1. ROBBED
And once again the Wraiths couldn't get the job done. Well, I mean at least making the playoffs at least. They had all chances to make it, but once again blew it all against Colorado. We can argue that this time it was fair game. Well yeah, looks like the Yeti were better than YKW. And then we're looking at the Orange County Otters' team and I can tell that Yellowknife was definitely a TOP 4 team this season. OCO sold Crush and didn't expect to do much against NOLA, yet they made the playoffs anyways. But then, YKW had worse PA than the Yeti; had worse PF than you already know which team; and having a 2-5 road record wasn't helping them either. So were they robbed? Yes at some degree. Yellowknife was better than Orange County (they blew these orange dudes like 57-3 in two games lol). But the bad start and meh road record are suggesting us they can't blame just because of a competitive conference either. They had a chance to prove us they are better than just a TOP 4 team and they didn't deliver. Let's see if they could avoid some blunders like losing to lower tier teams to screw their playoff chances next season.
2. PLAYOFF SERIES MVP.
Majority of members are picking some offensive players as their MVP, but I'm not gonna be like that. Since I have a crush on kickers (like my player is a K) my obvious MVP is a reason why I don't want to see my player being drafted by Baltimore. Turk Turkleton. This guy is on way on becoming a HoF, but for now he is the major reason why Baltimore won the championship. We can argue that he didn't have a big impact on a NSFC finals game (and then take his three FG out and we have a tie game vs Colorado), but the finals is completely a different story. First of all, he started his teams real comeback against NOLA (Carter Bush and Blocksdale? who?) when his O-Line teammates had problems with opening up New Orleans' defence. Second of all, he scored more than half of his team's points (15 out of 29) so that should tell us something. I'm not taking away from other players who had a great game and contributed a lot on their team's success, but I think Turk Turkleton should be more recognized for his efforts. Not to mention he only had one miss in whole playoffs (from 40-49 yard range which is never a guaranteed FG anyways).
3. PLAYOFF REVIEW.
First of all, we had a Colorado Yeti vs Baltimore Hawks matchup. Baltimore was a heavy favorite of this game and lot of people thought this is not gonna be pretty for the 9-5 team. But Colorado managed to give them a valliant fight. In first Q, teams exchanged the blows. The same was about to happen in the second quarter, but Turklenton scored a 39 yard FG to make it 17-14 for the Hawks. The most interesting thing is nothing changed after a halftime. Yet another blow exchange sent teams with a 24-21 BAL lead. Everything changed when Applehort made a crucial mistake by throwing the ball staright to Marmeladov's arms. 63 yard INT return and it was pretty much over for Colorado, 34-21. To the Yeti's credit, they didn't give up and even scored a TD (third for Aaron), but Turkleton ended all comeback talks. 37-28, Baltimore in finals.
The ASFC finals was a New Orleans Second Line taking on the Orange County Otters' team. I was typing the full names of these teams since nothing much happened during this game. OCO was doing a great job on blocking all NOLA passes and they even managed to hold the 3-0 lead before the half time. The stat sheet is saying the same story - a lot of PD's from the Otters' defence. At the end of the day, the favorite managed to find some holes in the underdog's defence thanks to Smallwood. And the Peg Leg made it very hard for OCO to make a comeback run. This is how this match actually ended. 10-3. NOLA vs Baltimore in finals.
I will talk about finals in the fourth task, but NOLA vs BAL game was exciting. Either team had a chance to take it all, but the result was 29-23, BAL are the champs.
4. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECAP.
So the Hawks vs the Second Line team in the finals for the second time in a row. 13-1 vs 11-3 team. Actually, it was the matchup we expected so we can't say this was surprising. Also, this game matched our expectations for sure. There was a period when NOLA was about to make a comfortable game when they had a 10-0 and 17-7 leads, but every time Baltimore could come back into this match. I already said a lot about Turk Turkleton who not only completed his team's comeback , his four FG's in a row could put his team in a lead. 19-17 at the start of the third Q. But the New Orleans boys wouldn't be a 11-3 team if they were just a bunch of quitters. LeClair managed to fly through BAL defence to put his team back in the drivers seat. For the last time though. Trey Willie answered back with a 7-pointer in same quarter to make it 26-23. The final say came from Turk - his fifth FG made it 29-23 and this was the final score as the Hawks' defence shut it down for NOLA offense. Baltimore became the champs for the first time in their history. Congratulations to them and thing.
