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By: Sauce
scores look anything but clean on the website and there is still a lot of useful information that could be put on the website in easily accessible places.
2. Rules for Powerups: On a direct segway to the next fix, the FCF really needs to iron out the rules for the on field powerups. In the People’s Championship, the chat was full of people misrepresenting what I thought were the correct rules for the Flip the Field power-up (There needs to have been a turnover and it needs to happen at the start of a possession), but even I’m not sure if I am right. The FCF needs to iron these rules out and put them on their website in an accessible fashion in order for fans to really understand what is going on on the field, and why they can’t use their power-ups. 3. Uniforms: In my opinion, the FCF uniforms should be one thing that fans don’t vote for, or at least don’t influence so heavily to the point that reading the name of the team on the jersey is the only way to decipher the teams. The Aces and Glacier Boyz have extremely similar uniforms, with the Aces wearing slightly darker shades. From my understanding, teams’ uniforms were selected individually by the fans, and the league simply didn’t realize what problems they would cause. In the end, this was just poor foresight, and not a huge issue, but it is definitely something that could use a fix. 4. Drafting Offensive Linemen and Defensive Players: One of the big structural issues in the rules of the FCF are that fans draft a new team every week, with one new keeper every week of the season. This sounds great in theory, but with half the roster changing up every week, it can become problematic for team identity. One way to fix that is to allow teams to have a one time draft for defensive players only in order to decide what defensive unit a team will be playing with all season. This would limit the final roster changeup to about 1/4th right before the playoffs. Another draft to add would be Offensive Line, which would make the final changeup just 1/8th of the total roster. This would allow for teams to build a team their way, but still be constrained by basic roster rules, similar to the NFL. Seeing as this league is trying to give fans a chance to be a GM and emulate that experience, this seems like the best way to do it. 5. Franchise Players: If 1/4th roster changeup with an Offensive Line and Defensive draft is desired, reducing the number of overall keepers, or Franchise players, teams can have, would be an option. In addition to that, the league needs to consider not starting with any keepers and choosing keepers from the roster after week 1 in order to keep things fair between the original teams and the expansion teams. Otherwise, we would be looking at Deondre Francois and Andrew Jamiel matching up against James Harden and Braden Smith.
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1st Half:
The Glacier Boyz started with the ball after a thrilling game of rock paper scissors. They quickly struck with a deep post to Andrew Jamiel from Deondre Francois, which resulted in a touchdown. The duo easily converted the 2-point conversion from the 5 yard line. The Aces responded immediately with a series of hard and effective runs that led to a touchdown by Ladarious Galloway, who was their keeper from week 2. The rest of the half was relatively uneventful, as neither team could really be stopped. The score at the end of the half was 32-20 in favor of the Glacier Boyz, as they put up another 8 as time expired. At this point, it looked like the Aces were done for as they were unable to convert multiple 2-point conversions. 2nd Half: The Aces started off the half hot as Galloway got his 3rd rushing TD of the night. On the other side of the ball, Andrew Jamiel had 3 receiving touchdowns. The Aces elected to take an onside kick, which is a 4th &10 from the 10. They failed to convert, and decided to flip the field, putting the Boyz at their own 10, effectively making the onside kick non-existent. The Glacier Boyz were up 40-26 with 23 minutes to go when things started to go right for the Aces. After a dropped pick by David Adebo, Ed Crouch hit Alqueda Dillon for a deep TD dot in the back of the endzone. The Aces elected to then take an onside play, which they failed to convert due to tight coverage and pressure on Ed Crouch. The Shutdown Squad, by some miracle, allowed only 6 yards over the next 4 plays, and picked off Francois, giving the Aces the ball at their own 10, and more importantly, stopping the Glacier Boyz from scoring. After a series of quick strikes downfield, and a strong run by Daryl Virgies, the Aces managed to punch it in from the 5, tying the game at 40-40 with 11 minutes to go. The Aces failed to convert their conversion after a redo powerup was used by the Glacier Boyz, keeping the game tied at 40-40. The Glacier Boyz responded by driving downfield with the help of a monster catch and run by Lamarcus Caradine on 3rd down. Inside the 5 yard line, the Aces managed to stop the Boyz for 5 downs, stopping the Boyz with 1:37 to go. From inside their own 5 yard line, the Aces needed any score to win. They got 6 yards off the 1st play, and let the clock run down to 1 minute left. The 2nd run went for 1 yard, stopping the clock with 30 seconds to go. From this point onward, the clock would stop after every play in accordance to the 1 minute time rule. The drive started going in the Aces favor as Crouch managed to run the ball up to midfield, and got out of bounds with 20 seconds left. From their 25, the Aces called their power play powerup, forcing 1 Boyz defender off the field. The defender would not be able to return until either a score or 1st down for the Wild Aces. This proved crucial, as Crouch was able to break free for a 15 yard run and put the Aces inside the 10 with 12 seconds to go. Galloway cut inside on a toss for another 5 yards. Galloway got another 3 off an inside run, going down with 3 seconds left. On the last play of the game, Crouch faked the handoff to Galloway and kept the ball himself, diving into the endzone as time expired. By some miracle, the Wild Aces managed to come back from a 14 point deficit to win the game by 6 in the 1st ever People’s Championship. |
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