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Christian (one of our great
Austrian WR's) returning
a kick |
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| Mike running with one of his 7 catches on Sunday |
On Sunday we traveled to the capital city of Switzerland to face the Bern Grizzlies, a team that was 2-1 in league play heading into the game. We started the game with the ball and scored on the 3rd play of the game. After failing to convert the extra point, we had a 6-0 lead. We would never trail the rest of the game, eventually winning 20-14 in what was undoubtedly the fastest football game I have ever been a part of. The game took only 1 hour and 55 minutes. There were very few incompletions in the game from either side, and every run play seemed to end in-bounds as the clock ran nearly all game. Our defense played very well all game, and came up with a big stop in the last 2 minutes to secure the lead and give our offense the ball back. We would eventually run out the clock to go home with a win. Despite winning, we had plenty of mistakes on the offensive side of the ball. Three separate times we were inside of the opposing team's 15 yard line and came away with no points. To continue winning this season we will have to prevent something like that from happening again. Despite this poor performance, it's always tough to complain about a win, and we will move on to our next game being happy to be 3-0 and tied for first in league play. Below are the offensive stats from the game, based on our film: (I can tell you that I had one fumble that is not represented on the stats. It killed a drive inside the opponent 10 yard line, and squandered a chance to score. Another mistake that I will need to prevent from happening again for us to continue winning.)
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Prague, Czech Republic (www.movieoneinc.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/
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The entire league has a bye this weekend, as we observe the Easter holiday. Because of the bye, we have a few extra days off from practice this week, and a few of the imports are planning on heading to Prague, Czech Republic with our time off. I'm very excited to make the journey to yet another country here in Europe. I've heard some incredible things about Prague, and I can't wait to see what it has to offer. We are kind of "winging it" as far as travel plans are concerned, which is definitely out of character for me, so it should definitely be interesting to see how the trip works out.
I hope all is well back in the States, and I wanted to say "thanks" to everyone who is taking time to read this blog. I have been astounded by the number of views this page receives every day. It makes it much easier to sit down and write an up-to-date account of my experience here knowing that so many of you are reading. Thanks again for everyone reading, and check back next week for an update on practices and a report on our trip this weekend.
Go Blue Devils/Boys!
Mitch Niekamp
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