1. Playoff Review
The Hawks beat the Wraiths on the road in the Ultimus Semifinals in what many would say is a shocking result. Going into this season a large amount of fans had the Wraiths as the favorite to win it all this year. They shockingly lost at home in the semifinals to the Hawks and now have to go home and hope for a better outcome next year. The Wraiths ended up with more yards than the Hawks, but couldn’t come back from a 24 to 10 halftime deficit. Wraith kicker Bobby missed a short field goal that would have tied the score. After the Wraiths opened up the scoring with field goal from Bobby the Hawks scored on a 49 yard pass from Havran to Sunnycursed. Only 4 minutes later still in the first Espeeyeeseetee scored on a 14 yard pass. The Hawks then took a 21 to 3 lead early in the 2nd quarter on another passing touchdown. The Wraiths came storming back in the 3rd quarter behind two Morgan Marshall rushing touchdowns, but it wasn’t enough as they couldn’t score in the 4th to take the lead. The Hawks now go on to play the Otters in the Ultimus finals.
2. Underdog (I wrote this before the Ultimus finals)
The Otters are the underdogs in the Ultimus championship against the Hawks. The Otters played the Hawks in Baltimore in week 12 and lost 24-20. The Otters can win this game for one simple reason. They just showed by beating the Outlaws on the road in the semifinals. The Otters have a good enough offense to beat the Hawks. They opened up the semifinals with 17 straight points in the first quarter, which helped them win the game against the Outlaws. A strong running game is one of the things that really helps the Otters. They have three players that all got a rushing touch down in the semifinals. Their offense is also very consistent. They were able to score in every quarter of their semifinals game. They also have a balanced passing game that can spread the ball to many different receivers. The other thing the Otters have going for them is their pass defense is incredible. Holding Andrew Reese under 50% passing on the day was one thing that really helped the Otters win their game against the Outlaws and will definitely help them with their game against the Hawks. With multiple players that had 2 pass defenses they have talent all over their secondary.
3. All about the QBs
Let’s look at the quarterback matchup in the ultimus championship between Franklin Armstrong of the Otters and Corvo Havran of the Hawks. The Otters ended up winning the game 28 to 17 in no small part because of Armstrong. In fact, he threw for 3 touchdowns and ran for 1 as well. He had an efficient game only throwing the ball 27 times for 287 yards and the aforementioned 3 touch downs. He also ran it 11 times for 48 yards and a score. Havran threw the ball 52 times, probably in part due to the Hawks playing from behind the entire game. Unlike Armstrong, Havran doesn’t run the ball. He had 376 yards and 2 touch downs on the day though, and while his rating wasn’t nearly as good as Armstrong’s, it wasn’t bad. The Otters secondary definitely played a big part in limiting Havran’s success throwing the ball. With 6 total pass deflections they were making it hard on Havran all game long. He had to settle for a lot of short passes, which kept his yards per pass down to a mere 7.2 yards. Havran completed less than 50% of his passes on the day, which was a big reason the Otters were able to win. Meanwhile Armstrong had a much more efficient day with 63% of his passes completed, and that is one of the major reasons the Otters pulled off the victory.
5. Stupid Tiebreaker!
Tiebreakers are always a contentious topic in any sport. It is hard to make it fair if two teams are seemingly equal. Especially in football with so few games played. Obviously, the tiebreaker needs to be a long list of things from the most obvious down to the mundane just in case the two teams are really that even. Head to head matchup in the season should be the obvious first tiebreaker. If the teams split their season matchup then we have to move onto the next tiebreaker. In the NSFL every team plays the same amount of games. A home and away against every team in your conference, and one game against the other conference. The second tiebreaker should be record against conference opponents. If it is still tied then do record against non-conference opponent. If it is still tied, maybe the next tiebreaker should be record on the road? A better record on the road means a better team in my opinion. If we are still tied after that then go to scoring differential? And then honestly after that I don’t know what else to do then just flip a coin, because if it gets all the way to that point and the two teams are still equal then they are equal.
