With one week left in the DSFL season the Portland have already clinched the one seed and home field advantage. It helps when the team tied for second in the North is 4-7. Portland are sitting at 8-3 on the season coming off a rough loss against the Tijuana Luchadores. Coming off their dominant title season Portland lost key pieces on both sides of the ball but didn’t lose enough to make them a bad team. Importantly, Portland retained star QB Jay Cue for another season, and while his play has been disappointing this year, having the reigning MVP winner is always nice in the playoffs. In order to make the Ultimini the Pythons are gonna have to beat a team with a losing record. While this should be an easy job the Pythons have already lost to the Coyotes who have a chance of being their playoff opponent this season. In the Ultimini it looks like the Pythons will face the 10-1 Luchadores barring a major upset. The teams have traded wins in their two games so far this season so it’s anyone’s game. This would be a rematch from the S43 Ultimini in which Portland crushed Tijuana. Maybe a victory for Tijuana would be a matter of revenge.
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