Employing some offensive trickery and equipped with numerous scoring options, the Mean Machine demolished Tarheels Finest 48-6 Wednesday evening in one of the first intramural flag football games of the 2010 season.
Tarheels Finest could only field six players in the 7 on 7 competition. They suffered against snarling blitzes, swarming secondary coverage and a Mean Machine passing attack they could not halt.
On only one play — a touchdown bomb from junior Doug Morton to senior Darryle Bajomo — did Tarheels Finest match Mean Machine’s dominant play.
Mean Machine expressed frustration after the game about its opponent’s inability to field a full team.“This is something I look forward to. It’s frustrating. I have fun being competitive,” junior Jacob Martin said. Martin had an interception that led to a touchdown, a touchdown reception and a touchdown pass.
Mean Machine has competed in more than 30 intramural seasons and has won 4 championships together in the past three years.Junior Anderson Shore said he constantly thinks of ways to give his team the edge, even drawing up plays in class.
“Flag football is all about being creative and confusing the defense,” Martin said.
Winning an intramural championship has proven to be a difficult feat and the intramural championship T-shirt has long been a coveted badge of honor.
“Anytime you wear the shirt, you get questions. It’s kind of like being a basketball player,” Martin said.
