Flag Recap March 1, 2008

WEATHER: Kind of weird – cloudy and cool and a bit damp, then sort of clear, then cloudy again. I was cold all game! (cue the whining).

GAME: Also kind of weird. Halfway through we had to move to another side of the park, which stopped the flow and we kept adding and losing some players who were part of another group playing. Dark took an early lead and never looked back en route to a two-score win.

SCHEDULE: We are back Sat. March 8, Penmar, 12:30. League still on for April and look for an e-mail from David as we ramp up registration.

GOING DEEP: We had several great deep passes. Drew was a catching machine on at least three deep ones from Christophe. His best was doing a full extension for the ball while on a full run, catching it and scoring. … Drew also threw some long ones to Christophe and T.O. … On White side, both Cyd (visiting from NYC) and myself connected as QBs, with Jay and Jeff respectively.

PASS RUSH STAR: I was ribbing Brent about his pass rush as I was watching D from the sideline and joked that I could do a much better job; he scoffed. So, I came in and promptly forced the QB to scramble to the sidelines where he threw a fourth-down incompletion. Jim 1, Brent 0!

GOOD HANDS MAN: I was surprised at Eugene’s ability to get open and catch everything since he was wearing what looked like hiking boots. If he gets cleats, watch out!

GOOD HANDS MAN II: Jeff had the best catch on a fastball low and hard from me with a defender getting one hand on the ball. But like David Tyree, Jeff managed to hold on and make the catch.

GOOD HANDS MAN III: Jay showed great concentration on running a go route down the sidelines where he scored.

BEST TRICK PLAY: Let’s see if I get this right – Christophe takes the snap and laterals to Drew who stops and lobs to a wide-open TO for the score.

BEST TRICK PLAY FOILED: Cyd was guarding Drew and saw Christophe at QB smile, so Cyd, being the suspicious type, smelled a rat. Sure enough, at the snap Drew ran backwards and Cyd followed him. Christophe lateraled to Drew, but Cyd was there to nail him for a 10-yard loss and near safety.

BEST RUN WHILE WEARING A TURBAN: It has been great having Duffy come out and he amazed with his ability to catch and run while wearing a turban (is there a gyroscope inside?). His best was taking a short pass as center and weaving his way down field for a score.

BALL HAWKS: Dark came up big on the interception front. David had a two nice ones, giving him three in three weeks, while Christophe and TO each played terrific free safety is snagging one each.