Sit down with a star: (questions from Leafs4ever)
1. The Hawks had a fantastic season, finishing 13-1. Did you and your teammates expect such dominance this season?
To be honest, I think we did. Although, I don't know about the other guys on the team, but for me I was taking it one game at a time and not living in the past. So in all honestly, it didn't seem like an record setting season because we've always just been focusing on playing the next team up. But long story short, we've known for a couple of seasons that this would be our year.
2. Your only loss came against the team you're facing in the Ultimus Championship. What have you learned from that game that will help you this time against New Orleans?
Not to take anything for granted, of course. But we hung with them for most of the game, they just pulled out in front in the last quarter. I know that I didn't have my best game, and neither did Blocksdale or Taylor. So, it may have been a little bit of an outlier for us. The good news is that we have NOLA at home this time. We've never lost to them in Baltimore before, so we're not about to start now.
3. Personally, how did you feel about your performance this season?
It was an up and down season. I felt like I was on the cusp of breaking out there at the beginning and I was super happy to see my YPC jump by about 3 yards. I think that was from all the extra time in the gym. But bringing Carter Bush to the team, while helping the team overall, I think hurt my production. I ended the regular season with only 1 touchdown. That's the fewest for me ever in the NSFL.
4. How are you preparing going into the Championship game? What's the one thing you're focusing on the most?
I'm just going to focus on doing what I've done all season. Preparing to be the best that I can be and to help the team any way that I can. If that means that I'm back in a blocking role more than out catching passes, then so be it. But I can't really say much more than that right now. But NOLA should expect us to be at the top of our game.
Sit down with a fan: Interviewed Leafs4ever
Unsung hero:
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@maxcrazy
Playoff Review:
vs. 
Of course this match up came as a shocker to nearly everyone, especially when one looks at the season's results in a narrative context. The bot teams were suck as usual, but then, out of nowhere they suddenly decided to be good. Everyone (except lucha) fell in the span of two weeks in which the bot teams went undefeated. unfortunately, this left KC on the outside looking in when it came time for the playoffs. The sting of their recent loss to the seawolves must have left the Pythons more than a little nervous for this game, especially when Norfolk went up 18-13 with only 4 and a half minutes left in the game. Fortunately for the Portland team, Joliet L. Christ led the team down the field without a single incomplete pass and scoring with less than 20 seconds left in the game.
vs 
This was the first of two tie-breaking matchups in this season's playoffs (spoiler alert) as these two teams were neck and neck all season. They were 2-2 over the course of the regular season with the last two games decided in overtime. Despite its high billing, this game had a completely different result. The Marshals, one of the most pass-happy teams in the league, didn't seem to be able to get anything going. They wouldn't score until a field goal mid-way through the 4th quarter, but this was too late as the Luchadores had already done their damage with 4 TDs and 2 FGs.
vs.
This one could be described as the tie breaker Ultimini as, over the course of the last 3 seasons, the Luchadores and the Pythons had already squared off twice for the league championship, each walking away with one win (the Pythons in S7, the Luchadores in S9). Portland started off hot, driving down the length field on the first possession of the game, again not affording a single incomplete pass, and topping it off with a touchdown. The Luchadores responded with a touchdown of their own, albiet a little less gracefully. The game was shaping up to be a high scoring one...until the Pythons seemed to stall out. After another touchdown or two, the Luchadores began to play serious ball control offense, limiting the Pythons to less than half of the time of possession than they had. Despite a 30 point differential, the game never seemed to be quite out of hand for the Portland team until the final couple of minutes. The experienced Luchadores just got the job done.
1. The Hawks had a fantastic season, finishing 13-1. Did you and your teammates expect such dominance this season?
To be honest, I think we did. Although, I don't know about the other guys on the team, but for me I was taking it one game at a time and not living in the past. So in all honestly, it didn't seem like an record setting season because we've always just been focusing on playing the next team up. But long story short, we've known for a couple of seasons that this would be our year.
2. Your only loss came against the team you're facing in the Ultimus Championship. What have you learned from that game that will help you this time against New Orleans?
Not to take anything for granted, of course. But we hung with them for most of the game, they just pulled out in front in the last quarter. I know that I didn't have my best game, and neither did Blocksdale or Taylor. So, it may have been a little bit of an outlier for us. The good news is that we have NOLA at home this time. We've never lost to them in Baltimore before, so we're not about to start now.
3. Personally, how did you feel about your performance this season?
It was an up and down season. I felt like I was on the cusp of breaking out there at the beginning and I was super happy to see my YPC jump by about 3 yards. I think that was from all the extra time in the gym. But bringing Carter Bush to the team, while helping the team overall, I think hurt my production. I ended the regular season with only 1 touchdown. That's the fewest for me ever in the NSFL.
4. How are you preparing going into the Championship game? What's the one thing you're focusing on the most?
I'm just going to focus on doing what I've done all season. Preparing to be the best that I can be and to help the team any way that I can. If that means that I'm back in a blocking role more than out catching passes, then so be it. But I can't really say much more than that right now. But NOLA should expect us to be at the top of our game.
Sit down with a fan: Interviewed Leafs4ever
Unsung hero:
@maxcrazy
Playoff Review:
vs. Of course this match up came as a shocker to nearly everyone, especially when one looks at the season's results in a narrative context. The bot teams were suck as usual, but then, out of nowhere they suddenly decided to be good. Everyone (except lucha) fell in the span of two weeks in which the bot teams went undefeated. unfortunately, this left KC on the outside looking in when it came time for the playoffs. The sting of their recent loss to the seawolves must have left the Pythons more than a little nervous for this game, especially when Norfolk went up 18-13 with only 4 and a half minutes left in the game. Fortunately for the Portland team, Joliet L. Christ led the team down the field without a single incomplete pass and scoring with less than 20 seconds left in the game.
vs This was the first of two tie-breaking matchups in this season's playoffs (spoiler alert) as these two teams were neck and neck all season. They were 2-2 over the course of the regular season with the last two games decided in overtime. Despite its high billing, this game had a completely different result. The Marshals, one of the most pass-happy teams in the league, didn't seem to be able to get anything going. They wouldn't score until a field goal mid-way through the 4th quarter, but this was too late as the Luchadores had already done their damage with 4 TDs and 2 FGs.
vs. This one could be described as the tie breaker Ultimini as, over the course of the last 3 seasons, the Luchadores and the Pythons had already squared off twice for the league championship, each walking away with one win (the Pythons in S7, the Luchadores in S9). Portland started off hot, driving down the length field on the first possession of the game, again not affording a single incomplete pass, and topping it off with a touchdown. The Luchadores responded with a touchdown of their own, albiet a little less gracefully. The game was shaping up to be a high scoring one...until the Pythons seemed to stall out. After another touchdown or two, the Luchadores began to play serious ball control offense, limiting the Pythons to less than half of the time of possession than they had. Despite a 30 point differential, the game never seemed to be quite out of hand for the Portland team until the final couple of minutes. The experienced Luchadores just got the job done.
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