Week 21 Game Summary: This was the best game in weeks and weeks. 8 on 8 game with both great offensive plays and great defensive plays. I really haven't enjoyed a game that much in a very long time - well I enjoyed most of it. I have been absolutely sick about the last two drives for days now as you'll see when you read below:


Red - Burleson, Barry, Chris, Brecht, Cain, Nick (for a while), Matt Day, Ethan, Dainton, Paul
Yellow - Adam, Louis, Casey, Leo, Chenault, Dave, Neubauer, Chris, and eventually Nick

Game Starts 6 on 6

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Run by Adam for 15 yards - stopped by Matt.
1-25 from the 25: Pass by Leo to Dave - incomplete.
2-25 from the 25: Interception way down the field by Burleson - stopped by Dave

Red
1-10 from the 15: Pass by Burleson to Barry for 13 yards - stopped by Dave.

Brecht shows up at 9:30

1-22 from the 28: Pass by Burleson to Paul - incomplete. Paul comes out of the backfield up the left side and crosses right but the throw is wide.

Nick shows up at 9:40. Game is now 7 on 7.

2-22 from the 28: Pass by Burleson to Barry - incomplete. Play action fake left to Paul and then the ball is flipped forward to Barry from the Left TE spot moving right behind the line.
3-22 from the 28: Pass by Burleson to Ethan - incomplete. Ball slipped out of the QB's hand and went into the ground.
4-22 from the 28: Punt

Yellow
1-18 from the 7: Pass by Leo to Casey for 8 yards - stopped by Paul. Little slant route to Casey underneath. Paul had a great line on ball but Casey made the catch.
2-10 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Louis for 9 yards - stopped by Barry. Pushed out of bounds just short.
3-1 from the 24: Leo is under serious pressure, rolls left under pressure and throws it away.
4-1 from the 24: Pass by Leo to Casey - incomplete. Ball was thrown a little out of reach.

Red
1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Matt Day for 10 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-Goal from the 14: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Leo defenses the out route but Paul prevents him from making the pick.
3-Goal from the 14: Thrown on an out to Matt but picked by Adam who was immediately stopped by Matt.

Yellow
1-17 from the 8: Pass by Leo to Neubauer for 5 yards - stopped by Matt Day.
2-12 from the 13: Pass by Leo to Adam - incomplete. Actually thrown to Neubauer on a 10 yard turn around but Adam was coming on a cross underneath and thought it was too him. However, he dropped it.
3-12 from the 13: Pass by Leo to Unknown - incomplete.
4-12 from the 13: Punt.

Cain joins Red and Chris joins Yellow. Game is now 8 on 8

Red
1-3 from the 22: Pass by Nick to Barry for 24 yards - stopped by Louis. 20 Yard in route.

1-4 from the 29: Twins left with Barry wide against the line. Route is a deep slant out by Ethan from the slot. When Barry just stands at the line, Adam (who's covering him) looks in the backfield and sees looking for Ethan and back pedals to pick the ball. Ethan makes the stop immediately.

Yellow
1-10 from the 15: Pass by Leo to Chenault - incomplete. Flea flicker to Adam back to Leo who throws way down the field to Chenault. Burleson comes in from the safety slot and knocks it down.
2-10 from the 15: Cuba Libre thrown to Chenault but the ball was thrown wide and Nick picked it. Chenault on the stop.

Red
1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Nick to Matt Day - incomplete. Good pressure on Nick who steps up and makes a tough throw but a little wide. Matt could only get one outstretched hand on it on his crossing route.
2-Goal from the 17: TD pass to Cain. 1-0, Red.

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Called double reverse to Chris then Neubauer. Dainton gets the stop for a 5 yard loss when he gets Chris before the pitch back to Neubauer.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Leo to Neubauer - incomplete.
3-20 from the 5: Pass by Leo to Casey for 8 yards - stopped by Matt Day.
4-12 from the 13: Punt

Red
1-23 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete.
2-23 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Dainton - incomplete. Good pressure on the QB causes Nick to have to unload it a little dump route at 2 yards past the line of scrimmage.
3-23 from the 27: Casey gets the pick from the Safety spot and makes a rumbling, stumbling, bumbling, crashing, bashing, smashing run back and Matt saves the TD.

Yellow
1-Goal from the 15: Play action pass. Louis gets it on an underneath pattern takes it for the TD.

1-1, Tie.

Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to for -4 yards - stopped by . Ball was pitched right to Burleson but bobbled and dropped for a 4 yard loss. Play looked like it was supposed to be a throwback to Paul.
2-19 from the 6: Ball thrown long to Cain but picked by Louis who had a nice run back before Paul pushed him out of bounds.

Yellow
1-Goal from the 10: Flea flicker to Chenault and there's a bad pitch back to Leo and Brecht nearly picks the pitch but it drops.
2-Goal from the 21: Great pressure by Ethan but Leo is able to throw it as Ethan is leaping to block it. Chris comes down with the ball in the end zone for a TD.

2-1, Yellow.

Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Ethan for -5 yards - stopped by Chenault. Great pressure and the ball pops loose and is considered tipped. Ethan, who is on the line, gets the ball and Chenault is able to stop him. Play results in a 5 yard loss.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Cain for 10 yards - stopped by Dave.
3-10 from the 15: Pass by Nick to Cain for 13 yards - stopped by Adam. Nice out throw.

1-22 from the 28: Pass by Nick to Barry for 7 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Matt Day - incomplete. Ball thrown long and wide out of bounds.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Cain for 13 yards - stopped by Louis. Louis saved a much bigger gain.
4-2 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. Good pressure/coverage takes away the three underneath routes and Nick has to throw to the end zone to Cain who is covered one-on-one by Leo but the ball is long. Turnover on downs.

Yellow
1-23 from the 27: Pass by Leo to Neubauer - incomplete. Long throw up the right sideline out of reach.
2-23 from the 27: Brian comes in as a corner blitz and no one on the line sees him so he gets a 10 yard sack.
3-8 from the 17: Pass by Leo to Chris for yards - stopped by Chris. Ball thrown to Chris but picked by Burleson who is stopped by Chris. The net change in yardage is about what would have occurred with a punt.

Red
1-24 from the 26: Pass by Burleson to Dainton for 34 yards - stopped by Adam. Adam thought saw the catch out of the corner of his eye and thought Dave had picked it so he went and to block for him before realizing that it was Brian so he turned to chase him down.

1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Burleson to Dainton for 5 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-Goal from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Paul - incomplete. Burleson makes a nice play action fake and throws high and long to Paul.
3-Goal from the 10: Beautiful dart of a thrown to Ethan in the end zone for a TD.

2-2, Tie.

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Ball was overthrown.
2-15 from the 10: Ball tipped by Leo and caught by Casey who makes a guy miss, gets a first down, gets another 10 and then decides to pitch it back to Dainton (on the other team) who is stopped by Adam.

Red
1-1 from the 26: Burleson rolls left and throws a long ball into the end zone to Cain who started as right WR and runs a long, deep curl to the left side of the field and catches the TD.

3-2, Red.

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Ball is thrown long to Leo in double coverage by Cain and Paul. The ball is slightly underthrown and Leo has to slow down and catch it backwards. The ball is 40 yards in the air and then Leo turns around and makes it up the field for a TD.

3-3 Tie.

Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Unknown - incomplete.
2-15 from the 10: Leo gets the sack for 7 yard loss.
3-22 from the 3: Pass by Burleson to Paul for 24 yards - stopped by Louis. Paul finds himself so open he's standing there waiting for the ball. Louis saves a TD because there was no one on that side of the field or deeper than Paul to have a chance to stop him.

1-23 from the 27: Big 10 yard sack by Neubauer.
2-33 from the 17: Pass by Burleson to Unknown for 24 yards - stopped by Unknown.
3-9 from the 34: Ugly duckling of a pass way up the middle of the field. Casey and Louis go up for it and basically take each other out of the play. Paul comes down with it and goes in untouched for the TD.

4-3, Red.

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Leo for 20 yards - stopped by Paul. Fake pitch left, roll right and throw long down the right sideline.

1-20 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Hook and Ladder to Chenault with Leo as the intended ladder. Paul is covering Leo and nearly intercepts the ball on the initial pass.
2-20 from the 30: Run by Neubauer for 4 yards - stopped by Louis. Neubauer starts lined up on the left and comes in motion. Ball pitched forward on hike and Neubauer turns it up field for a small gain.
3-16 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Chenault said he dropped it.
4-16 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Chenault - incomplete. Nick rolls right and throws to Chenault. A nice ball on Chenault's favorite crossing route but dropped. Turnover on downs.

Red
1-9 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Ethan - incomplete. 10 Yard out pattern that would have been good for a first but Dave made a terrific play coming over the top to defense the ball.
2-9 from the 34: Pass by Burleson to Barry for 8 yards - stopped by Dave.
3-1 from the 26: Run by Brecht for -2 yards - stopped by Chris. Draw play with Paul blocking but Chris makes nice stop for a loss.
4-3 from the 28: Neubauer makes big 8 yard sack. Turnover on downs.

Yellow
1-14 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Leo - incomplete. Paul had very nice position and nearly picked it.
2-14 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Leo for 13 yards - stopped by Matt Day.
3-1 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Chris for 9 yards - stopped by Matt Day. Fake pitch left - throw right.

1-Goal from the 17: Draw play to Leo. The line opens a nice hole but then Leo basically just runs straight and makes little hip moves while running straight ahead at full speed and makes 3 other guys who had clean shots miss.

4-4, Tie.

Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Dainton - incomplete. Thrown long up the right sideline but out of bounds.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Paul - incomplete. Ugly ball that should have been picked by Leo.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Burleson to Paul for 22 yards - stopped by Unknown. Leo blitzes off of his corner spot against Paul and Paul gets the ball for a big gain.

