After two rough losses, the Bulldogs had to travel to Bedford in week 3. If you’ve never been to Bedford, here’s how you get there: point your car south and drive for three days. OKAY, maybe it’s not quite three days, but it seems like it. To make matters worse, an accident on the highway made the obstructive glob of humanity of Ann Arbor even MORE obstructive and the only way to avoid Ann Arbor-area traffic at that hour is to stay home, so for the first time in years I was late to a Chelsea football game. It was not a good start to the evening. And when I arrived, I saw faces like this:

So…yeah. Not much more to be said about that. Excuse me while I call my therapist.

I’m including this next photo simply to point out how close Berkley is to putting his knee on the ground:

He did not tackle himself on that play, and in fact, later in that drive he scored a touchdown:

This halfback pass…

…ended up here:

Take a moment to notice the difference between those photos. Did you notice how the second photo looks brighter than the first even though they were taken only seconds apart with the same settings? Here’s the deal: Bedford’s lights are aimed more at the sidelines than they are at the middle of the field. In the above photo, take note of the middle of the field compared to the far side of the field. The sidelines are substantially brighter than the middle of the field. It’s…baffling. And they’ve been that way for years. It must be the gravitational pull of Ohio or something.

The second half did start with a nice highlight in the form of an interception by the Chelsea defense:

There was another highlight in the form of a touchdown:

But it just kept going wrong:

That’s been an uncommon sight for Chelsea football over the past decade. Chelsea typically has been on the happy end of those scores.

As if that wasn’t enough, there was a bit of rain during the second half, too:

NOOOOOOO I DON’T WANT TO POST THE FINAL SCOREBOARD SHOT PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME.

Okay FINE.

Ugh.