Frisbee Updates and Random Thoughts
Nationals
Well it has been awhile since I last posted, and that is primarily because I had regionals to go, lots of papers, finals and projects to do and graduation. But Im all done with that nonsense. I actually drove out to College Nationals to do some watching/heckling with Truesdale and his friend Caleb who plays for St. Olaf. The drive sure was shitty, being like 12 hours long and especially since Trues didn't drive stick. Caleb did, but I was pretty awake driving there so I drove the whole way. It was pretty sweet watching all those teams that you read about or see on Ultivillage, but I really didn't have that "woah these guys are all so much better than me" feeling. Maybe I'm growing up, maybe I've gotten better, who knows. There was a bunch of us there, some zero players and friends, Minnesota boys and some CUT alums. We all put aside our competetiveness and banned together to form one group of Central Regioners, rather than CUT, MN, Olaf, St Thomas, Iowa St. etc.
We watched the CUT games mostly rooting them on, we obviously wanted them to get that third bid for the region. The best was watching the Florida vs CUT game in quarters, where we all decided to count stoppages of play out loud. After 2 points the count was at 12! I placed the over/under at 70, and the final outcome was I think 63. The highlight of this game was Michael Arenson's comment to some guy on Florida name Crandall, they had their names on their jerseys. So, Nolan on CUT caught a disc over the laying out Crandall in the endzone and he layed on the ground, and Nolan spiked the disc right in front of him and says "BOO YEAH!!" Obviously us spectators loved it and yelled BOO YEAH back. Then Michael yells.....
"Yeah in your face Cardinal!!!" apparently his jersey was overlapping and mike thought it said Cardinal, which was pretty fucking hilarious. The guy promptly turns around flicks Michael off haha, he was so embarassed...silly freshman. So, the rest of the game there were plenty Boo Yeah heckles and Cardinal yelling.
Zero
So, Im still going with zero tryouts, and it is almost over. I haven't been doing a bad job considering I am cutting and playing with my left hand. I can't really make continue passes when I get unders, rather, I prefer not to try because I don't want to turn it over, but the cutting isn't all that bad. I have made a few nice layouts on O, and one layout D in a drill, but I haven't really had that big defensive play that makes me stand out in a scrimmage. My defense hasn't been bad though, I have been doing a pretty good job at shutting down the person I'm guarding, giving up unders here and there but I haven't really ever been burned deep or anything either, so that's a plus. SO, they've been going well and I can only keep trying my best, I believe the final cuts are on the 17th so here's hoping.
Animal Wars
Hippo Vs. Rhino
Personally I think that a hippo would win this match up, now of course the environment in which they are fighting is key. So let's say that they are fighting on land but some 40 yards away there is a small lake.
I believe that the rhino will get the first shot in, making a long fast charge at the hippo and striking him with his horn. This will hurt the hippo, maybe break a few ribs but won't put him out. After this first charge the hippo will take over, with a mouth that can open as wide as their body the hippo will use their massive tusks to puncture the rhinos side and keep slashing him with them. The rhino will try a few times to get some distance and make another charge but the hippo will be right on his ass using those killer tusks.
Then all of a sudden the rhino realizes he's made a grave mistake...He's put himself right near the water and the hippo uses this to his advantage and pushes the rhino into the lake. The hippo continues to just slash and bash away at the rhino eventually getting him submerged under the water. This is when the fight will end and the hippo emerges victorious, only sustaining a few cuts, some broken ribs and a cracked tusk.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this battle, I will be posting more animal wars later on.
Over and out....
beckified
Well it has been awhile since I last posted, and that is primarily because I had regionals to go, lots of papers, finals and projects to do and graduation. But Im all done with that nonsense. I actually drove out to College Nationals to do some watching/heckling with Truesdale and his friend Caleb who plays for St. Olaf. The drive sure was shitty, being like 12 hours long and especially since Trues didn't drive stick. Caleb did, but I was pretty awake driving there so I drove the whole way. It was pretty sweet watching all those teams that you read about or see on Ultivillage, but I really didn't have that "woah these guys are all so much better than me" feeling. Maybe I'm growing up, maybe I've gotten better, who knows. There was a bunch of us there, some zero players and friends, Minnesota boys and some CUT alums. We all put aside our competetiveness and banned together to form one group of Central Regioners, rather than CUT, MN, Olaf, St Thomas, Iowa St. etc.
We watched the CUT games mostly rooting them on, we obviously wanted them to get that third bid for the region. The best was watching the Florida vs CUT game in quarters, where we all decided to count stoppages of play out loud. After 2 points the count was at 12! I placed the over/under at 70, and the final outcome was I think 63. The highlight of this game was Michael Arenson's comment to some guy on Florida name Crandall, they had their names on their jerseys. So, Nolan on CUT caught a disc over the laying out Crandall in the endzone and he layed on the ground, and Nolan spiked the disc right in front of him and says "BOO YEAH!!" Obviously us spectators loved it and yelled BOO YEAH back. Then Michael yells.....
"Yeah in your face Cardinal!!!" apparently his jersey was overlapping and mike thought it said Cardinal, which was pretty fucking hilarious. The guy promptly turns around flicks Michael off haha, he was so embarassed...silly freshman. So, the rest of the game there were plenty Boo Yeah heckles and Cardinal yelling.
Zero
So, Im still going with zero tryouts, and it is almost over. I haven't been doing a bad job considering I am cutting and playing with my left hand. I can't really make continue passes when I get unders, rather, I prefer not to try because I don't want to turn it over, but the cutting isn't all that bad. I have made a few nice layouts on O, and one layout D in a drill, but I haven't really had that big defensive play that makes me stand out in a scrimmage. My defense hasn't been bad though, I have been doing a pretty good job at shutting down the person I'm guarding, giving up unders here and there but I haven't really ever been burned deep or anything either, so that's a plus. SO, they've been going well and I can only keep trying my best, I believe the final cuts are on the 17th so here's hoping.
Animal Wars
Hippo Vs. Rhino
Personally I think that a hippo would win this match up, now of course the environment in which they are fighting is key. So let's say that they are fighting on land but some 40 yards away there is a small lake.
I believe that the rhino will get the first shot in, making a long fast charge at the hippo and striking him with his horn. This will hurt the hippo, maybe break a few ribs but won't put him out. After this first charge the hippo will take over, with a mouth that can open as wide as their body the hippo will use their massive tusks to puncture the rhinos side and keep slashing him with them. The rhino will try a few times to get some distance and make another charge but the hippo will be right on his ass using those killer tusks.
Then all of a sudden the rhino realizes he's made a grave mistake...He's put himself right near the water and the hippo uses this to his advantage and pushes the rhino into the lake. The hippo continues to just slash and bash away at the rhino eventually getting him submerged under the water. This is when the fight will end and the hippo emerges victorious, only sustaining a few cuts, some broken ribs and a cracked tusk.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this battle, I will be posting more animal wars later on.
Over and out....
beckified
posted by Becky at 3:55 PM
1 Comments:
I absolutely agree with you on the outcome of your animal war. Both animals are huge, stupid, and strong - but Hippos are insanely angry creatures.
Sorry you can't come this weekend. I'll try to do something stupid/awesome in your honor.
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