I Do Love Me a Good Football Ballgame

...Subtitled "God Don't Like Bad".If you're a return visitor blog, you know that Oldest Child is on the dance team at her middle school. What you may not know is that her middle school team is undefeated, which makes for an exciting game because every team you play wants to knock you off. Last week we played a team who played "dirty ball". They tackled around the neck and tripped you if that didn't work. I can tell you anything and everything you ever wanted to know about Nascar, but my knowledge of football rules leaves a little to be desired. When I can tell there is something wrong, there is something definitely wrong. When I can see the penalty, there was definitely a penalty. But we won the game in the last minute by two points.

This week, the playoffs started. Guess who we played this week in the opening round of the playoffs?! You got it...the Bad Team...again...two weeks in a row. This time Bad Team brought more supporters with them. Our fans were there dressed in the green with their shakers ready to root, root, root for the home team (oh, wait...that's baseball). On our first offensive possession, the kid carrying the ball got tripped. The ref called it! A couple plays later, the Bad Team got called for a face mask...in the same possession they got called for whatever you call it when you tackle them around the neck! It was priceless...just priceless I tell you. We scored on that possession; we scored on the next possession, we got a safety on THEIR possession. All those yellow flags took the wind right out of their sails; hate it when that happens! They couldn't play fair, so they couldn't play at all.

Final score: 31-0...should have taken a picture and posted it for you to see! Moral of the story, play fair. God don't like bad. Some people can't play by the rules. And coming from Oh She Who Is a Rule Follower, I shook my shaker with all my might because every time they broke the rules, the refs called it!

Stay tuned next Wednesday (or Thursday...) for a recap of the regional championship game!

P.S. The dancers couldn't perform tonight because the PA system wasn't working, so there is no Oldest Child drama to report. Chances are it will be up and running next week, so the drama can continue; I know you wouldn't wanna miss that!