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Best College Athletics Commercial Ever

Article by Alex Rosenthal

January 28, 2012 at 6:27 pm

Does your school’s golf team have a girl who hits a golf ball so hard the Eiffel Tower falls over? What about a guy who hits a baseball so far the moon shits itself in terror? No? How about a soccer player who kicks a ball hard enough to explode, then reappear in Italy to align the Tower of Pisa?

Best College Athletics Commercial Ever

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