Great Virtues Come By Great Trials
“It’s never over till it’s over” goes the old saying. One of the special gems of college sports and lessons learned over the course of a life living in them. A big play made by Jon Doom throwing to Bubba Slabba followed by a great interception return by Jordan Gau gave us another hint to that fabled lesson yesterday. With just over 4 minutes on the clock, we had a decision to kick deep and rely on our defense to hold or attempt an on-side kick and take our chances – We chose the former and came up short in 24-31 loss. Hind sight is always the best choice; unfortunately, it’s always inadmissible evidence. You couldn’t have watched the game and not been proud of the effort and competitive spirit of the Tigers. We lost Boogie Blossum in the game and Brady Hofer whose names were added to the 4077th Mash unit squad for 2007, their losses were very costly like all the rest of the corp that have gone down this year – But we continued to fight with a great effort. Daniel Wysong led the defense with 16 tackles in the game along with Lucas Sieve and Ryan Deibert. Rudy Neiwenhuis caught his first TD in the game, a clutch catch that brought us to within a TD in the final stanza. With this young of a squad and so many injuries to overcome in a season you can only tell that the future is extremely bright – these guys know how to stick together, fight together and their trials are forging them into a TEAM
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