Hold on a minute, let me dust the cobwebs off this thing.

Welcome back to DC Gay Flag Football. Its been a month since Salt Lake City, "Girl down," Pattie Mac's throw me the f**king ball standing 5 yards out of bounds, and Trainwreck going offsides after reminding everyone the snap count was on 2. After one week off, its been three of weeks of football.

Not being there the first week, I can't comment on that game, but we've had some good football in the two weeks I've been out. One thing I've noticed is how much the level of play has improved with two teams representing DC in the tournament.

Two weeks ago we had a lot of newcomers to the game, the scores were blowouts, but the attitude was good and the games were fun despite the score. The play I remember most of all was Marlon rushing the passer, blocking the pass, catching the loose ball and returning it for a touchdown.

This past week, the word on everyone one's tired lips was DE-FENSE! The second game stretched to 1 hour and 50 minutes, only ending at 30-24 after a defensive deflection ended Tony's drive to tie it up at 1:50p there was a lack of will and advil to continue the game to 32. To give you an idea of the defensive intensity, there were 4 possessions back to back to back to back where the offensive team turned the ball over on downs. That made for a string of 6 or so possessions without a score from either team, that's got to be some kind of modern day record.

My flag pull to stop Tony's scramble on 4th and 7 at 5 yards was matched by Craig's pull on the other side to end a Dark drive. Typical of the day, after Craig's 5 yard pass turned into a 60 yard run down field to put White on the 8 yard line. Tony threw up a rare interception to Kevin in the corner.

Marlon led the Dark team's offense with his vaunted 2 play, err, 2 formation system. Kevin took the reins to throw a couple of TD, and superstar Brandon (the white Marlon) also chipped in. JJ was solid and open all day hauling in 10 of 11 balls thrown his way. I scored my share of TD's with a couple of nice catches...

Frankly, I can't remember anything that happened, too tired, too little oxygen to the brain. Post your highlights in the comments section.

The newcomers showed some solid contributions too in the past couple of weeks:
* Lloyd scored the game winning conversion in the first game only to rush off to his waiting posse.
* Andy shook off his hang-over and aging body to show some good flag pulling (why does he end up on the ground after EVERY pull) and was a solid short target in the second game death match.
* Brian took on quarterbacking white and displayed a good arm throwing a nice intermediate and deep ball.

Its just good to get out there and start the real football season. Some pictures two follow tonight.

I write this sitting at home watching Ghostbusters. I just returned from a very fun filled weekend in Chicago at the first Pride Bowl. First of all thanks to all the Pride Bowl organizers, it was a great tournament a lot of fun, thanks to the other teams and the refs.

The Monuments & Metros both sent teams to the 12 team tournament.

I won't go into all the deals of each game, I'm too old, too tired (Jim sweet talked me into joining the boys at Sidetracks), and frankly I can barely remember what day of the week it is:

The Monuments finished 3rd with a 4-1 record. I think everyone would agree that it was a lot of fun, and I heard repeatedly talk of how close the team was, and how much everyone felt we were all on the same page. Tony spurred the offense, with like a gazzlion TD's (more than the tournament MVP from the Champion San Diego Bolts -- as he pointed out to me) and only one INT. John Williams' relentless rush keyed a relentless Defense, I think we totaled about 10 Int's and had 2-3 more dropped. Burton lead the team with 4 INT's.

Who can forget the driving rain storm, or Allscott's (Best Gay Quarterback) kinda floating wobbly duck of a pass to Shane, Williams going up against Stacy, Jim's 3 sideline plays, Marlon's and Burton discussing who was going to field a punt over tea.

It was a good leadup to Salt Lake in the Fall, and we can see the work that needs to be done to be ready for that challenge.

The Metro's won the Rec Division. I only on watched them play once or twice (guest blogger from the Metro's anyone), but I talked with several of them, and they also commented on the sense of team they were building. I think they all were really impressed and touched by how their team came together and really stepped it up.

