HOW BAKERS WILL STILL LOSE
Losing season still on track
By Larry Woody, Tennesseeya News Services
If you think the Bakers’ lead is safe this week, that just tells you one thing: You haven’t been covering the Bakers for very long.
Back when I was humping it with my rifle platoon in Vietnam, and also when I was covering NASCAR, we had a saying: “It ain’t over till it’s over — especially if it’s not over yet.”
Old habits die hard. With the Bakers, that habit is losing. That’s why, in spite of their 172-107 lead after Sunday, it’s way too early to count the Bakers out of the L column for this week.
It could happen all too easily.
How? Like I said, easily.
Let’s say the Bakers’ remaining linebacker Nate Webster gets 10 points — a reasonable prediction. Against the tough New England defense, Michael Pittman could easily lose a couple of fumbles before being pulled from the game. That’s a minus six points right there, giving the Bakers a net gain of four points for the evening.
Now, let’s say Jay Cutler gets 45 for the Cambridge Animals tonight. That’s not even his season high. Randy Moss has receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown and gets 15 points. A walk in the park for Moss. Then you’ve got linebacker Mike Vrabel. Even if he has zero tackles and if the Patriots don’t throw him a TD pass in a goal-line situation, as they often do, all Vrabel has to do is intercept a pass and return it 50 yards to rack up 16 points. Remember, the Bakers’ defensive lineman Terrell Suggs scored 15 points all by himself on a similar play yesterday. And Terrell is fat.
So, without even an extraordinary effort, the Animals gain 76 points and beat the Bakers by 183-176.
Improbable, you say? It was also “improbable” that any NFFA team could start the past three seasons with a combined record of 0-19. You can see it coming. History does not lie. Like Coo Coo Marlin used to say, “Mark it down.”
Back when I was humping it with my rifle platoon in Vietnam, and also when I was covering NASCAR, we had a saying: “It ain’t over till it’s over — especially if it’s not over yet.”
Old habits die hard. With the Bakers, that habit is losing. That’s why, in spite of their 172-107 lead after Sunday, it’s way too early to count the Bakers out of the L column for this week.
It could happen all too easily.
How? Like I said, easily.
Let’s say the Bakers’ remaining linebacker Nate Webster gets 10 points — a reasonable prediction. Against the tough New England defense, Michael Pittman could easily lose a couple of fumbles before being pulled from the game. That’s a minus six points right there, giving the Bakers a net gain of four points for the evening.
Now, let’s say Jay Cutler gets 45 for the Cambridge Animals tonight. That’s not even his season high. Randy Moss has receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown and gets 15 points. A walk in the park for Moss. Then you’ve got linebacker Mike Vrabel. Even if he has zero tackles and if the Patriots don’t throw him a TD pass in a goal-line situation, as they often do, all Vrabel has to do is intercept a pass and return it 50 yards to rack up 16 points. Remember, the Bakers’ defensive lineman Terrell Suggs scored 15 points all by himself on a similar play yesterday. And Terrell is fat.
So, without even an extraordinary effort, the Animals gain 76 points and beat the Bakers by 183-176.
Improbable, you say? It was also “improbable” that any NFFA team could start the past three seasons with a combined record of 0-19. You can see it coming. History does not lie. Like Coo Coo Marlin used to say, “Mark it down.”
