Two more games down and two more victories for the Unicorns!
After a disappointing loss to the Franken Knights we bounced back with a
dominating performance against the Rhein-Neckar Bandits at home in front of the
Unicorn faithful. Both sides of the ball played better as the offense put up 51
points and the defense allowed only 13. The two areas that hindered us against
Franken were penalties (14) and turnovers (5). We improved in both aspects
against the Bandits as we were able to play a more disciplined football game
with only two turnovers and eight penalties. It felt great to get the “W” and
get our season back on track with our sights set on the Munich Cowboys!
It was another solid win (37-3) for the Unicorns at home
against the Munich Cowboys this past weekend! The sun was out and the fans were
in full force for a great day of football. From beginning to end the Unicorns
defense was stingy and swarming, allowing a total of only 229 yards of offense
with only three of those yards by way of the Cowboy rushing attack (or lack
thereof). Offensively, it took us a quarter
of football before we began to start clicking, but once we did there wasn’t
much stopping us as we put up 500 yards of total offense to go along with 37
points. Again, we kept our turnovers at two and cut our penalties down to five.
This team is heading in the right direction and as long as we can keep building
upon each victory, learning from our mistakes and our successes, there is no
limit to what we will be able to accomplish. Next up on the schedule is an away
game in Switzerland against the reigning Eurobowl champions the Calanda
Broncos. The winner will advance to the Eurobowl semi-finals. This game will be
our biggest test thus far and we are all looking forward to the challenge of taking
down the champions!
Side note: Drew is leading in the interception battle 3-1 as
he pulled one down against the Cowboys this weekend. He also had a would be
pick six against the Bandits if not for a defensive off-sides penalty. And I forgot
to bring my hands with me to the Munich game and let a couple balls slip
through my grasp.
Aside from football the past three weeks we have been mostly
hanging out around town and with our teammates.
Although it has not been a typical warm May around here, it hasn’t stopped
us from enjoying the festivals that have been taking place. Schwäbisch Hall had their annual Salt Festival
celebrating and displaying how the historic salt economy functioned. “Hall” in
German refers to drying something by heating it, thus tying the city’s name
with its main economic resource. The
parades and shows were neat to see but the food, beer, live music, and carnival
rides were what had us acting like a four year old on Christmas morning.
Along with the festivals we were fortunate enough to be
joined by the company of our QB Ryan’s parents for the week. They were kind enough to snap thousands of pictures
of us at our games as well as join us to our visit to Neuschwanstein Castle in
Bavaria. This place was awesome. It was a little mind blowing at times
wondering how a castle like this was built in such a location let alone how it is
ever constructed in the first place.
Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the castles Disney modeled Sleeping
Beauty’s castle and Disneyland after.
Long story short; King Ludwig II was filthy rich and wanted a new castle
built on this hill next to a waterfall, the foothills of the Alps, and an amazing
view. We took the opportunity to tour
the inside of the castle where the majority of the structure has not been
touched. In no way does one man need
such a sanctuary to reside in, but none the less it was an incredible display
of life over 100 years ago for one man.
Go Unicorns,
Taylor and Drew
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