Kickoff 2015

The "Black Hole".  I hate to say it but they
 may have been the deciding factor in this one.

The 2015 GFL season is officially underway!  As previously mentioned the Scorpions kicked off their season down in Innsbruck, Austria for a showdown with the Raiders.  Aside from it being our season opener and my first game back in over a year, this one will be one for the memory bank.  It started with the drive in.  A four hour tour winding through the snowy Swiss Alps was spectacular.  It was a scene straight out of the new James Bond movie, Spectra.  The stadium the Swarco Raiders have down there is also first class.  It was a lot of fun playing in front of a big crowd and with snow coming down nearly the entire game.  As for the game itself, we ended up losing 34-9.  The score got out of hand in the 4th quarter but heading into the final period we had only given up one defensive touchdown and were knocking on the door to take the lead.  Ask me after the game and I would have told you, "We're on to Kirchdorf.".  

Game day tradition that our offensive linemen wear kilts.  Don't ask if they have underwear on underneath... 

One week later the Scorpions had their home opener against GFL 2 team, Kirchdorf.  Not much to say about this one.  We smacked them pretty good from the get go and had our way with every phase of the game.  Offense, defense, and special teams all had scores leading to a 43-13 victory.  Its been nearly ten years, but I can finally once again say that defensive touchdown was due to a pick six.  Ten years contemplating going with Deion Sanders, Mertan Hanks, or Hingle McCringleberry.  The result... D.) None of the above.  THE WORM!!!

Word on the street is that the celebration is more like a fish flopping around than a worm... But then again I guess its pretty fitting.

The two weeks of preseason action flew by and now we are onto the all important league play.  A season opener down in Munich was a tale of not knowing what to expect from our opponent.  Munich had been decimated by many of their players leaving to play for other German teams along with an entire new coaching staff.  Given that we were their first game of the season and their American import quarterback had not yet arived to Germany yet, it was a long day for the Cowboys.  Scorpion defense only allowing 40 yards rushing and 148 yards through the air forced points to come at no easy cost.  If we finish this game the way we are suppose to it ends up as a 26-0 shut out, but as it is the final score showed 26-14.  Next stop... A league home opener against the reigning GFL South champion Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns.  Get your popcorn ready.

The beauty about this whole playing football in Germany thing is that there is never any shortage of fun or beer.  Fortunately for me Stuttgart is home to one of the biggest beer festivals in the world.  Fruhlingsfest is a spring beer festival here that runs for a couple weeks which kicked off this past weekend.  The Scorpions were introduced as a team in front of all of the crazies dancing around on table tops with large glasses of beer...

Die hard Scorpion fans.

Go Scorpions,
Drew