“Game started with the elves scoring a way-too-easy touchdown. On my attempt, he quickly ko'd several rats, leaving me underhanded to try to advance the ball--he steals, scores, I'm down 2-0 already. Luckily I'm able to score once before halftime, 2-1.

Second half, I screw up, give him the ball, he's looking to score 3-1...but what's this? He drops a pass? Rats swoop in, OTS carries the ball forward, handoff to the rookie, who ties the score at 2-2.

Lineup, he drops the pickup! Gutters to the rescue! We'll pick the ball up for ya, mister! Block off his tackle, all he can do is hope for a POW, which he doesn't get, and the score's 3-2 rats. Suddenly, this is a game again!

...right up until the point when there's a pitch invasion, and 8 of 11 elves are left stunned...while not a single one of my 9 standing rats is touched. I'm unable to reach the ball before he can stand everybody up and cage, but 3 BH cas in 3 consecutive blocks reduces the elven numbers sufficiently that I'm able to block off his avenues of attack. His only choice is to fall back with the ball, send out receivers deep, and hope for the best. My counter is to gang-blitz with 3 gutters on him (anybody remember my dauntless/horns/block/tackle/stripball gutter who could do that by himself? I miss him...), roll a POW, steal the ball, and race away! Only a single elf can reach him...oops, our RO takes care of that one elf, threat over, game over.

Wonderful game vs an intelligent opponent. Were it not for the PI, I'm sure it would've ended a draw. But hey, that's how it works sometimes. I lost my last one thanks to a perfect defense, and win this one thanks to another kickoff result. What goes around comes around, I reckon.

Twelve more games to 300...and only 13 more victories to 150...maybe I'll hold off on retiring the team until I get that 150...”