Life as a Rookie (Week5) Part 7 of 23

Week5 Edm @ Ham. On the road again, we had another stop to make in Ontario. It was a short week already and to make matters worse we lost a day due to rain. Forcing us to go on 1 practice and a walk through. This type of week really challenges players mentally as some plays might only get run once. Starting to warm up to the team, I began speaking more. Some American players were quite intrigued with my lingo and began repeating it every time they saw me. It was funny with them saying it so often eventually it started catching on. Now every time someone saw me it was "Eh Yooo MAN!" I never realized how much I said the word Eh until they pointed it out. Now it's a common term in Canada but they weren't accustomed to hearing it. My first antic of the year was a good one.

Game Day weather was warm & humid. The sun was blinding, a perfect day for football. You could tell we had a short week it just wasn't as crips as previous weeks. The low scoring first half didn't make for a very entertaining game. It picked up in the second half. On the verge of scoring, we were hit with another devastating injury. We lost Jason Tucker! Unsure of what was happening, it didn't look good. We were all worried hoping that it was not bad and he could get up. The ambulance came on the field and the only thing we knew was that he was conscious and he could move his hands and feet. The team rallied together to pull out the win. Defense held with a last minute interception in the end zone. We went 1-1 on the road trip but suffered some huge losses to the team. Back to E-town.