9/22/07 Game Summary:

10 on 10 games are generally not great games, especially on the small field but this one was really good. Not as much offense most people would like but some really great defensive efforts.

Timely players include: Adam, Chi, Canadian, Josh, Kuzi, Nick, Hippie, Chenault, David, Louis, Mark, Biscuits, and Jimmy. About 2/3rds not bad. The rest were there in time for another 9:10 start so its hard to complain much about that. Thanks to everyone who was on time and everyone else still showing up pretty quickly. This is a good start this season.

Red: Adam, Chi, Day, Canadian, Josh, Kuzi, Nick, Ray, Hippie, and Donnie
Yellow: Burleson, Chenault, David, Leo, Louis, Mark, Biscuits, Travis, Hill, and Jimmy

Game starts 10 on 10 - 5 man line and 4 eligibles.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Adam for yards - stopped by . Fly pattern up the right side; ball a little underthrown.
2-12 from the 8: Run by Nick for 5 yards - stopped by David. QB keeper.
3-7 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Adam - dropped. Nice throw, high and outside.
4-7 from the 13: Punt.

Yellow Drive #1
1-17 from the 23: Run by Leo for -4 yards - stopped by Ray. Run right but Ray makes a great play to get into the backfield and get the flag.
2-21 from the 19: Pass by Burleson to Travis for yards - stopped by . Not quite picked.
3-21 from the 19: Pass by Burleson to Leo intercepted by Ray - stopped by Louis.

Red Drive #2
1-10 from the 30: Sack of Nick by Chenault for -8 yards.
2-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Ray for 12 yards - stopped by Burleson.
3-6 from the 26: Run by Nick for 13 yards - stopped by Jimmy. Nick runs to the first down; slides but no one touches him so he gets up and runs some more.

1-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete. Ball out of the back of the endzone.
2-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. Josh got one foot in but not the other.
3-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Away - incomplete. Nick throws it away under pressure.
4-Goal from the 13: Pass by Nick to Donnie defensed by Burleson - incomplete. Ball was thrown in the endzone. Kuzi made a diving attempt at catching the tip. Turnover on Downs.

Yellow Drive #2
1-7 from the 13: Run by Jimmy for -1 yards - stopped by Donnie. Donnie reminds everyone that he's the run stopper.
2-8 from the 12: Pass by Burleson to Mark - incomplete. Play action pass with a throw to Mark streaking up the right sideline but the ball was just a bit long.
3-8 from the 12: Pass by Burleson to Hill for yards - stopped by . Again, not quite picked.
4-8 from the 12: Punt.

Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Hippie for 42 yards - stopped by Burleson. Amazing deep throw, hits Hippie in stride at the 14 and Burleson gets the flag 4 yards later to save the TD.
1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Hippie intercepted by Jimmy - stopped by Adam. The pick occurred due to a tip by Chenault who gets credit for the defensed pass. Ball is on the 1 after the pick.

Yellow Drive #3
1-19 from the 1: Run by Burleson for 0 yards - stopped by Hippie. QB keeper for no gain.
2-19 from the 1: Pass by Burleson to Leo - incomplete. Ball well overthrown.
3-19 from the 1: Sack of Burleson by Ray for -1 yards. Safety.

0.5 - 0, Red.

Red Drive #4
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Donnie defensed by David - incomplete. David makes a great play on the ball and Donnie still comes close to catching it on the tip with Burleson also in on the play.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Ball a little high and behind.
4-12 from the 8: Punt.

Yellow Drive #4
1-3 from the 37: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 0 yards - stopped by Donnie. Leo fakes the run rolling to his left. He pulls up and throws to Chenault. Donnie floated with Leo parallel with the line but back a bit putting him in the perfect spot to get Chenault.
2-3 from the 37: Run by Leo for 1 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-2 from the 38: Pass by Leo to Louis for 3 yards - stopped by Canadian.

1-19 from the 39: Pass by Leo to Louis for 2 yards - stopped by Hippie.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Leo to Biscuits for yards - stopped by . Ray called for pass interference and the down is replayed.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Leo to Biscuits defensed by Ray - incomplete.
3-17 from the 37: Sack of Leo by Donnie for -10 yards.
4-27 from the 33: Punt.

Red Drive #5
1-15 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. Ball a little behind.
2-15 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Josh for 5 yards - stopped by Mark. Josh catches the ball from his knees.
3-10 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Hippie - incomplete. Micommunication between receiver and QB.
4-10 from the 10: Punt.

Yellow Drive #5
1-5 from the 35: Pass by Leo to Jimmy - incomplete. Overthrown.
2-5 from the 35: Pass by Leo to Jimmy - incomplete. Ball wide on a crossing pattern.
3-5 from the 35: Sack of Leo by Donnie for -2 yards.
4-7 from the 33: Punt. Adam beats Louis and Biscuits on a 2-1 RPS: Hammer to their scissors.

Red Drive #6
1-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Kuzi - incomplete. Ball uncatchable.
2-8 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Donnie intercepted by David - stopped by Josh.

