Sacramento, California: The 2019 A.F.F.A season kicks off tomorrow, Friday February 22nd in Salt Lake City as the defending Pantheon Cup Champion Sacramento Crusaders take on the Utah Mammoths at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
For the Crusaders, the quest for a third Pantheon Cup in four years begins in earnest. So far in the brief history of the league, no team has ever won back to back Cups. As a matter of fact no Pantheon Cup Champion has ever returned for back to back championship games. Louisville who won in 2017 came close, advancing to the 2018 Eastern Conference Championship Game but fell short with a upset loss to Birmingham .
Crusaders head coach Justin Wilcox knows that as champions, the target is squarely on their back. But he feels his team is up for the task.
" I definitely feel like we have a really good chance. It is never easy to repeat in any league and this league is no different. A point that so far has been proven. But like I told the guys before closing training camp, last year is last year. What happened last season is history. This is a new year and a new season. " said Wilcox.
2018 Pantheon Cup III and League MVP Trevone Boykin returns as quarterback for the Crusaders and is confident that the Crusaders can and will repeat.
"Oh definitely! We know what it feels like and we are not ready to give that up anytime soon. We are going back and will be the first back to back Cup Champions. I have no doubt. " said Boykin who fought off Jeremiah Masoli to retain the starting role.
Like the old saying says, " To be the man, You got to beat the man!". Right now the Sacramento Crusaders are that team, until someone knocks them off that throne.
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