Thursday, January 10, 2008
2007 Our Sick Game Year in Review, Part 2
Trailing 164-0 on July 4, Ewing Oil approached the Supplemental Draft with an eye to the future. Fortunately for Ewing Oil, Elizabeth Edwards, 58, represented a can't miss prospect. Her selection assured her in a spot in the game for years -- or months -- to come. With their selection, Sweet Valley Death chose another great long-term player in Tony Snow, 52. On this 4th of July draft, cancer certainly proved to be the name of the game.
A week after the draft, Ewing Oil picked up their first points of the game following the death of Lady Bird Johnson, 94. Her six points provided a spark that would see Ewing Oil go on the longest run of success in franchise history. Tammy Faye Baker Messner soon followed with 35 points to make the score 164-41. Then, in a first for Our Sick Game, Ewing Oil recorded two deaths in a 24-hour span. Ingmar Bergman kicked things off with 11 points, followed by the stunning death of Bill Walsh, who added 25 more to Ewing Oil's total. In less than a month, Ewing Oil had narrowed the gap to the score of 164-77.
The momentum just kept on building for a newly energized Ewing Oil franchise. Merv Griffin added 18 points in August, and September saw the deaths of Luciano Pavarotti,71, and Jane Wyman,90. Remarkably, in less than three months Ewing Oil had made up 134 points on Sweet Valley Death. After trailing by 164 points in early July, Ewing Oil found itself only 30 points behind after scoring seven consecutive deaths, a franchise record.
Ewing Oil had its streak snapped in mid-October by Sweet Valley Death's Joey Bishop, 89. His death would get S.V.D. back on track after not having a single death since June. Evel Knievel added another 31 points to basically put the game out of reach in late November. In a move that some have interpreted as running up the score, S.V.D. got one final big score in December from an unanticipated source, singer Dan Fogelberg, 56. His 44 points provided the game's final death, and left the score at 250-134.
Each team earned 10 bonus points for having successful Survivor Series picks, so the final score of Our Sick Game in 2007 ended up being 260-144. The 260 points represents an all-time high score, as does the 11 deaths recorded by S.V.D. The 2007 season will always be remembered for the way S.V.D. ran out to a 164 point lead, and how Ewing Oil clawed their way back to within 30 points. In the end, Ewing Oil just ran out of gas in making the comeback attempt and a deeper S.V.D. team pulled away in the final months to close out the season.
A week after the draft, Ewing Oil picked up their first points of the game following the death of Lady Bird Johnson, 94. Her six points provided a spark that would see Ewing Oil go on the longest run of success in franchise history. Tammy Faye Baker Messner soon followed with 35 points to make the score 164-41. Then, in a first for Our Sick Game, Ewing Oil recorded two deaths in a 24-hour span. Ingmar Bergman kicked things off with 11 points, followed by the stunning death of Bill Walsh, who added 25 more to Ewing Oil's total. In less than a month, Ewing Oil had narrowed the gap to the score of 164-77.
The momentum just kept on building for a newly energized Ewing Oil franchise. Merv Griffin added 18 points in August, and September saw the deaths of Luciano Pavarotti,71, and Jane Wyman,90. Remarkably, in less than three months Ewing Oil had made up 134 points on Sweet Valley Death. After trailing by 164 points in early July, Ewing Oil found itself only 30 points behind after scoring seven consecutive deaths, a franchise record.
Ewing Oil had its streak snapped in mid-October by Sweet Valley Death's Joey Bishop, 89. His death would get S.V.D. back on track after not having a single death since June. Evel Knievel added another 31 points to basically put the game out of reach in late November. In a move that some have interpreted as running up the score, S.V.D. got one final big score in December from an unanticipated source, singer Dan Fogelberg, 56. His 44 points provided the game's final death, and left the score at 250-134.
Each team earned 10 bonus points for having successful Survivor Series picks, so the final score of Our Sick Game in 2007 ended up being 260-144. The 260 points represents an all-time high score, as does the 11 deaths recorded by S.V.D. The 2007 season will always be remembered for the way S.V.D. ran out to a 164 point lead, and how Ewing Oil clawed their way back to within 30 points. In the end, Ewing Oil just ran out of gas in making the comeback attempt and a deeper S.V.D. team pulled away in the final months to close out the season.
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With a score like that, I would call for a review of the tapes to see if S.V.D had cameras in the stands videotaping the Ewing Oil sidelines.
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