2021 Week #11 Discussion

[Vic Carucci]

GAME OF THE WEEKPennsylvania (8-1-0, PR 94) at Lansing (6-2-1, PR 85)Pennsylvania is favored by 1.5 points.68 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPMontreal (5-4-0, PR 77) at Wichita (8-1-0, PR 95)Wichita is favored by 11 points.35 degrees, 2mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPSt. Louis (5-4-0, PR 78) at Murfreesboro (7-2-0, PR 89)Murfreesboro is favored by 8.5 points.45 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPLawrence (8-1-0, PR 98) at Orlando (4-5-0, PR 74)Lawrence is favored by 9 points.59 degrees, 14mph, Rain.

WORTH WATCHINGAnchorage (4-5-0, PR 72) at Portland (7-2-0, PR 93)Portland is favored by 12 points.32 degrees, 7mph, Rain.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDNorfolk (5-4-0, PR 82) at Hartford (4-5-0, PR 69)Norfolk is favored by 3.5 points.50 degrees, 2mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDLittle Rock (4-5-0, PR 68) at Tulsa (5-4-0, PR 78)Tulsa is favored by 7.5 points.67 degrees, 17mph, Rain.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDLos Angeles (5-4-0, PR 78) at Fresno (3-6-0, PR 67)Los Angeles is favored by 2.5 points.71 degrees, 3mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDSalt Lake City (5-4-0, PR 78) at Oakland (3-6-0, PR 63)Salt Lake City is favored by 4.5 points.53 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDWest Virginia (9-0-0, PR 101) at Chicago (2-7-0, PR 52)West Virginia is favored by 4 points.57 degrees, 6mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDVancouver (6-3-0, PR 88) at Reno (2-7-0, PR 57)Vancouver is favored by 8.5 points.57 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERCleveland (4-5-0, PR 78) at Iowa City (1-8-0, PR 57)Cleveland is favored by 8 points.47 degrees, 4mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERDakota (1-8-0, PR 54) at Madison (4-4-1, PR 74)Madison is favored by 11.5 points.54 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERGeorgia (4-5-0, PR 78) at Texas (0-9-0, PR 49)Georgia is favored by 9 points.68 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

[Vic Carucci]

TEAM	ROSTER	OFF	DEF	REC	WINPCT	OPPREC	OPPPCT	PWR RTG	LAST RNK	RTG CHG
West Virginia Beasts	68.8	97.0	63.1	9-0-0	1.000	40-43-0	0.482	100.92	1	+1.61
Lawrence Phantoms	84.6	93.9	73.3	8-1-0	0.889	41-43-0	0.488	98.33	2	-0.16
Wichita Outlaws	81.7	80.7	76.8	8-1-0	0.889	37-43-1	0.463	95.03	3	+0.22
Pennsylvania Lions	71.9	85.0	91.6	8-1-0	0.889	31-49-1	0.389	93.67	4	-0.76
Portland Seals	81.3	96.7	78.3	7-2-0	0.778	38-43-0	0.469	93.13	5	+0.79
Murfreesboro Mules	80.2	96.7	74.5	7-2-0	0.778	32-52-0	0.381	88.73	6	+2.26
Vancouver Killer Whales	81.5	74.6	82.1	6-3-0	0.667	44-36-2	0.549	87.81	7	+2.00
Newark Bulldogs	84.6	90.7	63.3	7-3-0	0.700	43-48-0	0.473	86.83	8	+1.99
Lansing Ogres	71.5	84.4	70.5	6-2-1	0.722	35-44-2	0.444	85.15	9	+1.58
Norfolk Vipers	79.0	88.4	64.6	5-4-0	0.556	44-39-0	0.530	81.64	11	+2.62
Cleveland Clawz	76.3	85.5	65.8	4-5-0	0.444	48-33-0	0.593	78.44	15	+2.36
Georgia Generals	79.1	83.7	62.7	4-5-0	0.444	50-33-0	0.602	78.36	16	+2.81
Los Angeles Matadors	77.4	67.7	74.5	5-4-0	0.556	42-40-0	0.512	78.27	13	-0.31
St. Louis Cardinals	73.4	59.9	87.6	5-4-0	0.556	43-41-0	0.512	78.23	12	-0.66
Salt Lake City Stallions	73.9	85.1	62.8	5-4-0	0.556	38-42-2	0.476	77.98	10	-1.82
Tulsa TigerHawks	70.4	93.9	66.5	5-4-0	0.556	35-47-1	0.428	77.69	14	+0.44
Montreal Firebirds	80.8	71.2	64.1	5-4-0	0.556	40-40-1	0.500	77.34	17	+1.91
Orlando Pirates	72.2	89.6	67.2	4-5-0	0.444	41-43-0	0.488	74.49	19	+1.95
Madison Demons	67.3	57.6	70.0	4-4-1	0.500	44-35-2	0.556	74.07	20	+1.56
Anchorage Lynx	73.4	64.7	72.2	4-5-0	0.444	42-41-0	0.506	71.51	18	-2.81
Houston Renegades	79.5	77.6	63.7	4-6-0	0.400	45-46-0	0.495	70.76	22	-0.07
Hartford Whalers	76.0	63.3	70.5	4-5-0	0.444	37-46-0	0.446	68.72	23	-2.06
Little Rock Toads	74.6	59.5	73.9	4-5-0	0.444	37-46-0	0.446	68.34	21	-3.91
Fresno Warthogs	78.0	68.1	62.0	3-6-0	0.333	44-38-0	0.537	67.28	25	-1.10
Vermont Mountaineers	76.6	61.6	65.1	4-6-0	0.400	44-47-0	0.484	67.26	24	-2.02
Oakland Assassins	74.9	66.6	57.7	3-6-0	0.333	37-43-2	0.463	62.95	26	+0.58
Reno Wolfpack	60.0	57.0	59.5	2-7-0	0.222	41-38-2	0.519	57.11	27	-2.06
Iowa City Snipe Hunters	77.0	58.4	60.8	1-8-0	0.111	47-34-0	0.580	56.59	28	-1.78
Louisiana Voodoo	68.0	63.5	59.9	1-9-0	0.100	53-38-0	0.582	56.07	29	-1.52
Dakota Spirit	67.2	50.6	62.1	1-8-0	0.111	46-35-1	0.567	53.82	31	+0.47
Chicago Crusaders	68.1	41.3	64.5	2-7-0	0.222	36-47-0	0.434	52.08	30	-2.27
Texas Trojans	70.9	56.7	52.8	0-9-0	0.000	46-36-1	0.560	48.50	32	-0.70

