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Where to begin, it is always the question when telling a story of this magnitude.  So I guess I will start at the hardest part to tell, the part about regret. 

After I finished Go Fight Win I wanted to make the Revere Riders, the fictional setting for Go Fight Win and the story of Liam Taylor and the beleaguered College football team he coached. When Liam's story ended the team was in complete ruin. To put it bluntly no other team had ever endured what he put them through. 

I thought to myself, building that team would make a hell of a sequel of sorts. Same setting, same team, new story. 

First came the head coach. Sean Mulligan. A struggling division 3 coach from Revere, a graduate of Boston College just trying to make ends meat. Once I came up with him and had Sammy Dakota build the team it was time to play. I intended to write an entirely new story, but writing is hard, telling a story to an audience that doesn't care doesn't help either. I mean Alan, the guy who normally reads them and we talk barely cared at all, busy with his own life. 

So I stopped writing..I regret that now because this story is one for the ages, it is in my head only right now. So without the writing I just played…let me tell you something. It is fun. I am playing with suicide recruiting, so once my board is filled at the beginning of the season that is it. I can only replace underclassmen who transfer on a 1 to 1 basis in the portal as well. Building this team, a team I had made as the worst of the worst has not been easy. Campus lifestyle F, Academics F, Pro Potential F…F…F…F…not a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out. 

So I played. The first season behind Keyonte Tyson we went 6-6 and won a bowl game…a flicker of hope. Keyonte left for greener pastures as did most of the good players on a bad team. The next season we went 9-3 against a very weak schedule, lost a bowl game we never should have been in. The psycho computer matched my 63 OVR ass against Tennesee who had a down year…I think they put up 50 that game. 

The Next season we went 9-4 and won a bowl game to finish with 10 wins…still no playoffs. The schedule had a small bump as the team cleared the 70 OVR range but a foundation was built…a couple of Senior transfers helped bridge the gap..

In season 3 as a 74 OVR I felt like we could possibly compete, maybe sneak into the playoffs as a 12 seed…If only I could win a few big games. I bumped the schedule up once more..a couple ranked teams. A trip to Blacksburg for Enter Sandman, a home game against #24 Cal. If we could just win a few of these. I got the team to 9-1 with the only loss to Va-Tech by a missed 2 point conversion in double OT…a real heartbreaker but we were close…then it fell apart. Finished the regular season 10-2..a trip to the Conny…win and were in…we didn’t win, upset on our own field by UTSA. Late in the 4th they drove the length of the field and I just couldn't stop them. They scored with a few seconds on the clock to win…I was crushed…real life..bummed the fuck out. I barely had it in me to play the bowl game…we lost..finished 10-4

Season 4.  76 Overall, a disgruntled QB wanting to transfer, a workhorse back who finally became the starter..a talented but small WR and a classic big body TE named Lee. The defense which has long been my calling card was finally the ticket to the playoffs. In my head this was it…The schedule was tough but not brutal. 3 ranked teams, 1 of them on my home field and if USF and Boston College can help with Strength of schedule I think we got it. Through an up and down season I got the team to As the season went on it felt like maybe we could make it. Started 4-2 after dropping the 2 away ranked games. Well…2 losses we can get in right…just gotta run the table. I go 5-1 losing to USF who is ranked 15th.With 3 losses it doesn’t look good. But maybe there is hope. We are still going to the Conny..a rematch with USF. They are slotted as the 12 seed. There are a few other teams all in the same boat and a 3 loss team is going to get in. I win…totally crush them on their own field…and we wait. I even get a little help from the computer but we are left out ranked #19. We go to a bowl…win and finish 10-4. 

Now we get to the fun part…the fun part is named Cortez “Mutha Fuckin” Temple and he is a damned menace. A RS Junior FS Transfer…82 Overall. Not even good enough to start at FS for me on the depth chart. We start the season at home for #16 Duke..I control the entire game. RS Freshman QB looks poised beyond his years, 2 headed RB system including a freshman dude named ROH who is a North South Receiver RB and his counterpart an elusive Bruiser. Most of the team returned and we are a 79 OVR. Still in the 4th Duke mounts a furious comeback…they win..it's happening again. For whatever reason I just can't seem to finish these teams off. Now in my head it's happening. The lore..Go Fight Win, Liam Taylor…maybe the team is cursed. Maybe it is just not meant to be. Cortez Temple makes a few crazy plays in the losing effort, enough that I notice him..where the fuck did he even come from?

