It's not over yet

JR's team played their fourth football game of the season last night. It was scheduled to start at 4:00, as it is every week, but didn't actually start until after 6. While this is the latest we've started all season, the earliest they've ever started is 5:20 so it's not like 6 was a big shock. They start with the third grade at 1:00, and we have no idea why they insist on scheduling the games an hour apart when it's simply not possible. Anyway, I was concerned about getting the game in...after all it doesn't stay light as late as it used to! This game was taking forever with penalties and injuries and I don't know what all. The last five minutes of the game we honestly couldn't even see who was in the game, and my husband told me that their quarterback hollered at them that he couldn't see the signals coming in from the sideline. It was DARK by 7:45, but the game lasted until 8...it was getting a little ridiculous. At the end of the game it was a 16-16 tie. We could live with that and were packed up and ready to go. Not so fast! The league requires OT unless both coaches agree they don't want to play it. The other team refused to take the tie, so on Monday we have to go back (of course it was an away game...they don't have to do the driving!) so that we can finish the game. The ironic part is that each team gets one possession and if no one scores than the game is officially a tie. So the result might not even change. Gotta love the sixth grade pee wee games that take 48 hours to complete!