What Might Have Happened at Rotter Bowl I

Skillful play.  Stunning acts of athleticism.  Mind-boggling goals.  These things might have happened at the historic first Rotter Bowl, held February 17th, 2008 CE.

Several innovative Rotters met before the game at Rotter Aly and Rotter Enabler Beth's house, to test the theory that holding a victory celebration before the game would guarantee a victory for at least one side.  How can a victory not result, if it has already been celebrated?  This type of logic persisted for the entire day, and in fact the hallmark of the cunning Rotter Mind.

Rotter Bowl was unique among Rotter/Bloody Mary Sunday games, in that a "score" was kept and one team "won" by accumulating more points than the other team.  There was initially some debate whether the greater or lesser score should prevail, but it was decided that neither golf nor Uno were being played, and thus the higher total should carry the day.

There were other anomalies.  Each team almost wore the same color.  There were costumes-- pimp, redneck, semi-formal guy, wigged-Aly, strangely-dressed Ty.  The field was almost full size.  The goal was full size and rectangular, in contrast to the traditional rhombus-shaped undersized goals favored at Lions Park.  Lions Park was abandoned for the day, in favor of the Dix Landfill Mound.  And, there were numerous spectators.  (What were they thinking?)

Who in fact "won?"  Why, the Cynical Hobos, probably 7-4, over the Apathetic Mimes.  Charles, Chris and this reporter scored for the Horrible Hobos.  Other people score also, for both teams.  The ball was kicked into the woods several times.  People went and got it.  Jeff explored the bounds of goalkeeping using innovative "Soccer 2.0" methods, moving up to, and in fact past, midfield on occasion.  Was it even goalkeeping?  It's so paradigm-shifting we don't even have a word for it.  And, there were awards and a continued victory celebration after the game.  

Other stuff probably happened as well, and it was momentous stuff, but I don't remember it.  But we will always remember at least part of Rotter Bowl I as a memorable day in the foggy annals of Rotter history.

Pictures are below.  I appear in several of them and I look happy.  Others can be found elsewhere on the "internet" in various Buckets of Photos.  Thank you once again for your readership.