Two things telling me I played 2 games Week 7. The lower back pain and the need to write two recaps. First off, credit to @⁨Maurice Moore⁩ for stepping in at 7:50am with ten minutes notice to play in the 8am game. Huge move. Changes everything. Game 1 would have been toast without you and it wound up being an excellent one and a much needed comeback for Yaron. Sholom was proven beatable and the 8am rivalry between Prager and Yaron is officially the premiere matchup of this season. Our hope is that

becomes a lock at 945 and that game can get some heat too. But, for now….the 8am is a brawl week in and out. Week 7 was no exception. On cold-ish but manageable day Yaron and Dark took ball first going with the wind. In what would turn out to be a banner day for the Commish, Yaron drops a dime down the sideline for 50 yards to get the ball to the 15 on the 3rd play of the game. A play later its Yaron to Zada – one of 3 scoring hookups between that classic duo – to give Dark a 1-0 lead. Now, did Yaron play very well? Yes. The win was well earned. Dark made stops. Mo had a monster day as always. Making picks and using his speed and hands and making plays. That said, Prager was missing guys. Prime was open twice behind the defense and was underthrown. Goldberg was open twice behind the defense and he was overthrown. So….the chances were there. Prager’s running game – cuz he is fast – was not there for him like it normally is. And Yaron just kept plugging away. So after another 50 yard catch by Jordan, leaping with Tabak and Prime to come down with the ball – followed by a Zada score, the 2-0 Dark lead felt sort of comfortable. Prime made sure to make a game of it. Dude has no quit and is all about the stats.

. He makes a catch at about the 20 and stiff arms his way down the sideline to make it a one point game. After Yaron stalled, Prager had a chance to really get back in it, but Yaron picks it and scores again – believe this time to Mo. The lead is 2 once again. Prager scored one more over the last half hour of the game – just not as sharp as he had been. And the Yaron to Jordan magic continued with a wicked sliding catch capped off by – what else – a sweet Zada sliding catch TD….and 4-2 was enough on this day. Yaron gets win. Jordan gets a Jewball for turning back and the clock and we cant wait for Week 8 and this rivalry to continue.
Game 2 was a game, but as described in the post game notes – was mostly about some genius riffs on privilege and lox. Great jokes, not such great football. The wind picked up and Malik needed some time to warm up and the clock was ticking. Meanwhile, Mo proved to be highly effective as a QB. Before Colors knew it, Dark was up 2-0 courtesy of Mighty  doing his thing. Before things got out of hand Tom picked Prager by stepping in front of Goldberg on the 1 yard line and a play later Flash bombed one to Jordan and the catch and run resulted in a score. But Mo P6ed soon after and then Salem punched one in. The lead was insurmountable it seemed. Salem and Dobs were rushing Malik and smothering the run. Even with his ungodly skills evading defenders, Malik was under tremendous pressure almost every play. With the wind and rust, the ball just wasnt moving. Tom came in and has some success moving the ball but everything stalled in the redzone. At 11:05 Dark scored again and with a 5-1 lead and cones blowing all over the place, we attempted to call the game. However, the Jewballers demanded we play on! And it was kind of good we did. At least for Vegh and Zada….because with 15 minutes left in regulation – Colors put up 2 scores. Making the final a respectable 5-3. Who wants Week 8? Nice that Week 8 is on a Chanukah Eve! (Chanukah is an 8 day festival). As usual….let me know 8, 945 or both.