KUBBL 5 Wrap-up

KUBBL5 has officially drawn to a close and congratulations are in order for the champion Khorne R'Backs. This was the first KUB Bowl Championship for coach Randroid. Let’s look back on a great season of Blood Bowl action.

Team Awards:

Champion – Khorne R'Backs (pre-season pick to win)
Runner-up – Cantina Killers
Third Place – Lethal Leap
Juggernauts (most Casualties caused) – Khorne R'Backs (pre-season pick to win)
Scoring Machines (most Td’s) – Lethal Leap
The Wall (least Td’s allowed) – Cantina Killers
Care Bear (fewest Casualties caused) – Detroit Devastators

Individual Awards:

The Pikachu (touchdowns) – Boba Fett 9
The Butcher (casualties) – Bloodred Ma'nn 11
The Brigg (kills) – Ender Wigan 4
The Zeno (completions) – Least Heat Moon 11 (pre-season pick to win)
The Flex (most spp) – Ender Wigan 37

A CHAMPION IS CROWNED!



Monday was host to the epic battle for the KUB Bowl Championship!

62,000 screaming bloodthirsty fans poured into KUBBL stadium for this championship game of CHAOS vs CHAOS (dwarfs). Cantina Killers brought with them a wizard, pair of apothecaries, their own personal halfling chef, and a bloodweiser babe. The kick off went to the Khorne R'Backs and the game was quickly underway.

After getting the kick the Khorne R'Backs seemed a bit frazzled, making a lot of push blocks, and not really living up to their championship potential. An early wizard lightning bolt left the ball open in the KRB backfield and gave Boba Fett the opportunity to score on the KRB return. Unfortunately the centaurs got tripped up in all the excitement and fell on their way to retrieve the ball giving Gorefoul a chance to slip away while the KRB defense whittled away at the Cantina Killers lines with KO and stuns along with a few choice casualties.

The Khorne R'Backs managed to stall out the clock and score on turn 8 of the first half leaving 2 less Cantina Killers on the field with one in the KO box. The Cantina Killers used their one turn to bash the lean line of Beastmen to no avail before receiving the kick in the second half.

On the way to get the ball the Cantina Killers centaurs fell down again and gave the Khorne R'Backs a chance to threaten possession. After retrieving the ball in traffic Bitescum was knocked over by a crazed Jango who looked to take the ball away and score. This was not to be though as Bloodgutter smashed through the defensive line of the Killers to land next to the downed Bitescum and ball and give Bloodred Ma'nn the opportunity to pick up the ball and break away from the defensive line of Cantina Killers.

After several rounds of failed dodging the Dwarves succumbed to the brutal onslaught of the KRB giving them the chance to score on turn 8 of the second half for the 2-0 win.

Team captain Wobbledog was quoted as saying after the game - "It's about f#cking time!!! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!" before taking large bite out of the newest player to join the KRB roster Slipback and thus blessing him with MVP for the championship game.

*Special Thanks to Randroid for the rundown*

The Time is Now!

KUB Bowl 5 is taking place tonight at Fanfare Field between the Khorne Red Backs and The Cantina Killers.  These teams met once already this season ending the game in a tie.  This one is for all the marbles and must end with a winner.  Both teams are effected by the throws of chaos but one will reign supreme.

The KRB are a season three juggernaut with mighty blow and claw all over.  All that power cant hide the speed and agility the beastmen bring to the table.  The R'Backs started as a raw group of unskilled devotees but have worked their way into a very skilled team.

The Cantina Killers are an upstart group with an accomplished coach who they intend to ride to the title.  They wont be afraid to throw multiple players at the R'Backs.  No one can avoid the power of KRB so the Killers will try to stand their ground hoping only to lose none essential players.

The pre-season favorites were the Khorne Red Backs so let's see if the predictions are right.

The Game is Set!

