1. Underdog
The morning sun rises over the dew filled fields in Baltimore. Smoke stacks pumping out noxious greenhouse gases and cars beeping as they are in a rush to get to work. This is the setting between two underdogs going into the season finale. The Ultimus Championship game. The Baltimore Hawks versus the Orange County Otters. Both teams are no stranger to the Ultimus. Both teams know each other well and have been looking to claim their rightful championship titles. Both teams coming into the playoffs as underdogs and winning their respective games. The hawks have the edge here with their explosive offense. The Otters will have to keep them from scoring early to make this game competitive. The Otters can win this game based on their rich history of winning and great game planning. In a year that they were looking to rebuild and possibly not even make the playoffs they utilized they talent they still had left and gameplanned against their opponent most magnificently. The players are good, but the coaches are better. The only chance that the Hawks have is to dominate with their star receivers and attempt to blow the top off the Otters secondary. There can only be one champion and I predict it will be just like the playoff games before it. An underdog victory.
2. Next year
I often write about the Colorado Yeti having their year next year. Last year I wrote about the Yeti making a playoff berth in S17 and an Ultimus push in S18. The S17 prediction came true. We did see a vast improvement over a season ago. It was not as much of an improvement that I was expecting. But it was a great improvement nonetheless. The S18 Yeti will look to be a much more dominant force with new GM’s at the helm and a more polished Wolfie McDummy. Wolfie is a key in making everything work in Colorado. In this league passing is clutch. Running can only get you so far. Having a player like terry Taffy is a luxury but we cannot rely on him all the time. So it will be up to the veteran Bishop, the dominating Laszlo and the reliable Palmer to help get Wolfie passed this next hurdle. Colorado looks to add a bunch of key players in this upcoming draft. This draft class is arguably the best the league has ever seen. It is filled with talent of all positions at every level. It will be interesting to see where they go with their plethora of mid-round picks. There is also Free Agency to think about. Colorado could add some great players in this year’s Free Agency pool.
3. Trades
It is important to note that in the Ultimus game this year. Baltimore will be at home against the Orange County Otters. Earlier in year Vinny Valentine was sent to Baltimore. Now the Otters will have to defend their old star wide receiver. On top of that they will also need to cover Errol Maddox. This will be a significant hurdle as the Otters secondary, while great in initial view, is not as good as the duo of Vinny and Errol. Vinny and Errol are two amazing players that will be known around the league like Bradley Westfield and former Baltimore Hawk, Trey Willie. It is not yet known whether Errol and Vinny will be Hall of Fame inductees but they will certainly leave their mark on the league. The Otters might be kicking themselves right now having made that transaction that may have guaranteed the Hawks position in the Ultimus. Baltimore may make out this year but it will help the Otters in the long run. Vinny is getting older and won't be around too many more years. If the Otters win this matchup they will certainly look like bigger geniuses than they already are. The Otters do things a little differently than the rest of the league but they are constant winners. Maybe the rest of the league should take notice.
4.) Robbed
This years Ultimus shows two underdogs and playoff away teams. Both home teams feel robbed of their chances of winning the Ultimus. I had to choose one team that was robbed more than another, it would be the Arizona Outlaws. The Outlaws are a better team than they were last year when they did win the Ultimus. The Otters are sending away players to other teams looking for future picks to help a rebuild effort to keep the team strong. On the other side The Hawks are a great team and so are the Wraiths. The Wraiths should have won that game because they are indeed better, however they were just outplayed. The Wraiths will try and come back stronger next year. Back to the true team that was robbed, the Outlaws. The Outlaws were heavy favorites and was expected by analysts to win the Ultimus. However they did not even make it passed the game against the Otters. There will be some changes on all teams next year. We will see if the Outlaws can make use of those changes to be not only the best team, again, but an even better team going into the playoffs. How can you lose to a rebuilding team, that is a question the Outlaws will have to answer all year until they are able to redeem themselves.
