I do, however, have a rough draft of my narration:
The Comcast Center, home of the Maryland Terrapins men’s and
women’s basketball teams, and the volleyball team, is always busy. The turf
fields just outside, not so much.
The turf fields, used occasionally for practices by varsity
sports such as cross country, consist of three separate event areas meant primarily
for intramural sports, such as flag football.
The fall version of intramural flag football consists of
seven players on each team with an emphasis on speed, whether in movement or in
decision-making. Each player wears a belt with three flags attached and is
ruled ‘down’ wherever the ball-carriers’ flags were removed.
Some games are low scoring, but most are either blowouts or
shoot-outs.
At Maryland, the regular season consists of three games,
more of a warm-up for the playoffs than anything since nearly everyone
qualifies. Once the playoffs begin, it’s win or you’re done.
There are several different leagues, including Fraternity
leagues and Co-Ed leagues, but the most competitive is the Men’s A league.
The final three rounds of the playoffs take place in early
December once the original postseason field is reduced from more than 30 to
just 8 teams.
(Sound byte from player about competitiveness)
