02-23-2022, 09:18 PM
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Task 4.
Sim gonna sim is the perfect way to describe the season that was endured by the San Jose Sabercats. The team had a horrific record with only five wins to eleven losses during the season, but that record does not tell the whole story for the Sabercats' season. The team had a staggering amount of one score games that really epitomize the frustration users face when it comes to the sim. Out of the sixteen games played this season, the Sabercats had eleven that wound up being decided by a touchdown or less. With so many games that were decided by so few points, you would have expected the Sabercats to have amounted a respectable season, not one that ended them in the basement. Instead the San Jose Sabercats were constant victims to the Sim.
Take week 1 for example, a 23 to 20 loss to the New Orleans Secondline. This game was back and forth with both teams punching into the end zone and having a hard fought battle. New Orleans took a late lead in the fourth quarter but with fifty three seconds remaining the San Jose Sabercats were able to tie the game on a Panda Mckyle pass to Higgins. The game seem destined for overtime as New Orleans did not have much success moving the ball so far in the second half. However, the sim decided that it was now time for the Second Line to have an offense. In just over 30 seconds, the Second line had completed multiple passes and got into long field goal range. Of course the Sabercats had their first heart break of the season as 51 yarder sailed through the uprights with just 17 seconds left on the clock.
It did not take long for the San Jose Sabercats to be struck by more unfortunate sim luck. Week 3 against the Baltimore Hawks saw the draft day pro sports gods strike down San Jose yet again. The Sabercats had tied the game late in the 3rd quarter and were in the midst of a valiant effort to hold the Baltimore Hawks out of the end zone at the end of the game and force overtime. But then, the sim had to sim. An unnecessary roughness call against the cats lead to a crucial first down for Baltimore and on the next play the Baltimore quarterback was able to hit his receiver for the go ahead touchdown. San Jose began to to mount a final drive, but it was stopped short by an interception as time expired. It was another late score that sent San Jose home unhappy.
The Sabercats again did not have to wait long to be beaten down by the sim gods. In their week 4 matchup against the Arizona Outlaws, the San Jose Sabercats were putting together one of their best games of the young season. A late touchdown from Panda to Higgins set the Sabercats up with a 34 to 31 lead with just over a minute to play in the game. It was at this moment disaster struck the team once again. On the last play of the game, Wendell Sailor of the Outlaws heaved a hail mary to the end zone. Staggs came down with the pass and no time was left on the clock for San Jose to respond. In just 4 weeks, San Jose had their heart ripped out three separate times.
As one can imagine, the rest of the season was the same for the San Jose Sabercats. Week after week they fought but week after week the sim decided to extract every ounce of hope the team had. While many teams like to make the claim that the sim is going to sim, the ISFL season 33 for the San Jose Sabercats is the absolute epitome of that phrase. We may never see a season like it again.
Sim gonna sim is the perfect way to describe the season that was endured by the San Jose Sabercats. The team had a horrific record with only five wins to eleven losses during the season, but that record does not tell the whole story for the Sabercats' season. The team had a staggering amount of one score games that really epitomize the frustration users face when it comes to the sim. Out of the sixteen games played this season, the Sabercats had eleven that wound up being decided by a touchdown or less. With so many games that were decided by so few points, you would have expected the Sabercats to have amounted a respectable season, not one that ended them in the basement. Instead the San Jose Sabercats were constant victims to the Sim.
Take week 1 for example, a 23 to 20 loss to the New Orleans Secondline. This game was back and forth with both teams punching into the end zone and having a hard fought battle. New Orleans took a late lead in the fourth quarter but with fifty three seconds remaining the San Jose Sabercats were able to tie the game on a Panda Mckyle pass to Higgins. The game seem destined for overtime as New Orleans did not have much success moving the ball so far in the second half. However, the sim decided that it was now time for the Second Line to have an offense. In just over 30 seconds, the Second line had completed multiple passes and got into long field goal range. Of course the Sabercats had their first heart break of the season as 51 yarder sailed through the uprights with just 17 seconds left on the clock.
It did not take long for the San Jose Sabercats to be struck by more unfortunate sim luck. Week 3 against the Baltimore Hawks saw the draft day pro sports gods strike down San Jose yet again. The Sabercats had tied the game late in the 3rd quarter and were in the midst of a valiant effort to hold the Baltimore Hawks out of the end zone at the end of the game and force overtime. But then, the sim had to sim. An unnecessary roughness call against the cats lead to a crucial first down for Baltimore and on the next play the Baltimore quarterback was able to hit his receiver for the go ahead touchdown. San Jose began to to mount a final drive, but it was stopped short by an interception as time expired. It was another late score that sent San Jose home unhappy.
The Sabercats again did not have to wait long to be beaten down by the sim gods. In their week 4 matchup against the Arizona Outlaws, the San Jose Sabercats were putting together one of their best games of the young season. A late touchdown from Panda to Higgins set the Sabercats up with a 34 to 31 lead with just over a minute to play in the game. It was at this moment disaster struck the team once again. On the last play of the game, Wendell Sailor of the Outlaws heaved a hail mary to the end zone. Staggs came down with the pass and no time was left on the clock for San Jose to respond. In just 4 weeks, San Jose had their heart ripped out three separate times.
As one can imagine, the rest of the season was the same for the San Jose Sabercats. Week after week they fought but week after week the sim decided to extract every ounce of hope the team had. While many teams like to make the claim that the sim is going to sim, the ISFL season 33 for the San Jose Sabercats is the absolute epitome of that phrase. We may never see a season like it again.