After going totally defeated last season, our team won it's second game in a row tonight in Flag Football.
Granted, very few players remain from our team last year, mostly just me and Croft. Regardless, we were able to prevail 13-12 tonight.
We're a team of destiny. Both of our touchdowns came on tipped balls that were caught in the endzone. The opposing team missed both of their extra points while we made one of ours, proving to be the difference in the game.
My main contributions included my Urlacher-esque play at linebacker and my Divac-esque
flop during a critical 4th down.
In flag football, contact is not allowed. You block must like basketball, and you must not run into people when rushing.
So, when it came to 4th down once and I was playing the line, a lightbulb went off in my head. I could tell that the opposing player (his team was 2-0 coming in, while we were 1-1), was all pumped and excited.
I then thought of my hero, Vlade Divac.
Other than his pseudo-resemblence to my dad, Vlade was known for his skill at drawing fouls, earning such nicknames as The King of Flop, Floppy Divac, Sir Flops Alot, and The Serbian Flop Monster.
Thus, when we snapped the ball, the opposing lineman ran into me and I fell straight back onto the ground. This drew a penalty flag and a first down for us.
The opposing player did break the rules. He ran smack into me. Granted, I am a brick wall if I want to be, but hey, it's all good. The fact that they got a penalty to give them a first after we stopped them on 4th earlier in the game made me want revenge. Plus their guy had his shirt untucked once making it impossible to grab his flag.
But I digress. The fact is, if we win next week, we make the playoffs.
And we're playing the worst team in the league. They've given up 128 points and only scored 12 in their first 3 games.
A great man, Chris Gentry, once said, "
Cheat To Win."
And yeah, I see you Manu. You're
Layin Down The Hammer.
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