(S15) - Ultimus Week

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1) Playoff Predictions, Reviews:
Written: Give a short write up of one or multiple playoff matches. If completed before the airing of the sims have predictions, after if it is a review the game.

Alrighty, so here a brief overview of the Palm Beach Solar Bears stunning victory over the Tijuana Luchadores. Coming into this game, the Solar Bears had not beaten the Luchadores even once during the regular season and with home field advantage, I'm sure most people saw the league leading Luchadores as the favorites to move onto the Ultimini Championship game. Rookie phenom QB Easton Cole had a slow day for the Solar Bears only completing 6 of 15 attempts for 60 yards. The Solar Bears won this contest through their run game featuring Mendonca who ran for 110 yards on 21 attempts for 2 touchdowns and their defense that came away with 5 interceptions from Gilsack, McKinney (2), Adok, and Sinclaire. It's tough for any team to overcome that number of turnovers. This shouldn't take away from the performance of Forrest Gump for the Luchadores though who had 142 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns to cap off a very impressive season from him. Overall, the Luchadores were still impressively in this game despite the turnovers, but the Solar Bears move on to the Championship round by a score of 34-23 where they will face none other than the returning champions Portland Pythons where the Solar Bears were actually victorious in their regular season match ups.

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3) All about the QBs
Written: Write 200 words on one of the QB matchups in this year's playoffs. What are you most excited to see (Or excited to have seen), who will play better (Or who played better), etc.

Okay, I am going to be discussing the quarterback match up of the DSFL championship game with Easton Cole of the Palm Beach Solar Bears and Franklin Armstrong of the Portland Pythons. Let's first take a look at their overall regular season stats. Of the quarterbacks who actually played in all 14 games Cole and Armstrong were ranked number 1 and 2 in quarterback rating with Cole scoring an 88.1 and Armstrong scoring 77.1. Additionally they were similarly 1 and 2 in touchdown passes thrown with Cole throwing 17 and Armstrong throwing 14. The 2 were tied for a league low 9 interceptions thrown. Neither quarterback was throwing as much as Corvo Havran, but they were still second and third in passing yards, with Cole throwing with more accuracy. As mentioned in task 1, Cole didn't have an outstanding day in the first round of the playoffs and was helped out significantly by his run game and defense. Armstrong in the first round went 16 of 32 for 174 yards with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. Both quarterbacks are going to be looking for a little bit of redemption in the championship after lackluster performances. I'm personally AND TOTALLY UNBIASED excited to see what Cole can do in this game. He's been phenomenal all season and just seems like one of those guys who is destined to be in the spotlight. I think that we will see a big game from him in the championship.

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6) Our Time
Written: Why should your team be looked at the favorite to win the Ultimus or Ultimini.

So, obviously I think that the Palm Beach Solar Bears are going to come home with the Ultimini Championship, let's break it down. First of all, the Solar Bears are going to be playing this game with home field advantage which can be quite significant in the sim. The residents of south Florida are going to be coming out in droves to cheer on their bears, so you can only imagine how tough of an environment it will be for the Pythons. The second reason that the Solar Bears will be coming home with the victory is that is that the Solar Bears already have a proven track record against the snakey bois from Oregon this season. We managed to beat them twice in a home and home series (albeit they were close games) and even won our preseason match up. Sure people could point to the fact that Tijuana whooped us all season and then we won in the playoffs, but this team is not settling for 2nd place. The last reason is that the Solar Bears are going to be turning it up with a whole bunch of new roster additions that already made themselves known in the first round against the Luchadores. All-in-all, this is going to be a very close game, but it just has to be the Solar Bears that walk away with the victory.

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14) That Magic Moment
Writen: Pick one moment from a playoff game and describe what made it so amazing to watch.

So "That Magic Moment" for the Solar Bears came in the first quarter of the first round of the playoffs against the Tijuana Luchadores. Not so much a singular moment, but a quick succession of plays that really set the tone of the game. Here is that succession of plays. After already being up 3-0 in the first quarter, the Solar Bears receive a punt. On the second play of the drive, Mendonca bust off a 41 yard touchdown run to put the Solar Bears up 10-0. The Solar Bears then kick off and the Luchadores bring the kick out. On the first play of their offensive series, Corvo Havran would throw an interception to Sinclaire who would return the pick down to the 4 yard line where Bortboy would knock in the touchdown on the next play. In a blink of an eye, the Solar Bears went from being up 3-0 to being up 17-0 in the first quarter. Sure, there was still a whole lot of game left to play and the Luchadores would start to make a comeback in reality, but hard to not look at the beginning of that first quarter and think that the Solar Bears wouldn't be walking away with the win. There have been very few times as a player or GM that I have seen a sequence of quick scoring like that. Yes, it does happen, but in Palm Beach short tenure as a human team it was one of the first times I've seen it for us.