(S47) PT #5 - April Madness Brings May Sadness

[JBLAZE_THE_BOSS]

It's hard to believe the regular season is already over. Looking towards the playoffs, there's some teams that are primed to make history. On one side we have two big contenders - Arizona and San Jose with New Orleans snoopiny around. On the other side, you've got Chicago and Baltimore leading the way with Cape Town looking to play the role of mid-level spoiler. I think that the two teams to win their conference are going to be Arizona and Chicago. Due to the prestige of the franchise, I think Arizona will end up victorious when it's all said and done. This is their time of year, and they're in a great position to add another title to their record books. I could also see Baltimore surprising some people making a deep run in this thing, but falling just short of their goal of a championship. Winters III is going to have potentially a costly turnover but will end up winning MVP of the Ultimus after a high volume win for his team. 

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[TomHanks]

Well the underdog pick for Ultimus winner I would like to see the most is obviously the New Orleans Second Line hoisting the trophy. We have had a really rough go of it as a franchise for a considerable amount of time finishing at or near the bottom of the league and out of the playoffs a whole heap of a lot. As of this season, however, there's a new era in New Orleans. We won 11 games across the regular season which would have been good for the first seed if we played in the NSFC, but because we are in the ridiculously strong ASFC, we back doored our way into our first playoff berth since S39. First up, we will be facing the Arizona Outlaws on the road. It will be a tough game against a very tough opponent. However, we've already beat them in their house once this season, and the other time we faced them this season we lost after a horrific decision to go for it on fourth down deep in our own territory in OT, gifting Zona a field goal. After that it would be onto San Jose, a game that would no doubt be another incredibly tough battle. I think we have the heart as a team to take the underdog mentality and power past the goliath Sabercats. Like I said earlier, the ASFC is undoubtedly the stronger division, so even if it isn't NOLA who make it out of the ASFC gauntlet, I expect whichever team does will beat the NSFC Champion in the finals.

[shadyshoelace]

The season has come to an end for Lenard McRobinson and the young Honolulu Hahalua, as their 2-14 record in a tank season was shockingly not sufficient to propel them into the postseason. While the Hahalua look towards the future, many fans and analysts will be watching the ISFL playoffs to see which team will emerge victorious out of the six team field that includes the San Jose Sabercats, Arizona Outlaws, and New Orleans Second Line in the ASFC and the Chicago Butchers, Cape Town Crash, and Baltimore Hawks in the NSFC. New Orleans and Baltimore lead their respective conferences in total TPE, while Arizona and Cape Town do so in terms of average TPE per player (although New Orleans is hot on the Outlaws' heels). Interestingly, the NSFC #1 seed Butchers are the second worst team in the playoffs in total TPE and the worst in average TPE, but they do have the benefit of home field advantage. Honestly, with margins this thin making up the difference between rosters, it seems foolish to bet against the always dangerous Arizona Outlaws on their quest to take home yet another title.

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[Z-Whiz]

At the beginning of the season, this wouldn’t have been a hot take. But since then, this team has had an up and down season and was lucky to sneak into the playoffs thanks to OCO choking in the final week (sad!). By now, you probably know I’m talking about NOLA. I think this team has what it takes to win the Ultimus and they should be considered favorites, even as a 3 seed. They have built the best roster in the league after nearly a decade of sucking. It should all pay off now. They have a good QB throwing to star WRs, as well as a solid run game. The offense compliments itself and can carry this team if needed. Luckily, they don’t need to because this team also has the best defense in my mind. Look at all that TPE! I know l, I know, TPE doesn’t matter, blah blah blah. But when you have as much as these guys, it does matter. They should and will win the Ultimus.

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[Dindog]

April madness brings May sadness had never been truer for my player because this is their last season with the Minnesota grey ducks before they move on to San Jose. This season I am thinking that we absolutely dominate the playoffs and win the whole thing in the DSFL. We have easily the best defense in the whole league and it’s not even close. We should be able to hold and offense to few points and very few chances at a come back. Our offense is not to be taken lightly either. We have an insane two headed monster in our back field and our new qb is looking more and more like an mvp as the season goes on. We have a fantastic receiving core tgat can make anything happen. We also have dedicated GMs and a war room that loves to game plan so I think playoffs and the mini are ours.