With one year in the books, there was nothing stopping yet another Madden Tournament from happening the following year. The extremely hyped up Madden 06' had been released to the major liking of everyone in the area and it lead to the second annual tournament of all tournaments.
In 2005, the tournament doubled from the inaugural year, from 8 entries to a hefty 16 at the time. It was also the first year that the tournament went on the road and had two separate locations; the new one being Billy's house.
In a first of many occasions and for the second year in a row the final four came down to Billy, Jimmy, Kevin, and Dave. In the winner's bracket final at Billy's house a rivalry was forced to continue with Billy taking on his younger sibling Kevin for the second time in two years. And yet again for the second time in two years Kevin was defeated by his elder. On the other side of the spectrum at Jimmy's, Jimmy defended his title in the tourney semi-final against a worthy opponent in Dave and his Vikings. In a very close battle of mighty foes, Jimmy and the Jets were victorious over Dave and the Vikings by a field goal in the 4th quarter.
The winner's bracket final would then be a 2005 tourney championship rematch pitting Billy and his Pittsburgh Steelers against Jimmy's Jets. The final score showed that Jimmy was destined to win yet another Madden Tourney as he defeated Billy in a blowout.
Following the devastation of Billy's tourney chances was a match up of David v.s. Goliath, in figurative, literal, and contrary terms. Dave playing the part of the small, short, underdog would try and take on Kevin, the kid with a heart of a lion who would stop at nothing to win at any cost whatsoever. Whether it was yelling in your face, crying out loud about anything and everything, or taunting every flaw you had; Kevin was ready to do it as long as he could be declared a winner at the end. Yet at the end of this long, long game, Dave was able to keep his composure and come out with the W, eliminating Kevin in the process.
In a game then more forgotten than any that year, Billy would finally make a stand and stop the deep threat of the MVP of the tournament in Troy Williamson and defeat Dave with ease. This could only setup yet another championship match up between Billy and Jimmy.
With Billy reeling off a good win against Dave, he had his past 3 losses in 3 games in the back of his mind. In order to win the Madden 2006 tournament, Billy had to beat Jimmy two games in a row, where Jimmy had two chances to win just once to take home the trophy. The first game of the championship was a very close one, and was considered by those who watched as one of the best and most exciting Madden games not only that year, but in the History of the Madden Tournament. Billy up by a only a field goal stopped a 4th quarter comeback attempt with an interception in the red zone to put the first game in the books.
The impossible now seemed to be a viable option with the game that was only "If Necessary" now being totally necessary. One game for all the marbles between the Jets and Steelers. Jimmy seemed to run out of gas and Billy pulled away in the second half. Probably the worst collapse in Madden Tourney history had taken place. Theres been many major collapses in sports history, the Yankee collapse in the 2004 ALCS, the 4 year Super Bowl losing streak of the Buffalo Bills, and now the collapse of Jimmy after dominating 2 years in a row, only to go down in the final two games.
This collapse of numerous proportions would only lead into the following year's tourney of Madden 2007, the final Madden Tourney on the PS2 system.
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