(S35) Offseason Task

[jdourtled]

6. Write 600 words or more on something about anything in the league that interests you. It could be related to statistics, a league issue that you take seriously, or a niche part of history that doesn’t fit neatly into either of the above categories. This must be directly related to the league, so don’t wax 600 words about your team’s participation on a Werewolf server or something.

Everyone loves to talk about the best lineman in the International Simulation Football League, players who gets lots of pancakes and don't allow that many sacks, but what about the other end of the spectrum? What about the lineman who don't flatten out their defenders and allow their quarterbacks to lie down on the ground writhing in pain? We'll be looking at the worst in both areas, for both bots AND user created players, but before I get started that I should mention that this is only a fun thought exercise and not meant to make anyone feel bad, choosing to play lineman can be a selfless job, so it's admirable for someone to go down that path, so firstly let's look at the bots.

Least amount of pancakes by a bot OL: Honolulu Hahalua Guard Eighty Two with Fifty Two Pancakes

Almost every bot offensive lineman is a reference to something within the team history, whether that be an impactful player, an inside joke within the locker room, or users that led the team to greatness. Luckily I know both references for these players. Offensive Guard Eighty Two's name is in reference to Honolulu Hahalua legend Shawn Dawkins' user Number 82, who played his whole career at safety for the Hahalua. The reason the bot got so little in the pancake department is probably due to the fact that the bot plays guard, as it's hard for teams to field five user offensive linemen. Despite the fact Eighty Two got So little pancakes, the Honolulu Hahalua still ended up with the best record in the American Simulation Football Conference, but ended up falling short to the Chicago Butchers in the International Simulation Football League Ultimus Championship Game.

Most sacks allowed by a bot OL: Yellowknife Wraith Tackle Jack Colby with 12 Sacks Allowed
Jack Colby's name is in reference to legendary Yellowknife Wraith's quarterback Colby Jack, who led Yellowknife to great success during his International Simulation Football League. The thing about Jack Colby is that even though he allowed the most sacks among bot OL, he was still tied for fourth in pancakes, and second among bots, in all of the International Simulation Football League. The reason Jack Colby is a "boom or bust" lineman (boom or bust being in quotes because twelve sacks allowed isn't all that much) is for a couple reason, firstly bots just tend to give up more sacks than their user counterparts, and two, Jack Colby plays offensive tackle, which racks up the pancakes with no remorse. But maybe twelve sacks was still too many, as the Yellowknife Wraiths finished tied for fifth in the National Simulation Football Conference. Now onto the user offensive lineman.

Least amount of pancakes by a user offensive lineman: Baltimore Hawks Rookie Tackle Clifford Wilson with 11
Now I'm not going to talk about the users for two long, as I don't want it to feel like I'm making fun of people, so I'm only going to speculate why these guys (seemingly), underperformed. Now my theory is that since Clifford Wilson was a rookie, that they had a bot filling in his spot until he had enough TPE for it to make sense for the Baltimore Hawks to plug him in. Even though Wilson finished with 11 pancakes, he didn't give up a single sack, so his rookie year could've always been worse. Similar to the Yellowknife Wraiths, the Baltimore Hawks finished tied for fifth in the National Simulation Football Conference.

Most amount of sacks allowed by a user offensive lineman: Philadelphia Liberty Tackle Chevvy Bronko with 16.
Bronco's high amount of sacks allowed could be due to the balancing of both their run and pass blocking, leading to both being good, not great. Bronko still ended up with 87 pancakes, which is nothing to scoff at. The Philadelphia Liberty ended the season fourth in the National Simulation Football Conference, and the Liberty ended up trading Bronko to the San Jose Sabercats after the International Simulation Football League's draft had concluded.

[Fordhammer]

Tier 2 #10: 
Jean-Ralphio's story of how he came into the league is a long one. And it typically changes over the years and depending on who he is telling the story to. Jean-Ralphio grew up extremely spoiled by his father. This translated to the pop warner football coach being bribed to give him a chance to play over other more talented kids. Jean-Ralphio surprised everyone by excelling beyond their expectations. As a rather tall child, he played quarterback. He quickly realized it was not for him, however, as it would require him to spend time outside of practice learning football and he did not have time for such things. He eventually settled on defensive end. The singular goal of crushing the QB and occasional running back appealed to Jean-Ralphio's mindset. He proved to have a knack for this sort of thing. Occasionally he ran into a giant of a child that he couldn't get around, but that was unusual. His team did not win much, as his father learned there is only so much money could buy in pop warner.