And once again the Wraiths couldn't get the job done. Well, I mean at least making the playoffs at least. They had all chances to make it, but once again blew it all against Colorado. We can argue that this time it was fair game. Well yeah, looks like the Yeti were better than YKW. And then we're looking at the Orange County Otters' team and I can tell that Yellowknife was definitely a TOP 4 team this season. OCO sold Crush and didn't expect to do much against NOLA, yet they made the playoffs anyways. But then, YKW had worse PA than the Yeti; had worse PF than you already know which team; and having a 2-5 road record wasn't helping them either. So were they robbed? Yes at some degree. Yellowknife was better than Orange County (they blew these orange dudes like 57-3 in two games lol). But the bad start and meh road record are suggesting us they can't blame just because of a competitive conference either. They had a chance to prove us they are better than just a TOP 4 team and they didn't deliver. Let's see if they could avoid some blunders like losing to lower tier teams to screw their playoff chances next season.
2. PLAYOFF SERIES MVP.
Majority of members are picking some offensive players as their MVP, but I'm not gonna be like that. Since I have a crush on kickers (like my player is a K) my obvious MVP is a reason why I don't want to see my player being drafted by Baltimore. Turk Turkleton. This guy is on way on becoming a HoF, but for now he is the major reason why Baltimore won the championship. We can argue that he didn't have a big impact on a NSFC finals game (and then take his three FG out and we have a tie game vs Colorado), but the finals is completely a different story. First of all, he started his teams real comeback against NOLA (Carter Bush and Blocksdale? who?) when his O-Line teammates had problems with opening up New Orleans' defence. Second of all, he scored more than half of his team's points (15 out of 29) so that should tell us something. I'm not taking away from other players who had a great game and contributed a lot on their team's success, but I think Turk Turkleton should be more recognized for his efforts. Not to mention he only had one miss in whole playoffs (from 40-49 yard range which is never a guaranteed FG anyways).
3. PLAYOFF REVIEW.
First of all, we had a Colorado Yeti vs Baltimore Hawks matchup. Baltimore was a heavy favorite of this game and lot of people thought this is not gonna be pretty for the 9-5 team. But Colorado managed to give them a valliant fight. In first Q, teams exchanged the blows. The same was about to happen in the second quarter, but Turklenton scored a 39 yard FG to make it 17-14 for the Hawks. The most interesting thing is nothing changed after a halftime. Yet another blow exchange sent teams with a 24-21 BAL lead. Everything changed when Applehort made a crucial mistake by throwing the ball staright to Marmeladov's arms. 63 yard INT return and it was pretty much over for Colorado, 34-21. To the Yeti's credit, they didn't give up and even scored a TD (third for Aaron), but Turkleton ended all comeback talks. 37-28, Baltimore in finals.
The ASFC finals was a New Orleans Second Line taking on the Orange County Otters' team. I was typing the full names of these teams since nothing much happened during this game. OCO was doing a great job on blocking all NOLA passes and they even managed to hold the 3-0 lead before the half time. The stat sheet is saying the same story - a lot of PD's from the Otters' defence. At the end of the day, the favorite managed to find some holes in the underdog's defence thanks to Smallwood. And the Peg Leg made it very hard for OCO to make a comeback run. This is how this match actually ended. 10-3. NOLA vs Baltimore in finals.
I will talk about finals in the fourth task, but NOLA vs BAL game was exciting. Either team had a chance to take it all, but the result was 29-23, BAL are the champs.
4. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECAP.
So the Hawks vs the Second Line team in the finals for the second time in a row. 13-1 vs 11-3 team. Actually, it was the matchup we expected so we can't say this was surprising. Also, this game matched our expectations for sure. There was a period when NOLA was about to make a comfortable game when they had a 10-0 and 17-7 leads, but every time Baltimore could come back into this match. I already said a lot about Turk Turkleton who not only completed his team's comeback , his four FG's in a row could put his team in a lead. 19-17 at the start of the third Q. But the New Orleans boys wouldn't be a 11-3 team if they were just a bunch of quitters. LeClair managed to fly through BAL defence to put his team back in the drivers seat. For the last time though. Trey Willie answered back with a 7-pointer in same quarter to make it 26-23. The final say came from Turk - his fifth FG made it 29-23 and this was the final score as the Hawks' defence shut it down for NOLA offense. Baltimore became the champs for the first time in their history. Congratulations to them and thing.
