Etown vs Muhlenberg: The Game That Wasn't

Wednesday October 4th
Elizabethtown College vs Muhlenberg College Mules
7:00 pm Muhlenberg Field
Conditions: Dark and Stormy night in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Pre-game Notes: When we travel on the road to away matches, I try to email the home teams Athletic Director at least 3 days in advance to see whether there’s a press box, and if I’ll have a spot to plug in my computer...Well for this match, Muhlenberg’s AD assured me, "I could go ‘up top’ where there would a power strip."...We got here and there was no power strip and ‘up top’ was a shaky, shanty/booth, that definitely rivals the quality of Etown’s press box...There was just a flash of lighting and the teams are being sent into the locker rooms...So in lieu of blogging the game, I’m going to keep you up-to-date on the happenings throughout the rain delay.

1st: As soon as we walked into the building we found a lounge with a cafe....Randy immediately looked for a hot dog.

2nd: Helsel, Raveling, Galbraith, and Hoffman debate whether the "Powerhouse Café" is better than our beloved Jays Nest....I love the Powerhouse’s decor, but nothing beats the ability to stealthily stalk people through those tinted Jays Nest windows.

3rd: Skip approaches Randy while he’s at the check-out line....Randy scratches the Hot Dog and checks to Salad.

4th: Runyon orders a Starbucks Double Shot...Initially I’d never heard of it before, but after further inspection, I’ve concluded it’s a combination of sugar and cocaine in a liquid brown substance.

5th: Skip sits down at a table with all three Officials, and proceeds to tell them the entire history of Elizabethtown College Mens Soccer, beginning with the Book of Roderick Chapter 1, Verse 1.

8th: The official rule for delays is to wait 30 minutes from the last lightning strike...Randy and Owen pass time by watching the bolts and declaring, "There’s half-an hour....There’s another half-an hour.

10th: Skip continues to shmooze the officials, personally introducing them to every member of our team.

11th: Pete Moore’s mom came over and commented on my blog, admitted to be the anonymous "Duck Call on the Road," and then asked Tommy why they call him "Woo"...He excitedly responded, "Because I’m Asian."

13th: Randy and Woo engage in a high stakes game of Paper, Rock, Sisscors.

15th: Unbeknownst to everyone...Mullen just ran 2 miles at the indoor track....I think he juices....unless he’s reading this...then I think he’s The Man.

18th: Helsel, Raveling and Zach are partake in a nasty game of table ball....innocent people may be injured.

19th: Skip is beginning to show the refs pictures from his wallet.

20th: Geno has his hat flipped around backwards...I had to do a double-take, but I’m near positive he may have been one of the founders of Hell’s Angels.

23rd: The lights on the field have to be turned off at 10, and it’s already 7:30....30 more minutes, and we gettin food baby.

25th: Exactly 25 minutes ago, Brennan asked me for a piece of paper and a pen to start working on some homework...he then sat down to talk to Graham and hasn’t moved, or started any work since.

26th: Brennan sees me looking at him...his body language admits "academic defeat," and he tosses me my pen back.

28th: Muhlenberg players are starting to creep into "our lounge"....there could be a rumble.

31st: Skip continues to sweet talk high ranking officials...I’ve concluded he’s simply a social butterfly.

35th: Game officially called because there’s a town ordinance that call for all light to be off after 10 pm....A flash of lighting was just seen at 7:45, which means we wouldn’t be able to start until 8:15, which in turn means we wouldn’t be finished til around 10:15...ballocks.

35th: Despite the depression over the cancellation, I just got word we’re going to Friday’s for dinner...so once again I’m pretty giddy.

Final Stats
Wings - 144
Mozzarella Sticks - 96
Potato Skins - 96
Platters of Fried Macaroni - 10

Recap: I think I really showed Skipper something at the dinner table...if we ever challenge Messiah to an eating contest, I’m pretty confident I’d be in the starting 11...Skip and Graham were pretty busy however, they were already thinking about the Moravian game by drawing up plays with the sugar packets....But seriously, today was a tough cancellation, Muhlenberg is a quality regional opponent, and it could have been a HUGE win for the boys...No worries though, there will be other chances with Gettysburg, Wilkes and Alvernia....We just have to come up strong against Moravian this Saturday, and turn out another strong performance similar to the LVC game.

Next Up:
Etown vs Moravian
Saturday October 7th
7:00 pm
Ira R. Herr Field