11. Write a short biography or story about your player. This could include background about how they came to the ISFL and how they’ve done so far, a story about their role in an exciting game, or anything else related to their experience in the league.
So you may not know that most bell peppers are grown in Florida. It’s not really something people generally tend to know. But I bet you definitely didn’t know that many people can and do grow bell peppers in their gardens along the front range in Colorado. This is how Bell Pepper grew up. Bell peppers in Colorado generally have to be planted in a pot before being transferred to the ground once the real risk of snow has finally passed and summer has officially begun. Bell Pepper’s parents like to tell him that he was planted even later n the season than normal, all the way back in July. Bell Pepper’s first memories involve being a freshly sprouted plant in a well regulated green house. He grew fast. He was the fastest bell pepper anyone had seen. Soon, he was planted in the ground, fully grown, snipped, and off to the races. Bell Pepper was, in fact, the fastest pepper of any kind anyone had ever seen. He could also jump many times his own body height and somehow never seemed to wither or break or get trampled or rot. He was truly special from an early day. He set his sight on playing football and quickly excelled. His speed and frankly tiny size, combined with freakishly athletic feats of acrobatics, allowed him to somewhat miraculously keep WRs from catching the ball. And, as a tiny pepper, virtually never got called for penalties like pass interference like the other defenders did. If the WR somehow caught the ball, they were pretty much guaranteed a touchdown unless there was help over the top, but that was no matter as Bell Pepper was incredibly good at keeping people from even catching the ball. The scouts told him he had a real shot at going pro, and of course he had to take it…who wouldn’t? (313 words)
16. Describe your player and/or team’s journey through this latest season. What were the highlights? What were the lower points? What might you have done differently? What are your expectations for next season?
The Colorado Yeti honestly had another disappointing season last time out. It’s been a relatively long string of disappointing seasons since our peak sometime in the S20’s, I think. That was, obviously, a long time ago. A lot has changed fairly rapidly, with players coming and going in trades, GMs stepping down and being hired left and right, and a flurry of deals to bring in a lot of new talent and stock up on picks for the future drafts. The Yeti started of S41 with an exciting win against Berlin. It was a low scoring affair, ending with a combined 26 points. Perhaps that should have been an indication of the long road we were in for… We went on to lose the next three in a row, dropping games to two playoff teams from within the conference and immediately setting ourselves up for a difficult road to stay in the playoff picture. We managed a win on the road against Baltimore, but then immediately dropped a couple more to Cape Town and Chicago. I believe that makes our record through the first 45%ish of the season something like 1-4 in conference. Obviously that’s not a recipe for success…We won three in a row, including a revenge game against Yellowknife, but two of those wins came from ASFC teams, so not much ground was made up. A brutal string of four consecutive defeats pretty much signaled the end of any hope we had. A pity win against Chicago was the last win of the season before a shootout with Cape Town resulted in a loss, despite the fact that the Crash had already wrapped up the top seed in the conference. The team as a whole didn’t really put up spectacular numbers on either side of the ball. The offense was one of the bottom three in the league in scoring and the defense wasn’t too much better on paper. One standout, though, was Mister Hogmally, the fantastic tight end. Hogmally recorded their third straight season with over 1,000 yards, recording five touchdowns and tying a career high in first downs and 40+ yard receptions. Hogmally additionally broke their season best in pancakes and was only responsible for one sack. Pretty special season for them individually. (377 words)
So you may not know that most bell peppers are grown in Florida. It’s not really something people generally tend to know. But I bet you definitely didn’t know that many people can and do grow bell peppers in their gardens along the front range in Colorado. This is how Bell Pepper grew up. Bell peppers in Colorado generally have to be planted in a pot before being transferred to the ground once the real risk of snow has finally passed and summer has officially begun. Bell Pepper’s parents like to tell him that he was planted even later n the season than normal, all the way back in July. Bell Pepper’s first memories involve being a freshly sprouted plant in a well regulated green house. He grew fast. He was the fastest bell pepper anyone had seen. Soon, he was planted in the ground, fully grown, snipped, and off to the races. Bell Pepper was, in fact, the fastest pepper of any kind anyone had ever seen. He could also jump many times his own body height and somehow never seemed to wither or break or get trampled or rot. He was truly special from an early day. He set his sight on playing football and quickly excelled. His speed and frankly tiny size, combined with freakishly athletic feats of acrobatics, allowed him to somewhat miraculously keep WRs from catching the ball. And, as a tiny pepper, virtually never got called for penalties like pass interference like the other defenders did. If the WR somehow caught the ball, they were pretty much guaranteed a touchdown unless there was help over the top, but that was no matter as Bell Pepper was incredibly good at keeping people from even catching the ball. The scouts told him he had a real shot at going pro, and of course he had to take it…who wouldn’t? (313 words)
16. Describe your player and/or team’s journey through this latest season. What were the highlights? What were the lower points? What might you have done differently? What are your expectations for next season?
The Colorado Yeti honestly had another disappointing season last time out. It’s been a relatively long string of disappointing seasons since our peak sometime in the S20’s, I think. That was, obviously, a long time ago. A lot has changed fairly rapidly, with players coming and going in trades, GMs stepping down and being hired left and right, and a flurry of deals to bring in a lot of new talent and stock up on picks for the future drafts. The Yeti started of S41 with an exciting win against Berlin. It was a low scoring affair, ending with a combined 26 points. Perhaps that should have been an indication of the long road we were in for… We went on to lose the next three in a row, dropping games to two playoff teams from within the conference and immediately setting ourselves up for a difficult road to stay in the playoff picture. We managed a win on the road against Baltimore, but then immediately dropped a couple more to Cape Town and Chicago. I believe that makes our record through the first 45%ish of the season something like 1-4 in conference. Obviously that’s not a recipe for success…We won three in a row, including a revenge game against Yellowknife, but two of those wins came from ASFC teams, so not much ground was made up. A brutal string of four consecutive defeats pretty much signaled the end of any hope we had. A pity win against Chicago was the last win of the season before a shootout with Cape Town resulted in a loss, despite the fact that the Crash had already wrapped up the top seed in the conference. The team as a whole didn’t really put up spectacular numbers on either side of the ball. The offense was one of the bottom three in the league in scoring and the defense wasn’t too much better on paper. One standout, though, was Mister Hogmally, the fantastic tight end. Hogmally recorded their third straight season with over 1,000 yards, recording five touchdowns and tying a career high in first downs and 40+ yard receptions. Hogmally additionally broke their season best in pancakes and was only responsible for one sack. Pretty special season for them individually. (377 words)