All in all it was a fun weekend, I got some dancing in, after 5 games in 2 days, I'm not sore at all, and it was a good tuneup for Salt Lake.

No game this weekend.

Softball has begun to play.

The field thanks us.

Thirteen hardy souls showed up on an overcast and cool spring morning this past Sunday to play a spirited game.

The Black team was almost a carbon copy of the 2nd place tournament team with Brandon, Tony, Adam & Greg. The White team was led by Patrick as their QB, included the likes of Jay, JB, & Tim. Playing 6-6 with a permanent defender the were a couple of INT's. Patrick threw an absolute duck to Adam, and Brandon had one go off his receiver's hands which Tim snatched out of the air.

The game was back and forth. JB who was beaten one play earlier by Brandon found his way deep a couple of times, and he also took a lateral from Patrick to throw a long (really it was straight up and straight down) bomb to a sliding Joe. He was probably White's player of the week.

Black was constantly ahead, but White refused to quit. A nice fade from Brandon to me in the corner, over tough defense by Tim, put Black up 33-25. White had one last chance to tie. A quick bomb to JB put them 10 yards and a two point conversion from making the score 33-33.

But alas, White who was 0-5 on two point conversions on the day could not convert, giving Black a hard fought 33-31 win.

At least, that's the way I remember it. I'm sure in Brandon's version he did more.

Compare these lists:

Kevin C, Burton, Adam, Brandon, Brad N, Craig, Jim, Bob, Marc, Tim, and Marlon = 11

Kevin C, Adam, Brandon, Craig, Tim, and Marlon

+

Burton, Brad N, Jim, Bob, Marc

= 11


Now looking over these lists, which 6 people do you think showed up to play (rain or shine) as promised and which 5 were MIA?

The 2008 Spring Tournament ended with a Bang not a Whimper.

With no love in the polls, a 0-2 record on the field, and starting Week 2 playing the presumptive favorite (the team voted most likely to win), the deck seemed stacked against Victor's White team.

They took a 10 point lead at the half against Tim's Red Juggernaut, then held on against a 5 play last ditch drive to win the game 39-38.

Facing Greg's Black team who used a tough defense to overcome JJ's Green team, they jumped out to an early lead on Patrick's INT of a tipped Tony pass. The game stayed close, and black finally went ahead on a extra point by one point 39-38 with 2 minutes to go.

Then White showed the quality that I believe won the the tournament for them -- the ability to make a play happen when they needed it. Here's the funny thing, it wasn't always Burton or Sparrow making the plays happen, it seemed like a truly team effort. A Sam INT for a TD against Tim's Red Juggernaut, Victor running over the middle for a 4th down conversion, Patrick scrambling to buy time and finding the open man, Uncle Bobby making people miss to score a key TD. Everyone made plays when White needed a play.

Against Black in the Championship, it was Patrick finding Sam streaking deep through the middle to give White the lead. Black had its chance and moved down the field, with the remaining time, and 5 plays, but fell 20 yards short of tying the game.

I was trying to think of a tournament MVP, but I wasn't sure who that would be. What do you think? What were the keys to White's victory? Post your thoughts in the comments

As the 2008 Spring Tournament winds down I also wanted to thank the team captains and Charlie for their effort, and JJ for hosting the fun post-tournament extravaganza.

Hail the victors -- Victor's White team.

A Cinderella story if there ever was one.

More tournament recap to come, but this is all I got time for now. See you at JJ's.

AFTER-TOURNAMENT BBQ.
Sunday afternoon: 5:30 (Trainwreck?!!?)

WHERE: jj AND CRAIG’S HOUSE
5416 Grove Street Chevy Chase, Md 20815
(Very METRO-friendly)

Directions attached for driving or Metro. (We are right on top of the Friendship Heights Metro.) If you need more specific directions, then let me know and I’ll get them to you. My cell number is: 240-447-7832; Home landline: 301-65-5747

There’ll be Ping Pong, games and …

THERE WILL BE FOOD SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF YOU’RE COMING AND IF YOU’RE BRINGING A DATE/GUEST/TRICK/TRAMP. Please respond to this email and let me know.

