This is now the third week that Baby A has gone out and done center duties for his football team. Center is an unglamorous job that only makes you get noticed when you make a mistake. Thankfully, I have not seen a bad snap from him in the three weeks and more than 7 games he has participated in. There was one bad reception from the QB, but it landed in his hands around his face, he should have handled it better. This was the back-up QB, and he admitted it was his fault, nothing to do with the job Mijo is doing.
If I have one complaint for these matches, it is the time of day they are played at. On Tuesdays, the matches have started at 4:30pm, which is about the hottest part of the day. We were standing out there today in blistering 106-degree weather. Luckily, I am not trying to sit at the 50-yard line on those aluminum bleachers. Last week, I noticed most of the parents that show up, sit under some trees over on the side of the field, by the endzone. It is not the best place to watch the action, but it is a lot cooler in the shade than on those metal bleachers.
Today, the referees were really focused on the helmets and mouth pieces. They wear some funky foam looking helmets, but if it was up to half the boys, they wouldn't wear them. The game is touch football, but there are still plenty of collisions. There was even a personal foul today, when a kid grabbed another one by the shirt and threw him down. Overall, I think our boys are looking pretty good. They went 1 and 1 today, winning the first one and losing the second one. I don't know what happened, but they looked like different teams.
All in all, Tuesdays seem much better, it is two games, start at 4:30pm and done before 6:30pm. We made it home before 7:00pm, thanks to the toll roads, which I am sure I'll be pissed about having to pay for in a couple of weeks when the bill comes.
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