Never Changes
Eli 24.4 and I compete in every way. Happily.
Quite a few are past me now, particularly the physical ones, but we still have the reading challenges and videogames to compete on equal footing.
Today we played College Football 26, both picking bad, bad teams.
I scored on fourth down in the last minute of regulation, making it into the end zone by (at most) an inch. He had a field goal on the last play to win--and I blocked it. I scored on a screen pass on fourth down in overtime after weaving my way through four defenders. Eli had a two-point conversion later to win, but his receiver was stopped cold an inch (again) from the goal line.
In quadruple overtime, my receiver fumbled (stupid CPU player). Eli celebrated because he only needed a field goal to win. On his second play, he forgot the play he called (and you don't see the play art when you're playing another human player).
That was his first mistake the entire game.
Oh, wait, he was about to score in the third quarter and started high-stepping--and went out of bounds at the two. We both laughed so hard we couldn't breathe.
All right, back to overtime. He starts fading back to buy time so he can figure out what his receivers are doing. One of my defensive linemen--who have been absolutely useless all game--hits him right when he throws the ball, and it sails into the air like a wounded duck.
One of my players catches it.
Not one of my fast players. My team is so bad there aren't any fast players, but this guy is a turtle. He's not as fast as the tight end chasing him, but just fast enough to return the interception for two points to end the game.
39-37 in quadruple overtime.
The only thing we've ever done in videogames that's better is the NHL 09 championship where we swapped off playing as Sidney Crosby. Old heads will remember that series of posts.
It's what made Eli interested in playing hockey.
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