It’s over… it’s all over.

By: Jerome Cusson

The very first team I ever got to cover as a reporter had their season ended by a team that they were clearly better then twice. There was no way I could possibly nail this season down to one paragraph. My friend and reporter Adam Rosen is the one who wrote that fantastic conclusion for my story. He succunctly put into words everything he and I were thinking. Adam is someone who lives and breathes the Rush more than anyone I know. There were a lot of people in the stands who couldn’t believe what they were seeing.

This is a city that has only gotten too used to disappointment, which is why a part of me isn’t even surprised that the Rush lost. But all the disappointment and anger is neutralized by the fact that the Rush flat-out didn’t come to play. I firmly believe that this team shut down after Los Angeles and couldn’t turn it back on for the postseason. Also, the injury situation did them no favors either.

 What I will always remember is how this team began and then faded to the point where they lost to a team that went 6-10. If you had told me that the Rush would have lost to a team they had once beaten so badly I questioned whether the Rampage would be in existence the following season, I would have called you  a liar. Now, the Rampage are on the verge of an Arena Bowl birth while the Rush get to go home and wonder what happened.

Yes, there will be a next year, but this year will be hard to forget.  

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Jerome Cusson is a proud graduate of Columbia College Chicago. Currently, he is a freelance writer and a contributer to such websites as The Cool Kids' Table and giveawaytheending.com. Check out his NSR blog as well.

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