(S11) - Ultimus Week

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Playoff Review
The NSFC conference championship matchup this season featured two familiar faces battling again for the snowland title. The Colorado Yeti traveled to Baltimore to take on the Hawks same as last season when they broke their 9 season playoff drought. Last season ended in failure with Applehort at quarterback and this season with a fresh quarterback that was somehow a kicker that always knew how to sling it they once again looked to bring themselves back to the championship. unfortunately that did not happen this time around either as the Baltimore Hawks handily dispatched of the Yeti and once again found themselves on a trip to the Ultimus. Meanwhile in the ASFC the Otters faced the Second Line again for what felt like the 4th or 5th time in a row and again had to go on the road to do it as they were one game behind NOLA. This time ended much the same as the previous with NOLA easily dispatching the Otters with Showbiz tossing a couple of picks and the NOLA offense moving the ball effectively. So this brings us to the championship matchup where for I think the third season in a row we saw the Second Line facing the Hawks. This was a high scoring game that went into overtime and saw new WR Fyod pull some fantastic moves en route to a 3 TD performance, looking like the Ultimus MVP out there, and handed the Second Line their 2nd Championship in 3 seasons. That's all.

Hate the player or the game
I'd have to say that I don't think the yeti should have made the playoffs. I don't have anything really against the Yeti but I think in this situation they lucked into a spot with a team that has very few actives and just lost their quarterback. Don't get me started on the ridiculous new meta-tactic of switching seasoned players that are well over 600 TPE into the quarterback position just because you lost yours when there are several bridge options available out there. Now they aren't the only one to do this, so I don't want to single them out, but it is a very selfish move that is going to damage the league in the long run. Anyway, I really think that had the Wraiths been out there with better leadership they could have beat the Yeti. The thing that is striking me as so odd now is how little teams are adjusting strategies these days. I'll hand it to Philadelphia they were really trying out a ton of different strategies every week and their record this season showed it, I didn't see that really from anyone else in that conference. That kind of playing is not going to work next season and Philly and the new Wraiths leadership are going to shift the balance of power in that conference.