SMACKDOWN '09

The boys all looked adorable in their uniforms waiting to be weighed in. The parents no so much (we had to be there by 6:40 AM).

The pre-scrimmage warm up

The sweet block.

RUN...

and TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!

For those that don't speak FYFL the Smackdown is the official weigh-in and scrimmage (not to be confused with a game) of the season. We arrived at the Golden Eagle Sports Complex in Sparks at 6:40 AM to be weighed in. Apparently the weigh-in is a BIG deal (coaches try to cheat, who knew). Marcus weighed-in at a whopping 51.5 pounds fully padded. By this time there were hundreds of kids and thousands of people (again who knew that so many kids played in the Sierra League). We grabbed a quick breakfast burrito from a vendor (no way were we giving up our sweet parking spot) and waited until Marcus's fist scrimmage at 10:00 AM. I must say that I was a little confused about why the Fallon kids were instructed to change from their game jerseys to their practice jerseys for the scrimmage (ALL the other teams left on their game jerseys). Well come to find out there was a reason. Apparently everyone tapes the games so that coaches can review the film (yes I did say that the coaches review film) and by wearing the practice jerseys other teams don't know who is who on our team when they review film. Anyway Marcus's team, the Greenwave Bandits did great. Everyone was a little nervous because our team was much smaller then the other teams but they did AWESOME. They shutout the McQueen Bandits and outplayed the Dayton Bandits. I mean I know it was just a scrimmage and no one was keeping score (ya right) but everyone was shocked by how well they played. Lynlee's boyfriend Steve came to one of Marcus's practices and on the way to the Smackdown he did not display a lot of confidence in our little team. He told Lynlee that they were going to get killed. Boy was he surprised. I mean they actually knew what they were doing out there.

After Marcus's scrimmage we stayed and watched our nephew Conner. His team also did awesome. We were very surprised how well all of the Fallon teams did. I think it is going to be a fun season (even if we loose every game).

P.S. Expect a lot of football posts. The season is every Saturday until November.

He is not just a tough guy. He is also the worlds best big brother and Maleen is his biggest fan.