(S22) - PT4 - Road to Glory

[AL_GRINGO]

PBE Welfare

[Ry_]

PBE PT

[Cheech65]

Sad as it is to say, I don’t think there’s much hope left for the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers. Oh how the mighty have fallen. With 4 games left to go, all we can really go for is a positive record. We’ve beaten Kansas City, last time against London was close, as was Norfolk. The Grey Ducks will be a challenge again, but I believe that by the end of the regular season, the Buccaneers will hold a positive record and out heads up high. Though a run at the Ultimini is essentially dead, the team’s spirit is not. We’ll give it our all until all is said and done.
As for what I see happening in the future, I really see no other outcome other than a run by Tijuana. They’ll win at least 3, if not all 4 of their remaining games, and will most likely tear through the playoffs as well. I personally think that they can go all the way, as they’ve proven that they can beat any teams that they’ve lost to previously. Minnesota looks good, but they’ve been beaten by the Luchadores, and I don’t think that’s going to change in the post season. I predict an Ultimini win for Tijuana. At least the trophy is in-conference.

[Aenir]

If we’re being honest right now, the best “Dark Horse” team to make a run in the NSFL would be the San Jose Sabercats. After being cast out last season and being easily one of the worst teams In the league, they have turned it around in a big way this off-season and this regular season. They have shown that they are a team to be messed with and that “Any Given Sunday” applies to them as well. The San Jose Sabercats have only one ultimus under their belts, but this could be the season that they make a play for #2. Led by their GM Ckroyal92, who has been apart of management since the inaugural season in the NSFL, there has been a lot of up and down seasons. San Jose hasn’t been to the playoffs in years, and this is the year that they can potentially just continue the dream. They need to win their week 13 matchup in Austin to guarantee a playoff spot, but with everything else funky that has happened this season, Like sweeping Orange County, they could easily make this run and continue to bring this momentum to the playoffs and potentially the ultimus. I wouldn’t sleep on the San Jose Sabercats.

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[Highhaschdi]

This season the DSFL is very close and I see chances for all 8 teams to make the playoffs, if they have strong showings in their last few games. If you take a look at the standings, the SFC looks stronger and more competitive with the Tijuana Luchadores being the favourites. In the NFC, the battle for the second place is wide open with 3 teams having a record of 4-6. I really hope and believe that the London Royals can clinch that second seed in the NFC with an important game in London against Portland in week 11. So, I'll go with the Royals as dark horse team that will get to the playoffs and then cause two more upsets to win the Ultimini. It's gonna be tough to make the playoffs and then win two away games, but I think we have a really good team. My player needs to get better again as he had a really strong start into the season with having the most receiving yards and the Royals as team having the best record. After that, Nick Kaepercolin couldn't get similar numbers again and in consequence the Royals lost the last few games. With him solely focusing on the remainder of the season, I think he'll play a vital role to get London to the playoffs and the Ultimini.

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[nunccoepi]

Alright well its always a party when the Yeti are involved right? I don't think I'd be able to write about this PT without talking about my own team if we were in the playoffs, so that's where my mind immediately went. That being said, the Yeti have had a somewhat strange season and its tough to know how things are going to turn out in the end. First of all the Yeti started the season 5-0. Why is that significant? Well, in the history of the NSFL, 13 teams have started the season 5-0. 11 of the 13 of them made the Ultimus. And those 11 went 8-3 in the big game. Those were stats that I figured out when we were at 5-0....right before we lost 5 of our next 6 games. That skid ended up costing us HFA in the conference championship. Furthermore, that skid was exceedingly rare to see when I looked back at in anals of NSFL history. So, although we have locked in a playoff spot with one more game to go, our chances of making the Ultimus significantly decreased when we lost HFA in the conference championship to the Wraiths. Thus, my prediction is that the Yeti become only the third team in NSFL history to start a season 5-0 and miss the big game. Prove me wrong Yeti.

[Lightnoir]

The Philadelphia Liberty are a team on the rise. A lot of people count us out, difficulties in our home stadium have set us back all the season, it seems like we can't win the games we're supposed to and get wins in the games where we have the slimmest of margins for victory. And that's why I think we're going to find our way into the NSFL Finals this season. Nobody will see it coming, everyone has counted us out, but what we have is an explosive defense that can generate turnovers and an offense that can stay on the field and run the clock. Well, at least in theory. I expect to see Phoenix make true of his name and rise from the ashes here near the end of the season. It's been topsy-turvy so far but I think he's going to make the throws when they're needed from now on because he has to, so yeah. On defense I know Spike Suzuki is an overperformer, and I expect to see him get some clutch sacks and probably 4-10 forced fumbles as we move into the playoffs. So yeah, from there it's basically an easy trophy. Then we'll probably destroy the city of Philadelphia because that's what they seem to enjoy doing when they win championships.

[TheManWhoSoldTheWorld]

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[mithrandir]

Favorites: Yellowknife Wraiths. After a road loss to Colorado in week 1, Yellowknife has looked nearly unstoppable. They have only lost once since then, a 2 point loss at home to New Orleans. Over the last three weeks, the Wraiths have won by an average of 42 points, despite playing two of those games on the road. Mervin Leonard, Maurice Virtanen, and rookie Johnny Hellzapoppin are having great seasons on defense, and the trio of Cooter Bigsby, Mathias Hanyadi, and Nate Swift has looked unstoppable. Given that they will likely have home-field advantage throughout the postseason, they have to be the favorite.

My squad, the Second Line, has a tough journey ahead. I hope to continue to help them win games, but we have a very tough conference and will need to win three road games in a row to win the Ultimus. If we beat Honolulu tomorrow, we will go on the road in the WC round to either the surprising San Jose who we have already beaten twice the season, or the Austin Copperheads, who have beaten us twice on this insane 6 game winning streak which has pulled them from the brink into playoff contention. A victory there will send us to Orange County where NOLA has had success in recent years. I am hoping I can continue to make tackles and rush the passer from my SS and put my team over the top and into the Ultimus for the second straight season.

[Blasoon]

Looking forwards to the end of the National Simulation Football League's regular season, there are two teams in particular that have an interesting case to make for playoff contention. The first team is the Sarasota Sailfish. Being an expansion team, it would have been expected that their first season would have seen them tank, in favour of building up a team for the future. Their decision to utilise Zack Vega at quarterback also did not inspire hope. However, due in part to the awful seasons currently not being enjoyed by the Baltimore Hawks and the Chicago Butchers, the Sailfish find themselves only one win away from clinching the third seed in the National Simulation Football Conference's playoffs.

The other team that can make a case for being a dark horse are the Philadelphia Liberty. Having not been to the playoffs since the National Simulation Football League's sixteenth season, the Liberty have built a new young core and are looking to end their painful playoff drought. However, they have a tough test ahead of them, needing to beat the conference's current one seed, the Yellowknife Wraiths, whilst hoping that the Sailfish lose to the Butchers. Overall, it is unlikely that the Liberty will sniff the playoffs this year, but if they do, they will undoubtedly be the most interesting team in the post season.

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