Before we get into the nitty gritty of Dirty Dan Drehmel's saturday performance let me say a few things about Portland.
1. Portland has the single nicest airport in America. I've been to at least 7 other airports so I know this. Trees, greenhouse style windows, Starbucks, futuristic architecture... can't prove it, but Dante's "Paradiso" may be loosely based on a lay-over at Portland International Airport.
2. All Portland teens/tweens dress like emo kids or goths. Not sure why.
3. All middle-aged men in Portland dress like they are about to go on a hike. Maybe they all are?
4. Unlike in SoCal the air doesn't hurt your lungs. In sum Portland has it's ups (airport, air-quality) and it's downs (the way almost everyone dresses). Good trip overall.
Now back to our golden-locked hero. After a subpar Friday practice at the Lewis & Clark Field and a noisy bout with seasonal allergies on sunday night Dan was all ready for his first away game. This time Dan was expected not only to sacrifice distance and kick the ball high, he was also expected to kick away from number 29, starting RB Joevonte Mayes. Apparently kicking off to one side of the field is harder than it looks because Dan's opening kickoff was a 40 yard shank job. Not pretty. Four touchdowns later Dan had turned in four flawless extra points and 4 decent kickoffs (46, 50, 54 and 51 yards respectively). 28-21 Sagehens lead at the half.
Second half was a slaughter. 4 more touchdowns, 4 more Dan Drehmel extra points. Not only had Dan made all 8 extra points in a game, he also didn't leave the kicking net in the airport. The ghost of Matt Paisner had officially been excorcised. Or had it? On his 9th and final extra point attempt Dan took a shaky run at the ball and pulled it badly, glancing it off the outside of the left post. A career 100% PAT man was suddenly looking at a much less invincible 90%. On the plus side, Dan followed this disaster with an angry 58-yard kickoff, his only kick of the day inside the 15.
Having yet to kick a field goal Dan's record is mixed, but promising. 51 yard kickoff average, 9/10 PAT's. Couldn't expect much better for his first 2 games, then again he still hasn't faced that big pressure kick that is likely to define his whole season.
Fantasy Update: Owners of Pomona-Pitzer QB Jake Caron will be pleased to know that he rushed for 145 yards and 5 touchdowns and passed for 315 yards and 2 touchdowns. Not too shabby.
Bye Week Blog Status: This week the Sagehens have a bye, so anything could happen on this blog. That's right anything. You don't want to miss that do you?
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it's weird because kadish skipped the tweener goth phase and went straight to the middle aged man, hike-ready dress phase. what do old people in portland dress like? jon will probably hit that phase at 35...
disclaimer: i don't know if the hold was bad or not for sure, but i shanked it anyway. only slightly though, it skimmed the post.
while the tween/teen and middle aged man styles are odd, nothing is more confounding than the 50s greaser style that the young adult population of oregon has adopted. easily missed as they are highly reclusive and easily frightened... it's true, i've seen them hiding out in pool halls and bowling alleys as cliche as that is.
when are your home games dan? my friend lives down around there so i'm thinking of taking a visit with him sometime
Sometimes you just need to go for a hike. Always be prepared.
Glad you liked our airport.
you guys were in portland? um, not only was i there and you could have said hi, it was my BIRTHDAY weekend and you could have showered me with birthday attention! i'm sad i didn't know this trip to lewis & clark was happening. i live like five minutes away!
lexsea
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