(S6) - Ultimus Week

[adam2552]

Future Talent:


Playoff Matchups:



Root for the Underdog:


Magic Moment:

[Daybe]

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Future Talent: Make a sig for a S6 player who you feel will or did make a large impact for their team in the playoffs. Can be written at any time depending on if you choose to write about who already has or who will do good



Sit-down with a star:Interview a player from a team that is not your own that is in the playoffs. You must ask them four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. YOU MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS FOR CREDIT. (Can be completed at any point)

Questions for Dermot Lavelle @White Cornerback

1. Do you plan on leaving the wraiths?

Really at this point in my career I don't want to ever leave Yellowknife, I've got a legacy to protect not only in the league but for the franchise. I've spent 6 seasons with this great organisation and I plan on atleast spending another 6 here. I love the Yellowknife support, staff and all of my teammates, should in the future Yellowknife opt to go in a different direction, I will be happy to support there wishes and will prepare for the next chapter of my NSFL career. My next contract will reflect this.

2. Who's your favorite wide receiver to guard?

Really any top tier talent, Willie , Westfield, Phelps, Garden, Browning. Any of above to be honest. I enjoy guarding them not because of any arrogant reasoning, just that when either of us on the field, you can be sure we're both giving 110% to be out there against eachother and it leads to great matchups.

3. What's your favorite logo in the nsfl?

I really loved the New Orleans Second Line logo, I enjoy Yellowknifes logo too as a close 2nd and would love to see a rebrand of the original logo (or a touch up) in the near future.

4. Do you have any plans for your recreate yet?

At the minute it's atleast another 10 seasons away for me I hope, I plan on keeping Lavelle around for a long time so you won't see Lavelle jr before 2019.

Sit-down with a fan:Answer questions for an interview from a player that is not your own. You must answer at least four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. Link to the interviewers PT to receive credit. NOTE: THEY MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR YOU TO GET CREDIT. (Can be completed at any point)

Questions for Stephen B. Smifter @AdamS

1. what are your thoughts on the playoffs this year?

The playoffs are wide open. WIDE. OPEN. But my rock solid unstoppable prediction is The NSFC shows its dominance. No one and I mean NO ONE is touching the Philadelphia Liberty this season. Its their time. The third best offense by advanced metrics and one of the smoothest outing units in history.

2. who do you think is going to win?

The winner is the NSFL. No one can dispute that. Were all about to become billionaires. Even the long snappers. We're about too get Gucci in here. Gucci helmets. Gucci refs. Gucci snack bars. Gucci goal posts. This new TV deal coming down the pike is going to blow the roof off like New Orleans 2004. It's any to be litty.

3. is ur mom gay?

My mother is a saint and she put my through community college the best way she could. Too far. You have crossed A LINE. I had a lot of uncles but the power stayed on, you understand me?

4. what's ur second favorite nsfl team?

My second favorite NSFL team is the Las Vegas Legion. DESTROYED as they were about to reach their prime. They will be forever in my heart. That's 100. I don't give a damn at this new version. What kind of team has two words in their name? Its not American. And who are the first line? Why can't we use them? HOT GARBAGE!

The unsung hero of the DSFL playoffs was Randy Tougao, Marshals chef. Now, obviously, Tougao, the Asian chef is with the Marshals all year round, but he definitely steps up his game in the playoffs. With extra staffers and more hours of prep time, our wonderful chef was able to nourish our beaten up bodies before some of the biggest games of our lives, and we definitely wouldn’t have been able to win without him. Tougao is a long time friend of Ryan Applehort, and is a world class chef, having won MasterChef 3 years ago. Before taking the NSFL job, he was a head cook at the most prestigious seafood restaurant in San Francisco, Randy’s Point. People are underestimating how well this guy cooks. After all, no one wants to eat food that tastes bad or just doesn’t go down the way it is supposed to, right? The word is that the Portland Pythons are willing to bring in Tougao back to the West Coast, as they have a cooking job open ever since Ima Mad has her knife rampage. Scary hours. Tougao is a team favorite and will be popular where ever he goes, but he’s someone who rarely gets much recognition outside of the team facilities.

