It was time for the Professional Football League's play-in tournament. This was not the main tournament for the championship; rather, it was to figure out who would be spotlit amongst 7 (expanding to 8 next year) teams by the media. This time, it was the 2nd round, the quarterfinals. For the first time in league history, two teams were playing each other who were already in the main tournament. It pretty much meant that, were they to lose in the main tournament, they would be back next year (losers in the first round of the tournament were eliminated in favor of the the 2 teams that made the finals, and then the loser to the winner of the finals, of the play-in tournament). It was the first time that this would happen. Whomever won would be exempt from elimination in the mainframe tournament.
The Cattle were so named because in District C, if you owned a Cattle Farm, you were going to be rich if you already weren't. And in District B, if you owned a business that sold clams, you were already rich. In district C, in the heated stadium, the teams were ready to go on January 7th, 2053.
At the half, the score was 10-10. A dramatic first-quarter goal-line stand by the Cattle held the Crabs to just a field goal, whereas a last-minute field goal by the Cattle tied the game up.
The coach for the Cattle was heard to tell his team that he needed to make a few offensive tweaks, while the Crabs' coach was very confident.
At the end o the game, the score was 17-10, Cattle. The fans in the Crab Kingdome were shocked. They had just been upset by a bunch of relatively obscure no-namers. And like that, the Cattle were onto the semifinals.
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