Game Summary - Had quite a scare this week. Only 9 showed up at first but then shortly after we started 4 on 4 with an all-time QB and a 1 man line - Jesse showed up to even out the numbers. What was funny is that Jesse had moved away much earlier this year and when we were bemoaning the lack of attendance, Matt asked about where Jesse had been. We all said "oh, he moved to Victoria so he's done."

We came up with a new idea this week. In the past, when we've had 5 on 5, we've played a "4 Mississippi" game without a line. This week we decided to play with a 1 man line and it was actually a lot more fun. Glad we did it.

Onto the game itself:

Red - Tom, Kris Burleson, Bedeeh, Mike, and Casey
Yellow - Leo, Adam, Chenault, Matt Day, and Jesse

Game starts 4 on 4 + an all time QB (Jesse hadn't yet arrive and wasn't expected). 1 man line with 3 eligibles.

Red 1
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Kris for 16 yards - stopped by Adam. Little 10 yard turnaround play and Kris made the first guy miss and turned it up field.

1-24 from the 26: Pass by Tom to Casey for 6 yards - stopped by Chenault.
2-18 from the 32: Pass by Tom to Casey for 38 yards - stopped by Adam. Flag guard called at the 5.

1-Goal from the 5: Pass by Tom to Kris in the endzone for the TD. 1-0, Yellow.

Jesse shows up and joins Yellow

Yellow 1
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Chenault to Adam - incomplete. Thrown wide and short.
2-15 from the 10: Run by Leo for 15 yards - stopped by Kris. Leo comes in motion on set and gets the pitch. Very good blocking up field and basically Leo is forced out by Kris just after the first.

1-25 from the 25: Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 5 yards - stopped by Kris. Little throw underneath. Jesse gets possession and then drops it after a couple steps.
2-20 from the 30: Pass by Chenault to Jesse - incomplete. Long route but too long for the throw.
3-20 from the 30: Run by Leo for 15 yards - stopped by . Adam comes in motion on set and gets the pitch. Adam hands it back off to Leo on the reverse for a nice gain with Chenault downfield blocking.
4-5 from the 30: Pass by Chenault to Adam - incomplete. Ball was too low but not a good enough attempt anyway.

Red 2
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Tom to Mike - incomplete. Long route but ball was longer still.
2-20 from the 30: Pass by Tom to Bedeeh for 8 yards - stopped by Matt.
3-12 from the 37: Leo blitzes off Kris who is lined up at TE. Tom reads Kris is the hot read and he throws the out. Adam comes up from Safety and gets the pick. Kris on the immediate stop.

Yellow 2
1-18 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Adam - incomplete. Little high but really dropped.
2-18 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Jesse - incomplete.
3-18 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Jesse for 26 yards - stopped by going out of bounds. Very nice 15 yard slant route across the entire field from right to left.

1-Goal from the 17: Run by Matt for 0 yards - stopped by Kris. Leo fakes the handoff to Jesse on his right and actually gives the ball to Matt from the TE moving behind the line.
2-Goal from the 17: Pass by Leo to Jesse - incomplete. Ball was thrown out the back of the endzone.
3-Goal from the 17: Pass by Leo to Adam - incomplete. Broken play and Leo puts the ball in a beautiful spot but its dropped. Mike also made contact with Adam's back just as the ball got there which didn't help.
4-Goal from the 17: Pass by Leo to Matt - incomplete. Adam and Matt ended up in the same part of the field and the ball wasn't delivered well to either of them.

Red 3
1-8 from the 17: Pass by Kris to Bedeeh - incomplete. Ball wide.
2-8 from the 17: Pass by Kris to Casey - incomplete.
3-8 from the 17: Pass by Kris to Casey - incomplete. Ball high.
4-8 from the 17: Punt.

Yellow 3
1-4 from the 21: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 2 yards - stopped by pitching the ball back to Leo badly and it hitting the ground. Chenault initially had 4 yards and then pitched back 2.
2-2 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Matt - incomplete. Drop
3-2 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Matt - incomplete. Overthrown, possibly due to miscommunication.
4-2 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Matt - incomplete. Nice throw but well defensed by Mike. Turnover on downs.

Red 4
1-Goal from the 23: Pass by Kris to Tom - incomplete. Ball out of bounds.
2-Goal from the 23: Run by Bedeeh for -2 yards - stopped by . Pitch forward to Tom coming out of the left slot moving right. Pitch back to Bedeeh moving left with Chenault on the stop for a 2 yard loss. The real key to the play was Chenault deciding to move to his right ather than up the field at the QB so he was in the middle of the play.
3-Goal from the 25: Pass by Kris to Casey for 11 yards - stopped by Leo.
4-Goal from the 14: Pass by Kris to Tom on a cross. Ball was a little behind Tom and tipped. Adam picked it and took it back to the 19. Stop by Kris based on a flag guard where he grabbed Adam's off hand.

Yellow 4
1-6 from the 19: Run by Adam for 4 yards - stopped by Unknown.
2-2 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 9 yards - stopped by Casey. Play action pass.

1-18 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Adam - incomplete.
2-18 from the 32: Pass from Leo to Matt picked by Tom who is stopped by Matt.

