(S21) - PT4 - Ultimus Dreamin’

[CalvinGolladay]

The Tijuana Luchadores are currently in an excellent position to make the Ultimini, as the #2 seed in the South division and with three of their next four games being at home. The Luchadores are the only team in the league that's undefeated on the road have the 3rd best point differential in the league, and have a 3-1 record within the division, one more than their two closest rivals and a valuable tiebreaker in the event of a tie. As long as the Luchadores can win just two of these four games they should secure a playoff spot, and with three wins (especially if one is against Myrtle Beach) they have a strong shot at the #1 seed. With Myrtle Beach holding a 1 win advantage over the rest of the division, it's likely that they will face the Luchadores in the playoffs. Whether home or away Tijuana is an obvious favorite for the game, having already beaten the Buccaneers by 12 on the road. The true challenge will come in the Ultimini game that will most likely be played against either the Kansas City Coyotes or Portland Pythons. The Pythons defeated the Luchadores by 2 at home after a fluke play and missed field goal, so it'll likely be an even matchup if the game is hosted in Portland. However, if Tijuana is the host they are the clear favorite to win. The true challenge comes against Kansas City, the only team to blow out the Luchadores this season. The Luchadores play a home game against the Coyotes later this season, which should offer more insight into this potential matchup. The game should be relatively even if played in Tijuana, where their league leading turnover differential may shine and be enough to eke out a win for an Ultimini victory.

[Shiznit19]

With the S21 Season nearing an end, the Portland Pythons have their sights set for the Ultimini title. At 5-5, we have plenty of room to improve but the team has consistently pushing ourselves to perform better. As the saying goes, “Offense wins games, Defense wins Championships”, this team is built to win a Championship. Defense ranks first in both tackles for a loss and interceptions. They are also top in the league in points against. This core unit is one that can carry us all the way through to the title. The biggest factor in what we will need to overcome would be Offensive turnovers. No team has thrown more interceptions than the Pythons. With that being said, we seem to be able to move the ball through the air well when everything is clicking. One big factor that could also come into play is Home field advantage so these next few weeks prove to be critical. If we can come away with a couple road wins in that stretch, it could be interesting to see where the standings end up. Either way, it is a pretty tight race in the DSFL so far. All things considered, if the Offense can find a way to just minimize throwing interceptions, I think our Defense can easily carry us to victory.

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[howsour]

Even before the season began, the mere thought of the Dallas Birddogs winning the Ultimini seemed like an impossible fact given that we were at a major disadvantage by being an expansion team; needing to build a team from the ground up. Furthermore, after the first 5 games, the Birddogs sat at 2-5 and a playoff appearance seemed even more unlikely. However, no team in the South Conference pulled away and the Birddogs were able to hang around, eventually winning 3 of their last 4 games to be in a three way tie for 2nd place and as it stands; the conference is wide open. In the last 4 games, the Birddogs have boasted the best defense in the DSFL, only allowing 15.25 points per game. Over those past 4 games, the defense has recorded 9 sacks, 2 safeties, and 2 interceptions. This formidable defense has been improving all season and it seems like now they are reaping the rewards of their TPE gains. On the other side of the ball, the offense has started to click and is maximizing by focusing on key talents like William Lim, White Goodman, Jeffrey Phillips, and they are seeing the emergence of a potential breakout star in Kichwa Jones, who has 4 touchdowns over his last four games. Quarterback Monty Jack also seems to be improving his play by upping his completion percentage and minimizing turnovers. Additionally, the Birddogs have top 3 TPE players in several positions across the DSFL, meaning they are not only highly skilled, but a very balanced team. Overall, this Birddogs team seems to be a good team who is peaking at the right time and should be a threat to contend for the Ultimini trophy over the coming weeks.

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[Highhaschdi]

As an expansion team, the London Royals, didn't have that much expectations coming into this season and starting to build a team from scratch. After the first decisive win against the Dallas Birddogs, unfortunately we lost most of our games and were 2-6 after week 8. With continuing our hard work every day, we did turn this around with two wins and now we're in third place in the NFC North with a record of 4-6. We'll have two very important games at home first, before finishing the season with away games in Portland and Minnesota. I think, it'll be difficult to get into the playoffs alone, but I believe we´re having great GMs and players who will work hard and do their best to make it possible. We definitely need to work on our special teams, we´re giving up way too many yards in kick and punt returns. We also need to fix our red zone offense problems fast. If we can do this for the last games, we might take the second place in our division and then in the playoffs everything is possible. We surely wouldn't be favourites, but on a good day I strongly believe we can beat every other team in the DSFL!

