SVD finally can afford a Krox, and it serves them well, Boneheading only when it matters the least, and already being large on the field with a 1st-half Blocker's choice Both-Down (over Push) sacrifice Cas.
BA won the toss and chose the ball, and as Cheering Fans gave both sides +1 RR (5:4) they caged up tightly near midfield after RIP'ing a rookie Line-frog. SVD formed up with a double-deep defense, but as BA pushed up hard and crossed the LoS, SVD found the Leap to get a 1d Blitz despite Guards - and found a knockdown, and recovered with the MA 8 Catcher. He survived the Turn 3 Blitz after early double-skulls at the RR, and then it was off to the races, as SVD Cas'd a +MA Line-ape and a rookie Orangutan, and chose to stalled only until Turn 7 (hoping to get their 2 KO'd LoS Linos back).
Neither woke up for the T8 Kick, but a Perfect Defense saved them from the worst of the bash, and the half ended without change, 1-0.
2nd Half both KO's woke up for the Frogs, so it was 10 facing 9 with no significant skills missing on either side. But a BLITZ! put the ball in the hands of the BA St 4 lino. A pair of rookie apes were KO'd as SVD was lucky to blitz the ball free and recover, falling back to their own 4 out of blitz range. BA pressured, but the slippery frogs evaded, and it was their turn to form a ragged cage midfield, then MNG'ing their own lino on a failed Leap to end Turn 2, making it 9 Frogs:7 Apes, with both sides having burned through a few RR's, 3:1. That became 8 Frogs: 6 Apes after a KO'd linefrog and a surfed MA 8 Blocking Chimp, and with 4 of those 6 Apes on the wrong side of the formation BA had lost position and could only pressure the Turn 6 score, 2-0.
Seeing that all KO's had woken up and it was again 9:9, with the muscle favoring the Apes, SVD was perhaps over-conservative for the Turn 6 Kick and lined up with their best players out of blitz range, but immediately regretted it as a deep kick and failed GFI would have offered a solid chance for a 3rd score. Turn 7 BA was out of RR and opened with a Both-Down blitz, SVD knocked down both potential scorers, and that was the game.
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- A.P.E., Season 2, Game 4 (of 11)
”SVD finally can afford a Krox, and it serves them well, Boneheading only when it matters the least, and already being large on the field with a 1st-half Blocker's choice Both-Down (over Push) sacrifice Cas.
BA won the toss and chose the ball, and as Cheering Fans gave both sides +1 RR (5:4) they caged up tightly near midfield after RIP'ing a rookie Line-frog. SVD formed up with a double-deep defense, but as BA pushed up hard and crossed the LoS, SVD found the Leap to get a 1d Blitz despite Guards - and found a knockdown, and recovered with the MA 8 Catcher. He survived the Turn 3 Blitz after early double-skulls at the RR, and then it was off to the races, as SVD Cas'd a +MA Line-ape and a rookie Orangutan, and chose to stalled only until Turn 7 (hoping to get their 2 KO'd LoS Linos back).
Neither woke up for the T8 Kick, but a Perfect Defense saved them from the worst of the bash, and the half ended without change, 1-0.
2nd Half both KO's woke up for the Frogs, so it was 10 facing 9 with no significant skills missing on either side. But a BLITZ! put the ball in the hands of the BA St 4 lino. A pair of rookie apes were KO'd as SVD was lucky to blitz the ball free and recover, falling back to their own 4 out of blitz range. BA pressured, but the slippery frogs evaded, and it was their turn to form a ragged cage midfield, then MNG'ing their own lino on a failed Leap to end Turn 2, making it 9 Frogs:7 Apes, with both sides having burned through a few RR's, 3:1. That became 8 Frogs: 6 Apes after a KO'd linefrog and a surfed MA 8 Blocking Chimp, and with 4 of those 6 Apes on the wrong side of the formation BA had lost position and could only pressure the Turn 6 score, 2-0.
Seeing that all KO's had woken up and it was again 9:9, with the muscle favoring the Apes, SVD was perhaps over-conservative for the Turn 6 Kick and lined up with their best players out of blitz range, but immediately regretted it as a deep kick and failed GFI would have offered a solid chance for a 3rd score. Turn 7 BA was out of RR and opened with a Both-Down blitz, SVD knocked down both potential scorers, and that was the game.