Two games, Two losses

We played UC Davis on Treasure Island last weekend and lost hard. The final score was 20-5. Thankfully we did score one try but, after how well the team had been playing, it was still a disappointment. We just couldn't seem to get any momentum going. There would be a good individual effort but then we would lose the ball. It didn't help that there were some questionable calls made and that the Davis pack couldn't seem to stay on their feet in the scrum. I've never understood the point of diving on the engage. It's incredibly painful to hit the ground face first and there's a huge risk of injury. If a player can't scrum, don't have them in the tight five. It's common sense. At the end of the day though, we just didn't play our game and Davis took full adventage of that.

Yesterday against Stanford was a whole different story. We still lost but the final score was 19-10. We played well and we played together. The ref kept a tight game but I think that helped us, to be honest. Both sides had plenty of penalties called on them but I think we dealt with it better. Of course it would have been nice to get another win but considering that Stanford just recently beat Chico by a spread of 20 some odd points, I'm pretty proud of our team.