Huck Finn Recap

The Illini finally decided to look like a legitimate ultimate team, and it was nice to see. Sure, the Michigan and Notre Dame games exposed some long-standing weaknesses, but we were able to string together a lot of good points this weekend.

Focus on what happened during those good points. Remember the energy. Remember the mentality. Remember the intensity. We’re gonna need it when we go to Naperville in two weeks.

The Wash U game went exactly as I predicted it. They were a good first game, and we started the tournament with a win 13-8.

We were pumped to face Wiso again. After having a good second half against them in Mardi Gras, we wanted to show them what we were made of. This game was intense. Despite the fact that this team is made up of contestants from Tool Academy 2, the Illini held their composure. I have two favorite moments from this game, both of which involved #11 on their team and #11 on our team, Miles. Their number 11 (hereafter referred to as Tool Boy) clearly fouled Miles on an in cut. When Miles called the foul, Tool Boy got pretty upset. Instead of the normal “contest” that a normal person would say, Tool Boy threw an epic tantrum on the field. No matter how loud and bratty Tool Boy got, Miles stuck by his call. Tool Boy then tried a passive aggressive approach, “No it’s okay if you want to cheat. You just don’t know the rules. No it’s fine. Really, I’m okay with you being asshole about this.” Seriously Tool Boy? Why even open your mouth? My wife uses that strategy (honey, that’s joke, please don’t take it personally). But seriously Tool Boy, that was unbelievably unprofessional. But that’s okay. Remember a few points later when you and Miles both went up for the disc? You both missed it, but then Miles laid out over you to catch the disc in the endzone. How embarrassing for you, Tool Boy.

The Illini lost to Wisco 10-9 on universe point, but it was worth it just to see Tool Boy explode in a steroid induced rage.

The Illini faced Iowa next and quickly took half 7-2. We then went up 9-2 only to have them claw back in it. We won the game 13-8, but it had its scary moments. The key to our success is having the confidence to know we can play well. They rattled us a bit, and we almost lost it. Trust your throws; trust each other. That makes ultimate fun.

I don’t want to talk about the Michigan game. We’ll see them at regionals, and I’ll hopefully have something better to write after that tournament.

The Georgia game, although a loss, proved to ourselves that we could come back if we get down early. They took half by a wide margin, but none of us saw that as the end. We came out and went on the attack. Yes, they won 13-11, but we have nothing to prove anymore.

In the game against Indiana, I guess we decided to test our comeback ability. We let them go up on us 11-9, and then they never scored again. This game had the best match-up. Walden vs. Evil Walden. Good work boys. Good work.

I don’t really want to talk about the Notre Dame game either. We gave them the number one seed at sectionals. I vote we take it away.