Pre-Blast: 9/5/15 The Area 51 Kickoff Classic

Pre-Blast: 9/5/15 The Area 51 Kickoff Classic

Take a knee and gather round.  Next Saturday, September 5th is not only Labor Day weekend, but it the opening weekend for the greatest sport known to man, collegiate tackle football.  To celebrate the end of the long, grueling offseason Gullah and YHC are happy to announce the first annual Area 51 Kickoff Classic presented by Olympus.  Instead of a traditional workout that morning we will instead play football.  Since we live in ACC country it will be of the two hand touch variety and feature way too many forward passes. The two teams for this epic clash will be captained by the good people of The Rock and Day Zero since their feud has escalated beyond backblasts and twitter, the only solution is to take it to the gridiron.  The Site Qs for The Rock and Day Zero will draft players from the talent pool of PAX who post that morning, and it’s not a stretch to say that the squads will be better than just about every team Ohio State will face this season.  We joke about how awful the big 10 is but you have to hand it to the Buckeyes, their strategy of not playing a tough game until they got to the playoff so they would be well rested certainly paid dividends last season.

Some sort of physical challenge will determine which team chooses first.  We will play until 8:00 am unless there is a tie.  Since we are not Notre Dame, ties are unacceptable and championships should be settled on the field (This is a reference to the 1966 season where Alabama was robbed of a third consecutive national championship and no, we never forget, even if we hadn’t been born yet).  Now lest ye believe this is simply a game, be assured that so much more than pride is on the line.  The Golden Kettlebell will be up for grabs.  Now that your interest is piqued, start hitting the sleds and practicing those wheel routes.  In 8 short days we put foot to leather to celebrate football, fellowship, and by extension America.  Now take your salt tablets and get a drink from the hose.  See you next Saturday.  Roll Tide.