High school was much of the same. The coach wouldn't let him play due to his personality, but then what do you know, the high school got a new gym provided by Dr. Saperstein! Jean-Ralphio was definitely challenged more in high school. He would go against several future DSFL players, and they proved to be tricky to just run by. Jean-Ralphio had to develop a spin move. His lanky arms made it slower than most, but he was able to use his momentum to make it effective.

In College, Jean-Ralphio had developed as a prospect enough to need no help from his dad to make the team. Getting into the school itself of course required a bribe. Jean-Ralphio's GPA was a work in process as he liked to tell people who would ask him. Jean-Ralphio made a name for himself as an extremely speedy pass rusher and eventually garnered the attention of DSFL scouts.

Tier 2 #8:
Jean-Ralphio loves awards. He's been getting them since birth, basically. Usually from his dad or self-given, but still, he has an entire walk in closet full of them. He's never thrown one away, and he's not about to. So when someone from the ISFL contacted him about "Best Failed Startup With Tom Haverford", he was completely up for pleading his case on why he should win.

The aforementioned failed startup was a international multimedia marketing company called Entertainment 720. Their office was an abandoned aircraft hanger which the poured a ton of money into to renovate it.

Speaking of the money for this project, it allegedly came from a fraudulent insurance claim where Jean-Ralphio stepped out in front of a car and proceeded to fake an injury. Due to the sensitive nature of the ongoing investigation, this is completely false per Jean-Ralphio.

The business plan was sketchy at best. The company failed to hire an accountant until they were nearly out of funds. The company spent several weeks spending money on model administrative assistants and NBA players like Roy Hibbert to stand around and shoot jumpers all day. All to create a certain vibe that the nonexistent clients never saw. They spent a fortune on food, as well. With every meal catered by an expensive restaurant in Eagleton.

After a while they brought in local accountant Ben Wyatt. After a couple hours with their financials, he pronounced them to be heading towards insolvency in a matter of weeks. Tom was nearly inconsolable and in a state of unbelief. Jean-Ralphio wasn't sure what insolvent meant, and therefore unbothered entirely. With it being far too late to save things, the company shutdown after one last party where they used every last bit of the company's ill-gotten cash.

Jean-Ralphio ended up winning the award by a unanimous vote. He's still not even sure why the award exists, but he happily added it to his extensive collection as one of his proudest.

[Jmsewa19]

2. Tell us about your draft class. Is there anything that makes it special in comparison to other classes? Where did your fellow draftees land, how are they doing? Did anyone turn out to be an unexpected steal of that draft based on what you know today? Do you think anyone in your draft class will become a hall of famer? If you’re new to the league, how do you think your class will do? Where do you think people will get drafted to?

Jair Pharaoh was selected with the 77th overall pick in the DSFL draft and is ready to be a day one contributor for the Kansas City Coyotes.  Pharaoh brings a unique skill set to the offense where he will be able to operate as a proficient pass catcher out of the backfield, as well as lined up as a wide receiver.  Jair Pharaoh will be the successor to star running backs Zane Cold and Ram 1500 where he could play some third downs as a pass catcher.

Jair Pharaoh was the 7th running back to come off the draft board in a loaded draft class where skill positions on offense were in abundance.  With such a loaded draft class, that played a strong factor in why Jair saw his name on the board so late.  Declaring so late for the draft also played a strong role in why he wasn’t as popular of a name as some of the other names at the running back position.

Pharaoh comes in after a very successful collegiate career where he broke multiple records at Saint Mary's University where injuries played a factor in his draft stock sliding.  After finally being selected in the 10th round at the 77th pick, Jair looks to be one of the steals of the draft with the potential of becoming the workhorse running back at some point in the future in his career.

In Jair Pharaoh's first game shown live in the Prospect Bowl, he put on an absolute clinic where he ran for a 95-yard touchdown in the game, tied for the longest rush in prospect bowl history.  He proceeded to rush for 135 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.  He also had a 3-touchdown performance later in the Prospect Bowl season.  Jair Pharaoh will look to translate these skills into the DSFL, and hopefully the ISFL eventually and looks to be a promising rookie for the Kansas City Coyotes.

