Week #7 Discussion

[Kobeck]

we beat the crap out of the bye..promising for the Libertarians...

Stole the scrub TE I was targeting as well - lol


As for the first time I faced my former team all I can say is it was a bad day at the office. Mules converted 3rd and 18 for 23 yards and another 3rd down play for 30 yards on their way to an opening drive TD. Warthogs got pinned inside the 20 on the ensuing KO. This was the first of 7 drives Fresno would begin inside their 20. Gepner kept the pressure on the Warthogs and Murfreesboro wound up with another short field and then their was a Scott Fortune sighting as he streaked to a 12 yard TD putting the Mules up 14-0. Mules Townes fumbled inside the 2 minute warning, but he recovered and OP went on to find Scott Fortune for a 16 yard TD strike putting the Mules up 21-0 at the half. And things did not improve for the visiting Warthogs after the half. Warthogs got to midfield on opening possession of the 3rd and pinned the Mules at their 4 - and Osuchowski ripped Fresno for 36 yards on the 1st down. After a short Oskenberg FG got the Warthogs on the board Townes fumbled again but the Mules luck held and TE Gearhardt jumped on the loose ball. Later Fresno had to settle for another short FG making the score 21-6 early in the 4th when the Warthogs allowed Hodel to return a KO 87 yards for a TD making the score 28-6. This put Schwartz into hurry up mode and he promptly hit Mule CB Preston for an INT. This led to a 4+ minute 30 yard FG drive that put the Mules up 31-6 with 5 mins left. Schwartz aggravated his toe scrambling on the first play of the next drive. Lara replace him and hit DeBoer for a 6 yard FD, but the Mules forced a Fumble that DeBoer returned for an 83 yard TD ending the scoring at 31-13 Murfreesboro.

Opie completed over 70% of his passes for arguably his best start of the season. Scott Fortune has touched the ball 13 times in 2016 for the Mules and scored 2 TDs in 5 touches Sunday. This is the first time Fortune has scored since 2014!

As I said from the Warthog perspective this one just has too be forgotten as nothing went Fresno's way.

GG Blue Crew I hope this turns the Mules season around for you

[W0LF3MAN813]

I was off this week....but on a side note, now frikkin long can someone be severely depressed? Including the pre-season, Karl Hinson has been depressed for 10 weeks now...WTF? Jim needs to put a limit on "injuries" like depression. 3 months now? Come on Jim....

the hell? lol

[Chris Rex]

I was off this week....but on a side note, now frikkin long can someone be severely depressed? Including the pre-season, Karl Hinson has been depressed for 10 weeks now...WTF? Jim needs to put a limit on "injuries" like depression. 3 months now? Come on Jim....

I feel for ya... had an 'anxious' lineman for weeks :-)

[Kobeck]

I was off this week....but on a side note, now frikkin long can someone be severely depressed? Including the pre-season, Karl Hinson has been depressed for 10 weeks now...WTF? Jim needs to put a limit on "injuries" like depression. 3 months now? Come on Jim....

He's in Oakland so I can understand Hinson's feelings.

[tarcone]

Stupid. My games ends with me well in my kickers FG range sitting on 3 time outs. I guess my coaches were stunned to be there.

[Matt]

