The Underdog

Yesterday we lost. We lost our opportunity to win the league championship. We lost to a team that we made fun of. They are fatter than us, uglier than us, less skilled than us. They wanted it more than us.
We had a six point lead in the first half. Six points.
They scored 17 points in 5 minutes.
Seventeen fucking points.
We finished second in the league.
I cried over a rugby game that day.
I cried over it today too when my coach yelled at me while we were watching the video from the game.

We still have an opportunity to win provincials, but we are the underdog.
This Saturday we will play the defending provincial champions. They have not lost a game, and they score an average of 50 points per game.

Being an underdog means you have all the odds stacked up against you.
F*ck the odds.
Being an underdog means you have an opportunity for greatness.

I have never wanted something so bad in my entire life.
I will show how great I can be.
WE will show how great WE can be.

Here's the thing that makes life so interesting. The theory of evolution claims that "only the strong shall survive". Maybe so, maybe so. But the theory of competition says, "just because they're the strong doesn't mean they can't get their asses kicked". That's right. See, what every long shot, come from behind, underdog will tell ya is this: the other guy may in fact be the favorite, the odds may be stacked against you. Fair enough. But what the odds don't know is, this isn't a math test. This is a completely different kind of test. One where passion, has a funny way of trumping logic. So before you step up to the starting line, before the whistle blows, and the clocks start ticking just remember: out here the results don't always add up. No matter what the stats may say and the experts may think and the commentators may have predicted, when the race is on, all bets are off.
Don't be surprised be if someone decides to flip the script and take a pass on yelling "Uncle". And then suddenly as the old saying goes, "WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A GAME".