Week 14 Game Summary - The good news is that I think I was much more able to record details of plays. The bad news is that I did such a good job recording the details that I used up all the memory with about 6 possessions left to play. I changed the settings on the device so that I could get up to 90 minutes of recording which should be enough if I'm feeling particularly verbose in the future. I still need to do a better job recording the flags.

So on to the game: It was a cool and overcast morning. Temperatures in the upper 40s and lower 50s with a pretty steady wind from North to South for most of the game. We had 13 players including two first timers: Casey and Jared.

Teams at start:

Red: Casey, Jared, Rich, Ty, Chi, & Joe.
Yellow: Brian Zieser, Erik, Patrick, Jason Brecht, Paul, Matt Day, & Adam (Yellow subbing).

Yellow Drive 1 - Brian Zieser QB:
1-15 from the 10: TE Run with a pulling guard from Left to Right. Erik takes it 17 yards for a 1st down. Jared on the flag. This play is hereafter referred to as the Z-Run.

1-23 from the 27: Double slot receives crossing. Erik catches the ball for 10 yards and then takes it another 38 yards for a TD.

1-0, Yellow

Red Drive 1 - Jared QB:
1-15 from the 10: 5 Yard out to Casey from TE spot incomplete.
2-15: Long post pattern thrown incomplete, didn't get to who
3-15: Safety by Patrick.

1.5-0, Yellow

Yellow Drive 2 - Zeiser QB:
1-15 from the 10: Good pressure by Casey with the linemen crossing. Zeiser avoids the pressure rolling right and throws long to Paul on a post pattern that's double covered.
2-15: 8 Yard out route to Patrick thrown wide incomplete.
3-15: 14 yard out completion to Paul. Jared on the flag.
4-1: Paul running the Z Run 17 Yards for a first down. Jarad on the flag.

1-9 from the 34: 5 Yard crossing pattern to Patrick defensed by Rich on a nice defensive play.
2-9: 10 Yard completion to Patrick; flag by Jared

1 and Goal from the 24: Long throw to Paul for a TD

2.5-0 Yellow

Red Drive 2 - Jared QB:
1-15 from the 10: TE Cross for 5 yards to Ty, Adam on stop
2-10: 12 yard crossing route to Joe knocked down by Zieser
3-10: Throw was past the line of scrimmage.
4-10: Punt

Yellow Drive 3 - Zieser QB:
1-25 from the 25: Busted play. Zeiser scrambling left then right and overthrowing Erik.
2-25: Low throw to Matt incomplete about 8 yards up the field.
3-25: Good pressure, overthrowing Brecht on a 15 yard cross and go route.
4-25: Punt

Red Drive 3 - Joe QB:
1-10 from the 15: Post Route to Casey overthrown.
2-10: 10 Yard Cross slightly overthrown Intercepted by Paul who takes it up the left sideline and then crosses the entire field before turning it back up and scoring.

3.5-0, Yellow

Red Drive 4 - Jared QB:
1-15 from the 10: Collision between Ty and Adam leaves Joe standing as open as a Kansas State Receiver for a 12 yard catch and 8 yards YAC for a first down. Didn't get who had the flag.

1-20 from the 30: Thrown way down field into double coverage to Ty who was bracketed by Paul and Zieser. Paul tipped the ball incomplete.
-2-20: 7 Yard fade to Chi overthrown.
3-20: Out route Joe but play is busted and he takes it up the field where the ball is thrown pretty well but Joe is only just able to get his fingers on it.
4-20: Punt

Yellow Drive 5 - Zieser QB:
1-10 from the 15: Long throw to Paul, 30 yards in the air, but incomplete:
2-10: Good pressure and Zieser throws it away.
3-10: Defense brings 3 but Zieser gets 10 yard throw off to Brecht who takes it another 5 yards for a first down. Unknown flag.

1-20 from the 30: 8 Yard cross to Patrick with Joe on the stop
2-12: 15 cross to Brecht who then gets another 12. Ty on the stop.

1-Goal from the 10: Lot of pressure forces QB to left but the play had all three receivers running left. Paul pulls in a sideline, toe-dragging catch for a TD.

4.5-0, Yellow

Red Drive 5 - Joe QB:
1-15 from the 10: 10 Yard crossing route where both receivers and the defenders got tangled. Ball thrown incomplete underneath to Casey who was still trying to recover from the collision.

Rich's adductor tightened up so he sat out. Paul came in on Red. Remember this because it will matter next series.

2-15: Sack by Brecht for a 7 loss.
3-22: 10 Yard out route to Jared but overthrown.
4-22: Punt

Yellow Drive 6 - Erik QB:
1-10 from the 35: Good pressure but Erik got rid of the ball.
2-10: 5 Yard WR cross to Adam bouncing off his chest incomplete.
3-10: 8 Yard Z Run but I didn't get by who.
4-2: Turnaround pass to Matt dropped with Paul in after the ball was touched.

Red Drive 6 - Jared QB:
1-23 from the 27: 15 Yard Completion to Paul stop by Erik.
2-13: Thrown behind Ty underneath incomplete.
3-13: 9 Yard out to Chi who stepped out of bounds after the catch.
4-4: WR 12 cross with Ty underneath.

1-Goal from the 17: WR cross but ball was dropped (not sure who it was thrown to)
2-17: Cross and up play to Joe but great leaping defensive play by Erik prevented completion.
3-17: Trips play 2 deep 1 underneath with Joe standing alone for a 5 yard gain. Patrick on the flag.
4-12: Broken play with Paul scoring on a nice sliding catch.

Paul comes back to Yellow as Rich has worked out his strained leg.

4.5-1, Yellow

Yellow Drive 7 - Erik QB:
1-15 from the 10: 10 yard up and fade to Adam but thrown a bit high and long due to miscommunication between QB and receiver.
2-15: Deep route to Paul (25 in air) but Jared was there and neither came down with it.
3-15: 6 yard in to Paul who went down immediately and was touched down.
4-16: Overthrown to Patrick deep. Turnover on Downs

Red Drive 7 - Jared QB:
1-Goal from the 16: Throw to Chi dropped.
2-16: Post Corner to Casey but thrown out of bounds
3-16: 2 Yard slot drag to Rich. Adam on the flag.
4-14: Broken play finally thrown out of the end zone.

Yellow Drive 8 - Erik QB:
1-11: Trips play 3 up the filed with Matt turning around at 5 but ball thrown low, incomplete.
2-11: Intended to be 10 yard turnaround to Adam but thrown high so caught at about 15, Ty makes a great stop.

