These first five weeks of the season have been some of the most exciting and most strange weeks of my ISFL career. Where should I even begin? The ISFL landscape was projected to look much different than it does today. To start, the powerhouses of the NSFC during the last several seasons, the Colorado Yeti, are sitting on the outside looking in in terms of the playoffs, if they were to start today. That is crazy to me. Even crazier than that, though, are the Berlin Fire Salamanders. Most people projected them to make a huge jump into playoff position this season. They, however, are sitting at 0-5. I feel bad for them because I have a lot of friends over there. My team, the Chicago Butchers, is playing outstanding though, so I am definitely excited about that! We are 4-1, and two of those wins actually came on the road, which is pretty much unheard of in the ISFL because of how strong home field advantage is! We are off to an amazing start, so I hope that we can keep it up. I usually try to temper my expectations, but this feels like it could maybe possibly potentially be our year. It's early, but we are feeling great right now!
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