(S11) - Ultimus Week

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Robbed: Write about why a team that failed to make the playoffs should have over somebody else. Can be completed at any point

The Philadelphia Liberty were robbed of a trip to the playoffs by the Colorado Yeti. The Philadelphia Liberty spent last season in the depths of despair, going 0-14 on the year. Whilst mired in a rebuild, there was little hope in the Liberty locker room or in the stands at the stadium. However, they made a solid couple picks and rebuilt into a real contender in season eleven. The miraculous turnaround saw the Liberty go 7-7 and miss the playoffs by a single game.

Meanwhile, the Yeti have spent the last few seasons in contention after finally completing their own rebuild that took far longer than it honestly should have. And then they went through and started another sort-of rebuild when they lost Ryan Applehort to their division rival Baltimore Hawks. With how embroiled in mediocrity the Yeti have been for much of their past, they're taking a nose-dive yet again and they look to be starting yet another "Trust the Process" rebuild.

While the Yeti escaped with a better record technically, they squandered their best chances at being a good team and ended up getting absolutely dismantled in the playoffs. While the Liberty may not have done better, they've shown dramatic improvement and should have gotten an opportunity to showcase that.

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Playoff Series MVP: Choose an MVP for one of the playoff series and write about why you chose them. Must be completed after the playoff series you write about

For what seems like the thousandth time in a row, Borkus Maximus III was the most valuable player while his New Orleans Second Line dismantled the Orange County Otters in the ASFC Championship game. Borkus was stupendous in the ASFC rematch from the last several seasons, and as history tends to repeat itself, he was able to lead his team to another victory.

Maximus III finished the game with 23 completions on 38 attempts for a solid 319 yards and 3 touchdowns. His lone mistake came on an interception caught by former Second Line teammate Jaylon Broxton. Borkus had little trouble moving his team up and down the field with the help of Darren Smallwood, and the team out of New Orleans dropped 40 points on one of the stronger defenses in the league. No doubt homefield advantage played a part but a lot of it can be pinned down to Maximus being just that good.

The signal caller is aging, so there could be hope on the horizon for the other ASFC teams hoping to start their own dynasties, but the man still has a solid couple of years left before he would be expected to decline massively. If he keeps playing like this, we'll be talking about him as MVP for quite a bit longer.

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Playoff Review: Write a short review of the playoffs and each of the matchups. Must be completed after the Championship Game

ASFC: Orange County Otters @ New Orleans Second Line
For the fourth straight season, the New Orleans Second Line and the Orange County Otters meet in the ASFC Championship game. And as has been the trend, the Second Line emerged victorious. The Orange County Otters appeared to be rather outmatched, as the final score would indicate. The 40-13 trouncing will most certainly leave a bad taste in the mouths in Orange County for quite some time.

NSFC: Colorado Yeti @ Baltimore Hawks
It's been practically the same old story as the ASFC. The Colorado Yeti visit Baltimore for the third straight year to try to get to the Ultimus Game. And much like those other years, they leave the game without much hope at toppling the cream of the NSFC crop from their throne. The Hawks took the Yeti out and straight-up curb-stomped them into submission. The utter domination ended with a score of 45-7, and the Yeti never really showed any fight in the contest.

Ultimus: Baltimore Hawks @ New Orleans Second Line
Well this is getting repetitive. Another season, another Ultimus game between these two heavyweights. Thus far, they've been trading the title back and forth with New Orleans winning their first contest, and the Hawks winning last year's game. It comes down to the best 2 of 3, and New Orleans sneaks away with an overtime victory 42-36. The high scoring contest was really fun to watch with a lot of chances for teams to close it out.

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Championship Game Recap: Do a recap of the best play from the championship game. Must be completed after the Championship Game

The two teams started off slow, with neither team being able to score any points for the first couple possessions. After that, it was off to the races. The high-scoring game ended 42-36 in Overtime, and it'd be rather silly of us not to see that the winning drive housed the best play of the game. The New Orleans Second Line were able to drive the ball practically at will on the final drive of the game, and they refused to get rattled by the pressure of trying to secure the OT win. They stayed true to their style and made sure Smallwood got plenty of touches on their way to victory.

The drive saw several runs in a row by Smallwood, in which the Hawks just couldn't quite stop him early enough and they kept earning new sets of downs. Finally, to cap it off Borkus Maximus III hit, you guessed it, Darren effing Smallwood for a 6-yard touchdown to end the game in glory.

The dynamic duo of Maximus and Smallwood will be sorely missed in New Orleans, as Smallwood has announced his retirement. Smallwood and Borkus have been absolute money for years, and they kept the trend going as they won the Ultimus yet again.

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