[jparks98]

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Future Talent:

[PigSnout]

Playoff Predictions:
NSFC Championship: @
The Liberty will be hosting the NSFC championship game for the first time this season, and I like their odds of making it to their first Ultimus appearance. Though the Wraiths are a worthy opponent as they are a good team with plenty of playoff experience. The Liberty look to be much stronger on paper with a +127 point differential compared to the Wraiths' +46 point differential. The head to head matchup is very favorable to the Liberty as they swept the Wraiths this season with a 33-31 win on the road and a dominating 40-14 win in their regular season matchup in Philadelphia. I think the Liberty will beat the Wraiths for a third time this season and advance to the Ultimus game.
Prediction: - 24 - 37

ASFC Championship: @
After two years of coming close only to miss out narrowly, the Sabercats have made their first playoff apperance. They will look to make it to the Ultimus game by knocking off the defending champion Orange County Otters. Both teams finished tied for the best record in the league at 11-3. By point differntial, the Otters were a lot better with a +217 margin while the Sabercats finished with a +83 point differential. The Otters also swept the Sabercats during the season, though both games were close, and will have home field advantage in the playoff matchup. The Sabercats have had a great season, but I don't think they will be good enough to knock off the Otters on the road and the Otters will compete for a third consecutive championship.
Prediction: - 20 - 27

NSFL Championship: @
For the third year in a row, the NSFL Championship game will be played in Orange County. Will the Liberty become the first NSFC team to hoist the Ultimus? It will be a tough road for them. Despite the Liberty having the second best point differential in the league, the Otters' point differential was still 90 points better. Additionally, the Otters won both regular season matchups, 37-20 at home and 23-16 on the road. The Liberty are a great team and certainly a worthy opponent, but the odds are against them being able to dethrone the Otters this year. I think the Otters will complete the threepeat.
Prediction: - 24 - 30

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Hate the Player or the game:
The Arizona Outlaws missed the playoffs for the first time this season, but you can make a case that they deserved to be in the playoffs this year. The Outlaws finished 8-6, giving them the fourth best record in the league, ahead of the Wraiths who made the playoffs. Since schedules are balanced between conferences, the Outlaws and Wraiths played the same strength of schedule but the Outlaws came away with a better record. The main difference being that the Wraiths tied with the Second Line in one of their games while the Outlaws swept them this season. So by looking at a purely record perspective, I believe that the Outlaws deserve to make the playoffs over the Wraiths. However, I'm not sure that the Outlaws are a better team than the Wraiths. The Wraiths finished with a date=]260 Words[/quote]

That Magic Moment:
A magic moment occured with 3:21 remaining in the ASFC Championship. The Sabercats had just scored a touchdown to tie the game up 29-29 late in the fourth quarter. At this point, the Otters' offense took the field. The unit that had set a single season record for points scored this season lined up infront of their home crowd needing just a few more points to punch their ticket to their third straight NSFL championship game. They drove the ball downfield as usual though they were working against the clock as time dwindled down. The drive stalled out on the Sabercats' 17 yard line and the game came down to one final field goal. With all the high TPE players on the Otters' roster, their fate ultimately came down to a 241 TPE kicker. All eyes were on Brad Madlad as he lined up for the kick that would either send the Otters to the championship game or put their season on the line in overtime. Madlad may not be the best kicker by TPE, but he came up big when it mattered most as his 34 yard field goal went straight down the middle to put the Otters back in the lead with what ultimately proved to be the game winning points. In this one magic moment, the Otters' season was on the line, and they delivered, which is why they will get the chance to win their third consecutive championship.

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Matchup Nightmares:
The Ultimus game could be a long game for Clifford Rove. Playing next to the higher rated Kevin Cushing, Rove will be the weak link in the Liberty's cornerback duo that the Otters will look to target. This is unfortunate for him because the Otters do not have a week link in their wide receiver duo. The Otters have arguably the most threatening wide receiver duo in the league. On one side, the Otters have Bradley Westfield, who is arguably the best wide receiver in NSFL history. He leads the record books in receiving yards and is the most talented wide receiver in the league with the most TPE. On the other side of the field is last season's player association MVP, Jordan Yates. Yates is a running back by his nature but has been playing the best football of his career since he started lining up out wide last season and he broke the single season receiving yards record this year. I'm not sure which of these players will be lined up against Rove, but either way, it will be a tough match up. Either way, Rove, a middle tier cornerback, will have to try to shut down one of the best receivers in the league while going up against the best quarterback in the league. This may ultimately be the matchup that tips the Ultimus game in the Otters' favor.

