(S16) - Ultimus Week

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7) Next year
Written: If your team has been eliminated, why will the next year, or the year after that, be the year that your team is going to win the Ultimus or Ultimini.

Well, the Austin Copperheads were eliminated from the playoffs. Not only were we eliminated from playoff contention we were basically super eliminated from playoff contention. That being said, I think that the Copperheads will become considerably better over the next couple of seasons as we have a couple things going for us that will definitely factor in to our eventual success. The first of which is our franchise quarterback in Easton Cole. Everyone knew Cole would suck coming into this season, it was really inevitable. That being said, Cole is steadily earning TPE and will over the next couple of season become a reliable player at the most important position on the field. The second thing that we have going for us is Dick Wizardry switching to defense. Is it unconventional to have your starting RB move to DL? No, not particularly, but we have Mako Mendonca in the pipeline who quietly had an awesome season taking the secondary reps behind Wizardry. Given more reps, I think that he will prove that he has what it takes to be a starter in this league and we will get some much needed help on defense. Lastly, we are going to be bringing in some high level talent via the draft to help supplement where we are as a team right now.

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8) Strategies
Written: Unless you won the Championship, what changes does your team need to make in the offseason to improve your chances next year.

People might look at the Austin Copperheads 0-13 season and think, boy there are so many things you could do to improve that record. They might be right, but in terms of strategy I don't think that there was much else we could do given our current situation. We were already a run happy team considering our quarterback situation. I think our biggest flaw right now is that we are just an inexperienced team. As a whole we don't have a ton of TPE under our belts, but when looking at the number of active and updating players on each team, the Austin Copperheads are near the top of the list. We have a lot going for us and we are trying our hardest to build something special going forward. I think one of the biggest strategy changes you will see us make over the next couple of seasons is integrating more passing plays into the playbook. Easton Cole is steadily gaining TPE so he will have to be responsible for an expanded playbook here within a season or two. That will also help to lessen the load on our running backs who basically carried the team on their backs for this last inaugural season in the NSFL. Outside of that, I really don't see much change in strategy or the playbook though, I think we will be mostly the same team just with our players improving immensely.

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15) Going to Disneyland!
Written: Who was the Ultimus MVP? Give us a rundown of their celebratory trip to Disneyland, or describe how they celebrated.

At least in my honest opinion, the most valuable player from the Ultimus game would have to be Jeffery Murphy of the Arizona Outlaws after his performance of 8 receptions for 120 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns including the game winner with a minute left on the clock. Of course, as the MVP of the Ultimus, it was his duty to make his way to Disney to celebrate his victory. Some people would have taken this opportunity to take in the sights of the park, but not Murphy. Murphy had one goal and one goal only and abused his power of Ultimus MVP to make it happen. He wanted to set the record for most rides on Space Mountain in a single given day. You can bet your sweet ass that Murphy was there the second the ride opened and every time the ride came back to the station he was ready for another go. He kept a piss bottle at the station in case of he needed a quick break and had employees there to bring him any kind of snack that he might need throughout the day. He finished the day riding Space Mountain 43 times and became more than just a champion of a football game, but a champion of our hearts... unless you happened to be one of the other people trying to ride Space Mountain and had to witness a grown man pee in a bottle.

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17) Robbed
Written: Write about why your team was robbed from making the Playoffs, how did the sim screw you and why were you more deserving.

I'm just going to say it okay, the Austin Copperheads were robbed of making the playoffs this last season. Yeah, yeah, yeah... most everyone had us picked to be dead last in the league so you might be asking yourself, "well if that is the case, then how were the Austin Copperheads really robbed of making the playoffs?" Well I'm here to tell you why. First of all, Austin is located in Texas. Want to know what else is located in Texas? That's fucking right, it's the Alamo and you never forget the Alamo just like you never forget the Austin Copperheads. Just on a patriotic factor alone I wholeheartedly believe that Austin should be an auto bid into the playoffs every season. In all honesty though, I don't think we were robbed in terms of missing or making the playoffs. What I do think we were robbed from is a fluky win during some point of the season. Shit, we didn't even get a fluky preseason win. It just would have been nice to get something from this season. At least one feel good moment that we could have been proud about, but in true sim fashion, for once it looked at a really bad roster and said, yeah this team should definitely lose all of their games with absolutely no exceptions. Oh well, maybe next season