What a regular season it was! I had high expectations in San Jose but man we absolutely blew those out of the water. We finished the regular season with an incredible 13-3 record and are one of the favorites to take home the Ultimus. With our balanced offense and aggressive, attacking defense I think we have as good of a shot as anyone to prevail and bring the best trophy in sports home to the fans of San Jose. I think it will all come down to explosive plays and how much we can limit them, especially early on. We have the ability to stay in games and eventually use our talent to wash over opponents, but we cannot give up cheap scores and long touchdowns. If we force teams to drive the length of the field, combine a bunch of first downs, and don't help them with dumb penalties or broken tackles, I think we will be victorious. With our two-headed monster at tailback, it's over once we get a lead. We can chew the clock out with the best of them.
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NOLA is entering the playoffs with a strong squad to pair with their "all-in" mindset. I wouldn't be shocked if they made some noise despite entering as the 3 seed in the ASFC. Of course, they'll have to overcome the team that never dies: Arizona. They had unquestionably the best overall offense in the league. I like to highlight that fact with their 55 total punts-- the lowest in the league by 10. The Sabercats will benefit from home field advantage and fresher players, having only dropped 3 games over the course of the season. It pains me to say that Arizona probably has the best chance of advancing to the Ultimus out of the ASFC contenders.
As far as the NSFC, the Butchers enter with home field advantage following a hot-and-cold season. They carry a 5-game winning streak to go against either Baltimore or Cape Town. Of the three, my money would go on the Crash. They feature the league's best rushing offense run through RB Ayame and QB Thor. However in the end, Arizona seems to be the more complete team package, and are therefore my prediction for who wins the Ultimus this season.
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The playoffs will be shaken up for the first time in quite a while. Not only We have a new victor at the top of the NSFC and the ASFC for the very first time in a long while, there a multiple teams that are in the playoffs for the first time in five plus seasons . The Chicago Butchers have secured the number one seed with a pretty solid record of eleven wins and five losses. This team had a very stout defense allowing the fewest points allowed in the NSFC. This Chicago team gets to enjoy a first round bye thanks to a late season playoff push going undefeated starting in week twelve, finishing with a record of Eleven wins and five losses. This is the first time since Season 40 that the Chicago Butchers have made the playoffs so good on them for making the push together. The favorite for the entire playoffs must be the San Jose Sabrecats, being the regular season champions with a total record of thirteen wins and three losses.
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The regular season featured many ups and downs for the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, but they have made the DSFL playoffs for the first time since Season 41, and they are perfectly poised to go on a run to win the franchise's first Ultimini Championship in six seasons. Their conference final opponents will be the Tijuana Luchadores and the Buccaneers will be the clear underdogs in this match. This is clear to see in the teams' current records, 7-6 compared to 9-4. However, this is a team that the Buccaneers know how to beat given the fact that they did so, 30-27, in Week 1 of the regular season. They also still have Week 14 to download the Luchadores and learn about any changes they have made sense. Buccs QB, Bugs, torched the Luchadores with 3 passing touchdowns last time, and he will repeat his performance in the conference final. Their Ultimini challengers will in all likelihood be the 10-3 Minnesota Grey Ducks. This will be another tough matchup as they swept the season series against the Buccs, but the Buccaneers will learn from their mistakes and upset them 34-30.
Is this the year that San Jose wins an Ultimus for the first time since I have been in the league? Maybe. I cannot remember a time for San Jose was this good so maybe they finally go ahead and get a championship. The ASFC is very competitive and the fact they are at the top just goes to show how good they have been this season. Their defense is the main reason why they are so good and it leads the league in points against. I think their defense will take them past whichever team ends up winning the first round game. Their offense is good enough to stick with anyone and the defense should be very good. On the other side I am very surprised at how bad their offense is compared to all of the other teams that have similar records. I think San Jose will end up winning the whole thing and I believe Chicago will lose their first playoff game.
For the Ultimus this season, I think the eventual winner will be the San Jose Sabercats. I am a little biased because that is my old team, but I would be really happy for those guys to finally get the big win. It is also always nice to not see Arizona win. Sorry not sorry guys. I do also think the NOLA team has a shot at the title and anything short of that will be tough to swallow for the GMs as they are going all in this season. I think the NSCF will be really interesting to watch when it comes to the playoffs. I think any of those teams could make it to the big stage. When you look at the head to head of the top 3 teams they are all one and one against each other. So each team knows how to beat the other and it might really be a coin flip that decides who is going to win.
So, Ultimini Ultimini. It is that time of year again, and we know 3 of our 4 slots. The #1 overall seed, the Minnesota Grey Ducks lead the DSFL North. They have a very nice 10-3 record and are locked with home field advantage for the CC, and technically the Ultimini as well (And no, im not downplaying the Ultimini homefield advantage because of bias, but because the sim team near nullifies the advantage). Then we have the Luchadores (9-4) at 2nd overall and Home field advantage against our 3rd overall Bondi Beach Buccaneers (7-6). We have the Royals and the pythons battling for the 4th spot. Who is going to win the Ultimini? Well, its THE LUCHADORES BABY LOVE THE LUCHADORES ALRIGHT BABY LET’S GO GET A TOUCHDOWN BABY LOVE THE LUCHADORES LET’S GO LUCHADORES. But seriously, it should be minnasota. They have absolutely no excuse to lose this year (or last year for that matter). They have nearly every position maxxed out. Its a miracle of what they have as a team, vastly outclassing my 15-1 Luchas, however always falling short
The DSFL Ultimini truly comes down to the final week. My team, the Portland Pythons, are in a must win game against the London Royals in the last week of the season. The winner of this game gets the privilege of meeting with the Minnesota Ducks in the first round at Minnesota. The interesting thing about this is that, although Minnesota is the clear favorite, Portland actually just beat Minnesota in Minnesota. That is an interesting thing to watch for this playoffs. However, I still believe that the Minnesota Ducks will beat either opponent they play and get to play in the Ultimini. The first round of the weaker South will be the Bondi Beach Buccaneers playing at the Tijuana Luchadores. It is boring, but I expect the Luchadores to come out on top in this one. This means both of the 1 seeds meet in the Ultimini, where I see Tijuana winning it all.
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