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Robbed
There simply can't be much debate about who was deserving when talking about the teams that made the playoffs for their respective conferences. The Liberty distinguished themselves with 9 wins and a +127 point differential, while the Wraiths and Hawks struggled similarly but had equal point differentials and ultimately the Wraiths won out because of a tie. Meanwhile the Orange County Otters and San Jose Sabercats each won 10 games and held a two game advantage over the Arizona Outlaws in the final standings. So who was robbed? The Arizona Outlaws. After a rough start to the season the Outlaws rebounded to win 8 games and finished with a better record than the Yellowknife Wraiths. However, because the teams were separated by their conferences it's possible that the worse team won out. During the season the two teams split their series with each taking a game by a 6 point margin of victory. Haters will point to Arizona's negative point differential, but that was courtesy of the Otters and Sabercats against whom they went 0-4 with a combined -64 point differential. That's hardly a positive, but when you consider that the Outlaws were 8-2 against the remaining six teams in the league, it's easy to see how they might have made the playoffs in a different conference.

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Matchup Nightmare
In what is sure to be an Ultimus finale for the ages, the Liberty will have an extremely difficult time game planning for the incredibly productive Otters wide receivers. What turns this from difficult game plan to nightmare, however, is the presence of Jordan Yates. The Otters' speedy running back has transitioned into a full fledged wide receiver this year, obliterating defense after defense on his way to a video game season of 121 catches for 1860 yards and 15 touchdowns. Yates is a true burner in every sense of the word and will find himself lined up against one or both of the Liberty's Clifford Rove and Kevin Cushing. Both of these players can run with the best of the league's receivers, but Yates is a couple tiers ahead of the best. To make matters worse, the Liberty will have problems scheming over the top help to Yates' side as opposite him will be Bradley Westfield, who tallied 1540 yards and 12 touchdowns of his own this season. Focus too much attention on the speedy Yates and watch Westfield carve you up. Dedicate to little attention to either and they'll both feast. Find a miracle solution to both problems? Now you get to figure out how to cover Robert Phelps, yet another 1000 yard receiver for Orange County this season. Good luck with that, Philadelphia.

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Playoff Matchups



Future Talent

[Beaver]

Robbed: Write about why a team that failed to make the playoffs should have over somebody else. Can be completed at any point

Oh boy you already know who was fucking robbed and it was the New Orleans Second Line who have an absolutely stellar roster and it's an actual crime and not like a shitty misdemeanor like a straight up felony like the FBI is gonna all up in here investigating because New Orleans was robbed of a playoff spot honestly it's baffling to me because I ran 420 test sims of this season and every single time the Second Line won the Ultimus so to not even make the playoffs is probably the biggest upset in the history of sports move over Leicester move over Miracle on Ice move over UMBC move over FGCU because there's a new big daddy all-time upset leader in the Orange County Otters who somehow someway snuck into the playoffs and sent the New Orleans Second Line who were massive favorites home this is a crushing blow to New Orleans no doubt but we will be back better than ever next season ready to reclaim our rightful place in the playoffs with big dog Maximillian Borkus III leading our high octane offense with some help from Ardie Savea and our absolutely bone crunching defense locking down all who dare oppose us plus the benefit of having learned our lesson from overlooking inferior opponents this season we should make the playoffs pretty easily next year.

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Playoff Matchups: Make a graphic displaying the matchups in the first round of the playoffs. Can be completed at any point

Conference Final MVP Sig: Make a sig for a player of your choice who you felt was the MVP of a Conference Final matchup. Must be completed after the Conference Finals

That Magic Moment: Show one of the most exciting points in a game. (Must be completed after the game you write about )

[White Cornerback]

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Robbed: Write about why a team that failed to make the playoffs should have over somebody else. Can be completed at any point

Without a doubt the Baltimore Hawks easily should've made the playoffs ahead of the Yellowknife Wraiths in the NSFC. Yellowknife limped to a 7-6-1 record while Baltimore slumped(choked) to a meager 7-7 record which made the arse drop out of their season late on. Amazingly, come the end of the regular season, both teams had an identical home record of 4-3 and Yellowknife's saving grace was the embarrassing tie earlier in the season to the New Orleans Second Line which at the time, and presently is still ridiculed. Ironically this tie with New Orleans is amongst other things what spoiled Baltimore's season. Baltimore slumped to a 2 loss streak to finish the season while Yellowknife finished hot with exactly the opposite, 2 wins on the bounce to head into the playoffs. Baltimore boasted a stronger offence than the spooky ghosts, outscoring them 397 to 385 but the ice men had a more stout defense, allowing 339 to Baltimore's 351 in what many speculate to have been the red flag of the derailing of their season late on. Baltimore will bounce back though, a strong core does however get another year older and many of their players will begin to lose a bounce in their step, next year will be all or nothing for the NSFC outfit.