The semis are done, the tallies are in and the pre-season favorite, Khorne Red Backs, will take on The Cantina Killers for the Championship of KUBBL 5!  The R'Backs slammed their way to the victory with a score of 2-1 and a casualty score of 8-1.  The Killers beat down the slann winning the casualty count of 5-0 and the score was 3-2 in overtime.  Both games were played in inclement weather.  A blizzard got in the way of KRB and The Lads and a rain storm effected the other game. 

The two teams in the finals together tied in the regular season so it's setting up to be a slobber-knocker.  The game features the offensive star of the league and the casualty star on the other side.  Both teams are quite strong and do what it takes to win.  Research is being done to give a great preview to this game.

KUBBL 5: Playoff Round 1

This week there is no Game of the Week...  It's the playoffs, there all important!  Let's just get to our playoff betting!

The GrymmLurke Lads travel into the heart of darkness to try their hand at defeating the regular season champion the Khorne Red Backs.  The Red Backs will impose their power and underrated offensive abilities to satiate their bloody lord's lust leading to a multi-touchdown victory.

The Khorne Red Backs are 2.5 touchdown favorites over The GrymmLurke Lads

The slann of the Lethal Leap will be hosting The Cantina Killers in our second playoff game.  The only way the Leap can take this one is to score in bunches.  If The Killers can keep the Leap to 2 touchdowns or less they should be able to take this one.

The Cantina Killers are .5 touchdown favorites over the Lethal Leap

Here We Go! KUBBL 5 Playoffs

It's that time of year, the KUB Bowl Playoffs are set.  The regular season of seven games is over and done and four teams will continue their journeys in the post-season.

The team that owns the number one seed is the Khorne Red Backs.  The R'backs finished an undefeated regular season with five wins and two ties.  The KRB showed their strength by beating up their opponents to the tune of 37 casualties, 24 more than their nearest competitors.  For all their power the chaos have proved an offensive powerhouse as well finishing with the second most TD's of all the teams that made the KUB Bowl Playoffs.

Challenging the R'Backs are the fourth seed in the playoffs, the dark elves of The Grymmlurke Lads.  The Lads come into the post-season as the most agile of teams.  But don't underestimate their power, these elves are sneaky strong.  They finished the regular season with a 3 win, 3 loss, and 1 tie record, featuring a decimation of the two seeded Lethal Leap.

Speaking of the Leap, they have earned the two seed in this seasons playoffs.  The Leap were able to win 4 games while losing 1 and tying 2.  The froggies scored a league leading 20 touchdowns but need to show improved defensive ability to move on in the playoffs.

The Cantina Killers round out the playoff 4 as the 3 seed and first round opponent of the Leap.  The Killers are paced by their outstanding centaur, Boba Fett.  Fett paced all scores with 9 touchdowns.  The Killers are leaning on the championship pedigree of coach Beaux who leads the KUBBL with four all time titles.

The playoffs will start on Monday as four become two.  Here we go!

Playoff Rundown

KUBBL 5 is coming to a close.  Well for three of the eight teams it's over.  Two teams are one game away and three teams are two games away.  The top two seeds are locked in as the Khorne Red Backs and the Lethal Leap have completed their games and will be 1 and 2 respectively.  The Cantina Killers have locked up a playoff spot with one game to go but could be the 3 or 4 seed.

Playoff Contenders for the final spot -

1.  The GrymmLurke Lads - The Lads have finished their regular season with 3 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie for a total of 10 points.  To get in the Lads need the Swamp Dwellers to lose or tie their final game and the Glade Runners to lose or tie one of their remaining games.

2.  Swamp Dwellers - The Dwellers need to win their final game and the Glade Runners to lose or tie one of their remaining games.

3.  Glade Runners - The Runners are in if they win their remaining two games.  They are the only team that could take away the three seed from the Killers.

Week 7 - Review

The end of week 7 was supposed to mark the end of KUBBL 5's regular season, however, it didn't.  Well for most teams.  Three teams have completed their seasons, the Khorne Red Backs, the Lethal Leap and The GrymmLurke Lads.  Four games were reported as being played yesterday including two teams playing two games each.

