Sunday I woke up at 6:30 am to get ready to head to the locker room to meet the football team. We were headed out to play a very important game. This game would be the first of the tournament and our first opponent would be our toughest. They won the tournament last year, and both years before that. Yonsei hasn’t won this tournament in 10 years. We had been practicing a lot, and training hard. Many of us had gave up drinking for a while just to have that extra edge of health.
It had been raining for two days up till Sunday. The dirt field had become a few inches deep of mud. After the first quarter of the game you couldn’t make out the numbers on the players uniforms. The game was hard fought. It was the fourth quarter and neither team had scored yet. The other team seemed to be tired. We powered a drive down the field and were able to run in a touchdown. There wasn’t a whole lot of time left on the clock when we kicked off. When we got possession of the ball back there was just over a minute left on the clock, we took our knees and ran the clock out and won the game.
We had a big celebration after the game. We ate dinner, drank a lot, went to a bar, drank some more, then went to another bar and drank some more. It was a very important victory for the team.
Our next game will be this coming Sunday, with a final game the Sunday following granted we win this one. Pictures were taken at the game, when I get them I will be sure to post.
