04-16-2022, 07:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-19-2022, 09:57 AM by allbetsonjames. Edited 2 times in total.)
Hey guys and gals and everything in between WildfireMicro here and because I won't be able to watch the USFL kickoff and need to kill some time, I think this will be an interesting article to do: every ISFL regular season champion and what happened to them in the playoffs. The Regular season champions are the team(s) with the best records in the regular season. I will be posting the regular season champion(s) of each season and there will be two champions if the teams are tied. Hopefully by the end I can show you a percentage of how many regular season champions will go on to win it all! I will be using the Wiki and the Indexes for this, so without any further ado let's begin!
Season 1: Arizona Outlaws at 9-5 (Both OCO and Arizona had the same record, but Arizona was ahead in the division on tiebreakers)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Yeti 29-6)
Season 2: Arizona Outlaws at 12-2
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 33-6)
Season 3: Arizona Outlaws at 13-1
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 49-12)
If you notice a bit of a pattern there, that was because the Outlaws were extremely dominant in those first 3 seasons. Unfortunately that is the last title they win for a while.
Season 4: Arizona Outlaws at 12-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the Conference Championship to the Orange County Otters 9-27
Season 5: Orange County Otters at 11-3 (beat the Yellowkinfe Wraiths to this by one game btw)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Yellowkinfe Wraiths 26-15)
Season 6: Orange County Otters at 11-3 (beat the San Jose Sabercats to this via tiebreakers)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Philadelphia Liberty 23-17)
Season 7: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 13-1
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Philadelphia Liberty 40-31
Season 8: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 11-3
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the New Orleans Second Line 24-13)
Season 9: New Orleans Second Line at 12-2
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 37-24)
Season 10: Baltimore Hawks at 13-1
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the New Orleans Second Line 29-23)
Season 11: New Orleans Second Line at 11-3
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 42-36)
Season 12: Orange County Otters at 11-3 (should be noted that that the Baltimore Hawks Won the really weak other conference at 8-6)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 48-24)
Season 13: San Jose Sabercats at 12-2 (the other conference was weak again with the Yeti and Liberty both tying at 8-6)
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Orange County Otters 31-21
Season 14: first true tie, as both the Baltimore Hawks and the Orange County Otters are 11-3 and are in separate conferences
Playoffs results: both lost in the conference championship, Hawks to Philadelphia Liberty 28-31 and the Otters to the San Jose Sabercats 24-17
Season 15: Baltimore Hawks at 12-2
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus in a giant blowout (Beat the San Jose Sabercats 49-0)
Season 16: tied between the Chicago Butchers and the Orange County Otters at 10-3 (Chicago beats Yellowkinfe on tiebreakers)
Playoffs results: both lost in the conference championship with the Butchers losing to the Philadelphia Liberty 47-34 and the Otters being destroyed by the Arizona Outlaws 31-3
Season 17: Arizona Outlaws at 9-4 with no team getting double digit wins
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Orange County Otters 37-20
Season 18: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 11-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Orange County Otters 21-16
Season 19: tie between the Yellowkinfe Wraiths and the Orange County Otters at 9-4
Playoffs results: they played each other in the Ultimus with the Otters beating the Wraiths 30-27
Season 20: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 9-4
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to the Austin Copperheads 37-20
Season 21: Orange County Otters at 10-3
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the New Orleans Second Line 27-24
Season 22: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 11-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Colorado Yeti 17-16 (The Yeti would also proceed to Beat the Orange County Otters 25-24 so this was quite the miracle playoffs for them)
Season 23: Orange County Otters at 11-5
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Austin Copperheads 22-31
Season 24: Colorado Yeti at 14-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to the San Jose Sabercats 12-17
Season 25: Colorado Yeti at 13-3
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to the San Jose Sabercats 17-34
Season 26: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 13-3
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the New Orleans Second Line 49-17)
Season 27: Sarasota Sailfish at 12-4 (Beat the Chicago Butchers on Tiebreakers)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the New Orleans Second Line 34-10)
Season 28: tie between the Arizona Outlaws and the Berlin Fire Salamanders at 12-4
Playoffs results: both lost in the conference championship with the Austin Copperheads beating the Outlaws 16-13 and the Yellowkinfe Wraiths beating the Fire Salamanders 17-13
Season 29: Berlin Fire Salamanders at 13-3
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to fellow expansion team the New York Silverbacks 20-40
Season 30: Arizona Outlaws at 14-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to the Sarasota Sailfish 27-10
Season 31: Austin Copperheads at 12-4
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Honolulu Hahalua 30-27
Season 32: Arizona Outlaws at 12-4
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the New York Silverbacks 28-17
Season 33: tie between the Arizona Outlaws and the Sarasota Sailfish at 12-4
Playoffs results: both lost in the conference championship with the Outlaws losing to the Orange County Otters 34-29 and the Sailfish losing to the Baltimore Hawks 30-24
And finally
Season 34: Chicago Butchers at 12-3
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat Honolulu Hahalua 33-27)
Holy moly this was quite a lot to research. I just started using the Index solely because it has both the regular season and Playoffs results built in. Now some observations:
.it appears that only one pair of tied regular season champions went past the conference championship
. The Orange County Otters were really damn good for a really long time
.15/34 of regular season champions (counting the ties as one champion) went on to win the Ultimus, (provided I counted right) making it a percentage of 44.11764705882353%, which we will round to 44%.