Bring your own beverage. Looking forward to having everyone.

Seedings for next week:

#1 Tim (2-0)
#2 JJ (1-1) (tiebreaker over #3 for head-to-head victory)
#3 Greg (1-1)
#4 Victor (0-2)

Games for next week: #1 Tim vs. #4 Victor
#2 JJ vs. #3 Greg

Oh and of course, there's the post Tournament party @ JJ's House. Details will follow but that everyone should bring beer, wine, liquor, etc...JJ will provide all the food.

With all the games and the excitement over the weekend, I thought I'd write up some general thoughts about each team based on interviews and my observations. If you were expecting me to remember anything, then you'd be sorely mistaken.

Here are the facts:
Game #1:
JJ--41 Greg--28
Tim--32 Victor--14

Game #2:
Greg--38 Victor--33
Tim--27 JJ-13


Records:
1. Tim 2-0
2. JJ 1-1
3. Greg 1-1
4. Victor 0-2

Notes on Tim's Team:
I didn't get the chance to play against this juggernaut. But what I heard is they are a big team. Against Victor in the first game they played a max protect using John Williams, Tim, & Jonathan to bull their way to victory. Dan was efficient with his throws and the results showed in the scores. In their second note, I heard their pass rush against JJ's team, forced Jim into mistakes that sabotaged the green team's offense. As an anecdotal note, every time I looked over I saw Ari making a nice play, whether it was an INT that he was able to tip to himself or a sweet catch and tip toe into the endzone (was that a TD or not?).

Notes on JJ's Team:
Against us Jim led a balanced attack, spreading the ball around to his receivers. While Allscott didn't make an appearance at QB, he played a tough corner and sealed Green's victory over Black with a nice INT keeping Kevin in front of him all the way downfield. JJ also came up really big, with several clutch catches, scoring at the end of the half, to give Green the lead in the first game, and getting a long gain with Green's back against the endzone. Marlon proved a dangerous deep threat, stretching the field for the Green team. Joe sat out the first half of our game, claimed he couldn't see out of one eye, said he'd give it a go in the second half, then proceeded to catch the first three balls of the half. I guess he's preparing for his LA.

Notes on Greg's Team:
Tony played his normal cagey QBing. Really his only mistake was the Allscott INT, otherwise he played with his usual combination of intelligence and savvy -- even contributing some solid coaching advice on Defense. Gary put constant pressure on Jim even in the mud. Kip was pretty awesome on offense showing soft hands and catching everything thrown his way, continuing his success from a week ago. Brandon played tough defense on Marlon, and came up big in the second half against Victor's team, giving Tony a reliable target as we fought off White's comeback attempt.

Notes on Victor's Team:
The dual QB of Patrick & Bobby did a good job of finding Chad in the second half. The ever reliable Burton, who showed off his quick hips and Fred Flinstone twinkle toes for a nifty touchtown. Chad who bit bad playing middle safety much to Tony's delight, single handedly kept White in the game against Black, scoring two quick (and long TDs) that prevented Black from pulling away, and made the last moments of the 2nd half exciting. Victor put some pressure on Tony, forcing some quick throws. Wish I could remember more from our game against them, but I mostly had Chad in my face.

Questions for Next Week:
Can anyone figure out how to handle Tim & the Red team's size?
Can Black and Green play a half without arguing about the clock?
Can White find another receiver to put pressure on defenses (Sparrow anyone)?
Can Adam find a babysitter so he can play?

Stay tuned.

My Apology.

Before I posted all the good things that happened this weekend. I just wanted to take a moment, to apologize for my behavior in the first game today.

The details and explanations of what exactly happened aren't really important.