Red 5
1-17 from the 8: Pass by Tom to Mike - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
2-17 from the 8: Pass by Tom to Casey - incomplete. Ball high.
3-17 from the 8: Pass by Tom to Kris - incomplete. Ball underthrown.
4-17 from the 8: Punt.

Yellow 5
1-22 from the 28: Pass by Leo to Jesse for 12 yards - stopped by Tom.
2-10 from the 35: Broken play. Leo hits Adam and a little 5 yard drag who has nice blocking by Jesse and Chenault and uses two big cuts to get the TD. 1-1 Tie.

Red 6
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Tom to Casey for 6 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-9 from the 16: Pass by Tom to Bedeeh - incomplete.
3-5 from the 20: Leo gets a piece of Tom's arm as he throws to Mike and Jesse picks it getting a huge run back (35 yards or so) before being stopped by Kris at the 20.

Yellow 6
1-Goal from the 20: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 18 yards - stopped by Tom.
2-Goal from the 2: Run by Leo for -11 yards - stopped by Mike. Mike corner blitzes and no one saw him coming so he had a big sack. Really huge because Yellow doesn't punch it in on the next 2 plays and probably would have from the 2.
3-12 from the 13: Pass by Leo to Jesse - incomplete. Dropped ball.
4-12 from the 13: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete. Another drop. Turnover on downs.

Red 7
1-12 from the 13: Pass by Kris to Mike - incomplete. Just a little out of reach.
2-12 from the 13: Pass by Kris to Unknown - incomplete.
3-12 from the 13: Pass by Kris to Tom for 30 yards - stopped by Adam.

1-7 from the 32: Pass by Kris to Mike - incomplete. Play action pass but the ball was thrown out of bounds.
2-7 from the 32: Run by Mike for -1 yards - stopped by Adam. Mike came from the slot behind the line for a handoff.
3-8 from the 33: Pass by Kris to Mike - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
4-8 from the 33: Pass by Kris to Bedeeh for 7 yards - stopped by Matt. Controversy over where the stop was made. The ball was clearly short if you use where the flag was pulled. If you use center of mass of the ball carrier (i.e. middle of the belt) where the flag was pulled it was likely a first down (especially when we don't have lines to use). The down was replayed.
4-8 from the 33: Pass by Kris to Mike - incomplete. Overthrown a bit on a nice deep route. Turnover on downs.

Mike has to leave so we go back to 4 on 4 with an all-time QB/offensive plaver (Leo).

Yellow 7
1-17 from the 33: Pass by Leo to Adam - incomplete. Nice deep route but unable to reach ball (despite some ugly reaching)
2-17 from the 33: Pass by Leo to Matt for 10 yards - stopped by going out of bounds.
3-7 from the 32: Run by Chenault for 32 yards - stopped by . Adam takes the handoff and hands back to Chenault who was at the TE spot and stepped backwards to take the handoff. Chenault runs it 32 yards for the TD. 2-1, Yellow.

Red 8
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Tom - incomplete. Deep cross route. Ball a little too far out in front.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Kris for 35 yards - stopped by Adam.

1-5 from the 30: Very nice throw by Leo to Casey for the TD. 2-2, Tie

Yellow 8
1-15 from the 10: Chenault plays QB and hands off to Leo who takes it 65 for the TD. 3-2, Yellow.

Red 9
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Kris to Tom for 36 yards - stopped by Adam. Very nicely placed ball - better catch.
1-4 from the 29: Pass by Kris to Bedeeh for 28 yards - stopped by Adam. Adam bit on the flea-flicker and left Bedeeh wide open.

1-Goal from the 1: Pass by Kris to Tom for the TD. 3-3, Tie.

Yellow 9
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Jesse - incomplete. Ball was a bit long or Jesse slowed down depending on who you believe.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete. Ball a bit high.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete. Casey defenses the ball.
4-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete. Overthrown. Turnover on downs.

Leo has to leave so we go to 4 on 4 with a 4 Mississippi Rush.

Red 10
1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Kris to Tom for 7 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-Goal from the 3: Pass by Kris to Tom for 3 yards - stopped by . Pass by Kris to Casey caught by Tom who flashes in front of him in the endzone for the TD. 4-3, Red.

Yellow 10
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Matt to Jesse - incomplete. Blitz by Red and Matt gets rid of it fast.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Matt to Jesse - incomplete.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Matt to Jesse for 8 yards - stopped by Tom.
4-7 from the 18: Pass by Matt to Jesse for 10 yards - stopped by Tom.

1-22 from the 28: Pass by Matt to Adam for 29 yards - stopped by Tom. Broken play and Adam comes back underneath for a little dump off.

1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Matt to Jesse - incomplete. Thrown out the back of the endzone.
2-Goal from the 18: Pass by Matt to Adam for 18 yards - stopped by . Pass by Matt to Adam for 18 yards the TD. 4-4, Tie.

Red 11
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Kris to Bedeeh for 17 yards - stopped by Jesse.
1-23 from the 27: Pass by Kris to Bedeeh - incomplete. Blitz by Chenault and the ball is thrown long.
2-23 from the 27: Pass by Kris to Tom for 48 yards - stopped by . Pass by Kris to Tom for 48 yards and the TD. 5-4, Red.

Yellow 11
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 25 yards - stopped by Tom. Tom makes a beautiful behind-his-back flag grab.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 40 yards - stopped by . Pass by Chenault to Jesse for 40 yards and the TD.