1-18 from the 32: Pass by Burleson to Barry - incomplete. Long ball out of bounds.
2-18 from the 32: Pass by Burleson to Paul - incomplete. Ball thrown long and wide out of bounds.
3-18 from the 32: Pass by Burleson to Cain - incomplete. Cain makes an in and then an out move but the ball is overthrown
4-18 from the 32: Punt

Yellow LAST DRIVE
1-20 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Neubauer for 7 yards - stopped by Barry.
2-13 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Adam - incomplete. Timing route on a 10 and out to Adam. Ball was a little low but nicely timed and should have been caught. Drop by Adam.
3-13 from the 12: Pass by Nick to Neubauer for 13 yards - stopped by Barry.

1-25 from the 25: Pass by Nick to Adam for yards - stopped by . Fly route to Adam but ball was on outside and Adam looked inside.
2-25 from the 25: Failed Cuba Libre. Adam comes from left TE to right and gets the catch at 5 but Adam took too long and was past the Right Tackle spot where Leo had lined up. Leo had started moving in the opposite direction and Adam made a bad pitch which dropped between he and Leo. Net of 2 yards. Had the pitch been successful, it would have been possible that Leo would have taken it the whole way. Then entire defense was moving right with me and Leo was moving left and had that whole side of the field empty.
3-23 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Casey - incomplete. Nick's arm was hit as he threw.
4-23 from the 27: Punt

Red LAST DRIVE
1-12 from the 13: Pass by Burleson to Dainton - incomplete. Basically a 10 yard turn around. The ball was a bit low and Louis went over the top to defense it. Dainton went down with what he described as a pop in his calf. I'm very concerned.
2-12 from the 13: Dead play of some kind that got settled as a loss of down.
3-12 from the 13: Pass by Burleson to Paul for 25 yards - stopped by Adam. Paul in the Left Slot - Cain wide Left - Adam on Paul and Leo on Cain. Paul and Cain cross at about 15 yards. Adam thought he and Leo were playing zone and when they crossed, he went with Cain until he realized that Leo was still with Cain. So Paul makes an easy catch from his knees and gets up running. When Adam goes in for the stop, Paul pitches to Cain. Adam finally makes a good play having anticipated the pitch and playing it rather than Paul and gets the stop on Cain 2 yards past the pitch point.
1-12 from the 37: Burleson makes his second perfect throw of the day with an amazing long throw to Cain who was very well covered by Louis. The ball landed literally 6 inches past Louis' outreached arm. Louis really had amazing position but Burleson made the perfect throw. TD.

Final score: 5-4, Red.

MVP - This was a little tough - fortunately, I had Matt's stat compilation to help. Had Yellow won or tied, I would have been looking at Leo pretty hard for the MVP for throwing two, catching one, running for another and probably having another on the failed Cuba Libre (which was Adam's fault) and getting a nice sack. Nick also had a nice game with a TD passes for both teams and a interception while play defense but then he had 4 picks too. Cain made a claim with 3 TD catches but didn't have the picks that he normally does.

The winner this week is Kris Burleson. Although he had a number of overthrows/wide passes, he passed for 262 yards, 4 TDs, 52% completion and no picks. Further, his bad passes were generally good decisions (throwing to a receiver that he had a chance to hit if the throw was better). He also had 2 picks playing defense. That's very nice game.

Goat of the Week (with a nod to Peter King) - this is the first time I've done this and its pretty easy. While Casey killed a drive with his ill-advised pitch to the other team. And while this gave Red great field position and then an easy touchdown on the next play, the dishonor goes to Adam.

On the final two drives Adam made a number of key mistakes that cost Yellow the game. First, the drop on the out pattern that could have been turned up the field for at least a first down and perhaps more. Then the bad Cuba Libre which could have resulted in a TD by Leo (seriously, there was a monster hole for him going left on his route and the entire defense was moving fast to the right).

On Red's final drive, Adam made the cardinal sin of not communicating with his other corner man in Twins set and left his man uncovered at a key moment in the game. Had he not done this, the next play would not likely have been a TD because it would have been too long a throw considering Louis' coverage. What makes this sin worse is that listening to the recording I found that after the previous play (where Red had Trips to that same side) Adam and Leo had been talking about coverage in general and Adam was opining that after some distance (10-15 yards), you should almost always stick with man even if you start with zone. So although he and Leo did not specify that this would be the plan, Adam had already shown the wisdom of understanding this coverage rule and then second guessed it and stuck with the zone coverage that he thought was in play thus giving up the big play.

*Out of third person to express my personal feelings now* - What makes matters worse is that up until this point, I had been having a really great game. It started on the very first play with a very nice 15 yard run where I got one block and made two people miss before being stopped. I then had two nice picks - one where I had to fight through for the ball against Matt and another where I just read the play and dropped off my own man to find the perfect spot for the pick. It was also the first time in weeks that I lined up against anyone and everyone and had the speed and endurance to play really good coverage - Hell, Cain is practically half my age and other than the play where I bumped him from 8 yards off the line, I had nice coverage. So the meltdown at the end was really disappointing. I'm going to need a good game this week to get that bad taste of those last two drives out of my mouth.

Week 22: Not costing my team the game would be nice : )

Link of the week: http://home.hawaii.rr.com/snlcn/franken/stuart.html

Week 20 Summary: Superbowl weekend results in a large turnout again - not a particularly timely turnout however. We started the game in a nice 8 on 8 mode (with 17 guys) and then another 4 showed up late so we had to go to 10 on 10 again.

Yellow: Ray, Donnie, Mike, Rich, Adam, Louis, Casey, Leo, Chenault, Jimmy, Earl
Red: Dave, Barry, Chris, Brecht, Travis, Kyler, Josh, Cain, Nick, Joe

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 8 yards - stopped by Travis.
2-7 from the 18: Pass by Leo to Donnie - incomplete. Donnie comes out of the backfield and floats right but the ball is thrown short.
3-7 from the 18: Pass by Leo to Ray - incomplete. Ball thrown short.
4-7 from the 18: Pass by Leo to Donnie - incomplete. Ball thrown short on a cross.

Red
1-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Barry for 13 yards - stopped by Ray. Barry underneath from the left side basically uncovered.
2-Goal from the 5: Pass by Cain to Barry - incomplete. Ball thrown to the back left corner of the end zone but Barry couldn't get to it.
3-Goal from the 5: Pass by Cain to Dave - incomplete. Louis had nice coverage on Dave and knocked it down.
4-Goal from the 5: Pass by Cain to Dave - incomplete. Ton of scambling. Cain ends up about 20 yards behind the line of scrimmage and running hard towards the right sideline. He throws a bullet to Dave at the front of the end zone but Ray slaps it down.

Game now rises to 9 on 9.

Yellow
1-20 from the 5: Run by Ray for 14 yards - stopped by Kyler. Option play with Ray and Leo. Ray keeps it.
2-6 from the 19: Pass by Ray to Rich - incomplete. Rich was on a 10 yard drag but the ball was overthrown.
3-6 from the 19: Pass by Ray to Leo - incomplete. Ball was overthrown.
4-6 from the 19: Punt

Red
1-21 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Joe - incomplete. Cain rolls right and then comes back left he tucks the ball and then flips it at the last second up the field to Joe but it was slightly long.
2-21 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Dave for 23 yards - stopped by Louis. Nice YAC by Dave - pushed out of bounds by Louis

1-Goal from the 23: Run by Cain for -14 yards - stopped by Donnie. Cain rolls right and tries to roll back but Donnie gets a big sack.
2-Goal from the 37: Pass by Cain to Kyler for 37 yards - stopped by . Kyler is covered nicely by Louis but makes beautiful, falling backwards into the endzone for a TD. 1-0, Red

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Mike for 12 yards - stopped by Barry.
2-3 from the 22: Run by Leo for 21 yards - stopped by Unknown. Pushed out of bounds.
1-7 from the 32: Long throw to Ray intercepted by Travis. He runs it back and then tries to lateral the ball backwards but this throw is short and lands on the 24 yard line.

Red
1-1 from the 24: Run by Cain for 5 yards - stopped by Leo.
1-21 from the 29: Run by Cain for 3 yards - stopped by Leo.
2-18 from the 32: Run by Cain for -12 yards - stopped by Chenault. Big sack by Chenault
3-5 from the 20: Pass by Cain to away - incomplete. Cain throws the ball away after dropping back.
4-5 from the 20: Punt

Yellow
1-5 from the 20: Run by Leo for 6 yards - stopped by Kyler. Kyler pushed Leo out just after the first down marker.
1-24 from the 26: Pass by Leo to Rich for 17 yards - stopped by Cain. Rich runs an up and out route and then slants and makes 2 guys miss with quick spin moves before Cain gets him.
2-7 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Chenault for 23 yards - stopped by Cain. In route to Chenault with lot of YAC after a block by Adam.

1-Goal from the 9: Leo makes a couple nice moves to take advantage of a block by Ray to go in untouched. 1-1 Tie. Jimmy now joins Yellow.

We're up to 10 on 10.

Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. Ball thrown up the right side line such that it looked like Ray was the receiver - unfortunately he missed the pick.
2-15 from the 10: Run by Nick for 9 yards - stopped by Adam. Nice little run where Nick gets through 2 defenders.
3-6 from the 19: Pass by Nick to Josh for 15 yards - stopped by Leo.

1-16 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Travis for yards - stopped by . Again, it looked like Ray was the receiver and Travis had to knock the ball down to prevent a pick.
2-16 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. Josh runs a flag route with Louis in good coverage. Nick throws a beautiful ball out where on Josh can get it and as it hits Josh's hands, Adam knocks his arm down.
3-16 from the 34: Mike gets the interception and is stopped immediately by Kyler.

Yellow
1-24 from the 26: Ball intercepted by Travis stopped by Ray.

Red
1-5 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Brecht - incomplete. Brecht ran a 15 yard cross and Leo was playing LB underneath at about 10 and nearly picked it.
2-5 from the 20: Run by Nick for -4 yards - stopped by Donnie. Nick pulled it down to run and Donnie gets the sack.
3-9 from the 16: Pass by Nick to Cain for 21 yards - stopped by Ray.

