Descriptive Essay On Elite Eight (Elite 8)

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Elite Eight

One year ago in the Elite Eight game, the atmosphere was ineffable, it felt like the whole panhandle was in the Eagles Stadium. The atmosphere is nonsensical, two minutes into the first quarter, I receive the ball on second down and make a good deranged play then fall. Four of Tate's Football players fall on my ankle and I roll it. Halftime comes, the trainers rush me to the weight room and tape my ankles up like a box getting shipped off or Christmas gifts getting all boxed up. By the time the trainers got done wrapping me up and giving me the medicine I couldn’t feel a thing at the moment. Once we went back down on the field after halftime and with all my willingness I tried to show the trainers and coaches I could get back

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