“FUMBBL SMACK Sched LEG LXXXIII round 1

So this is what it feels like to win a game in the Scheduled SMACK tournaments? It only took me 2 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and probably 5 SMACK entries to find out. It's a good feeling, even if it did come against flings.

But don't kid yourself, flings are evil, nasty beasties in CRP! The MTV gang has faced flings once before and it was ugly. These flings played tough and could have pulled off a win, no thanks in part to my Surehanded, AG4 ghoul, I Ran (So Far Away), muffing 2 pickups deep in his own backfield and watching flings go flying overhead and stealing the ball. The 2nd attempt was 1 pace shy of scoring and our Wrestling ghoul was able to get it back. Then began the slow grind towards the opposing endzone, eating up clock and munching on flings. Actually, we didn't have to stall too long considering the distance we had to cover. But I wanted to remove as many flings as possible to reduce the chances of a T16 TTM tie sending it into OT where I could have lost a coin toss. Nuffle showed his face at times for both sides, and at crucial moments, but in the end it was a good kick and a thrown rock that took away any chance for the master chefs to tie it up.

And as an added bonus, our foul master zombie, Don't Worry, Be Happy, took out Bertha Bigfist with a well-placed boot AND gave her a niggling injury before getting ejected. Well done, DWBH! I must say, on a halfling team Bertha was rather effective both with the Dodge/Break Tackle combo and being able to TTM (which she did twice, once leading to a score). The only downside is her Bone-head, which she also dead a few times. But that's probably what makes her affordable. Not sure I'd get her on an Amazon team, but definitely would do it with Flings now that I've seen her perform.

Thanks for another fun game, Cocinero. This is the game that we tried to play earlier in the week before the SMACK schedule had been drawn, and I'm glad we got a chance to play it after all. Good luck with the team and your quest to defeat every race in Blood Bowl.”