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The sim gonna sim: Ducks done wrong
I want to start by saying what fun and exciting this season has been for a rookie like myself entering the league. Great people all around and I’m super proud to be a Duck. That being said, the sim has it out for us feathery friends. Finishing with a 7-7 record and 3rd in the North division, it feels like we were always right there but could never capitalize. Out of our seven losses only one loss was more than one score and Two of those losses came in OT to TIJ.
Week one we were able to bounce back from a winless preseason and take a with from division rivals Kansas City Coyotes. We are here! This is the season!
Week two through four really knocked us back into place. Going 0-3 during this stretch with “we should have had it” games. Week 2 we faced Portland and held our own the entire game. Tied with 2 mins left in the game Portland was able to strike and score with 1:49 left on the clock. We were not dead yet though. Ducks drove right down the field but giving us some false hope as ducks would have a turnover on downs at about the Portland 40 ending in a 35-28 loss.
Week 3 was more of the same. This week we were holding on to a 10-7 lead with 2 minutes left in the game. But the under two-minute curse strikes again and Bondi Beach scored the go-ahead touchdown. Again, the ducks drive right down the field giving us such hope that we will not repeat last weeks woes. But again, we turn it over on downs with less than 30 seconds left. Ducks lose 14-10.
Week 4 hurt the worst. Week 4 regulation ended in a 14-14 tie to TIJ. But this time we were not going to get the short end of this deal, at least we thought. TIJ quickly drove down the field and were in the RedZone, we thought game was over but we were able to stop them on downs and get the ball back. Immediately we throw and INT and spirits were crushed. BUT Ducks D steps up big again and get a RedZone INT, there is still life! But we are forced to punt the ball away. TIJ scores a OT game winning TD with 40 seconds left in OT.
Week 5 and 6 we were able to muster up a couple big wins vs Dallas and Norfolk.
Week 7 we are back at it and lose another nail bitter in the final seconds. It was 17-12 with 2:30 left on the clock and our defense was on fire at this point. We get a couple back-to-back stops and have an opportunity to drive down the field and score. Turnover on downs on the LON 30-yard line. Ducks lose 17-12. We at least follow this up with a week 8 win vs Bondi Beach.
Week 9 we are back to another OT thriller vs TIJ. 9-9 at the end of regulations, the defenses have yet to let up a TD. This will hold true throughout OT as well. After 9:50 seconds of OT TIJ kicks a game winning FG with 8 seconds left in OT.
Week 10, this is the one week I’ll say we just played bad, and we had our only multiple score loss. 20-6 to Portland.
That must have been the fire we needed as we went 3-0 with wins vs Norfolk, Dallas, and Kansas City for weeks 11-13.
With one week left and no shot at playoffs we faced LON and sought revenge for our earlier near miss. But with a terribly slow start we were down 23-9 with 8:00 mins remaining in the game. But we finally woke up and were able to get another score putting us back within a one score game. Defense as it did all season took the lead and held them when they needed to. Ducks offence is on the move and got all the way to the opponents 12 yard line before time expired. What a fitting way to end the season…
Our 7 losses totaled out to a difference of 6.5 points in those 7 losses. Throw out the one game vs Portland and we are looking at less than 5.5 points.
If you were to take the LON series and could change history to have those games go the Ducks way, we would have ended the season 9-5. The same record as LON and would now hold the tiebreaker. That is just that series. That is 2 Touchdown different in the league this yea could have a whole new playoff team and a whole new champion.
The ducks were getting hot at the right time. We just had heartbreak after heartbreak that we dealt with throughout the season. I hope the young team we have now is able to find a way to handle the close games next year and be on the winning side.
The sim gonna sim: Ducks done wrong
I want to start by saying what fun and exciting this season has been for a rookie like myself entering the league. Great people all around and I’m super proud to be a Duck. That being said, the sim has it out for us feathery friends. Finishing with a 7-7 record and 3rd in the North division, it feels like we were always right there but could never capitalize. Out of our seven losses only one loss was more than one score and Two of those losses came in OT to TIJ.
Week one we were able to bounce back from a winless preseason and take a with from division rivals Kansas City Coyotes. We are here! This is the season!
Week two through four really knocked us back into place. Going 0-3 during this stretch with “we should have had it” games. Week 2 we faced Portland and held our own the entire game. Tied with 2 mins left in the game Portland was able to strike and score with 1:49 left on the clock. We were not dead yet though. Ducks drove right down the field but giving us some false hope as ducks would have a turnover on downs at about the Portland 40 ending in a 35-28 loss.
Week 3 was more of the same. This week we were holding on to a 10-7 lead with 2 minutes left in the game. But the under two-minute curse strikes again and Bondi Beach scored the go-ahead touchdown. Again, the ducks drive right down the field giving us such hope that we will not repeat last weeks woes. But again, we turn it over on downs with less than 30 seconds left. Ducks lose 14-10.
Week 4 hurt the worst. Week 4 regulation ended in a 14-14 tie to TIJ. But this time we were not going to get the short end of this deal, at least we thought. TIJ quickly drove down the field and were in the RedZone, we thought game was over but we were able to stop them on downs and get the ball back. Immediately we throw and INT and spirits were crushed. BUT Ducks D steps up big again and get a RedZone INT, there is still life! But we are forced to punt the ball away. TIJ scores a OT game winning TD with 40 seconds left in OT.
Week 5 and 6 we were able to muster up a couple big wins vs Dallas and Norfolk.
Week 7 we are back at it and lose another nail bitter in the final seconds. It was 17-12 with 2:30 left on the clock and our defense was on fire at this point. We get a couple back-to-back stops and have an opportunity to drive down the field and score. Turnover on downs on the LON 30-yard line. Ducks lose 17-12. We at least follow this up with a week 8 win vs Bondi Beach.
Week 9 we are back to another OT thriller vs TIJ. 9-9 at the end of regulations, the defenses have yet to let up a TD. This will hold true throughout OT as well. After 9:50 seconds of OT TIJ kicks a game winning FG with 8 seconds left in OT.
Week 10, this is the one week I’ll say we just played bad, and we had our only multiple score loss. 20-6 to Portland.
That must have been the fire we needed as we went 3-0 with wins vs Norfolk, Dallas, and Kansas City for weeks 11-13.
With one week left and no shot at playoffs we faced LON and sought revenge for our earlier near miss. But with a terribly slow start we were down 23-9 with 8:00 mins remaining in the game. But we finally woke up and were able to get another score putting us back within a one score game. Defense as it did all season took the lead and held them when they needed to. Ducks offence is on the move and got all the way to the opponents 12 yard line before time expired. What a fitting way to end the season…
Our 7 losses totaled out to a difference of 6.5 points in those 7 losses. Throw out the one game vs Portland and we are looking at less than 5.5 points.
If you were to take the LON series and could change history to have those games go the Ducks way, we would have ended the season 9-5. The same record as LON and would now hold the tiebreaker. That is just that series. That is 2 Touchdown different in the league this yea could have a whole new playoff team and a whole new champion.
The ducks were getting hot at the right time. We just had heartbreak after heartbreak that we dealt with throughout the season. I hope the young team we have now is able to find a way to handle the close games next year and be on the winning side.