I lost control of my temper, and I'm sorry to everyone. I figure bad public behavior deserves a good public apology. Instead of being a leader, I was a goon, instead of making things better, I made them worse. I feel embarrassed and disappointed in myself.

I would like to say this will never happen again, but I know that behavior doesn't change overnight or by itself, it only changes with time and effort. So instead I want to make this promise, that I want to learn and grow from this mistake, and will try my best to not make the same one again (there are so many other mistakes just waiting for me out there).

-Adam

Let the games begin! Comment on who you think is the best team on paper. Here are the rosters, listed in ABC order by El Cap-eee-tans:

Victor's Team (White jerseys)
Bob
Brad N.
Burton
Hurd
Patrick
Robb
Sam
Chad (4/6 only) / Sparrow (4/13 only)

Greg's Team (Black jerseys)
Adam
Brad H. (4/13 only)
Brandon
Gary
Kevin S.
Kip
Steve
Tony

JJ's Team (Green jerseys)
Allscott
Jay
Jim
Joe
John L.
Kevin C. (4/13 only)
Marlon
Matt

Tim's Team (Red jerseys)
Ari
Charlie
Craig (4/13 only)
Dan
John W.
Jonathan
Mike F.
Daly (4/6 only) / Marc (4/13 only)

It was a cool early spring day. Still more guys were out in shorts than not, and the softballers were out practicing, and the guy with the cutoff sleeves who looked like Daley circa age 21 was a crowd favorite. We started with 11, then Tony strolled out at 11ish, to give us a solid 6 on 6. It was a fun day even with the short numbers, and we had two games to 32.

• Kip basically kept White in both games despite his juggle in the end zone. He torched Jon in the first game, and probably score 2-3 TD's.

• Black was led by Brandon and "One More Play" Bobby (at 12:55p, he said, I'll stick around for one more play, then left with Black needing one TD to finish the game).

• The series that epitomized the second game and maybe the entire day was a 25 minute Tony led White drive that stalled on the Black 15 yard line. The highlight of the drive was a 4th and 25 conversion Tony to Patrick that kept the drive alive for another 15 minutes.

• Tony was responsible for the worst three plays of the game, getting beat deep covering me 1 on 1, then throwing a INT (to me) on what seemed to be a timing pattern to Tim, not sure if it was QB or receiver who's timing was off. Then getting beat deep by Greg on the next play.

• I had a pretty good day, a couple of TDs, a couple of conversions (including the game winner on a nice touch pass from Brandon), an INT. Though I still gotta work on playing middle safety as Kip raced past me while I was watching the center Jon Williams. I also got the worst of it from JJ who gave me a forearm shiver to the chest, a knot on me knee and knocked me over, no more jokes about him and his ice tea, I promise (fingers crossed).

• White lost both games, and though the final score weren't close the games felt competitive and fun.

Two great games this weekend, a lot of new faces jumping in and making immediate and crucial contributions. If the level of play is this good for the tournament, its gonna be a hell of a two weeks. For those of you there, you saw me furiously scribbling down notes, looking at them now they make absolutely no sense at all. The second game we had no subs, so my memory is even worse for that. So with the usual disclaimer in mind that these are my recollections, and they are not intended to bear any resemblance to reality, here we go:

• The first game saw a White team loaded with newcomers and a dark team with old timers. Bobby came out quickly looking sharp with a TD to Marlon and then one to Burton.

• Dan took the White team down throwing a short TD to Rick, one of the new guys (Victor's brother maybe).

• At 12-6 Victor helped the Dark team hold serve knocking down Brandon's pass in the endzone. Uncle Bobby threw a 5 yard pass to his nephew Tyler, that Tyler turned up into a 80 yard streak between the safeties giving Dark an 18-6 lead.

