This past Saturday, on the somewhat slippery tundra of the Swedish Cottage field, was the third annual Turkey Bowl. The game started out as an offensive shootout, with the teams exchanging touchdowns to bring the score to 2-2. But then Gilman showed up and, for once, things took a turn in a less offensive direction.
It was an interesting matchup, pitting the reigning MVP (Greg "Happy Feet" Goett) against this year's MVP: Timmy "Happy [?]" Gilman. Happy Feet had his hands full, but it was on defense that Gilman did most of his damage, picking off several passes and breaking up numerous others.
Despite his repeated claims that, "Summa's covering me; I can burn him all day," Linzer was unable to catch any of the easy passes thrown to him....preferring only to make shoestring and fingertip grabs.
Last, but not least, credit must go to our faithful fans: Tiffany and Cheryl. It was cold, but they kept that blanket warm and rosy.
The Mendez brothers proved excellent additions to the game, providing one of the teams with a significant advantage at the quarterback position. But it was their brother-in-law that was the most reminiscent of Sweetness. On a short pass to the left flat, Pat stretched out for a one-handed stab at mid-field. He pulled a spin move on Adam and practically danced into the endzone. Poetry.
Traci and Bev had their usual war of attrition (with Jenn taking countless snaps when various injuries reared their heads and required medication); happily, most of Traci's in game injuries affected only her liver. Credit must be given to the Wife, however, for the best pass rush of the day. Late in the game, her team was clinging to a narrow lead and reeling yet another one of Big Poppa's shiv-like kick off returns. On the next play from scrimmage, Traci drops back into coverage against Bev; nobody was rushing the quarterback, so Traci passes her coverage off to the safety and comes free on the corner blitz. This took everybody (and I mean everybody) by surprise, including the quarterback who, rather than avoiding the blitzing defender, lofted a pass into the middle of the coverage. The pass was picked off; but, rather than taking it to the house, the overzealous safety ran to hug the Wife and tell her how proud he was of her. Needless to say, although his flag was still in his pocket, a foul was called and he was ruled down (and ridiculed) at the spot of the interception.
Last, but not least, credit must go to our faithful fans: Tiffany and Cheryl. It was cold, but they kept that blanket warm and rosy.
The Mendez brothers proved excellent additions to the game, providing one of the teams with a significant advantage at the quarterback position. But it was their brother-in-law that was the most reminiscent of Sweetness. On a short pass to the left flat, Pat stretched out for a one-handed stab at mid-field. He pulled a spin move on Adam and practically danced into the endzone. Poetry.
Traci and Bev had their usual war of attrition (with Jenn taking countless snaps when various injuries reared their heads and required medication); happily, most of Traci's in game injuries affected only her liver. Credit must be given to the Wife, however, for the best pass rush of the day. Late in the game, her team was clinging to a narrow lead and reeling yet another one of Big Poppa's shiv-like kick off returns. On the next play from scrimmage, Traci drops back into coverage against Bev; nobody was rushing the quarterback, so Traci passes her coverage off to the safety and comes free on the corner blitz. This took everybody (and I mean everybody) by surprise, including the quarterback who, rather than avoiding the blitzing defender, lofted a pass into the middle of the coverage. The pass was picked off; but, rather than taking it to the house, the overzealous safety ran to hug the Wife and tell her how proud he was of her. Needless to say, although his flag was still in his pocket, a foul was called and he was ruled down (and ridiculed) at the spot of the interception.
At the end of four quarters, it was good guys 13 and bad guys 10 (ish). And another Turkey Bowl was in the books. Much to Donovan McNabb's surprise (or perhaps as he may have expected), the players decided to play a fifth quarter...at the usual watering hole, Firehouse. Speaking of quarters...nevermind.
"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever." - Shane Falco
2 comments:
MMMMMMMMMMM.... Candlelight.... MMMMMMMMMMMMM
I do not think McNabb couldn't play quarters. he always fo9lds under pressure
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