1-21 from the 29: WR screen to Brecht incomplete
2-21: Chi had a 4 yard sack
3-25: Cuba Libre 3 Yard turnaround to Matt who pitches to Paul. Jared pulls Matt's flag but
after the pitch. Jared then shifts over and cuts Paul off. Paul had run 2 yards before being cut off. Paul pitches back to Matt who, despite missing a flag, is able to pick up enough blocks down field to score without being touched (important since with a missing flag all Red had to do was touch Matt down).

5.5 to 1, Yellow

Zeiser switches to Red so that Red players can start subbing out since all Yellow players had subbed at least once. Kind a fair thing to do if it doesn't unbalance the teams.

Red Drive 8 - Zeiser QB:
1-15 from the 10: 5 Yard out to Chi that was thrown so badly that it hit Brecht (Yellow) in the hands. It was an unbelieveable throw - it must have been because Brecht apparently didn't believe his eyes and dropped it.
2-15: 14 Yard long cross to Casey just short of the 1st down.
3-1: Crossing route to Ty for 5 yards with 5 yards YAC. Stop by Paul.

1-16 from the 34: Casey 10 Yard out incomplete. Erik on coverage.
2-16: 7 yard out to Joe defensed by Adam, incomplete.
3-16: 10 out to Ty thrown wide, incomplete.
4-16: Throw to Ty incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive 9 - Patrick QB
1-9 from the 34: 4 Yard crossing play to Paul. Rich defensed the pass.
2-9: 11 yard cross to Erik who turns it the field to the 10 yard line. 13 YAC. Flag by Jared.

1-Goal from the 10: Rushed 4 and ball is thrown away.
2-10: Fade out to Paul overthown incomplete.
3-10: Thrown to Erik slanting underneath out of reach.
4-10: Erik underneath again but incomplete due to some strong coverage. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive 9 - Zieser QB:
1-15 from the 10: 12 Yard Out to Jared. Adam on the stop.
2-3: TE/Slot Cross overthrown to Rich
3-3: Long crossing route to Jared overthrown and intercepted by Paul from the Safety position. Ty on the stop.

Yellow Drive 10 - Patrick QB:
1-7 from the 32: Thrown low to Matt on a cross, incomplete
2-7: cross on Matt thrown behind him incomplete
3-7: 15 Yards to Matt complete.

1-Goal from the 17: Beautiful throw over the shoulder, in stride to Erik for the TD.

6.5 to 1, Yellow

Time check at 10:56. Paul's comment: "Gee, time really flies when you're MVP."

Red Drive 10 - Zieser QB:
1-15 from the 10: Z-Run to Ty for 12 yards. Stop by Brecht.
2-3: 3 yard out route to Casey. Adam on the stop.

1-25 from the 25: Patrick has a 5 yard sack. Ball was thrown just after the flag and was intercepted by Erik but, to Paul's great relief, it did not count.
2-30: 10 Yard turnaround to Joe, incomplete
3-30: Ty in motion and then throw to Ty on a sliding out route for 6 yards.
4-24: Long to Ty but underthrown (Ty ran 40 yards but Zieser, under pressure, only got it out about 25 yards - Adam wondered why Paul and Erik weren't trying to kill each other to get a pick. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive 11 - Patrick QB:
1 and 1 from just over the 26: TE Cross Play ball thrown outside to Jason
2-1: Under pressure Patrick throws back across his body. Jared intercepts it. Erik has the stop.

Red Drive 11 - Zieser QB:
1-16 from the 34: WR fly to Jared but ball thrown out of bounds.
2-16: 3 yard underneath to Jared stop by Erik with 3 defenders in the area.
3-13: Twins left Ty and Chi with misscommunication on the route because both ran stop and go's but the ball was thrown low to the stop. Jason again nearly picks it but the Isotoner gloves he's wearing for warmth as too slick to do much in the way of catching.
4-13: 14 yard out to Jared touched down by Adam.

1-Goal from the 24: 9 completion
2-15: Intercepted by Matt and tackled by Zieser - note that I said "tackled".

Yellow Drive 12 - Erik QB
1-11 from the 14: Drag route to Paul incomplete
2-11: Erik steps up into pocket under pressure and completes 15 in the air to Paul who breaks 2 tackles and takes it up the field. 36 Yard Play. Ty on the stop.

1-Goal from the 22: 7 Completion to Patrick with Ty on stop.
2-15: Incomplete to Matt across the middle.
3-15: Long crossing out play to Matt good for 8 yards. Rich on the stop
4-7: Good pressure. Thrown to Patrick out of the back of the endzone. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive 12 - Jared QB
1-18 from the 7: 9 yard completion to Zeiser. Adam on stop.
2-9: Fly route to Zeiser but Paul came in from safety to knock it down.
3-9: Turnaround at line to Joe, incomplete.
4-9: 15 Yard out to Zieser with a pushoff on the cut. Stop by Matt.

1-19 from the 31: Crossing Route to Zieser but Erik picks him up on the cross and makes good defensive play.
2-19: Scrambling by Jared but 6 yard sack by Jason. Coverage sack.
3-19: Appears to have been a hook-n-ladder to Ty but the hook didn't catch the ball the and Adam stood in the lane in front of Ty to prevent the pitch (had it been caught).
4-19: Interception by Erik tackled (again) by Erik.

Yellow Drive 13 - Patrick QB:
1-10 from the 35: Brian Dainton's patented misdirection run. Brecht and Erik in the backfield. Fake hand-off to Brecht going right and then pitch to Erik going left. Erik moving up the sideline with Paul as his lead blocker and making the key block by turning around and picking up Jared who was closing from behind as Erik was making a cut towards the middle of the field and ultimately scoring.

7.5 to 1, Yellow

Red Drive 13 - Zieser QB:
1-15 from the 10: Broken Play 10 Yard complete to Jared touched down by Adam
2-5: 8 yard sack by Brecht
3-13: Erik drops what could have been an interception and then a touchdown had: 1) he caught it) and 2) Zieser not been across the line of scrimmage when he threw it.

END OF RECORDING

Frustrating because Red did go on to score once more. I think we had 2 more possessions per side when I ran out of space on the recorder.

MVP was close with both Erik and Paul having massive games but I think Paul pulled it out for his outstanding play on Yellow and then his TD while on Red. He was valuable to both teams! : )

Week 15 Preview: Well UT is playing in that afternoon in the Insignificant Bowl in San Antonio. So I'm expecting our game to the more exciting of the two.

