2016 Season Kick Off - Week #1 Discussion

[JesterBlaze]

Gameplan in with an hour to spare...

It's NEWARK WEEK already!!!

"Be the Phantoms, Matt. Have you ever played FOF with a wedgie?" - Ty Webb

[Hoosier]

I'm looking forward to seeing what the young Libertarians are gonna do on opening day. Gameplans are time tested in the DFL and I'm getting a good handle on the patch, especially on the defensive side of the ball. The teams I have here and in the DFL are very similar, so we'll see how that translates.

We'll run to set up the pass, and on defense our philosophy will be to mix things up, keep the ball in front of us, and make the opponent kick field goals in the red zone. Let's see if that works.

Good luck guys, looking forward to the game and the season. Now, if only I could beat Tarc here, I'd be in dog heaven....

[TimG]

Texas goes into week 1 with a couple of injuries. Chung is out this week and probably week 2 also but I have a nice replacement in Steiner. The defense also lost Safety Boldin for the 1st couple of games. Seven people injured. 20 extra minutes in TC for weight training and this is what I get. Little Rock is always tough and we could lose easily. GL Cringer.

[TimG]

Now, if only I could beat Tarc here, I'd be in dog heaven....

Good luck with that.

[Matt]

So begins what I'm hoping is our best season in years. I'm talking about winning the NC East and winning in the playoffs.

I'm looking for some serious battles between Jamison and Winfred Reilly and Rickey Moss and R.J. "The Leash" Kley

[Matt]

Oh, It's def Lawrence week..
We are 3-1 all time vs. Lawrence in opening week.

[Matt]

Ping Jester

YOU HAVE A PM

[JesterBlaze]

Humiliating defeat at the hands of our fiercest rival... pain... agony... speechlessnesses...


I go cry now.

[TimG]

Two TD's in the last 45 seconds of the game gave Texas a undeserved win in Little Rock 21-20. QB Steiner couldn't do crap against LR's defense but pulls it out in the end. I was swearing at him the whole game. GG Cringer.

[Matt]

Somewhat of a tainted win.........

but

I'm happy to see this team come together. Offense was good. Defense was good. "The Situation" seems to be in a good situation.

GG Jester. Hope to see you 2 more times this year.

[SteveBsFan]

Dammit. We had a chance to win, a great chance, but the great QB's find a way to do it. 3rd and 18 to seal the victory, we should have stopped the pass, but failed. Oh well.

GG Murf

[tarcone]

Revenge is sweet. We washed that nasty taste of a blowout loss last season out of our system and return the favor. Special teams and a couple fumble recoveries deep in Georgia Territory is the difference.
Our defense continues to give up big plays.
Sanford played his usual good game.
Singleton seems to have caught a fumble bug. He had a bunch in preseason and has 2 more today. I do not like that.

GG Beez.

[kingfc22]

Pathetic showing on offense...

[Chris Rex]

GG Cleveland. I have never seen such good special teams play. They started out at their own 40+ and pinned us in our own 10 almost the entire game.

Like others have mentioned, most of my gameplan was ignored.
Wile E. Cote seems to have decided has was all grown up and ready to carry this team. Apparently we do not need to be as run-heavy this year, as Cote flung it around for only his 2nd 300 yard game of his career (Which, humorously, is tied for 2nd for 'most 300 yard passing' games by a Montreal QB :-D ).

I think RB Osbourne lost his helmet a lot, as his backups were in almost as much as he was :-/

[Vic Carucci]

IFL GAMEDAY: 2016 Week 1

GAME RESULTS
BOX		Boston Dragons	10-22	Norfolk Vipers		LOG
BOX		Dakota Spirit	27-31	Lansing Ogres		LOG
BOX		Fresno Warthogs	21-29	Anchorage Lynx		LOG
BOX		Hartford Grizzlies	17-42	West Virginia Beasts		LOG
BOX		Houston Renegades	14-15	Murfreesboro Mules		LOG
BOX		Lawrence Phantoms	13-36	Newark Bulldogs		LOG
BOX		Louisiana Voodoo	18-24	St. Louis Cardinals		LOG
BOX		Madison Demons	10-44	Pennsylvania Lions		LOG
BOX		Montreal Firebirds	23-17	Cleveland Clawz		LOG
BOX		Oakland Devildogs	9-13	Vancouver Killer Whales		LOG
BOX		Portland Seals	20-7	Los Angeles Liberty		LOG
BOX		Reno Wolfpack	3-17	Salt Lake City Stallions		LOG
BOX		Texas Trojans	21-20	Little Rock Toads		LOG
BOX		Tulsa TigerHawks	33-10	Georgia Generals		LOG
BOX		Vermont Mountaineers	17-29	Orlando Pirates		LOG
BOX		Wichita Outlaws	7-33	Iowa City Snipe Hunters		LOG

TOP PERFORMERS
OFF POTW		QB Deron Markel (WVA)	23/30, 271yds, 3TD, 0INT
DEF POTW		LCB Lenny Wicker (MAD)	1int, 2pd, 1 ctc, 30 psply, 110.8 pdpct, 1tk, 0a.
OFF ROTW		RB Derrick "Charlie" Ward (LAN)	19-106, 1TD. 4/40/1 rec.
DEF ROTW		RCB Artie Dignan (TEX)	1int, 1pd, 1 ctc, 27 psply, 105.1 pdpct, 3tk, 2a.
ST POTW		K Butch Schulz (NWK)	3-3 XP, 5-5 FG.

INJURIES OF NOTE
	QB Albert Schwartz (FRE)	93/93	Turf Toe	Unknown.
	WR Victor Neri (MUR)	55/55	Hip Pointer	6 wks
	G Eric Pass (PEN)	70/70	Broken Clavicle	7 wks
	S Ricardo Fredrickson (FRE)	56/56	Pulled Calf Muscle	6 wks