Another prospect to keep an eye on is Fred Edison.  Edison is a linebacker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is an extremely special player.  Edison creates havoc whenever he is on the field.  After somehow sliding out of the first round and 2 linebackers were taken in front of him, Edison will make the 7 teams that passed on him pay for years to come as he was graded as the top linebacker on many people's mock drafts, and a consensus first round pick according to many sources.

Edison was even able to show off his abilities for a late season run for the Minnesota Grey Ducks.  Getting signed off of the waivers for the final game of the season, Edison was able to make an impact with recording 3 tackles, a sack, and a fumble recovery.  He was then able to proceed playing for them as they were impressed with his abilities and had an additional 6 tackles and another sack in their first playoff game.  In the Ultimini Championship, Edison racked up 8 tackles and a tackle for loss in a losing effort.

These performances helped boost Edison’s draft stock immensely and will look to build off of his prior successes and turn them into a special career in the DSFL and to hopefully be the leader of the Kansas City Coyotes’ defensive unit.  Edison and Pharaoh will be impact players for the Kansas City Coyotes on day one and are going to be positive forces in the locker room as well.  Kansas City had a true haul of a draft.  An A+ grade is the only grade that is reasonable considering the sheer amount of talent that they were able to secure value at other positions like wide receiver with Austin Morley who looks to be a special player, and the plethora of other impact players that were added in this stacked draft class.

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[Suggs]

13 (5 TPE):
All sports leagues, for several reasons, love expansions. They increase the sports’ presence in unexplored markets; they create a need for more games, which in turn creates a higher TV Broadcasting revenue (which is the basic foundation of all sports leagues in the world currently); makes it easier for players to make it into the big leagues; and for us, fans, it gives us more games to watch and more opportunities to create narratives and stories, which is what we truly watch for. As such, I believe the ISFL should expand into a new market. And I have the data to back it up. In 2013, the American City Business Journals created a formula to calculate the strength of American and Canadian cities’ sports markets and their capabilities to support existing and/or future expansion opportunities. After looking at some of the sports markets listed, there was one clear opportunity:

Birmingham, Alabama! I would personally love this idea. Birmingham’s metropolitan area has more than 1,000,000 inhabitants and no major sports teams (the closest things they have currently to major sports teams are the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL and the UAB Blazers), yet they are in Alabama, a state that lives and breathes football and sports in general, begging entities to expand to the region, and rightfully so. Well, their dreams have come true with the ISFL. The report I cited previously shows that the city has complete capacity to host a sports team, as has recent events. When the USFL Birmingham Stallions played in their home opener, 17,500 spectators went to support their home team on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. One can only imagine what they could do if they were given a franchise with better players and early Sunday afternoon games.

As for team branding, my initial thought was to name it the Birmingham Blues, as it aliterates the letter B and is an homage to the South’s musical influence through Blues (the team’s colors would be a problem, as 5 of the league’s 14 teams already use some form of Blue as their primary color, but still).

14 (5 TPE):
2049 was not an easy year for Suggs. After ending his career at University of Oregon, he tried to go to the NFL and declared for the draft. However, only one year of production in a new position on a completely different side of the ball made teams either avoid him altogether for more sure prospects or try to put him as a Wide Receiver, his old position. He knew better, however. He could never see himself playing WR anymore. He had the confidence needed to play corner, he could use the football IQ that he felt was underused in his previous position and most of all, the new position was an excuse for him to spend more time with his father, Suggs Upshar I, a former corner himself.
It had some highlights, however. After coming into the DSFL, he felt something he had never felt before. Locker rooms and the organizations that surrounded them were always things that captivated the Oregon alum and motivated him to spend so much time and energy into sports, especially football. But Portland was different. Being in a professional organization instead of an academic organization felt completely different. He could easily feel the difference in motivation and professionalism inside. Everyone was motivated to make their dreams come true and was 100% serious and committed to the organization. This, along with the quality of coaching and staffing in general made training that much better, making Suggs a considerably better player at season’s end than what he was before being picked off waivers. Getting picked by Portland in the draft made it even better, as he had never stopped practicing in the facility in the first place. Both parties knew it was a match made in heaven and that, come draft day, it was going to happen. And now, going into the season, Suggs knows there’s only three things he can do: work, work, and work.

