ROBBED
You ask me, who was robbed from the playoffs? And I say "You stupid idiot, obviously it was the SaberCats." Why were the SaberCats robbed, you may ask? Because they lost to the freaking Las Vegas Legion of all teams. How does that even happen? The Legion lost to the Yeti TWICE, once at home! The Legion have a -150 point differential! And yet, when the SaberCats walked into Las Vegas they didn't just lose, they were embarrassed to the tune of 37-19. That was the most points the Legion had scored in a single game all year, and was also the lowest amount of points that they allowed all year. At the time, many wrote off the playoff implications that this week 7 game would have, but the implications were YUGE. The SaberCats would go on to have the exact same record as the Arizona Outlaws (8-6), but the Outlaws had a better point differential and more points scored so they made the playoffs over the SaberCats. This elongated the SaberCat's 5 year playoff drought, the longest in the entire league. Indeed, the SaberCats have never made the playoffs, and this could have should have would have been the year they break the drought, but then they got robbed. By the Las Vegas Legion.
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PLAYOFF SERIES MVP
Shout out to my man, the man the myth the legend Mat Akselsen. Matty and the Yellowknife Wraiths took on the visiting Baltimore Hawks in the NSFC Championship and walked away with a 37 - 21 victory, though the game was much closer than the score indicates. Matthew was solid as ever, tossing up 28 completions out of 45 attempts (not super amazing actually, just 62% completion percentage so not bad either) for 3 touchdowns, no interceptions, and an average 17.4 yards per completion for a 121.2 QBR. Now THAT's pretty good. Mark also took off once for a 13 yard gain which isn't too bad. The Hawk's actually did a very good job taking away Manny's number on target, the outstanding Kennedy, who only had 4 catches for 59 yards. But that didn't stop Marcus Akselsen. No Wraith's receivers had more than 6 catches but that didn't stop Marky, who spread the ball to a plethora of targets for maximum efficiency, and the Hawks secondary was simply unable to focus on so many targets. Indeed, 4th string WR Law had two 50ish yard receptions. Manfred Akselsen was for shizzle the Wraith's MVP in the NSFC Championship, or his name isn't Morgan Akselsen.
@Bzerkap
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THAT MAGIC MOMENT
The magic moment for me was when we all thought the Outlaws had beaten the Otters. There I was, at home, cooking dinner, minding my own business. "Oh yeah the playoffs are on," I think to myself. "Mayhaps I shall peruse the twitch and see what's going down." So I open up twitch and glance at the score board and lo and behold the Outlaws are beating the Otters, in Orange County, like 20-0 or something. It was crazy. The Outlaws had actually done it. After everyone had pooped on them for their offseason trades and we all had to listen to Otters players talk about how amazing and fantastic they were, the Outlaws had actually gone and beaten them on their own turf. And not just beat them, but destroyed them. My mind was racing. Thinking of all the memes that were to come from such an event. Indeed, I could almost smell the memes. Honestly it was awesome. Upsets are always fun and (in my opinion) are a very good thing for the league. Especially in the playoffs. But then I found out that there was a problem with the sim and they resimmed and the Outlaws lost. So boring. After all the excitement of the alternative it just seemed lame to see the Otters back in the Ultimus with home field advantage again. Oh well. Maybe one day something unexpected or exciting will actually happen in the playoffs.
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ROOT FOR THE UNDERDOG
Speaking of unexpected and/or exciting, I think the Wraiths can pull off the maybe impossible and win the Ultimus this year. They match up well against the Otters (or at least as well as anybody can). They are built to pass the ball which will help them on the road and to keep up with the Otter's offense. Akselsen is Mr. Slipper Boi who may be able to elude the dominant Otters pass rush better than other teams have been able to. The Wraith's offense primarily uses short, quick passes which will also help them against the rush. The Wraith's defense is good too, basically second in the league. But what the Wraiths also have is the power of the spooky. Simply put, the Wraiths are spooky and the Otters are not. Everybody knows the Otters. Otters are cute and fuzzy and you know what they're gonna do and you know they are going to do it well and that you can't stop it. But there's something about a spooky team who you don't know what they're gonna do but you know they're gonna do it anyways. Unfortunately, the sim doesn't care much about the power of the spooky, but I do. I believe in the power of the spooky and in the Yellowknife Wraiths, and you should too.
