The Lost Weekend

[Daryl Collins]

So. What do you do when you can’t make the Con? You put together home and away Cincinnati Bengals Uni-Forms teams and start the Monday Night Football Tournament III, that’s what. First up are the Green Bay Packers in their away Uni-Forms and the Detroit Lions in the all gray Color Rush. Late in the first half it’s Packers 21 Lions 20. Big plays all around, as the Packers are riding a stellar Farvre passing performance and the Lions are exhibiting a devastating run attack. Should be a real barn burner down the stretch!

Journey On!

[Terry43]

21 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

Should be a real barn burner down the stretch!

Coach Daryl, how did the game turn out? 😵‍💫

I'm pulling for those devastating Color-Rushing Lions! 😃👍

21 hours ago, Daryl Collins said:

Lions are exhibiting a devastating run attack.

My experience is that a big-play passing offense can beat a ground-pounding offense most of the time, but I have my fingers crossed for Detroit. 🤞

Enjoy the Journey.  T43.   ⚡🏈♾️

[Coach Shawn]

Nice work.  They look great

[Long island EFL]

On 4/21/2024 at 10:14 PM, Daryl Collins said:

So. What do you do when you can’t make the Con? You put together home and away Cincinnati Bengals Uni-Forms teams and start the Monday Night Football Tournament III, that’s what. First up are the Green Bay Packers in their away Uni-Forms and the Detroit Lions in the all gray Color Rush. Late in the first half it’s Packers 21 Lions 20. Big plays all around, as the Packers are riding a stellar Farvre passing performance and the Lions are exhibiting a devastating run attack. Should be a real barn burner down the stretch!

Journey On!

Looks really nice on the field

[Daryl Collins]

The Packers kept up with the Lions but they could not overcome the 17 point second quarter. The Packers Favre had a career type passing performance and the Lions ground game could not be stopped. In the end, the Packers scored late on a 49 yard Favre to Freeman touchdown pass but could not recover the onside kick allowing the Lions to easily run out the clock. Final score, Lions 43-Packers 41. The MVP of the game was the Lions #14 StBrown with two kickoff returns for touchdowns and 365 all purpose yards. Whatever team faces the Lions in the future will have a Herculean task, as he is not the only dangerous weapon in the Lions arsenal!

Next up: Giants v Saints. The Giants will be the first Beenutt team to take the field at MRC Memorial Stadium! The Saints will be the first true home team to take the field! All this, LIVE on MNF Tournament III! (Gifford’s voice…naturally!)
 

Journey On!

[Terry43]

How does the MNF Tournament One 49er running game compare to this Tournament Three Lion's running game?

Enjoy the Journey.    T43.     ⚡🏈♾️

 

[Daryl Collins]

Great question, Coach T.

The 49ers we’re not weighted at the time. I will go back and apply weight to them to level the competition. Since I am reading this away from the game room, (or the “Office” as my wife refuses to acknowledge “The Game Room”🤣) I would have to check the numbers. Still, with the absence of weight on the 49ers squad, I would still have to level up and add weight. I will tell you the Lions squad was kinda amazing! I mean, the Packers were not that bad and hung well with them, but just couldn’t break that 9 to 2 point barrier. It was a totally enjoyable matchup!

Journey On!

[Terry43]

1 hour ago, Daryl Collins said:

or the “Office” as my wife refuses to acknowledge “The Game Room”

I call my room a "Studio" because something is always in production. 

1 hour ago, Daryl Collins said:

I would still have to level up and add weight.

Agreed. I had to do the same for my Trans-Am Javelins and the Angels of Avalon. The little plastic peeps on both teams are original China and I had to add an extra washer to get the players up to 5 grams.

1 hour ago, Daryl Collins said:

It was a totally enjoyable matchup!

After all these years I find myself getting really excited every Tuesday. And I have zero problem getting up on Wednesday morning to finish the game. Sometimes I have to take a nap after the second half just to get my heart rate down.😃 👍  I just love playing the game. (But not against other people.)

Enjoy the Journey     T43.     ⚡🏈♾️

[Daryl Collins]

I am in agreement there. I’m not misanthropic. Much. But I do enjoy solitaire play. Only child til age 9. I can make ANY game solitaire. I have an old Vince Lombardi Football board game that I have played since age 12. It still has some of the scores from games way back when. I still enjoy it as much today 50 years later!

Journey on!

[Terry43]

1 hour ago, Daryl Collins said:

Vince Lombardi Football board game

Too awesome. 

I don't consider myself misanthropic any more than I consider Henry David Thoreau, or Jean Jacques Rousseau misanthropic. Working or playing alone isn't lonely for me. Never has been. Thoreau wrote in Walden, the chapter on Solitude, "I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers."

Retirement has given me the gift of solitude and I am grateful.

Enjoy the Journey.   T43.    ⚡🏈♾️

[Daryl Collins]

Agreed! I do enjoy my alone time as well. Also it appears I need to read more Thoreau! That was excellent! 
So, on multiple YouTube sites, the majority of the contributors appear to be solitaire Coaches. It also has not escaped me that not one of them have posted anything in a month or longer.

I'm certainly glad the coaches on the Forum share content and ideas because even though I love this solitaire journey, I really enjoy viewing content and participating in the transfer of ideas.  
It’s a great journey!

Journey On!