5-5 Tie for the final score.

Stats-

Passing

Players	Comp	Attempts	%	Yards	Passing TD	INTs	Sacked	Yards Lost
Tom	6	13	46.15%	79	1	2	0	0
Kris	9	20	45.00%	181	3	1	0	0
Leo	9	27	33.33%	177	2	1	0	0
Chenault	3	6	50.00%	70	1	0	0	0
Matt	4	7	57.14%	65	1	0	0	0

Receiving/Rushing

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs
Tom	6	9	125	3	0	0	0
Bedeeh	3	6	53	0	1	-2	0
Kris	3	5	56	1	0	0	0
Mike	0	7	0	0	1	-1	0
Casey	5	8	91	1	0	0	0
Leo	0	0	0	0	4	84	1
Adam	3	9	82	2	1	4	0
Chenault	3	7	29	0	1	32	1
Matt	1	6	10	0	1	0	0
Jesse	7	15	126	1	0	0	0

Defense

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Def TDs
Tom	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bedeeh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kris	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Casey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	9	0	2	0	0	0	0
Chenault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Outstanding Performances

Red - Both Tom and Kris were about 45% completions which is good in our game. They combined for 260 yards and 4 TDs (3 for Kris!) and Leo added 65 for them while playing all-time QB. All very good stats. The 3 picks were unfortunate Tom had 2 of them but on the whole solid QB performances. Tom's 6 catches on 9 targets for 125 yards and 3 TDs was the hottest rushing/receiving performance of the game but there were some other strong performances. Casey had 5 catches on 8 targets for 91 and a TD. 53 and 56 yards receiving by Bedeeh and Kris, respectively was also nice - particularly when coupled with Kris's 6 flags which tied Tom's 6 (though Tom also had a pick).

Yellow - Great day for passing. Yellow's 3 QBs (Matt, Chenault, & Leo) combined for 247 yards and 4 TDs (one each for Matt and Chenault with only 1 pick. Chenault also called a number nifty running plays that resulted in 120 yards of rushing! Amazing for our game even if 65 came on one huge run by Leo. Yellow's leading receiver was Jesse with 7 catches on 15 targets for 126 yards and 1 TD. Adam had nearly identical stats to last week as: 82 yards, 2 TDs on 3 catches (and 2 drops) on 9 targets. Adam was also Yellow's leading defender with 9 flags and 2 picks.

MVP - Louis doesn't believe in awarding an MVP in a tie game but I look at MVP as the most dominating performance regardless of whether there was a tie (though the MVP usually goes to a player on the winning team). This week, I'm giving it to Tom. 3 receiving TDs (plus one passing), 125 yards receiving, 79 passing, plus a pick and 6 flags is a damn fine game.


Week 27 Preview - As you probably noted, there was bit of controversy this week relating to where the ball is spotted when the flag is pulled. Here is what I have in the rules currently:

Ball Marking - Ball position at the end of the play is marked by the ball carrier's BELT. It is not marked by the position of the football. The reason for this is that its easier to estimate where the tackle was made and it keeps people from having major collisions in diving plays or getting scraped up too bad.

The way this has typically been explained to players is to say that we use "center of mass" (meaning roughly center of the belt around the player's waist or "where the flag was pulled".

I think we should translate this to mean that you look at where the flag was pulled and then estimate where the center of mass based on the girth of the player and where the flag was pulled. If a side flag is pulled and the player was running forward, this will pretty much mean where the flag was pulled. If the back flag was pulled and the player was running forward, then we would pretty much put the ball forward a few inches (4-5 for a thin player, 8 for a larger player - this gives an advantage for bigger backs in goal line situations : ) . If the flag is pulled in front of the player (meaning the defender is between the player and the endzone when he pulls a flag such as in the instance of a spinning ball carrier or one who is running laterally), then we'd the ball at center of mass using where the flag was pulled as the estimate.

Trust me, this isn't as complicated as it sounds and it's pretty much the way I've always spotted the ball. The key is that if a player makes it to a cone but his back flag is pulled behind the line, the player should get the forward progress - he GOT BY the defender. To spot the ball at the furthest back position doesn't credit the ball carrier with his forward progress. Similarly, if the defender was in front of the ball carrier, the ball should be spotted back a bit from where the flag was pulled (basically center of mass) because the defender prevented the ball carrier from getting by.

Link of the Week - YouTube - 1975 Ball Buster Game Commercial

Week 25 Game Summary - a nice tight game of 6 on 6 / 7 on 7 with some nice debuts and some generally good play all around.

Game starts at 6 on 6 because Ray and Donnie joined after 2 series by each team.

Red 1
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Erik for 8 yards - stopped by Matt Cluen. On his first play in his debut game, Matt makes a beautiful diving flag grab to prevent a much bigger gain.
2-7 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Erik for 35 yards - stopped by Cain. Nick under pressure and about to be sacked throws it away to avoid the sack. Erik is able to bring it in and turn it into a huge gain.

1-Goal from the 22: Nick hits Erik for the TD bringing the drive of Erik to a close. 1-0, Red.

