Friday, April 20, 2012

BUML2012-1 Catchup Round A Preview: Buckle Me Britches!

So Monday 23 April – a bunch of very important people (or at least, people who can take Monday and Tuesday off work) are off at Nationals in Newcastle and can’t make it back to hit the field for BUML, which means we’re into catch-up week (at least for Divisions 2 and 3 we guess). Fortunately for the casual follower of BUML, this is going to be an awesome night of disc!

>>Division 2 – Baby Chimis vs Agent Orange – Easts 2
Well, this should be an absolute cracker. Both these teams have proud histories but have fallen on hard times this season, with one win between them over 10 games. Expect the battle to include both tooth AND nail. It’ll be scrappy.
>Our tip: 9-9 draw

>>Division 2 – Bermuda Triangle vs Discheads – Easts 3
Meanwhile, this game should also be an absolute cracker, showcasing a massive contrast between steady consistency and wild inconsistency. BT remain undefeated and want to see this continue. Discheads are probably the most all-over-the-shop team in the league at the moment, handing out and receiving pastings at any particular moment. Probably the loss of some greyshirt players to Nats will be the difference though, while BT will keep rolling on.
>Our tip: Bermuda Triangle by 7.

>>Division 3 – Slipped Discs vs Yeast – Easts 1
This game features the Yeast who were slightly late at getting onto the draw, and the Slipped Discs who landed the opening week bye. But what a match-up – this game should also be an absolute cracker. Having played both teams, it’s the apprentice Yeast who have a massive workrate even if they’re still working out this Frisbee thing, up against the journeymen and women Slippers who have worked out what this Frisbee thing is about, but are still working on execution. Expect big games from Brendan for the Slippers and Brendan for the Yeast. Ryan vs Wes should also be an interesting head to head.
>Our tip: Yeast by 3.

>>Bonus – Schtick Battle – Griffith University vs The World – Griffith 1 and 2
As the Archangel Michael said while facing Lucifer, “BATTLE!” And that’s what we should see out at Griffith Nathan on Monday night, as the red-garbed students invite all and sundry to teach and then be schooled on the University’s Schtick field. Keep an eye on Jordiii as he likes the old ‘is that a disc in your pants or are you just happy to see me?’ trick, and remember that Casey is responsible for most of the edits on Wikipedia’s Schtick page – so if you see him on the smartphone, he may be changing the rules on you during the game (cheeky bugger!). Its Schtick ON from about 7.40pm.
>Our tip: Everyone’s a winner baby, that’s the truth (that’s no lie).

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