2008 Woodie Awards
Intramural Update: DIvisino II Flag Football Playoffs
Paul Kasabian
Issue date: 10/25/07 Section: Sports
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The 1967 Ice Bowl, Super Bowl XXV and "The Drive" are nationally-renowned football games for their jaw-dropping splendor, but if the Division II playoffs were televised on national TV, names like Demler, Toribio and Puff would be remembered as immortals alongside Starr, Anderson and Elway. SuperBad's victory over Shake'N Bake would be played nonstop on ESPN Classic, and junior Brien Puff's ferocious sack of the quarterback against Crab Cakes would be seen as quite possibly the greatest athletic achievement ever performed on a football gridiron.
But the games weren't televised, and the only accounts of these contests will be found in this Maroon-News issue. However, that fact should not downplay the great efforts of these men on Whitnall Field. This week's Intramural coverage includes the Division II Flag Football quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds.
In quarterfinal action, ninth-seed Killer Tofu had two chances to tie the score late against one-seed SuperBad, but couldn't put the pigskin in the endzone in a 35-28 loss. Fourth-seed Shake 'N Bake rebounded after a miserable first half to force fifth-seed Andrews 100 into overtime, where first-year kicker Jeff "Golden Toe" Thompson sent them to the semis with a 31-28 win. Second-seed LNA pulled away late from seventh-seed Sack Lunch by scoring the last 22 points of the affair and winning, 48-21. Sixth-seed Crab Cakes N' Football overcame eight penalties and Puff's beastly defensive performance (one sack and batted down pass on consecutive plays; possibly another tackle somewhere along the line) to upset the third-seed Croc Hunters, 35-28.
LNA senior Chad Hawk picked off three passes against Crab Cakes 'N Football in the semis, leading his team to a 36-22 win. This three-pick effort was not the first seen in the playoffs, as sophomore physics major Gordie Brummer did the same for Sack Lunch against BDS in the first round. The LNA-Crab Cakes game featured the block of the year, as first-year Alex Montgomery completely laid out an LNA player with a perfectly legal hit that stunned the crowd and the officials alike. A late LNA touchdown sealed the deal.
But the games weren't televised, and the only accounts of these contests will be found in this Maroon-News issue. However, that fact should not downplay the great efforts of these men on Whitnall Field. This week's Intramural coverage includes the Division II Flag Football quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds.
In quarterfinal action, ninth-seed Killer Tofu had two chances to tie the score late against one-seed SuperBad, but couldn't put the pigskin in the endzone in a 35-28 loss. Fourth-seed Shake 'N Bake rebounded after a miserable first half to force fifth-seed Andrews 100 into overtime, where first-year kicker Jeff "Golden Toe" Thompson sent them to the semis with a 31-28 win. Second-seed LNA pulled away late from seventh-seed Sack Lunch by scoring the last 22 points of the affair and winning, 48-21. Sixth-seed Crab Cakes N' Football overcame eight penalties and Puff's beastly defensive performance (one sack and batted down pass on consecutive plays; possibly another tackle somewhere along the line) to upset the third-seed Croc Hunters, 35-28.
LNA senior Chad Hawk picked off three passes against Crab Cakes 'N Football in the semis, leading his team to a 36-22 win. This three-pick effort was not the first seen in the playoffs, as sophomore physics major Gordie Brummer did the same for Sack Lunch against BDS in the first round. The LNA-Crab Cakes game featured the block of the year, as first-year Alex Montgomery completely laid out an LNA player with a perfectly legal hit that stunned the crowd and the officials alike. A late LNA touchdown sealed the deal.
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