1994: The Birth of DoG
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Tournament |
Finish |
Notable Wins/Losses |
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April |
Discs in the Mist, Lehigh, PA |
6-1, 1st |
Lost to We Smoke Weed |
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Had to talk our way into the A pool in the
"largest tournament ever", then lost our first game ever to WSW.
Came back to beat them in a windy final, perhaps foreshadowing a later
reputation as "a good wind team." |
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Turkey Swamp, NJ |
5-1, 1st |
Lost to winless Amherst |
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Round robin tournament, lost on the
"Field of Death" first thing Sunday morning. |
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May |
Mothers Day, Philly |
6-0, 1st |
Beat WSW 13-8 in finals |
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Had 9 players. Had "Double
Greatest" for a goal. |
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Regionals, Albany |
7-0, 1st |
Beat WSW 15-10 in finals |
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Alex gets a concussion. Wins over all three
of the NY-aftermath teams (WSW, Cool Moose Café, and Graffiti) |
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June |
Easterns, Lehigh |
7-0, 1st |
Beat Philly and Ring both by 19-17 |
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In semis against Philly, in what they still
refer to as "The Strip", I made a pivotal late call that helped us
win. In finals against Ring, an opponent spiked it just outside the end zone.
Alex got point blocked on our goal line to make it 14-14, and we burst out
laughing. Lightning struck nearby as we were standing outside near our cars
during a lightning delay. |
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September |
Tuneup, Chicago |
7-0, 1st |
Chesapeake and Portland |
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First Tuneup. Clam unnerved Chesapeake en
route to 17-6 semis win. Jeremy Seeger plays and hurts hamstring, leading to
spandex shorts at Nationals. |
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Philly, Tinicum |
5-1, 1st |
Lost to Cornell, beat WSW and Chesapeake |
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"Smoke and Gun", 11 players, only
one of them 6’. Cojones 1-3-3 zone got them back in the semis and scared us,
prompting us to figure out what they did and make our own for practice. They
never played it again, while we still use it today. |
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October |
Sectionals, Maine |
4-0, 1st |
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Won Sectionals |
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Regionals, Albany |
6-0, 1st |
Beat Cojones |
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First round game Sunday morning capped on
time after a "frisbee time" start, resulting in a 6-2 win. Nathan
Wicks of Yale tried to bribe us to lose the next game so they could make
Nationals. We told him to come back in 4 years. He said to make it 5. Beat Cojones
19-14 in finals, 6th time that year (if you include WSW, whose
roster was as similar to Cojones’ as DoG’s spring roster was to its fall.
OTOH, conceptually Cojones wasn’t WSW, while DoG stayed the same.) |
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November |
Nationals, Lexington (KY) |
7-0, 1st |
Everyone |
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Started off up 9-0 on eventual semifinalist
Chesapeake. Next took out Rhino in a close one, then watched them go oh-fer
and throw a hotel manager into a pool. Did Ro-cham-shot
in our hotel bar that night for several hours. Beat Cojones in the semis in what many regard as the Best Game Ever. Crushed Double Happiness 21-11
in finals. They scored upwind on our O to start the game, the last one upwind
and the last one against the O. They were wearing lots of clothes, as it was
cold. |
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60-3. 10 tournament wins in 10 tries. The
death of big ego ultimate and the birth of "Big Ego Ultimate".
Developed "The Man" offensive scheme. Had fun. Playbook (without
pictures) got written down and hasn’t been formally and fully updated since.
Tournament reports hit rec.sport.disc Detailing our Greatness. |
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BEST GAME EVER
To be considered for this label, a game ought
to have many or all of the following characteristics:
1. Well-played game.
2. Important game.
3. Big plays.
4. Close game.
5. Emotional game (helps if there is history between the teams).
6. Heroes/goats.
7. Significant game.
8. Some back and forth nature.
9. Uniqueness/memorability.
From: moonee@aol.com (MoonEE)
Subject: Boston Rules at Largest Tournament
Ever!!!
Date: 18 Apr 1994 11:24:01 -0400
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BETHLEHEM PA, April 17 - Late Sunday
afternoon, many, many, fans gathered outside the Goodman Campus Stadium for
two eagerly anticipated match-ups between East Coast perennial powers. In the
end, the Boston men and women dominated the field of 90 teams at 'Discs in
the Mist... and rain... and wind... and mud', the largest tournament of the
decade. Ranked dead last in division two, Death & Glory (led by Jordan
'boy' Haskell) talked itself into the premier bracket and advanced easily on
Sunday. Lady Godiva romped all weekend despite strong Lehigh Valley winds and
some spirited play from Lucie of D.C.. The Boston men, with eleven players
including Paul Auersack, crushed a strong and spirited 'We Smoke Weed' team
comprised of all the 'good' players from the five-time national and world
champion New York, New York. It was a resounding victory for Boston
propelling them to the top of the rankings for 1994 where they will be tough to
defeat. .P.S. What happened in the other divisions? |