Is 'The World's Longest Basketball Shot' Legit?

[Furtherman]

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There is a video circulating right now in which a guy tosses a basketball from the third deck of an 82,000-seat football stadium down to the playing field and right into the hoop.

Fake, right? Any Web-savvy person would come to that conclusion before even watching the tape. But so far the latest exploit of "Dude Perfect," a collective of six Texas A&M students who film themselves making amazing basketball shots, has baffled video experts, who can find no evidence of edits. This isn't the first time "Dude Perfect" has achieved notoriety. Earlier this year their trick-shot-making skills were featured on "Good Morning America."

The stadium shot alone has now garnered over two million YouTube views, which will benefit the children, as the collective has promised to sponsor a child through the charity Compassion International for each 100,000 views they get.

[A.J.]

It pales in comparison to these:

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[Snoogans]

they had these guys on ESPN, they said it took them about half hour of throwing balls at the hoop. I vited no but the more I hear and see, the more I think they did actually do it

[topless_mike]

i hate the fact that we are at the point where some shit like this goes down, and right away we jump to debunk it.

[Aggie]

I can't see the video but the Aggie honor code is "Aggies don't lie, cheat or steal."

So of course it's real. :king:

[JerseyRich]

I can't see the video but the Aggie honor code is "Aggies don't lie, cheat or steal."

So of course it's real. :king:

FYI. He's white.

[Aggie]

FYI. He's white.

Duh, the code wouldn't apply to those other people.

[Contra]

Duh, the code wouldn't apply to those other people.

Mexicans?

[sailor]

Mexicans?

italians

[PapaBear]

I don't see why it wouldn't be real. As long as you can throw it that far, anyone could make it, if they tried enough times.

[asayresk]

It pales in comparison to these:

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Now Im starving.

[OGC]

I can't even say for sure that it went through the hoop.