write up warning: was a bit hard to decipher the league this early, so I really looked at the top few teams and went from there, my favorites may see a change midseason. Wouldn't that be interesting 
Early Favorites to win OPL:
Alpha
Axis: Pinoy All Stars 2: Being familiar with the types of builds this team recruits, it's hard not to list them as a potential favorite to win it all. They've done one hell of a job recruiting. I do have some question marks about their offensive line and how they'll match up against opposing Dlines, but we'll see later down the road. They definitely have the ability to make a statement.
Brantford Promnight Dumpster Babies: They seem very capable of winning Alpha, however the laundry list of inactives has me questioning my own judgement. But hey, maybe their owners good looks will be enough to get them by. Who says Distraction is against the rules? It worked for Keanu Reeves and his buddys amirite?
Zeta
Sumatra Seahawks: Despite being a One and Done in World League, they still have a strong sense of competitiveness. They didn't get to World League by being panzies...or did they, Seriously, this team has done a great job recruiting in the hopes they get right back to World League, it's no secret that they could care less if they win OPL because WL is their goal. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't like to win OPL and they'll get a great shot at it.
Amsterdam Bulls: At face value they look that have done a very good job recruiting and sustaining talent. They could end up being the team playing smash mouth football in the Conference Championship with Sumatra. At this point, they seem capable of exactly that.
Both conferences look to have their strengths and weaknesses, but I'm not going to lie, Zeta looks about usual. There's a lot of teams I think it's safe to say, the only statement they'll make this year is about how many more seasons they'll stick around OPL. Having said that, the casualties of CPU's doesn't help anyone's case. Syracuse might as well be a CPU team because they're equivalent to exactly that. I wanted to pick Tampa Bay as a favorite to win Alpha but I couldn't in my right mind do that as the last time they won a gold trophy was back in AA. Did I mention that was in Season 17? So it really looks like some people are going to have to step up and make a liar out of me in order to earn some respect. We're not playing scrabble people, this is dotball, let's make some freakin' noise or do yourself a favor and move aside for the people that can.
Early Favorites to win OPL:
Alpha
Axis: Pinoy All Stars 2: Being familiar with the types of builds this team recruits, it's hard not to list them as a potential favorite to win it all. They've done one hell of a job recruiting. I do have some question marks about their offensive line and how they'll match up against opposing Dlines, but we'll see later down the road. They definitely have the ability to make a statement.
Brantford Promnight Dumpster Babies: They seem very capable of winning Alpha, however the laundry list of inactives has me questioning my own judgement. But hey, maybe their owners good looks will be enough to get them by. Who says Distraction is against the rules? It worked for Keanu Reeves and his buddys amirite?
Zeta
Sumatra Seahawks: Despite being a One and Done in World League, they still have a strong sense of competitiveness. They didn't get to World League by being panzies...or did they
, Seriously, this team has done a great job recruiting in the hopes they get right back to World League, it's no secret that they could care less if they win OPL because WL is their goal. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't like to win OPL and they'll get a great shot at it.Amsterdam Bulls: At face value they look that have done a very good job recruiting and sustaining talent. They could end up being the team playing smash mouth football in the Conference Championship with Sumatra. At this point, they seem capable of exactly that.
Both conferences look to have their strengths and weaknesses, but I'm not going to lie, Zeta looks about usual. There's a lot of teams I think it's safe to say, the only statement they'll make this year is about how many more seasons they'll stick around OPL. Having said that, the casualties of CPU's doesn't help anyone's case. Syracuse might as well be a CPU team because they're equivalent to exactly that. I wanted to pick Tampa Bay as a favorite to win Alpha but I couldn't in my right mind do that as the last time they won a gold trophy was back in AA. Did I mention that was in Season 17? So it really looks like some people are going to have to step up and make a liar out of me in order to earn some respect. We're not playing scrabble people, this is dotball, let's make some freakin' noise or do yourself a favor and move aside for the people that can.
