Final Tournament

OK guys, tomorrow is the final tournament. For many of you dudes it is the highlight of your ultimate seasons. We need to play at our best.

First Round: Our first game is against 1BM. We’ve played them before and beat them handily but we should not look straight past them. Sure we could fool around, not caring what happened as long as we advanced, and win 11-9 at hardcap. Or we could beat down and give ourselves a nice break before the second game. We are going to be running O/D lines during this match and so this is a great chance for some of the less experienced guys to go and show what they are made of. Highschool kids- this is like a test of what CUJO might be for you next year. You think you can win the championship? Then show it! The next rounds will be tough and there won’t be a lot of playing time for everyone. It should be a matter of pride to never let our offensive line on to the field. Never let the O line have any of your playing time. Let’s take victory easily.

Quarterfinals: Second game will probably be against Konvict. I want to CRUSH this team. I can’t emphasize this enough. Sure all that matters is that we have fun and get through to the next round, but I am tired of being compared to these guys like we are their equals. We are better than them. It is that simple. The last two times we’ve played, the games have been way too close. They probably think that they have our number. They are seeded right next to us (once again unfairly so) and they are looking to sneak on by us. That will not happen. This should be our real test to prove how far we’ve come this year. We have a great record, but it all means nothing unless we prove it, unless we give evidence that we are above and beyond our past failures. Another bonus- if we win big we can rest before the Semifinals. We had a tough schedule before and now thanks to Karma we have a relatively easy first two rounds. Let’s take advantage of this on what is supposed to be a very hot day.

Semifinals: Probably against Mustache Moonshine. I know a lot of people will be thinking that this game will be a loss for us. But the result is DEFINATLEY not so set in stone. This is a team of older, lazy University of Illinois guys who will be fat and hungover from the night before. They will breeze through the first matches because they are playing weak teams, and the Moonshine guys will get tired running around but they’ll realize that if they play smart they will win and probably win big. We are going to be the roadblock that stops them short. They will meet a team that knows how to run zone defense and offense, that wants it more than them, that has experience, speed, and intensity. If we beat them, our momentum alone should push us through the final.

I will be disappointed if we don’t get a trophy and you should be too. We are a good team and we can prove it.