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1. 1. OWCC Ssn 7, post-season shield

Heartbreak city! 3 halves of almost scoring, but denied, and then to lose the coin toss. Bah.

Despite a Rainy day the Expats chose to receive, and a Riot shortened the half. After KO'ing a TG and with the Wizard on their mind chose to try the 4+ pickup with a rookie Skink, which succeeded. The Faraohs answered on their 1st Turn by BH'ing the lesser of the two +Ag Skinks, and the next turnr the Guard Saurus was BH'd by a no-skill TG, and the Apo used. A Turn after that, the Expats had pushed up to within scoring range, and the next only needed a push to clear a Tackler off the ballcarrier - but Both-Down was RR'd to Both-Down, no effect, and using their last RR (the previous being used on double-skulls and a failed GFI to mark their MB Blitzer). 2 skinks made a (perhaps ill-advised) break for it, but Tackle found its mark and then the last Ag 4 skink failed a 2+ dodge and KO'd itself, and at the end of the shortened half the ball still lay at the 5 yard line, 0-0.

2nd Half the TG and the DTss'er Skink slept on, and the Faraohs brought on the Saw. The kick was deep and the Faraohs failed the 5+ SH pickup, so the Expats send their remaining +Ag skink in to challenge - too deep, and was BH'd via RR. The Expats BH'd a TG and pushed through, and the Faraohs dropped the next TWO pickup rolls while the Expats sent another TG off BH'd (and regen'd). When the Thro-Ra was knocked down and the Star St 5 Saurus next to the ball on the goal to end Turn 3, the Wizard was called into action, and this time the pickup was made, and the MB Frenzy Saurus KO'd via Saw blitz for good measure. The Expats only needed 1 GFI to blitz the ballcarrier on the Necropolis 5 yard line, with a 2nd Saurus 1 square away if that Pushed - but the GFI snaked to end Turn 3. The Saw blitz failed, which was promising, but the following 1d found a Pow and BH'd the Breatk-Tackle Guard Saurus, and then a -2d Skellie found double-Pows and KO'd the Wrodge Saurus! That left the Krox and 3 Sauri (2 of whom were down) and the ss Skink against 2 TG's plus 5 skillies, the ball near midfield, 3 Turns for the Faraohs. A Saurus and the skink marked the ball, but in reply the Skink was BH'd and the saurus Pushed off, and another Saurus -2d'd to the ground. But to end Turn 5 the star Saurus came through with a Pow, and 3 Turns later the ball was still at midfield, score 0-0.


Overtime, and things didn't look terrible for the Expats as they caught several breaks. They had saved 1 RR while the Faraohs had zero, and they won the toss. The undermanned Expats got 2 of 3 players back - one of 2 Sauri woke up, the Wrodger (while the MB Frenzy slept on), and, perhaps most critically, their remaining Skink woke up. So the Krox + 4 Sauri + the Skink vs. 11, the starting Khemri roster less a Blitzer and a Tackler. Then the rain stopped (and the Sun didn't much matter), and they had a ballhandler.

Or so they thought, as the first TWO 3+ pickups failed, allowing the Faraohs to double-GFI (without RR) to mark the ball. After a Blitz to clear that marker, the 3rd pickup succeeded and the Skink retreated to the endzone for safety, then Turn 4 skirted strong pressure to half-cage on the sideline at his own 5 yard line. Faraohs pushed in via a 1d Push, and Expats had to use that one RR to turn a Both-Down into a Pow, and advanced to midfield. Again the Faraohs found a 1d knockdown, on the Krox, and marked the ballcarrier. Turn 6, the Expats only needed a double-Ag 3 Stunty Dodge past to be beyond blitz range - the first succeeded, but the second failed thru RR - ball unmarked at midfield. And that's where it was at the end of OT, score still 0-0.


And after all that, after holding the Faraohs to their side of the Line of Scrimmage for 3 halves, after all that spelled nothing, the Expats lost the coin toss, and so the game.

Well defended by Coach aboigor - always seemed to be one too many Tacklers, no matter which way I looked. ;)
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