In the early make-up game the R'Backs defeated the Doomsville Robots with a score of 3-0.  The very well developed Chaos won the casualty battle as well 8-0.  Coach Thorn could only utter one word describing the game, "ow." 

The second game of the night for the Red Backs was the GotW with The Cantina Killers.  Twenty-nine thousand rabid fans were present to witness the Class of Chaos.  This one proved to be an outstanding affair featuring star player, Grahnak Blackhoof.  The R'Backs continued their pain-causing play with 6 casualties while only giving up 2.  Even though they were thoroughly beaten physically, the Killers had a chance near the games end to take a one points victory.  But that chance was thwarted by a successful even strength block on Grashnak resulting in the star being wrestled to the pitch.  An extremely well played game ended in a tie.

The Lethal Leap were able to lock-up their playoff spot with a win over the Doomsville Robots and The GrymmLurke Lads put themselves in serious playoff contention with their 2-1 win over the Detroit Devastators.

Game of the Week and Betting - Week 7

Here it is!  We have come to the end of another season!  Each team has played 6 games... (record screech)...

Yes this really is supposed to be the end of the season, but only three of the eight teams will be playing their final game today.

In this week's Game of the Week, the Khorne Red Backs will play a very "Chaotic" match with The Cantina Killers.  The season three R'Backs are built for all aspects of the game and their excess of claw takes away the greatest strength of the Chaos Dwarves.  If the Chaos are able to get the early man advantage it could be a blowout.  However, the stud bull centaur, Boba Fett, has the ability to runaway from most anyone and they can over-power those who can run with them.

The Red Backs will look to be the KUBBL's next undefeated regular season team if they can get a win in both of their games today.

Betting
Khorne Red Backs are .5 touchdown favorites over The Cantina Killers
       Prop:  Over/Under 6 casualties for the R'Backs

Lethal Leap are 1 touchdown favorites over the Doomsville Robots
       Prop:  Over/Under 3 total casualties

Swamp Dwellers are .5 touchdown favorites over Glade Runners.
       Prop:  Over/Under 6 total touchdowns

The GrymmLurke Lads are 2.5 touchdown favorites over the Detroit Devastators
       Prop:  Over/Under 4 total touchdowns

Week 6 - Review

Only two of the four scheduled games were able to be played on Monday.  One of those being the GotW.

In the Game of the Week, the Khorne Red Backs defeated the Swamp Dwellers by a score of 2 - 1.

"Swamp Dwellers brought a pair of ratty looking Bloodweiser Babes and a plague stricken Wizard to the match. The fans turned out in numbers to see this classic match-up of speed versus brutality with the stands just slightly more full of rats and slightly less full of mutants. It was a hot (sweltering) day and many of the Khorne R'Backs fell victim to the heat throughout the game.

First half the kick went to the Khorne R'Backs who quickly gathered the ball and passed it down field and formed a cage. Initial block against the Swamp Dwellers were bone crunching and left many rats in the KO box with the Swamp Dwellers casualty star Fever going down in the first turn to a savage block from Bloodgutter. The Khorne R'Backs spent 7 turns carefully positioning to avoid the rat-powered wizard on the sidelines while hitting rats every chance they could, eventually scoring on Turn 8 of the first half.

Second half the kick went to the Swamp Dwellers who swiftly scooped it up and attempted to run in for a 1 turn TD courtesy of Unleaded. Unfortunately his bloodlust was strong and he went out of his way to throw a block on the way to the end zone, winding up 1 square short from his intended score and deep in enemy territory without assistance. A quick slap from Rotmaggot knocked the ball loose and gave Bitescum the chance to scoop it up and pass it up field to the Khorne R'Backs defensive line. The game plan was the same for the Khorne R'Backs who spent the rest of the half beating and wrestling with rats, sweating wizards, and generally being brutal before scoring on Turn 7 of the second half to go up 2-0.

