Well, it's been a lot of fun writing these this season, and I've gotten lots of positive feedback. So thank you for everybody.
I'm not sure if I'll be writing a sophomore countdown or writing about new rookies or writing countdowns at all next season. I'm just going to have to wait and see how the mood strikes me.
#10 Victorious Secret vs #8 Baby BULLIES
Back when Victorious Secret first made this list, I figured with their coaching staff, they'd be contenting for the #1 spot on the rookie ladder. Well, 3 ladder losses in a row have pretty much quashed those dreams. I guess they'll just have to use their championship cup to catch all the tears they shed for ladder losses.
The BULLIES, on the other hand, have no such cup to catch all their tears. Instead it's likely SoggyTaco is just gonna get all that much soggier as his oh-so-awesome defense versus a cupcake league opponent couldn't even bring home the frosting.
Victorious 13 - Baby 7
#9 D'Haran Empire vs #12 Tampa Bay Tuscanraiders
Normally, this is an easy call for D'Haran as they'll run all over the Tuscans. But I have it on very good authority that a spy in Mord Sith armor has infiltrated the palace and in a daring plan involving chipmunks clad in skin tight red leather, they switched out D'Harans normal offense with a passing game.
Okay, that prolly didn't actually happen, but that's about what it'd take for Tampa to win.
D'Haran 40 - Tampa 20
#7 Lincoln City Red Imps vs #5 Meth Cookers
I know y'all read these because I'm the only prognosticator in all of GLB2 willing to make the daring calls. And that's what I'm going to do here. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that there will be a lot of running in this game, and the winner will be the team that runs for more TD's.
Actually, what this game is going to come down to is team speed. And there are likely very few teams that have more speed than the team that cooks up it's own speed.
Meth 53 - Red Imps - 38
#6 Alaskan Assassins vs #3 1995 Nebraska Future Convicts
On one of the league forums for a team I coach, I was accused of trying to be sneaky and convince our opponents that our pass-first team was going to do something other than pass in the championship game because reasons or something. My reply to that is that making such an attempt late in the season would be mind-numbingly stupid since by this point in the season, you are what you are and trying to be something you're not just invites disaster. We'd even picked up a superstar passing QB to help make our passing game even better, but nope. We were going to run in the championship. Well, we passed for over 500 yards and won the game.
There's a lesson to be learned there for Nebraska. For most of the season, Nebraska was a running team. Then for whatever reason, they decided to start throwing the ball at the end of the season even though there is no way they had time to get those builds strong enough. And they lost a ladder game. And they lost their championship. Yes, it might help them next season to be more balanced, but you have 10,000 SP's and an offseason of planning that could have helped just as much.
Alaskan 24 - Nebraska 14
#4 Nigerian My Little Ponies vs #2 All Madden
After being one of the highest scoring teams in the league to start the season, the Equestria Girls turned into one of the most anemic. They won their last two games by a COMBINED score of 9 to 0. Sure, a win is a win, but it's like Pinkie Pie said to Rarity, "The purple alligator's sweet tooth has pixie flavored banana and pickle ice cream with parsley flakes sprinting past it."
All Madden's offense hasn't been much better as of late. It's almost like both these teams both took a bath in the same pool of mediocrity recently, and while 86 naked wet guys might get Justiciable all excited, all that pasty furry naked man-flesh has left their teams limp.
All Madden 7 - My Little Ponies 3
#1 Jesse Venturas vs # who cares this game doesn't matter at all
The Jesse Venturas are currently ranked #175 global to All Madden's 204. Unless Corndog goes in and sets the k value for GLB2's ELO-ish ranking system to something stupid, there is no way the Venturas aren't the number one rookie team.
So, congrats Venturas on your thorough domination of the rookie ladder. You get to drive the short bus. You also will likely be playing seasoned teams to start next season, and while that's not exactly as brutal as playing sophomore teams as a rookie, it's still going to be ugly as many of this season's bad sophomore teams simply won't exist as seasoned, and hence, you're going to be playing teams who will at least be active for a week or two.