Yellow Drive #6
1-Goal from the 9: Run by Leo for 4 yards - stopped by Canadian.
2-Goal from the 5: Pass by Leo to Hill - incomplete. Ball low.
3-Goal from the 5: Pass by Leo to Unknown - incomplete.
4-Goal from the 5: Pass by Leo to Travis defensed by Kuzi - incomplete. Leo rolls left, pulls up and throws. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #7
1-15 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Chi intercepted by Louis - stopped by Canadian.

Yellow Drive #7
1-Goal from the 9: Run by Jimmy for 3 yards - stopped by Chi. Chi saves the TD.
2-Goal from the 6: Run by Jimmy for 1 yards - stopped by Canadian.
3-Goal from the 5: Run by Chenault for 2 yards - stopped by Canadian. Chi injured his knee on this play and was out for the rest of the game. We dropped to 9 on 9: 4 man line and 4 eligibles.
4-Goal from the 3: Run by Burleson for 2 yards - stopped by Josh. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #8
1-19 from the 1: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 6 yards - stopped by David.
2-13 from the 7: Pass by Nick to Hippie for 15 yards - stopped by Mark.

1-18 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 10 yards - stopped by Louis.
2-8 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 38 yards - stopped by Louis. Deep pass - Canadian looked the wrong way to start but turn around to make the catch.

1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. Nick rolled left and threw back right to Josh who was crossing in the other direction but the ball was behind him.
2-Goal from the 10: Pass by Nick to Hippie intercepted by Travis - stopped by Hippie. Picked in the endzone.

Yellow Drive #8
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Biscuits - incomplete. Trips play with Biscuits lining up inside and cutting under the outside receivers. Ball overthrown.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Leo intercepted by Hippie - stopped by Leo. Wounded duck of a pass. Leo fights through Adam's block to get the flag.

Red Drive #9
1-12 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Adam for 10 yards - stopped by Louis. Little out pattern with Adam driving Louis for YAC but unable to get free.
2-2 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete. Ball out of bounds and Adam nearly put into the fence.
3-2 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Adam for 10 yards - stopped by Travis. Crossing route.

1-Goal from the 12: False start by Kuzi robs Adam of a TD on his nicest move of the day.
1-Goal from the 12: Sack of Nick by Mark for -6 yards. Flag guard called.
2-Goal from the 18: Run by Nick for 18 yards and the TD. Nick runs it in making nice use of his blockers.

1.5 - 0, Red.

Yellow Drive #9
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 14 yards - stopped by Canadian.
1-18 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Travis - incomplete. Deep throw but Travis was looking over the other shoulder for it.
2-18 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 0 yards. Forward pitch to Chenault who hands back off to Louis on the reverse. Louis has Leo as an option pitch but the pitch at the line of scrimmage is slightly forward which makes it a second forward pass and the play is dead there with a 0 yard gain.
3-18 from the 22: Pass by Leo to David - defensed by Canadian.
4-18 from the 22: Punt.

Red Drive #10
1-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Ray - incomplete. Errant throw where Louis has a better chance to catch the ball so Ray turns defender and defenses the pass. A heads up play but one which unfortunately, doesn't count in defensive stats.
2-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Josh for 12 yards - stopped by Jimmy.

1-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Canadian for 12 yards - stopped by Jimmy.
1-18 from the 38: Pass by Nick to Ray intercepted by Louis - stopped by Ray. Some controversy on this play because after the ball was thrown, Chenault hit Nick pretty hard and called himself for "roughing the passer." After discussion it was decided that generally the pick was not the result of the hit and that we don't normally call contact penalties (unless the offender is a repeater). Its a rough game and we don't want people to be hit like that but ultimately accidents will happen and we need to just talk the play through and reach a reasonable conclusion. In this case, while I didn't see the hit, I did see the throw and the coverage - Louis had Ray very well covered. There was a chance Ray would get it and chance Louis would and a bigger chance for an incompletion.

Yellow Drive #10
1-11 from the 9: Pass by Chenault to Jimmy for 27 yards - stopped by Canadian. Ball was a duck and 4 people miss chances to stop Jimmy with a much shorter gain.

1-4 from the 36: Run by Leo for 5 yards - stopped by Hippie.

1-19 from the 39: Run by Jimmy for 13 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-6 from the 26: Pass by Chenault to Burleson for -3 yards - stopped by Josh. Bursleson pitched back to Chenault but Josh gets big the credit on this one by tipping the pitch back and preventing Chenault from fielding it.
3-9 from the 29: Pass by Chenault to Biscuits defensed by Canadian - incomplete.
4-9 from the 29: Pass by Burleson to Leo defensed by Josh - incomplete. Chenault pitches to Burleson who rolls right and throws to Leo but Josh had floated down the line of scrimmage and defensed the pass.

Red Drive #11
1-11 from the 29: Run by Nick for 14 yards - stopped by David.
1-17 from the 37: Sack of Nick by Leo for -6 yards.
2-23 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Kuzi defensed by Burleson - incomplete. Kuzi prevents the pick.
3-23 from the 37: Run by Nick for 8 yards - stopped by Hill.
4-15 from the 35: Punt.