The morning sun rises over the dew filled fields in Baltimore. Smoke stacks pumping out noxious greenhouse gases and cars beeping as they are in a rush to get to work. This is the setting between two underdogs going into the season finale. The Ultimus Championship game. The Baltimore Hawks versus the Orange County Otters. Both teams are no stranger to the Ultimus. Both teams know each other well and have been looking to claim their rightful championship titles. Both teams coming into the playoffs as underdogs and winning their respective games. The hawks have the edge here with their explosive offense. The Otters will have to keep them from scoring early to make this game competitive. The Otters can win this game based on their rich history of winning and great game planning. In a year that they were looking to rebuild and possibly not even make the playoffs they utilized they talent they still had left and gameplanned against their opponent most magnificently. The players are good, but the coaches are better. The only chance that the Hawks have is to dominate with their star receivers and attempt to blow the top off the Otters secondary. There can only be one champion and I predict it will be just like the playoff games before it. An underdog victory.
2. Next year
I often write about the Colorado Yeti having their year next year. Last year I wrote about the Yeti making a playoff berth in S17 and an Ultimus push in S18. The S17 prediction came true. We did see a vast improvement over a season ago. It was not as much of an improvement that I was expecting. But it was a great improvement nonetheless. The S18 Yeti will look to be a much more dominant force with new GM’s at the helm and a more polished Wolfie McDummy. Wolfie is a key in making everything work in Colorado. In this league passing is clutch. Running can only get you so far. Having a player like terry Taffy is a luxury but we cannot rely on him all the time. So it will be up to the veteran Bishop, the dominating Laszlo and the reliable Palmer to help get Wolfie passed this next hurdle. Colorado looks to add a bunch of key players in this upcoming draft. This draft class is arguably the best the league has ever seen. It is filled with talent of all positions at every level. It will be interesting to see where they go with their plethora of mid-round picks. There is also Free Agency to think about. Colorado could add some great players in this year’s Free Agency pool.
3. Trades
It is important to note that in the Ultimus game this year. Baltimore will be at home against the Orange County Otters. Earlier in year Vinny Valentine was sent to Baltimore. Now the Otters will have to defend their old star wide receiver. On top of that they will also need to cover Errol Maddox. This will be a significant hurdle as the Otters secondary, while great in initial view, is not as good as the duo of Vinny and Errol. Vinny and Errol are two amazing players that will be known around the league like Bradley Westfield and former Baltimore Hawk, Trey Willie. It is not yet known whether Errol and Vinny will be Hall of Fame inductees but they will certainly leave their mark on the league. The Otters might be kicking themselves right now having made that transaction that may have guaranteed the Hawks position in the Ultimus. Baltimore may make out this year but it will help the Otters in the long run. Vinny is getting older and won't be around too many more years. If the Otters win this matchup they will certainly look like bigger geniuses than they already are. The Otters do things a little differently than the rest of the league but they are constant winners. Maybe the rest of the league should take notice.
4.) Robbed
This years Ultimus shows two underdogs and playoff away teams. Both home teams feel robbed of their chances of winning the Ultimus. I had to choose one team that was robbed more than another, it would be the Arizona Outlaws. The Outlaws are a better team than they were last year when they did win the Ultimus. The Otters are sending away players to other teams looking for future picks to help a rebuild effort to keep the team strong. On the other side The Hawks are a great team and so are the Wraiths. The Wraiths should have won that game because they are indeed better, however they were just outplayed. The Wraiths will try and come back stronger next year. Back to the true team that was robbed, the Outlaws. The Outlaws were heavy favorites and was expected by analysts to win the Ultimus. However they did not even make it passed the game against the Otters. There will be some changes on all teams next year. We will see if the Outlaws can make use of those changes to be not only the best team, again, but an even better team going into the playoffs. How can you lose to a rebuilding team, that is a question the Outlaws will have to answer all year until they are able to redeem themselves.
![[Image: 26alt.png]](https://9cherry.com/images/26alt.png)