[CementHands]

Tier 1:

My time in the league so far has certainly been interesting to say the least. Originally making a Tight End for my first player, with no real goals for heavy earning or maximum all star potential, I was happy to just plod along and get the updates in that I did and hopefully just be useful to a team. Ultimately I think I picked a good position for this, because there were not many actual Tight Ends in the league, at lease not enough to field one active player per team. The downside to this was it seemed the most effective strategy was to run with ought a tight end, or to put a wide receiver in that slot instead. It seemed that speed was king, and that resulted itself in stats and overall team performance, still Ragnar plugged along, his slow non max earning pace took him through many down seasons with Honalulu. Through contract extensions he tried, but making minimum was not helping his medium paced earning, he found himself starved for cash and not being able to maximum train, but some cases had to hold off training all together for weeks at a time. After a few seasons of down personal and team performance, Ragnar decided it was time to have a change and try to reignite that spark in his career. It happened with a trip to free agency, where very unexpected to him quite a lot of teams seemed to have an interest in his services, and were even willing to pay more than the minimum in a bidding war.
That's what ultimately brought Ragnar to Arizona. The team reached out quickly when the barganing window was open to express their interest, they didn't have a Tight End on their roster and they were interested in possibly picking one up. Happy to offer up more cash than the minimum as well, this helped with training as Ragnar was beginning his regression and they were willing and able to give his ailing body coaching through his silver seasons. This was indeed a spark that went a long way. Arizona was a team that can win. They routinely had the top record from the season and were playoff bitten, but they were still getting consistant playoff appearances. The stats held up as well, but more so the teams excitement and record is what ultimately got myself the user thinking about re creating and roping in a good friend to do so with me.

Queue Kale. People recognized him from the SHL as a slow starter, but then high earner consistantly. He was pumping out graphics and when he created a player over here people took notice and got him on board early. The plan was to create brothers, and not really be interested in max earning, so some conversations with a few folks lead us down the path of creating D Line. A position we could do reasonably well at without having to worry about max earning. There was one small problem with this plan though, we were having a lot of fun. Kale brought over his graphics and started printing money to afford max training, and I even took up tweeting to help sustain training. Eventually this evolved to keeping up with money because we were competing now. We were pushing each other to be max earning high preforming turtles. The TPE was rolling in, we were drafted to the DSFL together and we had a blast. We were drafted to the ISFL together through the rebuilding Orange County Otters who I still think took a risk grabbing me as early as they did, because I was not intending to keep up a top earning pace, but through just enjoyment of the league and hanging out in the locker room, I was motivated to keep going. Keep earning and let's see where this train goes.

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PBE PT

[Dextaria]

1. The Season 34 Ultimus and Ultimini have officially come to an end. Congrats to the the Dallas Birddogs and Chicago Butchers for each winning their respective championships. How did each of the finalists in either the Ultimus or Ultimini arrive at the playoffs? Were there any teams that surprised or disappointed during the playoffs? If you’re writing this after the finals were decided, Were you surprised by the outcome?

It is always interesting to see the routes the two teams took to win the Ultimus and Ultimini. Starting off with the Chicago Butchers, the league knew they were going to be start studded at the start of the season with an average rank of 2nd place in the NSFC standings. However, at this point in time, people believed the Baltimore Hawks would remain superior once more in the NSFC and the Arizona Outlaws would win the Ultimus Bowl. Well, the early season voters were dead wrong with the Hawks pick as the team finished 6th in the NSFC standings, letting the Butchers claim the top spot of the standings with the best point percentage of the entire league. Entering the playoffs, the Butchers were definitely the team to beat but they completed the win as expected based on their regular season results; albeit, with very close margins that I am sure the team was not too comfortable with. The Chicago based team first beat the 4th placed Philadelphia Liberty 24-17. The Liberty actually lead the game entering the 4th quarter 17-14, but the Butchers managed to pull off the win. A little bit surprising one can say, but not entirely left field. Although, I am certain the Butchers expected to wipe the floor with the Liberty who had 6 more losses. Moving on the to the next stage of the playoffs, the Butchers beat the 2nd place Berlin Fire Salamanders 23-20. This was a closer game between closer teams that had only 1 win separate the 2 in points; albeit, the Butchers did have a much better points differential. Again, the game was a little surprising, but not entirely as the Butchers were down 6-17 entering the 4th but they pulled off a big comeback to make it to the finals where the team played the Honolulu Hahalua, the top team in the ASFC. Differently not the most surprising result when the top 2 teams make it to the finals, and the game was very close with the teams having to settle the game in overtime with the Chicago Butchers being the eventual Ultimus winners. Overall, from the start of the season to the Ultimus bowl win, I do not think that the Chicago Butchers route to victory was all that surprising since they were looking very strong heading into the season already and performed as expected throughout the season and playoffs.

