Headed to the Mountains...

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Since playing a great game against the undefeated Birmingham in Alabama, we had somehow managed to fall apart completely and lose to TLU 42-14.  Frustrated and confuzed as to how that happened, the team and I could only move forward.  We were headed to Tennessee the following weekend to play the University of the South in a battle between the two tiger teams. Even though the rough loss to TLU motivated me to work hard on the football field, unfortunately in didn't provide the same motivation towards my schoolwork.  I had managed to finish and edit a paper for my history class that week in good hopes of getting an A, but couldn't muster up enough energy to really focus on my marketing test on that Thursday. With all the rigorous work my body has been putting in these past three weeks, I felt like I needed a short break.  After completing the test right before Fall break, I left the classroom feeling helpless and a bit pissed off.  Fortunately, we were leaving the next day to fly up to Tennessee to play at Sewanee's beautiful looking campus.
     When we finally arrived on to Sewanee's campus, it was just as I had imagined.  The trees were perfectly in season, reflecting the orange and yellow leaves all across the campus.  I was excited, as was the entire team, to cap off another away victory.  The defense did all it could in stopping Sewanee's offense, holding them to just 3 points, and scoring a touchdown of their own to help our offense out which was much needed.  The offense we brought to Sewanee resembled a bunch of middle school kids trying to get a brown leather football down a field to score. It was awful.  Luckily, we still won 17-3, putting our season record at 3-3.  We were happy, but at the same time already axious to improve, as we had a much bigger tiger to beat the following week- the 6-0 Depauw Tigers.

Next Stop: Alabama.

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It had be three weeks with constant home games, with one meager win and two losses.  We were more than ready at this point to get our act together and play like a team, whether it be at our own field or anywhere else.  It just so happened that this week, we were up against a strict undefeated opponent on their own field: Birmingham Southern.

Practice this week went very well, the only problem was none other than Trinity's school work.  I had a paper and a test due on the same day, with still three quarters of a book left to read for the paper.  It was Monday, and so I began.  I spent nearly the whole night reading chapter after chapter, taking notes as I went along.  I gathered enough information to begin writing my first page, and before I knew it I was done with the entire paper by Tuesday afternoon.  I figured that left ample time to buckle down after practice and study my notes for two whole days before my test for Marketing Thursday.  All this, and still my mind was focused on my team's preparation for the Bulldogs. Once Thursday arrived and had gone; my test, paper, and last day of preparation for Birmingham were done and I never looked back.

By Friday afternoon, and around 6 pm, our team had flown and arrived to Birmingham, Alabama.  We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel, eager to rest and focus on tomorrow's game. When we bused over to the team's campus, the college football atmosphere was already in full swing.  People were tailgating, cheerleaders dancing, and families and friends were having conversation all around.  We headed to the locker room, suited up once again, and went to the football field for our first away game.

With the fans buzzing, and 52 of our finest athletes surrounding our every move, we played up to our fullest potential with passion in our hearts and motivation in our minds.  We let those undefeated Bulldogs know who the Trinity Tigers were with every snap, marching down the field for two hundred and fifty yards rushing!  We ended our second victory with an impressive score of 38 points to 28, beating Birmingham for the fourth year in a row.  The only thing left to do now was head home, luggage in hand, and prepare for another week of football!