1-13 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Barry - incomplete. Nice throw to Barry on a 10-12 yard out route.
2-13 from the 37: Pass by Nick to Cain for 22 yards - stopped by Mike. Jump ball.

1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Nick to Barry for 8 yards - stopped by Louis. Barry came out of the backfield.
2-Goal from the 8: Pass by Nick to Cain for 8 yards - stopped by . Cain pays big time for a very nice diving catch in the end zone when he comes down on the ball. TD. 2-1, Red.

Yellow
1-10 from the 15: Run by Leo for 1 yards - stopped by Chris. Pitch right to Leo who cuts back left and is stopped for a yard gain.
2-9 from the 16: Pass by Ray to Louis - incomplete. Ball thrown low and Travis takes Louis out diving over Louis to deflect the ball (Louis had kneeled down to try to make the catch).
3-9 from the 16: Pass by Ray to Louis for 22 yards - stopped by Barry.

1-12 from the 37: Run by Ray for 7 yards - stopped by Dave. QB run right.
2-5 from the 30: Intercepted by Cain with Jimmy on the stop.

Red
1-8 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Joe - incomplete. Broken play. Nick rolls right and throws long into the endzone. Joe is making a beautiful catch when Jimmy comes in and slaps it away.
2-8 from the 33: Run by Nick for 9 yards - stopped by None. Nick runs left and steps out just past the first.

1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Joe - incomplete. Leo defenses the pass from the safety spot.
2-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Travis - incomplete. Tipped by Jimmy.
3-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Kyler for 6 yards - stopped by Ray. Little dump off screen pass.
4-Goal from the 18: Pass by Nick to Josh for 18 yards - stopped by . Nice flag route by Josh and a better throw by Nick putting it in the back corner of the endzone where only Josh could get to it. TD 3-1, Red.

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Casey for 23 yards - stopped by Cain. Flag guard by Casey brought the play to an end.
1-17 from the 33: Run by Leo for 17 yards - stopped by Brecht. QB run right.

1-Goal from the 25: Run by Leo for -4 yards - stopped by Kyler. Leo scrambles all over but Kyler finally gets a sack.
2-Goal from the 29: Pass by Leo to Casey for 9 yards - stopped by Dave.
3-Goal from the 20: Ball intercepted by Nick. Donnie on the stop.

Red
1-11 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Dave - incomplete. Ball overthrown to Dave and Louis knocked it down which prevented Brecht from making a nice play behind Dave.
2-11 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. Thrown behind Cain on the crossing route.
3-11 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. Safety blitz by Leo. Nick rolls right and throws into the endzone for Cain. Jimmy made a beautiful play to defense the pass.
4-11 from the 36: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. Thrown wide and Cain can't get his feet in.

Yellow
1-14 from the 36: Pass by Leo to Rich for 6 yards - stopped by Barry.
2-8 from the 33: Pass by Leo to Louis - incomplete. Louis lays out for a ball and injures his knee.
3-8 from the 33: Run by Leo for 1 yards - stopped by Brecht.
4-7 from the 32: Pass by Leo to Jimmy - incomplete. Ball thrown high.

Red
1-17 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Chris - incomplete. Jimmy nearly picks the ball and then after not picking it, nearly drops it into Chris' hands on the ground.
2-17 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Kyler - incomplete.
3-17 from the 33: Run by Nick for -13 yards - stopped by Chenault. Big sack by Chenault
4-5 from the 20: Punt

Yellow
1-5 from the 20: Hand off to Ray who rolls left for a half-back option but has to throw the ball away.
2-5 from the 20: Pass by Leo to Casey for 9 yards - stopped by Dave.

1-21 from the 29: Pass by Leo to Casey for 6 yards - stopped by Nick.
2-15 from the 35: Pass by Leo to Ray - incomplete. Long throw down the right side - nearly caught.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Leo to Donnie for 17 yards - stopped by Dave.

1-Goal from the 23: Run by Leo for 1 yards - stopped by Josh. Crazy broken play with lots of lateral running.
2-Goal from the 22: Pass by Leo to Donnie - incomplete. Leo evades a ton of pressure and gets a catchable ball off.
3-Goal from the 22: Pass by Leo to Ray - incomplete. Travis makes move to get underneath the ball and Ray turns defensive back to prevent the pick.
4-Goal from the 22: Pass by Leo to Ray for 14 yards - stopped by Unknown. Good pressure and good coverage to Leo has to throw underneath to Ray who was the only one open.

Red
1-17 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Kyler for 9 yards - stopped by Unknown.
2-8 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Cain for 13 yards - stopped by None. Cain steps out after the catch.

1-20 from the 30: Run by Nick for -2 yards - stopped by Earl. Earl forced Nick out for a sack.
2-22 from the 28: Run by Nick for 7 yards - stopped by Mike.
3-15 from the 35: Pass by Nick to Cain - incomplete. Jimmy takes out Donnie (his own teammate) flying going for the ball. He misses the ball but its incomplete anyway.
4-15 from the 35: Run by Nick for -2 yards - stopped by Ray. That's the end of the game because people have to leave.

MVP for the Game is Nick who despite throwing 2 picks, had 3 TDs a couple runs for first downs, and a pick of his own.

BONUS GAME: 5 on 6 with an extra defender.

Yellow
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Adam - incomplete. Nice throw but a nicer play by Barry to defense the pass.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Jimmy - incomplete. Ball was thrown short to Jimmy but nearly catchable by Rich.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Leo to Jimmy for 11 yards - stopped by Barry.
4-4 from the 21: Pass by Leo to Unknown - incomplete. Josh blitzes and tips the ball back. Leo nearly catches his own pass.

Red
1-Goal from the 21: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete.
2-Goal from the 21: Hook-n-ladder to Brecht who pitches back to Mike who trips and is touched down by Leo.
3-Goal from the 15: Pass by Nick to Mike for 10 yards - stopped by Adam. Mike was uncovered.
4-Goal from the 5: Pass by Nick to Josh - incomplete. This was a rare miss for Josh who was running across the back of the endzone and has a ball slip right through his hands.

Yellow
1-20 from the 5: Pass by Mike to Unknown - incomplete.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Mike to Casey for 70 yards - stopped by . 5 yard in route. Casey stiff-arms Louis into Brecht and runs the length of the field for a TD with 3 Red defenders in pursuit. Clearly Louis' injury was an important contributor to the play. 1-0, Red.

Red
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mike for 10 yards - stopped by Leo.
2-5 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Louis - incomplete. Long throw but Jimmy got into position and kept Louis from getting it.
3-5 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Mike - incomplete.
4-5 from the 20: Pass by Nick to Louis for 55 yards - stopped by . 35 Yards in the air and Louis takes it the rest of the way eliciting a honk of approval by a passing truck. 1-1 Tie

That's all. No MVP in the Bonus Game.

There is one thing worth talking about. At one point early Cain is forced back a good 15+ yards and throws the ball away while clearly in the pocket. Our rules don't have a "intentional grounding" provision that turns this into a sack but it probably should. The defense clearly put the QB in a position where if he didn't throw it away, it would be a sack. If the QB can throw it away at will without fault, then the defense isn't really rewarded for what is otherwise an outstanding play. I ask for your thoughts on this.

Week 21 Preview: Resolution on the above issue.

Link of the week: A mathematical formula for procrastination - Lifehacker

Week 19 Game Summary - Had problems with the recorder because I couldn't read the control lights in the sunlight but think I have an answer for next week. This week's game summary was by memory so here it is:

Another giant game - too many players for one game, but not enough to split into 2 games. The hallmark of the game was interceptions. I'm pretty sure that there were 8-10 picks - like 4-5 per side. As you can imagine this meant a low scoring affair and the final score was 2-1.

MVP was Louis who had 3 of the picks and I believe 2 of them were when Red was in scoring position and moving the ball well.

We also had a new guy show up - Rodney. Turns out that if you enter "AustinFlagFootball" in Google, this blog pops up at the top of the list so he found us that way. Rodney indicated that he had 3 other teams he was part of and suggested bringing them out sometime. We could have 2 games going for 90 minutes and the winners play each other like a little tournament. We'll see what comes of it. Could be fun. What I don't want to happen at this time, however is that we end up with another 6 semi-regular guys. 10 on 10 games are already too big so I'd prefer to keep the guys we have for a while and only add new ones as we loose regular attendance due to injury, interest, or other commitments.

Week 20 Preview: Superbowl weekend. Nothing better than a weekend that starts by playing a great game and ends by watching a great game. That was certainly the case 2 weeks ago when 9 of us braved the cold for a really fun game and then Sunday night had the Patriots & Colts playing one for the ages (at least the second half was). Hopefully this weekend will be similar (though I'd rather get 16 guys or so rather than 9).

Link of the week: http://lifehacker.com/software/procrastination/a-mathematical-formula-for-procrastination-229088.php

Week 18 Summary: Thankfully all the excitement this week was on the football field (and then on the TV Sunday night – I hope no one missed that Colts game)

It was a little bit of old school action this week. We only had 9 players show up and had to play 5 on 4 with an all time defender (rotated between Matt, Louis, and Adam). Understand that we had 13 yeses and 2 maybes. We also had 2 guys who were not on the Evite show up. So of the original 13, possibly 15 guys only 7 showed up.

We still had a lot of fun. I really wish Brian could have made it though. Brian was the QB King of the 5 on 5 games. Great play calls and a nifty misdirection H-back play were his forte.

On to the game:

Red: Cain, Matt, Mike, Louis, Adam

Yellow: Ray, Donnie, Casey, Erik

Yellow

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Ray - incomplete. Batted down at the line of scrimmage by Matt.

2-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Matt blitzes and Erik throws across his body into the ground near Donnie.

