Answering question 1.
Let me take you back to the end of week 10. The Portland Pythons were shaken after a brutal loss to the Bondi Beach Buccaneers. Jackie Wilson, the General Manager of the team, had cast that game with me on gameday live. The last bits of hope were leaving her voice. That was when it all turned around. Portland would then go on to beat a juggernaut of a team in the Tijuana Luchadores. They started up, but then went down 17-7. They then proceeded to pile on points going up multiple scores. Tijuana would make it look like a close game near the end, drawing the final score to 42 to 39 with a late touchdown and two point conversion, but Portland had made a statement win. They then toppled the other juggernaut, my Minnesota Grey Ducks, winning a defensive duel 22 to 14. All of a sudden, the Pythons had gone from 5 and 5 to 7 and 5, and were poised to potentially sweep the rug out from under London and steal their spot in the playoffs. They would not waste the opportunity, absolutely destroying Norfolk 55 to 14. Van Goff threw for over four hundred yards. They were rolling. Yet after all this, they still had not clinched playoffs, they needed to beat the London Royals or all that work would have been for nothing. It was win and in, lose and out. The Pythons stepped up to the challenge though, stifling the London Royals’ offense, giving up just 12 points and scoring 26. With all that, the Pythons managed to squeak into the playoffs by a margin of one measly game. This was already a miracle. But that was just the start, then came the game of all games. The Portland Pythons matched up round one of the playoffs against the Minnesota Grey Ducks. Fortunately for the Ducks, they pounded the Pythons early. The first drive ended with a big Minnesota interception by Poop Eater Junior that was returned for 67 yards down to Portland’s 23. The Pythons managed a goal line stand and forced Minnesota to kick a field goal (remember this). Portland then drove down the field and missed a mid ranged kick. That’s what happens when you use a bot kicker. Minnesota then marched down the field with ease and scored a touchdown, going up 10 to 0. Portland’s bot kicker missed another kick, and Minnesota ran in another touchdown to go up 17 to 0. Minnesota would kick another field goal to go up 20 to 0 and it was looking real slim for Portland. The bot kicker for Portland missed yet another kick, which was not even the worst thing to happen. Late in the third quarter, Oles the third would pick off a pass from Van Goff and take it 56 yards to the house, putting Minnesota up 27 to 0. The coffin gifs came out all across the gameday live chat. It was supposed to be over. Then voodoo magic happened. Portland scored one touchdown, then another, then another, then as they were driving for a third touchdown, Jackie Wilson said to me during gameday live commentary, “Don’t say we don’t have a chance.” Naturally, I responded, “You don’t have a chance.” Portland then proceeded to cash in that next touchdown, bringing them within a score at 27 to 21. We then completely bungled our possession and gave it back to them with two minutes left. They proceeded to march down the field completely unimpeded and score a game winning touchdown. I was at a loss for words. The finals game is irrelevant to this story. The run was crazy.
Let me take you back to the end of week 10. The Portland Pythons were shaken after a brutal loss to the Bondi Beach Buccaneers. Jackie Wilson, the General Manager of the team, had cast that game with me on gameday live. The last bits of hope were leaving her voice. That was when it all turned around. Portland would then go on to beat a juggernaut of a team in the Tijuana Luchadores. They started up, but then went down 17-7. They then proceeded to pile on points going up multiple scores. Tijuana would make it look like a close game near the end, drawing the final score to 42 to 39 with a late touchdown and two point conversion, but Portland had made a statement win. They then toppled the other juggernaut, my Minnesota Grey Ducks, winning a defensive duel 22 to 14. All of a sudden, the Pythons had gone from 5 and 5 to 7 and 5, and were poised to potentially sweep the rug out from under London and steal their spot in the playoffs. They would not waste the opportunity, absolutely destroying Norfolk 55 to 14. Van Goff threw for over four hundred yards. They were rolling. Yet after all this, they still had not clinched playoffs, they needed to beat the London Royals or all that work would have been for nothing. It was win and in, lose and out. The Pythons stepped up to the challenge though, stifling the London Royals’ offense, giving up just 12 points and scoring 26. With all that, the Pythons managed to squeak into the playoffs by a margin of one measly game. This was already a miracle. But that was just the start, then came the game of all games. The Portland Pythons matched up round one of the playoffs against the Minnesota Grey Ducks. Fortunately for the Ducks, they pounded the Pythons early. The first drive ended with a big Minnesota interception by Poop Eater Junior that was returned for 67 yards down to Portland’s 23. The Pythons managed a goal line stand and forced Minnesota to kick a field goal (remember this). Portland then drove down the field and missed a mid ranged kick. That’s what happens when you use a bot kicker. Minnesota then marched down the field with ease and scored a touchdown, going up 10 to 0. Portland’s bot kicker missed another kick, and Minnesota ran in another touchdown to go up 17 to 0. Minnesota would kick another field goal to go up 20 to 0 and it was looking real slim for Portland. The bot kicker for Portland missed yet another kick, which was not even the worst thing to happen. Late in the third quarter, Oles the third would pick off a pass from Van Goff and take it 56 yards to the house, putting Minnesota up 27 to 0. The coffin gifs came out all across the gameday live chat. It was supposed to be over. Then voodoo magic happened. Portland scored one touchdown, then another, then another, then as they were driving for a third touchdown, Jackie Wilson said to me during gameday live commentary, “Don’t say we don’t have a chance.” Naturally, I responded, “You don’t have a chance.” Portland then proceeded to cash in that next touchdown, bringing them within a score at 27 to 21. We then completely bungled our possession and gave it back to them with two minutes left. They proceeded to march down the field completely unimpeded and score a game winning touchdown. I was at a loss for words. The finals game is irrelevant to this story. The run was crazy.