Talk about a great prize!
I'm not sure if I'll be writing a sophomore countdown or writing about new rookies or writing countdowns at all next season. I'm just going to have to wait and see how the mood strikes me.
#10 Victorious Secret vs #8 Baby BULLIES
Back when Victorious Secret first made this list, I figured with their coaching staff, they'd be contenting for the #1 spot on the rookie ladder. Well, 3 ladder losses in a row have pretty much quashed those dreams. I guess they'll just have to use their championship cup to catch all the tears they shed for ladder losses.
The BULLIES, on the other hand, have no such cup to catch all their tears. Instead it's likely SoggyTaco is just gonna get all that much soggier as his oh-so-awesome defense versus a cupcake league opponent couldn't even bring home the frosting.
Victorious 13 - Baby 7
#9 D'Haran Empire vs #12 Tampa Bay Tuscanraiders
Normally, this is an easy call for D'Haran as they'll run all over the Tuscans. But I have it on very good authority that a spy in Mord Sith armor has infiltrated the palace and in a daring plan involving chipmunks clad in skin tight red leather, they switched out D'Harans normal offense with a passing game.
Okay, that prolly didn't actually happen, but that's about what it'd take for Tampa to win.
D'Haran 40 - Tampa 20
#7 Lincoln City Red Imps vs #5 Meth Cookers
I know y'all read these because I'm the only prognosticator in all of GLB2 willing to make the daring calls. And that's what I'm going to do here. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that there will be a lot of running in this game, and the winner will be the team that runs for more TD's.
Actually, what this game is going to come down to is team speed. And there are likely very few teams that have more speed than the team that cooks up it's own speed.
Meth 53 - Red Imps - 38
#6 Alaskan Assassins vs #3 1995 Nebraska Future Convicts
On one of the league forums for a team I coach, I was accused of trying to be sneaky and convince our opponents that our pass-first team was going to do something other than pass in the championship game because reasons or something. My reply to that is that making such an attempt late in the season would be mind-numbingly stupid since by this point in the season, you are what you are and trying to be something you're not just invites disaster. We'd even picked up a superstar passing QB to help make our passing game even better, but nope. We were going to run in the championship. Well, we passed for over 500 yards and won the game.
There's a lesson to be learned there for Nebraska. For most of the season, Nebraska was a running team. Then for whatever reason, they decided to start throwing the ball at the end of the season even though there is no way they had time to get those builds strong enough. And they lost a ladder game. And they lost their championship. Yes, it might help them next season to be more balanced, but you have 10,000 SP's and an offseason of planning that could have helped just as much.
Alaskan 24 - Nebraska 14
#4 Nigerian My Little Ponies vs #2 All Madden
After being one of the highest scoring teams in the league to start the season, the Equestria Girls turned into one of the most anemic. They won their last two games by a COMBINED score of 9 to 0. Sure, a win is a win, but it's like Pinkie Pie said to Rarity, "The purple alligator's sweet tooth has pixie flavored banana and pickle ice cream with parsley flakes sprinting past it."
All Madden's offense hasn't been much better as of late. It's almost like both these teams both took a bath in the same pool of mediocrity recently, and while 86 naked wet guys might get Justiciable all excited, all that pasty furry naked man-flesh has left their teams limp.
All Madden 7 - My Little Ponies 3
#1 Jesse Venturas vs # who cares this game doesn't matter at all
The Jesse Venturas are currently ranked #175 global to All Madden's 204. Unless Corndog goes in and sets the k value for GLB2's ELO-ish ranking system to something stupid, there is no way the Venturas aren't the number one rookie team.
So, congrats Venturas on your thorough domination of the rookie ladder. You get to drive the short bus. You also will likely be playing seasoned teams to start next season, and while that's not exactly as brutal as playing sophomore teams as a rookie, it's still going to be ugly as many of this season's bad sophomore teams simply won't exist as seasoned, and hence, you're going to be playing teams who will at least be active for a week or two.
Talk about a great prize!
Edited by Xavori on May 9, 2014 03:33:12