Sit-down with a star:Interview a player from a team that is not your own that is in the playoffs. You must ask them four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. YOU MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS FOR CREDIT. (Can be completed at any point)

Brad Pennington, Kansas City Coyotes.

1. How has your time been in the DSFL (and the NSFL as a whole) ?
2. There has been rumblings about a possible shock retirement for Brad Pennington on various social media sites, can you address these claims?
3. You and your 2 other identical brothers have made quiet a splash in the league since joining, what would you say to critics that your "bark is worse than your bite" ?
4. Have you eyed up any potential NSFL team in the future? If so what draws you to them?
5. Your brother Chad Pennington has been quite vocal in recent media interviews, he claims that he's the "momma's boy" of your family. If that's true, what does that make you ?

1. Aw man, well I really love the support that I've received form my teammates and the front office staff in the DSFL. The Coyotes are a fantastic group of guys and I'm happy to have been a decent addition to them this late in the season. For some people it's hard to get attached to a team, but I think that perspective is what matters here. I'll enjoy my time with Coyotes, and if the road ends against the Pythons and if I do not have the opportunity to join them next season, I won't cry about it. The NSFL seems nice, although there may be a snake or two in the grass.

2. There's some truth here- I do plan on changing my career path, but I'll be here for quite some time. Not in a way Adnation may expect. All I can say at this point is wait and see.

3. 3 games, 25 tackles, 3 sacks. What else do you want me to say?

4. I'd like to be the guy who brings everything together a team to win that sweet everlasting glory that follows a championship. If a GM ever hears this, you better know that when you've got that first pick you have a pivotal choice to make. You either make or break a franchise by selecting the Ads.

5. The wise Ad of course. I'm the eldest and the most intelligent obviously.


Sit-down with a fan:Answer questions for an interview from a player that is not your own. You must answer at least four questions and at least three must relate to the league in some way. Link to the interviewers PT to receive credit. NOTE: THEY MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR YOU TO GET CREDIT. (Can be completed at any point)

http://nsfl.jcink.net/index.php?showtopi...t&p=114153


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Future Talent: Make a sig for a S6 player who you feel will or did make a large impact for their team in the playoffs. Can be written at any time depending on if you choose to write about who already has or who will do good

[Toasty]

Playoff Matchups: Make a graphic displaying the matchups in the first round of the playoffs.

Playoff Recap Infographic: Make a graphic displaying the results of the playoffs. Must be completed after the Championship Game

[AdamS]

Unsung Hero:Who was the unsung hero of the playoffs, convince us. (Can be completed after the Ultimus game)

Bradley Madlad is the reason the Otters will play for their third consecutive Ultimus Title. Yes, the Sabercats had a tremendous collapse at the end of the season to lose the home field advantage they held for pretty much all year. A collapse their social media team warned the fanbase about over and over. Yes the o-line absolutely screwed over Chris Orosz in the fourth quarter when they left him wide open on three consecutive sacks that led to a safety. At the end of the day though, the Otters didn't play that great. Mike Boss was average. The run game was just okay. The Otters were trying hard to hold off a Cats team that seemed to get better as the game went on. The game was right there for the Cats to take away as they continued to charge with reckless abandon.

But Bradley Madlad wasn't having any of that. Field goal after field goal sailed through the uprights until Madlad kicked the winning three points with half a minute left. He put the team on his back, or rather, on his leg, and he sent them into the Ultimus yet again. After all is said and done, others will get the glory and the accolades, but it's Bradley Madlad who did the work when the entire season was on the line. His leg is what Chris Orosz will have nightmares of as he lays awake in the cold nights agonizing over how close he finally came.




Matchup Nightmares: Pick an offensive and defensive player who will be going up against each other and why it will be a nightmare for one of them. (Must be completed before the playoff series you write about)

Jonathon King of the Orange County Otters may be enjoying the return trip to the Ultimus but in the back of his mind, he has to be sweating. His future dreams of a ring could be a nightmare in the form of Josh Garden. The elite, Hall of Fame level wide receiver will be King's assignment during the Ultimus Title game. It's a matchup absolutely no one wants. There's no winning for King. It's not a matter of if Garden gets by him. It's when. Garden has been breaking the backs of corners his entire career and making even the most elite look like overmatched children.

