1. The Season 50 Ultimus and Ultimini have officially come to an end. Congratulations to the the Bondi Beach Buccaneers and Baltimore Hawks 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?
Congratulations to both the Bondi Beach Buccaneers and Baltimore Hawks for winning their respective trophies. It is sad to have to write one of these when the great Arizona Outlaws are not winning, but it is what I must do. As said in each previous off season task that I have done, I congratulate the Bondi Beach Buccaneers on their great success, but as I have more knowledge on the International Simulation Football League, I will thus concentrate on how the Baltimore Hawks ended up winning the Ultimus.
The Baltimore Hawks were coming in as one of the top teams in the National SImulation Football Conference and they started out their season facing one of their main rivals and who they beat in the National Simulation Football Conference championship game last season, the Yellowknife Wraiths. The Hawks did got off to the best possible start, as they end up losing that game at home, with Yellowknife coming back in the fourth quarter and then taking the lead which they never surrendered. After that Baltimore decided to get its season back on track with two convincing wins, first against the Sarasota Sailfish on the road and then at home against the Berlin Fire Salamanders. They almost tripped up against one of the weaker teams, the Colorado Yeti, but were able to bring it home 34-32 after a Master Chief field goal with just 34 seconds left to play. They would then suffer another defeat, this time to the Osaka Kaiju, with their usually red hot offense being held to 10 points, albeit on the road. After this 3-2 start, they reel off 2 more wins against the Austin Copperheads and the Cape Town Crash, before falling to the New Orleans Secondline in a Ultimus rematch. After a mixed bag, they then went on a tear for the rest of the season, going 7-1, with their only defeat coming to the Sarasota Sailfish, where it almost looked like everyone took a day off to prepare for the rest of the season. This meant that with a 12-4 record they locked up first place in the National Simulation Football Conference and had a weeks rest before facing their next opponent
While on their bye week, the Hawks saw as the Osaka Kaiju and Sarasota Sailfish battled it out to see who would get to face the Hawks. Sarasota took care of the game in first half, putting up 28 points to the Kaiju 14 and they never lost that lead. In the Conference Championship Game, Baltimore did the same to Sarasota, racking up a 24-6 lead by half time. Sarasota tried to rally back, even scoring twice in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough as the Baltimore Hawks emerged victorious in a 34-31 victory. Player of the game was definitely Wolfie McDummy Jr. who threw for 4 touchdowns on 22 attempts and a passer rating north of 145, impressive stuff! Then in the Ultimus, the Hawks would be taking on the New York Silverback, who were looking to regain former glory for the first time in a while and at least for me a bit of a surprise opponent, ast least if you had predicted this before the season started. This game would end up being a total nailbiter. New York would jumpt out to a 10-0 lead, before Baltimore fought back and the contest was 17-17 at half time. Entering the fourth quarter it was 24-20 to Baltimore, but New York quickly took the lead with a touch down from Zayn Feet-Lover Sr. With 5 minutes to go, Baltimore needed something and they got it from Anakin Skywalker, who rushed in for his third touchdown of the game. After a three and out by New York, the Hawks scored on a field goal to put away the game and win the Ultimus!
Congratulations to both the Bondi Beach Buccaneers and Baltimore Hawks for winning their respective trophies. It is sad to have to write one of these when the great Arizona Outlaws are not winning, but it is what I must do. As said in each previous off season task that I have done, I congratulate the Bondi Beach Buccaneers on their great success, but as I have more knowledge on the International Simulation Football League, I will thus concentrate on how the Baltimore Hawks ended up winning the Ultimus.
The Baltimore Hawks were coming in as one of the top teams in the National SImulation Football Conference and they started out their season facing one of their main rivals and who they beat in the National Simulation Football Conference championship game last season, the Yellowknife Wraiths. The Hawks did got off to the best possible start, as they end up losing that game at home, with Yellowknife coming back in the fourth quarter and then taking the lead which they never surrendered. After that Baltimore decided to get its season back on track with two convincing wins, first against the Sarasota Sailfish on the road and then at home against the Berlin Fire Salamanders. They almost tripped up against one of the weaker teams, the Colorado Yeti, but were able to bring it home 34-32 after a Master Chief field goal with just 34 seconds left to play. They would then suffer another defeat, this time to the Osaka Kaiju, with their usually red hot offense being held to 10 points, albeit on the road. After this 3-2 start, they reel off 2 more wins against the Austin Copperheads and the Cape Town Crash, before falling to the New Orleans Secondline in a Ultimus rematch. After a mixed bag, they then went on a tear for the rest of the season, going 7-1, with their only defeat coming to the Sarasota Sailfish, where it almost looked like everyone took a day off to prepare for the rest of the season. This meant that with a 12-4 record they locked up first place in the National Simulation Football Conference and had a weeks rest before facing their next opponent
While on their bye week, the Hawks saw as the Osaka Kaiju and Sarasota Sailfish battled it out to see who would get to face the Hawks. Sarasota took care of the game in first half, putting up 28 points to the Kaiju 14 and they never lost that lead. In the Conference Championship Game, Baltimore did the same to Sarasota, racking up a 24-6 lead by half time. Sarasota tried to rally back, even scoring twice in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough as the Baltimore Hawks emerged victorious in a 34-31 victory. Player of the game was definitely Wolfie McDummy Jr. who threw for 4 touchdowns on 22 attempts and a passer rating north of 145, impressive stuff! Then in the Ultimus, the Hawks would be taking on the New York Silverback, who were looking to regain former glory for the first time in a while and at least for me a bit of a surprise opponent, ast least if you had predicted this before the season started. This game would end up being a total nailbiter. New York would jumpt out to a 10-0 lead, before Baltimore fought back and the contest was 17-17 at half time. Entering the fourth quarter it was 24-20 to Baltimore, but New York quickly took the lead with a touch down from Zayn Feet-Lover Sr. With 5 minutes to go, Baltimore needed something and they got it from Anakin Skywalker, who rushed in for his third touchdown of the game. After a three and out by New York, the Hawks scored on a field goal to put away the game and win the Ultimus!
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