COMMISSIONER CALLS AN END TO THE SEASON
Who Dat Wins Torpedo Bowl
Week Seventeen....and a half, in the Subsim Fantasy Football League.
Wow. We'll go straight to the Press Conference where we're expecting the Commissioner to issue a statement as the Subsim.com Fantasy Football ends prematurely. We'll take you to the conference after this message.
And until we get one last game played, we don't know who's going anywhere until the final play of Monday night.
It's a wild and wacky Christmas weekend to start the first week of the play offs, and we have all the gripping details for you, right after this message.
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Straight to the press conference where the Commissioner is about to speak...
Good evening. In the years of being Commissioner, I've never had to make a decision on any issue before. Understandably, this being the first, it is the most important for the precedent that it sets for the league going forward.
On Monday night, a player injury affected the outcome of games in the Subsim.com league. In the hours that followed, while the player was receiving the best care possible, the league had to receive the best care possible given the circumstances. As Commissioner, that care has to come from me. The decision was made without regard to the games it affected, and having made the decision, I'll address the games it effects. And here it is.
The points score as at the ending of Monday Night stand. The Subsim.com Fantasy Football League will not come back and finish the game, replay the game, or cancel the game. Much like our motor racing comparatives do, the games were called early. As a result, the Who Dat Nation Rises are the 2022 Torpedo Bowl Champions. Congratulations Coach Fuel for Blood.
Three other teams are affected by this decision, and I'll start with the Guns of Hochuli. The history of the Gunners in this league has been nothing but exceptional sportsmanship, and we trust that standard will continue. We understand that ending the game may have cost you the win. For the other two teams, there will be other games.
No questions will be taken, the time is now right to celebrate the Torpedo Bowl Champions, the Who Dat Nation Rises. This is the end of the press conference.
Wow! The Commissioner just called the season. Lets have a look at the games it didn't affect, and then deal with the games that it did.
For the Bronze medal, the Helmand Nighthawks were hosting the Drunk Monkeys at Wembley. The Monkeys continue to defy expectations and probability as they continue to march through the season rudderless ro reach the Consolation Final. the Helmand Nighthawks were having none of this "no you see me no you don't" attendance and put waste to the Nighthawks in a manner befitting the Nighthawks. The Nighthawks were unexpectedly defeated int he previous week and were not going to be denied at least one of the medals. With Patrick Mahonnes (QB) and Austin Eckler (RB) each scoring 38 points, this one wasn't even close. The Helmand Nighthawks easily account for the Drunk Monkeys int he biggest blow out of the week 166 - 103.
Also in England, one of this years expansion Banter Brigade welcomed the Black Cats to town, albeit at a venue not the home turf to either team. With the three English teams all advancing with home games this games was moved, much to the demise of the Brigade. the Black Cats came to play, and play they did, even with two players staying home in the USA and not making the trip. The Brigade put in an outstanding performance, but the Black cats just had too many weapons to keep them from victory. It wasn't that close, as the Black Cats storm home over the Banter brigade 154 - 136.
And now we get to the two games affected by the Commissioners decision. Lets start with the game most affected by the decision, the Boss team hosting the Guns of Hochuli. The Bosses were hosting their first play off game, but their opponent the Gunners is no pushover, a former Torpedo Bowl winner. The Gunners trailed the Boss team most of the weekend by a small margin, so by the time Stefan Diggs (WR) and Ja mare Chase (RB) took to the field Monday night, it was a formality that the Gunners would overcome the twelve point deficit. With the game abruptly stopped, and the subsequent decision by the Commission to call the game, and not return at a later date, left the Guns of Hochuli hanging - and more importantly short of the mark. The Boss team win their first play off game defeating the Gunners in a shortened match, 122 - 110.
And now the Torpedo Bowl. This was a game that reeked of shoot out but became a low scoring disaster for both teams. The Australian Taipans were hosting their first Torpedo Bowl and welcomed the Who Dat Nation Rises, who having defeated the Helmand Nighthawks the week before, continued the longest road trip int he history of the league. Both the Nation and the Taipans underwhelming scored before reaching Monday night, where both teams had two players each. While the points differently was 21 points, this game was going to be decided by who scored last...and it was the Nation. They were the first team to score with a touchdown to Joe Burrow (QB) before the game was stopped. With the Commissioners decision not to return to this game, the Who Dat Nation Rises cap an impressive comeback against unimaginable odds, to win the Torpedo Bowl 110 - 81.
Congratulations to the Who Dat Nation Rises.
We'll be back tomorrow once all the votes have been tallied to give you our All Star Team for the year, but before we leave this week, we have one more thing to do.
Each week (including the week where our post vanished) the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) will nominated their Most Valuable Torpedo (MVT) of the week, the single player who proved decisive in their teams performance.
Our winner this week comes out of the 7th place game. For the effort of 10 receptions for 207 yards and 3 touchdowns, for a total of 54.70 points, the Week Seventeen MVT goes to Mike Evans (WR) of the Black Cats.
