1. The Season 47 Ultimus and Ultimini have officially come to an end. Congratulations to the the Portland Pythons and Arizona Outlaws 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? Did the outcome of either championship game surprise you at all?
Well another season has come and gone and a big congratulations go out to Portland and Arizona on winning their respective championships. The Pythons winning came at a shock and with great pain to us members of the Minnesota Grey Ducks. Going into the playoffs the Ducks were definitely the favorites to win the whole shebang, especially coming in with the top record in the league at 11-3. They had the top defense in the league, in terms of points allowed and a pretty potent offence, with the second most points scored on the season. Going into their first round playoff matchup against the Portland Pythons, many expected the Grey Ducks to succeed. However the football God's had other plans. It was a tight battle and unfortunately for the flock the Pythons choked the Ducks out and scored with 51 seconds left in the game to take a 1 point lead. After coming up with a sack and then recovering a fumble on the next play they were able to run out the clock on the game and the Grey Ducks season, ending something promising in Minnesota. With the next series they had to go up against the ever strong Tijuana Luchadores, and that game also didn't disappoint. The Pythons scored around the 8 minute mark of the 4th quarter to take a small lead and then once again forced a fumble in the last minute of the game as the Pythons managed to choke that last remaining life out of the Luchadores and made them tap out to take home the S47 Ultimini. An amazing season all around and the Pythons take home their 7th Ultimini of all time.
Now in the ISFl, we had the Arizona Outlaws winning their league leading 9th Ultimus, pulling one ahead of the Orange County Otters. The path to the Ultimus for the Outlaws. Now this really wasn't much of a shock as they were the second best team in the league and it was a close race at that. Now in saying that the true shock would come in who they had to beat in the Finals. At the beginning of the playoffs I would wager not many had the Cape Town Crash in the finals. To get their they had to go through two teams above them in the standings. In the first round they absolutely embarassed the Baltimore Hawks(pain) by a score of 35-7. Coming into the game looking at the stats, these teams looked extremely close and I would have assumed it would be a nail bitter of a game and instead they laid an beating on those Hawks that Mike Tyson would be proud of. Holding the Hawks to only 235 total yards, and most importantly keeping them out of the endzone, except for one small mistake early in the 4th they made it look easy. Now moving to the Semi-Finals, and the Crash had to go up against the strong Chicago Butchers. Once again most people betting would likely have favored the Butchers to dismantle the rhinos, but they would once again be wrong. The pride of South Africa managed to hold the Butchers to a measly 224 total yards, which makes it pretty hard to score if you can't move the ball. The Crash scored early and built up a lead and held off a Butchers charge late in the first half to go into halftime tied. Coming out of the half the Crash made a couple of field goals and made sure to Crash any hopes the Butchers had to get back into the game. Now unfortunately for the Crash thats where their luck ran out, as the Outlaws ran a complete second half comeback on the Crash and turned a 17-10 deficit into a 33-17 victory.
So once again I say congrats to the underdog Pythons on their Ultimini victory and the Crash on the incredible run to the finals that unfortunately proved that not everytime does Cinderella make it to the ball and get the Prince.
Well another season has come and gone and a big congratulations go out to Portland and Arizona on winning their respective championships. The Pythons winning came at a shock and with great pain to us members of the Minnesota Grey Ducks. Going into the playoffs the Ducks were definitely the favorites to win the whole shebang, especially coming in with the top record in the league at 11-3. They had the top defense in the league, in terms of points allowed and a pretty potent offence, with the second most points scored on the season. Going into their first round playoff matchup against the Portland Pythons, many expected the Grey Ducks to succeed. However the football God's had other plans. It was a tight battle and unfortunately for the flock the Pythons choked the Ducks out and scored with 51 seconds left in the game to take a 1 point lead. After coming up with a sack and then recovering a fumble on the next play they were able to run out the clock on the game and the Grey Ducks season, ending something promising in Minnesota. With the next series they had to go up against the ever strong Tijuana Luchadores, and that game also didn't disappoint. The Pythons scored around the 8 minute mark of the 4th quarter to take a small lead and then once again forced a fumble in the last minute of the game as the Pythons managed to choke that last remaining life out of the Luchadores and made them tap out to take home the S47 Ultimini. An amazing season all around and the Pythons take home their 7th Ultimini of all time.
Now in the ISFl, we had the Arizona Outlaws winning their league leading 9th Ultimus, pulling one ahead of the Orange County Otters. The path to the Ultimus for the Outlaws. Now this really wasn't much of a shock as they were the second best team in the league and it was a close race at that. Now in saying that the true shock would come in who they had to beat in the Finals. At the beginning of the playoffs I would wager not many had the Cape Town Crash in the finals. To get their they had to go through two teams above them in the standings. In the first round they absolutely embarassed the Baltimore Hawks(pain) by a score of 35-7. Coming into the game looking at the stats, these teams looked extremely close and I would have assumed it would be a nail bitter of a game and instead they laid an beating on those Hawks that Mike Tyson would be proud of. Holding the Hawks to only 235 total yards, and most importantly keeping them out of the endzone, except for one small mistake early in the 4th they made it look easy. Now moving to the Semi-Finals, and the Crash had to go up against the strong Chicago Butchers. Once again most people betting would likely have favored the Butchers to dismantle the rhinos, but they would once again be wrong. The pride of South Africa managed to hold the Butchers to a measly 224 total yards, which makes it pretty hard to score if you can't move the ball. The Crash scored early and built up a lead and held off a Butchers charge late in the first half to go into halftime tied. Coming out of the half the Crash made a couple of field goals and made sure to Crash any hopes the Butchers had to get back into the game. Now unfortunately for the Crash thats where their luck ran out, as the Outlaws ran a complete second half comeback on the Crash and turned a 17-10 deficit into a 33-17 victory.
So once again I say congrats to the underdog Pythons on their Ultimini victory and the Crash on the incredible run to the finals that unfortunately proved that not everytime does Cinderella make it to the ball and get the Prince.
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