Robbed:
Once again, the robbed team comes from the NSFL conference. Last time it was the Baltimore Hawks team who didn't make the playoffs despite of having a much better PF/PA difference than Philly. It's ironic that the tables were turned this season when the Liberty team had a better PF/PA difference than Baltimore, but you know what? They missed the playoffs. Why? Because their conference record was worse than Baltimore: 3-3 vs 4-2 made the big difference. I see a major reason behind it - they lost both games to Yellowknife. Yes, both games were close and Philly lost both only by 3 points, but it was enough to lose their whole season. In my opinion, their first meeting was the killer: Philly was up 24-13 before the fourth quarter, but they blew it. 2 clutch touchdowns = 27-24 and this is pretty much a reason why the Liberty were kicked out. So these both team are now even on being robbed of the playoff appearance. I think this team will need to learn how to win close games and not to blow the lead like they did in Yellowknife to have a chance on making the playoffs. But you know what? Someone from Baltimore/Philly will miss the playoffs again, because the NSFC has Yellowknife haha.
Playoff Review:
The first game was the NSFC finals between Yellowknife and Baltimore. It was obvious that Baltimore was an underdog, but they gave the home team a fight. The Wraith were always ahead of their opponents, but the Hawks still were managing to not let them too far. First quarter: only 10-9. Second quarter: 27-18. Thirs quarter: 27-21. I think Turkelton was doing a good job on giving a boost to his team. However, the fourth quarter sealed the deal: DJ Law's touchdown made this a 13-point game and Lombardi's dagger turned this game away from Baltimore. 37-21 and Yellowknife are going to finals for the second season in a row.
Then we witnessed a weird game between Arizona and OCO. In the first game, Zona managed to destroy their opponents, but they were caught cheating once again. The second (and legal one) game showed us that the Otters are too good when the opponent plays clean. The Outlaws drew the first blood, but after that it was only Orange County - they scored 30 unanswered points before Zona managed to make this game more close. But it was too late. The finals score 43-19 and OCO is playing Yellowknife once again.
As about the finals. I didn't like that one. This game was pretty close before Madlad scored three field goals in a row. The Wraiths offence wasn't that good against their ASFC opponents and 9 last points didn't do anything to this match. 26-15 and OCO became a two-time champion. Fuck them.
Playoff Series MVP:
I assume a lot of users wrote a 200 word piece about either Boss or Westfield, but you know what? I'm not going to do that. Instead, I'm going to praise another player who perhaps went too underrate to be mentioned because he's just a kicker. That's right, my playoff MVP will be Bradley Madlad from the Orange County Otters team. And it's definitely not the most obvious choice as his effort wasn't crucial against Arizona although 3 FG's isn't the stat we should ignore), but what about the finals? Second quarter, 14:35 until the end of the first half. Lombardi managed to make it 10-6 and the lead was too small to hold it. And here comes Bradley Madlad. One field goal, second field goal, third field goal and suddenly this game became a comfortable one for his team: 19-6. Also, he scored both extra points. With his first field goal of the game, he scored 14 points which is more than half of his team total points. Yellowknife scored 15 points in that match. Imagine what would've happened if Bradley had a bad day? 12-15 and the loss. I mean, OCO's defence was on point as well, but Madlad's precise play was very important to his team. After all, kickers are still humans too.
Championship Game Recap:
Let's take a closer look at this game that I actually hate and I hate OCO as well. Well what happened during that match? Yellowknife's offence started to strugle right of the bat, but it still was relatively close. Madlad drew the first blood, but Lomardi asnwered with the same. Jordan Yates managed to regain the lead for his team and final score of the first quarter was 10-3. The 7-point lead didn't last long as Lombardi added another 3 points to his team. However, here comes Bradley Madlad. OCO's offense wasn't something brilliant, but it was enough to bring it to a field goal three times in a row. Madlad didn't make a mistake on all three occasions. 19-6 after the first half. It all became even worse for the away team as Burnsman's easy rush added another 7 points to his team. 26-6 and it was pretty much over. Lombardi and Kennedy managed to cut the lead to 11, but it wasn't enough to make a damage. 26-15 and OCO becomes the two-time champs. And I hate that game as I wanted to finally become a champion, but once again it didn't happen. Fuck the sim and fuck OCO too.
