WashU had a couple of studs, and a very good match up for Dane. Dane made some big plays on their stud, Sul grabbed a callahan and both sides of the disc played well to win the game 14-11 on hardcap.
Wisconsin was the game I personally looked forward to the most. They are a great team that always finds its way to Nationals. Seeing how you stack up against the Hodags is pretty applicable to the rest of the field. We had a phenomenal start going up 5-2, and eventually 6-3. After that the oline misplaced some of its swagger and Wisco roared back to take half. Coming out of half Walden made some coaching adjustments and the Oline was back on its feet for the rest of the game. Unfortunately Wisco was too far ahead for the Dline to close the gap and Wisconsin won the game 14-11.
After the other power pool had a three way tie for second we ended up playing Ball State in the cross over game. Going into the game we anticipated them seeking revenge for last years Sectionals. Both Olines held to 5-4 and then finally our Dline busted it out and broke twice to 7-4, then they put the game back in the offenses hands 7-5. Ball State had some fast guys and were winning the gun and run battle. From there both offenses held till 12-10, when Ball State broke to 12-11. After being broken for the first time in the game the Oline and Dline refocused and swagged its way to a 15-11 win.
We spent Saturday night at DMac's house. Personally I was expecting Pee Wee's playhouse...I was quite disappointed. His Dad whipped up a pretty great dinner and his mom kindly informed me that Dan has NEVER been in the Marines.
We drove to the new fields on Sunday morning. Immediately it became apparent why the TD got two fields for this weekend. A nice little incline made going downwind the same as going uphill. The flat area of the fields were littered with sticks and ankle rolling contours which cleared up any questions as to why we were playing on the hill.
We opened the day against OSU. They stomped on us for awhile. Finally Joe Sidrys had a great point where he caught everything in the tough wind, and Kennedy eventually boosted it to him for the upwind/downhill break to make it 4-6 Lead Belly. The Dline rolled for a while till we took half 7-6. We never looked back from there and eventually won the game 11-9 on hardcap.
Semis verse Minnesota spelled a lot of trouble. They took half at 7-3 before we knew what hit us. Much of the same put Minnesota winning the game 13-6.
We were scheduled to play Ball State for third, but both teams agreed on a tie and the TD said that was fine. That ended our regular season and we hit the road for home.
2011 Regulard Season Record: 18-7
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For ranking purposes, we were actually 13-5. Kansas, LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M, and UNC all had their results taken away. This effectively removed 5 wins and 2 losses from our record. Interestingly enough, the percentage is about the same. (Can't say what it did to our ranking).
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