Yellow 1
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Matt Cluen - incomplete. Miscommunication with Casey, the first read.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Leo - incomplete. Deep post route where the ball was a little wide.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Casey - incomplete.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Red 2
1-15 from the 35: Throw to Chenault but PI called on an uncatchable ball when Matt Cluen basically climbed him.
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Smitty - incomplete. Leo has good coverage and defenses the pass.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Thrown into double coverage.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Smitty - incomplete.
4-15 from the 35: Punt.

Yellow 2
1-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Mark for 14 yards - stopped by Nick. Desperation heave by Cain across his body. Ironically Leo and Adam were on the right and uncovered by Cain, chose to throw to the only covered guy : )
2-6 from the 19: Cain throws 10 yards to Adam who takes it for the TD. Basically a "2 over, 1 under" route that got Adam wide open underneath and up the sideline. 1-1, Tie.

Ray joins Yellow and Donnie joins Red at this point.

Red 3
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Matt Day for 12 yards - stopped by Ray. Trips play with Matt cutting out underneath.
2-3 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Smitty for 10 yards - stopped by Matt Cluen. Nick keeps the play alive with his feet and gets Smitty on a broken play.

1-18 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Erik for 5 yards - stopped by Cain.
2-13 from the 37: Run by Nick for -12 yards - stopped by Matt Cluen. Matt comes on a delayed blitz and gets the sack.
3-25 from the 25: Run by Nick for -6 yards - stopped by Casey. Flag guard sack.
4-6 from the 19: Punt.

Yellow 3
1-4 from the 21: Pass by Cain to Matt Cluen - incomplete.
2-4 from the 21: Run by Cain for -5 yards - stopped by Smitty. 5 Yard sack.
3-9 from the 16: Pass by Cain to Ray - incomplete. Defensed by Matt but probably should have been picked.
4-9 from the 16: Punt.

Red 4
1-1 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 8 yards - stopped by Matt Cluen.

1-18 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 5 yards - stopped by Matt Cluen. Matt gets all three Flags.
2-13 from the 37: Pass by Nick to get rid of the ball. Ball thrown away. - incomplete.
3-13 from the 37: Run by Nick for -11 yards - stopped by Cain. Big sack by Cain.
4-24 from the 26: Punt.

Yellow 4
1-6 from the 19: Pass by Leo to Mark for 56 and the TD. Two keys to the play. First, Leo had to stiff-arm the rush to get free to make a 10 yard crossing throw. Second, Mark stiff-armed Erik and actually bounced him back 4 yards. 2-1, Yellow.

Red 5
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Smitty - incomplete.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Matt Day for 11 yards - stopped by Ray. Matt went down to the ground to get the ball but there was no contact so he got up and got a little more.
3-4 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Smitty for 39 yards - stopped by Ray. All yards in the air. Very nice throw into good coverage but Smitty made a nice catch.

1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Erik for 1 yards - stopped by Ray. Erik comes in motion behind the line and gets the flip on hike. The play got blocked up and Erik had to cut back into the center of the field where Ray was able to get him.
2-Goal from the 14: Nice route, throw, and catch in the corner of the endzone. 2-2, Tie.

Yellow 5
1-15 from the 10: Deep throw by Leo to Casey picked by Erik and run back to the 15 where Mark makes the stop.

Red 6
1-Goal from the 15: Flea flicker and then the throw to Donnie for the TD. 3-2, Red.

Yellow 6
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Cain - incomplete. Ball thrown wide.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Adam - incomplete. Bad 10 yard out route.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Cain for 32 yards - stopped by Mike.

1-8 from the 33: Pass by Leo to Mark for 18 yards - stopped by Nick. This was a nice catch by Mark. The ball was thrown a little behind him and Nick was all focused on the pick when Mark reaches back and brings it in.

1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Leo to Cain - incomplete. Close play in the back corner of the endzone.
2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Leo to Mark for 7 yards - stopped by Smitty.
3-Goal from the 8: Pass by Leo to Cain for 8 yards and the TD. Jump ball for Cain. 3-3, Tie.

Red 7
1-15 from the 10: Run by Nick for -8 yards - stopped by Mark. Great timing for an 8 yard sack.
2-23 from the 2: Nick throws to Smitty but Ray makes a nice sideline interceptions with Smitty getting the flag.

Yellow 7
1-12 from the 37: Pass by Leo to Matt Cluen for 15 yards - stopped by Erik.

1-Goal from the 22: Pass by Leo to Casey for 4 yards - stopped by . This was a Cuba Libre with Casey pitching to Mark but considering how the play worked out, nothing was gained on the pitch.
2-Goal from the 18: Pass by Leo to Casey - incomplete. Pass defensed by Nick.
3-Goal from the 18: Pass by Leo to Matt Cluen - incomplete. Ball caught but rulled out of bounds. On a field with actual lines on it, the ruling might have been different.
4-Goal from the 18: Leo throws to Ray in the endzone and somehow Matt Day intercepted it for a touchback. Basically the Immaculate Interception.

Red 8
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike for 3 yards - stopped by Matt Cluen. On set, Mike comes across and takes the pitch forward.
2-12 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Unknown - incomplete. Cain rushed on this play and knocked the ball down as it was thrown.
3-12 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Little bubble screen.
4-9 from the 16: Throw by Nick to Donnie. Ray intercepts it before realizing it would have been better to drop it and he then steps out of bounds.

