Rockin Cocks take 2nd in USPL

The 7-man roster consisted of C-Rob, Spoon, O-face, Amish, Lefty, UA Carl and Frieda. We also had Smitty and Five-O running a solid pit throughout the day.

RC rolled on to the scene Saturday afternoon to watch a few games and take a last-minute look at the field layout. We came up for a couple of practice days but the looks and lanes were slightly different from the "Center Court" layout so it was time well spent.

We went into our first game feeling prepared...not cocky...but prepared. We were the second game on the field and were surprised at how quickly the first game went down. The FPPL Scrubs made quick work of the Rubber Duckies and we walked onto the field. Not prepared for the fast action of pump play we faced two of the strongest teams for our first two games...Indy Mutiny and FPPL Scrubs..and we lost them both. Ironically, RC needed to adapt and learn how to play pump teams.

We changed our game plan up a bit, moved some players around and then the legit started to flow all over the field. Our third game was a distinct win but we unfortunately did not get the flag hang or pull due to an old hit in the folds of a jersey...resulting in a 2 4 1 and a draw. From there we had to dig ourselves out of a pretty deep hole. With two losses and a draw it was going to be pretty tough to score enough points to claim one of the top two spots...but that's what we did. We won our next 5 games 98-4, 92-16, 96-8, 100-0 and 96-8, putting us in second place behind Mutiny.

The finals were best of three and we took it to three games. Mutiny took the first game with RC fighting back to make it even. In the third game Mutiny made a nice run to the 40 Aztec and managed to take out our snake side. We scored one elimination in the process but we were down 3 bodies to 4. O-Face made a bold move to try and bunker the Mutiny player in the U but bounced him in the torso and got eliminated. Lefty tried to make the bump and follow up O-face but that resulted in Mutiny's fourth Kill. With a 4 v 1 in Mutiny's favor I took a shot in the elbow that sealed the game and 1st place for Mutiny.

In the end 2nd place isn't bad...but we were really hoping to take the number one spot.

Thanks to the USPL, Pev's Paintball, FPPL (x2), Indy Mutiny and The Rubber Duckies for making this an awesome event.

Here's a shot of photogenic Frieda doing some work snake side. And our final results...