(S13) - Ultimus Week

[MrStennett]

1. PBE PT

2. It's Our Time This Year

With the incredible season that the San Jose Sabercats had this year, not many people were picking my Orange County Otters to repeat as league champions. That number decreased even more due to the huge offseason haul that the Colorado Yeti had, including the league's best tight end Verso L'Alto and big-time linebacker Brian Mills. The Otters fought hard though, and overcame the steep odds to become repeat NSFL champions. In the locker room, there was a lot of optimism about this season, even after we started falling behind the Sabercats. We have one of the league's better quarterbacks, even though Showbiz did his best to break a record for throwing interceptions. All jokes aside though, having one of the league's best gunslingers and the reigning MVP on offense, helps assuage a lot of doubts. While our defense definitely had its struggles over the course of the season, the Fanta Curtain (shouts to @Trautner for that beauty of a name) pulled it out at the end and gave the team a chance to win another Ultimus. Overall, what looked like it could be a disappointing season for the Otters turned out to be a Cinderella story and ended in a second straight Ultimus trophy.

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3. Spotlight on the Youth

This year's Utlimus playoffs had a lot of great, young players involved. The Orange County Otters in particular have a few young guys on the team who are key contributors on both sides of the ball. Because I am absolutely full of myself, I'm going to talk a little bit about Thorian Skarsgard. The Otters linebacker turned defensive tackle came into this season with big shoes to fill as the heir apparent to the retiring legend Angus Winchester. That means he really had to step it up for the Fanta Curtain in the playoffs, just like Angus would have. As a defensive tackle, it can be somewhat difficult to have a big impact on a game, but I am very proud of the way that Skarsgard performed in his Ultimus playoffs debut. Seven tackles, one tackle for loss, and two sacks was a pretty damn good way to start off. Now, I realize this surely isn't the sexiest stat line in the world, but just knowing that I helped play my part in my team winning it all is enough for me. I'll be sure to keep working and training hard so that I can really put on a clinic in the playoffs next season.

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4. Going to Disneyland

There were a lot of great performances during this season's Ultimus. It was a really close game and both team's had standout players. However, in classic fashion, I will pick the MVP winner from the winning team. The Otters have a few players who were probably worthy of being named Most Valuable Player, but the real standout performance on the team came from none other than All-Star linebacker Mason Brown. He really anchored the Otters defense all the way to a championship in this game. I mean, what a game he had here. He racked up a game high thirteen tackles, including one tackle for loss, one sack, and even defended two passes. He really was a jack of all trades on the NSFL's biggest stage. Both quarterbacks put up a good fight for this award, as both McCormick and Showbiz really played a good game, but I believe that Brown's performance was really tops. The Otters defense had been one large question mark all season long, with some really lackluster performances coming early in the season. It was really downright awful at times. However, as the season continued, it got better and better, finally culminating in an Ultimus win which was anchored by one of the team's key defensive pieces.

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