One last set up for Swamp Dwellers who got a Quick Snap and proceeded to easily walk in with Unleaded for a Turn 8 score to avoid the shut out." -Randroid

The other game feature the Lethal Leap and The GrymmLurke Lads.  The Lads definitely came to play with speed and physicality.  They absolutely mulled the ill-prepared frogs.  Even the one touchdown that the slann scored featured an inaccurate pass that was only caught due to diving catch.  The man advantage came early for the Lads and they game was finished with a whooping 5 frogs left on the pitch.  The Lads thoroughly demolished the Leap and have made at least one game much harder.

Game of the Week and Betting - Week 6

Week 6, we're almost finished with the regular season!  The Game of the Week pits the Swamp Dwellers against the Khorne Red Backs.  The R'Backs are only percentage points behind the Leap for the league lead with one less game played than the frogs.  The Dwellers are the top finisher that returned to the KUBBL from season 4.  The rats are coming off a tie from their last game and want nothing more than to get back on the winning track.  That will be a tall order as the R'Backs have gone 6 games since losing.  The only non-win during this streak was a week one tie.

Betting:
Khorne Red Backs are .5 touchdown favorites over the Swamp Dwellers
       Prop:  Over/Under 2 touchdowns for Unleaded

Lethal Leap are .5 touchdown favorites over The GrymmLurke Lads
       Prop:  Over/Under 5 total touchdowns

The Cantina Killers are .5 touchdown favorites over Glade Runners.
       Prop:  Over/Under 3 total casualties

Doomsville Robots are 1 touchdown favorites over the Detroit Devastators
       Prop:  Over/Under 3 total touchdowns

Week 5 - Review

Three teams have completed 5 games, four team have completed 4 games and one team has 3 in, so we're moving pretty well.

The GotW featured The GrymmLurke Lads and the Doomsville Robots.  The game ended in a 3-1 victory for the Lads.  It was a closer game than the score suggested.  The Lads' only takeaway score was on a wild and extremely favorable throw-in, while their second drive might have been halted if the Robots' wizard hadn't completely fizzled on 7 targets!  Those fireballs can be so unreliable. 
   - Special thanks to coach Max for the review

The Khorne R'Backs were able to work their way to a 2-1 win over the Glade Runners.  The Red Backs managed several KO's before scoring on Turn 8 of the first half.  The Runners used their elf agility and speed to quickly score on turn 2 of the half.  The Khorne R'Backs  fumbled the ball around a bit before smacking down an elf and taking it back with Wobbledog breaking away from the elf bad touch to win the game 2-1.
   - Special thanks to coach Randroid for the review

The Cantina Killers and the Swamp Dwellers dueled to a 1-1 tie.  The Killers had procession most of the game and were able to keep the one turn scorers of the Dwellers at bay.  The Killers were able to use man advantage that they gained throughout the game to keep the game low scoring.

The Lethal Leap were able to take advantage of the Human team's ball handling woes to score a total of 4 defensive touchdowns.  The humans achieved proper spacing and ball control to punch the ball into the end zone to finish up a 5-1 victory for the Slann.

Game of the Week and Betting - Week 5

The GotW for week 5 see the Robots of Doomsville welcome in The GrymmLurke Lads.  The 'Bots haven't played since week 2 and will be looking for their first win.  The Lads are also in search of their first win of this season.  Their most recent game was a 2-2 tie so they should be coming in with growing confidence.  Doomsville will have quite a bit of money to spend on inducements to level the team value playing field.

Betting:
The GrymmLurke Lads are 1.5 touchdown favorites over the Doomsville Robots
       Prop:  Over/Under 2 Casualties for S3M1N11 Destructobot

Lethal Leap are 1.5 touchdown favorites over the Detroit Devastators
       Prop:  Over/Under 2.5 Completions for Least Heat Moon

Khorne Red Backs are .5 touchdown favorites over Glade Runners.
       Prop:  Over/Under 4 total touchdowns

Week ? - Review

The GotW from week 2 was completed so here is a rundown by Coach Randroid:

GrymmLurke Lads received the first kick off and got a quick snap. Bitescum makes a two dice two headed cage busting blitz with a reroll but only gets two pushes and two more pushes for his trouble. GrymmLurke Lads score on turn 2.

