Spring 2009 Blue and Orange Game

This year's Blue and Orange...er...White game saw an fun new format change. Instead of 1O/2D vs 2O/1D, Coach Pease and Coach Kwiatkowski got to draft their teams. Now, I've got to be honest: I didn't think the White team had a chance. I figured the Blue team would roll them. I was pleasantly surprised when the White team pulled it out in the fourth quarter (of course it didn't hurt when Coach Pete notionally "injured" a few stars from the Blue team). It was a fun format change and I hope we'll see it become a tradition.

Enjoy the pics. I had the camera on the wrong setting for most of the first half so we're a little limited on good pics.


Huff warms up the O-line



Vinnie, Gingg, and O'Neil visit on the sidelines

DB's warm up


KW's first reception happened so quick and was so unexpected that all I got was the aftermath


A few names that will haunt opposing offenses this year


DJ Harper looks up field as Will Lawrence and Bronson Durrant scan for defenders


Jeremy Avery goes down


I could kick my own butt for having the camera in the wrong setting. Bacon busts out a big run. Hope to see him in some trickeration and goal line plays this season.


Kellen lets fly


Coughlin hands off to DJ Harper or Jarvis Hodge


Darren Koontz eases off of Coughlin on what would have been a devastating sack for major lost yardage


Jeremy Avery breaks through


Trench warfare


Kellen passes to an out of place Chandler Koch


The blue team celebrates Titus Young's TD



Brotz boots it in for the PAT despite the celebration penalty

Coughlin unleashes in time to avoid Hout


A few more guys to watch for


Hout brings down Coughlin


More trench warfare


The new SHOOOOOOOOE!!!! celebrates while Brandyn Thompson grits his teeth


The White team celebrates


Caves is flabbergasted that Mike T. doesn't want to take Prater's spot


Tim Ruben picks up a few yards after his reception


It was nice to see Mike Choate get a reception


Drew gets under center...


...only to get taken down




I had the pleasure of visiting with Tommy Gallarda's father during a layover in Minneapolis earlier that day. We found the Gallarda family after the scrimmage and Seth was pleased to get to meet Tommy. The family is very down to earth and friendly.


We informed Bacon that the SEZ idiots were adopting him now that Joe Boz had graduated.


Seth plays center on his Optimist team and was stoked to get some pointers from Thomas Byrd



We ran into Doug Martin in the parking lot after the scrimmage. I thanked him for hammering the vanhole logo last year at the Kibbie Hut.