Robbed
Nobody had the balls to predict the fail of the Baltimore Hawks when they rolled over their oponents in pre-season and then amassing the 5-1 record. Then they lost to Philly, but the win against the Otters calmed the critics down. But then something unimaginable happened. Two losses against Philly still would be ok as they were 2-5 at that time and Baltimore still looked nice. But when you're losing to the league worst team in Colorado, you know you're fucked. This loss pretty much robbed Baltimore chances for the playoffs. That also screwed up their conference record - out of three NSFC contender teams they had the worst 2-4 record. It's funny because they had a better goal differental than the Liberty: more point for, less points against, but that didn't matter anyway. Why this happened? I guess they were weak morally - while Philly was intentionally sucking against ASFC teams but busting their ass against every ASFC team (6-0 conference record), Baltimore was trying to get every game and got burned soon. And all these losses, especially against Colorado just made it even worse. So now they need to make up their mind to not having these collapses again and maybe finally try to get the Ultimus Cup.
Playoff Review
So the Baltimore Hawks team was kinda robbed from the playoffs, but it didn't matter to Philly and Yellowknife who somehow ''failed the rebuild and instead went to the playoffs from the number one seed''. The match was pretty defensive - teams only scored 27 points combined. The start of the match was very sloppy - both team defense made it clear they will make every offensive player's life a nightmare. So the halftime score was 3-3: first Harris and Lombardi scored their field goals. The fun started in the second half when Fox North finally found a hole in the Wraiths' defense and made the first TD of the game. However, Askins quickly restored the tie game: 10-10 after three quarters. In the last quarter, Bailey Cook managed to repeat Askins' success and this was the last TD of the game. 17-10, this was the finals score and the Wraiths made the finals.
I won't say much about the ASFC conference finals, but that match was more entertaining. Arizona was trying to take the Solis trophy for the fourth time straight, but the Otters had none of that. They were leading the game for most par of this matchup; however, Garden managed to put his team to the lead. But it was Orange County who had the last laugh - Leroy Jenkins TD put Zona to sleep and they made it to the finals for the first time, just like Yellowknife. 22-17, OCO wins.
Championship Game Recap
Which brings us to the Ultimus cup game between Yellowkinfe Wraiths and Orange County Otters. Both teams made the finals for the first time so this matchup was supposed to be interesting despite the strength of the Otters' offense. I don't know why the index wasn't updated so I won't do a detalized recap, but as far as I recall the Wraiths made the first strike. However, the Otters quickly tied this game up thanks to Floggity mistake. Unfortunately for Jogn, he was more Floppity in that match as this wasn't the first mistake that lead to another TD from the OCO. In the late stage of the game the Otters had the 30-13 lead. Yellowknife made a good run and they weren't far from tie this game up, but at the end they didn't have much power to make a miracle. 30-23, the Otters team becomes the Ultimus champion for the first time of their franchise history. Also, if I recall right, Clee Hardrool had 6 tackles and 1 pick so it's safe to say he had nice two games (13 tackles and 1 pick) so I hope we'll get it next season. And gratz to OCO and fuck them at the same time.
Hate the player or the game
It's hard to say much about the ASFC conference - the Cats were a legit contender, however, the Otters also deserved the playoffs and they eventually won the Ultimus cup so no complaints here. But still it feels like this wasn't the most right outcome. And I'm not talking about the Otters' team, but when the team goes 9-5 and it still isn't enough to make playoffs, something is wrong here. The Cats have come a long way from being league's laughing stock and sucking good D's to the Ultimus worthy team. But then the tiebraker happened and even the 9-5 record wasn't enough. Even the NSFC #1 seed had the worse record and then Philly and Baltimore had the 7-7 record. Decent? Of course, but this is no 9-5. So I assume the Cats' were very disappointed with the outcome - they even traded the best steal ever Clee Hardrool to make a push and still no result. I'm not surprised if they were thinking about making a suggestion about splitting the conferences to make it a one big NSFL league. But no matter how they are disappointed now, they have a good team so let's see if they can be more lucky next season.
