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The Hellmouth II/Season 11 series pitting the 
Boylston Boogers
against the 
Tucson Butchers
was a clash of civilization and... whatever the opposite of civilization is, a brutal spectacle that came to be known as the "Blood Meridian Cup." The raw, untamed violence and live-in-a-cave energy of the Butchers hammered the effete, "civilized," and from-the-center-of-town Boogers. Drawing inspiration from the bleakest of frontier narratives, Blood Meridian, the series was a bloody, merciless affair that ended with the Boogers as the victors, but spiritually broken, their elegant patterns torn to shreds and exhausted by the Butchers' savage, relentless 7-game assault.
Game 5, the Blood Sacrifice game, saw the Butchers, outnumbered nearly 6 to 1 and with the match seemingly over for them, performed an emergency blood sacrifice ritual on the grid, which created their infamous "Blood Rain" formation. The formation stormed across the grid and wiped out Boylston's lead, leaving them with just enough points for a win as it fizzled out.
| Season 11 - Hellmouth II Cup Results Table | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boylston Boogers
vs. Tucson Butchers
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| Winner | W Score | Margin | L Score | Loser | Generations | Link | |
| Game 1 | Tucson Butchers | 431 | 46.64% | 230 | Boylston Boogers | 4,796 |  b648f649-5c82-419e-984b-26954d019cae
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| Game 2 | Boylston Boogers | 377 | 49.07% | 192 | Tucson Butchers | 2,964 | 854939fe-355e-4d55-8916-d890259e28ac
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| Game 3 | Boylston Boogers | 374 | 46.26% | 201 | Tucson Butchers | 2,618 | 642315df-55f6-411f-b381-b9d80325e6b1
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| Game 4 | Tucson Butchers | 267 | 37.08% | 168 | Boylston Boogers | 3,057 | ff1a6ee8-7e23-45d3-ac20-888c729b7b03
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| Game 5 | Tucson Butchers | 326 | 35.28% | 211 | Boylston Boogers | 6,691 | 7355eae0-974d-4778-9c91-2e4241949110
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| Game 6 | Boylston Boogers | 470 | 91.91% | 38 | Tucson Butchers | 3,190 | 4f88cc19-c1d4-47e1-8408-8ef69014b431
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| Game 7 | Boylston Boogers | 548 | 96.72% | 18 | Tucson Butchers | 2,808 | cbd813d3-4b6c-4e6c-b313-3d6fb574757b
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People said Boylston never saw the grid the same way after that victory. The Boylston collective took some personal time, drove motorcycles across the country, and stopped referring to Golly as a "game" entirely, instead calling it "The Way", trailing off and staring into the distance with a thousand yard stare. The whole affair even seemed to take the edge off of Goober Boylston (no relation), the insufferable architecture critic and Boylston Booger sports columnist.
The Boylston experience (victory, but at a cost to the soul) was seen as a message to any team that hadn't already had a bloody firsthand encounter with the Butchers: civilization is a fragile veneer, easily stripped away by the raw, primal forces that lurk beneath. So make sure and buy your season tickets today.