Link of the week: StumbleVideo

Matt pulled together this box score:

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	LG	TD				Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	LG	TD
Cain	9	38	4.2	12	1				Leo	3	18	6.0	8	1
Jason C	1	53	53.0	53					Mark*	1	17	17.0	17
Ty	1	-2	-2.0	-2					?	1	3	3.0	3
									Brian	1	2	2.0	2
Passing	Cmp	Att	%	Yds	TD	INT			Passing	Cmp	Att	%	Yds	TD	INT
Cain	13	26	50.0%	188	2	3			Leo	8	23	34.8%	119		2
									Brian	5	14	35.7%	65
									Mark	0	1	0.0%
Receiving	No	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD				Receiving	No	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Ty	4	94	23.5	52	1				Matt	4	61	15.3	24
Chris?	3	34	11.3	15					Eric	2	24	12.0	14
Jason C	2	17	8.5	15					Rich	2	22	11.0	27
Kyler	2	5	2.5	3	1				Adam	1	42	42.0	42
Mike	1	31	31.0	31					Jason B	1	12	12.0	12
Josh	1	7	7.0	7					Brian	1	9	9.0	9
									Joe	1	9	9.0	9
									Louis	1	-2	-2.0	-2
Int	No								Int	No
Chris?	1								Adam	1
Ty	1								Leo	1
									Louis	1
Sacks	No	Yds							Sacks	No	Yds
Jason C	1	9							Mark	1	13
Safety
Josh
* I don't know how to score the hook and ladder.
Matt 6 yard hook scored as a reception.
Pitch to Mark scored as a 17 yard run.
All 23 yards to QB Brian.
? Chris was credited with a catch that Adam wasn't sure about.

Week 13 Game Summary: Brought the recorder again and generally did a better job recording plays. I need to do a better job recording who gets the flags (other than me - strangely I seem to record those pretty good : ), especially on sacks and plays for losses.

Red: Josh, Cain, Ty, Chi, Chenault, Mike, 2 new players: Kyler and Chris (both of whom had nice debuts). Late Patrick joins

Yellow: Leo, Brian D, Mark, Barry, Rich, Matt, Louis, Brecht, and Adam. Joe joins later to bring it to 9 on 9 and then Erik joins (new player) about the time Brecht has to leave early.

Started game 8 on 8

1st Drive Red from the 10. Cain QB all day for Red
1-15: Up the middle run to Ty, dropped for a 2 yard loss. Mark got him, I think.
2-17: Lot of scrambling. Nearly stepping out of back of endzone but comes left and throws up the field incomplete about 15 yards - might have been throwing it away.
3-17: Scramble to the left, thrown way up the field to Ty who came out of the backfield. Ball traveled about 30 through the air but was overthrown.
4-17: Punt

1st Yellow Drive from the 27. 1 Cone to go. Leo QB
1-23: 9 Yard crossing route to Brian
2-12: 10 Yard cross to Brian which I scored as broken up play but he claims was a drop.
3-12: Out pattern to Brecht who just makes the 1st down in a very tight play.

1-25: Fly route to Brian into the endzone. Good pressure with Ty and Jason but Leo got off a great throw. Cain comes over from safety position and knocks it down. Without that play, it would likely have been a TD.
2-25: Lot of pressure. Scramble right and thrown incomplete. Would have been about a 4 yard gain to Rich.
3-25: Long fade route to Louis running to the left. Thrown a little long but Louis was open and had a great angle away from the defenders.
4-25: Lot of time for the QB. Thrown into the endzone to Rich and knocked down by Josh. Would have likely been a touchdown. Turnover on downs

Game ups to 9 on 9 . QBs can run.

2nd Red Drive starting just inches short of the 25.
1-inches: Cain fell while scrambling to his left and threw the ball away from his backside. Since he was out of the pocket and the ball made it to the line of scrimmage, it was a very heads up play.
2-inches: Cain runs for a loss of 2 yards. Didn't get the tackler
3-2: Cain runs for 4 yards. Adam with the stop.

1-23: Chenault runs short crossing route but ball was incomplete (can't tell if it was pressure, bad throw, drop, etc).
2-23: Cain runs 5 yards. Adam on the stop.
3-18: Trips play with Chenault coming underneath for a 15 yard gain.
4-3: Trips formation with a guy in the backfield. Underneath receiver crosses the field who misses the catch popping it up and picked by Adam who was down just shy of the cone.

2nd Yellow Drive from the 24 going long
1-1: 9 yard completion to Joe

1-17: Out route to the left to Barry thrown a bit outside. Would have been good for 15 .
2-17: 5 yard run by Leo
3-12: Incomplete on 12 yard out.
4-12: Punt

3rd Red Drive from the 5 going long
1-20: Cain ran for 12 yards
2-8: Thrown WAY up the field to Josh Ball traveled from about the 12 to the opposite 10 in the air. Leo picks it from the safety position and then has a nice 25 yard run back. Cain is showing some serious arm today. This was 53 in the air and probably only his second longest throw.

3rd Yellow Drive from mid-field
1-15: Odd screen to Louis, I think. Louis alone on the Right and 3 lineman were to be his screen. Unfortunately, the defender (Chris, I think) played him tight on the line so there was no room for the linemen to make space for Louis. 2 yard loss
2-17: Nice 10 yard out route to a wide open Matt but he caught the ball out of bounds.
3-17: Hard rush by 4 guys. Leo ran right and threw back across his body - normally a very dangerous thrown but he put it out where only Matt could make a play on it incomplete. Might have been a first down.
4-17: Punt

Brecht has to leave

4th Red Drive from 5
1-20: Option play Cain to Chenault. Jason ran through Adam at about a 7 yard gain and then chugs way down the field for 53 yards. Adam finally gets a flag after chasing him down and fighting through a block by Ty way down the field.
1-Goal from the 20: Jump ball into the end zone with Louis picking it and taking the touchback

4th Yellow Drive from the 10
1-15: 15 Yard out to Adam dropped coming out of the sun. Would have been a completion plus yards from position of players (being behind defense on that side with room to turn up field).
2-15: Leo run to right for 4 yards
3-11: Great play by Chris to get into a throw to Mark that would have been a 1st down on an out.
4-11: Punt

5th Red Drive from the 21
1-4: Cain scrambles and then throws it away.
2-4: WR Cross with QB rolling right, throw right to out of bounds to Ty. Would have been a 4 yard completion.
3-4: Cain runs 4 for a first down.

1-25 (extra cone to go): Scrambling Cain throws about 40 in the air. Ty catches the ball between his knees and is down there.

1-Goal from the 10: 10 Yard run left by Cain for the score. Adam just missed him at the 5 coming from the other side of the field.

