out for the fan who thinks he's a cunning linguist...

Best Penalty Blooper Ever

Epic penalty fail. No more words needed:

Man Dunks Himself Through Hoop At Basketball Game

Half time at a Phoenix Suns game in the USA where fans witness arguably the most humiliating sport blooper of all time. Go to 1:42 for this epic fail:

Wrestling Fail

Wrestler attempts to body slam his opponent...but misses!



Thanks to shipmen for the clip