Meghan’s Space
Sometimes, when teams have a rivalry as is the case between Krytenia and Sarzonia, and they meet in the playoffs, the winner ends up being ripe for the picking by their opponent in the next round. They had exhausted so much energy and excitement into that one game, that as the victory they feel on top of the world. But really, all they did, was win a game. For a nation like Krytenia, making what I believe is just their second ever appearance in the World Bowl, defeating Sarzonia, the defending World Champion, had to be an amazing thrill. First, simply to beat the Stars after a World Cup (soccer) loss of long ago that still eats away at the nation. Secondly, because it shows that they can do more then just play soccer (though maybe we need to show them too, that we can do more then play soccer, as after all, we have the World Cups). They could even be a feel good story for the rest of the world, and while they play scoreless draws in World Cup qualifying with their purple neighbors, at least they know they could kick their ass in this sport. But they will not play anyone in purple, Lord knows if they even know what our football is in Starblaydia, but instead get another feminine color, good ol’ Cassadagan pink. We have the opportunity to rid the world of this could be feel good story and be the bitches of those who love these rags to riches stories.
We are in this game by virtue of a 19-7 win over Voltronica, knocking off yet another underdog with our brilliant secondary. Glenn Weller was intercepted four times in this game, including once by myself. Unfortunately, we had a bit of a problem getting touchdowns against their defense as their front four really stepped it up. We kicked four field goals, but our 1-for-6 in converting 3rd downs of 3 yards or less certainly held us back. The one touchdown we did get was a pretty play, with Kourtney Dahlman catching a simple quick slant for 6 yards and then making four separate Firestorm defenders miss en route to a 61-yard score. On defense we did a great job, only allowing the one 4th quarter score. We move forward now, and now get set to show Mark Kingdom why we are the best secondary in the game. I’m confident that we will play well in all other aspects of the game too as a semifinal berth awaits the winner.