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.

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