Yellow Drive #11
1-10 from the 10: Pass by Biscuits to Travis for 11 yards - stopped by Hippie.
1-19 from the 21: Pass by Biscuits to Louis - incomplete. Ball caught but just out of bounds.
2-19 from the 21: Sack of Biscuits by Canadian for -3 yards.
3-22 from the 18: Pass by Biscuits to Louis - incomplete. Thrown into traffic. 5-6 players in the scrum.
4-2 from the 18: Punt.

Red Drive #12
1-2 from the 18: Run by Nick for 19 yards - stopped by David.

1-3 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Hippie - incomplete. Miscommunication.
2-3 from the 37: Sack of Nick by Hill for -4 yards. QB Draw that went no where.
3-7 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Canadian - incomplete.
4-7 from the 33: Run by Nick for 0 yards - stopped by Hill.

Yellow Drive #12
1-13 from the 33: Pass by Chenault to Biscuits intercepted by Ray - stopped by Chenault. And that's the ball game.

Final Score 1.5 to 0, Red.


Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	Passing TD	INTs	Sacked	Yards Lost
Nick	12	1	38	31.58%	172	0	5	4	-24
Burleson	2	0	9	22.22%	0	0	2	1	-1
Chenault	3	0	4	75.00%	24	0	1	0	0
Leo	5	0	15	33.33%	19	0	0	2	-12
Biscuits	1	0	4	25.00%	11	0	0	1	-3

Well Chenault had the best completion percentage but remember, he had 4 passes and 1 pick. 172 yards for Nick in a big defensive game was pretty darn good and his long throw to Hippie was simply beautiful.

Rushing/Receiving Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined
Adam	3	5	20	0	0	0	0	20
Chi	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canadian	4	5	66	0	0	0	0	66
Josh	2	5	17	0	0	0	0	17
Kuzi	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	0	0	0	0	7	77	1	77
Ray	1	5	12	0	0	0	0	12
Hippie	2	6	57	0	0	0	0	57
Donnie	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burleson	1	1	-3	0	2	2	0	-1
Chenault	3	3	14	0	1	2	0	16
David	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	0	4	0	0	4	6	0	6
Louis	2	4	5	0	1	0	0	5
Mark	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biscuits	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Travis	2	4	11	0	0	0	0	11
Hill	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy	1	3	27	0	4	16	0	43
Unknown	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

In a game with very little offense, one player clearly stood out. Canadian had 66 yards on 4 catches from 5 targets. Hippie had 57 yards on 2 catches and Nick was the games leading rusher! 77 yards on 7 rushes and a rushing TD. Jimmy also was impressive with his runs and reception.


Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Safeties	Def TDs
Adam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canadian	8	2	0	0	1	-3	0	0
Josh	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuzi	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray	2	1	2	0	1	-1	1	0
Hippie	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Donnie	2	0	0	0	2	-12	0	0
Burleson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	1	1	0	0	1	-8	0	0
David	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	1	0	0	0	1	-6	0	0
Louis	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	3	0	0	0	1	-6	0	0
Biscuits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Travis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hill	3	0	0	0	1	-4	0	0
Jimmy	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Once again we have a terrific performance by the Canadian with 8 flags, 2 defensed passes and a sack. Josh also had a big game with 3 flags and 2 defensed passes (all the more impressive considering he was playing line). Louis though had 4 flags, a defensed pass, and 2 Picks - arguably the defensive effort of the day but then there was Ray who had 2 flags, a defensed pass, and a safety. Hippie had 5 flags and a defensed pass. David had 4 flags, a defensed pass, and a pick. Very, very nice defensive efforts in this game.

MVP:
The best individual award goes to Canadian with both a strong offensive and defensive effort and many of his plays occuring at critical times but in this game we have the rare "Whole Defense" MVP. Twice Yellow had first and goal from the 9 - back to back in fact and twice Red was able to keep Yellow out of the endzone. Considering Red won the game 1.5 to 0, those two stands were huge.

Season 14 Kick Off - UPDATED WITH CORRECTIONS

Okay last week was supposed to be a preseason game - short game, scrimmage rules, etc. But, not surprisingly, a real game broke out at the first snap and we just played on from there.

Couple new things to talk about. Chenault and I were talking about the need to improve running in the game and he suggested that we try 20 yard first downs rather than 25 as we've been using for the past 8 years or so. We did and runs generally were more valuable. A good run in our game has typically been about 6 yards. If you get that in a 25 yard zone, its less than 1/4th the distance you need. If you do it in a 20 yard zone, its nearly 1/3rd the distance - definitely makes running more attractive.

So here are some new Season 14 rules as they currently stand (we may need a tweak here or there):

1) Game has four 20 yard first down zones which increases the field length from 75 yards to 80 yards.

2) The ball starts on the 8 at the start of the game, after a touchdown, or after a safety (we started at the 10 on a 25 yard first down which is 40% of the zone length and 8 yards is 40% of a 20 yard zone length).

3) Punts will increase to 40 yards + or - 5. We didn't do this during week 1. We used 35 yards like before but my feeling is that since 35 yards was just under half of the old field, then we should use 40 yards now on a longer field.

