Task 12) It is no secret that the league is due another expansion pretty soon, and I would not be surprised if we expanded in the next season or two. I believe that since the most recent expansion, with the introduction of the Berlin Fire Salamanders, it has opened a lot of doors for more expansion teams from the outside the United States America, and more specifically, from Europe. I feel like there are lots of good locations around the continent for a new expansion team to be based, such as Moscow, where you could have the Moscow Mules, named after the alcoholic beverage, Paris, and with that the French Baguettes (although this idea is somewhat shit because why tf would an expansion team be named after country) or even Madrid, who would get the particularly catchy name of the Madrid Matadors, but maybe that’s too similar to Tijuana in the DSFL. No, for my expansion franchise I have decided to go much closer to home, and, at risk of doxing myself, introduce to you the Cork Rebels. I chose Cork over the capital city Dublin, for a multitude of reasons. First off, Dublin are shit, but getting that out of the way, another main is that in one of Ireland’s national sports, Gaelic Football, Dublin have dominated, having won six of the last six All Ireland Senior Football finals, so they have done enough winning in that regard, and Cork now need a winning team, which is what my franchise will do. Thirdly, Cork do not have any “major” sports teams, and the closest thing they do have to a major team, Cork a City FC are complete dogshit, having most recently finished dead last in the Airtricity League and being relegated to the second tier of Irish football soccer (a team from Dublin won the first division there too, pricks). Therefore I think it would do the people of a Cork good to have a half decent team. The team will be dubbed the rebels after the county’s nickname “the rebel county”, due to their part in the war of independence in the 20th, but that part is irrelevant to this Ultimus Week task. I feel like the best person in the league to GM this expansion franchise would be me, of course, because I am probably the most familiar with the Cork landscape, and would be the best person to decide where this expansion franchise would be situated, I’m thinking somewhere like Turners Cross, making Cork City FC homeless. Anyway, this is as far as I have though into an expansion franchise, but I’m sure the Cork Rebels would be an easy recipe for success for an expansion franchise, despite the leagues European agenda.
Task 14) After having the first overall pick in this seasons DSFL draft, due to them finishing with a lowly 2 wins last year, the Norfolk Seawolves really managed to turn it around and got themselves a 7-7 record this season, a drastic improvement on last seasons performance and good enough to help take them to the conference championship, albeit where they got smacked up. The 7 wins the Seawolves got were down to a great draft by solid GMs, as well as their returning players picking up some solid seasons, such as Rune and Mr. Forty-Two. They started off this season the same way they did last season, with a loss. This season it wasn’t as bad as last years however, an 18-10 loss to the Minnesota Grey Ducks as opposed to a 21 point shutout defeat in Portland last year. They managed to pick up their first win of the season a week earlier than the previous year this season when they beat the Kansas City Coyotes, thanks in part to a master class in rushing from their newest rookie running back Ace Savage, who came up with 126 yards on just 26 rushing attempts. Another 3 losses on the bounce in weeks 3,4 and 5 meant it was looking to be the same as usual for them this season sitting at a poor 1-4 through five games, the same record as they had last season, and we all know how that one turned out. However week 6 sparked a magical playoff push for Norfolk, against the same week 6 opposition as last year. When they faced the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers last season they got crushed, 42-10, Jackie Daytona passing all over their defense for 111 QBR, however this time around it was a whole different story as they held him to a 60 QBR, while their dual threat rbs, Savage and a Forty-Two, controlled the ground game, rushing for 221 yards and 3 TDs between the pair of them. This win spurred them on to win their next 4 games in a row before the winning streak finally came to an end at the hands of the London Royals. However they were now at a 6-5 record and in a decent position to make the playoffs, with just 1 win more than likely sealing them a postseason spot. However, disaster struck as they lost their next 2 games by a combined 72 points, including a crushing 57-3 defeat to the Buccaneers. Going into their last game they desperately needed a win to secure their place in the playoffs, and win they did, beating the Tijuana Luchadores 26-7 and qualifying themselves for a playoff game against Myrtle Beach. Unfortunately for them, the game didn’t go quite as they wanted, however considering the previous season they went 2-12, I think this is a true testament to how good these players were, and how badly they wanted to win, and definitely is a drastic improvement over two seasons ago.
Task 14) After having the first overall pick in this seasons DSFL draft, due to them finishing with a lowly 2 wins last year, the Norfolk Seawolves really managed to turn it around and got themselves a 7-7 record this season, a drastic improvement on last seasons performance and good enough to help take them to the conference championship, albeit where they got smacked up. The 7 wins the Seawolves got were down to a great draft by solid GMs, as well as their returning players picking up some solid seasons, such as Rune and Mr. Forty-Two. They started off this season the same way they did last season, with a loss. This season it wasn’t as bad as last years however, an 18-10 loss to the Minnesota Grey Ducks as opposed to a 21 point shutout defeat in Portland last year. They managed to pick up their first win of the season a week earlier than the previous year this season when they beat the Kansas City Coyotes, thanks in part to a master class in rushing from their newest rookie running back Ace Savage, who came up with 126 yards on just 26 rushing attempts. Another 3 losses on the bounce in weeks 3,4 and 5 meant it was looking to be the same as usual for them this season sitting at a poor 1-4 through five games, the same record as they had last season, and we all know how that one turned out. However week 6 sparked a magical playoff push for Norfolk, against the same week 6 opposition as last year. When they faced the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers last season they got crushed, 42-10, Jackie Daytona passing all over their defense for 111 QBR, however this time around it was a whole different story as they held him to a 60 QBR, while their dual threat rbs, Savage and a Forty-Two, controlled the ground game, rushing for 221 yards and 3 TDs between the pair of them. This win spurred them on to win their next 4 games in a row before the winning streak finally came to an end at the hands of the London Royals. However they were now at a 6-5 record and in a decent position to make the playoffs, with just 1 win more than likely sealing them a postseason spot. However, disaster struck as they lost their next 2 games by a combined 72 points, including a crushing 57-3 defeat to the Buccaneers. Going into their last game they desperately needed a win to secure their place in the playoffs, and win they did, beating the Tijuana Luchadores 26-7 and qualifying themselves for a playoff game against Myrtle Beach. Unfortunately for them, the game didn’t go quite as they wanted, however considering the previous season they went 2-12, I think this is a true testament to how good these players were, and how badly they wanted to win, and definitely is a drastic improvement over two seasons ago.
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S27 Ultimus DPOTG
S27 Ultimus DPOTG
