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Week Three: FINAL SCORE: CLAYMORES 28 THUNDER 21 |
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CHEDDARHEAD CLOWN-O-METER FOR THE DAY |
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Shuggie: 4 out of 10
Season Score: 17 |
Preston: 1 out of 10
Season Score: 20 |
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GM CLOWN-O-METER FOR THE DAY |
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Clarky: 10 out of 10 Season Score: 10 |
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CHEDDAR CAM RECAPS THE DAY |
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No home game is complete these days without our legendary morning pit stop in Livingston to pick up "The Fan". Apparently the town of Livingston was the first in the world to install an Emergency Exit in the sky. |
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New game, new helmet for Roy. Although the wind-milling Claymore may have been more appropriate for Amsterdam the lack of a boombox on his bonnet meant no neck brace this week. Still not wearing a chin strap is an equipment violation! |
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This young fan enjoys the many delights of the backfields party. Relax Andy - your 2 week excursion to Apfelwein and Alt Beer heaven is closeby! Incidentally this picture could have been sub-titled "Spot the Non-Cheddar Hall of Famer" (Clue - it's not the Moore Man or the Colvinmeister. Sorry Keith!) |
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Elvis has entered the building! |
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Shuggie gets on his knees and grovels to She ... err ... Fiona! After an ill-judged re-naming session last week in Amsterdam (see week 2) the clown feared life and limb if he mentioned the dreaded 'S' word again. So what did he do??? |
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He wrote the 'F' word on his hand of course! Sadly the hand would also double for the stats summary sheet later. |
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Shuggie meets the Berlin contingent (funnily they were all called Fiona). Nice to see a few of them make the trip. We'll see them again in June for sure! |
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The ball boy explains to Berlin QB Jonathan Quinn how to grip it correctly. |
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And it must have worked as Quinn got off the Thunder off to fast start tossing a short TD to Carlos Nuno for a 7-0 lead after Dante had fumbled a punt return. However the Claymores slowly got back into the game kicking 2 Rob Hart FG's, the last one the result of abysmal clock management at the end of the 1st half. |
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We know that Dante is blurry fast but this is ridiculous! #1 caught a short pass from Clint Stoerner on the Claymores 1st drive of the 3rd quarter (set up by a Central fumble recovery) and turned on the jets for a 31 yard score! CLAYMORES 13-7 |
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This is the look of a man who has eaten 4 cheeseburgers and knows victory is as guaranteed as another Bears losing season. The 4 pregame cheeseburger record is now unofficially 5-0 and he has clinched a birth in the e-coli O157 Bowl. |
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And the 2nd half fireworks would continue! After Quinn fired a TD to Kenny Coutain, Anthony Gray ripped off a 53-yard run (the longest in franchise history) which set up this James Whalen 3-yard strike from fellow Cowboy Stoerner. CLAYMORES 20-14 |
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Still more fireworks as our secondary gets beat deep again (though Thunder WR Ahmed Merrit looks to be way out of bounds in this picture) as Quinn lauched a 36-yard TD pass over Eric Whitfield. THUNDER 21-20 |
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And the score remained that way until with 1:16 left in the game Dante grabbed a pass over the middle shook off a couple of tackles and went in for six! With 9 grabs for 109 and 2 TD's Dante sure atoned for that fumble! CLAYMORES 28-21 |
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Then it was time to ... RELEASE DA HOUNDS!!! Top dawg of the day Chris Ward takes down Quinn on 3rd and 10 with less than a minute left!
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"BIN THE QUINN!" (Preston's "QUINN IS A PUSSY" failed to catch on) |
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And then on 4th and ball game Rob Flickenger (out of shot) takes down Quinn while Chris Ward gets to celebrate! FINAL CLAYMORES 28-21 |
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The Claymores win! The Claymores win! The Claymores win! It's time for naked men to rejoice and women to hug! Newly nicknamed Miss Penny Macaroni from Monte Cassino gets excited! |
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Ex-Boilermaker and friend of the Cheddarheads Billy Gustin sits on the bench and waits for overtime. It wouldn't come! |
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OL led by tackle Jim Stull showed a huge improvement this week and gave Clint a lot more time to find wide receivers that got open, caught the ball and didn't fumble. Ladies and gentlemen, the offense has touched down! |
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Chris Ward and Chris Gers' bone. Chris's bone can be seen on tour in 2001 in the Claymores D-linemen's mouths. Early favourite for next game - Jabbar Threats. |
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Who is this happy chappy sprinting from midfield toward Cheddar Cam? |
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That will be your General Manager just a wee bit excited! I believe the direct quote from the GM was "BLARRGGGHHHHHH!" thus blowing Clarky's audition for the new Budweiser commercials.
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The FTP fanclub gets to Feel The Perez. At least that's what we think the F in FTP stands for. Bunch of f'in groupies we say! |
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Hats off to Coach Dahlquist who got the thing fixed during a touch week. Offensive coordinator Mike Deal left mid-week to be with his dying father (who passed away at the weekend - we pass on our sympathy). Coach D is still the king of low-key but he finally got the O in good shape for our 2 week German vacation! |
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Led a paddling session in the North Sea at 2am in St. Andrews the night before the game.
