News for Penn State Dickinson School of Law IM Football

Yes. Yes Indeed.

Posted Thu Sep 23, 2010 - 11:21 AM

As the lights dimmed on Le Tort field last night, the blood, sweat, and tears from the players were clearly visible. Oh wait. That was the rain and mud. Nevermind. Still, another great night for some football!

Game 1 was a fantastic display of overzealous 2Ls versus a tired and emotionally drained 1L team. (They have the first draft of their first brief due. Can you blame them?!) Needless to say, the 2Ls were victorious. On a muddy and wet field, catching the ball was extremely hard to do. But, Greg managed to drop several passes with absolute grace. The way the ball hit him in the hands and the shimmer of the ball falling to the ground was simply spectacular. Despite some good football and interesting play calls 2L coach - they had a designated hitter - I don't even know what that means - the 1Ls were no matched for the 2Ls. An extremely interesting part of this game, however, was not about the game itself. There was some serious concern about some members of the crowd!! (someone had to bring their "daddy" along to make sure she got her way...hmmmmmm - something about she wanted to wear a pink bunny suit, the commissioner said that might not be appropriate, she started to get visibly upset, and after stern looks from Mr. He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named, the commissioner agreed to let her play in a pink bunny suit in the final game.) And, needless to say, her team won. Coincidence? I think not. Yet I digress.

The next game was a true test of wills. The two 3L team’s were pitted against each other. Unfortunately, Matt Charles completely screwed this up. He didn’t show. Something about crying because he took Kolb in with the first overall pick in the 3rd round of his fantasy draft. Ouch. I play better than that. So, in the spirit of good sportsmanship, the teams combined to make two even matched teams. And that’s when it got interesting. I try not to brag too much in these posts about ME, but in this case, I simply cannot let this go. I SCORED A TD VERSUS KG. OHHHHH YEA! Granted, I might have been a little scared as I crossed the goal line and he was plowing towards me with a look of terror in his eyes. But I did. And oh, M.W. had a pick (it wasn’t that good of a pick) and a TD (I was running the coverage off of him). Again, OK, not the best. Hracho was, well, stunning. Needless to say, the ametuer scout present, Hugh DeMann, was impressed.

Player of the game – Stotts. He rocked. Seriously. He picked up a rock and moved it. Amazing. Stayed tuned for some serious crap talking as a huge game between the two undefeated teams compete….ohhhhh boy….

Forthcoming. Please Hold......

Posted Thu Sep 23, 2010 - 10:44 AM

I know I know. Just wait.

Typical crappy calls....

Posted Wed Sep 22, 2010 - 04:42 AM

In what some reporters are calling the worst flag football refereed game in the history of IM Football, last night two teams battled through the unsightly refereeing where the TBD's came out on top of the Townies.

Highlighting the evening was a spectacular flag grab on the 1 yard line by Pat Boyer. Unfortunately, the TDB’s went on to score on that drive. Regardless, it was a great play! Speaking of great plays, how about the TDB’s lobbed ball into the endzone where it was tipped and CAUGHT by Matt from the TDB’s for the score! (I tried to think of some reason to call it back just to aggregate the team, but I wasn’t quick enough.)

However, while the play was astounding, the referee (C. Walker) had several blown calls including ruling a CLEARLY complete pass incomplete, screwing up the enforcement of the rules he is supposed to have implemented, and called a pass interference penalty and a block in the back penalty on two back to back plays. Co-Ref, Luke Weber, spoke with Chris P. Bacon (who missed reporting last week due to food poisoning) and had this to say: “Terrible. [dramatic head shake] Simply Terrible.” As it turns out, while C. Walker’s reffing was terrible, Luke was actually referring to his awkward all white outfit he attempted to pull-off. Poor life decision.

Stats for the evening included: Pat Boyer – 98/103, 63 yards rushing, and 1TD (He looked WAY better than the other 2L QB in the league…you know who you are.) Hugo – 5/5 on extra points. (Who knew he could kick like that?!), and Brandt Bowman – 2/2 on timekeeping (the skill displayed working that stop watch might have been enough to put him in the time-keepers hall of fame).

