2018 Week #3 Discussion

[Vic Carucci]

GAME OF THE WEEKChicago (2-0-0, PR 79) at Fresno (2-0-0, PR 88)Fresno is favored by 7.5 points.76 degrees, 4mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPMurfreesboro (1-1-0, PR 81) at Montreal (2-0-0, PR 89)Montreal is favored by 6.5 points.65 degrees, 9mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPNewark (2-0-0, PR 91) at Oakland (1-1-0, PR 78)Newark is favored by 3.5 points.48 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPNorfolk (2-0-0, PR 86) at Portland (1-1-0, PR 85)Portland is favored by 2.5 points.61 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPTulsa (2-0-0, PR 84) at Pennsylvania (1-1-0, PR 78)PUSH.68 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPMadison (2-0-0, PR 82) at Vermont (1-1-0, PR 75)Madison is favored by 0.5 points.70 degrees, 4mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPCleveland (1-1-0, PR 83) at West Virginia (1-1-0, PR 78)West Virginia is favored by 0.5 points.67 degrees, 4mph, Fair.

WORTH WATCHINGLawrence (2-0-0, PR 91) at Reno (1-1-0, PR 67)Lawrence is favored by 8.5 points.67 degrees, 12mph, Rain.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDLouisiana (1-1-0, PR 65) at Iowa City (1-1-0, PR 78)Iowa City is favored by 9.5 points.75 degrees, 6mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDWichita (1-1-0, PR 70) at Hartford (0-2-0, PR 71)Hartford is favored by 3.5 points.60 degrees, 14mph, Rain.

DON'T BOTHERAnchorage (0-2-0, PR 66) at Houston (1-1-0, PR 74)Houston is favored by 7 points.68 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERGeorgia (1-1-0, PR 79) at Dakota (0-2-0, PR 63)Georgia is favored by 5.5 points.61 degrees, 7mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERLos Angeles (2-0-0, PR 88) at St. Louis (0-2-0, PR 59)Los Angeles is favored by 9 points.74 degrees, 10mph, Rain.

DON'T BOTHERLansing (0-2-0, PR 62) at Orlando (0-2-0, PR 66)Orlando is favored by 5 points.66 degrees, 1mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERSalt Lake City (1-1-0, PR 74) at Little Rock (0-2-0, PR 58)Salt Lake City is favored by 5 points.85 degrees, 2mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERVancouver (0-2-0, PR 60) at Texas (0-2-0, PR 66)Texas is favored by 6 points.68 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

[Vic Carucci]

