2058 Regular Season Week 1 Complete

[Hooper]

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06/06/2022	Monday	Regular Season Week 1
06/07/2022	Tuesday
06/08/2022	Wednesday	Regular Season Week 2
06/09/2022	Thursday
06/10/2022	Friday	Regular Season Week 3
06/11/2022	Saturday
06/12/2022	Sunday
06/13/2022	Monday	Regular Season Week 4
06/14/2022	Tuesday
06/15/2022	Wednesday	Regular Season Week 5
06/16/2022	Thursday
06/17/2022	Friday	Regular Season Week 6
06/18/2022	Saturday
06/19/2022	Sunday
06/20/2022	Monday	Regular Season Week 7
06/21/2022	Tuesday
06/22/2022	Wednesday	Regular Season Week 8 (Trade Deadline)
06/23/2022	Thursday
06/24/2022	Friday	Regular Season Week 9
06/25/2022	Saturday
06/26/2022	Sunday
06/27/2022	Monday	Regular Season Week 10
06/28/2022	Tuesday
06/29/2022	Wednesday	Regular Season Week 11
06/30/2022	Thursday
07/01/2022	Friday	Regular Season Week 12
07/02/2022	Saturday
07/03/2022	Sunday
07/04/2022	Monday	Regular Season Week 13
07/05/2022	Tuesday
07/06/2022	Wednesday	Regular Season Week 14
07/07/2022	Thursday
07/08/2022	Friday	Regular Season Week 15
07/09/2022	Saturday
07/10/2022	Sunday
07/11/2022	Monday	Regular Season Week 16
07/12/2022	Tuesday
07/13/2022	Wednesday	Regular Season Week 17
07/14/2022	Thursday
07/15/2022	Friday	Wild Card Round
07/16/2022	Saturday
07/17/2022	Sunday	Conference Semifinals Round
07/18/2022	Monday
07/19/2022	Tuesday	Conference Finals Round
07/20/2022	Wednesday
07/21/2022	Thursday	Imperial Bowl

[slamthunder]

GG James we couldn't convert 3rd downs and couldn't stop you on 3rd downs

[WilleB]

GG Colorado,

Not the start we'd like. Won the TO margin, just threw too much and our run D should be much much better. Rookie, Nick Jackson, had the best opening day performance by a Stallions' rookie with145 receiving yards. Now we spend a month on the road. Week 9 will certainly have a new face at QB by the re-match. Til then...

[Bylanta]

GG Don,

Not the cleanest matchup we've ever had. Multiple turnovers, missed FGs, and a blocked punt.. A whopping 3 pts scored in the entire second half.

Props to your punter for dropping 6/6 in my 20, giving you good edge in starting field position. While the stats site won't recognize his brilliance, I sure did.

[helseld]

GG Don,

Not the cleanest matchup we've ever had. Multiple turnovers, missed FGs, and a blocked punt.. A whopping 3 pts scored in the entire second half.

Props to your punter for dropping 6/6 in my 20, giving you good edge in starting field position. While the stats site won't recognize his brilliance, I sure did.

Rylan, thanks and congratulations on the win.

This one went about as I expected, except that the final score was nowhere near indicative of how badly we were outclassed. At this early point I think I’ve got a pretty good indication of what my expectations should be for this season. One of those is that my punter is the odds-on favorite to end up team MVP.

[BgBob]

GG Howie

We had plenty of yards but didn't do crap in the redzone. Need to work on that.

Good Luck till we see you in KC.

[Sabean]

Vegas opens their title defense giving up a 30-0 run to AI-run Alaska and we lose 33-20. Oof, lmao. Major ego check, maybe we needed that slap in the face.

[Bylanta]

I was bored at work so I did half a writeup on the week 1 game between helseld and myself.

Vancouver hosts division rivalry Calgary to kick off the season.


Pregame many players and coaches take time to greet Tristan Larrimore, a former 1st round pick and 12 year Whale who elected to take a few 100k more to finish his strong career on a division rival. Tristan hurt his hamstring and will not suit up for the game despite being kept active. His return date is unknown, he has until week 8 to face the Whales again in what may be his final year in the league.
Beat writers have pontificated this may keep him from having his number retired in Vancouver. Strongly suggesting the powers that be in Vancouver are the petty jealous types.

Having been given the distinction of being the top game on the schedule, they officially kick off the IFL season. Vancouver elects to receive and in a surprise move, they have newly signed OLB Orlando Aalders back to return kicks. Long a rumoured trade target of the Whales front office, they appear to have an unorthodox plan for the now 35 year old former 80+ backer. He takes it out 25 yards yards to the 31. Not bad for the first and likely only return of his 13 year career. The fans cheer in bemused confusion as the 6'1 255 lber in the 95 jersey gets high fives and headbutts galore from the defense as he heads back to the sideline.

