Original Six Wins By Three Inches, 35-29

By Bradly Bojangles
Unassociated Press Neighborhood Sports Beat Writer

The Original Six were able to retire on a good note in Week 43 of SOFA action by virtue of a come-from-behind, too-close-for-comfort 35-29 victory over the Desperadoes — by a mere three inches.

The final play of the game may have just been the defensive play of the year. Kurk, in his first game back in over two months, made a superb flag pull on newcomer Cody three inches from the goal line with no time on the clock and the O-6 clinging to a six-point lead.

The Desperadoes had seized control a mere five minutes earlier with a long touchdown drive led by Joe to take a 29-21 lead. But under the admonishment of his teammates, Chris performed the best he had at quarterback all year, throwing accurate passes to all teammates and opening up a 25-yard touchdown catch by Jerome as he toed the line in-bounds.

The conversion pass to Jack was good for a 29-29 tie, and the O-6 held on four straight plays on defense. Jack had a nice defensive play on fourth down, breaking up a pass intended for Kenny at the very last second.

With 1:20 to go in the game, Chris dinked and dunked to his teammates, getting down to the 30-yard line with 20 seconds to go.

It was then that Chris threw his final pass in SOFA — a deep out route to Jerome at the 5-yard line, just over the head of Cody who had come over to attempt the interception. Jerome caught it and ran into the endzone with twelve seconds left.

Of course that score set up a crazy set of events where the Desperadoes marched to the two-yard line, and setting the stage for that crazy final play.

With that victory, the O-6 officially retires as a team and carries an 11-1 all-time record into the sunset.