Astounding Overtime Win For the UCAS League!
The New York Jets, behind from the first quarter, pulled off an amazing come-from-behind victory against the Freedom League Champion Richmond Raiders. This clash of the titans was truly a testament to the sheer power of the respective teams' defensive lines, as run after run, and pass after pass ended abruptly in a bone crunching tackle, often with a loss of yards. While the Jets entered the game with the same grudge match mentality displayed by every UCAS league Champion since the splitting of the old NFL, they were unable to completely halt Richmond's progress, letting by first a touchdown, then in the second quarter, a field goal.

Dispite being sacked seven times in the first half, Richmond QB Eric Pruitt unflinchingly stood his ground play after play. His sixty yard touchdown pass to Trochae Philips gave the Raiders their early lead, and his daring run toward the close of the first half was essential in putting Richmond in range for their first field goal. But the relentless pounding by New York's defense, lead by 3.1 meter tall troll Nyama "the African Horror" Okinde made certain that Richmond would score no points in the second half.

By comparison, the Jets seemed to rally. Richmond's special teams star Morris "the Loris" Polaski returned the second half opening kick-off, only to have the surprise star of the UCAS League Championship, Hiram Epstein strip the ball from him and run to the Raider's own five yard line. Of course the resulting tackle removed Epstein from the game (and possibly next season) but his astounding performance gave New York the position they needed to score an unanswered touchdown in the third quarter.

For the rest of the game, the Raiders fell back on their tough and smart defensive line. Smashing the Jets relentlessly while their offense burned as much time as possible throughout the second half. The strategy seemed to be working as neither team managed to make much progress on the field, so punished were they by their adversaries' defense.

By the end of the fourth quarter, Richmond had held New York to their own fifteen yard line. Well out of field goal range, Jets Quarterback Neil Hurst threw a sixty-yard pass to wide reciever Wade Barrett, who ran for another fifteen yards before being tackled. The position gained allowed for a hasty field goal that passed the uprights just as the buzzer sounded.

With the game tied at ten, Richmond recieved the overtime kickoff, but was unable to get within fieldgoal range, their sad attempt from one hundred yards off elicited a collective sigh from the Jacksonville crowd. The Jets however, seemed revitalized. Former star runningback Trevor Lonnelly ran for sixty two yards, deftly evading Richmond's defense in a run characteristic of his performances as a rookie four years ago. The aging athlete seemed untouchable as he pushed himself to the Raider's own thirty-yard line. From there it was a simple matter of kicking the field goal. A surprise indeed from this Jet's team that entered the UCAS League Championship as a wild card, to come to Jacksonville and beat the Freedom League on their own soil. New York coach Vic Marrelles told reporters after the game, "Sherman has marched to the sea a second time".