Football

Larisa let me join the a semi-pro football team again this year. Two years ago I played for the Bay Tickets 49ers. Now I joined the California Warriors. I like this team a lot better and have made a lot of friends on the team. But it still had its rough periods. I joined the team late in the season, after the games had already started, because I wasn't willing to commit as much time to it as I did before. I play in the Golden Coast Football League, and our team is doing quite well.

Today I played almost the entire game (on offense), but I've had many games where I haven't played much at all. I was riding on a record of never having dropped a pass in my semi-pro carrier (totaling seven receptions). :) Then about a month ago I got my first touchdown, even though I got hit hard while catching it in the end-zone. But the following week I played terribly and dropped two passes among other things.

I tend to get down on myself for the mistakes I make. It's both good and bad for me.

Today I had another touchdown, only to have it taken from me because of a holding penalty. It was a replay of the John Beck pass to Johnny Harline at the end of the 2006 BYU-Utah game. We were on 4th and goal (7 year-line), with 2 minutes left in the game, and down by 8. I ran a post from the right side of the field, and our quarterback held onto it for a long time as he rolled right. At the last possible moment he chucked it across his body to me, waiting open on the left-hand side. His pass was short and almost knocked away by a defender, but I dove for it and came up with it. I would have been a hero if it weren't for the penalty. We ended up losing the game.

The most important thing to report is that I don't have anything to report in the way of injuries. That's what I get most worried about as I live out this fantasy. Although I did get hit pretty hard today by a teammate as I tackled someone on the kickoff.