1-0, Red

5th Yellow Drive from the 10
1-15: Long throw to Brian about 40 yards in the air and just out of his reach (18 inches - which isn't too bad on a 40 yarder).
2-15: Slant play to the left. Picked and run back to the 5. Adam on the stop. Missed recording who made the pick. I think it was Chris though. He really had a great game on defense.

6th Red Drive from the 5
1-5: 2 yard pass to Kyler.
2-3: Kyler TD on a long crossing play from right to left.

2-0, Red

6th Yellow Drive from the 10. Brian takes over as QB.
1-15: 10 yard out route that Chris broke up (his third pass defensed by my commentary at this point)
2-15: 10 Yard Post crossing under the Safety from Left to Right. Thrown a bit low but catchable and dropped by Adam. Would have been a first plus many yards given the position of the safety and the defender.
3-15: 3 Yard running play couldn't hear who ran it on my recorder (wind)
4-12: Punt

7th Red Drive from the 29
1-21: 7 Yard cross to Josh does a very nice job one handing it. Flag by Adam
2-14: Throw underneath to Ty. 5 yard loss by Adam.
3-19: Big play to Mike good for 31. I believe it was 10 in the air and the rest was YAC.

1-Goal from the 13: Cain run on delayed QB draw. 2 yard gain stop by Adam.
2-Goal from the 11: Cain run left for 1 yard gain with stop by Adam.
3-Goal from the 10: Roll right throw to endzone into triple coverage (well there were three yellow players there) Adam knocked it down but might should have had a pick. If not knocked down, Louis thought he would have had it for another pick.
4-Goal from the 10: 7 Yard gain on a trips play with Ty coming underneath. Leo on the stop. Turnover on downs.

7th Yellow Drive from the 3
1-22: 5 yard cross could touched by about 4 people. Could have been picked or caught. Final player with a chance to get it was Rich on yellow, I believe.
2-22: Out pattern to Matt for 13 yards
3-9: Completion for 10 yard gain on an out pattern to Eric

1-24: Out and up to Rich over thrown.
2-24: Cuba Libra to Matt at 10 yards way overthrown. Ladder was to be Mark. Would have been a nice play.
3-24: Ran same play to same players and got 23 yards on it.
4-1: Fake pitch left on a bootleg coming back right. Throwing right on a deep slant to Matt. Complete for 24 yards.

1-Goal at the 1: WR screen to Rich on the right (with Mark coming out to block from the line) or a trips play to Louis on the left but good pressure and Brian threw it away after rolling left and not seeing anything he liked.
2-1: Same play but this time thrown to the Rich on the right for a 5 yard loss.
3-6: Ugly crossing route incomplete (not sure who to)
4-6: Brian runs right and Chenault (coming from coverage and not the line) had a sack for a 9 yard loss. Turnover on downs.

8th Red Drive from the 15
1-10: Scramble by Cain throwing 35 Yards in the air to Chris. Louis coming flying over to flash his hands in front of Chris breaking his view of the ball and causing an incompletion.
2-10: Scramble right throwing 50 yards in the air. Diving full out horizontal is Kyler who can't reach it.
3-10: Cain rolls right and throws right at the line of scrimmage 40 Yards in the air but incomplete
4-10: Complete but stopped short of the first down by Leo, I think. Missed who caught the ball but I think it was Chris.

8th Yellow Drive from the 23
1-Goal from the 23: Brian runs a straight option play with Leo from the backfield. Fakes the pitch spins making 2 guys miss but only gains 2 yards.
2-Goal from the 21: Mark in motion from left to right on set takes the pitch and pulls up throwing to Leo down the field (while I think Ty was starting to get the flag). Kyler nearly makes a pick but drops the ball while trying to secure a catch (Ball hit hands above his head and he didn't get control or make a football move).
3-Goal from from the 21: Leo in motion from left to right on set, fake pitch. Throw Left to Barry 17-18 but out of bounds and incomplete.
4-Goal from the 21: Good protection. Ball thrown right on deep crossing route to Joe but overthrown for a turnover on downs.

9th Red Drive from the 21
1-4: Scrambling Cain tries to run left but ends up slipping while trying to Juke Adam and rolls forward for a two yard gain. Gets ups saying something like "I hate you" but smiling : )
2-2: Cain rolls to his right and Mark gets a 13 yard sack.
3-15: Bootleg left roll back and throw right deep to Josh who was pretty well covered. Would have been a first down.
4-15: Punt


9th Yellow Drive from the 25. Brian has to leave and Leo takes over at QB. Still 9 on 9.
1-25: 14 yard out to Eric
2-11: Rich in double coverage on a 27 yard play brings it in. Very much the nicest catch of the day.

1-Goal from the 16: yard Cross to Matt
2-Goal from the 8: Leo run to the right with Adam pulling from inside right of line to create the hole. TD.

2-1, Red

10th Red Drive from the 10.
1-15: Slant crossing slot receivers. Ball completed to Chris for a 10 yard gain.
2-5: Chris runs a 5 yard cross. On the broken play comes back across getting the pass at about 7-8 yards and then bulls his way through Adam for another 7-8 yards where Leo gets the stop nonchalantly. 15 yard gain good for the 1st down.

1-15 from the 35: Quick WR cross to Chenault underneath would have been a 5 yard gain but Adam playing from LB stepped into it knocking it down.
2-15: Deep long throw after a broken play. 40 Yards in the air with Chris working hard to get to it but not able to bring it in.
3-15: Called hook-n-ladder from Chenault back to Cain but Matt played it perfectly and was in the pitch lane. Chenault turns up field for a 2 yard gain with Rich on the stop.
4-15: Punt

10th Yellow Drive from the 7
1-18: 3 over 1 under. Good pressure so Leo scrambles right and throws it out of bounds.
2-18: 17 yard out pattern to Adam with another 25 yards after catch. Ty and Josh prevent the touchdown.

1-1 from the 26: Interception by Ty who ran it back to the 23.

Mark had to leave. We're down to 8 on 8 so QBs can't run anymore

11th Red Drive from the 23
1-2: Broken play finally throwing down the field to Josh who was double covered by Louis and Adam. Incomplete.
2-2: Beautiful long throw to Ty. All but 12 yards in the air but Ty takes it in for the TD.

3-1, Red

11th Yellow Drive from the 10
1-15: 8 Yard cross route to Joe a little low and out. Joe laid out for it and got hands on it but couldn't make the catch (which is understandable since he was chewing grass from his drive).
2-15: Good pressure and Leo throws it away from in the endzone.
3-15: Deep long throw to Eric who was reasonably well covered. Ball lost in the sun.
4-15: Safety by Josh.