3-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Ray - incomplete. Thrown into the ground.

4-15 from the 10: Punt

Red

1-20 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Mike for 13 yards - stopped by Ray. Little 3 yard slant route with some YAC.

2-7 from the 32: 3 man blitz by Casey, Donnie and Adam (which left one receiver uncovered). Casey caused a fumble by Cain good for a 5 yard loss.

3-12 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Long fly route with Donnie and Ray on the coverage.

4-12 from the 37: Punt

Yellow

1-20 from the 5: Pass by Erik to Donnie for 10 yards - stopped by Louis. Little dump off pass Donnie who fights out of Adam's grasp and gets some YAC.

2-10 from the 15: Pass by Erik to Casey for 10 yards - stopped by Adam.

1-25 from the 25: Pass by Erik to Ray for 15 yards - stopped by Cain. Ray make a nice leaping catch to bring in a high throw on a 15 yard out route.

2-10 from the 35: Pass by Erik to Casey for 12 yards - stopped by Louis. 10 yard slant in route.

1-Goal from the 23: Wounded Duck thrown into the endzone to Ray but picked by Cain in the right corner of the endzone. He runs diagonally to the 25 and then runs diagonally towards the other 25 getting to the 26 yard line before begin stopped by Erik.

Red

1-1 from the 26: Long pass by Cain to Louis in the endzone - TD. 1-0, Red

Yellow

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Ray to Casey for 2 yards - stopped by Mike.

2-13 from the 12: Ball thrown low and behind Erik. Louis makes a nice pick at about mid-shin level and runs it back a couple yards before Ray makes the stop.

Red

1-15 from the 10: Adam and Casey blitz but Matt runs a nice 10 yard cross from the TE slot and is tracking the direction Cain is rolling so its an easy TD by Matt. 2-0, Red

Yellow

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Overthrown 10 yard cross.

2-15 from the 10: Pass by Ray to Casey - incomplete. Mike probably should have had the interception on this one. He definitely did a good job defensing the pass.

3-15 from the 10: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Long throw of about 40 yards but Donnie ran more of a fly and the ball was thrown more like a deep seam.

4-15 from the 10: Punt

Red

1-20 from the 30: Run by Cain for -15 yards - stopped by Casey. The primary receiver slipped making his cut and Casey was there right when Cain was pulling it down and looking for another receiver.

2-10 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Ball thrown a little short on a fly route. Donnie couldn't come up with the interception but he did prevent Mike from making the catch.

3-10 from the 15: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Ball was a little underthrown and under drier conditions, its likely Ray would have picked it but he did at least prevent Mike from getting it.

4-10 from the 15: Punt

Yellow

1-8 from the 17: Pass by Ray to Erik for 18 yards - stopped by Louis. Very nice throw - low and outside where only Erik could get it.

1-15 from the 35: Pass by Ray to Casey - incomplete. Good throw on an 8 yard out route - dropped.

2-15 from the 35: Hellava throw by Ray to Donnie who made a diving catch right on the goal line for a TD. 2-1, Red.

Red

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Louis for 16 yards - stopped by Erik.

1-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Erik had very nice tight coverage on a fly route so neither he nor Louis came down with the ball.

2-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Overthrown.

3-24 from the 26: Hook and Ladder play gone awry. The initial throw by Cain is complete to Matt for about 13 yards. At this point things go bad. Ray and Adam recognize the play and are standing about 5 yards behind Matt. Rather than go hard after Matt, they close they the coverge tighter waiting for the pitch. Meanwhile, Louis is coming across with Erik tight on him. Matt makes the pitch and Erik slaps it down. So the play is good for a net of 10 yards.

4-14 from the 36: Punt

Yellow

1-20 from the 5: Pass by Erik to Ray - incomplete. Play looked like it might have been a hook and ladder run from a WR Twins set but they wouldn't admit to it. Ray ran from the outside in for a quick pass and Casey was running an out right under him. If Ray had caught the ball Casey would have been in a perfect position for the pitch.

2-20 from the 5: Pass by Erik to Donnie for 12 yards - stopped by Adam. Very nice throw. Adam should have come over the top to try to tip or take it.

3-8 from the 17: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Donnie ran an out just past the cone but the ball was thrown too low and he couldn't come up with it despite diving.

4-8 from the 17: Punt

Red

1-2 from the 23: 2 man blitz and Cain throws it away.

2-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Fly route underthrown.

3-2 from the 23: Unknown.

4-2 from the 23: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Adam ran a 2 yard drag route and Cain tried to pitch the ball forward and it slipped and fell short behind the line of scrimmage.

Yellow

1-Goal from the 23: Cain intercepted the ball at the goal line and runs it back about 23 yards. He then pitches it to Louis who runs it down to the 3 yard line where Erik made the stop.

Red

1-Goal from the 3: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Blown play. Adam comes out of the backfield uncovered when they blitz. Adam calls for the ball but it is thrown out the back of the endzone.

2-Goal from the 3: Pass by Cain to Adam for 3 yards - stopped by . Cain throws while falling down. Adam takes it in for the short TD. 3-1, Red

Yellow

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Ray for 50 yards - stopped by Louis. 10 Yard cross and Ray gets a ton of YAC.

1-Goal from the 15: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Ball thrown wide and high.

2-Goal from the 15: Pass by Erik to Casey for 11 yards - stopped by Mike.

3-Goal from the 4: TD Pass by Erik to Ray. 3-2, Red

Red

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Blitz by Casey. Cain throws low to Louis on a 10 yard out.

2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam for 16 yards - stopped by Matt Day. Blown play. Adam comes out of the backfield to the left. Cain rolls left throws very low and just shy of the first down. Adam makes the catch from his knees and pops across the first down marker just before Matt grabs him and starts spinning him down.

1-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. 10 yard cross thrown a little behind.

2-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Adam for 13 yards - stopped by Matt Day. Blown play. Adam comes out of the backfield and catches the ball for 13.

3-11 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Louis for 23 yards - stopped by Ray. Casey blitzes, Adam blocks, Cain rolls left and throws to Louis. Louis makes one guy miss and picks up some nice yards.

1-Goal from the 13: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Rushed 2 and Cain makes tough throw that would have been a very tough catch.

2-Goal from the 13: Run by Adam for 0 yards - stopped by Donnie. The only running play of the day. Delayed pitch to Adam on the left who was fighting through Matt and Casey with help from Cain when Donnie comes flying in from the other side of the field to make the flag. Cain is incredulous wondering where he came from. Adam points out that he told them in the huddle that it had to be a fast play or else Donnie would get there from the back side.

3-Goal from the 13: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Blown play. Louis got open at the back of the endzone but the ball was just a bit long and he couldn't make the catch.

4-Goal from the 13: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Drop by Louis (his description).

Yellow

1-12 from the 13: Pass by Erik to Donnie for 9 yards - stopped by Adam. Slant route from the slot.

2-3 from the 22: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Adam got the barest tip of a finger on the ball and either it made a difference in the ball's tradjectory or Donnie just dropped it (not clear which it was)

3-3 from the 22: Pass by Erik to Donnie for 5 yards - stopped by Adam.

1-23 from the 27: Pass by Erik to Casey for 12 yards - stopped by Louis.

2-11 from the 36: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Twins left. Outside receiver runs parallel to the line of scrimmage behind Casey who took one step forward, turned left, set his feet, put his hands up and picked Adam. But it wouldn't have matterd because the little forward pitch was dropped.

3-11 from the 36: Pass by Erik to Casey - incomplete. Casey was on a 11 yard crossing route when Matt gets in front of him to slap the ball down.

4-11 from the 36: Punt

Red

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Matt Day - incomplete. 10 yard WR cross pattern - dropped by Matt (again his discription - gotta love the honesty in this game).

2-15 from the 10: Pass by Cain to Adam for 15 yards - stopped by the sideline. Blown play. Adam floats out the backfield to the left and then cuts right on a deep slant. Cain throws the ball behind Adam who brings it in one handed and tip-toes just past the cone for a first down and calls it perhaps the best catch he's ever made (shortlived though).

1-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Adam for 18 yards - stopped by Louis. 2 man blitz. Adam again floats left and cuts right. Cain again throws behind but also a bit low but Adam makes what is now definitely the catch of his career - bringing it in one handed from behind again and running downfield backwards and spinning - makes Ray miss, stiff-arms Erik and again dances away backwards - then uses a block by Matt to get up the field for a 18 yard gain before finally giving himself up when Louis grabbed ahold of him and was bringing to the turf. Yes, I'm proud of that play and I think I should be. Don't worry, I get humble here in a minute.

2-7 from the 32: Pass by Cain to Matt Day for 15 yards - stopped by Erik.

1-Goal from the 17: Pass by Cain to Matt Day - incomplete. Ball thrown into the endzone and on a day with a dry ball, Donnie would have picked it.

2-Goal from the 17: Casey chased Cain all over and finally Cain stepped over the line of scrimmage which we called a 0 yard sack.

3-Goal from the 17: Pass by Cain to Away - incomplete. Defense brought 3 but had one peal off to cover Adam out of the backfield and Cain threw it away.

4-Goal from the 17: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Ball overthrown to Matt in the front of the endzone but perfectly thrown for Adam in the back of the endzone. Adam dropped it (see, humbleness returns).

Yellow

1-8 from the 17: Pass by Erik to Ray - incomplete. WR cross at the 1st down cone.

2-8 from the 17: End around to Donnie was supposed to be thrown back to Erik the but exchange was fumbled so it was a 6 yard loss.

3-14 from the 11: Pass by Erik to Donnie - incomplete. Pass defensed by Adam.

4-14 from the 11: Punt

Red

1-19 from the 31: Flea flicker to Louis and back to Cain. Casey made a 6 yard sack.

2-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. 12 Yard out route thrown short incomplete.

3-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Underthrown

4-25 from the 25: Punt

Yellow

1-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Erik for 10 yards - stopped by Louis.

