(S23) - PT 4 - The Butterfly Effect

[DrChops]

The defining moment of Hank Steel's career was during his junior year of college ball during the a game against South Texas University. Back in the day, Hank Steel played at offensive line where he was known for his ability to break the will of opposing defensive linemen. Before the game started, he overhead an offensive lineman on the other team refer to him 'going down as easy as a well done beef steak' during pregame warmups. This enraged Hank Steel for several different reasons. First, his nickname was Beefquake, not Beefsteak and he famously hated play on words. Secondly, cooking a beef steak to well done is a grave sin; if the meat is not still actively bleeding, its been cooked way too much. This caused Hank to go into a rage in which lead to him demanding to be put in on defensive snaps so he could confront this lineman.

As luck would have it, two defensive tackles on his team were badly burned from misplaced pryotechnics during the pregame introductions. This left an open slot on the defensive line that needed to be filled. Hank Steel played a remarkable game; not 'remarkable' as in 'good', but remarkable as in record breaking. In just the first quarter, Hank was penalized 6 times for unsporsman-like conduct. His offenisve line coach was so upset with this showing that he refused to ever coach Hank again, forcing him to play defense.