Final Score was 3.5 -1, Red over Yellow.

Stats:

	Red	Yellow
Possessions	11	11
Punts	2	4
1st Downs	5	6
Sacks/Drops for losses	3	4
TDs	3	1
Safeties	1	0
Interceptions	2	3
Turnovers on Downs	3	3

Longest Play from scrimmage: 53 Yard option pitch to Jason. Missed it by 1 yard Ty : )

RED STATS
TDs by Cain, Kyler, & Ty
Picks by Ty and someone else, possibly Chris
Safety by Josh

YELLOW STATS
TDs for Yellow by Leo
Picks for Yellow by Leo, Louis, & Adam

This was a tough day to pick an MVP. We had a lot of outstanding performances. While lots of players had at least one very nice play (like Rich's catch), I was looking for players who had several big plays or were just in everything. While I thought I had a nice game with a pick , a knockdown to prevent a score, 9 flag pulls (6 or 7 on QB runs), and a 40ish yard run, but there was one easy drop that would have been for at least 20 yards and a first down and possibly a 65 yard touchdown. Also, I noticed that I did a better job noting when I got flags than when other people did (Next week I want to know who got every flag - tell me after the play) and didn't think it fair to give credit when the recording was biased that way. Finally, unless a performance is so dominating that it can't be denied, I tend to think the MVP should be on the winning team. Even if there wasn't bias in the recording, I doubt I would have been a contender (because of that ridiculous drop).

Three Red performance stood out to me as being outstanding: Chris, Ty, & Chenault. Chris had a couple nice catches including one with very good yards after catch and contact. The real key in my mind was that he played some great defense. He was in a ton of plays and knocked down or helped break up a bunch of them. Ty had two big catches for 92 yards and a TD (even though there were 2 other plays for losses totaling 7 yards) and had a pick on the play after Adam's big run had Yellow threatening to tie it up. Then there's Chenault. In addition to his big run (longest from scrimmage in the game), he had a sack that prevented Brian from scoring on a QB run that would have gotten Yellow's first score pretty early. He also had a couple of other other nice plays.

As you can imagine was a tough call and I honestly couldn't pick a single winner, especially since my recording still isn't good enough yet.

Week 14 Preview: Playing Xmas weekend. Dare I hope for an early present and have at least a small game to play?

Link of the Week: http://www.idiotproofwebsite.com/

Week 12 Summary - As an experiment I brought a voice recorder to the game and tried to record each play. I missed some but it was pretty good. So here it goes:

Game started at 6 on 6 Red starting.

Red Drive 1 from the 10 - Burleson QB
1-15: Incomplete
2-15: Sack for 9 yard loss ball on the 1
3-24: Interception by Louis

Yellow Drive 1 from about the 20 - Leo QB
1-Goal: 5 Yard out to Louis
2-Goal: 15 Yard TD run by Barry

Game changed to 7 on 7 at this point, I believe

Red Drive 2 from the 10 - Burleson QB
1-15: Incomplete 10 Yard Out Route
2-15: 5 Yard Cross Incomplete thrown low
3-15: Missed the play but it couldn't have been much because . . .
4-15: Punt

Yellow Drive 2 from about 5 inside the 2nd cone
1-15: Incomplete
2-15: Busted play 5 Yard completion to Adam
3-10: Missed whatever happened but apparently Yellow got the first.

1-unknown to the goal: Missed the play
2-unknown: pressure on QB who threw it away
3-unknown: Interception by Brian at the 1 yard line stepping out of bounds there.

Game expands to 9 on 9 - QBs can run (you'll notice to what affect in a minute).

Red Drive 3 from the 1 - Cain is QB
1-24: Cain runs 29 yards to get a first down

1-20: 3 Yard crossing pattern to Patrick
2-17: Broken play results in a 5 yard completion didn't record who got it.
3-12: 11 yard Completion to Burleson stopped just shy of the 1st down.
4-1: Scramble Cain threatening to run but flips it over the defenders while approaching the line of scrimmage. Ball caught by Patrick but he is stopped just shy of the first down. His center of mass (flag belt) was just short. I think Mark made the stop.

Yellow Drive 3 from the second cone
1-25: 5 Yard run by Barry
2-20: Missed recording the play but it went 10 yards
3-10: 10 Yard catch and 10 Yards after the catch resulting in a first down. Marcus had this one I think

1-15: Broken Play supposed to be QB Run but he pulled up and threw an ugly pass that the receiver (Barry or Mark, I think) had to knock down to prevent interception.
2-15: Leo runs 10 yards
3-5: Long shallow crossing play TD catch by Louis

Red Drive 4 from the 10
1-15: Catch for 5 yard gain, I think it was Rich
2-10: Brian 17 yards breaking 2 tackles and getting the first down

1-18: 10 Yard out thrown to Brian and Adam intercepts and returns it to just shy of the cone but is down because of a lost flag and contact with a Red player. This wasn't noted until after a pitch to Leo who got to pretty much the same spot on the field.

Yellow Drive 4 from just shy of the close cone
1-2: Run right but Adam fucks up his line assignment and the play results in a 12 yard loss
2-14: Unknown
3-14: 10 yard cross batted down.
4-14: Punt

Red Drive 5 from the 5
1-20: Cain runs 22 yards for a 1st down

1-23: 5 Yard out pattern but ball thrown off target
2-23: Lot of scrambling and ball is nearly picked
3-23: Ton of scrambling again completed for a 21 yard gain
4-2: Got a first somehow

1-17: Throw to endzone but incomplete
2-17: Cain runs for 2 yards. Mark made a diving flag grab to prevent a very big gain
Burleson is QB again
3-15: 5 Yard cross incomplete
4-15: Incomplete pass to back of the endzone. Rich nearly made a beautiful catch with his toes just inside the back of the endzone

Yellow Drive 5 from 15 yard line with 2 cones to go
1-10: Out and Up to Louis well executed but the ball was out of bounds
2-10: Supposed to be a run but turned into a throw to Mark. Cain made a nice play from Safety to nearly pick it but Mark broke it up. Had Cain not been there and it been caught, it would have been a 30 yard gain.
3-10: 23 Yard pass play but I missed who got it.

1-12: 10 Crossing pattern to Barry
2-2: Big completion to Adam for 15 but there was a question of whether it was caught in bounds. There was no disagreement on the spot but if you looked down the line in one direction it looked in bounds. If you looked down the line in the other direction, it looked out of bounds. Play was ruled a redo.
2-2: Play breaks down and Leo runs it 20 yards for a first down.