1-22 from the 28: Pass by Ray to Casey - incomplete. Little crossing route pass dropped.

2-22 from the 28: Pass by Ray to Casey - incomplete. Ball thrown a little wide and Matt makes a play for the ball but can't come up with it.

3-22 from the 28: Pass by Ray to Erik for 16 yards - stopped by the sideline.

4-6 from the 31: Pass by Ray to Unknown - incomplete. Missed the details on this one.

Red

1-6 from the 31: Pass by Cain to Unknown for yards - stopped by . Ball was intercepted by Casey and in the confusion, Donnie and Adam blocked each other.

1-9 from the 34: Pass by Ray to Unknown - incomplete. Didn't get the details

2-9 from the 34: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Thrown a little wide

3-9 from the 34: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Twins left. Outside receiver runs parallel to the line of scrimmage behind Casey who took one step forward, turned left, set his feet, put his hands up and picked Adam. But it wouldn't have mattered because the little forward pitch was dropped.

4-9 from the 34: Pass by Ray to Unknown - incomplete. Very good coverage results in a desperation thrown.

Red

1-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Broken play. Ball underthrown to Adam who has to reach over Donnie to prevent the pick.

2-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. 10 Yard cross thrown a bit low but dropped.

3-16 from the 34: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. 2 Man blitz. Cain dumps it off to Adam coming out of the backfield. Makes Ray miss and then makes Erik miss. Then Erik grabs Adam and Adam drags him down the field down to the 10.

1-Goal from the 10: Casey blitzed and Adam screwed up the block not knowing where Cain was so Casey was able to force a fumble for an 8 yard loss.

2-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Good coverage by secondary allows defense to bring two. Adam breaks off and goes in the opposite direction that Cain did so that Cain's throw can't reach him.

3-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Louis - incomplete. Adam came in motion on set to the left WR spot. WR Cross with Louis and Adam - Louis going out underneath. Pass to back of the endzone.

4-Goal from the 18: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Z route to Adam underthrown.

Yellow

1-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Out and up route to Donnie overthrown.

2-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Erik - incomplete. Overthrown way down the field under pressure from a blitz.

3-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Ball thrown high on a slant.

4-7 from the 18: Pass by Ray to Erik for 11 yards - stopped by Louis. Underneath route.

1-21 from the 29: Pass by Ray to Donnie - incomplete. Broken play with a nice gain

1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Ray to Erik - incomplete. Another broken play. Thrown on a little underneath dump but the defenders were in the wrong positions and Erik is able to make a couple of nice moves to score. 3-3 Tie.

I should note that this last series was played in hurry-up fashion because Cain needed to leave so we ended without an even number of series.

MVP: If I had caught that second TD in the back of the endzone, I would have been tempted to give it to me this week. Between those career catches I had, the number of yards and the way I got them, I was thought I had a very nice game. But, I can’t look past that drop – especially since I got my hands on it.

Of course, even it that catch, I would have only been tempted because Casey had a monster day rushing the passer. I credited him with 5 sacks because it was his pressure that caused Cain to fumble twice and step across the line once. Plus, Casey had a pick and nice run back (despite no help from Adam and Donnie who blocked each other instead of guys on the other team). So Casey gets the award this week.

Week 19 Preview: I’m a little concerned we may be looking for a new field for a while. We were playing on the freshman field when the Lacrosse coach asked us to play on one of the regular fields. So we ended up tearing up 2 fields (I can only imagine how bad the fields would have looked if we’d gotten 14-16 guys like we should have had). Hopefully no one will say anything because I LOVE playing at McNeil. 3 fields plus bathrooms make it the best location we’ve had in 13 years and we’ve played at 7 different locations over the years.

Link of the Week: http://www.tophundredvideos.com/video/Animator-vs-Animation

Week 17 Summary: I'm not really sure what happened with the game this week but what I suspect is that everyone woke up and heard the rain pouring down, looked out the window, looked at color-weather radar and saw that there was this big blob of "yellow" sitting right on top of Austin and not moving and said to themselves "Fuck that" and went back to bed. At least that's what I'm hoping happened because I had an emergency and couldn't go to the game (which meant that the gear didn't go to the game either).

My apologies if enough people did show up and want to play (though I would guess the fields were a nightmare after all that rain). I really feel bad I couldn't make it but I was rather distracted.

I woke up around 6:00 listening to the rain and concerned that we were not going to get much turnout. So after a while I got up and sat down at the computer to see whether the rain was going to stop by 9:00 or shortly thereafter. While sitting at my computer studying the weather patterns, I noticed out of the corner that one of my cats behaving oddly. She was stalking a doormat from my back door that had started floating at her. "Oh, isn't that cute," I thought, "Kittens can be so much fun." At the same time I thought, "Why would a heavy, rubber doormat be floating in the house?" It was then that I realized that I more than half our media room was under nearly an inch of water.

I sprang up and ran to the flooded part of the room to grab the X-Box 360 that was in about 3/4" of water and plugged in. So standing barefoot in water on a tile floor, I'm trying to disconnect the X-Box to prevent it from getting damaged and then realizing that I really needed to unplug it to keep from getting electrocuted. Having accomplished that, I realized I was still about to die because I installed extra plugs in the floor of the room using conduit and the water had now reached one of them. I pulled the plug on the extensions and, as a precaution, began pulling all other plugs to prevent our audio/video equipment from blowing up.

I then sent a message to the Flag Football players and called my wife who had not gotten off her night shift yet and left her a message telling her that I needed her home at that point. Actually, I got voicemail and just said "I need you home now" and hung up. This, I later found out, was not the type of message that has enough detail for Amanda. Not knowing what the problem was and imagining that I was injured (which given the exposure to electricity while standing in water was a distinct possibility), she was about to turn the hospital pharmacy over to the house supervisor (who is not a pharmacist). Fortunately, she got a hold of me and I was able to explain that I wasn't injured but that I needed her to come home and bring pumps.

I then went outside and discovered that our primary drainage systems were clogged and there was about 6 inches of standing water that had risen far enough to drain into the house. So it was dark, cold, raining hard, and there was quite a bit of lightning and I, I had to get on a metal ladder to clean out the gutters to try to help water drain away from the part of the house where it was flooding in. This was after I was on my hands and knees in the water clearing out the ground drain and pouring bags of concrete all against the wall where the water was coming in.

Unfortunately, this actually made it worse because the water kept rising and ended flooding an exterior closet on with a common wall to the media room and that then drained into the room across a larger line. The entire yard was under about 4 inches of water and not really draining well. The high water mark in the media room was about 2 inches and 2/3rds of the floor under water (the room is 16x24 and slopes slightly).

Amanda and I then spent the rest of the day working with the water removal guys, I spent most of it outdoors digging a trench from one side of the property to the other which allows the water to drain while Amanda packed up everything in the media room to clean it out. Sunday, we figured out how the water got in that exterior closet and fixed that by cutting 4 inches off the bottom of the door and building up the retaining wall . The builders had put in a pretty good wall there but notched it lower for the door - idiots.

We think the property damage is limited to a couple bookshelves and an area rug. Not sure what the house damage is but we'll definitely be spending quite a bit on improving lot drainage and adding better retaining walls (perhaps disguised as planters). Still, its better than our original idea of tearing the back half of the house off, pouring a higher slab for the media room and rebuilding on top of that.

MVP: Dumb luck which had my back and kept me from getting electrocuted during the many, many opportunities I had.

Link of the week: http://varicore.com/Menu/french_drains.html

Week 18 Preview: Sadly, it looks like more rain but probably nothing like we had Saturday morning where we got 5 inches in about 3 hours.

Week 16 Game Summary: I got a new toy this week - a voice recording watch. It worked much, much better than the little recorder I was carrying around the first few weeks. Still had a couple problems at first but I think this will do the trick nicely.


Yellow: Nick, Chenault, Mark N, Casey, Paul, Matt Day, Zieser, Louis, Corey, & Dave
Red: Cain, Erik, Chris, Kyler, Josh, Rich, Adam, Ty, Eric, Brandon, Mike, & Barry


Yellow Drive 1
1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Mark N for 7 yards - stopped by Adam.
2-8 from the 17: Pass by Nick to Louis - incomplete. Pump and go play. The ball was nearly intercepted by Mike.
3-8 from the 17: Run by Nick for 26 yards - stopped by Adam. Apparently Nick's knee is really healed because he broke tackles for a big gain.

1-7 from the 32: Pass by Nick to Mark N - incomplete. Play action pass play with a fake to Louis. Ball overthrown and there was good coverage by Mike.
2-7 from the 32: Fake pass handed off beautifully to Louis who ran for 5 yards Stopped by Adam.
3-2 from the 27: Pass by Nick to Unknown for 2 yards - stopped by Unknown. Didn't get the details on this play due to screwing up the recording.

1-Goal from the 25: Pass by Nick to Unknown - incomplete. Didn't get the details on this play due to screwing up the recording.
2-Goal from the 25: Pass by Nick to Unknown for 11 yards - stopped by Unknown. Didn't get the details on this play due to screwing up the recording.
3-Goal from the 14: Pass by Nick to Unknown for 11 yards - stopped by Unknown. Didn't get the details on this play due to screwing up the recording.
4-Goal from the 3: Pass by Nick to Unknown - incomplete. Didn't get the details on this play due to screwing up the recording.

Red Drive 1
1-22 from the 3: Pass by Cain to Ty - incomplete. Short crossing route underneath would have been good for about 4 yards.
2-22 from the 3: Run by Cain for 6 yards - stopped by Matt.
3-16 from the 9: Pass by Cain to Chris for 53 yards - stopped by Paul. Big play with some broken tackles. Coverage was good but Chris made a very nice catch.

1-Goal from the 13: Cain under pressure scrambles and throws out the back of the endzone.
2-Goal from the 13: Cain under pressure scrambles left and throws back right. Zieser makes a very nice one handed grab intercepting the ball. Chris makes the stop for a touchback.