• Tony kept White in the game with a TD making it 18-12. Then came the turning point in the game. Allscott stepped up to QB. The inevitable seemed near, and then something strange happened. Was it his hubris? Shaking his fist in God's eye one time too many? Declaring himself the "Best Gay Quarterback"? That is a question for the philosophers my friend. But on this Easter day there would be no resurrection. The highlight of his 4 and out drive was fumbling a perfect snap. It did not get any better as his ineffectiveness, let White back into the game. A Tony TD and Charlie tip-toe 2 point conversion later the score was 20-18 White.

• Dark tried to get the momentum back as Bobby took the team to the 2 yard line, but came up unsatisfied. In its darkest hour, Dark needed a hero, someone to step up and say the buck stops here. Instead of a white knight, we got our Black Brandon -- Marlon sacking the white Brandon in the endzone for a safety, tying the game at 20.

• On the next play after the kickoff, Bobby scrambled away from the rush, and found JJ (obviously having had his sweet tea that morning) for a 60 yard strike. It put Dark up 26-20. Those were the last point dark would score.

• Brandon came back from his safety, and led a two play drive to Ross (two 40 yard passes) to tie the game.

• Then Tony brought the first game to an end, finding the suddenly ever present Ross in the end zone on a 10 yard pass to seal the victory 32-26 White.

• The second game started with almost as much excitement. What's his name, outran his brother Danny from Michigan (in a guest appearance), tip-toeing down the sideline for a 70 yard score. (Ok I mean Craig ;-).)

• Allscott looking for an Easter Miracle with his cross and prayer offense, found absolution in the form of Marlon, throwing a 6 yard cross that went for a 60 yard TD run.

• The game was close. Brandon had yet another 2 play drive for a TD, making quick work of the White defense.

• The Game ended with Tony going around end on a 4th and 3 from the 50 yard line and then flipping the ball to Brandon, who took the lateral down the sideline to end the game 26-20 White.

I'm sure there's stuff I forgot, especially in the second game (no subs = no notes). Remind me in the comments section, or let us know your thoughts on the game.

Here's my recollection of events (any resemblence to the truth is purely coincidental):

• After a couple of warm March days it was raining up till Game Time. When it cleared but was windy and cold.

• We had 12 RSVP's but only 6 Real Gay's showed up: Bobby & Jim (comfortably 40 minutes late), JJ (who had set up the field), Charlie, Me & Greg. So we made an in game adjustment.

• Jim let the Monuments with calm confidence to Cafe St. Ex for Brunch.

• Charlie made the blunder of the day forgoing the most excellent Fried Green Tomato BLT for the Egg White Omelet.

• Strangest play of the day was JJ putting 6 sugars into his ice tea. He completely emptied the sugar packets on the table.

• Greg made a late run for player of the week, discovering the delicious caramel sauce that went with the Gingersnap sandwiches, but it was a late run, and all too late for the rest of us to partake as the Gingersnap sandwiches were all gone by that point.

• POTW Me. Not for my order of Fried Green Tomato BLT, which JJ and Jim also took a chance on, but rather with my dazzling order of the aforementioned Gingersnap Sandwiches in the face of tough defense from Bobby and Charlie -- demurely protecting their figures. Not too gingery with dulce de leche ice cream in between...

Well, I can't remember anything from the games, so here are my recollections from the game, any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental:

• Don't you love when its 60 degrees and sunny in March? Perfect early spring weather. That's was Saturday, today it was 40, cold and windy. Early March weather.

• Black took the early lead in the first game 18-6. Jim threw an ugly int to Burton (just for the record, I was 5 yards behind him and wide open).

• It looked like a blow out, but Brandon had the first of his two tip-toe INT's in the middle. One of which he ran back to a touchdown to the sound of Jay's quote of the day:"Oooops."

• White came back to make it 26-18. But Black had too much firepower today, Jon had 2 touchdowns on big 4th down catches and 2 sacks and certainly deserves a mention for POTW (Player of the Week).

• Welcome back to John Williams, after traveling through Dunkin Donut country, he make a nice play to stop a Tony to Burton 2 point conversion, yelling: "I know your shit...."