0-1..ok… What started slow built…game after game…week after week. Even with injuries the depth I had built started to show. 2 mean defensive tackles, quick LB's and some corners who seemed to make plays we didn't make the years before. I got a lockdown corner named Locke! It's a sign..and Cortez Temple…this fuckin kid is a Tornado. Ed Reed, just shows up on plays all over the field..2-1, 3-1, 7-1…pulling wins out of my ass including a 17 point 4th quarter comeback against UTSA. We finish the regular season 11-1. Cortez Temple is the DPOY.. 5 sacks, 98 tackles, 5 interceptions, 1 forced fumble, a safety and play after clutch play. 

Were going to the Conny and UTSA is coming to Revere. Once again I control the game…its 24 to 7…but here comes UTSA. They score to make it 24-14…then I turn it over and they score again…24-21. Late in the 4th, dejavu…they have the ball and time. They start driving…no huddle…full speed…right…down…the field. They get to the 17 with 21 seconds to go…1 pass to the 9…17 seconds. I can feel it in my bones…they are going to fuck me again…the QB drops back..throws the slant…..CORTEZ FUCKIN TEMPLE JUMPS the route 2 yards deep in the end zone…and he is GONE.. 82 OVR DPOY…showing what the fuck he is about. He just jumped into Revere Riders lore…102 Yards to the house. I stand up…in my house…and I fucking cheer…like a damned little kid…happy like I just did something…cool…I got a smile ear to ear…were going to the playoffs! I can hear famous calls from sports announcers in my head. The curse…the lore…the stories…all of it…right now it is as real as shit gets and I am such a fucking nerd. 

The first game is at Iowa…the crowd is nuts. Iowa is an 86 Overall. Were the 10 seed…they are 7. I figure were playing with the house money now…Cinderella is going to the dance baby!.

All game long it is close..I trail 6-7 at the half. I score to make it 13-7..they score to make it 14-13..I get a TD and miss the 2 point conversion 19-14 . They are driving…its early 4th and I think this is it…I have been just holding on all game. Then…like a bolt of fuckin lighting…Cortez Temple shows up like Thor at the battle of Wakanda…a strip sack..3 plays later we punch it in…the tidal wave is started and we run off 2 more TDS to win 33-14. 

Next game the Sugar Bowl against #2 seed Oklahoma. At this point my nerd levels are sky high, it feels great just to be on this run, the payoff feels in reach and I start to think back to writing Go Fight win in the first place. The lore built up in my head around the program is just as big as the game. I think of the struggle to finish that story, wanting to start this one…but most of all I think of Andy Watts, the super fan..obsessed with the team. As I cruise to a pretty straightforward 20-7 victory I sit there.. “What would Andy Watts think of all this.” 

I mean what a wild, super nerd level thought. But that is it, that's the fun in all this. The story, building the team, a roster with these ups and downs. Some really rough losses, some awesome wins and now this…Cortez Temple.

Good morning to the Sack!

Over the last 6 months two of our members were diagnosed with Cancer and underwent risky surgeries to remove it. Corey Harris and Alan Gegax .

Thankfully both are alive to tell the story.

This episode Alan recounts the surgery itself and the immediate days after it.

Seems like any episode where either of suffer becomes very popular...I am starting to wonder about you guys.

Link in the comments!

What a season for the defense. We made massive leaps and it really boils down to Jr Transfer and star FS Cortez Temple.

Ironically he wasn't the best FS on the roster.

Alright here we go.

Defensive line - My 4-3 base defense morphs a ton into a 4-2-5 because of all the 3 receiver sets we see but it all starts up front. The best guy is a 76 OVR Gap Specialist DT and he made plays all over.. the 2 Edge rushers are mostly there for containment but my RE Pullard ended up with 10 sacks as a Junior. Things changed with true Freshman Shakir Gattis. A speed rushing DT who clearly benefitted from the rest of the squad running wild. He piled on 6 sacks as a Freshman as the 3rd guy in the rotation.

Linebackers- Quincy Hendrickson is the fuckin truth. My Sophmore MLB is a damn menace.. 5 interceptions and 100 tackles on the season. He even scored a TD. The other backers just try not to get pancaked all year long.

Corners - This season saw the emergence of a star corner who finally started playing like one. 8 interceptions and he took 2 back for touchdowns as a 76 OVR. He is young and is going to develop nicely.

FS - As I mentioned above...Cortez Temple isn't the best Free safety on the roster...but he sure as hell was the best defensive player I have had in a long long time...probably since the days of "Pro Size" my 6'9 310 lb Reggie white clone Defensive end at Arizona. But Cortez would just make plays...all year long. He was a true legend...he made the biggest plays at the biggest times.

I want to get a Cortez Temple Revere Riders jersey made.

The second I saw him I had to get him. Send the house, the car and a truck load of NIL his way.