Once again, the robbed team comes from the NSFL conference. Last time it was the Baltimore Hawks team who didn't make the playoffs despite of having a much better PF/PA difference than Philly. It's ironic that the tables were turned this season when the Liberty team had a better PF/PA difference than Baltimore, but you know what? They missed the playoffs. Why? Because their conference record was worse than Baltimore: 3-3 vs 4-2 made the big difference. I see a major reason behind it - they lost both games to Yellowknife. Yes, both games were close and Philly lost both only by 3 points, but it was enough to lose their whole season. In my opinion, their first meeting was the killer: Philly was up 24-13 before the fourth quarter, but they blew it. 2 clutch touchdowns = 27-24 and this is pretty much a reason why the Liberty were kicked out. So these both team are now even on being robbed of the playoff appearance. I think this team will need to learn how to win close games and not to blow the lead like they did in Yellowknife to have a chance on making the playoffs. But you know what? Someone from Baltimore/Philly will miss the playoffs again, because the NSFC has Yellowknife haha.
Playoff Review:
The first game was the NSFC finals between Yellowknife and Baltimore. It was obvious that Baltimore was an underdog, but they gave the home team a fight. The Wraith were always ahead of their opponents, but the Hawks still were managing to not let them too far. First quarter: only 10-9. Second quarter: 27-18. Thirs quarter: 27-21. I think Turkelton was doing a good job on giving a boost to his team. However, the fourth quarter sealed the deal: DJ Law's touchdown made this a 13-point game and Lombardi's dagger turned this game away from Baltimore. 37-21 and Yellowknife are going to finals for the second season in a row.
Then we witnessed a weird game between Arizona and OCO. In the first game, Zona managed to destroy their opponents, but they were caught cheating once again. The second (and legal one) game showed us that the Otters are too good when the opponent plays clean. The Outlaws drew the first blood, but after that it was only Orange County - they scored 30 unanswered points before Zona managed to make this game more close. But it was too late. The finals score 43-19 and OCO is playing Yellowknife once again.
As about the finals. I didn't like that one. This game was pretty close before Madlad scored three field goals in a row. The Wraiths offence wasn't that good against their ASFC opponents and 9 last points didn't do anything to this match. 26-15 and OCO became a two-time champion. Fuck them.
Playoff Series MVP:
I assume a lot of users wrote a 200 word piece about either Boss or Westfield, but you know what? I'm not going to do that. Instead, I'm going to praise another player who perhaps went too underrate to be mentioned because he's just a kicker. That's right, my playoff MVP will be Bradley Madlad from the Orange County Otters team. And it's definitely not the most obvious choice as his effort wasn't crucial against Arizona although 3 FG's isn't the stat we should ignore), but what about the finals? Second quarter, 14:35 until the end of the first half. Lombardi managed to make it 10-6 and the lead was too small to hold it. And here comes Bradley Madlad. One field goal, second field goal, third field goal and suddenly this game became a comfortable one for his team: 19-6. Also, he scored both extra points. With his first field goal of the game, he scored 14 points which is more than half of his team total points. Yellowknife scored 15 points in that match. Imagine what would've happened if Bradley had a bad day? 12-15 and the loss. I mean, OCO's defence was on point as well, but Madlad's precise play was very important to his team. After all, kickers are still humans too.
Championship Game Recap:
Let's take a closer look at this game that I actually hate and I hate OCO as well. Well what happened during that match? Yellowknife's offence started to strugle right of the bat, but it still was relatively close. Madlad drew the first blood, but Lomardi asnwered with the same. Jordan Yates managed to regain the lead for his team and final score of the first quarter was 10-3. The 7-point lead didn't last long as Lombardi added another 3 points to his team. However, here comes Bradley Madlad. OCO's offense wasn't something brilliant, but it was enough to bring it to a field goal three times in a row. Madlad didn't make a mistake on all three occasions. 19-6 after the first half. It all became even worse for the away team as Burnsman's easy rush added another 7 points to his team. 26-6 and it was pretty much over. Lombardi and Kennedy managed to cut the lead to 11, but it wasn't enough to make a damage. 26-15 and OCO becomes the two-time champs. And I hate that game as I wanted to finally become a champion, but once again it didn't happen. Fuck the sim and fuck OCO too.
