Honors College versus College of Art and Design square off on the flag football field of battle

This is the Liberal Arts version of combat - flag football

Pre-game coin toss, NCF in blue, Ringling College in black

 This Sunday, I was invited to witness the "tie-breaker" in a series of five athletic challenges between the "Fighting Armadillos" of Ringling College of Art and Design and the New College of Florida team (who apparently failed to agree on a name).  Perhaps a fund raiser to "Name That Team" for the Relay For Life/American Cancer Society will follow this afternoon's event.

Ringling College failed to tie the game as time ran out in their own red zone, failing to score the point which would have sent the game into overtime.  So, the record now stands at 3-2, based on today's nineteen points scored by New College, and a valiant eighteen points by the Fighting Armadillos.

Now, the concept of a red zone in flag football, played by seven on a side, all wearing belts of "flags" to be substituted for a real man's tackle.  The game becomes more of an evade and escape exercise, and most scores came from running, although a fair amount of passing was attempted but to little success.   I thougt that Michael Long of New College was the better passer, but the QB from Ringling seemed more agile in the running game.  
That's Long in the blue uniform, number 0, and Hunter Thomposon of Ringling in the black, number 1.
Hunter ultimately sacrificed his dark head of hair as the loser, but his father (who is President of Ringling College) had a worse fate.
The Presidents of each university agreed that the losing educator had  to sit in the dunk tank while people threw softballs and tried to soak them for fifteen minutes following the game.

It was a fun day, and I've posted quite a few additional pictures to my FaceBook page.  I think the best comment was "New College was best at playing the game, while Ringling excelled at filming it.        

Seven Critical Thinkers from New College

Michael Long, winning QB