We know who won the AUDL, but who won the internet?
August 28, 2023 by Alex Rubin in Opinion with 0 comments
Twitter (no, I’m not calling it X) is still here…somehow. While there was a big crowd at TCO Stadium watching live in person, an even larger collection of the ultimate community gathered on our favorite social media app to experience the Empire’s dominance together. Here are the best tweets from New York’s annual collection of a large trophy and $20,000 worth of crypto that may or may not be real.
Best handler in the division falls for snake in the grass? We need higher standards
— Daniel (@d_ferrit) August 26, 2023
Daniel Ferriter is technically a player for the Dallas Legion. The Wind Chill have been surprisingly successful running the pick-up style trick play known as the Snake in the Grass, and did so successfully against the Shred in their semifinal.
Wow can’t believe the @theAUDL got a flyover before the Championship Game pic.twitter.com/PPB0O4o2lv
— Wind Chill Talk (@WindChillTalk) August 26, 2023
TCO Stadium, where Championship Weekend was held, is under the flight path of many incoming jets to nearby MSP Airport.
i think i have what it takes to be turfing wide open throws in a championship game
— kayak (@kyrakhoro) August 25, 2023
Kyra Khorojnikova is a player for the Utah Wild, and this tweet is a timely spin on a Best Tweets original.
Having someone from Lotus ‘21 and the Atlanta Hustle coach do halftime analysis for this Sol game is sick work
— 社交クラブ (@socialclubulti) August 25, 2023
The account runner for @socialclubulti, @styrojeff, is a Texas based ultimate player. The AUDL gameday live set featured Alex Atkins, famously of the Boulder Lotus team that upset Austin Doublewide including many Austin Sol players in 2021, and Tuba Benson-Jaja, the coach of the Atlanta Hustle who the Sol upset just a few weeks ago to make it to Championship Weekend.
— WashU Contra Ultimate (@wucontra) August 27, 2023
While on the topic of Alex Atkins and regional rivals…
You know ultimate now has #legitimacy because a Minnesota team lost in heartbreaking fashion. Real sport https://t.co/zo5QIjoPe5
— Lev Gerstle, space laser technician (@onmylevels) August 26, 2023
Lev Gerstle is a Hawai’i based ultimate player.
Final 2023 AUDL Power Rankings:
1. New York
2. DC
3. Boston
4. Philly
5. Toronto
6-24. Everybody else. pic.twitter.com/fvBwe74yRx— ColdbirdCrew (@Coldbirdcrew) August 27, 2023
After a dismal performance by South and West teams against New York, East Division teams are surely thrilled they went 0-10 against New York this season, losing by an average of just six goals per game.
In case y’all didn’t know, Ben Jagt is from Minnesota and has a whole fan section in this crowd pic.twitter.com/85SxeMgOIy
— Laura (@l_osterlund) August 27, 2023
Laura Osterlund is a Minnesota-based ultimate player. The Jagt club making triple spike signs is next level fandom.
Spoiler alert – with 30 seconds left, the check has already been signed pic.twitter.com/EereybUSmB
— Laura (@l_osterlund) August 27, 2023
Another gem from Laura. Salt Lake must have used all of their comeback magic on Joel Clutton’s buzzer beating tip in the semifinal, and could not conjure enough to score seven points in thirty seconds to tie the game.
