Friday, October 5, 2007

BP Football

Outlined against a blue-grey October sky... no but seriously the BP football game vs Pangborn was one for the ages and I will for surely always remember what happened last night. The game was tied early at 6-6 and we had the ball late in the first half and decided to punt to make sure we did not give them good field position. Eli's punt landed in the arms of their best player and after making a few Reggie Bush like moves (and yes I am serious, three cut backs, a spin move and a stutter step up the sideline) and she was gone... They missed the the one-point conversion and Pangborn was up 12-6.
After the half we moved the ball near mid-field and went for it on fourth down and were stopped. They had one big play and the next thing you know we are down 18-6. Next possession after gaining a first down, Melissa throws a pick and again they score again and go ahead 24-6.
However our team never gave up and they marched down... err I mean we completed a 60-yard pass to Jasmine on fourth down for a TD. Gaby made a nice catch in the end-zone and all of a sudden we were down 24-15. The defense, coached by Digan and Meagher, got us a quick three and out and good field position. Incomplete, incomplete, incomplete, and all of a sudden its fourth down, but a completion to Gaby along the sideline gets us a first down at the two. Next play Melissa looks and rolls to her left and runs in for a TD. But just like the white man holding the players on the basketball bench back, we still had to complete a three-point conversion.
Four-wides, no backs. Melissa takes the snap buys some time by stepping into the pocket and fires a high pass to Gaby (if you couldnt tell she was the superstar of the game [9 catches 99 yeards plus on TD, and two three point conversions]) who catches it at the one and falls back to tie the game!
There last second attempt at a Hail Mary falls incomplete and we have accomplished a fantastic come from behind tie. Not impressive you say... on the contrary our sideline acted like they just won a championship, including a Gatorade shower for the coaches, and everyone was excited (keep in mind 'the greatest game ever played' ended in a tie). It was a feeling unlike I had experienced this year with our ND team being poor and the Tigers missing out on the playoffs.
Fantastic Preformance and you might as well give us the ESPY for Greatest Game of the Year.

1 comment:

Names Are Tough said...

one quick fix, harrison . . . at the end of the game, pangborn only had time for a single desperation heave, not 3 as stated in the post . . . it was pretty sweet, though . . .