The cheering fades quickly as the offense trots out the same tired run play as ever, then gets hurried twice on blitzes to force a quick punt. And speaking of quick punts, this one goes about 2 feet before it's stuffed and recovered by Calgary who run it back to the 16. The defense stands strong, stopping the Stampeders one yard shy of success on third down. 0-3

Vancouver takes over after a touchback and it's obviously another run play, gaining 9. Then it's play-action, and Campbell is looking deep for the newly acquired speedster Kory Bush. Bush gets a step on his fade route, then stiff arms the safety and he's gone! Calgary defensive coordinator Orlando Webb is screaming at the refs that it was offensive pass interference on Bush as he pushed off on his defender just before the catch point. Replays suggest he's right, but it's not a challengeable call so kicker Wesley Perry gets his first point of the young season. 7-3

Calgary takes over and is effectively moving the ball by mixing runs and passes up to midfield. They cross to the Whales 44 before Sawyer base of the mountain Yamamoto steps in front of a Mr. Boh pass and hangs on to the ball for dear life as Tevin Simple Simpkins does his best Peanut Tillman impersonation.

Vancouver goes back to the ground game, but is quickly stopped when they attempt to pass. They manage to get the punt off this time, and instead are let down by the coverage unit as Calgary's Daryl Randle gobbles up 24 big yards on the return.

Calgary suffers a similar fate as their 3rd down run is sniffed out so they punt.

Vancouver goes back to the ground game, advancing on one big pass play before the pass game peters out again when QB Abe Campell is swallowed up by the Bargain Basement signee Barber of Seville on a third down sack. The sack proves to be costly as the extra six yards are too much for K Wesley Perry. He shanks the 37 yard kick wide left.

Calgary takes over and converts their first third down attempt on the drive, but the latest of Calgary late first round wr success stories, Vernon Foley, coughs up the ball before he falls forward of the sticks. Vancouver benefits from the turnover luck, taking over in Calgary territory at the 39. One pass and four runs later, Vancouver is back in the end zone with a 14-3 lead.

Calgary gets a good kick return and then runs to midfield before a hurry on third and 2 ends their drive.

A good punt return is wiped out by holding and Vancouver takes over on their 7. The tv broadcast pans to an exasperated special teams coach on the Whales sideline. Precariously running backwards 2 yards on first down puts them in the dangerous 5 yard zone of their own end. A big third down conversion to Bush buys a little room. Another 20 yards to Bush gets them to midfield. This drive is all Bush as he gains 17 more to get into FG range. The two minute warning hits and Vancouver responds in Pavlovian fashion by switching to an 005 formation. RJ Curtis takes a pass, breaks a tackle and ends up scampering 28 yards for the score. 21-3

If there is one thing you learn in this division in the last decade, you don't hand Mr. Boh the ball with that much time and all his timeouts. He crosses midfield on 2 big completions, Vancouver pushes them into FG range with a 15 yard penalty intentional face mask. Back to back Boh knows scrambles and it takes him only 1 minute to find paydirt. 21-10

Vancouver wastes a down and some clock running the ball before ramping into pass mode. Their hail mary is hurried and incomplete.

The second half is a whole bunch of defense and 'almosts'. The game peters out as my enthusiasm for writing about it does. Calgary drops a punt on the 1, almost getting a safety. Calgary misses a FG, Vancouver misses a FG. In the end only 1 Vancouver FG is added to the board for a final of 24-10.

[helseld]

Rylan, great job, thanks for taking the time to do this. This was really, really fun to read. Whew, I can well appreciate you running out of mental energy. If only you were writing for Solevision, their ratings would go up exponentially.

Yes, we're looking to old "Quoth the Raven" as a valuable role player and special teams contributor this season, that is, if he can ever shake the hamstring injury. We actually had him suit up, though with no intent to play him, just so he could have a presence in front of his former home fans. He limped out on the field only to take a bow just before the opening kickoff, but as he did so the whistle blew and the ball was kicked. So he got credit for being on the field for 1 ST play. So with his hammy still not healed, and after exhausting his "2" endurance on that one play, he's listed as Questionable (Tired) and will again not see action for us this week.

[Sabean]

Always appreciate write ups and entertainment from everyone here. I watch every game in solevision for better/worse. My favorite descriptors are things like "he throws it downfield, and it's caught for a gain of 2."