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[Memento Mori]

The Myrtle Beach Buccaneers are currently sitting first in the SFC with a 6-4 record. The three other teams in the division are all 5-5, so the Buccs have some work to do both to make the playoffs and to retain the number one seed. Should they do so, they'll begin their playoff campaign against one of their division foes - the Tijuana Luchadores, the Norfolk SeaWolves or the Dallas Birddogs. Myrtle Beach has faced each of these teams once already, beating Norfolk but losing to Tijuana and Dallas. However, in Myrtle Beach we're hoping that our team's superior talent levels - evidenced by our better regular season record so far - combined with the fact we'll likely have home field advantage will be enough to secure the victory come the playoffs.

If we can make it through the SFC title game, we'll be in the Ultimini. There, we'll face the NFC champion. Prior to the season everyone expected last season's winners, the Minnesota Grey Ducks, to make it back to the championship game. Sadly for them, they've started out 3-7 and it looks likely that the 7-3 Kansas City Coyotes will be the team representing the NFC in the Ultimini. The Buccs played the Coyotes in weeks 1 and 8, winning both games. I believe, if we can do what's necessary in the final four regular season games and make the playoffs, we should be the Ultimini favourite. It won't be easy, but we're the best team in the SFC and we've beaten the likely NFC champion twice already.

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[Colabear]

If the season ended today The Myrtle Beach Buccaneers would be playoff bound, topping the SFC conference of the DSFL, and taking the number 2 seed overall behind the Kansas City Coyotes.

However the season does not end today. The other three teams in the conference: The Tijuana Luchadores, The Norfolk Seawolves and the Dallas Birddogs, all sit just 1 game behind at 5-5. That means just one slip could mean the difference between playoffs and a disappointing finish to the season.

The remaining games for the Buccaneers are:
Week 11 Myrtle Beach @ London
Week 12 Dallas @ Myrtle Beach
Week 13 Norfolk @ Myrtle Beach
Week 14 Myrtle Beach @ Tijuana

Two wins on Tuesday night's double header would likely put them in a comfortable position to top the conference, and perhaps put pressure on Kansas City for the number 1 seed. A 1-1 week could put them under a lot of pressure going into the final night of games. And a 0-2 evening could spell disaster.

One thing we can be sure of is that Thursday night's final two games against the conference rivals will be decisive. It is be likely that at least 3 if not all 4 of the teams will have something to play for going into that final night. But The Buccaneers wont want to go into the final game needing to win away from home in Tijuana, though the chance for revenge after losing the home fixture may appeal.

[Bruins10]

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[ddrector]

The New Orleans Second Line is poised to take hold of the Ultimus this season. We've been building towards this for a few seasons now and have a team loaded with talent at all positions that's ready to win it all. We suffered two close losses at home recently, but that can happen to any team with how much the sim likes to fuck around. I'm confident that we can lock up home field advantage and make everyone come to New Orleans to play, where we won't lose again. We've lost in the conference championship game on the road these last two seasons, but we'll be the ones at home this year. All we have to do is take care of two out of conference opponents on the road and we finish the season 11-2. While some might be skeptical of that possibility we have yet to lose on the road this season and I don't expect that to end now. The one thing that will stop us from winning it all will be sim fuckery. We were testing at >70% for both of the games on Friday and lost both of them. You can't tell me that's not some sim bullshit. How are we going to beat the Otters in Orange County and then lose to them at home? I digress, the Second Line is the best team in the league this year and we will win it all before the expansion draft tears us apart.

[gbfn]

The Myrtle Beach Buccaneers are currently leading the SFC. But the standings could not be any tighter. MB is only leading by one game, the other teams are all tied at 5-5. It really comes down to the last stretch of the season. Not just looking at the wins and losses, the SFC is very close. There is no team that was able to set itself apart from the rest in reference to points allowed or points scored. We are second in points scored - in points allowed we also rank second.
With a strong finish we could even be competing against the Kansas City Coyotes for the number one seed. To achieve this goal, we have to keep focusing on the task at hand – week to week. The schedule at hand looks quite complicated though. Three of the four remaining games are against teams of the same conference. So, these games are absolutely deciding for the outcome of the regular season. This is even more important as the division record is negative with 1-2. This should be very important to improve otherwise the tie breaker could lead to giving up the lead to either one of the other teams. Keep fighting and win it all!

[KC15]

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