College Football Beefcake in WSJ

[JustWes]

I'm Ready for My Beefcake Photo, Coach

The college-football season starts this week, meaning there's little time for coaches to make last-minute adjustments or for players to brush up on the finer points of the playbook.

It's also the last window for teams to take their preseason beefcake photos.

The official college-football team portrait, a tradition that's been around for more than a century, has long been a sober exercise. Student-athletes are encouraged to comb their hair, place their hands politely on their knees and gaze thoughtfully into the camera.

In recent years, however, the photo that goes on posters and into game programs isn't the only one the players pose for. At some schools, as many as half the players, sometimes more, will strip to their uniform pants, lather up with oil and flex their pectorals while posing with an ever-more-eclectic array of props including chains, sledgehammers, hard hats and, in one recent case, a $120,000 orange Lamborghini Gallardo. These unofficial photos aren't widely distributed. They're printed in small quantities and given to players to hand out to friends and family as evidence of their progress in physical training.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703369704575461644217303282.html

Okay, here's a bit of a tease from the article for y'all:

 

[bike10]

Let the fun begin.

 

[soulseeker]

I just barf a lil bit

 

[BearBoi]

Cow growth hormones hard at work...

 

[AlmondMilk]

The front guy is fine hah. The other picture that wasn't included is better though

 

[ChickenGuy]

I'd have the two nearest to the camera without hesitation. I love big guys.

(even if the second nearest one looks a little clueless)

And I bet you they've got really bulky, chubby backsides.

Just the way I like them.

 

[ronboy]

What's not to love about football players?

Sir Ron swoons.....