These days with the loss of the career and season leaderboards in the sim it can be difficult for us to go searching for some of the greatest players and performances in sim league history. There was a time when someone who went in to check the season records in the DSFL would be encountered with a record so absurd it almost defies comprehension. I'm here to tell you the story behind one of the few DSFL records that may never be broken. I'm here to tell you the story of Fast Boija's 2570 rushing yard season.
Fast Boija, also known as @Snussu , was a draft pick of mine in the season 11 DSFL draft, my first draft as a DSFL GM. You would think the man who rushed for 2570 yards in a single season would be off to an electric start in the DSFL, perhaps even contend for a few season records. But he did not. Boija was used as a change of pace back for most of his DSFL tenure, often backing up first round pick running backs like Asipi III and Tyler Swift. His first season in the ISFL Boija saw the RB1 lead the league in rushing yards while he only accumulated 451 yards on 97 carries. You see, as a GM I had some odd priorities and I really liked getting my players to break records. Sure I liked to win games too, but breaking records I found was an interesting way to keep guys excited about the league. That season Asipi III had broken the rushing yard record at 1817 yards in a season.
Come season 12 my previous star running back Asipi III got called up to the ISFL and I lost my first round pick and my workhorse running back on a run first team. But Fast Boija didn't get called up yet. Do I promote Fast Boija to the starting role and let him push to break the same record? No, that would be too smart. I instead spend another 1st round pick on a brand new recreate high end earning running back in Tyler Swift. This guy will likely pass Boija in speed very early on so he's the right move. Except this time Boija got a lot more carries to the tune of 194 for 1089 yards. Tyler swift was barely above him with 1121 yards. Both combined to lead a potent rushing attack yet still fall behind Portland and Tijuana in overall rushing yards. San Antonio only won 5 games that season.
Now it's season 13, and my brand new running back I had just drafted and watched rush for 1100 yards in a time share? Gone to the ISFL. Twice in a row I have now lost 1st round pick running backs after only one season. Except this time things are even worse. There aren't any running backs in the DSFL draft. None. Zero. That's okay, we still have Fast Boija and that's all we need in order to win some games, right? Wrong. Fast Boija was getting called up to the Liberty as well. San Antonio was going into Season 13 with zero running backs, and this is a team built to run the ball 30+ times a game.
I didn't know what to do, I had to find a running back. So I reached out to Philly's GMs. I knew they already had a running back on their roster, maybe even two. I inquired why they would want to call him up too. The response was that it was what Fast Boija wanted, he was tired of being a mediocre running back in the DSFL and was ready to play in the ISFL. Philly told me it's all up to him if he goes up or stays down. So I reach out to Boija with an offer: one more season. Give me one more season in the DSFL and I promise you it will be absolutely worth it. He was hesitant about the idea but he agreed to stay down for one more run.
So, what's a guy to do with a 92 speed running back and no change of pace back in a historically run first offense? We run the damn ball. All strategies were set to Power 30 and I mean all of them. I'm pretty sure I even set 3rd and long to Power 30. We were going to run the ball as much as we possibly could and there was nobody to carry it except for Boija. I take that back I had an inactive fullback with like 60 speed also. Yikes. So what does a fast paced high volume rushing attack with just one rusher look like?
Game 1: 33 Rushes for 182 yards and 3 TDs, 5.5 YPC
Game 2: 40 carries for 188 yards and 1 TD, 4.7 YPC
Game 3: 43 carries for 174 yards and 2 TDs, 4.0 YPC
Game 4: 35 carries for 140 yards and 1 TD, 4.0 YPC
It was at this point we realized he was on a trajectory the likes that has never been seen. Through four games Boija amassed 684 yards, he was on pace for 2394 (wrong) and the previous record of 1817 also set by a Marshals RB was going to be a distant second. Additionally, the San Antonio Marshals were 4-0, we were winning games and were basically running a full meme strat that had the primary goal as setting a rushing yards record that would exist forever! We were still winning somehow! It was right before game 4 when I got a message from DSFL simmer Oles, I have a screenshot of the exchange:
Guess what, I did have an idea what he was talking about. I was actually so concerned that his pace was this extreme that HO or DSFL commissioners were going to make me stop and run him less. At this point I was too invested, Boija was too invested, we couldn't stop. We pretended like we weren't doing this intentionally and we continued on.
