2023 Conference Championship Discussion

[Matt]

	Marquee Matchup: 49 degrees, 3MPH, Fair Tulsa ( 13-4, PR 65 ) at Lawrence ( 15-2, PR 90 ) Lawrence favored by 7
	Game 2: 30 degrees, 18MPH, Snow Wichita ( 12-6, PR 62 ) at Cleveland ( 14-3, PR 71 ) Cleveland favored by 4

[Brando]

Good luck, Wichita! This matchup scares be because you would have beat us by 40 last time we played if we hadn't got some fortunate turnovers. We're going to need some more of those if we want to move on.

[tarcone]

I expect to get spanked. Doubt I watch. Yeah, I will. But it will be on the fastest setting. Just so I can get to the end of the 20 point blowout loss I suffer.

GL (Like you need it) Jester.

[ukpatfan]

Yikes!
Snow, cold and windy.
It should be an interesting game and yep, it's turnover weather!
GL to the Clawz.

[r00k]

Conference Championships today ... will there be a "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" in one of the games?

With that said, both look to be good ones though.

[JesterBlaze]

We've matched up well against Tulsa lately but anything can happen on Any Given Thursday. Clock's ticking down. Stadium is filling up...

[Matt]

I'm expecting some great games tonight

[ukpatfan]

Shoot....
Wichita lose by a point and shank a last minute 40yd FG which would've won it.
A snow effected game saw both teams struggle on the ground and although both QB's were moving the ball well 'Dogs' threw two costly INT's.
We dominated field position and only a 96yd TD reception by that pain in the ass Vaughn cost us.
Omar Robinson also started like a bat out of hell with 113yds in the first 20 minutes before being knocked out of the game by injury.

A game of missed chances, which was there for the taking but lady luck wasn't with us. A huge disappointed sigh.

The only consolation is I lost to Brando, a true gentleman in the league and a very fine GM.
Good luck in the Championship game Brando.
I'll be rooting for you and look forward to our battles next season.
Congrats mate.


Congratulations to Jester too on making it back to the Bowl game.
Well done buddy.

[tarcone]

Like I said.

GG Jester

[BOSS]

Congrats to Cleveland and Lawrence. Will be something if Lawrence can win it without the services of "Propane". Good luck to both teams!

[markc]

Congrats to CLE and LAW. Should be a great Imperial Bowl.

[DakotaGeorge]

The Lawrence Dynasty

[JesterBlaze]

GG tarcone, it's interesting how different our strategies are but how often we meet and the success we share.



A rare 2nd chance against a CLE squad that beat us on a 53 yarder in the rain...

[Brando]

Shoot....
Wichita lose by a point and shank a last minute 40yd FG which would've won it.
A snow effected game saw both teams struggle on the ground and although both QB's were moving the ball well 'Dogs' threw two costly INT's.
We dominated field position and only a 96yd TD reception by that pain in the ass Vaughn cost us.
Omar Robinson also started like a bat out of hell with 113yds in the first 20 minutes before being knocked out of the game by injury.

A game of missed chances, which was there for the taking but lady luck wasn't with us. A huge disappointed sigh.

The only consolation is I lost to Brando, a true gentleman in the league and a very fine GM.
Good luck in the Championship game Brando.
I'll be rooting for you and look forward to our battles next season.
Congrats mate.


Congratulations to Jester too on making it back to the Bowl game.
Well done buddy.

Great game and congratulations on a great season. What a nailbiter. When we didn't recover your fumble on the opening kickoff and then Robinson torched us on 3rd and 13 and 2nd and 20, I had a big "here we go again" feeling. I was also convinced that the handful of blown chances we had to add some points in the second half were going to come back to bite us in the end.

When Robinson went down my initial thought was "Okay, we have a chance now, but it sucks that it took that happening to make it that way." Bottom line, I think you outplayed us in spite of some key injuries and got let down by your kicker which is a brutal way to go out. With the weapons you have in the passing game, though, you have to be a favorite to get back here again next year.

I think Vaughn was double-teamed every time the ball went his way, including the 96-yard touchdown, which made his six-catch, 137-yard effort pretty impressive. Also very proud of the defense, especially after how poorly they played in our last meeting. They were just pretty gritty, managed to force a lot of third downs and got the two picks despite not getting any pressure at all on Ouellette.

I'm really excited to have a chance to play Lawrence. What a huge challenge. Best of luck, JesterBlaze. Here's hoping for a great game on Sunday.

[GGill]

I suck as bad at predicting the IFL playoffs as I do with the NFL! Congrats and GOOD LUCK to Cleveland and Lawrence!