Other changes:

1) Because begging has not improved timeliness, I'm hoping that public shamings will. At 9:00, I'm going to record the name of everyone who is there and ready to play. If we have 12 players, we start play. So show up at 8:45, put your gear on, stretch, and be ready at 9:00 - I get up before 7 so I can get the gear, ice, water, etc. to the field before 8:30, get the field set up, stretch, and get into gear to be ready to play. Last year there were about 6-8 people who regularly were there and ready to play by 9:00.

2) I'm using a second recorder to try to improve game stats. Last year it took me 3 hours or more to transcribe a game and I need to cut that down to less than 90 minutes. It may take me a little longer during the game to transcribe a play (have to activate the recorder after every play) but it will save a lot of time and I know that most of you enjoy the transcriptions and stats as much as I do so I want to continue doing it.

3) I'm working on a way to record all the stats for the season into a DB so I can record end of season stats - wins, losses, yards, etc. and we'll pick "pro bowl" players or the like at the end of the season. To do this, I'm assigning players unique names when their names are relatively common (i.e. when we have multiple people coming out with the same name). So Matt Day is Day, Jason Chenault is Chenault, Jason Brecht is Brecht, Tom Street is Street, etc.

Enough of my insanity, on with the transcription.

Week 1 Game Summary:

Timely players:
Adam, Chenault, David, Chi, Mike, Cain, Nick, Day, Josh, Street
Game started at 9:10 - not bad considering the earliest we started last year was probably 9:20. So lets improve on 9:10.

Yellow: Chi, Adam, Cain, Chenault, Ty, David, and Josh
Red: Mike, Brecht, Nic, Street, Jesse, Day, and Mark

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Day for 6 yards - stopped by David.
2-6 from the 14: Run by Street for 4 yards - stopped by David.
3-2 from the 18: Pass by Nick to Day for 48 yards - stopped by David.

1-Goal from the 14: Run by Mike for 3 yards - stopped by Ty.
2-Goal from the 11: Pass by Nick to Day for 8 yards - stopped by David.
3-Goal from the 3: Pass by Nick to Street for 3 yards and the TD. Amazing, diving, one-handed catch that should never have been made. Great way to start off a season.

1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Miscommunication.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Josh - incomplete. Overthrown.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Cain to Adam for 12 yards - stopped by going out of bounds. Nice tiptoes to make get past the first down marker.

1-20 from the 20: Run by Chi for 16 yards - stopped by Street. Good blocking
2-4 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Chi - incomplete. Good rush on Cain.
3-4 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Josh defensed by Street - incomplete.
4-4 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Adam defensed by Mike - incomplete. Turnover on downs

Yellow Drive #2
1-16 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 11 yards - stopped by Ty.
2-5 from the 25: Sack of Nick by Chi for -9 yards.
3-14 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 15 yards - stopped by Adam. Diving catch by Jesse.

1-Goal from the 19: Run by Mark for -1 yards - stopped by Josh. Mark runs right and has no where to go so he reverses field and Josh, who stayed home on his rush, gets the flag.
2-Goal from the 20: Pass by Nick to Jesse - incomplete. Jesse could only get one foot in the back of the endzone.
3-Goal from the 20: Pass by Nick to Jesse defensed and nearly picked by Ty.
4-Goal from the 20: Pass by Nick to Jesse - incomplete. Turnover on downs

Red Drive #2
1-1 from the 19: Run by Ty for -3 yards - stopped by Mark. Ty came behind the QB from the Slot on Hike to take the pitch on an end around sweep.
2-4 from the 16: Pass by Cain to Unknown intercepted by Street who ran it in for the TD.

2-0, Yellow.

Red Drive #3
1-4 from the 16: Pass by Cain to Chenault - dropped.
2-4 from the 16: Pass by Cain to Adam - dropped. Play action. Good pass, straight in but it slid up the forearms.
3-4 from the 16: Pass by Cain to Adam defensed by Street - incomplete. Fortunately not picked.
4-4 from the 16: Punt.

Yellow Drive #4
1-2 from the 38: Pass by Street to Mike defensed by Ty - incomplete. Broken play. Ball was a dump off.
2-2 from the 38: Pass by Street to Mike - incomplete. Ball overthrown.
3-2 from the 38: Pass by Street to Nick for 5 yards - stopped by Chi.

1-17 from the 37: Pass by Street to Nick - incomplete. Long route. Nick looked to one side and the ball was on the other and he lost a step trying to turn to the right side. Otherwise a nice pass.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Day - incomplete. Street pitches to Nick who throws a deep pattern to Day. Was a nice throw but either on the wrong side or the receiver looked to the wrong side.
3-17 from the 37: Pass by Street to Day - incomplete. Ball a little wide.
4-17 from the 37: Punt.

Red Drive #4
1-15 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Ty - incomplete. Lot of pressure. Ball thrown short.
2-15 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Chenault - incomplete. Overthrown under pressure again.
3-15 from the 5: Sack of Cain by Unknown for -4 yards. Couldn't make out the name of the person who got this sack.
4-19 from the 1: Punt.

Yellow Drive #5
1-16 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 36 yards and the TD.

