ateneo had its stirring, rousing story in its come-from-behind “all-out, all-heart” victory over the feu tamaraws last saturday, august 13 (also the day a drunk jeepney driver slammed into my car at 10 in the evening), and i wasn’t as devastated as i thought i might be. a close friend sent me a comforting text and i was touched by the gesture. however, i couldn’t tell him that i had fully expected feu to lose and was thrilled pink when they led for most of the game. when the eagles started to mount their comeback in the second half, though, i predicted, with some dread, that feu would lose, especially with a dome filled with manic blue-clad fans. i was not to be proven wrong.
so when feu staged their own dramatic comeback against (yet!) another school of mine, the UP fighting maroons, i was screaming in relief and then much later, wiping away some tears of happiness. how amazing is it, really, to watch ryan roose garcia relentlessly pour 80% of his points in the second half after a listless 5 point output in the previous two quarters? and take this: of the 20 points he produced in the second half, 20 of those came in the last quarter. even more amazing, 12 of those came consecutively, and it was on the 10th point that he tied feu with the maroons, his 12th to finally, finally take the lead. russel escoto sank his free throws to give feu a cushion of 4 points.
amazing ryan roose, reigning mvp. i wrote him a personal message on facebook with this very emphatic bottom line: thank you, rr, for giving me a chance to cheer more for feu in season 74. thank you. 🙂
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