By midseason Boija had now rushed for 1313 yards, he had a 50+ carry game against the bot team Solar Bears. The Marshals were 6-1. There was no trying to hide our intentions any more, the spotlight was on us and people were looking at our strategies and could see how ridiculous our rushing strats were. Fast Boija was going to set an unbreakable DSFL record and there was nothing anyone could do to stop us. And we were still winning games!
By week 10 it was official, Boija had broken the DSFL rushing record with 1855 yards with four games to spare. He did so in a blowout 44-0 win over our arch rivals the Tijuana Luchadores. The Marshals were 9-1 and Boija was already a legend. We continued down this same path for the last four games of the season. By the end of the regular season the Marshals were 11-3 having lost 2 of their final 4, and Boija had rushed 557 times in 14 games for just shy of 40 touches per game. To put that in perspective OJ Simpson's 2000 yard season he carried the ball 332 times in 14 games or 23.7 attempts per game. Boija had almost doubled his carries, sure he didn't have the efficiency per carry of OJ Simpson but we all know OJ had some legendary cuts. Okay I'll stop.
So now what, we're the #1 regular season team in the DSFL, our running back broke all the records, what is left? Win the championship? Nah, that would make too much sense. The 11-3 Marshals faced off against the 7-7 Luchadores in the conference championship and lost 37-10. Boija had 71 yards on 24 attempts for 3 yards per carry. Wozy went 21/39 with 0 TDs and 3 INTs. The miracle season was over. Tijuana went on to win the championship that season over Kansas City.
Boija moved on to the ISFL the next season, but his career never really panned out to anything. He went inactive and that was the end of his story, the man who was once the unstoppable runner in the DSFL didn't go on to greatness or retire unexpectedly, instead he just faded into obscurity. The Marshals never ended up winning a championship after that, not the next season where they went 13-1, not ever. They were eventually relocated to Minnesota and rebranded as the Grey Ducks and their story ended much the same as Fast Boija's, they faded into obscurity and became nothing more than a footnote or two in the record books. But for that one season they were on top and they did something that probably nobody ever will again.
Fast Boija, also known as @Snussu , was a draft pick of mine in the season 11 DSFL draft, my first draft as a DSFL GM. You would think the man who rushed for 2570 yards in a single season would be off to an electric start in the DSFL, perhaps even contend for a few season records. But he did not. Boija was used as a change of pace back for most of his DSFL tenure, often backing up first round pick running backs like Asipi III and Tyler Swift. His first season in the ISFL Boija saw the RB1 lead the league in rushing yards while he only accumulated 451 yards on 97 carries. You see, as a GM I had some odd priorities and I really liked getting my players to break records. Sure I liked to win games too, but breaking records I found was an interesting way to keep guys excited about the league. That season Asipi III had broken the rushing yard record at 1817 yards in a season.
Come season 12 my previous star running back Asipi III got called up to the ISFL and I lost my first round pick and my workhorse running back on a run first team. But Fast Boija didn't get called up yet. Do I promote Fast Boija to the starting role and let him push to break the same record? No, that would be too smart. I instead spend another 1st round pick on a brand new recreate high end earning running back in Tyler Swift. This guy will likely pass Boija in speed very early on so he's the right move. Except this time Boija got a lot more carries to the tune of 194 for 1089 yards. Tyler swift was barely above him with 1121 yards. Both combined to lead a potent rushing attack yet still fall behind Portland and Tijuana in overall rushing yards. San Antonio only won 5 games that season.
Now it's season 13, and my brand new running back I had just drafted and watched rush for 1100 yards in a time share? Gone to the ISFL. Twice in a row I have now lost 1st round pick running backs after only one season. Except this time things are even worse. There aren't any running backs in the DSFL draft. None. Zero. That's okay, we still have Fast Boija and that's all we need in order to win some games, right? Wrong. Fast Boija was getting called up to the Liberty as well. San Antonio was going into Season 13 with zero running backs, and this is a team built to run the ball 30+ times a game.