3 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #5
1-12 from the 8: Run by Adam for 17 yards - stopped by Street. Very nice blocks opened a huge hole. If Adam's flag hadn't popped out, he might have had more.

1-15 from the 25: Run by Cain for -1 yards - stopped by Mark. Pitch to Adam, lousy pitch back to Cain. Cain rolls the other way looking for someone to pass to and then tucks to run but Mark gets the stop for a loss.
2-16 from the 24: Pass by Cain to Josh for 10 yards - stopped by Jesse.
3-6 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Deep pass nicely thrown but Adam looked back a hair late and never saw it until it was literally 2 feet from his hands coming out of the sun and couldn't react to catch it.
4-6 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Josh - dropped. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #6
1-14 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 5 yards - stopped by Ty. Cain comes over from the Safety slot to make the play.
2-9 from the 29: Pass by Nick to Brecht defensed by Cain - incomplete.
3-9 from the 29: Pass by Nick to Mark defensed by David - incomplete. Should have been a catch but as Mark was gathering it in, David knocked it free. So Mark didn't have a chance to make a football move before losing the ball and it was an incomplete pass.
4-9 from the 29: Pass by Nick to Brecht defensed by Chi - incomplete. Very nice play by Chi. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #6
1-11 from the 29: Run by Ty for 14 yards - stopped by Mike.
1-17 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Chenault - incomplete. Ball was high.
2-17 from the 37: Pass by Cain to David defensed by Jesse - incomplete. Should have been picked.
3-17 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Chenault for 0 yards - stopped by Pitch back to Adam that was dropped when Adam tried to run it in and the pitch was to the outside.. Cuba Libre.
4-17 from the 37: Punt.

Yellow Drive #7
1-7 from the 13: Run by Nick for yards - stopped by Adam. Pitch to Street. Pitch back to Nick who runs.
2-7 from the 13: Pass by Nick to Street for 17 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-10 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Day for 17 yards - stopped by Ty.
1-13 from the 33: Sack of Nick by Josh for -7 yards.
2-20 from the 40: Pass by Nick to for -9 yards - stopped by Chi.
3-9 from the 31: Pass by Nick to Street defensed by Chi - incomplete.
4-9 from the 31: Punt.

Red Drive #7
1-5 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Josh for 8 yards - stopped by Mike.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Adam for 24 yards - stopped by Street. Stacked Play with Josh in front of Adam. Adam cuts out and gets the pass with Street all over him. Big struggle with stiff-arms and spins trying to get away. Tom finally makes an amazing flag while basically on the ground and saves what might have been a TD.

1-13 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Chi - incomplete.
2-13 from the 33: Pass by Cain to Chi intercepted by Jesse - stopped by Chi.

Yellow Drive #8
1-8 from the 28: Run by Mark for 7 yards - stopped by David. Fake pitch right and then Mark (coming from the Right TE spot to the left) gets the pitch going the other direction. David forces him out of bounds.
2-1 from the 21: Run by Mark for 7 yards - stopped by Ty. Option Play to the right with Jesse in and the right option and Mark as the left option.

1-Goal from the 14: Pass by Nick to Mark for yards - stopped by . Overthrown. The defender had a better shot at it.
2-Goal from the 14: Pass by Nick to Jesse for 9 yards - stopped by Chi.
3-Goal from the 5: Run by Jesse for 1 yards - stopped by Adam.
4-Goal from the 4: Pass by Nick to Mark defensed by David - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #8
1-16 from the 4: Pass by Cain to Chenault for 0 yards pitched back to Cain who got 3 yards - stopped by Brecht.
2-13 from the 7: Pass by Ty to Chenault intercepted by Street - stopped by Ty. Pitch to Ty on an end around halfback option.

Yellow Drive #9
1-Goal from the 3: Run by Mike for -1 yards - stopped by Chenault.
2-Goal from the 4: Run by Mike for 4 yards and the TD.

4 - 0, Yellow.

We ended unevenly (Red had 8 drives and Yellow had 9).

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	Passing TD	INTs	Sacked	Yards Lost
Nick	13	0	24	54.17%	162	2	0	2	-16
Cain	7	3	24	29.17%	54	0	2	1	-4
Street	1	0	5	20.00%	5	0	0	0	0
Ty	0	0	1	0.00%	0	0	1	0	0

Nick had a very nice day with a 54.17% completion rate for 164 yards and 2 TDs. Cain didn't get any help from his receivers with 3 drops and a couple other incompletions that could were close to drops. Some of these would have been big plays.

Rushing/Receiving Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined
Adam	2	7	36	0	1	17	0	53
Cain	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2
Chenault	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chi	1	3	0	0	1	16	0	16
David	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	2	5	18	0	0	0	0	18
Ty	0	1	0	0	2	11	0	11
Brecht	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	4	6	79	0	0	0	0	79
Jesse	6	8	76	1	1	1	0	77
Mark	1	3	0	0	3	13	0	13
Mike	0	2	0	0	3	6	1	6
Nick	1	2	5	0	1	0	0	5
Street	2	3	20	1	1	4	0	24
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Best performances here were Jesse with 77 combined yards and a TD on 6 receptions (8 targets) and one run. Day was also a high performer with a game leading 79 yards on 4 catches (6 targets).