Yellow 8
1-10 from the 35: Pass by Leo to Mark - incomplete. Mark lays out for the ball in the endzone but doesn't make the catch.
2-10 from the 35: Pass by Leo to Cain for 13 yards - stopped by Smitty. 13 yard out route.

1-Goal from the 22: Pass by Leo to Cain - incomplete. Deep throw to Cain in the endzone but it was long.
2-Goal from the 22: Pass by Leo to Adam for 1 yards - stopped by Chenault. Bubble screen.
3-Goal from the 21: Pass by Leo to Adam for 21 and the score. Yellow lined up in the same bubble screen formation as the last play but this time ran the blockers down field and Adam underneath. 4-3, Yellow.

Red 9
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Matt Day - incomplete.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Erik - incomplete. This was a rare drop.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Erik for 15 yards - stopped by Ray.

1-25 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Matt Day for 18 yards - stopped by Matt Cluen. Nick does a good job of getting away from pressure and finding Matt open.
2-7 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Smitty in the endzone intercepted by Ray who runs it back to the 22 where he is stopped by Donnie.
1-3 from the 22: Run by Casey for 6 yards - stopped by Matt Day. Casey takes it up the middle for a 1st down.

Yellow 9
1-22 from the 28: Pass by Leo to Matt Cluen - incomplete.
2-22 from the 28: Pass by Leo to Ray - incomplete. Ball defensed by Erik but Matt Cluen nearly catches it off Erik's tip.
3-22 from the 28: Pass by Leo to Ray - incomplete. Overthrown.
4-22 from the 28: Punt.

Mike and Leo leave for a coed game. Game continues 6 on 6.

Red 10
1-7 from the 18: Cuba Libre - Pass by Nick to Chenault for 5 yards. Chenault pitches to Smitty who gets another 6. Stop by Adam.

1-21 from the 29: Run by Nick to for -4 yards - stopped by Mark. 4 Yard sack.
2-25 from the 25: Handoff to Chenault who runs for 2 and pitches back to Nick. Nick then gets back to the point where Chenault pitched when Mark gets the flag. Yards are credited to Nick.
3-23 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Ball wide.
4-23 from the 27: Punt.

Yellow 10
1-12 from the 13: Pass by Cain to Mark for 17 yards - stopped by Erik. Cain got the ball off JUST before his flag was pulled. Mark again used a stiffarm to great effect.
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Ray for the score. 5-3, Yellow.

Red 11
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Matt Day - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Smitty - incomplete. Nick again does a nice job getting free to make a throw but the ball was dropped.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Erik for 13 yards - stopped by Adam. Pushed out by Adam.
4-2 from the 23: Run by Nick for -5 yards - stopped by Casey. Casey on the sack. Turnover on downs.

Yellow 11
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Pass by Cain to Adam on a 5 yard out. Smitty jumps the route and picks it. Mark gets the stop.

Red 12
1-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Matt Cluen tips it and Ray keeps Chenault from getting the ball.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Donnie - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Donnie - incomplete.
4-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Erik for 18 yards - stopped by Cain.

1-Goal from the 22: Pass by Nick to Smitty - incomplete. Good throw but ball lost in the sun.
2-Goal from the 22: Pass by Nick to Smitty - incomplete. Ball caught outside the back of the endzone (by several yards).
3-Goal from the 22: Pass by Nick to Smitty - incomplete. Again thrown out of the back of the endzone.
4-Goal from the 22: Run by Nick for -5 yards - stopped by Mark. Another sack by Mark. Turnover on downs.

Yellow 12
1-23 from the 27: Pass by Cain to Matt Cluen for 13 yards - stopped by Matt Day. Another nice stiff-arm, this time by Matt Cluen on Smitty.
2-10 from the 35: Pass by Cain to Ray for 35 yards and the TD. Ray has to fight for the tip. 6-3, Yellow. Red moves into a hurry-up mode.

Red 13
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Erik for 10 yards - stopped by Ray. WR Screen.
2-5 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Erik for 3 yards - stopped by Ray. WR Screen.
3-2 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Smitty - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
4-2 from the 23: Pass by Nick to Erik for 3 yards - stopped by Cain.

1-24 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Matt Day for 4 yards - stopped by Matt Cluen. Underneath route.
2-20 from the 30: Run by Nick for 0 yards - stopped by Casey. Casey pressures Nick past the line of scrimmage so it’s a 0 yard sack.
3-20 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Erik - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
4-20 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Erik - incomplete. Ray make a beautiful diving defense of the ball.
5-20 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Erik for 16 yards - stopped by Ray. No, you didn't miss read it. We had a 5-20 because in the hurry-up we accidentallly played 2nd down twice. Turnover on downs.

Yellow 13
1-21 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. WR screen dropped by Adam.
2-21 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Defensed by Smitty but probably should have been picked.
3-21 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Drop.
4-21 from the 29: Run by Cain for 18 yards - stopped by Smitty. Flea flicker to Ray back to Cain.

Red 14
1-22 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Erik for 7 yards - stopped by Ray.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Long pattern but the ball was a little short.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Donnie - incomplete. Ball high.
4-15 from the 35: Pass by Chenault to Unknown - incomplete. Chenault lines up as QB and heaves one up field (not sure who whom) and Cain picks it and takes it in for the TD. 7-3, Yellow.

