feeling dejected

Last night we played our first flag football game. It was a disaster, yet I'm pretty torn between feeling depressed and hopeful. We jumped out to a 15-0 lead, but the other team just completely toyed with us the rest of the game. After a hail mary, we were down 21-28 late in the second half, but we never got closer than that. The ran designed plays, confused our guys, and made a mess of us. Generally, flag football teams run zones, and we ran man-to-man coverage. Needless to say, they took advantage of us. We had no plays on offense, and we struggled badly against the zone defense. Basically, we need to learn to play zone D and play against it as well. Most of all I feel awful because I feel like my teammates lost confidence in me. I made plays in the beginning by scrambling out of the pocket and breaking down their zone ( the QB can't rush past the line of scrimmage). It was effective, but it was chaotic and didn't leave me satisfied. In the second half I tried to stay in the pocket and pick apart their zone, but we didn't fun effective routes against their zone and I rushed some throws. Nonetheless, I feel like a lot of blame was placed on my shoulders. It stinks, but at the same time I knew what was going to happen when I took the role of Quarterback. Success or failure, the quarterback shoulders the load. I know I can make plays and help us win. Next week we play two games; I can't wait.
Thankfully, we have coaches on the way. Avi Behar, who's frequently mentioned on my blog, and Benny Bursztyn, my other good friend, played Flag football in their middle school years and early high school. They were a part of the National and eventual World Champion team ( look it up!). They know a lot about the game and will be a huge asset to us. Hopefully we'll find time to practice.

(Bianca is awesome)
My classes are going alright. My zionism class is boring, as is my ulpan class. My other two classes, Jewish Bookshelf and Persuasion and Discussion, are awesome. My Jewish Bookshelf teacher is SO cool. He's really funny and a really nice guy. Better yet, it's a small class which is always good for discussion. My other discussion class is rather large, which can make things difficult.
As far as living in Jerusalem and the aparments/hostel, I love it. There's so many people I never hung out with last section. I never saw any of the FZY (british and other international students) kids because they all lived in Holon. They're all awesome; I wish we had got to hang out earlier. Nevertheless, we here now, and it rocks. I think I'm going to Bat Yam and Holon this weekend, and then we're having a family dinner on Saturday. Should be a good weekend.
Until next time
Jakey