Ugh. Sucks to be on the other end…

By | December 27, 2010

So after the big surprise win last week, I had the same thing happen to me. And on the last play of the last game! I was up by a couple of points with everything looking to be going my way. Then, the rookie QB for the Packers panicked and got sacked from the blindside, fumbled the ball, and my opponents defense recovered. That was a net gain of 1.5 for the sack and 2 for the recovery. If only the sack occurs, I win. If only the fumble occurs, we tie…and who knows what happens then? But both happened and that was exactly enough to put me away.

The truth of the matter is, I was lucky even to be here with that bizarre win last week. Additionally, I had more luck earlier yesterday when the Eagles returned a punt for TD with no time on the clock. Without that, it wouldn’t have been an issue. Yes, I did leave some points on the bench, but I never considered playing the guys I had there plus my opponent left way more points on the bench than I did.

And to soften the blow a bit more, I’ve heartbroken the owner in similar fashion the last 5 times, two times in the same situation and with a slimmer margin.

So good luck Birdhawks! I hope you win. But more importantly, I hope your opponent scores more points than I put up next week. Or else I will be less inclined to be happy that you beat me in such dramatic fashion.

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