Victory: Recap of Win vs Untouchables

This was an awesome game to say the least.

Unfortunately because of the small number of guys we decided early on to not film. So, for those of you on our team who weren't there and are interested in the details I'd thought I'd write a recap.

Here we go:
So we arrive with nine players- Bates, Ostro, Luke, Brooks, Lonnie, Rumbly, DP, and the Fergus Bros- and the decision is made to play in the nice Downer's Grove North Football stadium. At first they only have 8 dudes so numbers are pretty even though I think they picked up like three more guys or something by the end.

We get a pretty good warm up in and start play pulling to them. The first three points were very shaky. We were playing as we have been the past few games- making dumb throws, and then getting beat to the force side or beat in a quick huck. They go up 0-3, mostly on quick movement and deep throws. It would have been oh so easy to crumble here and get destroyed.

But we didn't. We got all the rust off ourselves and started playing real offense. Our first point on the board came off a midlevel huck I believe and then we scored again. Score 2-3.

For the rest of the first half we fight with them and begin to realize our potential. Defense begins to look real good as we adjust by shading them deep and running hard with them, beginning to tire them out. From this point on we were able to force a turnover or two every time they got the disc. Yet early on we were still having trouble exploiting it. Offense looked better but still had a few problems. Score goes 2-4 then 3-5 then something like 4-5, 4-6. They score a point and then call a time out because they are getting tired. We are running them hard. We score right after that time out and eventually take the lead 7-6. They tie it up 7-7. And then we push and take half 8-7. At this point we really are beginning to get pumped.

We come out of halftime getting the disc and knowing what a huge point it is to hold. And we score. 9-7. Then we bring up the intensity again realizing how huge it would be to break them. And we score. 10-7. And it continued like that. We kept up the intensity, focusing on every point critically, making every play big. The offense really begins to gel and have very few turnovers. We even go through their zone defense a few times. Our Defense is still dominant. We go on a seven point run.

They took only one point that half and it wasn't until the score was 14-7 and I had disc slip off my fingers. We fight out a last point and have a huge win 15-8. Great game.

Reasons we won:

1. Intensity. Soooo much better than the previous games. We sprint down on every pull (and there were a lot of good ones) and play hard D, get a turn and get open down the field. We wanted it more and showed it.

2. Precision. Handling was great this game from a limited number of dudes and the offense was able to move the disc efficiently without many mistakes at all.

3. We played our game. DP brought it up early that we needed to play our game regardless of what happened. And we did. No matter our mistakes or what they did, we were able to stay calm and yet focused and intense.

If we play like that every game we can go undefeated for the rest of the season.

Highlights that will now exist in our memories only:
Bates- good cutting, was able to come in and shut his man down on defense.
Luke- Great cutting, finally saw use of his speed as he got down quick on pulls, played great D, and got open a lot on offense, running down and reading some important hucks.
Ostro- Great defense in the air, pivotal part of the offense, solid throws.
Brooks- two huge D's in the air, in the endzone, at the end of the game and a handblock on game point and then bookends for the final score. Also had some good handling especially during the zone points
Lonnie- Huge layout D during the second half to keep our momentum, extremely great cutting, especially near the endzone, shut down his man on defense every time, and some hot pulls
Rumbly- great bid and D that was just barely a strip, catch of a couple of hucks, timeout and then strike throw for big break on endzone, good d/cuts
DP- great D overall, and extremely great handling and throws all day long, really pushed the team, got open on the big strike from Rumbles
Casey- more great handling, including some sick hucks for points (finally found his forehand jk), good pulls
TFerg- Shut down his handler, even got a big poach D near the endzone, more sick throws including some important breaks in tough situations, good pulls

Comment if I forgot any good plays or such.

Let's focus and do this for the rest of the season