Silberman comes up short in NFL tryout

RUSH: It didn't go well for Lauren Silberman. We told you about Lauren Silberman last week. Lauren Silberman tried out for the National Football League in a regional combine over the weekend. She wanted to be a female kicker. So she showed up at the

MIT alumna Lauren Silberman had high hopes of becoming the first female in the NFL. After her two kicks at the New York Jets' practice facility totaled a combined 32 yards, however, those dreams were swiftly dashed–and the aftermath splayed to the

Lauren Silberman '10 was interviewed by NFL.com. Click for video. MIT alumni are known for a “do-anything” mindset but Lauren Silberman SM '10 may have set the loftiest goal yet. Despite not playing on the football team at

RUSH: It's not about whether you can or can't. It's how much you want to, and how famous you can be for trying, and how much credit you can get for trying. Whether you can do it or not doesn't matter. And we applaud her.

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