Passing Stats

Players	Comp	Attempts	%	Yards	Passing TD	INTs	Sacked	Yards Lost
Nick	25	51	49.02%	300	3	3	8	-51
Chenault	0	1	0.00%	0	0	1	0	0
Cain	6	15	40.00%	180	3	1	1	-5
Leo	10	22	45.45%	175	3	2	0	0

Receiving/Rushing Stats

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs
Nick	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Chenault	3	8	18	0	1	0	0
Mike	1	1	3	0	0	0	0
Smitty	3	13	63	1	1	6	0
Erik	13	16	156	1	0	0	0
Matt Day	4	6	45	0	0	0	0
Donnie	1	5	15	1	0	0	0
Cain	3	6	53	1	1	18	0
Leo	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	3	8	78	2	0	0	0
Mark	5	6	112	1	0	0	0
Casey	1	4	4	0	1	6	0
Matt Cluen	2	6	28	0	0	0	0
Ray	2	6	80	2	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Def TDs
Nick	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smitty	5	1	1	0	1	-5	0
Erik	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Matt Day	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Donnie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cain	5	1	1	0	1	-11	1
Leo	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	7	0	0	0	3	-17	0
Casey	3	0	0	0	3	-11	0
Matt Cluen	8	1	0	0	1	-12	0
Ray	9	1	3	0	0	0	0

Outstanding Performances
I really like Nick's performance for most of the game. Until late in the game, he was running well over 50% completions and finished the game with 49.02%. He also had 3 TDs and 300 yards passing! He also threw 3 picks but considering the pressure he was under (sacked 8 times), its not too surprising that he might have a couple miscues. Actually, I was surprised to read that there were 8 sacks because I was amazed at how many times he was escaping pressure to make a good throw. I was especially impressed at how often he was checking down to throw short under those conditions. The week before, the longer the play, the more likely he'd throw long.

Another outstanding performance for Red was Erick who was 13 of 16 for 156 yards and a TD. Seriously, 13 of 16? Those are some of the biggest stats I've recorded on a receiver. He also had a pick, a pass defensed, and a couple flags.

Smitty had a nice debut with 5 flags, a pass defensed, a pick, and a sack on defense. His numbers on offense weren't as good with 3 of 13 and one rush but he did get 69 yards and a TD so that's not shabby at all and he was covered pretty well.

Yellow had a number of nice performances as well starting with our QBs. 355 yards between them and 3 TDs each and very respectable completion percentages (40% for Cain and 45.45% for Leo). Cain added to that with a nice 3 of 6 for 53 yards and a TD receiving and 18 yards rushing as well as 5 flags (1 sack), 1 pass defensed, 1 pick, and a defensive TD.

Matt Cluen was the other great debut. He only had 2 catches for 28 on offense, but he had a very strong defensive game - 8 flags (one sack) and a pass defensed.

But the biggest standouts for Yellow, however were Mark and Ray. Mark was 5 of 6 for 112 yards and a TD receiving and then had a monster day on defense with 7 flags (3 of them sacks). Ray had only 2 catches but they went for 80 yards and 2 TDs. He also had and 9 flags (tops in the game), one pass defensed and another 3 intercepted.

Until I got finished transcribing the game, I had thought the MVP was going to be Ray but when I looked that the numbers, I realized that this week Mark deserves it. Its hard to linemen to get the MVP award but 3 sacks is a big number. Add 4 more flags to that and you have a dominant defensive performance. I think its safe to assume that at least one of Ray's picks occurred in part due to pressure that Mark and Casey (who also had 3 sacks) were putting on Nick. In addition, Mark was clearly a goto receiver for Yellow with his lone miss being a diving attempt that he nearly had that would have been a TD. Also worth mentioning is his TD that was the result of a stiffarm and some serious YAC.

On a personal note, I had mixed feelings about my performance. I feel like I played 2 half games. I had a good first half on offense with 3 catches for 78 yards and 2 TDs. But then I had 2 drops in the second part of the game. On defense, I did little early in the game but then came alive 3 defensed passes and a couple flags.

Week 26 Preview - This game will mark six months of the season gone. There are only a couple months left in the season but so far its been a great one. Weather shows warmer this week with a chance of some rain but as you all know, we play in the rain, seriously.

PS - I made another purchase to enhance the game.

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Week 24 Game Summary - Why oh why do we have weather that allows the temperature go from low 60s one week to low 80s the next? I hate the heat. I hereby christen this the week of the drop. I counted 13 drops between both sides. Cain paid the biggest price since Red had the bulk of them.

Yellow - Nick, Tom, Mike, Chi, Chenault, & Casey

Red - Cain, Adam, Josh, Matt Day, Bedeeh, & Jimmy

Yellow 1
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Pump-N-Go to Mike who had a nice route but the ball was overthrown.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Nick was scrambling for a while and finally found Mike on a deep cross but the ball was dropped.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Tom - incomplete. Deep throw that Cain and Tom go up for and neither comes down with it.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Red 1
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Josh for 6 yards - stopped by Mike.
2-14 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Long throw down the right sideline, possibly a tad underthrown.
3-14 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete.
4-14 from the 36: Punt.

