Eight-eighty-seven seventy-one,” Coach Morris said to me. “Look for the outside receivers and tell them to get out of bounds to stop the clock. If they don’t get out of bounds, hurry to the line and spike the ball!” After hearing those instructions from coach I trotted onto the field with 1:22 left in the Decorah football game. Since our defense held them on 4 straight downs we had a second chance and we were going to take advantage of it. We were down six points and we could win the game with a touchdown and a successful two point try. If we win this game we would be crowned freshman football district champs!
Reaching the huddle, I bellowed a few words of encouragement followed by the play, “Eight-eighty-seven, seventy-one,” “ready”, “brake”! …show more content…
We were all shuffling to get set, I took the snap and spiked the ball to stop the clock. The ball was at the 29 yard line. We ran a screen play to Caleb and he picked up 16 yards and got out of bounds to stop the clock once again. We now have marched 54 yards which set us up with first and ten from the 14 yard line, with only 20 seconds left! Next I completed a pass to Derek and he reached the ball out just inside the one yard line. “Clock it, clock it, clock it, I yelled once again, we lined up quickly and I attempted to clock the ball. The problem was I bobbled the snap and took a step back before spiking it. I was called for intentional grounding and the ball was spotted at the six yard line for our next play. Next we used our last time out since there were only 3.7 seconds left on the clock. “What do you think Nick, do we dare run a slant corner to Derek” coach Morris asked. I responded “nah that’s a tough pass this close to the goal line, let's just go with a slant to Login since they are double teaming Derek”, Coach Morris finally agreed and said “alright let's do it”! “Come on let's do this” I remember saying in the huddle, then we got set for potentially the last play of the season. I was nervous because the game and the season was literally in my hands. I had the ball in my hands and Logan came open on the slant so I fired it in there and it sailed off his fingertips. The …show more content…
We won the flip and elected to play defense first. In overtime each team starts at the ten with first and goal and an opportunity to score. After each team gets an opportunity to score, if the score is still tied the game will it end as a tie. I was determined to not let this game end in a tie because a tie is like kissing your sister, and that’s just wrong!
When play resumed, we played lights out defense and didn’t allow them to score. Now it was our turn. We ran to left for a gain of about six. Next was a run to the right for no gain. Finally I gave the ball to Caleb for the last time of the season and he bull rushed his way into the endzone to secure the victory.
This football game was one of the best experiences in my life because I learned so much both as a person and as a football player. One life lesson I learned from this game is that when you get a 2nd chance in life, take advantage of it, don’t just let it
Reaching the huddle, I bellowed a few words of encouragement followed by the play, “Eight-eighty-seven, seventy-one,” “ready”, “brake”! …show more content…
We were all shuffling to get set, I took the snap and spiked the ball to stop the clock. The ball was at the 29 yard line. We ran a screen play to Caleb and he picked up 16 yards and got out of bounds to stop the clock once again. We now have marched 54 yards which set us up with first and ten from the 14 yard line, with only 20 seconds left! Next I completed a pass to Derek and he reached the ball out just inside the one yard line. “Clock it, clock it, clock it, I yelled once again, we lined up quickly and I attempted to clock the ball. The problem was I bobbled the snap and took a step back before spiking it. I was called for intentional grounding and the ball was spotted at the six yard line for our next play. Next we used our last time out since there were only 3.7 seconds left on the clock. “What do you think Nick, do we dare run a slant corner to Derek” coach Morris asked. I responded “nah that’s a tough pass this close to the goal line, let's just go with a slant to Login since they are double teaming Derek”, Coach Morris finally agreed and said “alright let's do it”! “Come on let's do this” I remember saying in the huddle, then we got set for potentially the last play of the season. I was nervous because the game and the season was literally in my hands. I had the ball in my hands and Logan came open on the slant so I fired it in there and it sailed off his fingertips. The …show more content…
We won the flip and elected to play defense first. In overtime each team starts at the ten with first and goal and an opportunity to score. After each team gets an opportunity to score, if the score is still tied the game will it end as a tie. I was determined to not let this game end in a tie because a tie is like kissing your sister, and that’s just wrong!
When play resumed, we played lights out defense and didn’t allow them to score. Now it was our turn. We ran to left for a gain of about six. Next was a run to the right for no gain. Finally I gave the ball to Caleb for the last time of the season and he bull rushed his way into the endzone to secure the victory.
This football game was one of the best experiences in my life because I learned so much both as a person and as a football player. One life lesson I learned from this game is that when you get a 2nd chance in life, take advantage of it, don’t just let it