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The game was tied at 0. With nothing to lose, we moved down inside the 5. Playing in a wishbone, it was probably obvious we would be running on every down. On 1st down, we plow forward for two yards. Same on 2nd. Unfortunately, on 2nd, one of our starting tailbacks was injured. Fortunately, however, we still had another, who plowed forward for no gain on 3rd, when he was injured. That left us with 4th and goal from the 1. As the backup fullback (on a bad, bad football team, mind you) we were nearly out of ideas, when the coach calls my name. Excited, I enter the game. The coach draws up a play not in our playbook in which the starting fullback runs inside as a lead blocker, I follow him second, and we hand to the backup tailback who follows us in for an easy score. Then, at the last moment, the coach changes his mind. He calls timeout. He calls for a fullback dive (for the starter, not for me). The backup tailback and I did nothing. Needless to say, it was exactly what the defense was expecting, and we were stuffed. The game ended 0-0. It was about as good as it ever got for us. After the game, one of our players asked the coach if he was mad. Memorably, he told us, "Fellas, I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed." We (the whole team, I mean) had trouble stifling our laughter. It became a favorite quote for all of us since that game, and also became the inspiration for the title of this blog. Is it going to be all high school football stories? Absolutely not. It will mostly be musings on pro and college sports, arguments about who the best team/player/franchise is, and probably occasionally high school sports stories. We hope you enjoy.