A Great Underdog Weekend, a Great Win for CMW

Oregon State drops #1 USC.  Michigan drops Wisconsin in the Big House (GO BLUE!).  Washington Redskins drop Dallas in Dallas.  And the CMW Mustangs Varsity football gets its first win of the season at home against Rising Sun on, of all things, a 27 yard field goal on third and two with 15 seconds in the game.





Go underdogs!

Chris made his contributions on special teams, including snapping for the game-winning field goal.

Mustang Game 3 at Havre de Grace

Chris started Game 2 due to an injury on the line. The player he stepped in for was healthy here at Game 3, so Chris was (unofficially) second on the depth chart at offensive tackle (either tackle I think), third at either offensive guard, and second at center. So if everyone plays well and stays healthy on the offensive line, Chris may see no action (save special teams work, including long snapping). We knew this going in. I have no insights into any injury situation, but Chris got in as center for the second half.

The team sported new away uniforms.  There were a few snags here also. While they look right from the stands, we're told that the color is more of a sea green than a Mustang powder blue.  You have to be close to know.  I hear rumor that they will restitch the numbers with the correct color.  Looks good to me.  Also, a few players are wearing different numbers than you would expect.  Notably for this post, Chris wears #59 this game, where he has been wearing #60 in the earlier games.  What number next?  I'll keep you posted...

The team as a whole seemed to play better, although it was ultimately a losing effort. We missed several opportunities for interceptions, and suffered a few blown plays on important downs. Still, you get the impression that the team is continuing to gel. A few pictures of the game.

Fallston Rec Football

We had the opportunity to take in a Fallston rec football game at Hereford. A bit of a drive, sure, but the weather was wonderful, and it was a great day to be at a ball game. If you have to ask why I would go to a Fallston Rec football game at Hereford, then you won't be interested in the pictures:

Mustang Football, Game 2 New Town

** Chris Bupp moves up the offensive depth chart to Starting Right Tackle **

A MUCH more competitive game 2 for the C Milton Wright Varsity football team, losing to New Town 12-6 on a 75 yard touchdown run with only 30 seconds left in regulation.



A remarkably warm Saturday afternoon game featured a Mustang team that was not yet hitting on all cylinders, or in their stride, depending on which Mustang analogy you prefer. It's early in this shake-up season, and the team still shows occasional confusion, and has not yet revealed any particular variety or breadth in the offensive, defensive, or special teams packages. But you get the sense that the team is starting to find itself, and as they do, the talent will start to shine through.

Chris started and played all game at offensive Right Tackle.  You don't exactly rack up statistics at that position, so I can only offer my opinion, which is that he had a very good game both run blocking and pass blocking.  The passing game generally enjoyed ample time to make the throws and had no sacks (unofficially).  The running game was basic, but effective.

The game goes in the loss column, there's no way around it, and whining won't help.  Still, there was at least one  officiating gaff (I would argue two) that directly affected the outcome of the game.  Most notably and obvious, occurred with time running out in a tie game and New Town deep in their own territory:  a short pass out into the flat was caught but the receiver was met quickly by a Mustang defender who jarred the ball loose.  Another defender picked up the ball and with no opponent in view ran unimpeded into the end zone.  (Sorry I missed the detail on the two Mustang defenders involved...)  I was standing about 10 yards from the play with an unimpeded view, as I was taking pictures from the sidelines.  As our defender cruised for the end zone, the official blew the play dead and signaled incomplete pass.  In my opinion, this was an incorrect call (and a call that shouldn't have been difficult to get right), and this officiating error stopped us from going up 12-6 or 13-6.  Would we have had such a poor call made in a home game?  Well, that's life.  A good game that came up a bit short, still a good game to build on.  Next week, Havre de Grace, Friday Night under lights.

CM Wright Varsity Football Game 1 Linganore

Game one for the Mustangs took them to the temporary home of the Linganore Lancers.  It also laid to rest any question about whether or not Chris was officially on the Varsity squad.  Ultimately, Linganore plays in a a higher-level program than the Mustangs enjoy.  Both the JV and Varsity squads lost 46-0, but it may be more telling of the mismatch that the score at the close of the first quarter of the Varsity game was 39-0.

Christopher's contribution was limited to punt squad and some miscellaneous fourth-quarter plays.  It was not an evening that inspired a lot of photography. Still, a few pictures:

I Dreamed a Dream

This is a video of the "I Dreamed a Dream" number in last summer's Tidewater Teens' production of Les Mis. I added it in part to demonstrate to myself that I can get video onto my site without using YouTube. YouTube is easier, and offers a place to put the (large) video file., but also adds a bit of branding that I prefer to avoid, if possible.


The penalty to me of not using YouTube is that I will very quickly run out of storage space with my current hosting provider (lowesthosting.com). I may soon move my hosting to 1and1.com, as they offer good, low-budget plans with LOADS more storage space.

Potomac Crossing, and some Fun at Camp

With our three day weekend, we took part in the a crossing of the Potomac River at Whites Ford. Historically,


The water got waist deep, but not more. The entrance into the river on the Maryland side was downright muddy as we were entering near Mason Island where there was very little current. Most of the way across was rocky bottom with grass. Henry indicated that he traditionally picks up a rock from the Virginia side and brings it back--he really outdid himself this year! Maybe because Lorene couldn't participate in the walk this year. A few pics from the trek:




We then went up to Camp Stillwater and enjoyed more time with nature and family. See the turtles, turkeys, does and bucks here, where we also enjoyed creative campfire play: