One season ends...what's next?

I've been kind of lax in my football reports lately. Seems like life has grabbed on tight and is refusing to relinquish it's eternal grip! In other words...very busy! I've actually had players on R.J.'s football team asking when I will be posting new pictures and stories. It kind of makes you wonder who is actually reading this stuff, and am I keeping it PG! I surely hope so! So, on with the blog!!

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We played probably the best game we have ever played 2 weeks ago. Final Score...Murfreesboro Raiders 0 - Madison Titans 35. What a game, what a day! It was perfect weather for football. The boys just took control and never looked back. I guess the worst part of the day was watching my father fall down the bleachers. This being only 2 weeks after Rotator Cup surgery! It was one of those rare moments that remain frozen in your mind. Here was the man who has taken care of me for my entire life, falling! Literally falling down to the ground! Bowling people over like pins in an alley on league night! It was scary… both him falling and the sense of mortality I felt. Kind of like a kick in the pants saying, “Guess what buddy, you’re not getting any younger”! Thank God for the woman at the end of the bleachers though. I pray she is all right. If not for her, Dad would have hit the ground full force! And yes, he is all right!

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The next week we played our arch rival UNA! This meeting was a lot better that before. In our first meeting this year, they beat us 32-0. Yeah, it was definitely a blowout! This time though, they scored first and completed the 2 point conversion for a score of 8-0. From that point on, our guys held their ground. It was a defensive battle of mammoth proportions. R.J. even got in a sack of the quarterback, and almost blocked a pass. This was the ending of the season. Yeah!!!! Go Titans Go!
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Now we are up to date! Finally!! Anyway, yesterday was the first playoff game against GraMar Pirates. Now this team has beat us twice, and we have never even finished the game. Both games ended at the beginning of the 4th quarter by using the “Mercy rule”. You see, if a team is ahead by 30 or so points’ going into the last quarter, the game is called! Yes, we were expecting our season to end by the 3rd quarter! The Pirates took no prisoners in their onslaught of the Madison Titans. I think it was worse than a bad remake of “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Our boys did well though. They scored this time, which is a major accomplishment! Final score Pirates 34-Titans 7.
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To end, I would like to show you how the Titans start the game. It speaks highly of our coaches; they did a great job in instilling sportsmanship and integrity into a game dominated by sometimes angry parents and spoiled children!

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What are we gonna do?___ Hit hard!
What are we gonna do?___ Play with heart!
Who are we?___ Titans !
Who are we?___ Titans !

If you didn’t know___You better ask somebody!