Patriots and Pinheads

Ok, if you don't watch Bill O'Reilley you don't know what I'm talking about. At the end of his show, he does a "Patriot and Pinhead" segment where he tells about someone who did something great and someone who had a less than stellar moment. So, today's Patriot accolate goes to...The Patriots. The FEAST Patriots had their first game today. Jonathan (#25) and Jeremy (#23) played 1st team special teams (and there were lots of kickoffs) and 2nd team defense. Jonathan recovered two fumbles and almost ran one back for a touchdown. The Patriots didn't win, but they scored three touchdowns. This game was a non-conference game, so it didn't count for their standings. Thursday starts conference play. They can't lose any more and make it to the playoffs. One game at a time. Here's some pics of the boys.

Ready for the kick off. Jonathan's left and Jeremy's right.


Kissing Granna. Granna and Pop (my mom and dad) drove over for the game.

Jonathan (L) and Jeremy after the game.

So the Pinhead award goes to...some of the Patriots. After the game, some of the team members went to Mr. Gatti's pizza. Coach Harris had specifically told the boys in person and in emails NOT to visit the arcades when the team goes out to dinner after games, so that the team can focus on hanging together and enjoying each others' company. Well, even knowing this rule, supposedly (we weren't there) 10-11 of the boys went to the gameroom and were playing video games. Now Coach Harris has a tough decision (Michael says it's not tough at all) about what to do. Do you make the tough decisions that confirm what's been said about character being more important than football, which most likely will mean that those who were in the game room won't be playing on Thursday night? The thing is, many of the boys in the gameroom were starters, even some of the team captains, and one loss will mean no playoffs. Michael says it's a "no-brainer"...don 't let them play. It'll be a lesson that none of the boys will forget. Stay tuned!