“NCBB - Season 32
Week 2

The cheese-lovin' rats of Wisconsin showed up ready to play Blood Bowl, and bringing their fans with them. Wisconsin won the coin toss and elected to kick, putting Miami in the strange predicament of having to score while stopping a fast moving team from reciprocating. So we tried to keep it text book, but we kept making silly mistakes, such as leaving our ball carrier exposed to Wisconsin's Wrestle/Dauntless/Strip Ball gutter runner. We caught the ball on the bounce, punched a hole, and continued forward. As we attempted to stall near the goal line the aforementioned gutter runner ran over and knocked Drakensberg, who had been holding the ball, firmly into the pitch. D was able to dodge away from cover and regain the ball, but our only choice was to score, leaving Wisconsin two turns.

If there was ever a time for "Perfect Defense" it was right then, and can you believe it, that's what we rolled. Even with eliminating the OTTD response, the 4 gutter runners provided a riddle to be solved, necessitating several leaps and a well timed POW! In the end the Skaven still got into the endzone, recovered the ball, and attempted to equal the score, but their rookie gutter runner bumbled the catch to close out the half 1-0.

Second half we made some dumb choices early on, and Wisconsin rightfully exploited these errors. We were able to stop an early score by leaping in along the sidelines, setting the ball free, but we could not recover; even marking the ball seems fruitless, as Wisconsin recovered and ran in to equal the score. Back on offense, 5 turns to score, playing to win it, and with a numbers advantage, we hit the pitch again, and promptly dropped the ball in a hand off attempt gone wrong. It would likely have been disaster had a rookie linerat not chosen that exact moment to throw a terrible block, knocking himself to the ground. This time the hand off worked (burning a RR in the process), and we were within mere yards of the endzone. That was when not one but two gutter runners snuck up and marked us prior to the blitz. While no real damage was done by the blitz, it did leave the ball marked by the Diving Tackle/Side Step gutter runner. So, we punched that gutter runner in the face, and took the two steps into the endzone.

All in all, a tricky match, well played by Wisconsin. Had it not been for Nuffle's intervention this match would have easily ended in a tie, if not worse. Good game.”