In the past there may have been some pressure relieved by some teams doubling Garden, but that is no longer possible. Fox north has emerged as possibly an even more dangerous complementary receiver than he was as a primary. Paul Dimirio continues to give every defensive player in the middle fits. Rookie Blessed Storm is even drawing significant attention. No. King is on his own for most if not all of the coming Ultimus game and he knows it. He can only hope that the rest of the team holds up as they did during the regular season. Otherwise he may have to live wiht the regret.

[bovovovo]

Robbed

Obviously the Baltimore Hawks probably should have made the playoffs over the scrub Yellowknife Wraiths I mean really the Wraiths were like 2-4-1 at one point in the season and the Hawks choked away their easy playoff berth to a team that couldn't even beat New Orleans, they only tied New Orleans. Who even does that? The only team New Orleans could beat all year were the Colorado Yeti who had historically the worst defense in the history of the NSFL in every single measurable category. But the Wraiths squeezed into the playoffs because the Hawks, I dunno, decided to take a break or something. Don't get me wrong, it was close, and the Hawks put up a good fight because it came down to one final game at the end of the season but here's the thing it really should not have come down to one final game because seriously the Wraiths were 2-4-1 at one point. That's like a 0.27 win percentage. That's terrible. And now they made the playoffs. The Hawks let them off the hook and this probably showcases how relatively weak the NSFC was this year compared to the ASFC. But the Hawks were robbed, or at least, they robbed themselves

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Series MVP

The MVP of the Otters - Sabercats game was obviously that Bavitz fella. This dude, who is a free safety I might add, racked up something like three sacks including one safety. Home boy was all over the place. He may have been the MVP but I struggle to even say that he was the Otter's MVP in that game because the Otters are so stacked they may have been fine without Bavitz or with some scrub safety instead of Bavitz. Part of why Bavitz probably did so well is because the Otters have such a great D line that don't get pancaked like scrubs, so there's no free offensive linemen to block a blitzing safety who then has a straight shot at the quarterback. This is absolutely not a knock on Bavitz who obviously is a star player in the league but rather it shows just how stinkin good and well built the Otters defense actually is. They may have taken a step back this year but that's pretty relative, they are still an elite defense and I'm sure most of the league is just waiting for them to run into inevitable cap problems to split them up. Bavitz was a beast and was the obvious MVP of that game.

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Hate the Player or the Game

You know what? Screw it. New Orleans should have made the playoffs if only because of how much heart and soul they have this team was a ghost town and d e d DED before this season and they DOUBLED their number of wins from last year. Yeah sure maybe they're still terrible and yeah sure maybe they aren't good enough to make the playoffs but they most certainly deserved it at the very least. Compared to the Colorado "Next year for real this time guys we promise" Yeti, the Arizona "we can be good without multis guys please take us seriously" Outlaws, and the Baltimore "we let a 2-4-1 team bounce back and knock us out of the playoffs" Hawks I don't see any other non-playoff teams deserving of a play off spot more than New Orleans to be quite honest. And frankly, who cares if they just get destroyed in the playoffs anyways. They deserve to be there because they are the only team who still has FUN and enjoys LIFE and has HEART. The Yellowknife Wraiths are soul-less ghosts who are frozen in Canada. All the Liberty do is complain about every little thing ever and yeah maybe they were right about Er but holy crap shut up every one is out to get you we get it. And the Otters are just annoying always winning all the time how dare they who do they think they are. New Orleans best team and should have made playoffs.

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Root for the Underdog

The Liberty can definitely beat the Otters on the road. Why? Because the Liberty running game sucks donkey kong dong. They can't run the ball at all so instead they gotta pass. And spoiler alert: That's how you win on the road. The sim takes home field advantage into account by doing lots of penalties and by changing how the ball is spotted using the little dots (you can actually see this pretty clearly during streams). Combine that together and the aspect of the game that is punished the most on away teams is the run game. If you try to run a lot you'll eventually get slapped with a 10 yard penalty which you can only make up for by passing, and your runs are more negatively effective percentage wise than passes are because of the ball spotting thing. This shouldn't bother to Liberty too much though, because they mostly just pass anyways. Or at least they'd be smart to do that. But it only takes one game, even if they're underdogs. Something something any given sim something. I genuinely do think the Liberty may be able to pull it off. I don't know who I'm rooting for though, I like half like the Liberty and half don't like them. But they can pull it off for sure.

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