Stole the scrub TE I was targeting as well - lol


As for the first time I faced my former team all I can say is it was a bad day at the office. Mules converted 3rd and 18 for 23 yards and another 3rd down play for 30 yards on their way to an opening drive TD. Warthogs got pinned inside the 20 on the ensuing KO. This was the first of 7 drives Fresno would begin inside their 20. Gepner kept the pressure on the Warthogs and Murfreesboro wound up with another short field and then their was a Scott Fortune sighting as he streaked to a 12 yard TD putting the Mules up 14-0. Mules Townes fumbled inside the 2 minute warning, but he recovered and OP went on to find Scott Fortune for a 16 yard TD strike putting the Mules up 21-0 at the half. And thing did not improve for the visiting Warthogs after the half. Warthogs got to midfield on opening posession of the 3rd and pinned the Mules at their 4 - and Osuchowski ripped Fresno for 36 yards on the 1st down. After a short Oskenberg FG got the Warthogs on the boardTownes fumbled again but the Mules luck held and TE Gearhardt jumped on the loose ball. Later Fresno had to settle for another short FG making the score 21-6 early in the 4th when the Warthogs allowed Hdole to return a KO 87 yards for a TD making the score 28-6. This put Schwartz into hurry up mode and he promptly hit Mule CB Preston for an INT. This led to a 4+ minute 30 yard FG drive that put the Mules up 31-6 with 5 mins left. Schwartz aggrivated his toe scrambling on the first play of the next drive. Lara replace him and hit DeBoer for a 6 yard FD, but the Mules forced a Fumble that DeBoer returned for an 83 yard TD ending the scoring at 31-13 Murfreesboro. Opie completed over 70% of his passess for arguably his best start of the season. Scott Fortune has touched the ball 13 times in 2016 for the Mules and scored 2 TDs in 5 touches sunday. This is the first time Fortune has scored since 2014!

As I said from the Warthog perspecitve this one just has too be forgotten as nothing went Fresno's way.

GG Tuffy I hope this turns the Mules season around for you

Always look forward to Kobeck's Warthog game recaps!!

and FYI, Tuffy retired!
Quiet guy by the name of 'Blue Crew' is running the Mules now

[Matt]

Stupid. My games ends with me well in my kickers FG range sitting on 3 time outs. I guess my coaches were stunned to be there.

I watched the end of your game.
Big Balls of Steiner leading the Trojans down the field for a TD to go up by 1. Then Sanford did the same. Only to be hit by the new and improved "end of half/game" logic.
Had Sanford not scrambled on that play, and thrown an incompletion you would've atleast had the opportunity for a FG attempt for the win.

[Kobeck]

Always look forward to Kobeck's Warthog game recaps!!

and FYI, Tuffy retired!
Quiet guy by the name of 'Blue Crew' is running the Mules now

Did not realize that. Sorry about the oversight and good game there Blue Crew.

FWIW I hope this game puts the Murfreesboro back to playing Mule ball.

For some unsolicited advise play SF more and get him to 10k, he showed sunday what he can do when he is given touches. Just sayin'

[kingfc22]

Finally we get a win that doesn't waste another solid effort from the defense. If we can only figure out how to move the damn ball...

[Kobeck]

I watched the end of your game.
Big Balls of Steiner leading the Trojans down the field for a TD to go up by 1. Then Sanford did the same. Only to be hit by the new and improved "end of half/game" logic.
Had Sanford not scrambled on that play, and thrown an incompletion you would've at least had the opportunity for a FG attempt for the win.

I watched that one as well. xWarthog and new Tigerhawk TE McElroy had a huge FD catch late in that final drive. I see Tarcone got McElroy 5 looks Sunday. Which is almost what he had with 5 games for Fresno this year

[Argot]

I watched the end of your game.
Big Balls of Steiner leading the Trojans down the field for a TD to go up by 1. Then Sanford did the same. Only to be hit by the new and improved "end of half/game" logic.
Had Sanford not scrambled on that play, and thrown an incompletion you would've atleast had the opportunity for a FG attempt for the win.

A scramble took up 21 seconds???? Tulsa got hosed by AI. I was shocked to see FINAL, I was waiting for the inevitable time out and game winning FG.

In other news. Reno lost again. Castillo is out for 5 weeks with a dislocated shoulder. Coaches' went with Patterson at QB because he had the hot hand. Time to go back to Bryan McNeil. This year is a lost cause. We stink.

[CyYoung]

pretty damn excited for this game.

Plus, it's my oldest's 13th today. For those parents, these feels like a milestone!

Nice, it's my son's birthday today too.

[CyYoung]

Damn, my team got killed today. I didn't think any team could score that much against my D.

GG Matt

[Matt]

ya, I was shocked as to how easy we were moving the ball early.

[tarcone]

Yeah, I really like McElroy. He should add a new dimension.
Need to figure out red zone TD acquisition. Its killing me not being able to get TDs.
Lack of depth at KR really showed today.

GG Tim