Hello again everybody! Sorry for the delay, one of the other americans has a new friend in town so we've been busy running around Sicily and haven't blogged. Shame on us. Anways, here is our game 3 recap from our game against the Bologna Doves....
It was another away game which means a 5AM wake up call and a 7AM departure from Catania to Bologna... or so we thought. Too bad everyone here runs on Sicilian Island time which means every flight leaves late and left us hanging out in the airport till our flight left at 815. After that debacle and a short 90 minute flight, we landed in Bologna with 5 hours to spare until the game. We walked around and sampled some local cuisine (Bologna is famous for tortellini and lasagna, and let me tell you, both were fantastic) until it was time to get ready for the game. There are 2 teams in Bologna, the Warriors and the Doves, and the doves are the weaker of the two teams. At game time there was a rambunctious crowd of about 20 on hand ( most of which were Elephant suporters) to cheer on the epic battle that was about to take place on the gridiron. We won the toss and as always, we recieved, but this time we actually drove down for an opening score to jump out to a quick 7-0 lead. Defensively the Elephants came to play and after a quick 4 and out, we had great field position for another quick score. Unfortunately, the Pistolero had some problems in the kicking game so we missed the extra point to go up 13-0. After another quick 3 and out the Doves punted the ball back and we made short work of a lapse in coverage to go up 20-0. This would pretty much be a theme of the game as the Elephants were just too much for the Doves to handle. Details escape me at this time, but the final score ended up being a solid 57-14 victory with the doves final TD coming on the final play of the game. Needless to say, the victory was never in question after the first few series. I finished the day with 12 Tacs, 1 TFL, 1 FF, 4 Rec for 90 yards and a TD, and another kick off return for a TD to bring the total to 2 on the year.
We had a bye week in honor of Easter this week and put in a lot of work in preperation for the big game that lies ahead next weekend against the defending IFL champs, the Parma Panthers. If anyone out there has read the John Grisham book, Playing for Pizza, then you already know of this team. They are basically the gold standard of Italian football, and have been that way ever since old John decided to take a brake from writing political/law thrillers to dabble in the life of an italian football player. They are currently 4-1 and at the top of the IFL standings. This will be a great test for the Elephants and we are excitedly awaiting the challenge to establish ourselves as one of the teams to beat in the 2012 IFL. Untill next time, here are a few pics/ a clip of the KOR against the doves
Check out this link to a video of one of my touchdowns on youtube!
That's all for now,
ciao ciao
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