HAIL PELICUS! Leaving Las Vegas “I'm leaving Las Vegas Lights so bright, palm sweat, blackjack on a Saturday night Leaving Las Vegas I'm leaving for good, leaving for good.” -Sheryl Crow, Leaving Las Vegas Of course, if David Baerwald had written those lyrics for Sheryl in 2015 rather than 1993 then it...
Feb
2015
HAIL PELICUS! Rainy Days “In winter, when the dismal rain Comes down in slanting lines, And Wind, that grand old harper, smote His thunder-harp of pines.” -Alexander Smith Rain has finally returned to Pelicanland, albeit briefly, and the parched earth greedily drank up the deluge. Not everyone was fully prepared as there...
Feb
2015
HAIL PELICUS! Super Pelican What a weekend! End to end action filled with the chasing of an oval ball as well as the search for the Ultimate Seven Layer Dip (the search continues). Rugby was plentiful on Saturday as – aside from a league BYE here and...
Feb
2015
HAIL PELICUS! Pelicans Stretching Last weekend was quite the rugby weekend with more games than referees. Pelicans stepped up, however, as every game that needed to be covered was covered. Several Pelicans did double duty and adjudicated more than one match. At least one member of the...
Jan
2015
HAIL PELICUS! Coverage Plans More importantly, the lack of coverage plans. With several regular referees lured by the shiny KOT and others off to hear some nonsensical ramblings of so-called experts in Chicago, we here in the beating heart of American rugby are short referees. As of...
Jan
2015