Physics of Football

Have you ever wondered how many G's are involved in a football tackle? University of Minnesota physics professor Dan Dahlberg breaks down a tackle from the Minnesota Cal game from earlier this football season when Gopher receiver Eric Decker gets slammed in the end zone by Cal's Sean Cattouse during a touchdown catch. Dahlberg breaks down the catch and tackle and explains how much force Decker withstood when he took the hit.

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[michael22414]

I'm a cal fan and boy, that is the toughest receiver in college, I hope he does great in the NFL.

[castusalbuscor]

How about you join the civilized world and use the Metric system! No one uses the Imperial system any more

[grunder20]

Never thought football had Physics.

[GreenmeGo]

A good touchdown

[thegreeensky]

that was a bad hit.. but still a nice game...

[nelrish24]

waw

[andrewvanderleest]

He forgot to use sig figs.

[AdognamedOp]

Kinda takes the thrill of the good hit away, that math nonsense..

[SnoweyMan111]

@manurulzz5 Why don't you do it? I won't bother. i trust him. I could go thorugh his calculations and simply put the divisions into my calculator and see if he's right. but his formula's checks out. So I won't bother no reason questinoning a professor in most cases. Id estimate it to something around what he got.

[IvelliousandValai]

@kirkferentzrocks And your Hawkeyes just lost to the Gophers...despite leading in the 4th quarter...Looks like your big tough Hawkeyes couldn't handle the Minnesota cold...And you call us soft?

[MrGish1]

@manurulzz5 It would be kinda hard without the raw data

[manurulzz5]

someone check this dudes math please