I don't have any favorite plays at all cause I never watch the games. I don't have time cause I'm too busy doing nothing productive whatsoever. But I imagine the best plays are when the quarterback throws the ball and I catch them because I am a wide receiver. I really don't even know what my stats are and I do not feel like checking so I can't even tell if I am catching the ball well or not. What are the good stats anyways? Touchdowns? Yards? Catches? I really do not know and I do not want to take the time to figure it out right now. My good friend twenty six pings me whenever I catch a ball or get a touchdown during the games and those are fun times. I think we won a game this season so it would be really cool if I helped win but I do not remember or care to check
03-03-2023, 01:32 PM
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Let's paint a picture.
It's been a dreadful couple of seasons, and if you're a Hahalua, then you're probably thinking this season hasn't started great either. You're 0-3 and struggling to get momentum against another middle-at-best-tier team. But suddenly, you find yourself in the red zone. You're getting that rhythm, and a beautiful pass play brings up first and goal after a near miraculous catch. Then, heartbreak. The yellow flag flies. Offensive holding, you don't even need to hear the ref call it to know what happened. It's like the wind has left your sails. That is where we find the Honolulu Hahalua, at 1st and 15 following an offensive holding call that seems to already be setting them up for another field goal. They line up in an offset I formation with just a receiver out wide on either side. A clean snap, and good initial blocking, but a stumble and slip by QB Nova Montagne make you think this will end in another loss of yards. But WR Mai-Heinous has beaten his man despite the press coverage and Montagne sees it just in time, letting out a laser just as the interior of the pocket begins to collapse. Mai-Heinous makes a perfect outside-leverage catch in stride, securing the ball against the tackle that is sure to follow. Instead, a beautifully timed block by TE Waluigi Gronkowski ensures a clear path and Mai-Heinous takes it home for the tud. This is my favorite play of week 5 largely because of the momentum it represents, setting Honolulu on the path to their first win of the season and netting them a lead that they ultimately wouldn't give up for the rest of the game.
There have been a lot of great plays this season already. We’ve seen some great picks, great sucks and some huge lung busting plays from offenses across the league. However, my favorite play so far has to be one of my own. I would love to be humble and throw someone else's name out there but when you make a potentially game saving play on your ISFL debut, it has to be worth a mention.
Austin started their drive with 2:16 on the clock in the 4th, down 21-14 against Arizona on their own 25 yard line. Queen Elizabeth II dropped back looking for something deep and we had a blown coverage. Johnny Patey was wide open and had my partner in crime at safety, Springer, beat deep. He makes the catch on the 40 yard line, so we’ve already given up 15 yards and then he takes off. I’m covering the opposite half of the field, so I’m a good 10-15 yards off the play and I’m at a standing start. I ran Patey down and forced a fumble on our own 32 yard line with nothing between Patey and our endzone. Springer scoops up the ball and tries to take it back before sensibly hitting the deck to secure possession of the ball. The Arizona offense came back on the field with nothing to do but burn 2 minutes off the clock and close out the game.
This isn't necessarily one particular play, but a series of events. I think the craziest thus far in the season has been Kaguya Shinomiya's back to back long touchdown runs against Baltimore. The first one came the Otter's second possession of the game where Shino busted a 72 yarder to the house. After a few plays by Baltimore they punted back to Orange County, and on the second play of their next possession, Shino took a 55 yarder to the house. And she's a quarterback. Later in the game, Kaguya had a 75 yard touchdown, and ended with give rushing, and six total touchdowns for the game. Craziest series of events. Craziest individual game. It's already been four games after this happened, and Shino owns the top two longest runs of the season, and has three in the top six. It blows my mind that they are all from the same game by the same player. I bet they were drug tested after the game.
“YOOOOOOUUUUUUUURRRRRRR MINNESOTA GREYDUCKS, TWENTY EIGHT! KANSAS CITY COYOTES, FOURTEEEEEEEN!!!” The PA announcer’s jubilance buzzes through my chest. It’s so loud, yet I barely hear it over the frenzied crowd. We have the defending Ultimini Champs on the ropes on our turf after almost three full quarters. I look at my fellow defensive linemen and, without a word, grab our helmets to head onto the field.
“Kickoff by Jay-Jaymison, return by Akara to the 21 yard line. First and ten, Kansas City.” The surge from the crowd drives me out to the field. Adrenaline pumping through every inch of my being as the crowd is near deafening. The play is blown dead. False start on Akara. I don’t blame him. I can barely hear the snap count as a defensive tackle; he's a wide out. Somehow, it gets even louder. My heart pumps even faster. Never have I felt so energized yet so in control. As the ball is set and the Coyotes come to the line, time seems to slow down; almost stand still. The ball is snapped. It's as though I'm bull rushing my blocker into the ground before the quarterback has the ball. It's a deep drop. I close the gap fast as he notices me coming. It’s too late. He tries to escape but ends up losing more yards as I drive him to the ground. “MINNESOTA SACK!!! QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!!!” Leonardo Da Pinchi S48: Roster Page | Most Recent Update | Wiki Billy Jor-El S41: Roster Page | Wiki
Although the season is still relatively young, we have had many dramatic moments so far. Several of our games seem to have come down to a critical moment or singular play that swung the whole thing. Probably no game is more emblematic of this than our matchup against the Cape Town Crash. It was a tight contest the whole time, and the Wraiths entered the fourth quarter with a six point lead over Cape Town. Just before the end of the third, the Crash had returned a punt 41 yards and set themselves up for decent field position. From there, they had a few solid gains and some penalties to set themselves up well at the Wraith 20 yard line. If they score here, they take the lead. On second and seven, quarterback Jerrith IV was sacked by a blitzing Jack McPherson for an eleven yard loss. This set up an eventual fourth and thirteen and a missed forty-two yard field goal by Cunningham. The Wraiths would go on to win this game 17-15 in the tightest win so far this season.
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