I didn't know what to do, I had to find a running back. So I reached out to Philly's GMs. I knew they already had a running back on their roster, maybe even two. I inquired why they would want to call him up too. The response was that it was what Fast Boija wanted, he was tired of being a mediocre running back in the DSFL and was ready to play in the ISFL. Philly told me it's all up to him if he goes up or stays down. So I reach out to Boija with an offer: one more season. Give me one more season in the DSFL and I promise you it will be absolutely worth it. He was hesitant about the idea but he agreed to stay down for one more run.
So, what's a guy to do with a 92 speed running back and no change of pace back in a historically run first offense? We run the damn ball. All strategies were set to Power 30 and I mean all of them. I'm pretty sure I even set 3rd and long to Power 30. We were going to run the ball as much as we possibly could and there was nobody to carry it except for Boija. I take that back I had an inactive fullback with like 60 speed also. Yikes. So what does a fast paced high volume rushing attack with just one rusher look like?
Game 1: 33 Rushes for 182 yards and 3 TDs, 5.5 YPC
Game 2: 40 carries for 188 yards and 1 TD, 4.7 YPC
Game 3: 43 carries for 174 yards and 2 TDs, 4.0 YPC
Game 4: 35 carries for 140 yards and 1 TD, 4.0 YPC
It was at this point we realized he was on a trajectory the likes that has never been seen. Through four games Boija amassed 684 yards, he was on pace for 2394 (wrong) and the previous record of 1817 also set by a Marshals RB was going to be a distant second. Additionally, the San Antonio Marshals were 4-0, we were winning games and were basically running a full meme strat that had the primary goal as setting a rushing yards record that would exist forever! We were still winning somehow! It was right before game 4 when I got a message from DSFL simmer Oles, I have a screenshot of the exchange:
Guess what, I did have an idea what he was talking about. I was actually so concerned that his pace was this extreme that HO or DSFL commissioners were going to make me stop and run him less. At this point I was too invested, Boija was too invested, we couldn't stop. We pretended like we weren't doing this intentionally and we continued on.
By midseason Boija had now rushed for 1313 yards, he had a 50+ carry game against the bot team Solar Bears. The Marshals were 6-1. There was no trying to hide our intentions any more, the spotlight was on us and people were looking at our strategies and could see how ridiculous our rushing strats were. Fast Boija was going to set an unbreakable DSFL record and there was nothing anyone could do to stop us. And we were still winning games!
By week 10 it was official, Boija had broken the DSFL rushing record with 1855 yards with four games to spare. He did so in a blowout 44-0 win over our arch rivals the Tijuana Luchadores. The Marshals were 9-1 and Boija was already a legend. We continued down this same path for the last four games of the season. By the end of the regular season the Marshals were 11-3 having lost 2 of their final 4, and Boija had rushed 557 times in 14 games for just shy of 40 touches per game. To put that in perspective OJ Simpson's 2000 yard season he carried the ball 332 times in 14 games or 23.7 attempts per game. Boija had almost doubled his carries, sure he didn't have the efficiency per carry of OJ Simpson but we all know OJ had some legendary cuts. Okay I'll stop.
So now what, we're the #1 regular season team in the DSFL, our running back broke all the records, what is left? Win the championship? Nah, that would make too much sense. The 11-3 Marshals faced off against the 7-7 Luchadores in the conference championship and lost 37-10. Boija had 71 yards on 24 attempts for 3 yards per carry. Wozy went 21/39 with 0 TDs and 3 INTs. The miracle season was over. Tijuana went on to win the championship that season over Kansas City.
Boija moved on to the ISFL the next season, but his career never really panned out to anything. He went inactive and that was the end of his story, the man who was once the unstoppable runner in the DSFL didn't go on to greatness or retire unexpectedly, instead he just faded into obscurity. The Marshals never ended up winning a championship after that, not the next season where they went 13-1, not ever. They were eventually relocated to Minnesota and rebranded as the Grey Ducks and their story ended much the same as Fast Boija's, they faded into obscurity and became nothing more than a footnote or two in the record books. But for that one season they were on top and they did something that probably nobody ever will again.
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