As for the Dallas Birddogs, similar to the Chicago Butchers, the team was expected to land 2nd in their conference behind the strong Tijuana Luchadores. And unlike the ISFL, the DSFL with fewer teams basically nailed this prediction with the Dallas Birddogs indeed finishing 2nd in the conference behind the Luchadores. However, looking at the Birddogs' record in the regular season, they were definitely not expected to pull off anything big as they had the worst record of all the 4 teams entering the playoffs and the only team of the 4 to have a negative point differential. However, despite all these odds stacked against them and them barely scraping into the playoffs over the Bondi Beach Buccaneers based off a tiebreaker, the Birddogs faced the favourite Tijuana Luchadores in the semifinals. Tijuana was supposed to wipe the floor with Dallas, but the Birddogs surprised everyone taking the lead early and winning the game in a nailbiting overtime. With this massive upset, the Dallas Birddogs continued the surprising run by completely outplaying the Minnesota Grey Ducks in the finals, winning easily 33-7. No one expected such a win from the Birddogs based on their regular season record and point differential and it was certainly a surprising run to the Ultimini Bowl. It was truly an underdog story where the "worst" team in the playoffs pulled off 2 massive upsets.

[tommeson]

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My experience in this league has been great as I’ve been able to rack up so many points in my time being here. I also have had a good two first seasons in my time in the DSFL. I also had a great time with the team I got, Which was the Minnesota Greyducks. My time with them was great to meet all the players and make all those memories and experiences with them. To start, my player joined halfway through his first season, S33 and only played about seven games, but we ended up going to the finals, which ended up losing, and in those games I played, I thought my player did very well with the stats he had. I recorded 18 tackles, one sack, one interception, and six pass deflections. My stats have improved in this current season, S34 that just passed. I had played 14 games and got 64 tackles, two forced and recovered fumbles, one sack, three interceptions, and 17 pass deflections. Overall I can say I am happy with how my player is playing and the way he’s projected as I can see in the future. It’s looking very bright for him. After my first season in the DSFL, many coaches from the ISFL messaged me asking me questions about my goals and what I wanted to achieve in my career, and I didn’t expect myself to get drafted to the spot I got drafted in. I remember watching the draft live and seeing my player picture pop up with my name saying I’m getting drafted with the 19th pick in the second round by the Orange County Otters. I was so happy and shocked I wasn’t even expecting to get drafted by them. It was just a great feeling to be able to see my player on the screen getting drafted.


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In season 33, the Minnesota Greyducks finished with a ten and four record, Tied with the Tijuana Luchadores for the best record in the league. The Minnesota Greyducks finished the season on a four-game win Streak. They were looking like a heavy favourite to win the whole thing. The Minnesota Greyducks played against the Kansas City Coyotes in the playoffs and won 32 to 27. In the finals, Minnesota played against the Norfolk Seawolves, in which they lost in a thrilling final, 24 to 17. But overall, that season for the Minnesota Greyducks was a great season that wasn't rewarded with a championship, but they had so many things to be proud of and things they have accomplished. In the most recent season that just passed S34, the Minnesota Greyducks finished with a nine and five record tied for the league's second-best record. Minnesota made it into the semi-finals. They would go up against the Kansas City Coyotes, who they played last year in the semi-finals and hear the Greyducks knew this wouldn't be an easy match. The Coyotes were looking for revenge and redemption. However, Minnesota would comfortably win this game 23 to 10 and advance to the finals to where they wanted to go and redeem themselves from last season. In the finals, the Minnesota Greyducks would play against the Dallas Bird dogs, who were ranked number two in the south division with a six and eight record and were the underdogs coming into this match. However, Dallas bird dogs would dominate the Minnesota and Greyducks in this match to win the championship in a 33 to 7 win. I would say that the Minnesota Greyducks got slightly worse this season. Although they had a 9-5 record, they struggled a lot this season, and it wasn't as easy as it was for them last season. You could see that in the finals as they didn't weren't able to keep it close.