Yellow Drive 2

1-15 from the 10: Option run by Nick pitching to Paul who is forced out of bounds for no gain.
2-15 from the 10: Nick rolls right and throws left to Paul. Ball is intercepted by Kyler who takes it in for a TD.

1-0, Red

Yellow Drive 3

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Ball was thrown deep and overthrown.
2-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Dave - incomplete. RB floats right. QB fakes to RB and overthrows the receiver on a deep route.
3-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. 10 yard out route with tight coverage by Chris.
4-15 from the 10: Punt

Red Drive 3

1-25 from the 25: Pass by Cain to Kyler for 7 yards - stopped by Louis.
2-18 from the 32: Cain rolls left and throws it away.
3-18 from the 32: Run by Cain for 32 yards - stopped by Zieser. This was a hell of a run. At one point, Cain does a spin move between two defenders who are so close together that they are able to get hands on him. Zieser ends up making a great touchdown-saving flag grab while reaching around a block.

1-Goal from the 11: Pass by Cain to Mike - incomplete. Formation involved a stack of 2 WRs right inside the slot receiver. The defenders just played press coverage so that the WRs were all banged into each other.
2-Goal from the 11: Run by Cain for 6 yards - stopped by Paul.
3-Goal from the 5: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. The play was "Juan's Option" where the QB runs one way with a RB behind him and the tight end from the other side dragging in the same direction. Zieser made a very nice two-handed defense of the pass.
4-Goal from the 5: Run by Cain for -19 yards - stopped by Chault. Big sack results in a turn over on downs.

Yellow Drive 4

1-1 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Louis - incomplete. Long pass down the left sideline to Louis but overthrown. The person who got closest to it was Zieser who flat out dove for it. Hell of an effort but no chance to make a catch.
2-1 from the 24: Run by Nick for 17 yards - stopped by Adam. Nick sent everybody long and then ran for the 1st down. Play was called dead after 17 yards for a stiff-arm to the middle of Adam's forearm.

1-9 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Trips play with a little throw to Paul underneath but a bit high.
2-9 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Zieser - incomplete. Brandon tipped the ball to cause the incompletion.
3-9 from the 34: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Long pass down the right sideline into the endzone but Adam played low and stuck is hand up between Paul's right as the ball got there.
4-9 from the 34: Punt

Red Drive 4

1-15 from the 10: Run by Cain for 7 yards before being forced out.
2-8 from the 17: Pass by Cain to Eric - incomplete. Nearly a sack by Mark N but Cain was able to get it off. However, the throw was low.
3-8 from the 17: Pass by Cain to Cain - incomplete. Cain throwing under pressure throws way down the field. It comes awkwardly in and Ty bends way back trying to catch it and is unable to bring it in.
4-8 from the 17: Punt

Yellow Drive 4

1-2 from the 23: Run by Nick for 7 yards - stopped by Kyler.
1-20 from the 30: Pass by Nick to Dave - incomplete. 10 Yard cross from out wide thrown to the middle of the field. A beautiful thrown but not caught.
2-20 from the 30: Long throw to Dave intercepted by Cain who was stopped by Corey.

Red Drive 5

1-14 from the 36: Long throw intercepted by Paul who was touched down where he caught it.

Yellow Drive 6

1-17 from the 8: Run by Nick for 0 yards - stopped by Chris.
2-17 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Paul came out of the backfield and Nick dumped it to him on a little go route but it was dropped.
3-17 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Louis for 22 yards - stopped by Ty.

1-20 from the 30: Run by Paul for 12 yards - stopped by Ty. This should have been a dead play. Nick and Paul were on different pages as to the direction of the pitch but Nick was able to make it work. Then Paul took it up the field and made 3 people miss him before Ty made the stop and saved a touchdown. The hallmark of the play may have been Adam coming across the field to try to make the stop and running over Kyler (his own teamate who was on the defensive line) to try to make a play.
2-8 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Unknown - incomplete. Very nearly a sack by Ty - one of those "at the same time" kinds of things.
3-8 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Zieser - incomplete. Long throw into triple coverage (well it was triple coverage by the time the ball got there).
4-8 from the 33: Pass by Nick to Matt for 14 yards - stopped by Kyler. 10 yard crossing route that got a little YAC and a 1st down.

1-Goal from the 19: Nick threw it away under pressure.
2-Goal from the 19: Pass by Nick to Zieser - incomplete. Ball overthrown out the back of the endzone.
3-Goal from the 19: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Catchable but it went off his hands. Slightly off day by Paul who normally has some of the best hands in the game (read about his MVP performance a couple weeks ago).
4-Goal from the 19: Pass by Nick to Zieser for a TD. Adam released Zieser to the safety on a slant route but really shouldn't have since Zieser is bigger than the safety and was in front of him.

1-1

Red Drive 6

1-15 from the 10: Run by Cain for 9 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-6 from the 19: Pass by Cain to Adam - incomplete. Adam released left out of the backfield and then crossed at about 5. The ball was well thrown, nice and high and would have been caught but Louis ran through Adam preventing a catch.
3-6 from the 19: Pass by Cain to Unknown - incomplete.
4-6 from the 19: Punt

Yellow Drive 7

1-1 from the 24: Pass by Nick to Mark N for 11 yards - stopped by Unknown.
1-15 from the 35: Run by Nick for 1 yards - stopped by Erik.
2-14 from the 36: Play action pass from Nick to Dave thrown for a TD.

2-1, Yellow

Red Drive 7

1-15 from the 10: Run by Ty for -5 yards - stopped by Chenault.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Brandon - incomplete.
3-20 from the 5: Pass by Cain to Brandon for 40 yards - stopped by touched down. Big throw and catch.

1-5 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Ty - incomplete.
2-5 from the 30: Pass by Cain to Brandon - incomplete. Under pressure, Cain throws into the endzone for Brandon but it was a little short.
3-5 from the 30: Run by Cain for -11 yards. Sacked by Mark N.
4-16 from the 41: Punt

Yellow Drive 8

1-20 from the 5: Nick threw it away under pressure.
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Zieser for 0 yards - stopped by Barry.
3-20 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Louis - incomplete. Long throw along the sideline but would have required a miracle catch.
4-20 from the 5: Punt

Red Drive 8

1-20 from the 30: Run by Cain for 7 yards - stopped by Matt. A nice little run that included a jumping spin move over Nick at the line of scrimmage.
2-13 from the 37: Pass by Cain to Josh for 6 yards - stopped by Matt. 5 yard cross route from the left TE slot. Ball thrown near the sideline and Josh was able to turn it upfield 2 yards.
3-7 from the 32: Beautiful diving one-handed catch by Chris who rolled out of bounds after the catch.

1-Goal from the 22: Pass by Cain to Rich - incomplete. Cain was under pressure by Zieser and threw a wobbly duck that Louis was zeroing in on for a pick. Fortunately, Rich was able to defense the pass and prevent the interception.
2-Goal from the 22: Run by Cain for 1 yards - stopped by Zieser.
3-Goal from the 21: Under pressure, Cain throws blind to a part of the field were apparently there was supposed to be a Red receiver. There was none there and so the ball went straight to Nick in the endzone. He runs to the 20 and then pitches it to Louis who runs another 20 yards before Chris and Ty stop him.

Yellow Drive 9

1-10 from the 40: Run by Unknown for 3 yards - stopped by Unknown.
2-13 from the 37: Huge sack by Ty for an 11 yard loss.
3-24 from the 26: Pass by Nick to Chenault for 10 yards - stopped by Kyler. The play was initially supposed to be an option run with Chenault to the left but coverage was good so Nick kept it and scrambled right with 3 members of his line in front of him. Adam crashed the line pushing blockers back towards Nick who threw the ball up for Chenault who had run a short cross to try to get into the play to block or to be an underneath dump off.
4-14 from the 36: Punt

Red Drive 9

1-20 from the 5: Run by Cain for 21 yards - stopped by Zieser.

1-24 from the 26: Pass by Cain to Brandon for 10 yards - stopped by Louis.
2-14 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Brandon - incomplete. Paul came in to slap this ball away.
3-14 from the 36: Pass by Cain to Unknown - incomplete. Casey got Cain's arm as he was throwing the ball yet it still traveled about 25 yards down the field. Fortunately it was out of bounds because Louis would have picked it had it been a little closer to the sideline.
4-14 from the 36: Punt

Yellow Drive 10

1-20 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Zieser - incomplete. Thown long
2-20 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Zieser - incomplete. 7 yard cross thrown high.
3-20 from the 5: Pass by Nick to Matt - incomplete. Out route to Matt but it would have been short of the first and Barry played very nice defense and knocked it out of Matt's hands.
4-20 from the 5: Punt

1-15 from the 35: Pass by Cain to Barry - incomplete. Ball thrown low.
2-15 from the 35: Ball intercepted by Louis who was forced out of bounds by Brandon.
3-Goal from the 23: Ball thrown into the endzone for Chenault. TD.

3-1, Yellow

Red Drive 10

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Kyler for 10 yards - stopped by Paul. 5 yard dump underneath to Kyler who took it up the field another 5 yards.
2-5 from the 20: Pass by Erik to Rich - incomplete.
3-5 from the 20: Sack for -4 yards.
4-9 from the 16: Run by Erik for 4 yards - stopped by Paul.

Yellow Drive 11

1-Goal from the 20: Run by Louis for -4 yards - stopped by Unknown. Never before seen in our game, Yellow runs a wishbone option play (QB + 3 RBs) and pitches to Louis.
2-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Matt - incomplete. Thown to Matt in the endzone but it was a bad throw and so incomplete.
3-Goal from the 24: Pass by Nick to Paul for 22 yards - stopped by Cain. Little dumpoff pass to Paul who has a nice run and nearly scores.
4-Goal from the 2: Josh intercepted the ball and Nick got the stop.

