CEFL Photo Essay: Chapter IV – The Big Twelve Conference

The Big Twelve turned out to be a relatively straightforward conference. It was all about 2 teams: Nebraska and Colorado. Colordado opened the season with a loss to Navy. At the time it seemed that Colordao might be a weak sister in the Big Twelve, but as it became clearer and clearer each week that Navy had a strong team, that loss became less discouraging.

Nebraska was 3-0 after its first 3 games. In fact, Nebraska was the #1 ranked team in the CEFL Nation because it was winning big and holding its opponent’s offense in check every time it played. Nebraska was set to play Army in Round 4.

Like two heavyweight fighters, Nebraska and Army traded blows with their power rushing attacks all game long. Neither team would let up, so the game went into overtime, with each team getting 3 plays to generate as many yards as it could. By the last play of the game, Army had the ball and needed 5 yards to secure a victory. Army set up in a power rushing formation and Nebraska brought up its safties to shut down the coming attack.

The board was turned on for the first movement. Nebraska’s defense had Army’s two running backs wrapped up and in trouble. It looked like Army’s QB might have a hole developing, so the QB scrambled for daylight. It was Army’s only chance and it was going to be close. As all unengaged players dashed for the middle of the offensive line, the hole opened up and Army’s QB squeaked through for the victory!!!

The final Big Twelve game of the season was for the title. Nebraska played Colorado, each was 3-1. Each dominated the other Big Twelve teams. Colordao ended up winning 14-7, with 120 rushing yards and 10 passing yards. Colorado’s players gathered around the Big Twelve Banner to celebrate: Colordao was CEFL’s Big Twelve Champion!!!

The only remaining question is….who will be the PAC Ten Champion? Find out in CEFL Season III: Chapter 5 – The PAC Ten Conference.