Secret Santa 2025

Secret Santa 2025

AIM's herd came to play at Secret Santa Budapest 2025, eventually losing a nail-biter in the Finals.

The Hot Stuff Herd rolled through the Group B matches, only stumbling to the U20 Austrian Open team. The U20s played tight systems, good defense, and took advantage of AIM's questionable beef quality.

AIM came into the cross-over game as the 2nd seed in Group B and trampled through to a win, finishing off Saturday at 3-1. Sunday was about to be FEEDING time for the boys.

With veteran line adjustments from the big man Trail Boss, AIM's hooves crushed a supercharged TUF underfoot in the Quarter-Finals. A super-tight, high-flying, balls-to-the-wall match, which could have easily been the finals.

Clopping into Semi-Finals against Mosquitos Open, the cattle herd was caught unawares by a stymying junk defense after half. Despite a few heart-straining, multi-minute points, the stampede rolled through the Finals, and rightly deserved.

Waiting at the end of AIM's long cattle drive to the Finals, a combo team of Outsiterz and 3SB. Two teams who played in E2CF and EUCF, respectively. The calves were chomping at the bit, begging for the feeding trough.

Starting on Defense, as the Herd prays for, the match got turned up to Hi on the gas stove and stayed there for the whole 30 minutes. Back-and-forth like an Olympic game of Table Tennis, the points and highlights kept coming. Sky-high grabs, up-line layout blocks, skin-to-skin defense, the cows' lean legs reshaped the earth.

The Herd found itself pulling, down 10-11 with under a minute left, needing only a single point to send the game to Golden Goal. Tight layouts, yelling Trail Bosses, frustrated handlers. The Herd was burning with every breath.

2nd Place Never Hurt So Good.