bowling night

6-0.
The much beloved bend city league (100% draft) continues. My draft strategy (fastest person left on list) and game strategery (let's get lucky) continues to be successful... (21 game run). There is only one reason for this, and it's not that i'm any good. My co-captain Alicia is clearly the league mvp. Her absence at the final tournament will no doubt lead to an early exit.

Yet again we beat a team that was better than us, better prepared, and intesely motivated.

Meeting of undefeated teams for 'unofficial midseason something or another'
Them: 40 minutes of 'box drill', 15 minute chalk talk. Discussion of individual players.
Us: 5 minutes of a partially attended 'endzone' drill, upwinder to start game.

The end. 13-10.

League Strategy vs. Open Strategy.

League: Throw it as far as you can the moment you get it. Trust in other team to dink it around and make an error on their half of field.

Open: Varies. Preferably tends towards the don't screw up very much.

League: Don't make any calls. Until they start browbeating the new players. Then get 'all up ons'.

Open: Always a callfest. Unless one team is gracefully wilting. Games against HighSchool teams are always good for bringing out the 'spirit.' See 'refs' at someone elses blog. Maybe this one too. Can't remember.

League: Beer after.

Open: Same. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

League: No one knows rules. Everyone thinks they are a saint, and takes advantage of anything that they can. You should never dispute their right to do this.

This is spirit.

Open: Same.

League: 8 gazillion turnovers per point. See 'training for 5 k racing'. Speed, per se, is not necessarily important, because by point 7 gazillion, no one is that fast.

Open: Better. W/ some exceptions.

League: Bad marks. But plenty physical. No one can defend the open side of the field.

Open: Faster. Better.

May edit later.