1) How did he get his nickname of "Rattlesnake"?

2) The guy is a monster in the weightroom, but will he see any playing time?

Kirk is strong, but very slow.

He reminds me of a pro wrestler. He even had the 'outfit'.

The guy has three al-time weightlifting records. Bench 515, Squat 680, and Incline 490. I agree that our o-line needs alot of speed but I would like to see of the o-lineman putting up numbers like John's.

Rattlesnake is my new hero. it was funny to see all the guys w/ their specialized athletic apparell and then kirk w/ his cut-off flannel shirt and jean shorts w/ the mid-shin work boots....priceless.

Kirk marches to his own drum.

Cool Dude.

I think you'll see him play on the line for fieldgoals...etc. Maybe he'll break the two deep someday. We are stacked at Guard right now... a lot of options.

isn't this his last year?

John Kirk will be a senior next season.

http://www.aggieathletics.com/bios.php?SID=MFB&PID=558&YOS=2004

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kirk may be a beast ..recently he tried to hang w/ the A&M powerlifting club and got humiliated. our football team cheats so much when it lifts... bouncing off the chest and pushing w/ its legs in the bench and doing 1/2 squats. why cant they just do it right

ME "What is the most intimidating venue that you've played in in your college career"
Nate Hybel "Thats Texas A&M at Kyle Field with their 12th Man. They couldnt even hear me in the huddle"

Connor,

I'm not disagreeing with you, just trying to be informed. I understand the bouncing thing being cheating, but pushing with their legs when they are doing bench press? How does that help you lift with your chest and triceps? It maybe changes the angle of the lift, but if the angle doesn't make it easier then I don't understand how it is cheating. As far as squats, a lot of atheletes don't go less than 90 degrees because it pushes your knees out farther than your toes. I consider 90 degrees a full squat, along with a lot of other people. Out of curiousity, what do you mean 1/2 squat?

i'm sure he did, as i'm sure anyone on the powerlifter team would get humiliated by trying to hang w/ the football team. but i think we can all agree that, based solely on his wardrobe, kirk is allsome.