Robbed: Write about why a team that failed to make the playoffs should have over somebody else. Can be completed at any point
The Colorado Yeti deserved the playoffs. It's been a long time since those words could be uttered and actually be truthful. After a disappointing several years, which included a 32-game losing streak, the Colorado Yeti managed to put together some wins.
The team finished 6-8, a far cry from being 0-32 over the course of a little more than two seasons. The Baltimore Hawks and Philadelphia Liberty both finished ahead of the Yeti in the conference, with a record of 7-7 each. The Yeti managed to go 1-1 against each of the teams that finished 1-game above them, while losing both games to the eventual champion, Yellowknife Wraiths.
Believe it or not, the Yeti even managed a win against the Orange County Otters, IN Orange County. The Otters are perennial favorites to win it all, having never missed the playoffs and made 4 straight trips to the championship game, and the Yeti managed to win a game in Orange County anyway.
The young backbone of this team is showing lots of promise, and with the Liberty basically taking the team to a gas-station for a gas fight Zoolander style, the Yeti make a strong case for making the playoffs in the NSFC next season. The Hawks will still put up a fight, but with Blocksdale regressing and star WR Leclair testing free agency, it's plausible, even probable they'll take a step back.
Season 10, the year of the Yeti.
Playoff Review: Write a short review of the playoffs and each of the matchups. Must be completed after the Championship Game
ASFC: The Otters squeaked out a win in Week 13 against the New Orleans Second Line to secure home field advantage in the playoffs in the ASFC Conference championship. Unfortunately for the Otters, the luck was not to continue. NOLA sufficiently stymied the Otters air-raid offense, keeping HOF QB Mike Boss to a 64.8 QB rating and a measly 247 yards. NOLA drove at the end of the game and nailed a last-second field goal from 46 yards to make their first trip to the Ultimus.
NSFC: The Baltimore Hawks tripped into the playoffs at the last second after nearly throwing their season away midway through the season. The Wraiths kept rolling, only losing three games, two of them to the Otters. With a 21-0 lead heading into the final minute of the first half, the Hawks hiccuped and the Wraiths entered the half at 21-7. The Hawks only managed a single field goal in the second half to drop the game 38-24.
Ultimus: Similar to the NSFC game, the Ultimus was a bit of a mis-match. The Wraiths were heavy favorites, and managed not to choke it away this time. Akselsen outclassed Maximus by a wide margin, and it showed. With the additions in the coming off-season and the regressing of Askelsen, that statement won't be true much longer.
Hate the player or the game: Tell us which team made the playoffs and shouldn't have, or which team didn't and should have? (Can be completed at any point)
The Baltimore Hawks should have missed the playoffs. They escaped the most difficult stretch of the season early on after 2 games apiece against the Orange County Otters and the Yellowknife Wraiths. They exited this stretch after week 6 with a respectable 3-3 record and managed to blow it by only managing four more wins throughout the rest of the season. Their 3 wins came against the Otters, San Jose Sabercats and the Philadelphia Liberty. With two games apiece against perennial bottom-feeding Colorado Yeti and 2 more against rebuilding Arizona, and another one against Philadelphia and San Jose, both entering rebuilds, it wouldn't have been a surprise to run the table and end 11-3. Even going 1-1 against the New Orleans Second Line would've left them at 10-4.
Instead, after week 6, they dropped a game to the Yeti and Liberty, and dropped both their matchups against NOLA. Playoff teams don't lose games when they have a clear path to the playoffs at stake. Thankfully, they managed not to much up their chances against the bottom-two ASFC teams, the San Jose Sabercats or the Arizona Outlaws, because they would've easily missed the playoffs if that took place. With Leclair possibly leaving in free agency and Blocksdale regressing, we might see the Hawks fade into obscurity. 7-7 is already mediocrity.
Going to Disneyland!:Who was the Ultimus MVP? Give us a rundown of their celebratory trip to Disneyland. (Can be completed after the Ultimus game)
Yellowknife Wraiths Quarterback Matt Akselsen is easily the MVP of the Ultimus and will enjoy his trip to Disneyland. After a somewhat boring performance in the NSFC Championship game, Akselson turned on the jets to the tune of 335 yards and a touchdown through the air. Matt added 32 more yards on the ground with his mobile style that gives defenses headaches. Overall, he finished the game with an 89.2 rating. He could've and should've had a much better statline, but his offensive coordinator called two runs to RB Rainey at the 2 and 4 yardline that ended in Rainey's statline looking better. Akselson is who brought them to that point and should've had a chance at putting the ball in the end-zone himself through the air or ground.
Akselson didn't let the vulturing get into his head and still went on to lead the offense to 463 total yards with only a single turnover off of a fumble.
The other teams in the National Simulation Football League are rather lucky that Akselson is aging pretty quickly. There isn't enough ibuprofen in the world to alleviate the headaches he causes for defenses. The Wraiths capitalized on Akselson's performance with their first Ultimus Victory, and it couldn't have come at a better time with the window closing.
