Back in the day......early 80's after graduating from
High School, we were headed to college for academics
knowing all along we should have received athletic
scholarships just like some of the other guys on
campus. So to prove to the sports world... and to
the college what they had somehow overlooked, we decided
to put together the next best thing - an intramural
team. A team built around the best local talent to
compete with some of those so called
"scholarship" players. To establish this
dominance over our competition, we first had to define
"who" we were. Since no one had played a game
of any kind, since their last game in high school, the
name "Fat City" seemed appropriate.
Fat City established itself as a very good intramural
team. Because of our passion for the game, we continued
on after our college days to play statewide and
beyond..... although knowing deep down inside we would
have continued on, moving into the big leagues had we
gotten our rightful athletic scholarships.
After
years of our pursuit to greatness, the coach realized
the common thread in all of this was not necessarily our
athletic greatness on the field but our uncanny ability
to "replay" every game off the field, after
the game when the team went to eat, celebrate and
commiserate.
Therefore,
Fat City Grill was established so we would all have a
place to go and do what we do best - eat and relive the
glory days of how good we were.
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