Red Drive 12

1-22 from the 3: Pick-6 by Mark N.

4-1, Yellow

Red Drive 13

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Erik to Ty for 11 yards - stopped by Louis. 11 yard out route and Louis made the stop from his knees.
2-4 from the 21: Ball nearly intercepted by Louis.
3-4 from the 21: Pass by Erik to Josh for 8 yards - stopped by Matt.

1-21 from the 29: Pass by Cain to Chris - incomplete. Backwards pass from Erik to Cain who throws upfield to Chris but behind him.
2-21 from the 29: Erik throws the ball away.
3-21 from the 29: Run by Cain for -15 yards - stopped by Paul. Pitch back to Cain who was supposed to throw it but he faded back under pressure and was sacked by Paul.
4-34 from the 16: Run by Ty for 13 yards - stopped by Zieser.

Yellow Drive 14

1-4 from the 29: Half-back option with Mark N throwning the pick to Brandon. Chenault on the stop.

Red Drive 14

1-5 from the 20: Pass by Erik to Brandon for 9 yards - stopped by Nick. Touched down by Nick.

1-21 from the 29: Pass by Erik to Kyler for 22 yards - stopped by Matt. Touched down by Matt.

1-Goal from the 24: Pass by Erik to Brandon for 11 yards - stopped by Dave. 5 Yard out route turned up the field.
2-Goal from the 13: Ball thrown to Adam on a go route but thrown well short and intercepted by Paul who was stoped by Kyler.

Yellow Drive 15

1-17 from the 8: Pass by Nick to Mark N for 1 yards - stopped by Erik. Thrown to Mark right on the line of scrimmage. He basically got a step before Erik had the stop.
2-16 from the 9: Pass by Nick to Unknown - incomplete.
3-16 from the 9: Cuba Libre to Chenault pitching to Paul. Brandon came into make a hellava stop - limiting the play to 6 yards.
4-10 from the 15: Ball thrown short and intercepted by Adam and touched down by Casey

Red Drive 15

1-1 from the 26: Pass by Erik to Barry - incomplete. 7 yard out route.
2-1 from the 26: Pass by Erik to Adam - incomplete. This was a 5 yard turnaround-timing route thrown a little outside but it should have been caught.
3-1 from the 26: Run by Erik for 11 yards - stopped by Paul.

1-Goal from the 15: 5 Yard out to Adam who caught the ball just after Dave pulled the flag so he was able to run in for the TD.

4-2, Yellow

Yellow Drive 16

1-15 from the 10: Pass by Nick to Paul - incomplete. Matt was essentially uncovered for the first few seconds of the play but fortunately for Red the ball was thrown to Paul who was covered well by Erik. Both went up for the ball but it was incomplete.
2-15 from the 10: Run by Mark N for -9 yards - stopped by Adam. Adam came on a corner blitz and Mark slipped on the hand off so he was touched down.
3-24 from the 1: Pass by Nick to Paul for 15 yards - stopped by Erik.
4-9 from the 16: Pass by Nick to Unknown - incomplete. Ty tipped this one to prevent a completion.

Red Drive 16

1-Goal from the 16: Pass by Erik to Rich for 9 yards - stopped by Paul.
2-Goal from the 7: Pass by Erik to Barry - incomplete. Thrown a little high to Barry at the front of the endzone.
3-Goal from the 7: Pass by Erik to Kyler for 5 yards - stopped by Louis.
4-Goal from the 2: Pass by Erik to Barry - incomplete. This was supposed to be a QB run but for some reason Erik hiked the ball before his line was set. He rolled right and backwards with Zieser in his face and threw blind to Barry but it was uncatchable.

Game over 4-1, Yellow

Yellow made the case that their Defense should get the MPV this week. It was a good performance but I need to see the stats first.

Week 17 Preview: Well the holidays are over and we're getting good turn out again. So I'd ask everyone to hold off on inviting additional players for a couple weeks until we see where we end up in terms of attendance. I think most people would rather not have games of more than 18 because people spend more than half their time on the offensive line. People who have been playing with us are welcome to keep coming out and its likely that we'll want to get a few new players later this year if we lose some folks due to conflicts, moving away, or (hopefully not) injuries. So keep people in mind.

However, if we could find some more good, dependable quarterbacks, we could run 2 games of 6 on 6 for 90 minutes and then switch the opponents with the winning teams playing each other for the next 90 minutes (and the other two teams playing each other too). I think a mini-tournament would be cool but we need QBs to make it work.

Week 15 Game Summary: Once again, close but no cigar. The voice recorder died about 40 minutes before the end of the game. At the time I thought it was the battery. When I got home, I discovered that it was broken. Fortunately, I was able to take it apart, clean it up and get it working again. So we didn't lose this week's info (other than the last 40 minutes I couldn't record while it was broken). Onto the game:

Red: Chris, Bennie, Matt Day, Adam, Chenault, David, Rich, Cain

Yellow: Erik, Patrick, Mark C, Paul, Brian Zieser, Joe, Casey

Game started as 6 on 6 as Bennie, David, and Joe did not arrive before the start. Extra player was on Red because Adam went into the game with a pulled hamstring that limited him to offensive line and line backer early and so the plan was to sub out a lot. Casey was playing with a pulled groin and quad and played a lot of line for yellow.

Red Drive 1 - Cain QB
1-15: 20 Yards up the field to Chris in double coverage and incomplete
2-15: 10 Yard crossing route to Rich thrown behind him incomplete.
3-15: Cain under pressure throws behind Chris incomplete
4-15: Punt

Yellow Drive 1 - Zieser QB
1-20 from the 30: Flip to Paul from the TE crossing behind the line. Paul pitches back to Mark running a reverse the other way for an 18 yard gain - Adam on the stop.
2-2: 4 Yard run to Patrick, Chenault on the stop.

1-Goal from the 23: Crossing play to Paul over thrown and nearly picked by Matt coming out of the safety slot.
2-Goal: Ball thrown into ground to Mark running an out from crossing route with the the slot WR and TE.
3-Goal: 10 yard turnaround route thrown pretty well to Paul but defensed by Cain.
4-Goal: Post route to the middle of the field to Paul but Cain made the "Interception/Drop" play at the 1 where the defender grabs the ball out of the air and chooses to drop it prior to completing the act of the catch. This results in a take over on downs at the 23.

Red Drive 2 - Cain QB - Bennie subs in for Adam
1-2 from the 23: Broken play with Cain rolling left, throwing left underneath to Bennie but the ball was well defensed by Mark.
2-2: Another broken play with a throw to a 15 Yard cross for Bennie but well defensed by Erik who slapped the ball away.
3-2: Safety blitz by Paul. Cain throws the Chenault for 6 yards. Unknown flag.

1-21 from the 29: Broken play with Cain yelling "go deeper". Thrown deep to Rich in double coverage and despite 3 players all converging, none is able to put a finger on the ball which drops in the center of the collapsing triangle.
2-21: Broken play where Cain literally is running around for about 15 seconds and finally throws a catchable through not beautiful ball to Chenault who drops it.
3-21: Chris QBs and throws a ball that should have been picked by Paul but was dropped.
4-21: Punt.

Joe has arrived so the game goes up to 7 on 7 with Joe joining Yellow and Adam going back in on Red.

Yellow Drive 2 - Zieser QB
1-20 from the 5: Scrambling left throws about 25 yards in the air to Mark despite pretty good coverage by Chris. Chris misses the tackle and Paul throws a good downfield block on Cain that allows Mark to score.

1-0, Yellow

Red Drive 3 - Cain QB
1-15 from the 10: Broken play with lots of time finally throwing to Chris incomplete
2-15: 6 yard out to Adam thrown high (especially given the aforementioned hamstring limitations) incomplete
3-15: Little pressure so Cain throws from the pocket for the first time a little long to Matt up the sideline. Erik could have intercepted it but didn't and his contact with the ball caused Mark who was also in position to intercept the ball to miss it.
4-15: Punt

David subs in for Adam

Yellow Drive 3 - Zieser QB
1-15 from the 35: TE out play to Casey thrown low and behind incomplete.
2-15: Stop and Go to Paul who had a step on Cain but Cain makes it back into the play to intercept the ball. Paul on the stop.

Red Drive 4 - Cain QB
1-12.5 from the 12.5: Chenault QB pitching to Cain who ran for a little over a 5 yard gain.
2-7: 15 Yard Cross to Bennie with Paul and Erik basically mash each other going for the pick incomplete.
3-7: 10 Yard out route to Chenault for a first down

1-22 from the 28: Throws 15 out to Chenault that was dropped.
2-22: Long to Rich just out of reach.
3-22: Flea-Flicker to Chenault and then back to Cain who runs for 11.
4-11: Under the best pressure all day, Cain scrambles and completes to Chenault for 16.

1-Goal from the 20: Flea-flicker that results in a 10 yard sack by Patrick
2-Goal from the 30: Thrown into the endzone to Bennie that should've/would've been intercepted by Erik but before completing the act of making the catch Bennie turns defender and pries Erik's hands apart.
3-Goal: Safety blitz by Paul with a throw incomplete to either Chenault and Bennie. Neither is able to turn to make a play on the ball due to the mud.
4-Goal: Looked like it was intended to be a 10 yard Cuba Libra to Chenault back to Cain but the initial pass was dropped.

Adam subs in for Chenault

Yellow Drive 4 - Zieser QB
1-20 from the 30: Hand off to Erik from the TE spot who throws the ball down the field to Paul. Cain, from the safety spot, dives and knocks the ball down.
2-20: Quick WR throw to Joe on the line incomplete
3-20: Out and Up to Paul but Paul lost his footing turning it up and is unable to reach the ball.
4-20: Punt

Matt out on this series

Red Drive 5 - Cain QB
1-10 from the 15: Pressure with Adam coming back to be a release option. Ball thrown at his feet incomplete though it only would have been a 2 yard gain any way.
2-10: Lot of pressure and Cain throws wildly off his backfoot. Fortunately, the three defenders who were in the area were all so worried about killing each other that they all pulled up and the ball was not picked.
3-10: Thrown incomplete to Dave.
4-10: Punt

Matt comes in for Chris

Yellow Drive 5 - Zieser QB
1-20 from the 30: Thrown to Mark but low and incomplete
2-20: 15 Yard Sack just before throwing what would have been a touchdown.
3-35: Ball to Mark but overthrown and out of bounds
4-35: Punt.

