Another season, another recap

The "Fall" season came to an end on Monday with the Hounds on the bad end of a 21-20 score to TURD.  We took advantage of some quick (and uncharacteristic) turnovers close to TURD's endzone, but were unable to maintain that lead.  We had some trouble when we tended to hold onto the disc too long, but when we moved it quickly we were more successful than Bonnie paying off her student loan.  After the sweet start, TURD used their deep threats to come back and take the lead.  We were able to keep it close for most of the game, but a furious comeback resulted in the Hounds coming up just one point short in the 3rd place game.

So, we finished the Fall Season with a 4-6 record.  While we'd rather be on the sunny side of .500, we can look at the positives of beating the "elite" Bush League All-stars in the quarterfinals (which guaranteed our final 4th placing), having two somewhat solid games against the Sofa Kings, defeating the solid Disciples of Love to start the season, and giving Monster and TURD legitimate scares.

Christian has ideas, he's drunk, and he bleeps the Prom Queen

At least one Hound won something on Monday...Christian's blog, Idea Drunk, won the Best Business/Finance Blog category for the Canadian Blog Awards.  You may recall Christian soliciting your votes by his "Hey, look at my drunk friend" campaign, which no doubt had as deep an impact as that movie...what was it called again...?  Oh yeah, Armageddon.

Of course, if there's no "Best Ultimate Team Blog" category, then it's really hard to take these awards seriously.  

(OK, I made this joke already on Idea Drunk, but I think it's funny so I'm using it again)

You don't look like Tanaka

Why is it that I feel like we're Frank Dux trying to compete at the Kumite?  We thought we had arrived to Elite, ready to kick some ass (or, at least try to), only to have our acceptance questioned.  I would have hoped that crushing the brick that is the Bush League All-Stars (in the quarterfinals!) would have been enough, but apparently not.

[Did you notice my Hong Kong doppelganger?  No, not Dux's weaselly tour guide...]

TUC thinks we should use this opportunity to develop our team, although I must say that it's tough to seriously develop while playing Indoor 6's; it's not exactly the same game that we play in the Summer.

There is a small light at the end of the tunnel though, and they mentioned that they keep an eye on the competition, so maybe if we play well we'll get a chance to go up against some of the top teams.  Although to be honest, I'm about as skeptical of that happening as I am when I received that email from the Honourable Henry Mbenga promising me untold riches if I help him to transfer millions of dollars from Nigeria.

I don't know about you, but I'd like to use this "opportunity" to prove that we belong in the top division.  Let's continue to play hard for 60 minutes each Monday and get that +/- as high as we can.  

We better have some socials at some point this season

Did you get the latest issue of Layout?  Apparently BMO is coming down a teensy bit earlier than they originally thought, which means we could have some Friday games at the end of the season.  If we get stuck in Competitive for the whole season, we'll have Friday games on March 28th and April 4th.  This will also means that the break between Winter and Spring games will be over a month and a half!  Be prepared ready for some practices so we avoid getting rusty.

The original flying disc

This year's Pie Plate (note: PDF) came out recently and the Hounds could be found throughout:

• Page 3 - Honoured as one of nine teams who maintained a perfect perfect spirit point record from the Sumer.  Oh yeah, we were also perfect in the Fall!  Take that, bitches!  I mean...uh...[English accent] nice play, my good sport.
• Page 7 - A picture of a dashing young gentleman exhibiting perfect form on a flick.
• Page 9 - Pictures of winning teams including Monday Champs Big Hammers (Lyanne and Nat...although this picture was from the Mid-Season Tournament...Lyanne and Nat weren't on the Monday Hammers...they were on a better team on Mondays); Tuesday Champs I'm Idahucker (Chris and Nat, not pictured: Christian at V-Fest); and Sunday Fall Champs Red October (super-sub Marc).

They had hard copies of Pie Plate available at BMO on Monday; perhaps they will have them there this Monday, if you want a paper copy to read while you're watching MASH and playing with your hula hoop.

Phew, that was a long one...