Current Power Rankings

TEAM	ROSTER	OFF	DEF	REC	WINPCT	OPPREC	OPPPCT	PWR RTG ▾	LAST RNK	RTG CHG
Newark Bulldogs	79.5	83.5	129.5	2-0-0	1.000	1-3-0	0.250	91.41	1	-2.40
Lawrence Phantoms	82.1	101.3	66.7	2-0-0	1.000	2-2-0	0.500	90.76	7	+7.19
Montreal Firebirds	82.7	75.0	86.0	2-0-0	1.000	2-2-0	0.500	88.87	8	+5.83
Fresno Warthogs	81.1	88.3	70.6	2-0-0	1.000	2-2-0	0.500	88.36	13	+7.69
Los Angeles Matadors	84.3	96.8	69.9	2-0-0	1.000	1-3-0	0.250	88.30	2	-0.01
Norfolk Vipers	79.1	88.1	59.5	2-0-0	1.000	2-2-0	0.500	85.79	15	+6.29
Portland Seals	82.5	95.2	80.7	1-1-0	0.500	2-2-0	0.500	84.63	16	+5.29
Tulsa TigerHawks	73.6	99.9	75.8	2-0-0	1.000	1-3-0	0.250	84.10	9	+1.34
Cleveland Clawz	77.2	101.9	57.9	1-1-0	0.500	3-1-0	0.750	83.22	3	-3.50
Madison Demons	71.0	97.0	98.8	2-0-0	1.000	0-4-0	0.000	82.14	12	+0.92
Murfreesboro Mules	80.9	75.5	66.1	1-1-0	0.500	3-1-0	0.750	81.48	5	-3.26
Georgia Generals	78.0	83.7	74.1	1-1-0	0.500	2-2-0	0.500	79.31	4	-6.98
Chicago Crusaders	74.3	81.7	84.4	2-0-0	1.000	0-4-0	0.000	79.08	14	-0.59
Oakland Assassins	74.8	68.4	76.2	1-1-0	0.500	3-1-0	0.750	78.34	6	-5.53
West Virginia Beasts	76.4	83.3	72.1	1-1-0	0.500	2-2-0	0.500	78.16	18	+0.60
Pennsylvania Lions	76.2	81.6	72.3	1-1-0	0.500	2-2-0	0.500	77.76	10	-4.69
Iowa City Snipe Hunters	76.0	85.3	67.3	1-1-0	0.500	2-2-0	0.500	77.66	21	+5.58
Vermont Mountaineers	73.1	72.7	74.5	1-1-0	0.500	2-2-0	0.500	74.83	19	+1.76
Salt Lake City Stallions	69.1	83.8	69.7	1-1-0	0.500	2-2-0	0.500	74.13	17	-4.57
Houston Renegades	77.6	54.5	76.5	1-1-0	0.500	2-2-0	0.500	74.12	11	-7.96
Hartford Whalers	78.6	54.6	55.9	0-2-0	0.000	4-0-0	1.000	71.18	20	-1.20
Wichita Outlaws	74.1	67.7	63.7	1-1-0	0.500	1-3-0	0.250	69.75	22	+0.82
Reno Wolfpack	70.9	60.4	67.9	1-1-0	0.500	1-3-0	0.250	67.35	27	+1.36
Orlando Pirates	72.1	60.5	60.7	0-2-0	0.000	3-1-0	0.750	66.33	28	+1.00
Texas Trojans	71.0	69.5	50.2	0-2-0	0.000	3-1-0	0.750	65.99	24	-2.62
Anchorage Lynx	72.0	62.4	55.8	0-2-0	0.000	3-1-0	0.750	65.98	25	-2.03
Louisiana Voodoo	65.8	68.9	58.7	1-1-0	0.500	1-3-0	0.250	64.99	31	+0.40
Dakota Spirit	66.3	60.5	55.9	0-2-0	0.000	3-1-0	0.750	62.68	32	-1.88
Lansing Ogres	68.8	45.7	61.3	0-2-0	0.000	3-1-0	0.750	61.98	29	-3.25
Vancouver Killer Whales	74.6	40.1	52.3	0-2-0	0.000	2-2-0	0.500	59.58	23	-9.14
St. Louis Cardinals	67.2	39.5	78.5	0-2-0	0.000	2-2-0	0.500	59.14	26	-7.42
Little Rock Toads	69.1	43.0	56.4	0-2-0	0.000	2-2-0	0.500	57.79	30	-6.88

[CyYoung]

Very important game for us this week.

It will show if we're the powerhouse we were last year at home. Our games against Tulsa are always high scoring ones and it's probably going to be the same this week.

Since 2011, we played 7 times and the results went like this PEN-TUL-PEN-TUL-PEN-TUL-PEN. So I guess it's Tulsa's turn. On the other end, I'm 4-1 during the season and he's 2-0 during the playoffs.

Should be a good game.

[Hoosier]

Contender or Pretender? Matadors have to get this answered, and Saint Louis is part of that equation.

So, let's see how Ducky Mallards handles Cardinals....

[Matt]

great games this weekend. can't wait!!!

[kingfc22]

GOTW. Should be a good one.

Anyway to get my new logo/color scheme in the utilities?

[Kobeck]

rocked an roaded

[Argot]

We will try to be a thorn in Lawrence's side. We've done it before.

[JesterBlaze]

Reno has been a special teams nightmare throughout our history. I predict a KR TD for the Wolfpack since it seems to be a safe bet each time.

[Matt]

GOTW. Should be a good one.

Anyway to get my new logo/color scheme in the utilities?

yes, my fault

I'm busy as hell lately. I will try to set aside time to do this and then we have to get Ben to do the actual work

[r00k]

great games this weekend. can't wait!!!

Yea, the first three weeks have been very good ... 1st week, some great divisional battles; 2nd week ... great inter-conference clashes and now the third week doesn't disappoint the fans either.

Looking forward to the Vipers matchup with Portland ... we have only played playoff teams from last year so far ... jeesh.

Damn ... just noticed Portland's new stadium with its sell out crowd of 99,000

[Mike17]

Get to kick around the Beasts on sunday. Should be a good one to watch. WVA's secondary is scary, but Perkins and Co. are scarier

[Mike17]

Just throwing this out there, but my schedule sucks.... Week 2 @ Tulsa, Week 3 @ WVA, Week 5 @ Montreal, Week 6 @ Portland. If we are better than 3-3 going into the bye week it'll be a freakin miracle.

[Kobeck]

I'm not too thrilled with Warthog schedule either. Guess if everybody is a little unhappy then it must be pretty fair.

[VitoStallion]

Hello Toads

I'm feeling good about this road trip just concerned that we might be headed into aerial shootout today...the Toads don't look to the ground game very often and that kinda plays to my scheme. Should be a good one!