1-7: Dual Fade patterns Incomplete
2-7: 2 yards up the middle run by Adam
3-5: Broken play Adam calling for it in the endzone on a scramble back to the right dropped incomplete
4-5: TD Fade to Teo in the back corner of the endzone.

Water break and switch fields (not that it mattered since it was overcast and not windy

Red Drive 6 from the 10
1-15: 15 yard out thrown off target incomplete
2-15: 13 yard play but I missed it
3-2: 13 completion to Jesse on an out

1-14: 10 Yard completion to Paul with another 10 after the catch

1-19: 5 Yard underneath pattern from a Quads setup to Rich through his hands and then slamming into Adam's chin in the safety spot and not picked
2-19: Thrown to endzone and double coverage incomplete
3-19: WR screen to Paul for 5 yards
4-14: TD on a drag to Paul

Yellow Drive 6 from the 10
1-15: 10 Yard cross to Joe who was wide open
2-5: Ugly play intercepted by Cain (who ended up the only player near the ball)

Red Drive 7 from the 20
1-20: Out pattern along line of scrimmage dropped incomplete
2-20: Thrown out of end zone
3-20: Thrown out of end zone
4-20: Sack for 5 yard loss

Yellow Drive 7 from just shy of the 25
1-inches: Juan's Option play with Adam as pitch man and Marcus running from TE down field as the downfield option. Leo throws to the TE incomplete
2-inches: Same play this time results in a 5 yard sack.
3-5: Out pattern incomplete
4-5: Punt

Down to 8 on 8

Red Drive 8 from the 31
1-19: Ty sacked Cain for about a 22 yard loss
2-41: 25 yard run didn't get by who
3-16: Incomplete pass to Paul
4-16: Punt

About this point, I lost continuity in my recordings. I'm not quite sure what happened but basically there were only about 2 more drives per team with Brian taking over as Red's QB. Yellow scored twice more (once by Louis and I didn't get the info on the final TD) and the game ended on a interception by Barry. Final score is Yellow over Red 5-1.

MVP - It kind of depends. Right now, I have Louis as MVP for 2 TDs and a pick. However, Barry had a pick, and a bunch of passes defensed. I know he also had one 1 TD. If he scored a second one (Remember, I don't know who had Yellow's 5th TD. If Barry had that second TD then I think Barry wins the MVP.

Week 13 Preview - Man I hope we have a game something like last week. I know the score was little lopsided but the game was closer than the score. As you can see by the big plays Red had, there were many times that they would very unfavorable down and distance and they'd pull a big play for 20+ yards. It was also great to get 3 new players out. Mike, Marcus, and Rich were all welcome players. I'm going to try to record the game again and do a better job identifying the players (especially on the other team - I think Mike probably got shorted some credit because I didn't get everything recorded). Not sure about transcription through. It took about 90 minutes to pull it together.

Week 11 Summary: Hmmmm. Lets see what I wrote in the preview last week:

"Well we had 7 on 7 on a holiday weekend so lets hope that bodes well for the next several weeks. I know that people have familial obligations and need to spend money to keep retailers in business but remember, stores are open in the afternoon and absence makes the heart grow fonder."

Now I turn back to Saturday morning, the day we were supposed to play our Week 11 game (note that I said "supposed to play"). Let me set it up. Its Saturday morning at 8:30. The temperature is about 50 degrees and partly cloudy. The air is dry and wind is minimal. In short, it is perfect for football.

I sit in my car. Next to me Brian is in his and Matt is in some SUV he stole. No one else is there. None of our maybes show up. We finally decide that we might as well throw the ball around a bit. Hope swells within me. Chenault has shown up. I walk up to his truck and take a step back to protect my cleats as he explains that he's been throwing up bourbon. With the lack of players there, he backs up and leaves. I go back out to the field to run around a bit.

A few minutes later Jimmy shows up. We're up to 4. I entertain thoughts of playing a little three on three scrimage after all, Brecht is one of our maybes and he never shows up close to on time. Those hopes are dashed as Jimmy paces for a few minutes and then leaves.

Shortly after that, Shay shows up and we're back up to 4. I curse Jimmy for leaving when we could have played 2 on 2 with an all time QB and work on some route running. 15 minutes later, we all give up and leave. So we go from 7 on 7 during a holiday weekend where many regulars were unavailable due to travel and injury to none. So sad. No Week 11 MVP.

Week 12 Preview: Dare I hope for an actual game this week? I'm in withdrawals already.

Link of the Week: http://www.florito.net/Drawing_in_blue_water/applet/index.html

Week 10 Summary: Another lopsided score that should've been closer. Yellow definitely played better and likely would have won the game anyway but Red's miscues simply did them in. Red started poorly with lousy protection and turned the ball over twice to Jason Brecht. By the time the protection improved, Red found other ways to lose despite getting open regularly. Dropped passes were a favorite (did anyone not drop at least one?) but when we weren't dropping them, the QB was misfiring. It was just an ugly game for Red. I think Yellow ended up with like 5 picks.

Yellow won 5-2 but two plays could have made it 4-3. The first was horrible Yellow pass (came in like a punt) that I should have picked but which I bounced off my knee right into Zieser's hands and which he took in for a score. The second was a beautiful long pass that Kris put right into Shay's hands in stride in the endzone that he caught and then lost when his feet got caught up. So take one score away from Yellow and give Red one and you get 4-3. But would've/could've/should've doesn't mean much.

I think I need to talk about the origin of the MVP award in our game. In 11+ years we almost never talked about such things. Then last year, Alex came out and had a career day. He had 4 picks, (2 returned for touchdowns), a couple of sacks, and I think he had an offensive touchdown as well. It was without question, the most dominating performance we'd seen by a player in years. Now flashforward to this year. While this year's MVP winners have had nice games, we haven't yet had one quite as dominating as Alex's last year. That's the standard to shoot for guys.

This week's candidates were Cain, who did a terrific job QBing for Red and who played some nice defense, Brecht who had the 2 aforementioned picks and nearly had a long catch and run TD (called back by an offensive pass interference call), and Zieser who had 2 picks (or was it three) and made the catch of the season when he grabbed the tipped/missed pick that I made and took it in for the TD. That play put Zieser over the top this week. He caught it while running straight at me with the expectation of getting a flag since I should have caught the ball and then it suddenly was bouncing low and fast right at him. He was about 6 feet away when I bounced it. It was really a hell of a catch and run. I had nightmares about it Saturday night.

