So we get this fresh cat William Eaton on the field. True rookie straight out of the draft and heir apparent to the legendary Howard Coward as our running back of the future. There were some skeptics about throwing a true rookie out there, but having been one myself last season, I was all for it. Week 1 comes around against Honolulu, and he's getting a couple carries here and there, nothing too special. Then suddenly BOOM TOUCHDOWN! Alright rook, good job on your first score, and it put us ahead in the 2nd quarter. 3rd quarter comes around, we start falling behind BOOM TOUCHDOWN, he cuts it to a 5 point game. Now I'm getting excited and also a little jelly since I hadn't had a multi-score game yet at that point. But hey, scoring is scoring, it don't matter who does it for us. We get late into the 4th and the Hahalua kick this bonkers 60 yard field goal to go ahead. So what happens next? BOOM TOUCHDOWN! This dude runs up 3 scores against Honolulu, which I take great pleasure in defeating, and this last one comes with 2 minutes left and secures the win for us. Like you couldn't ask for a better debut with the team.
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