Halfbacks dance and halfbacks flirt, while linemen crawl and eat dirt. When game time comes, backs run the ball. When glory comes, they get it all. But if 100 yards they gain, it's through the linemen's sweat and pain. While halfbacks cry when they see blood, linemen hide it under mud. Some backs have moves and others speed, but spirit's all a lineman needs. Backs are good and some are fine, but they'd be nothing without the line. A halfback loves and then he weds, but linemen only love their sleds. The fans all see halfbacks run, but few see what the line has done. And that's why those who know agree, there’s half a game the fans don’t see.

"Linemen live in a world where, if someone's calling your name, it usually means you just totally screwed up"