[Vic Carucci]

TOP 5 GAINS IN POWER RANKING

Georgia Generals	79.1	83.7	62.7	4-5-0	0.444	50-33-0	0.602	78.36	16	+2.81
Norfolk Vipers	79.0	88.4	64.6	5-4-0	0.556	44-39-0	0.530	81.64	11	+2.62
Cleveland Clawz	76.3	85.5	65.8	4-5-0	0.444	48-33-0	0.593	78.44	15	+2.36
Murfreesboro Mules	80.2	96.7	74.5	7-2-0	0.778	32-52-0	0.381	88.73	6	+2.26
Vancouver Killer Whales	81.5	74.6	82.1	6-3-0	0.667	44-36-2	0.549	87.81	7	+2.00

TOP 5 DROP IN POWER RANKING

Little Rock Toads	74.6	59.5	73.9	4-5-0	0.444	37-46-0	0.446	68.34	21	-3.91
Anchorage Lynx	73.4	64.7	72.2	4-5-0	0.444	42-41-0	0.506	71.51	18	-2.81
Chicago Crusaders	68.1	41.3	64.5	2-7-0	0.222	36-47-0	0.434	52.08	30	-2.27
Hartford Whalers	76.0	63.3	70.5	4-5-0	0.444	37-46-0	0.446	68.72	23	-2.06
Reno Wolfpack	60.0	57.0	59.5	2-7-0	0.222	41-38-2	0.519	57.11	27	-2.06

[Suicane]

Hey Murf. I'm coming to kick your ass.

[Matt]

i think we will take a week off and stay at home.

good thing i have the IFL sunday ticket.

[CyYoung]

Important game this week in Lansing. If we lose this one, the week 17 game will be very interesting.

GL man

[jley618]

Important game this week in Lansing. If we lose this one, the week 17 game will be very interesting.

GL man

You too! This will be the difference between being .5 or 2.5 games out. Our young team needs to put it all together and play mistake free football if we want to stand a chance.

[JesterBlaze]

Rooting for Lansing as each LAW-PENN loss becomes that much more important.

[Mike17]

We're Clawing our way out of an early season hole... Get it?

[JesterBlaze]

We're Clawing our way out of an early season hole... Get it?

I didn't expect to get a top-of-round pick from you but was getting excited when your season didn't start off as well as normal. I guess it'll end up 3.23+ as originally expected.



DOWN WITH THE BLOODY RED BULLDOGS!!!

[Hoosier]

Unlucky 13 in power rankings could signal a collapse against Fresno. Doggone it.... I'm not going to call this a successful season until we post a winning record and make the playoffs. Only then will I congratulate myself...

this team has been that jinxed for that long...I keep waiting for a critical multi-season injury to hit Barlow...or Mallard...or Fehr...and the wheels will start falling off. I keep waiting for that, hoping for something...different. Insanity..I know..I know..but man, I do not want to give up on the Matadors....

Fresno is in our way to respectability...I'd settle for a one point win in overtime.... and no injuries.

GL Warthogs...

[ukpatfan]

Divisional rivals Montreal come to town in a huge game for Wichita.
We've managed to get some seperation in our division but we've still gotta play the Firebirds twice.
Now we need to finish things.

A home win Sunday would set us up nicely for the last 6 games and might leave Montreal with too much to do to catch us.
A loss will give Montreal a fighting chance at running us down.
It's that big a game.

I'm not gonna wish you luck Chris, we've lived in your shadow long enough.
Time for us to flex some muscle.
We're looking to sweep the Firebirds (like we did Cleveland) and kill that Phoenix once and for all.
Grrr!!

[Matt]

I didn't expect to get a top-of-round pick from you but was getting excited when your season didn't start off as well as normal. I guess it'll end up 3.23+ as originally expected.



DOWN WITH THE BLOODY RED BULLDOGS!!!

I'd much prefer Cleveland to claw their way back into the hole. I'd like that 1st rounder to be a nice high pick. top 15 would be fantastic.

and we'd appreciate the Phantoms losing this weekend.

k thx

[markc]

This week is going to be our first look at Wesley May. He's already at 52/82 by my scout so my hope that he would be a slow developer looks to be dashed. Rumor has it that Bryan McNeil is offering bounties to the defensive unit to "welcome" the rookie to the IFL.

[JesterBlaze]

One of the league's top defenses gets an 82 OVR QB toy to play with... Vancouver impresses more and more as time goes on.