The Yellowknife Wraiths are once again World Champions and people are scratching their head as to how the Wraiths finally managed to break through. The Wraiths had made it to the past 4/5 Ultimus Championship games, losing all four. They finally managed to break through this season so let’s take a trip down memory lane to see how they got there. The Wraiths went 2-2 during the preseason as they fine-tuned their squad and playbook going into the season. The Wraiths fell flat on their faces in week 1 as they lost 24-23 on the road to a not so great Baltimore Hawks team. This was not a good omen for their hopes of an Ultimus championship during Cooter Bigsby final season. The Wraiths managed to bounce back and won their next four games against the Sailfish, Butchers, Yeti and Liberty. In week 6 they hosted the Orange County Otters, and a great game took place as the Otters took home a close one winning 33-30. Armstrong outdueled the Wraiths once again, and Bigsby once again struggled against this Otters team. They then won against the Sabercats but lost the following week to the Secondline. They then won a couple more games against Austin and Hawaii. They then got absolutely blown out by the Outlaws 46-13. They then rattled off another three straight wins against the Hawks, Sailfish, and Butchers. At this point they were sitting tops of the NSFC as well as the entire ISFL but then lost their next two games. They finished 10-6, first in the NSFC, but 2nd to the Otters for the right to host the Ultimus championship. The Wraiths matched up against the feisty Yeti in the NSFC conference championship game, and the Wraiths pulled off a very close victory, winning 13-10 on a FG. This was a defensive slug fest as the Wraiths offence did not put up very much of an output but the defence held out strong to send the Wraiths to the Ultimus. Due to the Otters loss, the Wraiths were given home field advantage against the Austin Copperheads. The Copperheads did not put up much of a showing in the Ultimus, losing 38-13. The Wraiths were finally champions for the 2nd time in their history. It was a long road to get there and Cooter Bigsby would be riding off into the sunset with his first Ultimus championship after all that pain. Congrats to the Wraiths.
13. Franklin Armstrong is yet again, the worthy candidate of two awards: Quarterback of the Year and Most Valuable player. The issue is, he probably won’t win these awards due to stupid and biased GMs and head office members. The other two candidates are Jay Cue the quarterback from Arizona, and Hanyandi some RB from the Wraiths. The idea that Jay Cue could win QBotY over Armstrong is absurd. Since when has a QB won the award with a passer rating as low as 83? How many times has a player with that large of a gap in passer rating, efficiency with 5 more INTs been called the QBotY? It really doesn’t make any sense to give him that award. Hanyandi is also a running back and why should a running back win MVP over a quarterback? Hanyandi was not really an example of a running back who had an absolutely insane season that should totally be an MVP winner. He’s just a running back on a team that won less games than the Otters. It’s really predictable that Armstrong will win the award and I’m confident he should win both if voters have their heads on straight. I hope he does and he better.
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13. Franklin Armstrong is yet again, the worthy candidate of two awards: Quarterback of the Year and Most Valuable player. The issue is, he probably won’t win these awards due to stupid and biased GMs and head office members. The other two candidates are Jay Cue the quarterback from Arizona, and Hanyandi some RB from the Wraiths. The idea that Jay Cue could win QBotY over Armstrong is absurd. Since when has a QB won the award with a passer rating as low as 83? How many times has a player with that large of a gap in passer rating, efficiency with 5 more INTs been called the QBotY? It really doesn’t make any sense to give him that award. Hanyandi is also a running back and why should a running back win MVP over a quarterback? Hanyandi was not really an example of a running back who had an absolutely insane season that should totally be an MVP winner. He’s just a running back on a team that won less games than the Otters. It’s really predictable that Armstrong will win the award and I’m confident he should win both if voters have their heads on straight. I hope he does and he better.
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