Its the first day of summer and we've reached the halfway mark of the regular season for the German Football League. The Scorpions are currently standing in second place in the GFL South at 7-1 in league play. After hitting a speed bump in the season opener its been nothing but smothering defense and efficient offense leading the way to seven straight victories. One more week of GFL play before an extended pause for the
World Football Championship tournament. This year eight countries are participating in the Championship event held in Canton, Ohio. This break gives the Scorpions, as well as the rest of the GFL the chance to regroup, get healthy, and make a push for a German Bowl title. The saying "offense sells tickets, defense wins championships" would appear to be fitting for the current Scorpion team. With keeping points at a premium defensively and supporting a
Fran Tarkenton-esque QB in Dylan Potts, aka "
Potz Blitz", there is no shortage of excitement for the Stuttgart faithful. The mid season break will allow for some travelling time for the Americans as we plan to take our talents to Croatia for a week to catch some sun and build sand castles on the beach...
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| Dankeschon |
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| Like a greased pig... Big turnover in the 4th quarter with the game tied 14-14. Scorpion O proceeded to march 90 yards and kick the go ahead field goal to beat the Comets 17-14.
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| We call this getting "Vince Lombardi'd" |
Fun and games haven't been limited to the gridiron thus far. With so much city to explore, my Huffy bike and I cruise the town as well as the outskirts in search of beer gardens, city pools, historical buildings, and views of the city. An observation tower in Burgholzhof was a great place to pack a lunch and soak in view of the city atop of what is now vineyard territory. In addition to using my own wheels, our other
American Tom and I took the opportunity to visit the world's biggest Mercedes production plant here in Stuttgart. This place is incredible. The precision and efficiency of the assembly line and robotics is difficult to wrap my mind around. At times it felt as if we were Charlie inside of
Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Our tour guide was pretty comical and persisted that no pictures were taken due to the heavily kept "secrets" that Mercedes can't afford to release.
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| Built in 1891, Observation Tower Burgholzhof was used primarily during WWII by anti-aircraft spotter personnel keeping a lookout for Allied bomber attacks |
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| I guess I couldn't follow Willy Wonka's golden rule about no pictures.... |
All of my life I have been thoroughly entertained by football analyst and commentator, Chris Berman. His ability to call a home run, read a football highlight, and make unusual sound effects are second to none. But what "Boomer" is arguably most known for are all of the
nicknames and comparison he gives players. Over here its been a combination of GFL TV coming up with names ("Potz Blitz" for example) and Scorpion players having a look alike which is too good not to share. Without further ado here are a handful of your Scorpion players:
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Kevin "Drago" Kistermann - A spitting image of the classic Rocky opponent, Ivan Drago.
"If he dies, he dies" |
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| Jermaine Guynn aka "Der Kühlschrank auf Rädern" - Naturally this literally translates to "The refrigerator with wheels". Any time your DT/DE/MLB is lined up in the backfield it makes defenders tighten up there chinstrap a little extra. The scary part is that he outruns nearly everyone.. |
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| Gabby aka "The wet bandit" - As long as he's stealing the football from the other team then I'm cool lining up in the secondary with him. |
Go Scorpions,
Drew
Its the first day of summer and we've reached the halfway mark of the regular season for the German Football League. The Scorpions are currently standing in second place in the GFL South at 7-1 in league play. After hitting a speed bump in the season opener its been nothing but smothering defense and efficient offense leading the way to seven straight victories. One more week of GFL play before an extended pause for the World Football Championship tournament. This year eight countries are participating in the Championship event held in Canton, Ohio. This break gives the Scorpions, as well as the rest of the GFL the chance to regroup, get healthy, and make a push for a German Bowl title. The saying "offense sells tickets, defense wins championships" would appear to be fitting for the current Scorpion team. With keeping points at a premium defensively and supporting a Fran Tarkenton-esque QB in Dylan Potts, aka "Potz Blitz", there is no shortage of excitement for the Stuttgart faithful. The mid season break will allow for some travelling time for the Americans as we plan to take our talents to Croatia for a week to catch some sun and build sand castles on the beach...