Khorne R'Backs get the return kick and proceed to drive their meatgrinding bus down the field sending most of the GrymmLurke Lads to the KO box and score on Turn 8 even after coach Max blasts 3 of 5 caged players with a Wizard's fireball.

Khorne R'Backs receive the kick after a perfect defense is rolled but Gorefoul drops the ball on his pass. While the GrymmLurke Lads attempt to pressure the lose ball a few failed dodges and GFI keep them on their backs. After some positioning by coach Max the Khorne R'Backs are able to retrieve the ball and chain push Wobbledog into scoring position with his MV7 and two successful GFI for a two turn Chaos score.

GrymmLurke Lads receives the ball again but quickly loses it due to failed dodges and GFI giving the Khorne R'Backs the opportunity to capitalize on their mistakes. Spittleslash breaks away from the GrymmLurke Lads and manages to run down the clock for the last turn score finishing the game 3-1 for Khorne R'Backs.

The KRB played a second game yesterday and here is Randroid's summary:

Detroit Devastators kicked off to Khorne R'Backs to start the game, feeling confident in their Wizard, tons of rerolls, multiple Apothecaries, and Bloodweiser Babes on the sideline. The kick landed in the corner after nearly bouncing out of bounds but was quickly scooped up by Bitescum for a pass to the Sure Hands of Gorefoul. Caging up the Khorne R'Backs came out of the gates swinging, dealing a few badly hurts right away and immediately knocking several players into the KO box (including rookie Ogre Doc Savage  “Titan” ). While waiting as long as they could in an attempt to bait the Detroit Devastators Wizard into attacking the Khorne R'Backs finally scored on turn 7 of the first half to go up 1-0.

Detroit Devastators took the ball back and made a quick pass for SPP before calling it a half.

Khorne R'Backs then kicked to Detroit Devastators who performed a nice hook and ladder play in an attempt to break away from the sheer killing madness the Khorne R'Backs were bringing to bear against them. A drunken Wizard fizzled his spell but this did not dissuade the peppy Stretch Johnson as he made a long pass out of traffic and to his chosen receiver down field. It might have worked too if not for the nimble reflexes of Spittleslash who snatched the ball out of the air as it was sailing to an open Catcher in the Khorne R'Backs backfield. With this the Khorne R'Backs were able to regain control of ball and possession of the pitch, spending round after round trying to tear apart the Detroit Devastators before finally scoring on turn 8 of the second half.

Thanks to Randroid for the coverage.

No GotW or Betting - Schedule

Finish-up
Khorne R'Backs - GrymmLurke Lads (KUBBL 5, round 2)

Monday
Khorne R'Backs - Detroit Devastators (KUBBL 5, round 4)
Doomsville Robots - Swamp Dwellers (KUBBL 5, round 4)

Tuesday
Glade Runner - GrymmLurke Lads (KUBBL 5, round 3)

Team Spotlight: Khorne Red Backs

 

Khorne Red Backs

 

 

The Khorne Red Backs use fear and malice to shock their opponents while the often overlooked Beastmen take the ball into the endzone.  Coach Randroid has experience controlling the more evil teams as he has coached, Ogre, Vampires, Nurgle, and Chaos Dwarf teams in past KUBBL seasons.  The R'Backs have failed to make the playoffs in their first two seasons but have clawed their way into being this season's favorites.  You don't need to listen hard for the chants, "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!

 

Featured Players:

 

•  Maim Fist'r (Chaos Warrior)
• MA 5, ST 4, AG 3, AV 9
• Block, Claw, Mighty Blow
• Career Highlight - 3 Casualty Game

 

•  Bloodgutter (Minotaur)
• MA 5, ST 5, AG 2, AV 8
• Block, Claw, Tentacles
• Career Highlight - 3 Casualty Game

 

What darkness is at hand from the R'Backs?