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Safeties	Def TDs
Adam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cain	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chi	5	2	0	0	1	-	0	0
David	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh	2	0	0	0	1	-7	0	0
Ty	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brecht	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Day	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Street	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Unknown	1	0	0	0	1	-4	0	0

Chi and David both had big days for Red with 5 flags and 2 defensed passes each and Chi also had a nice sack. Ty's 6 flags led all defenders today. He had 2 defensed passes too. Over on Yellow, the defenders didn't have as much of a chance to shine since Red couldn't get its offense going. Jesse had a couple big plays with a flag, an interception, and a defensed pass. Street's 3 flags, 2 defensed passes, 2 picks and a defensive touchdown was the best defensive performance of the day though I didn't get the name of the person who got a 4 yard sack on Cain.

Week 1 MVP - Originally, I thought I had a hard time selecting the MVP because based on the original stats, any really super standout performances. Just several solid week 1 games. Nick had a very nice performance (especially considering he didn't come out for any practice in the prior two weeks) but he didn't do anything stat-wise on defense. That may not be fair but its not like I have real game tape and can show the number of times Cain didn't pass to his receiver or how many times he tied up two linemen to allow another guy to get a sack. Nick had a very, very good game.

Jesse on the other hand, had a strong game offensively and defensively. He had the best game as a runner/receiver and arguably the second best as a defender for his team. But he was not on time.

Now here's where things change based on the updated stats. While Street did not have the most yards or catches (24 combined yards on 2 catches and one run), he was only thrown to 3 times and the one pass he did not catch was defensed by Chi which is generally more of a statement about the pass than the receiver. Then on defense, he had 3 flags, 2 defensed passes, 2 interceptions AND one of those returned for a TD. Street was the only player with TDs. AND . . . (wait for it) . . . he was on time.

From now on, if a player is late (particularly if he's very late), he can still win the MVP but it will be points off and so he'll have to kick ass all the more. A close race could be decided by timeliness so keep that in mind if you don't want to be at a disadvantage, get there on time.

So while I originally had Jesse down as MVP, I have reversed my opinion and award it to Street - that extra pick and TD were a big deal. My apologies that my recording problems delayed the awarding of this honor.

Week 34 Game Summary - Season Finale - (belated - game played on 5/26/07)

When we got to the field, we found a nasty surprised: the fields were closed. We ended up having to play on a rocky, slightly downhill patch that was required a smaller field. The field was narrower and about 60 yards long (rather than 75). There was a tree in a corner of one endzone and trees reaching over the sideline at the 25.

Game is 8 on 8 with a 3 man line.

Yellow Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Adam - dropped. Worth mentioning here is that Adam is playing in a cast on his right hand that immobilizes his thumb and wrist.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Adam for 52 yards and the TD. Little crossing pattern at 5 yards, 1 stiff arm and reverse of field opened created a lot of space. Louis makes a great downfield block that allows Adam to score.

1 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #1
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Troy for 8 yards - stopped by Jimmy.
2-4 from the 16: Pass by Leo to Away - incomplete. Leo was under good pressure.
3-4 from the 16: Pass by Leo to Josh for 8 yards - stopped by Louis.

1-16 from the 24: Pass by Leo to Nathan - incomplete. Overthrown to Nathan down the sideline.
2-16 from the 24: Pass by Leo to Nathan - incomplete. Ball short.
3-16 from the 24: Pass by Leo to Troy intercepted by Adam - stopped by Troy. Troy tipped the ball and Adam was able to pick it from the Safety spot.

Yellow Drive #2
1-5 from the 15: Pass by Burleson to Jimmy for 22 yards - stopped by Scott. Leaping catch by Jimmy.

1-3 from the 23: Pass by Burleson to Jimmy for 0 yards - stopped by Scott. Good rush but Burleson got it off.
2-3 from the 23: Pass by Burleson to Chenault for 2 yards pitched to Jimmy who runs it 19 yards - stopped by stepping out of bounds.

1-Goal from the 2: Run by Chenault for 1 yards - stopped by Unknown.
2-Goal from the 1: Pass by Burleson to Mike - dropped.
3-Goal from the 1: Pass by Burleson to Chenault for 1 yards and the TD.

2 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #2
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Chris for 7 yards - stopped by stepping out of bounds.
2-5 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Casey for 2 yards - stopped by fumble.
3-3 from the 17: Pass by Leo to Scott for 6 yards - stopped by Mike.
1-17 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Casey - incomplete.
2-17 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Rich - incomplete. Lot of scrambling to avoid pressure.
3-17 from the 23: Pass by Leo to Chris - incomplete. Overthrown.
4-17 from the 23: Punt.

Yellow Drive #3
1-10 from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Louis for 0 yards pitching back to Jimmy who runs for 0 yards - stopped by Nathan.
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Unknown - incomplete.
3-10 from the 10: Pass by Burleson to David for 17 yards - stopped by Chris.
1-13 from the 27: Pass by Burleson to David - incomplete. Ball a little behind him.
2-13 from the 27: Pass by Burleson to David for 33 yards and the TD. Very long throw.