Week 11 Preview: Well we had 7 on 7 on a holiday weekend so lets hope that bodes well for the next several weeks. I know that people have familial obligations and need to spend money to keep retailers in business but remember, stores are open in the afternoon and absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Link of the Week: http://b2.is/?sida=tengill&id=198446

Week 9 Summary - Yellow got untracked putting in a solid effort and winning 5 to 3.5. In fairness to Red, the game was actually closer than the score would suggest. Two of Yellows scores occurred on huge 1 play drives. The first was a deep, deep pass thrown into double coverage that Jeremy pulled down by reaching over the defenders from behind them to snag it. The second was a run up the middle that some how ended up going outside (despite a huge hole opening up in the middle) and then down the field 65 yards for the TD - welcome back Mark.

One of the more exciting aspects of the game was watching Cain and Jeremy dualing through the game. Each made spectacular plays but Jeremy came out ahead and it this week's MVP on the strength of a 2 TD, 2 pick (one for a TD), and several catch and batted balls performance.

Week 10 Preview - Week 10's game falls on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Nevertheless, we are having a game. What is Thanksgiving without football? Nothing to give much thanks for, that's for sure. So unless your holiday plans involve a flight, I expect you out there.

Link of the Week - http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Week 8 Game Summary: Sadly another skunking. 6-1 Red over Yellow and it wasn't that close because Yellow only had 3 or 4 first downs all game (one was a really long touchdown that passed 2 first down cones and thus really weren't first downs per se). Kudos to Red who really stepped up and played a great game.

Thinking about this game, I think it was the week of the newbie. Chi had several sacks (two in a row), some nice receptions and put good pressure on Red's QB which forced the QB into other the other rushers at times. John (playing for his first time) had a number of clutch catches - they were either tough, in coverage, or importantly timed (like for 1st downs) and scored more than once I believe. But then Ty really opened it up. He had a number of running plays that showcased his speed and ability to change direction and it turns out he's a terror on the pass rush for the same reasons - Red ocassionally would only rush him and he'd get pressure on Yellow.

The MVP was really a tough one and because pretty much everyone on Red had a very good game. I'm going to have to award a tie this week for the first time. Tie being the operative word because Ty is one of the winners. When you're 5 foot nothing, a hundred and nothing and still have a game like that, its a big deal - we put Leo on him, that's how much we respected his running. The other winner is Brian. What did he do? Well aside from drawing up play after play that worked and getting his team to a 5 point win, he simply picked Yellow apart. This after only playing 2 series at QB all year and hardly playing QB at all last year. My congrats to the winners. As I mentioned, this was a tough week for making a selection. John was a strong candidate too. I'm thinking about bringing out a tiny voice recorder so I can take notes.

Week 9 Preview: Yellow gets untracked. 'Nuff said.

Link of the Week: http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=17334

Week 7 Summary - A great game. One of the best of the season - close but great play on both teams. Final score was 4-3 Red over Yellow but Yellow was in it right up until the end. There were a number of players who could have been named MVP. Barry made his first appearance of the year and had a number of defensed passes (at least one of which would have been a TD), good coverage in general and a descent offensive performance for Red as well. Jimmy also making his season debut and had two nifty TD catches but had to leave after about 40 minutes. Had he stuck around, he might well have gotten the award (given the way he was playing).

On Yellow, Travis had all three of of the team's TDs. One was a nifty 15 yard run up the middle and another was a huge 60 yarder that involved an extra 25 yards of running across the field and then a neat shift at the end that caused the final defenders to miss him. It was a very, very strong performance. While a player on the losing team can be MVP, in this case I think that the award needs to go to another player.

Nick had one of his best games in a very long time. Its not that he's been playing badly, its that this week he really was on the money. He was getting rid of the ball quickly and accurately, short, long, medium - it didn't matter. His two TDs to Jimmy were beautiful touch passes placed perfectly.

Week 8 Preview - The weather has finally changed and Fall has arrived. Its a bit early to get a forecast but so far it looks like we'll have cool, dry weather again. More importantly, I believe Week 8 will be our first week on the real fields. McNeil's last game is this week and they will not be in the playoffs so we should be clear to use the full-sized practice field. I'm thinking the running game should open up a bit with a wider field. The little field we have to use early in the year is too small to allow an effective running game for the number players we have.

Link of the Week - http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=17334

Week 6 Game Summary: Ugly, at least for Yellow. It was so ugly that I couldn't write about it for 2 days. Yellow simply couldn't get it going on offense. The QB was under pressure way too much. Many passes were off target early. Then when they finally began be on target receivers dropped or tipped them. I think every Yellow receiver dropped one catchable ball. Between the early missed throws and the later tips, Red had 9 interceptions (I'm pretty sure it was 9 and it certainly was a record). But in all fairness, that doesn't do Red justice. They played pretty good defense (hence the picks). The final score was 4-1* Red over Yellow. I asterisked the "1" because it came on a Cuba Libre that was totally clean but over which there was some confusion and the only defender who might have had a chance to prevent the long touchdown kind of quit on the play as a result.

The MVP could have easily been Red's defense but for the fact that Yellow dropped and tipped so many passes (at least two of which would have gone for touchdowns, another two that would have been first downs) and but for the play of one guy. This week we had 2 new players show up. While Ty had a nice game, Chris had a very impressive debut as Red's QB. Usually when guys come out it takes them a week or two to get the flow of the game, particularly when they try to play QB. Chris' biggest problem was getting used to the extra flag on the belts which was his bane for 3 or 4 sacks by Red. But what he did otherwise more than made up for it. I'm not sure but Chris may be the first player to ever throw for 2 TDs, catch another TD, have 2 picks, and return one of them for a touchdown - He scored 3 ways. Even if we've had someone score three different ways, I'm pretty sure it wasn't in that person's first game. In any case, congrats to Chris our week 6 MVP.

Game 7 Preview: Weather looks like a bit higher low and lower high with a chance for some light rain but remember, we play in the rain.

Link of the Week: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/

Week 5 Game Summary: Well it was a blast from the past as advertised by Jason who brought remnants of his old team the Untouchables out to play in honor of a visit by Chris Treadaway who is in town about to get married. But it was also the debut of 5 new players with Dave bringing a couple and me finding 3 online. While the new guys brought skills to the game, 4 of the new players were on Red who didn't have a lot of experience at QB - Josh has QB'd some in our game but mostly in relief. Yellow, with more experience playing together and bolstered by the best pass-rusher in our game (Matt), kept Red's 3 QBs from establishing much momentum - 50% of Red's yardage came on one play. Yellow won 2-0.

