Calling an audible

Red 98! Red 98! Set, hut!

Welcome back to Beaver Tales folks. We've decided to call an audible on the format of this blog in hopes of making it easier and more fan friendly. So, going forward we will not be handicapping every game of the season for you. Fret not, as we will still preview some key games and do our best to provide coverage on all of those off-the-radar games that we know you love. But for the most part we're going to try to focus on giving you takes from our live games we see and anything else we feel the need to print. As always, we'll be here for you if you need help in a pinch and you have questions about lines on upcoming games.

That said, let me take a minute to catch up on the last few weeks, which have been pretty hectic around here due to a lot of non-football related issues, and being away from the Beaver Dam in general. Our recent lack of spare blogging time has helped us realize that in the past the hardest part about blogging was the weekly picks because of the sheer amount of time they consume. So like I said, we've decided to scratch that part of the blog.

Live Action Recap- Brown @ Harvard

Let's see. The last time I checked in with you was over a month ago and we were headed to Harvard Stadium for the Crimson's home opener vs Brown. With a Friday night kickoff on tap, the Harvard tailgate scene kicked it up a notch to open the season. The crowd on hand bordered on the stuffy side, as one might expect at an Ivy League match up. Still, there were plenty of young coeds slugging cheap beer, playing drinking games, and passing out before kickoff, which was nice to see.

As for the game, both teams struggled with consistency on offense, and in the end it took a scoring drive followed by an onside recovery followed by an incomplete Hail Mary pass as time expired before the Crimson could call themselves winners. Interestingly enough, the Brown Bears had an opportunity to tie the game with a 47 yard field goal but opted instead for the long pass and attempted victory. One can only speculate as to the reliability of the Brown kicker's leg when a decision like that is made. More on that when we cover another Brown game a little further down the line...

In order to make these posts a little more reader friendly, I am going to break up the live action recap posts until we are caught up to speed through this week. Hopefully this will make them more manageable for you as a reader.

Beav