Listening Date: May 16, 2010
"The River Valley High Mustangs -- in southwest Michigan near the town of Three Oaks -- have lost 18 football games in a row. But it's not just the number of consecutive games the Mustangs have lost, it's how *soundly* they have been beaten. The past two seasons, River Valley has been outscored by its opponents by a total of 949 to 38, or an average of 53 to 2"
If I changed the school name from River Valley High Mustangs to Maine East Demons, and released this last year, this will be true for my school too. However, it wasn't as horrible as this team, we were able to score.
This show is about a team that got murdered in every game. They went six games without scoring a single point and scored a total of 38 points the past two seasons. When this show was produced, they were on a 17-game losing streak heading into their final game of the season and haven't scored a point in forever. They had their heads down the whole game because they were down eighty points while the final minutes ticked away. As the final seconds of the game ran of the clock, the Mustangs were finally able to score a touchdown. Something like this was huge for the Mustangs to end the season with a score. At this point, the losing streak didn't matter to them. All they wanted was a score, and a score is what they got. Congrats Mustangs.
I chose this show because this related to my school's football team in so many ways. I also like the teams commitment. To play the sport even if they were humiliated every game. Trust me, it's not a good feeling.
"Friday Night Bites." Long Haul Productions. Producers Dan Collison & Elizabeth Meister. Public Radio Exchange. 08 Dec. 2005. PRX.org. Web. 16 May 2010.
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