Yellow 2
1-14 from the 11: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 10 yards - stopped by Matt. Little drag route.
2-4 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Mike for 12 yards - stopped by Cain & Jimmy.
1-17 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Mike for 31 yards - stopped by Cain.

1-Goal from the 11: Throw from Nick to Chi in the endzone but a bit high and Cain, who is covering Mike, picks it.

Red 2
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh - incomplete. Cain makes a nice throw on the run rolling right.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Thrown out of bounds.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam for 25 yards - stopped by Casey.

1-15 from the 35: Run by Adam for -4 yards - stopped by Chi.
2-19 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Easy ball dropped coming across the middle all alone.
3-19 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Matt - incomplete. Thrown long.
4-19 from the 31: Punt.

Yellow 3
1-7 from the 18: Run by Nick for yards - stopped by -5. Chenault calls a flag guard on his own teammate as Nick makes contact with Bedeeh's hand while dancing around trying to get away.
2-7 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Tom - incomplete. Tom runs a fly and looks inside for the ball which was a little outside.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Casey for 36 yards - stopped by Jimmy. Deep throw to Casey who had to make a big adjustment for the ball. Jimmy forces a fumble to end the play.

1-Goal from the 21: Pass by Nick to Tom for 17 yards - stopped by Matt.
2-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Ball purposely thrown a bit behind Casey on a cross in the endzone because Jimmy had good coverage and it was more likely that Casey could get it that way.
3-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Red 3
1-21 from the 4: Pass by Cain to Matt - incomplete.
2-21 from the 4: Pass by Cain to Josh for 10 yards - stopped by Mike.
3-11 from the 14: Pass by Cain to - incomplete.
4-11 from the 14: Punt.

Yellow 4
1-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete.
2-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Josh jumped up at the line to knock this down.
3-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Ball is replayed as Adam hit Mike's chin going for the ball on a deep throw to Mike.
3-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Dropped.
4-19 from the 31: Punt.

Red 4
1-11 from the 14: Pass by Cain to Unknown for 6 yards - stopped by Unknown.
2-5 from the 20: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Casey gets Cain's arm on the throw to defense the pass.
3-5 from the 20: Pass by Cain to Unknown - incomplete.
4-5 from the 20: Punt.

Yellow 5
1-4 from the 21: Pass by Nick to Tom - incomplete. Another jump ball between Tom and Cain.
2-4 from the 21: Run by Chi for 1 yards - stopped by Adam. Chi comes in motion on set and takes the pitch as get gets past the line.
3-3 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Tom - incomplete. Tom dove but the ball was thrown too far outside wide.
4-3 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Tom for 9 yards - stopped by Cain.

1-19 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Tom for 20 yards - stopped by Cain. Nick scrambles all day and with Chenault screaming "thrown it, throw it" launches a beauty.
1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. This was a drop.
2-Goal from the 24: Nick to Tom in the endzone for 24 yards and a TD. 1-0, Yellow.

Red 5
1-15 from the 10: Cain hits Josh on a 10 yard cross. Josh turns it up field and with a little change in direction downfields, scores. 1-1, Tie.

Yellow 6
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Another sad drop on a deep ball.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 8 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
4-7 from the 18: Punt.

Red 6
1-3 from the 22: Cain threw to Matt who basically hands the ball to Tom for the pick. Matt does get the stop. If Chenault had been a step faster, he would have had a sack and prevented the turnover. I'm calling this a drop on Matt.

Yellow 7
1-3 from the 28: Pass by Tom to Nick - incomplete. Bubble screen set with Tom in the V. Tom steps back on hike and gets a backwards pass. Nick goes out for the pass and Tom throws it to Nick but its overthrown.
2-3 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Tom for 11 yards - stopped by Adam. Nice completion for the first down.

1-Goal from the 17: Nice throw by Nick to Chenault just outside the front of the endzone and then 1 step for the TD. 2-1, Yellow.

Red 7
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Josh for 13 yards - stopped by Tom. Nice stop by Tom who had to grab one to Josh and hold him to get a flag.
2-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. 2 Drops for Adam.
3-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Josh for 6 yards - stopped by Nick.

1-21 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Adam's 3rd drop on a 6 yard cross
2-21 from the 29: Run by Cain for -18 yards - stopped by Chenault. Huge sack.
3-39 from the 11: Pass by Cain to Josh for 22 yards - stopped by Chi.
4-17 from the 33: Punt.

Yellow 8
1-18 from the 7: Pass by Nick to Chi - incomplete.
2-18 from the 7: Nick overthrowns to Unknown and Jimmy picks it and follows nice blocks by Adam and Cain in for the TD. 2-2, tie.

Yellow 9
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Thrown a bit wide.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Cain blitzes off his man, Casey so Nick throws to Casey but Josh stepped back off the line and made the throw much harder.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Chi - incomplete.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Red 9
1-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh for 10 yards - stopped by Tom.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Cain to Adam for 40 yards and the TD. Route was a 10 yard post from left to right. About 17 yards in the air and the rest YAC. 3-2, Red.

Yellow 10
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Deep throw but Mike was playing the in and the ball was thrown a bit out.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Tom for 30 yards - stopped by Cain.

1-10 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Mike found himself essentially uncovered for a few seconds but the ball was a little behind his route.
2-10 from the 35: Run by Nick for -12 yards - stopped by Bedeeh. Big sack
3-22 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Tom for 37 yards - stopped by Adam. Big throw to Tom. Adam comes in from the Safety on the stop.

