WERE THERE SOME NAILBITERS THIS WEEK OR WHAT??!!!
I have spoken with a few people thus far this season, and did I call it or what!!! Some of these teams came out fighting and loaded for bear this week!!! If every week has the excitement overall that this week held for us, it will be a good season.
I knew the preseason games were not going to be a real measure of the teams. They were exactly what they should have been for the most part. A closer look at potential, deciding factors, experimentation, and preps for when it really counts. Then this weeks openers.... BOOM!!! The majority came out swinging.
Though some teams could not move the ball if they had stamped, addressed it, and dropped it in a mailbox, the wins and losses did not really tell the whole story. Some of these games went right down to the wire. There was alot of good old fashioned smashmouth ball happening... still mistakes were being made but those will be ironed out if at all possible.
Unfortunately there was a boatload of injuries across the boards. Some key personnel are out... some measured in weeks, some for the season. Talk about a letdown. It always sucks to get hurt, but the first real game of the season bites the big one.
Sportsmanship and tempers were pretty much held in check. I like to see that. Get fired up. Get pissed. Hit hard, but when the whistle blows turn it off, and when the game is over leave it on the field. Naturally there was some shoving and growling, but I didnot see any real fights or brawls. I did see a few dirty shots, but thankfully those were few.
Overall I would have to say it was a pretty great week.
