On Monday, Mikko and Rio called us and asked us if we wanted to go to the horse track. So we went but it wasn't what we expected. Since I'm from Kentucky I'm use to horses going really fast with the riders on their backs. Nope not in Finland. These riders are in carriages behind the horse and the horses aren't allowed to gallop. They have to run. So the horses aren't going near as fast as the horses in the States. The first race was pretty funny, but you got use to not laughing after a while. During a race if a horse gallops too many times you are disqualified. So if you got money on a horse that starts to gallop, you get pissed.
Mikko and Rio hit it big on the very first race. They had their little track books that tell all about the horses and they even have their own superstitions like what seat they sit on and what pen they use. They didn't win again after the first race. The only one that got anything the rest of the day was Scott. He wouldn't really look at the book but watch the horses as they went down to the starting spots. He said that he could tell who was a winner by watching them run or jog before the race. He broke even but won on 2 out of the 10 races.
On Tuesday we had practice, but we weren't putting in too many things because we were getting ready for our last regular season game. We just got our legs loose and the guys caught some balls, nothing special.
On Wednesday evening, Thomas and I headed down to the movies. We saw "The Cronicles of Riddick." I read some of the reviews online and they were all saying the movie was horrible. Apparently this movie is supposed to be a sequel to the movie "Pitch Black" but it was nothing like a sequel but just took one character from the first movie. Since I never saw Pitch Black originally, I thought the movie was okay. It has Vin Diesel in it and is filled with a bunch of one-liners. So if you like that stuff you should see it, its also a Sci-Fi movie.
On Thursday we had practice again and this one was a little better. We always seem to get more guys at practice on a Thursday, but it still isn't as many people as we should have at practice. We got some more things accomplished that we needed to. Our team doesn't really need to practice on the physical aspects of the game, but we need to work on the mental part of the game. We need to all be on the same page when I call a play or an audible. Everyone on the field has to know what is going on at all times, especially on offense.
On Friday, we relaxed and played Madden most of the day because we had a game on Saturday. In the evening we headed down to eat kebabs as usual on a Friday night. Now the past 3 weeks we have gone and not got what we ordered. The people that run the place are Turkish. That means they are from the country of Turkey and not from the city of Turku in case you were wondering. So not only do they not know a ton of Finnish, but they have even less knowledge in English. Every time we think we are getting what we order, but when it comes out its not, but its not too far off so we eat it anyway. This time I read what we wanted in Finnish, only they were Finnish words in a thick American accent, but at least they got it right this time and that was a plus. Then we were thinking we have been eating at the same place on Friday the whole summer. Its the same 3 guys working in there everytime. Don't you think they should know what we want by now? We order the same thing everytime, or we try to order the same thing everytime. We have to be the only Americans that come in that place on a regular basis. We have two more visits to that kebab place maybe we won't have a problem communicating for a change next time.
Saturday we played the game. On Sunday, I was pretty beat up from the game so I just stayed in for the day and rested. We normally do something on Sunday nights but this one was an exception.
Somebody told us about a film clip on the internet from the game on Saturday. It is the clip of Scott hitting the punt returner on that play that the refs screwed up. Coach Haula told us later that the refs apologize for that call because it was so horrible. They were thinking of the ruling that goes with the fair catch. I knew it on the field and told the refs that that is the rule for a fair catch but not in this situation because he didn't call for a fair catch. But they just shook their heads. Good thing this wasn't a close game or that could have cost us. But here is the clip of the play.
They also have the stats up from the Jaguars game. I was 16-25 with 279 yards passing and 2 TDs and had 14 yards rushing. Scott: 3 solos, 3 assists, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception, 1.5 tackles for loss
Next week we play the Butchers in the semifinal game and we are going with Leo to shoot some pistols.