• Game 1 Final score 32-18 Black.

• Everyone stuck around for the second game, as we mixed up the teams.

• Black Qb's had some perfect throws -- Bobby threw a bullet right to Jim, too bad Jim was playing for the other team. Brandon had the afforementioned "Oooops" INT.

• After Burton ripped my shorts (is that a cigar Dr Frued?), the Black QB's targeted him for 80% of their passes.

• Welcome to Andrew who had a nice catch on a 2-point conversion in the second game.

• Black's mistakes were too much to overcome, a nice catch by Kevin, and a beautiful catch and throw from Tony to Jim, sealed the win for White 26-12.

Two Thrillers, Each Ending On Final Play

The first game was a back and forth affair, with the White team, generaled by Uncle Bobby and Tony the Trickster, who for once was completely sober, moved the chains time after time. The Dark team also had a capable set of quarterbacks in Danny Dangerous, PJ and Trainwreck. Each team also had an out of the mainstream QB who each had perfect QB ratings, 1 throw – 1 TD. Charlie started it off, when he came in motion behind the QB, took the toss and chicken winged himself into touchdown lore, when Burton caught a perfectly thrown ball that Charlie later termed “crap.” Apparently he has hired standards for himself than a 158.3 rating. On White’s team, QB Steve “The Daddy,” made good of his one series, calling a beautiful play to Shane “The MacDaddy” for a TD.

The end of the game was dramatic, with Uncle Bobby having put the White team on top 32-25, with the Dark team getting one last chance. Trainwreck drove the team down, all the way to about the White’s 20 before stalling. I will add (and this is just for you Joe) that I broke up the 4th down attempt to Charlie. Maybe my hand was there a bit early and maybe it wasn’t…White wins 32-25.

The second game was even closer. Both teams were efficient, and at the end of regulation, the game was tied. So, we implemented a take on the college over time rules, giving each team the ball on the 20 with 4 downs to score. Three breath-taking overtimes later, on a play apparently designed by Brian “I’m a cheater Belichick” Hurd, Charlie ran a misdirection into the endzone for a Dark team victory.

Two close games last week, the second one ending with a pop.

The first game saw two potential Players of the Week performing well together on the same team, but losing. All-Scott got the first jump to claiming back to back POTW honors by grabbing a pass intended for Trainwreck and thrown by Dan and gaining possession for the White team. All-Scott also used his patented Mike Martz type play calling (you all know it by now, it's almost as genius as Marlon's 2 play system) to perfection, throwing for TD after TD, one of which Uncle Bobby twisted and turned all the way to the house. Uncle Bobby also is due some POTW mention due to his quarterbacking as well - ad libbing on a play back to me for a touchdown early on. White dominated the beginning part of the game, up 14-0.

The QB combo of Trainwreck and Dan marched the Dark team back, however. Charlie led the team by beating a much younger, much better looking Brandon (thas me) time after time after time. One touchdown saw him catch a ball over my outstretched arms, and jog backwards down the field waiting patiently for Chip's block while the rest of my team watched and laughed. Ya gotta love teamwork.

In the end, both teams had a chance to win. All-Scott drove the White team down the field for a score, taking a 33-26 lead, but we could not convert what would have been the game-ending 2 point conversion. The Dark team drove back down the field, scoring and then converting their 2 point try when Trainwreck connected with Marc to win the game, keeping Tony's completely defeated streak for 2008 alive.

Before Game 2, we counted off and mixed up the teams. This time the White team, QB'd by Dan and Trainwreck, jumped out to an early lead. However, the game ended prematurely when Marc, after intercepting a pass and beginning to head down field, came down hard on his ankle. He has since gone to the hospital and will be out 3-4 weeks. Get well Marc...we look forward to seeing you back out there soon.

-- Posted by Brandon

George vs. Abe vs. Allscott

George is the better athlete of the two, a more natural leader and playcaller. He can make big plays, and he has a knack for avoiding or minimizing big mistakes.

