Takin’ It to the Street

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September 20, 2013 at 12:33 am
What a surprise! A thirty four year old guy can throw a football, and now Westview wins against Big Walnut Tech!

Well, yes and no. Look at the scoreboard in panel 1: it’s 43–0 visitors with five seconds to go (presumably in the fourth quarter, but versus these Scapegoats, it could be the end of the half). Time for some “street ball”! But if a play’s been called in the huddle, why does number 12 appear confused when Jarod fakes the handoff? And while Jarod’s preternatural passing skills earned him the QB spot, look like Batiuk’s gonna have him run it in for the score. Hell, why not just have J-Rod throw a touchdown pass to himself?

12 thoughts on “Takin’ It to the Street”

  1. Because running a play the rest of your team is unprepared for is always a good idea…

    Anyway, that’s the wonkiest looking scoreboard I have ever seen. No indication of quarter, downs, or possession of the ball. What is all that pay-to-play money going towards, Bull’s gambling habit?

  2. Huh, I didn’t notice the scoreboard at first. Naturally BatTom can’t let his Scapegoats actually win one for once, so Jarod’s (presumed) touchdown scamper (unless he blows it) will have to suffice as far as…uh…”moving” our little pigskin saga along. So to speak.

  3. smart move to not even tell dude your keeping ball so handoff will end in fumble, 1/4 inch from reality right bathack ?

  4. Perhaps what Coach Bull saw in Jarod is that he doesn’t have a perpetual question mark floating over his head, like the rest of the team.

  5. Is that supposed be a question mark? Cuz it looks like the number 2 or the letter Z to me. When I first saw this strip I thought the tailbacks narcolepsy kicked in mid-play.

     

  6. Epicus, if they don’t win but do show improvement I’d actually call that decent writing. Sure it comes by just roping some guy into being quarterback even though he has no experience and not a single other person on the team has had any development, but you take what you can get here.

  8. It would have been cool homage if someone had fired up a joint in that Scapegoat huddle. Why is that dude with the knit cap not on the team? Anyway, maybe Jarod will take to wearing his helmet at all times on and off the field.

  10. Re: Crankshaft; No senior would say “that is just so wrong.” That’s a young-person expression. More evidence of Batty’s tin ear for dialogue.

  11. Sure the scoreboard says 43-0….but is there any indicator of which is the home-team?
    Looks like Westview is wearing their traveling uniform.

  12. >>Sure the scoreboard says 43-0….but is there any indicator of which is the home-team?<<

    Maybe the scoreboard just says that all of the time in the hope that it is correct more often than it is wrong……………

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