And...we're back

It seems sad that we've taken such an extended sabbatical, but with last year being such a draining election year the extended campaign just seemed a little petty...not to mention that neither of us really had the energy to push forward. So I most sincerely apologise to the fans and readers.

Indeed, neither of us really have had the energy or time to press forward, but in two games this season, it is our solemn duty to push forward. So, thus far in 2009, I'll start thisaway:

Although the CSU game is now officially dispatched into the ether, thanks to the marketing genius of the MWC it won't be too fresh in too many minds hereabouts; being unable to actually watch the game is a definite handicap when it comes to these sorts of campaigns. However, being forced to watch the entire game via Gametracker(tm) one gets to watch the stat sheet for 'round about three hours. Stats like:

First Downs- Nev: 23 CSU: 21
Rushing Yards- Nev: 169 CSU: 179
Passing Yards- Nev: 251 CSU: 190
Total Offense- Nev: 420 CSU: 369
Time of Possession- Nev: 30:59 CSU: 29:01
Punts- Nev: 3 CSU: 6 (of course there's a pretty good reason for this)

And stats like:
Interceptions- Nev: 2 CSU 0 (and there it is)
And the ones everyone in Nevadadom will be talking about:
Fumbles/Lost- Nev: 3-3 CSU: 0-0 (and there, too)
Penalties- Nev: 11/64 CSU: 4/36

See:
Nevada-Colorado State Stats
for further details.

Sorry to have to use the red there, but...

Now I am used to watching my beloved team come out of the gate completely unprepared for game one and getting throttled by any opponent outside of the division formerly known as D 1-AA, but watching them commit 11 penalties (most of which were procedural...false starts, &c, including two consecutive) in game two after a bye week leaves me asking: "What the @#%$?"

Ahem, sorry it came to that, too.

Although for me, the "Trojan ENZ Boner of the Week award" goes to:

Play clock at 00:13 in the 2nd. CSU is forced to punt,

giving the Wolf Pack the ball

at their own 26 with five seconds left and...

...run it up the middle...

...for a two-yard loss...

...end of half.

This is a tough schedule, no doubt. And from the completely objective viewpoint that only the computer can give me (hats off to the BCS) we have a pretty good Wolf Pack team this year. But something is holding them back...hmm.

We're home next week, and I can't wait to get out there and be the best damn Pack backer I can be. Graças a Deus! And, of course, the following week we have the big one, the king father of dirty games...the U dash dash DASH game. I wish every Pack fan would take one, just one Wolf Pack sign, like the "Stay True" signs they had a couple of years ago, and put them out along Highway 95 the week prior; mark our territory, if you will.

In the mean time, I'm going to settle for putting down the better part of a bottle of Laphroaig and convincing myself that I'm at Disneyland.

Special thanks to David S. Ward, et al for that 'Trojan ENZ' gag from Major League 2.