Loss @ Amiens...

Jeff didn't play. The back-up quarterback is skiing. Running backs are fumbling. I sensed it in practice that week.

It was our first road game in over a month, and all week we had a pitiful turnout for practice. Apparently in France, the third week of March is a winter holiday week. Many players and their families flee Paris, hitting the slopes or spending time with family outside of the city. Jeff injured his ribs when being tackled on a scramble against the Elancourt Templiers game a two-weeks earlier. Our back-up quarterback Yohann, was in the mountains skiing the entire week. William, our third-stringer, rarely has gotten much attention in practice. Although his is a great guy and competitor, William is not a natural athlete, much less a quarterback. But William is the starting QB for the game against the Amiens Spartiates, a formidable opponent a 2.5 hour bus drive north of Paris.

We just never came out of the gate offensely. The defense did a decent job stopping the Spartiates quick French QB and ex-NFL reciever Jermaine Lewis. We turned the ball over three times in the first half, and the offense sputtered repeatedly in the second half. Still with less then two minutes left, the game was tied 20-20. Amiens recieved the ball on their own 30-yard line and began a drive consisted of draws and inside handoffs that brought the ball all the way down to our 10-yard line. A field goal attempt bounced off the inside of the goalpost, and thru the uprights. Amiens won the game 23-20, and rushed the field as if it was the Super Bowl. Apparently not too many teams in France beat the Flash.

The attitude post-game was unusual. I couldn't tell if it was indifference or confusion of how to react to a loss. I was frustrated. It is hard to have a game-changing performance from left tackle.

Our next game is a EFL Eurobowl game in Moscow against the Russian Champions, the Patriots du Moscow. We have one week to pull our act together, hopefully we can do it.