(S19) - PT2 - Back to Reality

[IsaStarcrossed]

The start of the season stung a little for me. Every season you come in with high expectations of yourself and your team. You're here to compete, that is what it is all about. NOLA is a team that has been on the rise. Mix great drafts and a lot of development and it was easy to expect NOLA to come out firing on all cylinders. Our first game was against a conference rival and the team who almost certainly is destined to lock the first seed in the ASFC in the Otters. I didn't dare dream that we would go on the road and beat them, but the game ended up being much closer than I expected and certainly gave me false hope. The first three quarters were a struggle in which the teams went back and forth. It was a tight affair in which the third quarter had NOLA up on the road 16-12. For the first time I allowed myself to dream. If we could beat OCO on the road in our first game of the season, the sky was the limit. Unfortunately, an abysmal fourth quarter saw OCO take control and never look back as they won 26 to 16. As quick as my dreams flared, they were squashed. It was a crushing feeling and a massive disappointment. All of those hopes and dreams gone in a single moment. Still, after getting to reflect on it and seeing how close it was, hope began to stir again and now I'm apprehensively waiting to see what will happen when the Otters come to NOLA.