[legion of slugs]

ISFL

8. With awards season upon us, make up an award for your player win for something not on the football field?

Will Stern could very much win a “most traveled” player award. Every offseason, he takes time to travel to about a few different destinations that seem interesting to him, he takes about 2 weeks in each place. Being from WA, he also has to travel quite a distance to get back home after every game so he can rest up before his next matchup. He very much hates airplane flights as he does not like the elevation change, it’s not good for his mind or ears. Despite that, he suffers through it in order to travel to places he’s always wanted to see. He visits Europe a lot, and also places in South America and Australia, as well as parts of East Asia. He mainly does this for fun and to see unique & ancient landmarks. He also generally sticks to warmer and drier places, as he gets tired of the cold wet rain in Washington State. This helps him work on his conditioning during the offseason, so when it gets hot in the fall it’s not new to him at all, and he’s able to be in 100% shape. When he’s not traveling, he’s usually just bored at home with his family. Traveling gives him something to do instead of just staying inside doing nothing all day. It can be expensive for him sometimes, so he makes sure to always grab the cheapest options if possible for flights and hotels. If you add on all of his offseason traveling to what he has to do in the regular season, it isn’t measurable, he’s lost track of how many times he’s had to take a flight to get somewhere. Will Stern most likely plans to settle down once he starts hitting his older years in the league, as he’ll probably get too tired with training to do as much traveling as before. He’s making the most of what he can do now to win that award.

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27. What team do you think has the best branding in the league? What team do you think could use a refresh? Why?

The ISFL team with the best branding is the Orange County Otters. I love the Orange & Otters alliteration, it makes a ton of sense, I just feel like Otters and Orange go well together also. It’s a very unique brand as well, and everyone likes otters. A team that could use a refresh on their branding are the New Orleans Secondline. The Fleur de lis logo with the purple is cool, I have to admit. I just think there could be better team names than Second Line. I’m not a band person so it just doesn’t click with me either. Personally, I would keep the logo similar to what it is (change the band part on the top half and the second line name) and I’d keep the colors, but I would change the team names. A possible other team name would be the New Orleans Jazz, I think that would be super cool. And that would help stick with the music brand.

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30. Affliate PT from either SHL/PBE/WSBL. The Weeks must match with the timeframe of this UW. And you may only use a max of 1.

PBE Affiliate

[taterswc]

19. This years show stars Zephyr Greywolf along with several washed up celebrities trapped in a house. Like real world combined with big brother. They will compete in challenges and viewers will vote out one celebrity each week. Winner probably gets something but who knows what. Zephyr is the big name on the show. Talking wolf that plays football. joining him in the house will be washed up celebrity Corey Feldman, Charlie Sheen, Mike Myers, Nicholas Cage, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Ashley Simpson, Hulk Hogan, and worst of all Pasta the Turtle. The drama makes the show an instant hit with people who remember the early 2000s. Zephyr gets tired of Charlie Sheen eating his raw deer meat and confronts him. Hulk Hogan gives them both a speech, but no one really knows that the point was of it. The first challenge was to see who can fit the most marshmallows into their mouth. Zephyr doesn’t do so well as his teeth shred the marshmallows making them leak out. After that Zephyr decided, he didn’t want to do this anymore and jumped the fence. the producers got bored of the show and just sealed the house off. No one missed anyone that was left in there.

22. Halftime show entertainment is always a critical part of the Ultimus. After all this is not madden or something where you can skip the halftime show. First we need musical entertainment of some kind. I know the famous and legendary Justin Bieber will do our halftime show. He will have a large entourage of background dancers and backup singers. Now that we have the headliner we need some semi relevant singers to join him on stage. How about Carly Rae Jepsen. She is also Canadian like Bieber and is pretty good at singing. Keeping with Canadian singers lets bring the legend herself in Celine Dion. One these singers hit the stage there will be a light show going on and of course fireworks. If something nearby doesn’t burn down it will be a disappointment. This halftime show will be seen and maybe heard from space. The finally will be our trio singing my heart will go on. There will not be a dry eye in the house after this performance. I will also never be allowed to do an Ultimus show again because we are way over budget.

25. If I couldn’t be a linebacker in future seasons I would probably lean toward a defensive end. Still a role that can make the pass rush just from a different position on the field. I would also be open to an offensive line position. Holding the line for our quarterback while making room for our receivers and backs to get through the line. Maybe not the best position of a wolf but there are other animals that would do well at that. I have also considered Safety. Not to copy a certain turtle but running interference and intercepting the ball seem like they could be fun options. My natural state is hitting people so I guess offense or defense as long as people are hitting the ground because of me I can be talked into it. I love the smell of pain and fear in the air as players know I am coming for them.

30. SHL Affiliate