when last we saw our intrepid hero of the gridiron, he was coming off a fun, but slightly disappointing spring football season. after my time with the spartans, my friend (and new owner of the league) invited me to come play with him on a new team he was creating, the warriors. in contrast to the spartans, i was going to be asked to do one thing for the warriors: catch touchdowns. while playing receiver is what i want to do most, it was a lot of fun being asked to do it all and i did find it hard to sit on defense this past season. and while we did have a strong armed qb who definitely favored me, we didn't have an all-out passing attack like i wish we did. i was, however, fortunate enough to be third in the league in total touchdowns, which is cool. this is my highlight video (not the best video angle for highlight videos, but i tried to make it easier to find me with some arrows - keep an eye out :) ) and some pics of the season:
i was personally super excited for the fall uvu flag league. we had done really well in the spring league, most of the guys were coming back, and this time i had back my favorite qb i have ever had. things were looking good. and they went well. we finished the regular season 8-0, winning by an average score of 42 to 10. the first playoff game was a breeze, but the second game was a battle. back and forth we went, neither team able to stop the other. with just over a minute to go, i intercept their pass to the end zone. fully capable of returning it for a touchdown, i decide to do the sportsmanshiply thing to do and take a knee. with one minute to go, a 25 second play clock, and the opposing team with only one time out left, all we had to do was take a knee three times and we would be heading to the championship game. after three knees and a mere 15 seconds on the clock, we started to celebrate. one member of the opposing team however decided to jump off sides. he then proceeded to convince the refs (incorrectly) that a penalty stops the clock. the refs totally buy it, we are forced to punt it, they drive using the sidelines (all credit to them), and score to steal the game. after the game, we went to the refs and said show us this rule in the rule book. after a minute, the refs admit their mistake, we should have won, but it was too late and nothing could be done. needless to say, me and my team were not too happy. thankfully the cheating team lost in the championship on a last second touchdown or i'd have really been mad that they cheated their way to a championship. karma.
i was personally super excited for the fall uvu flag league. we had done really well in the spring league, most of the guys were coming back, and this time i had back my favorite qb i have ever had. things were looking good. and they went well. we finished the regular season 8-0, winning by an average score of 42 to 10. the first playoff game was a breeze, but the second game was a battle. back and forth we went, neither team able to stop the other. with just over a minute to go, i intercept their pass to the end zone. fully capable of returning it for a touchdown, i decide to do the sportsmanshiply thing to do and take a knee. with one minute to go, a 25 second play clock, and the opposing team with only one time out left, all we had to do was take a knee three times and we would be heading to the championship game. after three knees and a mere 15 seconds on the clock, we started to celebrate. one member of the opposing team however decided to jump off sides. he then proceeded to convince the refs (incorrectly) that a penalty stops the clock. the refs totally buy it, we are forced to punt it, they drive using the sidelines (all credit to them), and score to steal the game. after the game, we went to the refs and said show us this rule in the rule book. after a minute, the refs admit their mistake, we should have won, but it was too late and nothing could be done. needless to say, me and my team were not too happy. thankfully the cheating team lost in the championship on a last second touchdown or i'd have really been mad that they cheated their way to a championship. karma.
well, despite the sad ending, it was a great year of football. i can't wait to play again next spring. oh, and a little while ago i contacted the city of spanish fork to get a hold of our championship game from way back in 2007. i was so young!
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