Once again, thank you to all the players who showed up and made it another successful outing for the Saturday Morning Football League. It’s fun to see how it has grown from a few guys who struggled to get 6 players together consistently into what it is today. In fact, because of the size, Tim Darley has begun drafting the first ever Collective Bargaining Agreement for the SMFL. The league issued the following statement: “This is something that we had hoped to avoid, but the growing size of the league demands such an agreement to protect the rights of both the league and its players.” When asked if this had anything to do with the notable absences Saturday of Darley and Romo Farrellio (the Commish’s right hand man), Favre (the Commish’s left hand man, which is not to be assumed as being of lesser importance than the right hand man) hid behind the lame excuses of marital obligations and home improvement.
There was a bitter chill in the air as the players met at the fading green gridiron of Glencoe on Saturday morning. All in attendance were cursing the weathermen who had forecasted balmy 60-degree weather for game day. However, it became evident once play began that most of the complaining was just posturing, as the players were actually sizing up each other and how the weather would affect them, because all complaining stopped and the play was stellar as usual.
The teams shook out like this:
General Josh
D-Newb
Easy E Reed
Baylor Dave
Favre - MVP!!!
Vs
Rhino
Prime Time
B-Ruby
Iman the Quick
L1 L2 RB
Daniel
The game started out fast, as Favre and Rhino directed scoring drives on each team’s initial possession, but the defenses took over as the teams traded interceptions and turnovers on downs. Some might say this is when it was a little sloppy, but all the defensive purists loved it. As for sloppy, the field was still holding residual effects from rain showers earlier in the week, so footing became an issue that the players had to overcome, as well as an occasionally wet ball.
The game turned on a possession when Easy E Reed was marching his team down the field and ended up on the goal line. Digging into their bag of tricks, they pulled out the old wide receiver reverse pass, with Reed pitching it to Favre who found a wide open Reed in the end zone. That score gave them a couple TD advantage that they were able to hang onto for the rest of the way, eventually winning it 7-4.
In the “It’s About Time” category, Favre finally broke through and won this week’s MVP award for passing for 5 TDs and catching 2 more in the victory. Congratulations, I’m glad you decided to make a difference in a game finally, halfway through the season. Asked for a comment, the normally outspoken, self-promoting Favre said, “I guess it was just my turn to get lucky on the QB carousel. I mean, we had the General, D-Newb, Easy E Reed, and Baylor Dave, and the football gods decided to smile on me today.”
Something we all hated to see was that Prime Time Casey re-aggravated his hamstring, evoking memories of Peg Leg last year. We all hope you recover and are back to speed soon. It wasn’t bad karma either, because he gave an outstanding pre-game devotional. In this world where everyone tells us we have to earn what we get, Casey told us about how the greatest gift available to us is absolutely free and doesn’t depend on anything we do…that’s God’s salvation. Thanks Casey!