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You ask me, who was robbed from the playoffs? And I say "You stupid idiot, obviously it was the SaberCats." Why were the SaberCats robbed, you may ask? Because they lost to the freaking Las Vegas Legion of all teams. How does that even happen? The Legion lost to the Yeti TWICE, once at home! The Legion have a -150 point differential! And yet, when the SaberCats walked into Las Vegas they didn't just lose, they were embarrassed to the tune of 37-19. That was the most points the Legion had scored in a single game all year, and was also the lowest amount of points that they allowed all year. At the time, many wrote off the playoff implications that this week 7 game would have, but the implications were YUGE. The SaberCats would go on to have the exact same record as the Arizona Outlaws (8-6), but the Outlaws had a better point differential and more points scored so they made the playoffs over the SaberCats. This elongated the SaberCat's 5 year playoff drought, the longest in the entire league. Indeed, the SaberCats have never made the playoffs, and this could have should have would have been the year they break the drought, but then they got robbed. By the Las Vegas Legion.
(216 words)
PLAYOFF SERIES MVP
Shout out to my man, the man the myth the legend Mat Akselsen. Matty and the Yellowknife Wraiths took on the visiting Baltimore Hawks in the NSFC Championship and walked away with a 37 - 21 victory, though the game was much closer than the score indicates. Matthew was solid as ever, tossing up 28 completions out of 45 attempts (not super amazing actually, just 62% completion percentage so not bad either) for 3 touchdowns, no interceptions, and an average 17.4 yards per completion for a 121.2 QBR. Now THAT's pretty good. Mark also took off once for a 13 yard gain which isn't too bad. The Hawk's actually did a very good job taking away Manny's number on target, the outstanding Kennedy, who only had 4 catches for 59 yards. But that didn't stop Marcus Akselsen. No Wraith's receivers had more than 6 catches but that didn't stop Marky, who spread the ball to a plethora of targets for maximum efficiency, and the Hawks secondary was simply unable to focus on so many targets. Indeed, 4th string WR Law had two 50ish yard receptions. Manfred Akselsen was for shizzle the Wraith's MVP in the NSFC Championship, or his name isn't Morgan Akselsen.
@Bzerkap
(202 words)
THAT MAGIC MOMENT
The magic moment for me was when we all thought the Outlaws had beaten the Otters. There I was, at home, cooking dinner, minding my own business. "Oh yeah the playoffs are on," I think to myself. "Mayhaps I shall peruse the twitch and see what's going down." So I open up twitch and glance at the score board and lo and behold the Outlaws are beating the Otters, in Orange County, like 20-0 or something. It was crazy. The Outlaws had actually done it. After everyone had pooped on them for their offseason trades and we all had to listen to Otters players talk about how amazing and fantastic they were, the Outlaws had actually gone and beaten them on their own turf. And not just beat them, but destroyed them. My mind was racing. Thinking of all the memes that were to come from such an event. Indeed, I could almost smell the memes. Honestly it was awesome. Upsets are always fun and (in my opinion) are a very good thing for the league. Especially in the playoffs. But then I found out that there was a problem with the sim and they resimmed and the Outlaws lost. So boring. After all the excitement of the alternative it just seemed lame to see the Otters back in the Ultimus with home field advantage again. Oh well. Maybe one day something unexpected or exciting will actually happen in the playoffs.
(242 words)
ROOT FOR THE UNDERDOG
Speaking of unexpected and/or exciting, I think the Wraiths can pull off the maybe impossible and win the Ultimus this year. They match up well against the Otters (or at least as well as anybody can). They are built to pass the ball which will help them on the road and to keep up with the Otter's offense. Akselsen is Mr. Slipper Boi who may be able to elude the dominant Otters pass rush better than other teams have been able to. The Wraith's offense primarily uses short, quick passes which will also help them against the rush. The Wraith's defense is good too, basically second in the league. But what the Wraiths also have is the power of the spooky. Simply put, the Wraiths are spooky and the Otters are not. Everybody knows the Otters. Otters are cute and fuzzy and you know what they're gonna do and you know they are going to do it well and that you can't stop it. But there's something about a spooky team who you don't know what they're gonna do but you know they're gonna do it anyways. Unfortunately, the sim doesn't care much about the power of the spooky, but I do. I believe in the power of the spooky and in the Yellowknife Wraiths, and you should too.
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