A final and special Tip-of-the-Hat goes to Prof. Mogill, Chair – Faculty IM Sports Referee Committee (No 1L’s, it doesn’t actually exist), who attended the game last night to prepare for his role in the championship game. That’s right folks. He’s going be the one you have to try and argue a call with in the championship, not me. Ha!

Simple Amazing

Posted Tue Sep 14, 2010 - 06:41 PM

If you were not at the games last night, you have no idea what you missed!

No really.

You don't.

How could you actually have any idea? You simply were not there. Your loss.

Anyhow - game one of the double header pitted the bodatious Tortfeasors against the truculent TBD's. (Look it up - I'm expanding your vocabulary.) While there were some fantastic runs by the TBD's QB and some excellent down field passes, the Tortfeasors prevailed, albeit without their off-season acquisition, Patrick Schaeffer (Coach Ross suspended him on some questionable grounds - something about stealing Coach Ross's youth). Sideline reporter Sara Bellum (with her witty sideline quips) reported an amazing night for QB Matt Hracho (QB - crappy big ten school grad) with several deep passes on critical 7th downs (new rules?!) to Matt Westover (better performance than last week, but there are rumors of a serious contract dispute on the horizon. While they were good, K.G. (star linebacker and all around BEAST) played his heart out, including returning an interception for a TD. (Upon video review with X .001 zoom, this reporter noted that as KG crossed the painted goal line [yes, we have lines!] signs of pure exhaustion in the form of purple tears and orange sweat were visible. As it turns out, that was merely excess awesomeness leaving him which he kindly offered to CDB. Turns out, it is illegal for CDB to be anymore awesome than he already is.)

Game two of the double-header was just as exciting. Playing a man down again (terrible keyboard accident sidelined their player - apparently he could not type fast enough in class, broke a thumb, and had to resort to using his toes) the Townies (not real townies, in case you were wondering) put up one HECK of a fight. A late diving tackle, fully extended, near miss grab of a flag highlighted the game clips. (Don't ask for the clips. They were lost in a terrible fishing accident.) Despite the Townies amazing kick-return for a TD, they were unable to overcome some consistently questionable calls by the refs and the Blue Barracuda's O. (Way to go J-Rich - had to ruin it for them. Who calls a holding penalty that late in the game anyway?!) When asked about the win, BB team captain Laquan relayed that it was a pretty good game, but he would have liked to see some more runs batted in in the late innings and some better corner kicks. On a side note, this sideline reporter also witnessed the glare that could kill from one BB player towards the ref on a different blown call. If looks could kill, this look would have mortally maimed the ref.

Again - while this reporter double checks his facts and only puts forth truth in his posts, they are, without hesitation question, or concern, albeit with some reservation, possibly, although more likely and more probable, inconsistent with the non-false version of what actually occurred at the time the aforementioned individuals took it upon themselves to take the field and begin to engage in what some might call American Football.

Delayed Game - Great Game

Posted Wed Sep 08, 2010 - 06:09 PM

Despite the screw-up of the league field management committee (Way to go Brian and Lauren. Actually it was Chris. But because of the authority granted to the commissioner to assign blame, I hereby assign blame.), games were played at Le Tort Park. And What A Game!

The Tortfeasor's WR, Westover, was ok in his debut, but certainly did not come close to producing to the level that his contract suggested he would compete at. That being said, the O-Line for the Tortfeasors was AMAZING.

Stotts - a.k.a. - Stotts - had 47 pancake blocks. Granted, 46 of those came against a phantom player (Some Townies played down 2 players), and the other pancake block came on his own player, it was still amazing to watch the sheer talent of the to-be inducted Hall of Famer. When asked about the game Stotts replied ". . . . [silence]. . . . "

Some Townies had an excellent game. Katelyn (sp) had great catches throughout the game, shaking up the Tortfeasor's D and causing some serious confusion. (Actually, that might have been due to Ely Ross and that terrible haircut he continues to perpetrate.) But regardless, it was still some great offensive series.

Anyhow, what a game. Mr. Joe King (has ANYONE picked up on this joke yet?!) reported amazing stats for Andy Glover - 10 sacks (in honorarium) and the Player of the Game was. . . well, it's still up in the air - but the votes are leaning towards Chris Walker. Maybe someone else. Not likely.

This part has been added to give Matt Hracho some name recognition. As the most underrated O-Lineman in the league, this is necessary.

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