On an unseasonably hot day, Pahnk Drahnk was…….. not. I returned from a long hiatus spent rubbing elbows, eating poorly, and NOT playing frisbee – and generally just not being active – and boy did I feel it.
We were short subs, and, for whatever reason, a little short on the fiyah, so we got off to a pretty rough start. We also seemed to have a general affinity for throwing the disc into defenders and/or the ground, and that really hamstrung us. Carolina lost the lead only once, but ultimately finished us off 15-11.
The ONE time we took the lead was a bright spot that came post-half (we were down 8-5 at that point) where it seemed like we were on a rush and launching another impressive comeback. We pulled and broke them to go 6-8. Then 7-8. Then 7-9, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9.
At this point we, you could call use butter, because we felt like we were on a roll, but the DDDP broke his nail on a D point and that was the end of us. We failed to convert 2 turnovers and they went up 10-11. We tied it up one last time at 11-11 and then fell faster than an overcooked souffle. Congrats to Carolina on a fantastic game and a mediocre name. Ok…. To be fair, I didn’t really hear what your name was when I asked in the huddle, so I just chose to mock it. And that was wrong. We shouldn’t mock the unknown. It may, in fact, be the most clever name I’ve ever heard. What actually is your name? Am I talking to anyone right now? On to the shoutouts.
Dan broke a nail and may be out for the rest of the season, rip. Kellie and Clea were BEASTIN’ as our only two ladies. Say all you want about the age of the Pink team, but these ladies run around like spring chickens. School was a fantastic strategician and leader, and maintained an impressively cool head in the face of some pretty frustrating points. Darn is such a good pickup at the round we got him. Friggin STEAL. Samesies with Caleb. If only I could have delivered the disc to them on two gimme scoring cuts….. but as I mentioned, I was feeling especially fat, slow, and inept on Sunday. So it goes…… Drew, JT, Donovan and Huseyin racked up most of our scores and never stopped hustling. I’m calling Donovan the “player to watch” on Pank. This kid has raw talent, hustle and is becoming an indispensable component of our O and D lines. Keep it up homeboy, and your draft stock is going to skyrocket.
We were without Cody, Tommy, Joe, Natalie, and Chris “Janky Fingah” Bailey, so the story might have been a little different with a full squad. We’ll simply be left to wonder until if and when we face off in the playoffs.
Shoutouts for Carolina. I’m going to attempt to only provide backhanded and/or negative compliments here.
Kbeau and Jenn, I call shenanigans. You’re too good and it makes me sad all day to play against you. You’re “can-do” and “cool as a cucumber attitudes” and good-spirit make me sick. I am green with envy at your abilities, captaincy, and sweet drafting. And add an unbelievably solid Lauren Hofstetter to the mix and it’s just a reprehensible line of ladies on this team. Despicable. Am I doing this right?
Jared, I hate your stupid surgical hammers. You basically make forces irrelevant. Go sit on a tack.
Unmil, you’re too good looking for frisbee. Go start your modeling career or something. And also, stop breaking our cup so effortlessly. It’s just rude.
Tall athletic guy whose name I don’t know and who made my life miserable all day, you’re a jerk for making me feel the limits of my age, weight, and ability so profoundly. Couldn’t you just let me have that throw to Caleb? No? Ok… moving on.
Oh my god, Manny, that one D you had was a thing of beauty. I can’t even… Seriously, you were a nightmare for our cup and kept the disc moving all day for Carolina. Eat a bowl of poop.
Lyle, you continue to make it known that not only is your age irrelevant, you can hang with just about anyone in this league, and still huck with the best of them. Keep taking that Metamucil or whatever supplements old people use. Also, can I have some?
Grez. We cool. You aight.
Sadly, I’m afraid I don’t recall/know all the other people on this team, but I’m sure I loathe you just as much as the rest of this bunch. Keep kicking butt. This team is NOT one you should sleep on.
GREAT GAME CAROLINA!
Oh god the typos, that’s what I get for not proofreading