The Tigers and Rebels reported for battle with General Akbar, Wicket, The Hammer, Russo, Quarter-Pipe, Swole Patrol, Parrot, Sawhorse, Steve, Jose 10K, Waterpik, and a late-arriving Grundy ready to join the fray. The opening kickoff featured a high-tempo warmup—25 side-straddle hops, cherry pickers, arm circles, hillbillies, grass grabbers, windmills, side lunges, and high knees. No feeling-out process here; both sides came out firing.
The squad then moseyed toward The Shaft, but Steve made the play of the early drive by donating an extra coupon to complete the formation. Before arriving at the main event, everyone knocked out 20 self-directed merkins—straight power football at the line of scrimmage.
Then came a grueling 10-station, 40-minute circuit: three minutes of live action followed by one minute to regroup. The competitors battled through ladder drills, bear crawls, shuttle runs, jogs to The Shaft, coupon overhead presses, Big Body situps, step-ups, hand-release merkins, and more. At the tire-flip station, one partner flipped the heavy hardware while the other delivered Peter Parkers—a classic two-way effort. At another station, the jump-rope crew worked while their partners attacked step-ups. This was SEC football in workout form: no wasted motion, no easy yards, and plenty of fourth-quarter legs.
But the game within the game was the tennis volley challenge. Every exchange mattered, every miss brought the crowd to its feet, and when the final tally went up on the whiteboard, Wicket and Grundy emerged as the undisputed champions with 19 consecutive volleys. Grundy may have arrived late, but he clearly understood the assignment—and Wicket was there for the clutch finish.
After the final whistle, the group moseyed back to the flag and circled up for a flutter-kick-o-rama totaling 20 counts. Then came the countoff, calloff, announcements, and prayer, bringing a hard-fought morning to a disciplined close. LSU–Ole Miss may have the rivalry, but this crew delivered the real Saturday-morning slugfest.
