This is a nice piece:
Rough and ready
Iowa DE Roth has power, toughness and desire to succeed at next level
By Chris Neubauer
April 22, 2005
Matt Roth
Matt Roth doesn’t want to scare people, just intimidate them.
But scare is what the 6-3, 280-pound Roth often did to college opponents and even teammates.
Listen to this Roth tale told by the man, the myth himself in the chilly, dimly lit basement of his parents’ sprawling Oak Brook, Ill., home just west of Chicago. This Rothian tale, like so many involving the former Iowa defensive end, takes place on the serene Hawkeyes’ practice fields and involves a Roth vs. Unsuspecting Offensive Lineman showdown.
“Last year (an offensive tackle) that was a junior, we were about to go up and do a pass-rush drill. He got real nervous,†Roth said. “I’m getting down in my stance. They’re about to call the cadence and he passed out. He got so nervous. It was going to be his chance to start that week and then he got a little more nervous when he saw it was me in the pass rush.
“I’ve had some easy paths to the quarterback, but that didn’t seem right.â€Â
Neither did the time when Roth ripped the facemask off the helmet of Raiders OT Robert Gallery  the No. 2 overall pick in the 2004 draft  at an Iowa practice.
“I was trying to shed a block and then he grabbed my pads and must have grabbed my facemask on accident. He pulled me to the ground so I threw a punch at him. The next thing I know we’re rolling around. I just grabbed something. I went to yank off his helmet and his facemask  the bolts popped off and off came the facemask,†Roth said while demonstrating the tearing motion he used with his 11-inch hands  third largest at the NFL Scouting Combine.
“The rest is history. It popped off pretty easy. I had to sit out a few plays,†he said. “Even afterward me and Gallery were fine. We were laughing about it. It was in good fun.â€Â
Yeah, it’s all fun and games until someone’s facemask gets ripped off.
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Rough and ready
Iowa DE Roth has power, toughness and desire to succeed at next level
By Chris Neubauer
April 22, 2005
Matt Roth
Matt Roth doesn’t want to scare people, just intimidate them.
But scare is what the 6-3, 280-pound Roth often did to college opponents and even teammates.
Listen to this Roth tale told by the man, the myth himself in the chilly, dimly lit basement of his parents’ sprawling Oak Brook, Ill., home just west of Chicago. This Rothian tale, like so many involving the former Iowa defensive end, takes place on the serene Hawkeyes’ practice fields and involves a Roth vs. Unsuspecting Offensive Lineman showdown.
“Last year (an offensive tackle) that was a junior, we were about to go up and do a pass-rush drill. He got real nervous,†Roth said. “I’m getting down in my stance. They’re about to call the cadence and he passed out. He got so nervous. It was going to be his chance to start that week and then he got a little more nervous when he saw it was me in the pass rush.
“I’ve had some easy paths to the quarterback, but that didn’t seem right.â€Â
Neither did the time when Roth ripped the facemask off the helmet of Raiders OT Robert Gallery  the No. 2 overall pick in the 2004 draft  at an Iowa practice.
“I was trying to shed a block and then he grabbed my pads and must have grabbed my facemask on accident. He pulled me to the ground so I threw a punch at him. The next thing I know we’re rolling around. I just grabbed something. I went to yank off his helmet and his facemask  the bolts popped off and off came the facemask,†Roth said while demonstrating the tearing motion he used with his 11-inch hands  third largest at the NFL Scouting Combine.
“The rest is history. It popped off pretty easy. I had to sit out a few plays,†he said. “Even afterward me and Gallery were fine. We were laughing about it. It was in good fun.â€Â
Yeah, it’s all fun and games until someone’s facemask gets ripped off.
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