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Sunday, Apr 28, 2024

Sticky Bandits Stealing IM Football Show

Author: Andrew Zimmermann

Week three of Middlebury intramural (IM) football has made apparent an important point to IMers everywhere; who is a contender and who is a pretender. Just as the coming weeks will weed out the Chargers and Panthers of the NFL, week three and week four will do the same for IM football.
Week three also marked the finalization of the schedule by commissioners Eric "Gilby" Gilbertson '03 and Pat Rose '03. It is a task for which both should be highly commended. The team making headlines after the opening weeks is undoubtedly the Sticky Bandits who Gilbertson noted, "look unstoppable." In what amounted to a Midd Lacrosse reunion, the juniors of Sticky Bandits headed by John West and Greg Bastis throttled the sophomore team Surf Side Six headed by Dave Leach '05 and company. After the loss however, the Surf Side proceeded to school Lindy Bites to get back on track and remain one of the "contenders."
Destined for a Friday night match up, both The Bus and Spearmint Rhinos had convincing wins in week three. Although Gilbertson had to flake on the idea of a Friday night match up for various reasons the teams are still on a crash course towards the eminent disaster of friendly rivalry.
Spearmint Rhinos, floored the South Vergennes All-Stars who are seemingly without any stars at all. Thomas Bambrick '03 continues to be a one-man version of the Sticky Bandits; simply unstoppable. His quarterback Andrew Gustafson '03 was once again on the money Monday behind center. He currently sits with a QB rating of 400.00. His attempt to parlay a QB career into that of a punter fell short however, to the tune of a 15-yard punt in Monday's game. "I was saying to myself, that looks just like a punt only shorter," said a first-year cheerleader at the game.
The Bus had a convincing 38-24 victory of its own bolstered by Dan Stenson '03 and Mike Walsh-Ellis '03, who was fresh off a fine performance in a Middlebury golf tournament just a week earlier. Said Walsh-Ellis, "It was a priveledge playing with The Bus, I am glad I got on." His play was akin to that of a former New England star, "Big Play" Willie Clay. The only Bus player on injured reserve was Alan Topalian '03 who had to go to New York for an examination of his pulled groin muscle.
As week four starts, look for official BCS rankings to come out and be available along with team records on the intramural web page. The Sticky Bandits are a lock to be a consensus number-one in the polls, but several others should emerge in the coming weeks.


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