Blondes vs. Brunettes #6 - Powderpuff #2 Blondes 33, Brunettes 32

That Arrow pointing up?  It didn't mean straight ahead,
it actually meant straight up as in climbing a freakin' mountain!

Both quarterbacks were outstanding, but the blonde was better looking.  In terms of which team to root for, that pretty much sealed the deal for me.

But what actually jumped out at me upon my arrival was the sight of two dark haired girls playing for Team Blonde and my knee jerk, panic reaction, "Oh my gosh, are we running out of blondes?  Maybe all those internet rumors about blond extinction are true! Quick, somebody call Sweden while I call the immigration department!"

Then I noticed a blond wearing a blue shirt and playing for Team Brunette.OK, I know this is liberal-lefty Washington D.C. that prays at the altar of diversity, but come on girls let's get with the program which, by the way, is called Blondes vs. Brunettes.

As they say on TV, it was a tough, hard fought game. And it was.  The lead changed hands several times.  The quarterbacks were really good. They actually threw tight spirals 10-20 yards right to the hands of receivers who were  running perfectly timed patterns.  I was impressed.


Just a wild guess, but I think mother and son were
rooting for Team Blonde

No pass rush, though.  Is that a flag football rule?  Maybe, I can't remember.  The tempo was pretty much snap, everybody goes wide and the QB figures out who to gets the pitch. Occasional running play just to keep the defense honest.  The brunette had the better arm, geez she could really throw the ball, but the blonde could scramble better and rushed for a couple of goal line TDs the last of which
occurred with 20 seconds left on the clock. The crowd thought that the blondes had iced the game with that TD but then Team Blonde managed to boot the ball all of 10 yards on the ensuing kickoff, giving the brunettes perfect field position to win the game with seconds remaining on the clock. The first play placed Team Brunette at the goal line and they desperately tried to push the ball in, but time ran out on the third play from scrimmage and that was, as they say, the ball game.



Nice leg kick by the Blond QB

I thought it was a pretty darn good game but would never pass up a chance to complain, so here goes.

1. Bad location.  In a city that arguably has the best public transportation system in the country, the George Washington University athletic campus is nowhere near a metro station.  As a result, everybody has to drive.

2. There's no place to park.

3. The stadium is located on top of a hill. After walking twenty minutes just to get there, the last thing I needed to do was climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

4. There's no comfortable place to watch the game.  It's actually played on a soccer field which understandably has spectator seating for exactly 38 people. The remaining several hundred had to stand for two and half hours.

5. No beer, no food, no vendors.

So why this venue?  I suspect, and I don't mean this in a mean spirited or cynical way, that the organizers have an inside hook to the GWU administration and are allowed to use the facilities on favorable terms.  Since the post game reception includes copious amounts of booze, I also suspect that most of the local high schools are ruled out.  As well, it's a sweet area. Located just northwest of Georgetown near Foxhall Road, it's in one of the District's ritziest neighborhoods which I suspect is also one of the country's wealthiest.

 



Pretty good reasons to pick that venue.

I didn't get a chance to chat with the players after the game, much less hug the winning quarterback, because it was late and I had to get home.

Officially, I spent Saturday afternoon shopping for new brass knobs for kitchen cabinets. Good thing for me all the local Home Depots were sold out which explains why I came home empty handed three hours later.

 

 

Team Blonde (33) pulls ahead with 21 seconds left in the game