The Hawks beat the Wraiths on the road in the Ultimus Semifinals in what many would say is a shocking result. Going into this season a large amount of fans had the Wraiths as the favorite to win it all this year. They shockingly lost at home in the semifinals to the Hawks and now have to go home and hope for a better outcome next year. The Wraiths ended up with more yards than the Hawks, but couldn’t come back from a 24 to 10 halftime deficit. Wraith kicker Bobby missed a short field goal that would have tied the score. After the Wraiths opened up the scoring with field goal from Bobby the Hawks scored on a 49 yard pass from Havran to Sunnycursed. Only 4 minutes later still in the first Espeeyeeseetee scored on a 14 yard pass. The Hawks then took a 21 to 3 lead early in the 2nd quarter on another passing touchdown. The Wraiths came storming back in the 3rd quarter behind two Morgan Marshall rushing touchdowns, but it wasn’t enough as they couldn’t score in the 4th to take the lead. The Hawks now go on to play the Otters in the Ultimus finals.
2. Underdog (I wrote this before the Ultimus finals)
The Otters are the underdogs in the Ultimus championship against the Hawks. The Otters played the Hawks in Baltimore in week 12 and lost 24-20. The Otters can win this game for one simple reason. They just showed by beating the Outlaws on the road in the semifinals. The Otters have a good enough offense to beat the Hawks. They opened up the semifinals with 17 straight points in the first quarter, which helped them win the game against the Outlaws. A strong running game is one of the things that really helps the Otters. They have three players that all got a rushing touch down in the semifinals. Their offense is also very consistent. They were able to score in every quarter of their semifinals game. They also have a balanced passing game that can spread the ball to many different receivers. The other thing the Otters have going for them is their pass defense is incredible. Holding Andrew Reese under 50% passing on the day was one thing that really helped the Otters win their game against the Outlaws and will definitely help them with their game against the Hawks. With multiple players that had 2 pass defenses they have talent all over their secondary.
3. All about the QBs
Let’s look at the quarterback matchup in the ultimus championship between Franklin Armstrong of the Otters and Corvo Havran of the Hawks. The Otters ended up winning the game 28 to 17 in no small part because of Armstrong. In fact, he threw for 3 touchdowns and ran for 1 as well. He had an efficient game only throwing the ball 27 times for 287 yards and the aforementioned 3 touch downs. He also ran it 11 times for 48 yards and a score. Havran threw the ball 52 times, probably in part due to the Hawks playing from behind the entire game. Unlike Armstrong, Havran doesn’t run the ball. He had 376 yards and 2 touch downs on the day though, and while his rating wasn’t nearly as good as Armstrong’s, it wasn’t bad. The Otters secondary definitely played a big part in limiting Havran’s success throwing the ball. With 6 total pass deflections they were making it hard on Havran all game long. He had to settle for a lot of short passes, which kept his yards per pass down to a mere 7.2 yards. Havran completed less than 50% of his passes on the day, which was a big reason the Otters were able to win. Meanwhile Armstrong had a much more efficient day with 63% of his passes completed, and that is one of the major reasons the Otters pulled off the victory.
5. Stupid Tiebreaker!
Tiebreakers are always a contentious topic in any sport. It is hard to make it fair if two teams are seemingly equal. Especially in football with so few games played. Obviously, the tiebreaker needs to be a long list of things from the most obvious down to the mundane just in case the two teams are really that even. Head to head matchup in the season should be the obvious first tiebreaker. If the teams split their season matchup then we have to move onto the next tiebreaker. In the NSFL every team plays the same amount of games. A home and away against every team in your conference, and one game against the other conference. The second tiebreaker should be record against conference opponents. If it is still tied then do record against non-conference opponent. If it is still tied, maybe the next tiebreaker should be record on the road? A better record on the road means a better team in my opinion. If we are still tied after that then go to scoring differential? And then honestly after that I don’t know what else to do then just flip a coin, because if it gets all the way to that point and the two teams are still equal then they are equal.
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[OPTION]Height: 6'1"
[OPTION]Weight: 195 lbs.
[OPTION]Birthplace: Raleigh, NC
[OPTION]Number: 22
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[OPTION]Career Stats
[OPTION]G || Tck || TFL || FF/FR || Sck || Int || PD || TD
[OPTION]141 || 597 || 1 || 5/1 || 6 || 30 || 163 || 3
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[OPTION]Playoff Stats
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[OPTION]Awards
[OPTION]S26 Defensive Player of the Year, S26 CB of the Year,
[OPTION]S23 Defensive Breakout Player, S23 Defensive Performance
[OPTION]Pro Bowls: S22, S26
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