Well I hope you all enjoyed this article that took me a while to make and I hope to see you all on the field!
Season 1: Arizona Outlaws at 9-5 (Both OCO and Arizona had the same record, but Arizona was ahead in the division on tiebreakers)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Yeti 29-6)
Season 2: Arizona Outlaws at 12-2
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 33-6)
Season 3: Arizona Outlaws at 13-1
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 49-12)
If you notice a bit of a pattern there, that was because the Outlaws were extremely dominant in those first 3 seasons. Unfortunately that is the last title they win for a while.
Season 4: Arizona Outlaws at 12-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the Conference Championship to the Orange County Otters 9-27
Season 5: Orange County Otters at 11-3 (beat the Yellowkinfe Wraiths to this by one game btw)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Yellowkinfe Wraiths 26-15)
Season 6: Orange County Otters at 11-3 (beat the San Jose Sabercats to this via tiebreakers)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Philadelphia Liberty 23-17)
Season 7: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 13-1
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Philadelphia Liberty 40-31
Season 8: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 11-3
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the New Orleans Second Line 24-13)
Season 9: New Orleans Second Line at 12-2
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 37-24)
Season 10: Baltimore Hawks at 13-1
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the New Orleans Second Line 29-23)
Season 11: New Orleans Second Line at 11-3
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 42-36)
Season 12: Orange County Otters at 11-3 (should be noted that that the Baltimore Hawks Won the really weak other conference at 8-6)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the Baltimore Hawks 48-24)
Season 13: San Jose Sabercats at 12-2 (the other conference was weak again with the Yeti and Liberty both tying at 8-6)
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Orange County Otters 31-21
Season 14: first true tie, as both the Baltimore Hawks and the Orange County Otters are 11-3 and are in separate conferences
Playoffs results: both lost in the conference championship, Hawks to Philadelphia Liberty 28-31 and the Otters to the San Jose Sabercats 24-17
Season 15: Baltimore Hawks at 12-2
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus in a giant blowout (Beat the San Jose Sabercats 49-0)
Season 16: tied between the Chicago Butchers and the Orange County Otters at 10-3 (Chicago beats Yellowkinfe on tiebreakers)
Playoffs results: both lost in the conference championship with the Butchers losing to the Philadelphia Liberty 47-34 and the Otters being destroyed by the Arizona Outlaws 31-3
Season 17: Arizona Outlaws at 9-4 with no team getting double digit wins
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Orange County Otters 37-20
Season 18: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 11-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Orange County Otters 21-16
Season 19: tie between the Yellowkinfe Wraiths and the Orange County Otters at 9-4
Playoffs results: they played each other in the Ultimus with the Otters beating the Wraiths 30-27
Season 20: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 9-4
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to the Austin Copperheads 37-20
Season 21: Orange County Otters at 10-3
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the New Orleans Second Line 27-24
Season 22: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 11-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Colorado Yeti 17-16 (The Yeti would also proceed to Beat the Orange County Otters 25-24 so this was quite the miracle playoffs for them)
Season 23: Orange County Otters at 11-5
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Austin Copperheads 22-31
Season 24: Colorado Yeti at 14-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to the San Jose Sabercats 12-17
Season 25: Colorado Yeti at 13-3
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to the San Jose Sabercats 17-34
Season 26: Yellowkinfe Wraiths at 13-3
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the New Orleans Second Line 49-17)
Season 27: Sarasota Sailfish at 12-4 (Beat the Chicago Butchers on Tiebreakers)
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat the New Orleans Second Line 34-10)
Season 28: tie between the Arizona Outlaws and the Berlin Fire Salamanders at 12-4
Playoffs results: both lost in the conference championship with the Austin Copperheads beating the Outlaws 16-13 and the Yellowkinfe Wraiths beating the Fire Salamanders 17-13
Season 29: Berlin Fire Salamanders at 13-3
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to fellow expansion team the New York Silverbacks 20-40
Season 30: Arizona Outlaws at 14-2
Playoffs results: Lost in the Ultimus to the Sarasota Sailfish 27-10
Season 31: Austin Copperheads at 12-4
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the Honolulu Hahalua 30-27
Season 32: Arizona Outlaws at 12-4
Playoffs results: Lost in the conference championship to the New York Silverbacks 28-17
Season 33: tie between the Arizona Outlaws and the Sarasota Sailfish at 12-4
Playoffs results: both lost in the conference championship with the Outlaws losing to the Orange County Otters 34-29 and the Sailfish losing to the Baltimore Hawks 30-24
And finally
Season 34: Chicago Butchers at 12-3
Playoffs results: Won the Ultimus (Beat Honolulu Hahalua 33-27)
Holy moly this was quite a lot to research. I just started using the Index solely because it has both the regular season and Playoffs results built in. Now some observations:
.it appears that only one pair of tied regular season champions went past the conference championship
. The Orange County Otters were really damn good for a really long time
.15/34 of regular season champions (counting the ties as one champion) went on to win the Ultimus, (provided I counted right) making it a percentage of 44.11764705882353%, which we will round to 44%.
Well I hope you all enjoyed this article that took me a while to make and I hope to see you all on the field!