1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Another rough drop. Apparently Yellow is trying to even things out by dropping as many as a Team as Adam has by himself.
2-Goal from the 10: Nick was able to stay alive and hit Casey in the endzone for the TD. 3-3, Tie

Red 10
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh - incomplete. Finally someone else on Red dropped one. : )
2-15 from the 10: Chi got a sack but the play was redone because the route was to Josh who was interfered with past 5 yards.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh - incomplete.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Ball was thrown long.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Yellow 11
1-15 from the 35: Long throw by Nick to Chenault for 40 yards and the TD. What made this a more impresive play was that Adam nearly defensed it by smacking the ball at it was being caught but Chenault moved it and I missed the ball when I reached in. Really good job. 4-3, Yellow.

Red 11
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Ridiculous. Simple WR screen for a 4th drop.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Okay, this was behind and would have required a 1 handed catch but after all the other drops, I'm calling this a 5th drop on Adam.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Unknown - incomplete. Ball was thrown out of bounds.
4-15 from the 10: Punt.

Yellow 12
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Tom for 10 yards - stopped by Cain.
2-10 from the 35: Run by Nick for -7 yards - stopped by Bedeeh.
3-17 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Chi - incomplete.
4-17 from the 33: Punt.

Red 12
1-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Finally an incompletion that's not a drop. This was just a bad throw.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Adam for 18 yards - stopped by Nick. Adam may not have caught many but at least they counted. Stiff-arm and spins causes 3 misses but Nick was able to get the flag.
3-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Bedeeh - incomplete.
4-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 1 yard. Jimmy pitches back to Cain coming around the left side. Cain dives for the 1st down and Chi makes the flag for a 2 yard loss. Turnover on downs.

Yellow 13
1-Goal from the 21: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Defensed by Adam.
2-Goal from the 21: Run by Nick for -2 yards - stopped by Cain. Flag guard sack.
3-Goal from the 23: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete. Another drop.
4-Goal from the 23: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Defensed by Adam. Turnover on downs.

Red 13
1-2 from the 23: Run by Cain for -5 yards - stopped by Chenault. 5 yard sack.
2-7 from the 18: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 16 yards - stopped by Chi.

1-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Matt - incomplete.
2-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Thrown out of bounds.
3-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Thrown short.
4-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Jimmy for 41 yards - stopped by . Cain throws to Jimmy for 41 yards and the tying TD. Jimmy had to fight for the ball. 4-4, Final.

Stats

	Passing
Players	Comp	Attempts	%	Yards	Passing TD	INTs	Sacked	Yards Lost
Nick	17	44	38.64%	322	4	2	4	-21
Tom	0	1	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0
Cain	14	39	35.90%	279	3	1	2	-23

	Receiving / Rushing
Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs
Nick	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom	8	12	158	1	0	0	0
Mike	2	10	43	0	0	0	0
Chi	1	4	0	0	1	1	0
Chenault	4	7	75	2	0	0	0
Casey	2	10	46	1	0	0	0
Cain	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0
Adam	3	11	83	1	1	-4	0
Matt	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	6	12	122	1	0	0	0
Bedeeh	1	5	10	0	0	0	0
Jimmy	3	3	58	1	0	0	0

	Defense
Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Def TDs
Nick	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mike	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chi	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chenault	2	0	0	0	2	-23	0
Casey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cain	6	1	1	0	1	-2	0
Adam	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bedeeh	2	0	0	0	3	-19	0
Jimmy	1	1	1	0	0	0	1

I normally don't track drops but this game had so many that I felt I owed it to Nick and Cain. Nick would have had a 50% completion rate which is the benchmark I've set for a great QB game in our game.

Cain, however, would have had far better stats. He could have gone 22 of 39 with a 56.41% completion rate. While I didn't record how far down the field the drops were, but I can saw that one of mine had me free and clear running through all the traffic going the other way and it likely would have been good for 40 yards and a TD. I think its safe to assume that those 9 completions would have been worth 80 yards or more.

Louis doesn't believe there should be an MVP in a tie game but there were several very nice performances beside Nick's and Cain's I would like to highlight.

On Yellow, Tom had a very nice debut with 8 receptions on 12 targets for 158 yards and a TD. He also had TD that Matt handed to him. Yellow also had Chenault's 4 reception on 7 targets for 75 yards and 2 TDs coupled with 2 sacks worth -23 yards.

Red, was also blessed with some nice performances. Josh had 6 on 12 targets for 122 yards and a TD. Jimmy was 3 on 3 for 58 yards and a TD. Plus on defense he had a pass defensed and a Pick-6 Interception (with a little help) for another TD. In addition to a good day at QB, Cain had 6 flags (including one sack), 1 pass defensed, and an INT. For Adam, it was all about the game that could have been. 83 yards on 3 receptions (and one run for a loss) with a TD were some nice stats as was the 4 flags and 4 passes defensed (including the one to Chenault at the end of the game that would have allowed Yellow to win). But 5 drops!!!! I need a QB to come out early this week and throw me some balls.

Week 25 - Looking for Cain to use a sticky ball and maybe cooler weather. Saturday is supposed to only have a high of 72.

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