3 - 0, Yellow.

Red Drive #3
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Troy for 23 yards - stopped by Adam.
1-9 from the 29: Pass by Leo to Nathan for 7 yards - stopped by Louis.
2-2 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Nathan for 4 yards - stopped by Louis.

1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Leo to Unknown defensed by David - incomplete. David hit it at the line of scrimmage.David hit it at the line of scrimmage.
2-Goal from the 18: Pass by Leo to Casey - incomplete. Long.
3-Goal from the 18: Pass by Leo to Josh defensed by Jimmy - incomplete. Jimmy makes some style points by running into the wall of the portable building after defensing the pass.Jimmy makes some style points by running into the wall of the portable building after defensing the pass.
4-Goal from the 18: Pass by Leo to Nathan - incomplete. Nathan made a sliding attempt but the ball was too low. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #4
1-2 from the 18: Pass by Burleson to Chenault for 7 yards - stopped by Chris. Little shuffle pass
1-15 from the 25: Sack of Burleson by Casey for -13 yards.
2-28 from the 12: Pass by Burleson to Jimmy - incomplete. Ball a little out of bounds.
3-8 from the 12: Pass by Burleson to Unknown for yards - stopped by .
4-8 from the 12: Punt.

Red Drive #4
1-Goal from the 20: Pass by Leo to Scott intercepted by Louis - stopped by Troy. Thrown to Scott but tipped by Chris and picked by Louis.

Yellow Drive #5
1-Goal from the 20: Pass by Burleson to Adam - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 20: Pass by Burleson to Chenault - dropped. Uncovered in the endzone.
3-Goal from the 20: Pass by Burleson to Chenault - incomplete. Overthrown and wide.
4-Goal from the 20: Pass by Burleson to Chenault defensed by Scott - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #5
1-20 from the 20: Pass by Leo to Chris for yards - stopped by .
2-20 from the 20: Run by Leo for 2 yards - stopped by stepping out of bounds. Hook & Ladder back to the QB.
2-18 from the 22: Pass by Leo to Chris for 38 yards and the TD. Nice stiff-arm on Adam.

3 - 1, Yellow.

Yellow Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Burleson to Adam for 9 yards - stopped by Troy. Broken play.
2-3 from the 17: Pass by Burleson to Louis for 33 yards - stopped by Nathan.
1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to David defensed by Rich - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 10: Run by Adam for 7 yards - stopped by Troy.
3-Goal from the 3: Pass by Burleson to Jimmy for 3 yards and the TD. Jimmy lines up as Nasty-TE, takes the forward pitch and runs OVER Nathan for the TD.

4 - 1, Yellow.

Red Drive #6
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Rich defensed by the Tree - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Rich for 20 yards - stopped by Unknown.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Leo to Rich - incomplete. Underneath route. Ball low.
2-12 from the 28: Pass by Leo to Troy intercepted by Mike - stopped by Scott. Troy runs a drag route and Mike jumps the route - proving once again that Mike catches much better while playing defense.

Yellow Drive #7
1-Goal from the 11: Pass by Burleson to Chenault - dropped.
2-Goal from the 11: Pass by Burleson to Ross - incomplete.
3-Goal from the 11: Pass by Burleson to Chenault for 8 yards - stopped by Scott.
4-Goal from the 3: Pass by Burleson to David defensed by Nathan - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #7
1-17 from the 3: Pass by Casey to Leo for 7 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-10 from the 10: Pass by Casey to Leo for 4 yards - stopped by Adam.
3-6 from the 14: Pass by Casey to Scott defensed by David - incomplete. Should have been picked. Should have been picked.
4-6 from the 14: Pass by Casey to Rich defensed by David - incomplete. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #8
1-Goal from the 14: Run by Adam for 1 yards - stopped by Scott.
2-Goal from the 13: Pass by Burleson to Louis - incomplete. Out of the back of the endzone.
3-Goal from the 13: Pass by Burleson to Jimmy - incomplete. Ball a little high.
4-Goal from the 13: Pass by Burleson to Louis - incomplete. Out of the back of the endzone. Turnover on downs.

Red Drive #8
1-7 from the 13: Pass by Casey to Troy for 5 yards - stopped by Chris.
2-2 from the 18: Pass by Casey to Scott for 10 yards - stopped by Louis.
1-12 from the 28: Pass by Casey to Leo for 1 yards - stopped by Ross.
2-11 from the 29: Pass by Casey to Josh - incomplete. Wide.
3-11 from the 29: Pass by Casey to Leo intercepted by David - stopped by Scott. Wobbling pass.

Yellow Drive #9
1-1 from the 19: Run by Jimmy for 10 yards - stopped by Scott.
1-11 from the 29: Pass by Burleson to Mike - dropped.
2-11 from the 29: Sack of Burleson by Chris for -9 yards.
3-20 from the 20: Sack of Burleson by Casey for -7 yards.
4-7 from the 13: Punt.

