(S2) - PT #1 - Pre Season Hype

[Roshambo]

It’s no secret that there’s some bad blood between the Otters and the Outlaws. We’re not typically ones to fall into the drama bin here in Orange County, but bearing an entire offseason of gloating and taunting from Arizona has brought a few close to bubbling over. The most vocal of the Outlaws has by far been linebacker Harrif Ernston. Ernston rushed the stage near the conclusion of the NSFL Season Awards show to verbally slap the entire league a la Suge Knight at the ‘95 Source Awards. Though no specific comment was directed towards the Otters from the stage, amongst the boo’s from the league and cheers from Outlaws, not-so-pleasant words were exchanged. The atmosphere in Santa Ana throughout training camp has been buzzing as we inch closer to preseason - though they don’t meet until the regular season, Dominic Verns gave brief comments possibly to the Outlaws after practice last week.

“We focus week to week, I'm not going to say we're looking forward to this team or that team. But I will say sometimes to stop someone from jawing you need to pop them in the mouth a bit.”

When asked if he was referring to the verbose and abrasive Ernston, Verns picked up his helmet and smiled before trotting to the locker room.


“We’ll let the scoreboard do the talking for us this year, but I’ll be sure to point it out to him Week 3.”


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