The Colorado Yeti deserved the playoffs. It's been a long time since those words could be uttered and actually be truthful. After a disappointing several years, which included a 32-game losing streak, the Colorado Yeti managed to put together some wins.
The team finished 6-8, a far cry from being 0-32 over the course of a little more than two seasons. The Baltimore Hawks and Philadelphia Liberty both finished ahead of the Yeti in the conference, with a record of 7-7 each. The Yeti managed to go 1-1 against each of the teams that finished 1-game above them, while losing both games to the eventual champion, Yellowknife Wraiths.
Believe it or not, the Yeti even managed a win against the Orange County Otters, IN Orange County. The Otters are perennial favorites to win it all, having never missed the playoffs and made 4 straight trips to the championship game, and the Yeti managed to win a game in Orange County anyway.
The young backbone of this team is showing lots of promise, and with the Liberty basically taking the team to a gas-station for a gas fight Zoolander style, the Yeti make a strong case for making the playoffs in the NSFC next season. The Hawks will still put up a fight, but with Blocksdale regressing and star WR Leclair testing free agency, it's plausible, even probable they'll take a step back.
Season 10, the year of the Yeti.
Playoff Review: Write a short review of the playoffs and each of the matchups. Must be completed after the Championship Game
ASFC: The Otters squeaked out a win in Week 13 against the New Orleans Second Line to secure home field advantage in the playoffs in the ASFC Conference championship. Unfortunately for the Otters, the luck was not to continue. NOLA sufficiently stymied the Otters air-raid offense, keeping HOF QB Mike Boss to a 64.8 QB rating and a measly 247 yards. NOLA drove at the end of the game and nailed a last-second field goal from 46 yards to make their first trip to the Ultimus.
NSFC: The Baltimore Hawks tripped into the playoffs at the last second after nearly throwing their season away midway through the season. The Wraiths kept rolling, only losing three games, two of them to the Otters. With a 21-0 lead heading into the final minute of the first half, the Hawks hiccuped and the Wraiths entered the half at 21-7. The Hawks only managed a single field goal in the second half to drop the game 38-24.
Ultimus: Similar to the NSFC game, the Ultimus was a bit of a mis-match. The Wraiths were heavy favorites, and managed not to choke it away this time. Akselsen outclassed Maximus by a wide margin, and it showed. With the additions in the coming off-season and the regressing of Askelsen, that statement won't be true much longer.
Hate the player or the game: Tell us which team made the playoffs and shouldn't have, or which team didn't and should have? (Can be completed at any point)
The Baltimore Hawks should have missed the playoffs. They escaped the most difficult stretch of the season early on after 2 games apiece against the Orange County Otters and the Yellowknife Wraiths. They exited this stretch after week 6 with a respectable 3-3 record and managed to blow it by only managing four more wins throughout the rest of the season. Their 3 wins came against the Otters, San Jose Sabercats and the Philadelphia Liberty. With two games apiece against perennial bottom-feeding Colorado Yeti and 2 more against rebuilding Arizona, and another one against Philadelphia and San Jose, both entering rebuilds, it wouldn't have been a surprise to run the table and end 11-3. Even going 1-1 against the New Orleans Second Line would've left them at 10-4.
Instead, after week 6, they dropped a game to the Yeti and Liberty, and dropped both their matchups against NOLA. Playoff teams don't lose games when they have a clear path to the playoffs at stake. Thankfully, they managed not to much up their chances against the bottom-two ASFC teams, the San Jose Sabercats or the Arizona Outlaws, because they would've easily missed the playoffs if that took place. With Leclair possibly leaving in free agency and Blocksdale regressing, we might see the Hawks fade into obscurity. 7-7 is already mediocrity.
Going to Disneyland!:Who was the Ultimus MVP? Give us a rundown of their celebratory trip to Disneyland. (Can be completed after the Ultimus game)
Yellowknife Wraiths Quarterback Matt Akselsen is easily the MVP of the Ultimus and will enjoy his trip to Disneyland. After a somewhat boring performance in the NSFC Championship game, Akselson turned on the jets to the tune of 335 yards and a touchdown through the air. Matt added 32 more yards on the ground with his mobile style that gives defenses headaches. Overall, he finished the game with an 89.2 rating. He could've and should've had a much better statline, but his offensive coordinator called two runs to RB Rainey at the 2 and 4 yardline that ended in Rainey's statline looking better. Akselson is who brought them to that point and should've had a chance at putting the ball in the end-zone himself through the air or ground.
Akselson didn't let the vulturing get into his head and still went on to lead the offense to 463 total yards with only a single turnover off of a fumble.
The other teams in the National Simulation Football League are rather lucky that Akselson is aging pretty quickly. There isn't enough ibuprofen in the world to alleviate the headaches he causes for defenses. The Wraiths capitalized on Akselson's performance with their first Ultimus Victory, and it couldn't have come at a better time with the window closing.
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