Red Drive #9
1-17 from the 23: Sack of Casey by Chenault for -3 yards.
2-20 from the 20: Run by Chris for 1 yards - stopped by David.
3-19 from the 21: Pass by Casey to Chris for 1 yards pitching back to Leo who runs for 8 yards - stopped by Adam. Hook-n-Ladder.
4-10 from the 30: Sack of Casey by Chenault for -5 yards. Turnover on downs.

Yellow Drive #10
1-5 from the 25: Sack of Burleson by Josh for -5 yards.
2-10 from the 30: Pass by Burleson to Louis - incomplete. Ball a little high.
3-10 from the 30: Pass by Burleson to Mike for 14 yards - stopped by stepping out of bounds.
1-Goal from the 16: Run by Adam for 11 yards - stopped by Chris.
2-Goal from the 5: Pass by Burleson to Adam for 5 yards and the TD. Leo comes on a hard blitz and Adam calls for the dump off which comes just in time for Burleson to avoid the blitz.

5 - 1, Yellow.

Red Drive #10
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Troy to Nathan - incomplete. Ball low and behind the receiver.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Troy to Unknown - incomplete.
3-12 from the 8: Pass by Troy to Nathan intercepted by David - stopped by Josh. Chenault's pressure helped create the pick (as he noted loudly and repeatedly).

Yellow Drive #11
1-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Louis defensed by Nathan - incomplete. Louis nearly makes the catch anyway.Louis nearly makes the catch anyway.
2-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Chenault for 7 yards - stopped by Troy.
3-Goal from the 3: Pass by Burleson to David for 3 yards and the TD.

6 - 1, Yellow.

Red Drive #11
1-12 from the 8: Pass by Troy to Scott defensed by Jimmy - incomplete.
2-12 from the 8: Pass by Troy to Scott for 7 yards - stopped by Louis.
3-5 from the 15: Pass by Troy to Chris defensed by David - incomplete. David and Chris both dive for the ball and collide, head to head at full speed. There are 11 minutes left to the recording and I can't listen to them. There was a great deal of blood and the memory haunts me to this day. David and Chris both dive for the ball and collide, head to head at full speed. There are 11 minutes left to the recording and I can't listen to them. There was a great deal of blood and the memory haunts me to this day.

Final score 5-1 since Yellow's last score came on their last drive and Red didn't have a chance to finish their last drive.

Passing Stats:

Players	Comp	Drops	Attempts	%	Yards	Passing TD	INTs	Sacked	Yards Lost
Burleson	22	5	41	53.66%	182	6	0	4	-34
Leo	13	0	26	50.00%	123	1	3	0	0
Casey	8	0	12	66.67%	20	0	1	2	-8
Troy	2	0	6	33.33%	7	0	1	0	0

Burleson with 6 TDs is impressive. Shows the value of having a strong defense which gave Yellow short fields on many drives.

Rushing/Receiving Stats:

Players	Recpts	Targets	Yards	Rec TDs	Rushes	Yards	Rush TDs	Combined
Burleson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	3	5	66	2	3	19	0	85
David	3	6	53	2	0	0	0	53
Mike	1	3	14	0	0	0	0	14
Chenault	5	9	25	1	1	1	0	26
Jimmy	3	5	25	1	3	29	0	54
Louis	2	6	33	0	0	0	0	33
Ross	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan	3	7	11	0	0	0	0	11
Leo	3	4	12	0	2	10	0	22
Casey	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	2
Josh	1	3	8	0	0	0	0	8
Chris	4	6	46	1	1	1	0	47
Rich	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	20
Troy	5	5	36	0	0	0	0	36
Scott	3	6	23	0	0	0	0	23

Adam led skill players with 85 combined yards and 2 TDs (66 yards receiving making catches with a cast). David's 53 yards and 2 TDs were also big.

Defensive Stats:

Players	Flags	Pass Def	INTs	Strips	Sacks	Sack Yards	Safeties	Def TDs
Burleson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
David	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chenault	0	0	0	0	2	-8	0	0
Jimmy	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louis	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Casey	1	0	0	0	2	-20	0	0
Josh	1	0	0	0	1	-5	0	0
Chris	4	0	0	0	1	-9	0	0
Rich	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Troy	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scott had a great defensive day with 7 flags and a defensed pass. Luis also had a big day with 5 flags and a pick. Troy's 5 flags and Casey's 2 sacks were pretty big). Chris had 4 flags and a big sack. But David clearly had the best defensive day with 4 defensed passes and 2 picks.

MVP:
Tough one, Burleson had the 6 TDs but didn't do anything on defense. The choice is really between Adam and David. Adam had a bigger day on offense and was playing handicapped but David had a bigger day on defense. In addition, a lot of Adam's offensive yards came on one big play and half of that play was the result of a great downfield block by Louis. If you leave out those yards and factor in David's return yards after picks, he gets MVP of the Season Finale.

MVT (Most Valuable Teammate):
Special award goes to Chenault because after the collision at the end, Jason was the one who took care of both Chris and especially David - going to the store to pick up first aid supplies and making sure he was okay. My personal thanks to Jason for his actions. Its good to know there is someone out there who can handle blood because its definitely not me.