Week 3 Review



Week 3 saw three games be played as the Swamp Dweller defeated the Detroit Devastators, the Glade Runners and Lethal Leap failed to a draw and The Cantina Killers defeated The GrymmLurke Lads.

More make-up games are being scheduled and the KUBBL hopes to have all of it's teams back on schedule.

This week's GOTW featured The Cantina Killers and The GrymmLurke Lads.  The dark elves were plagued by the condition of the Killers' home pitch.  The game didn't feature anything special as far as weather goes but some how the field was in terrible condition.  Grounds keeper, X45GK, blamed the conditions on a combination of an invasive alien slugs and the hooves of star Grashnak Blackhoof.  Regards of what caused the poor surface the Lads were unable to take advantage of their high agility.  It seemed to observers that the elves kept falling down on the easiest of all maneuvers. 

The Lads also suffered the loss of star blitzer, Sammervveisen.  Witch Elf, Jesstab, was saved by the team apothecary or it could have been doubly as bloody as it was.  Each of the centaurs for the Killers were able to score getting them closer to their next level.

Missed games are being scheduled and we are hoping to get caught up shortly.

The current individual leaders are:
TD's - Boba Fett
Comps - Svelte Sue
Casualties - Maim Fist'r
Kills - Endar Wigan

KUBBL 5, Week 3 and the Make-ups

This season hit a huge snag in week two as only one of four games was played and it was off-site.

Week 3 will have the following games:

Detroit Devastators - Swamp Dwellers (KUBBL 5, round 3)
Khorne R'Backs - Doomsville Robots (KUBBL 5, round 3)
GrymmLurke Lads - Cantina Killers (KUBBL 5, round 4)
Glade Runner - Lethal Leap (KUBBL 5, round 4)

Make-ups
Detroit Devastators - Glade Runner (KUBBL 5, round 2)
Lethal Leap - Swamp Dwellers (KUBBL 5, round 2)
Khorne R'Backs - GrymmLurke Lads (KUBBL 5, round 2)

Game of the Week and Betting for Week 3

The GotW is a battle of the "The's" between The GrymmLurke Lads and The Cantina Killers.  Each of these teams tasted defeat in their first round matches but know the thrill of victory and are seeking it in this week 3 match-up.  The Killers look to continue riding star Bull Centaur, Boba Fett, toward the end zone while the Lads will turn to their well developed Blitzer squad in hopes of stopping the bounty hunter.

Betting

Swamp Dwellers are 1.5 touchdown favorites over the Detroit Devastators
     Prop Bet:  Over/Under 2.5 touchdowns for Unleaded

Khorne Red Backs are 1 touchdown favorites over the Doomsville Robots
     Prop Bet:  Over/Under 4.5 casualties for the R'Backs

The GrymmLurke Lads are .5 touchdown favorites over The Cantina Killers
     Prop Bet:  Over/Under 6 total casualties

Lethal Leap are .5 touchdown favorites over the Glade Runners
     Prop Bet:  Over/Under 1.5 touchdowns for Paul Atreides
 

Game of the Week - Week 2

Many of this weeks games have been delayed.  In fact, only one was played as scheduled.  However, the Game of the Week is yet to come.  The game pits the Khorne Red Backs in their home opener versus The GrymmLurke Lads.  The R'backs have began their season with a tie and the Lads with a loss.  Each of these returning powers will be looking for their first "W" and the all important 3 league points that come with it.  The Lads will try to use their agility to get away from the Chaos, while the followers of Khorne look to sacrifice some elf flesh.

The other matches this week pit the Skaven of the Swamp Dwellers against the Slann of the Lethal Leap.  The Detroit Devastators will look to slow down the Glade Runners.

The match that did take place as scheduled saw the Cantina Killers defeat the Doomsville Robots by a score of 2-0.