Moore Guts, Moore Glory Triumphs on Overtime Scamper by Anointed Savior of Mankind

by Groins McWilfrid

No one will ever confuse Matt Moore for Barry Sanders, except for Scott Priest, who, upon hearing of Moore's 20-yard game-winning dash through the Team Yellow backfield, imagined Moore cutting, twisting, and contorting his body to avoid contact with defender after defender, leaving a trail of broken ankles and heartbreak in his wake.

Snap out of it, Priest. He's just younger and faster than the rest of us. And he had Brian "Lorenzo" Geever blocking for him.

The winning run put the thick, frothy head on the ice cold beer that was Saturday afternoon's WISFFL game. The game was tied for most of the contest, including a long spell where both teams had 12 points and MGMG repeatedly thwarted Team Yellow's efforts to punch one in the end zone from short yardage.

MGMG opened up the scoring almost immediately as Kristen "Rohan Davey" Marvelle lined up at QB, her eyes hidden behind sunglasses large enough to use as a tobaggen in more inclement conditions. Sensing a trick play, the TY defense crashed the offensive line, while Marvelle launched a 25 yard bomb down the middle of the field, which was caught by a streaking Moore for the longest passing TD in WISFFL history (maybe?).

TY answered back on the next possession, as a broken play allowed QB Davin Wilfrid to scramble into the end zone from 10 yards out. Wilfrid's groin and hamstrings tried to call for a timeout halfway through the run, but were ignored by officials.

The teams went into the half tied at 12-12. The score would remain that way for the entire 3rd quarter, as MGMG's rotating cast of QBs repeatedly found wide-open TY defenders. TY could not capitalize on these miscues, however, driving deep into MGMG territory on successive possessions, only to be thwarted by stellar defensive play from Adam Gelinas, whose flag-grabbing hands are faster than an industrial chicken-plucking machine, and Geever, who finished the game with 82 tackles, four strips of T-shirt, seven fingers, and 12 actual tackles.

TY would have scored on about 5 plays, but QB Wilfrid repeatedly missed a wide-open Dana Sillers.

MGMG scored early in the fourth quarter on a Tim Lavigne pass to Jason Renda, who caught the ball at the line of scrimmage, then pretended to be under 33 and ran the rest of the way. TY answered right back on a Vilmos Csizmadia interception, which the Hungarian Jackrabbit ran back for a TD.

On its first overtime possession, TY again drove to within three yards of the winning score, but were unable to convert on multiple attempts from close range.

MGMG capitalized on its first overtime possession, as Moore lined up at QB, took the snap, and immediately took off down the field. Geever blocked a blitzing Wilfrid to spring Moore around the outside and Moore did the rest, simply running around the remainder of TY defenders and into the end zone to seal the win.