Exerpt from The Wighthouse Press:


In a clash of the two remaining undefeated teams in the Battle for the Blood Bowl, fate took a 
hand.  Or more accurately, fatality took a hand.  Four combined kills typified this match, the 
gloom being only partially mitigated by the fact that two of those kills jumped right out of their 
graves to rejoin the game.
Girth First! saw mixed omens, starting the match without the aid of Gnarls Oakley, yet 
winning the opening coin toss and getting a touchback from a bad kick.  The Master Chef's 
concoction was a significant distraction to the undead team, stripping them of all but one reroll.  
Sadly, the same alluring scent that stripped the Lyins of their training also turned them into a 
slavering horde of brain-craving maniacs.  By turn 3, in spite of the untimely death of Ghoul Joey 
Scarington, Dedrot had KO'd almost half of the Firsters starting squad.
This initial pounding must have made the 'flings take tentative steps, because from then on, 
their play was typified by bungled routine manuevers.  Consecutive missed go-for-its and dodges 
allowed the Lyins to pounce on the ball and run it in for a turn 4 TD.
Although Girth First didn't develop a knack for moving the ball in the first half, star 
Deeproot Strongbranch proved why he is the leading casualty-machine in the league by mashing 
skeletons, inflicting three consecutive casualties, including a kill and a non-regenerable 
concussion.  by way of retribution, however, Dedrot's rising star mummy Al Wojciechowicz 
Alhazred injured Gnarls Barkly so seriously that the apothecary was at a loss to cure the 
injured tree.
The first half ended with some injury time for Dedrot, with mummy Az-Zahir Hakim 
casualtizing another halfling.  All was not coming up daisy for the Lyins, as the ham-fisted ghoul 
Brain Walker was unable to pick up the ball for the uncontested TD, making the game a 1-0 
contest at the half.
With Dedrot receiving and facing a severely-depleted halfling squad, the Dedites fully exploited 
their numbers advantage to put the recently acquired rookie ghoul Corey Hair-ass into the 
end zone by turn 5.
With only four conscious players remaining for Girth First, things went from bad to terrible for 
them in the final quarter of the match.  In fact, spectators clearly heard Tobo ask, "how could 
this possibly get worse?" when the skies opened up and started pouring rain.  Several missed dodges 
and ball-pick-ups later, Dedrot secured the 2-0 victory.
Dedrot coach Urien Rackarth was philosphical about the victory, "games like these trick 
you into thinking everything is easy:  you can always make that dodge, go-for-it, or smack down 
that opposing blocker.  I'm just hoping this doesn't go to their heads, as we have most of the 
season left to play."
As if to reassure their head coach and lead animator, the team enthusiastically and predictably 
responded "BRAINS!" before raiding the fled Master chef's cooking pot and 
calling it a day.


Game recap:

Made 80,000 gold in ticket sales
Fans were not impressed with mere 2-TD, 8 casualty win:  +0 FF
MVP went to ex-69er Tim Rotty, an otherwise worthless zombie
Wight Todd Wyght has proven he is Dauntless
Mummy Az-Zahir Hakim recovered from his untimely death to learn how to Block
Ghoul Corey Hair-ass decides on self-preservation and also learns Block
Services for the deceased ghoul Joey Scarington will be held at Bone Town Buffet.
Skeleton Bill Mitt-Chill will take a week off to recover from a head contusion.
Bought a fresh ghoul, Brain Stewer
Brains