Rich sits for Chris

Red Drive 6 - Cain QB
1-25 from the 25: 25 yard running play to Chenault with some good blocking, some missed tackles, and some broken tackles results in a 1st down. Erik on the stop.

1-Goal from the 25: 15 yard cross to Bennie overthrown.
2-Goal: 7 yard out pattern thrown very low.
3-Goal: Underthrown to Adam in the endzone intercepted by Erik. Touchback by Adam

Rich comes in Adam goes out.

Yellow Drive 6 - Erik QB
1-15 from the 10: Fade route slapped down by Bennie.
2-15: Throws long but Cain intercepts it from the safety slot. Mark got the stop.

Red Drive 7 - Cain QB
1-Goal from the 22: Broken plan where ball is finally thrown to Matt but Erik makes a great defensive play on the ball so its incomplete.
2-Goal: Running play to Dave for 10 yards with a stop by Mark
3-Goal from the 12: Fake to Dave left, throwing the ball right to Chris on an out route that was just barely out of reach.
4-Goal: Thrown long into the end zone for Matt but overthrown incomplete.

Adam back in and Dave is out

Yellow Drive 7 - Erik QB
1-13 from the 12: out route good for 19 yards stop by Adam

1-18 from the 32: Out route to Zieser with Matt coming underneath to slap it away.
2-18: Joe takes a knee to the quad from Rich covering an out route.

Joe sits and Dave subs for him

3-18: 7 yard out route to Paul with stop by Chris.
4-11: Fly route to Paul who had contact with Cain when both went for the ball which was incomplete.

Joe is back in on Yellow and Dave is out.

Red Drive 8 - Cain QB
1- 14 from the 36: Fake left thrown back to Bennie right but dropped.
2-14: Chenault pass blocks for a moment and then slips out on a short out but ball is incomplete.
3-14: 10 Yard crossing route to Bennie stop by Erik
4-4: Ball thrown long to Chenault incomplete.

Bennie out and Dave back in

Yellow Drive 9 - Erik QB
1-21 from the 29: Double H-back set with Mark and Patrick. Pitch to Patrick for a 2 yard gain, Adam on stop.
2-19: Not sure what happened here
3-?: 10 Yard in to Joe thrown behind and should have been picked by Rich since it was thrown to him but he was looking at the receiver, not the ball.
4-?: Punt

Chenault's out and Bennie's in

Red Drive 10 - Cain QB
1-20 from the 5: Stack formation with Chris and Adam. 8 Yard gain by Adam with Zieser on the stop.
2-12: Zieser punches Adam after Patrick gets the sack for no loss
3-12: Sack by Paul down to the 1 which actually was good because the ball was picked.
4-24: Punt

Chenault Stays out

Yellow Drive 10 - Erik QB
1st and 6 from the 31
2-6: 15 Yard out route to Paul thrown wide incomplete
3-6: 15 Yard out to Zieser who cuts back across the field and is missed by Matt, Chris, and Adam. TD.

2-0, Yellow

Matt out, Chenault back in

Red Drive 11 - Cain QB
1-15 from the 10: Throw to Dave who was well covered, incomplete
2-15: 7 Yard Cross to Bennie but intercepted by Erik who ran it it for a TD.

3-0, Yellow

Red Drive 12 - Cain QB
1-15 from the 10: Broken play, incomplete pass
2-15: incomplete pass
3-15: Long throw to Chris but overthrown
4-15: Thrown short and out of bounds to Chris but it would have been short of the first anyway.

Chris out and Matt back in

Yellow Drive 12 - Erik QB
1-Goal from the 10: Intercepted by Rich in the endzone. He brings it out to the 22.


Red Drive 13 - Cain QB
1-3 from the 22: Little throw to Dave who pitches back to Cain for about 6 yards

1-22 from the 28: Another flea-flicker run supposed to be thrown to Bennie but it end up just being run for 10 yards. Zieser on the stop.
2-12 from the 18: Handoff to Dave for 5 yards
3-7: Run by Dave for 4, stop by Erik
4-3: Sack by Joe. Turnover on downs

Cain's out

Yellow Drive 13 - Erik QB
1-23 from the 27: Out route to Paul for about 18. Dave on the stop.
2-5: Throw to Patrick that was nearly picked but the deflection keeps Patrick from getting it.
3-5: Z-Run to Paul good for 15. Adam on the stop.

1-Goal from the 15: Fade route to Paul at the back of the end zone. Overthrown.
2-Goal: Timing route to a spot for Mark but Mark didn't get to the spot.
3-Goal: Twins play with a quick pass to Paul cutting from outside underneath for 1 yard. Chenault on the stop.
4-Goal: Thrown to Paul in the endzone only able to get one foot in.

Dave's out, Cain's back in.

Red Drive 14 - Cain QB
1-11 from the 14: Chenault runs an out to the right for a 4 yard gain with Zieser on the stop.
2-7: Out route to Adam for 9. Zieser on the stop.

1-23 from the 27: 10 Yard cross to Adam who makes one guy miss with a hip move and stiff-arms another and takes it 48 yards for a TD (hamstring had been loosening up all game and apparently was much better).

Dave's in and Rich is out.

3-1, Yellow

Yellow Drive 14 - Zieser QB
1-15 from the 10: Trips play thrown underneath to Paul for 4 yards, Stop by Matt.
2-11: Out route to Erik for 9 yards. Erik steps out right after catch.
3-2: HBack set with Joe and Paul. Joe runs an out route at about 6 yards but doesn't bring the ball in.
4-2: Pitch to Erik in the backfield who runs towards the first down. Adam misses the flag. Just before getting to the line of scrimmage, he throws complete to Joe for 13 yards. Cain on the stop.

1-14 from the 36: Broken play with Brian throwing across his body and Chris coming flying in to deflect it away.
2-14: Erik takes a step back from the WR slot to take a backward pass and then throws to Zieser for 5 yards. Cain on the stop.
3-9: 15 Yard out. Chris cuts under the receiver and should have picked it but at least keeps the receiver from getting the ball.
4-9: 4 Yard sack by Bennie

Adam out Rich back in.

Red Drive 15 - Cain QB
1-13 on t: Flea flicker to Dave back to Cain intended to be thrown to Chris who fell down so Cain runs it for 17 with Zieser on the Stop

1-Goal from the 21: Running play to Dave for 5 yards. Zieser on the stop.
2-Goal: Cain under pressure throws the ball away.
3-Goal: Intercepted by Erik who runs out the back of the end zone for a Safety.

This generated some controversy during the game so I went and got the rules on Safeties. A safety is "scored for the opposing team when the ball is dead on or behind a team’s own goal line if the impetus came from a player on that team." There are a few exceptions:

1) Player intercepts a pass with both feet inbounds in the field of play and his momentum carries him into his own end zone. Ball is put in play at spot of interception.

2) Player intercepts a pass in his own end zone and is downed in the end zone, even after recovering in the end zone. Impetus came from passing team, not from defense. (Touchback)

In this case, the interception was in the endzone by Erik. He then continued running away from Red players and looking back up the field. He then ran out the back of the endzone. It was not his momentum which carried him out of the endzone because he was running more or less parallel to the back of the endzone when he intercepted the ball. It was only as he began looking up field that he rounded his route enough to step out of the back. The only part of the call that I'm not happy with is the fact that we don't have lines at the back of the endzone and its hard for a player to know where the boundaries are. There have been many times where a player was running down the sideline and had plenty of room to run yet was called out because someone from a better vantage point could see that his foot stepped on the missing line. Had we had a line on those occasions (or this one) its not clear that a player would have stepped out.

We may want to discuss some kind of good faith ruling on these cases in the future.

4-1.5, Yellow

Red Drive 16 - Cain QB
1-15 from the 10: Intended to be a Cuba Libra to Matt back to Adam but Matt was too well covered so the ball was thrown unexpected back to Chenault who dropped it.
2-15: Roll right throw back to Chenault for 1. Paul on the stop.
3-14: Flea Flicker - Flea flicker run for 11 yards with Zieser on the stop.
4-3: Good pressure forces a bad throw to Chenault incomplete.

Chenault has to leave

Yellow Drive 16 - Zieser QB
1-Goal from the 22: 10 Yard Out to Patrick from TE slot. Stop by Bennie.
2-Goal: Slant out route to Joe into the endzone. Good throw but stripped by Adam.
3-Goal: Out of hands for Mark on an underneath route, intercepted by Bennie, stopped by Paul.

Red Drive 17 - Cain QB
1-10 from the 15: 7 yard sack by Joe
2-17: 5 yard route to Adam. Stop by Paul
3-12: Throw to Chris over the top for a 1st down.

1-25 from the 25: Pick by Erik. Dave on the stop.

Yellow Drive 17 - Zieser QB
1-Goal from the 20: Recorder broke.

Final score was like 6 to 1.5, Yellow.

MVP: Based on a review of the stats, I think the honor this week goes to Erik. He and Zieser had the best games. Their QB stats were similar though Erik had a better completion rate and they both stopped 7 plays on defense. However, Zieser's seven stops were flags and 4 of Erik's stops were interceptions.

Week 16 Preview: Alright, we're past the holidays so I'm expecting a pretty big turn out. Please arrive on time because I'd be surprised if we had less than 9 on 9 and we'll need to get going fast if everyone is going to get a good chance to have some plays.

Link of the week: http://www.tophundredvideos.com/video/Humanity-Lobotomy