I was there as well, Nescac1 and agree with everything you said. Omg, the last seconds. I felt terrible for the Ephs, but felt great for that kicker's family. How proud they must have been. And good for them. Agree, Eph defense absolutely was heroic today.
That said, just a thought. This is a really small conference, and as strongly as we all can feel about these games, today I was hearing some unconscionable smack talk about the Ephs' QB (who is playing QB essentially in extremis and doing his best) from a guy a few rows below us. This is how small the world is. He had no idea he was sitting right across the bleacher aisle from the QB's family, who basically got very upset and reiterated for this guy that this player has been a WR up until just now and that "the boy is still playing the game." I seriously thought there was going to be an incident in the stands today.
As the poster whose son played at Hamilton said, let's all keep perspective. All of these boys are doing their best. They know when they make mistakes and feel it the worst. Their families and friends in the stands feel it next. Let's all be respectful. There is a significant contingent of senior citizens in the stands, and the smack talking guy was older, but that is still old enough to know better.
I'm sorry the Ephs lost, but congrats to the Colby parents, that must have been an adrenalin rush. Well done, Mules. Your kicker is the man this week
That said, just a thought. This is a really small conference, and as strongly as we all can feel about these games, today I was hearing some unconscionable smack talk about the Ephs' QB (who is playing QB essentially in extremis and doing his best) from a guy a few rows below us. This is how small the world is. He had no idea he was sitting right across the bleacher aisle from the QB's family, who basically got very upset and reiterated for this guy that this player has been a WR up until just now and that "the boy is still playing the game." I seriously thought there was going to be an incident in the stands today.
As the poster whose son played at Hamilton said, let's all keep perspective. All of these boys are doing their best. They know when they make mistakes and feel it the worst. Their families and friends in the stands feel it next. Let's all be respectful. There is a significant contingent of senior citizens in the stands, and the smack talking guy was older, but that is still old enough to know better.
I'm sorry the Ephs lost, but congrats to the Colby parents, that must have been an adrenalin rush. Well done, Mules. Your kicker is the man this week