Welcome to a rare, post cross-town move edition of the Section O blog. I apologize to any avid readers, both of you, for not being more consistent this year, but frankly I’ve been busy getting my health in order, and also preparing for the aforementioned move. A great big huge thanks to two fellow Section O’ers for helping us move in on Friday evening so we could make the tailgate and the game on Saturday, you guys totally rock.
The Sioux Falls Storm defeated the Colorado Ice last Saturday 41-28 in a lackluster affair. Two quick things of note from the game
1. Defensive Coordinator Andre Fields was MIA, not sure what the deal was but Donny Hilsenroth was calling the defense. It may help explain some of the apparent confusion in the first half.
2. Normal long snapper Brian McIntire wasn't in uniform. I wasn't aware of any injuries, but that most definitely explains the long snapping issues all night.
The optimist in me wants to say the Colorado's defensive scheme prohibited the deep ball, and the 10 yard post patterns that we've become accustomed to seeing and that there's not something more serious wrong with the sputtering Storm offense. Having JJ, Sean, and JT running the ball effectively against Colorado sure helped. It's boring like watching a West Central high school game, but it gets the job done.
Colorado's offensive line was extremely effective with the cut blocks early in the evening giving a shorter QB time, and sight-lines to throw. How many completions did he have while being completely engulfed by a defender as well?
Never look a gift win in the mouth, Sioux City topped Wichita 48-47 with backup QB Scott Jensen at the helm of the Bandit ship. The Wild had it tied at 7 early in the first, but trailed the rest of the way. The Storm offense will need to be able to keep up with the Bandits, just like the first game or this could turn ugly fast.
I want to take some time in this blog and touch on some fan behavior issues I’ve heard about and been a part of over the last few weeks. I’d like to remind all Storm fans to conduct ourselves with some semblance of self control when attending Storm games both home and away. I had the misfortune of running into some less than friendly Wild fans in Wichita several weeks ago, and then was horrified to hear that some idiot Storm fan had thrown beer at a Wild staff member, his family, and a player when they visited us a few weeks before. This type of behavior shines a most negative light on all of us, and the team. I’m not suggesting that we yell any less loudly, or have Section O sit or anything crazy. Simply take a personal inventory of how your actions reflect the fan base as a whole as well as the players and coaches whom we are lucky enough to get to cheer for.
It’s the last official Storm Chaser trip of the season. Hopefully we can fill more than a single bus of loud, proud, respectful fans and rock the house in Sioux City.
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