(S8) - PT 4 - Rivalry

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There’s nothing quite like a good sports rivalry. In the National Simulation Football League, the first big rivalry I’d argue was the Orange County Otters and the Arizona Outlaws. As the Outlaws moved to rebuild and the Otters burst out as three time champs, the rivalry shifted to the NSFC power trio: the Baltimore Hawks, Philadelphia Liberty, and Yellowknife Wraiths. During all this, there was the rivalry of crap-itude: Colorado and Las Vegas/New Orleans (now replaced by a new rivalry of crap-itude, San Jose and Arizona). There are quarterback rivalries like Showbiz versus Fitzpatrick, and ones between cornerbacks and receivers. But no rivalry is quite like that of Outlaws’ kicker/punter Dean Jackson and Otters’ kicker/punter Bradley T. Madlad. Mostly because, unlike a traditional rivalry, Jackson is obsessed with Madlad and Madlad doesn’t give a darn, cause he’s an absolute mad lad. In season 5, both kickers kind of just... existed simultaneously. In season 6, they both had record breaking seasons and tied for kicker of the year. In season 7, Jackson continued his hot streak while Madlad played on the low end of the spectrum, and in season 8 that’s flipped. Madlad is on fire while Jackson struggles to tread water. He also struggles to kick field goals.

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