Even though I only played for 1 season before going on a big hiatus, I managed to quite enjoy the several storylines that developed in the ISFL. Looking back at it now, Season 28 was both quite different and quite similar to Season 35. The Hawks, today one of the best teams in their conference started the season by going 0-13 (which led a lot of us at the time to think they were going 0-16); yet the Wraiths, Outlaws, and Hahalua were still some of the top teams, with Arizona having the most wins in the regular season and chocking on the playoffs, as usual.
The one thing that made an impact on me during S28, however, were the Chicago Butchers. I even made a whole article about how they were the most unlucky team ever losing 8 close games, with 6 of them during the last 2 minutes of the game. On average, the last score the Butchers conceded was during the last 52 seconds of the game, including 63 yard field goals, kickoff returns, and anything in between. They had the worst Pythagorean Wins differential of that season, with -1.52 wins than they should have had.
What I find quite interesting however, is that the tendency in the NFL (havent quite studied that concept in the ISFL) is that teams with a negative difference between Pythagorean and Real wins almost always perform better the next season. It honestly seemed quite poetically and statistically rightful that when I came back last season, the winners of the Ultimus were exactly the ISFL's worst team: The Chicago Butchers.
The one thing that made an impact on me during S28, however, were the Chicago Butchers. I even made a whole article about how they were the most unlucky team ever losing 8 close games, with 6 of them during the last 2 minutes of the game. On average, the last score the Butchers conceded was during the last 52 seconds of the game, including 63 yard field goals, kickoff returns, and anything in between. They had the worst Pythagorean Wins differential of that season, with -1.52 wins than they should have had.
What I find quite interesting however, is that the tendency in the NFL (havent quite studied that concept in the ISFL) is that teams with a negative difference between Pythagorean and Real wins almost always perform better the next season. It honestly seemed quite poetically and statistically rightful that when I came back last season, the winners of the Ultimus were exactly the ISFL's worst team: The Chicago Butchers.