Our team opened the season with a disappointing 27-24 home loss vs. the Helsinki Roosters. We led 24-6 with 10 minutes to play, but a series of unfortunate events led to our coming up short on a warm sunny afternoon in Seinajoki. We did turn the ball over 3 times on offense, but the same crew who worked our semi-final game last season sure didn't help us out either. They threw close to 20 flags on us, which totaled close to 200 yards in the game. We had nearly 600 yards of total offense, so the penalty yardage did a fine job of wiping away much of that. This pattern of fourth quarter penalties against us in the form of holding calls and pass interference calls has led me to file a report with the Federation here in Finland. The umpire even told our starting right tackle from Duke that he will keep throwing the holding calls because we are blocking with our hands inside. Wow, Imagine that! The idea of blocking with the hands inside has been around for only about 20 years now, so there isn't much to say to that. Needless to say, we need to bounce back this Friday against the Saints in Tampere.
The game will be on the net as a live feed, so tune in if you get a chance. Just go to sajl.fi
Then click on media and you will see the game between us and the Saints. The game starts at 6:30 pm Finland time, which is 11:30 am east coast time in the states.
I will update soon with pics and info. from both games. My internet connection is still affecting my ability to blog on a regular basis, so I am still working on getting this resolved.
Lights out.
2 comments:
Sorry about the loss... That really is crappy. That is the second close loss like that to them. Wish yall the best today!!
It seems like poor officiating is international
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