Abe is ferocious on the rush, where his size is near impossible to stop. But his attitude can be questionable, and he doesn't always come to play. He's runs a mean fade pattern and his big hands make him a solid receiver to throw to.

Allscott is simply the best gay quarterback around.

What do you think?

I can never remember what happens in a game. It really slows down the blogging, but for lack of an outlet receiver here goes.

We had an even 14 guys show up for a spirited 7 on 7 (the first time in a while, we've been averaging about 16+).

The White team looked shaky in the early going with Uncle Bobby trying to get into a rhythm, while the three headed QB work of Tony, Patrick and Allscott (Best Gay Quarterback for you google fans), seemed to have the Black team poised for a run away win. But after a couple of quick hits, Allscott found that God gave us two arms and one mouth for a reason. "Its too easy," Best Gay Quarterback said with a giggle, before finding out why hubris was one the seven deadly sins: An all too easy interception by me, set up the White team, and seemed to right the ship.

After that it was a well played affair. Tony struck back at Burton for his trash talking the week before finally completing a pass over his straight pal (though Burton claimed the moral victory -- he only gave up a 40 yard pass, but no TD). Burton had a couple of nice runs for TD streaking through the middle on short passes turned up for TD's.

The see-saw battle came down to the final play. Patrick led Black on its ultimate drive, score on a nifty pass and run from the eight yard line by Greg.

But, with White up 33-32, the Black team went for 2 and the win. Patrick dropped back, looking for his receiver's, couldn't find his first option, and checked down to Greg in the corner against Tim. A tight perfectly placed pass to the front corner of the end zone, Greg had good position on the defender, but couldn't haul in the pass.

That left the final score Uncle Bobby's White Team 33 - Black 32.

What did I miss? Let know in the comments section.

Not what I expected at all.

Looks like Allscott is running away with the Player of the Week vote (Allscott, how many times did you vote?).

Somebody Else is running a close second. Marlon "The Black Brandon" makes a good case for Charlie as that somebody else. I was rushing on his long TD run, I turned around and everyone was walking down field, and I was subing on his INT for a TD. So maybe I missed his play.

Is Charlie who you guys had in mind with the Somebody Else vote? Or where you thinking of another player? Who else did I miss?

I see that "Someone Else" is leading the vote count for Player of the Week. Post your comments here about who that player should be and why.

A little test of some stop motion video action. Without subs yesterday, I added some pictures form earlier this season. Enjoy.

The Grope.

The YAC.

The Catch.

The Read.

The only pass Dan threw on the day that wasn't intercepted.

The gays came out to play some football today. We had two competitive 7 on 7 games with the white team winning both. Player of the Day honors go to Burton, mostly due to his game-ending interception of Tony, as the dark team was driving down for the possible tie or win in the second game. Having talked smack most of the second game, Burton backed it up with the interception as Tony was trying to connect with JB across the middle. The white team, qb'd by Trainwreck and PJ, beat the dark team qb'd by Tony, JB (if you can call that quarterbacking), Dan and Brandon 27-20 in the second game.


The first game was close as well. Marlon, aka "black brandon," got the dark team off to a quick start when he took a quick hit from Dan all the way to the house. Trainwreck the masterminded a drive back down the field for a score. Stalled drives and interceptions hurt the dark team's chances. The game saw Charlie "The Fragile Gazelle" Salem galloping to the endzone after picking off Dan. Adam "The Bully" Strasberg attempted to keep the dark team in the game by picking off a Trainwreck pass on 4th down and taking it down the field. But it wasn't enough…the white team prevailed by 2 scores, ending with a touchdown pass to Ari over Burton. Of note, watch out in the future for "innocent" JJ. He showed us that if you get in his way you will not survive, as he slammed Trainwreck into the ground for a sack and then to protect his innocent image got up and claimed that their feet tangled. ;)

-- Posted by BrandyWhine