Nobody had the balls to predict the fail of the Baltimore Hawks when they rolled over their oponents in pre-season and then amassing the 5-1 record. Then they lost to Philly, but the win against the Otters calmed the critics down. But then something unimaginable happened. Two losses against Philly still would be ok as they were 2-5 at that time and Baltimore still looked nice. But when you're losing to the league worst team in Colorado, you know you're fucked. This loss pretty much robbed Baltimore chances for the playoffs. That also screwed up their conference record - out of three NSFC contender teams they had the worst 2-4 record. It's funny because they had a better goal differental than the Liberty: more point for, less points against, but that didn't matter anyway. Why this happened? I guess they were weak morally - while Philly was intentionally sucking against ASFC teams but busting their ass against every ASFC team (6-0 conference record), Baltimore was trying to get every game and got burned soon. And all these losses, especially against Colorado just made it even worse. So now they need to make up their mind to not having these collapses again and maybe finally try to get the Ultimus Cup.
Playoff Review
So the Baltimore Hawks team was kinda robbed from the playoffs, but it didn't matter to Philly and Yellowknife who somehow ''failed the rebuild and instead went to the playoffs from the number one seed''. The match was pretty defensive - teams only scored 27 points combined. The start of the match was very sloppy - both team defense made it clear they will make every offensive player's life a nightmare. So the halftime score was 3-3: first Harris and Lombardi scored their field goals. The fun started in the second half when Fox North finally found a hole in the Wraiths' defense and made the first TD of the game. However, Askins quickly restored the tie game: 10-10 after three quarters. In the last quarter, Bailey Cook managed to repeat Askins' success and this was the last TD of the game. 17-10, this was the finals score and the Wraiths made the finals.
I won't say much about the ASFC conference finals, but that match was more entertaining. Arizona was trying to take the Solis trophy for the fourth time straight, but the Otters had none of that. They were leading the game for most par of this matchup; however, Garden managed to put his team to the lead. But it was Orange County who had the last laugh - Leroy Jenkins TD put Zona to sleep and they made it to the finals for the first time, just like Yellowknife. 22-17, OCO wins.
Championship Game Recap
Which brings us to the Ultimus cup game between Yellowkinfe Wraiths and Orange County Otters. Both teams made the finals for the first time so this matchup was supposed to be interesting despite the strength of the Otters' offense. I don't know why the index wasn't updated so I won't do a detalized recap, but as far as I recall the Wraiths made the first strike. However, the Otters quickly tied this game up thanks to Floggity mistake. Unfortunately for Jogn, he was more Floppity in that match as this wasn't the first mistake that lead to another TD from the OCO. In the late stage of the game the Otters had the 30-13 lead. Yellowknife made a good run and they weren't far from tie this game up, but at the end they didn't have much power to make a miracle. 30-23, the Otters team becomes the Ultimus champion for the first time of their franchise history. Also, if I recall right, Clee Hardrool had 6 tackles and 1 pick so it's safe to say he had nice two games (13 tackles and 1 pick) so I hope we'll get it next season. And gratz to OCO and fuck them at the same time.
Hate the player or the game
It's hard to say much about the ASFC conference - the Cats were a legit contender, however, the Otters also deserved the playoffs and they eventually won the Ultimus cup so no complaints here. But still it feels like this wasn't the most right outcome. And I'm not talking about the Otters' team, but when the team goes 9-5 and it still isn't enough to make playoffs, something is wrong here. The Cats have come a long way from being league's laughing stock and sucking good D's to the Ultimus worthy team. But then the tiebraker happened and even the 9-5 record wasn't enough. Even the NSFC #1 seed had the worse record and then Philly and Baltimore had the 7-7 record. Decent? Of course, but this is no 9-5. So I assume the Cats' were very disappointed with the outcome - they even traded the best steal ever Clee Hardrool to make a push and still no result. I'm not surprised if they were thinking about making a suggestion about splitting the conferences to make it a one big NSFL league. But no matter how they are disappointed now, they have a good team so let's see if they can be more lucky next season.