Selecting an MVP was tough once again this week. It was a toss up between Indy who had 2 picks and, had he gotten his feet down, nearly had a 3rd and Kris Burleson who QB'd Yellow to victory. He kept several drives alive with come nice runs and his 2nd TD pass was an absolute rocket that was dead on accurate. If it had been any slower, it would have been deflected by a very nice dive by the new Matt who made a terrific break on the ball and made contact but not quite enough. I give the MVP to Kris because with the exception of what would have been a 3rd pick, Indy's picks were more the result of badly thrown balls than having to work hard on the play (no offense).

Week 6 Preview: I think Chris' wedding is this weekend. Does that mean we have another blast from the past coming?

Link of the Week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz9uLFdfacM&eurl=

Week 4 Game Summary: A very interesting game - the first defensive struggle of the year with the win coming on the final play of the game. Final score was Yellow 2.5 to Red 2. Yellow's advantage was its size. It had all the mass. That mass was able to provide great protection for the Yellow quarterback and put serious pressure on the Red quarterback. The game was still close because Red had a ton of speed. So Red was able to cover Yellow's receivers well.

Choosing the MVP was really hard this week. There were certainly some highlight plays - Jeremy had some nifty moves and I was proud a diving catch I made - but there was no dominant performance by any player. But as I thought about the game I think there were two key plays by one player that changed the outcome. These two plays were flag grabs that saved two Red touchdowns. Had either of those two grabs not been made, Red would have won the game 3 to 2.5 or 4 to 2.5 if both had been missed. The maker of these grabs is our Week 4 MVP and that is Ethan. On one play, Red excuted a terrific reverse and the Red QB made an outstanding block, there was no one to beat when Ethan came flying into the play and made the grab. The other play was similar in that Jason Brecht had a very nice reception and no one in front of him when Ethan came in laterally to make the lunging flag.

RULES UPDATE - during the game, there was discussion about incidental contact that occured when the defender got his legs tangled up with the receiver's. I went to NFL.com to read the rules on the subject to research pass interference and found that the following do not constitute pass-interference:

(a) Incidental contact by a defender’s hands, arms, or body when both players are competing for the ball, or neither player is looking for the ball. If there is any question whether contact is incidental, the ruling shall be no interference.

(b) Inadvertent tangling of feet when both players are playing the ball or neither player is playing the ball.

(c) Contact that would normally be considered pass interference, but the pass is clearly uncatchable by the involved players.

(d) Laying a hand on a receiver that does not restrict the receiver in an attempt to make a play on the ball.

(e) Contact by a defender who has gained position on a receiver in an attempt to catch the ball.

So those are some things to keep in mind. I think we came to the right decision regarding inadvertant contact, particularly the legs.

Week 5 Preview: More good weather? Another full-sized game? More trash-talking the 18 year olds on the other field? (I'm looking at you Nick and Leo :)

Link of the Week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv4Potdpjhw

Week 3 Game Summary: Well this was a weird week. We only had 11 guys so we played 5 on 5 with an all-time QB (Leo and Nick taking turns) and a 2 man line. Then when Sam had to leave early, we played a little old-school 5 on 5, 4 Mississippi rush game. I think what we learned was that the smaller the game gets, the more important to match guys up carefully. Normally in a 7 on 7 or better game, you can mix and match as much as you want but this week with such small teams, having most of the speed on one team was bit much with Yellow winning 6-1.

Picking the MVP was actually hard. I think a good case can be made to give it to a couple of people. I had 2 picks, a couple of nicely defensed passes, and 2 touchdowns (and might could have scored another but lateralled to Leo who took it in). The yellow defense as a whole could have been nominated as well with 4 picks, a turn over or two on downs and forcing a number of punts. But this week, I'm going to award the MVP to Leo because he had 3 TDs (one of which was a really nice WR screen where he had to make some very nifty moves to get in) and threw for a couple.

Week 4 Preview: Hopefully the weather will continue to cool a bit and our numbers will increase slightly. I think most people will agree that 7 on 7 or 8 on 8 generally produce our best games so getting a few more people out this coming week would be really good.

Something that would really be nice would be if we had numbers at 9:00 which is actually our start time. We're starting games now as soon as we have enough to begin playing - even if that means playing a smaller game to start or having to substitute guys in or something. 9:00 start means arriving early enough to put on cleats, stretch, warm-up, whatever and starting the game at 9:00.


Link of the Week: http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=9066&where=index

Week 2 Game Summary - Goodness the quality of play jumped up from week 1 to week 2 while the offense was much stonger this week, that doesn't take away from some nice defensive plays. Game finished 7 to 4, Yellow over Red but here's the odd thing - when I looked back at the game to identify the MVP, I came up with one player who had no touchdowns. This is the oddest winning performance I think we've had. This week the award is given based not on TDs, sacks, or picks but on strategy and blocks. Jason Chenault called three running plays and all three resulted in TDs - 2 of them scoring because of his blocking including one of those where he made both the lead block and the second block without which there would have been no score. On defense I think he had a sack or two but more importantly he designed a new coverage scheme that was highly effective. So congratulations to Jason on a contributions last week. Its not about being the superstar, its about putting your team in a position to win.

Week 3 Preview - Probably still hot but at least Texas-OU will be on later than last year so we shouldn't have people leaving early to watch the game.

Link of the week - http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=11947&where=index

Week 1 Game Summary: Dear Diary: Jason noticed what I was wearing!! I tried to play it cool but I was so nervous. I hope he didn't notice . . .

Soap opera aside, it was quite a first game. Final score was 4-1, I believe; Yellow over Red. Obviously I would have liked a closer game but it took Red a while to get things going and Yellow had a stronger pass rush and the fastest receivers for most of the game (I say that as someone who was on the Red team). Since it was 9 on 9, QBs could run and Yellow's defense managed to make Nick look like Vick when he pulled it down to run. Nick had the year's first TD on one such run. Given his rushing TD and his team's score which was mostly achieved through the air (didn't he also have a pick?), I declare Nick the MVP of the game.

The biggest surprises of the game were Louis making out (after call me at 9:00 to say he was in SA and wouldn't make it), Leo NOT making it out (after RSVPing as a Yes and coming out to our QB camp on Wednesday night), and Brian Zieser having moved back to keep playing (he claims it was to be responsible for a coming child but we know better).

Week 2 Game Preview: Perhaps a tighter game, a bit more scoring and hopefully better weather (cooler, less humid, and especially much less wind) though the long rang forecast isn't promising.

Link of the week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mBGODdzzVw