Week 10. Philadelphia Liberty versus Yellowknife Wraiths at the Burial Ground arena. The score is 14-17 and the Liberty have the ball at the Yellowknife 33 after a failed pass by Clifford Rove to Paul DiMirio.
In a series of odd events, kicker Stephen Harris opts to punt the ball. Throngs of Liberty fans are in disbelief as they screech at their TV’s in confusion as to why Harris chose to punt instead of kicking the ball at the 33. Was it because he missed 2 earlier field goals this game that his confidence was shaken? Official reports conclude that there was confusion on the sidelines and special teams coach Andy Jackson erroneously signaled to the squad to punt instead of going for the field goal to tie the game. However, there’s a conspiracy theory around Philadelphia that the Wraiths made a bloodpact this game in exchange for the victory. There is a rumor that the Burial Grounds arena was constructed on an ancient native burial ground where sacrifices were made to deities of the past. There are a few crucial pieces of evidence that supports the bloodpact theory.
1) If you look closely on the field of the Burial Grounds arena, there are patches of turf that are discolored slightly with a red hue. Every patch happens to coincide with all the locations where Harris missed his field goals.
2) Before the game, Rove mentioned pain in his throwing arm and after the medial team reviewed it extensively there appeared to be no signs of muscle damage. However, Rove distinctly recalled a dream he had the night before where a hooded skeleton visited him in his home and grabbed him by the arm. Rove threw only 25 passes this game. That's less than the successful passes that Orosz threw!
3) The Liberty team plane experienced unexpected turbulence on the way to Yellowknife and special teams coach Andy Jackson was sleeping as his head bounced off the side of the plane. Oddly enough, the coach didn’t wake from his slumber during the violent jostle of the plane. During the pregame meeting, other Liberty staff members noted Jackson acting odd (more than usual) as he kept complaining about his right ear feeling like “it was going to fall off” and he cupped it for most of the day. This may have been the cause of the confusion on the field as the special teams signal for punting is the cupped ear!
Although nothing can be proven with certainty, what we can determine is a strange series of events that occurred during week 10 for the Liberty.
In a series of odd events, kicker Stephen Harris opts to punt the ball. Throngs of Liberty fans are in disbelief as they screech at their TV’s in confusion as to why Harris chose to punt instead of kicking the ball at the 33. Was it because he missed 2 earlier field goals this game that his confidence was shaken? Official reports conclude that there was confusion on the sidelines and special teams coach Andy Jackson erroneously signaled to the squad to punt instead of going for the field goal to tie the game. However, there’s a conspiracy theory around Philadelphia that the Wraiths made a bloodpact this game in exchange for the victory. There is a rumor that the Burial Grounds arena was constructed on an ancient native burial ground where sacrifices were made to deities of the past. There are a few crucial pieces of evidence that supports the bloodpact theory.
1) If you look closely on the field of the Burial Grounds arena, there are patches of turf that are discolored slightly with a red hue. Every patch happens to coincide with all the locations where Harris missed his field goals.
2) Before the game, Rove mentioned pain in his throwing arm and after the medial team reviewed it extensively there appeared to be no signs of muscle damage. However, Rove distinctly recalled a dream he had the night before where a hooded skeleton visited him in his home and grabbed him by the arm. Rove threw only 25 passes this game. That's less than the successful passes that Orosz threw!
3) The Liberty team plane experienced unexpected turbulence on the way to Yellowknife and special teams coach Andy Jackson was sleeping as his head bounced off the side of the plane. Oddly enough, the coach didn’t wake from his slumber during the violent jostle of the plane. During the pregame meeting, other Liberty staff members noted Jackson acting odd (more than usual) as he kept complaining about his right ear feeling like “it was going to fall off” and he cupped it for most of the day. This may have been the cause of the confusion on the field as the special teams signal for punting is the cupped ear!
Although nothing can be proven with certainty, what we can determine is a strange series of events that occurred during week 10 for the Liberty.
