Do you know Joe?

Next game is 12/1, 9 AM at Waters.

Ah yes. Thanksgiving football. In case you did not know it, the reason we have a Thursday off in November has nothing to do with Pilgrims or Native Americans or pumpkins. It has everything to do with football. We play football. We watch football. For that, we are thankful.

Opening day we had 11 vs 11. West beat East 38 - 25. West had Ken, JC, Tim D, Gio, Heat Seeker, Patrick M, Mark H, Criminal, Jordon P, Tommy B & new T fan, Mike W. East had 4X, the Judge, Dancing Star, London Collin, Tom C, Roger M, the UF, Eric, Mike P, & new T fans George and Mike O. Playing Tiny Ts was the Turk for West and the FF, Sammy S for the East. Scoring for the West was Ken who scrambled for two TDs and threw four TDs to Patrick M (2), JC and Tommy B. For the East, the Judge threw 2 TDs to Tom C and George and Mike O threw 2 TDs to Eric and George. Big plays were a long pass to the Turk and a sweep play the FF, both for about 30 yards. Dancing Star went down with a rolled ankle; first casualty of the year. Hopefully he will have a quick recovery.

On day 2 we played 8v8. East beat West 18 - 13.  West had Tim D, JC, Billy B, Tommy B, Criminal, Mike W, Mark H & Gio. West scored TDs on passes from Tim D to Billy B and from JC to Criminal. East had TD Banker, Judge, Tony, Eric, Heat Seeker, 4X & London Collin. The Judge threw three TDs to Tom C, Collin and TD Banker. Play of the day was a London Collin interception in the endzone and that he ran back 63 yards to West's 37-yard line. The Turk and Cooper D provided QB pressure all day. The Turk registered two sacks and Cooper D got one. Yours truly, Tommy B, suffered the second injury of the season, a pulled hamstring that took me out of the game early, painfully, sadly and angrily.

Thanksgiving day is always a busy day for football. No exception this time. We had three different groups show up at Marshall HS to play on two fields. Mr. T fans, starting at 8 AM, were first. First come, first served. Am I right? So there is this big oafish guy claiming he has rights to the field because he has a "key" to the gate that we all squeezed through. We did not see it that way and Mr. T football has the Judge and the Judge has the inside contact. This is the actual conversation between the Judge and, lets call him, Cletus:

Cletus: "I have the key. You guys are trespassing. We have rights to this field."
Judge: "Do you know Joe?"
Cletus: "How did you get in here without a key?"
Judge: "Do you know Joe?"
Cletus: "You guys must have climbed the fence."
Judge: "Do you know Joe?"
Cletus: "You guys need to leave."
Judge: "Do you know Joe?"
Cletus: "We're gonna have to contact the authorities."
Judge: "Do you know Joe?"
Cletus: "You're making me mad!"
Judge: "Do you know Joe?"
Cletus: "I'm gonna tell your mom."
Judge: "Do you know Joe?"
Cletus: "But it's not fair!"
Judge: "Do you know Joe?"
Cletus: "Okay, we'll just use this end of the field."

Do you know Joe? 'Cause If you don't know Joe, you don't know Jack.
Mr. T knows Joe. See you Saturday, 12/1.

Tommy B
Chief Antagonizer
Mr. T Fans Football Club

P.S. After doing some research about hamstring pulls I realize I may not be able to play for three weeks. Very. Very. Depressed. So if you see some guy wandering aimlessly around town, disheveled, disheartened, downtrodden, dejected and probably drunk, buy him a beer. He needs it.