When your ass gets handed to you, take a moment to think philosophically about your off-season goals
Emily Udell
Posted on October 10, 2012
Things turned pretty meta on the jam line last weekend, when one of the opposing blockers asked me before the jam start whether I was going to blog about the scrimmage. She’s a former teammate of mine who transferred to the league that boasts the top team in our region. Was I going to blog about the scrimmage? Indeed, I laughed, and what followed was an absolutely abysmal jam, where I ran out of gas and barely made it out of the pack before two minutes expired. Here I am, blogging about it. A loss can show you where your weaknesses lie as a team — an opponent’s coach said this once a bit smugly after besting us in a bout during our 2011…