Week 10 discussion

[Cringer]

Alrighty, I think I won but I am not too sure, I need to check I guess.....

[Cringer]

Yeah, Little Rock wins. Lost half oh my starting defensive backfield for 3 week though. :?

[Warhammer]

OK, I need to start my Jerome Mueller for the Rookie of the Year campaign now!

We're now 5-1-1 after our 0-2 start with wins over West Virginia and Wichita, plus a tie against Boston. Can't complain, I thought all 3 would be losses earlier in the year!

[Cringer]

Holy crap, Fresno won again. They have 4 wins now, twice as many as I thought they would end up with.....

[ThomasG]

Yes, they won. And I'm gonna shoot Peter Dole right to the moon. 13-32, 3 ints. :shoot:

[dberner30]

OK, I need to start my Jerome Mueller for the Rookie of the Year campaign now!

We're now 5-1-1 after our 0-2 start with wins over West Virginia and Wichita, plus a tie against Boston. Can't complain, I thought all 3 would be losses earlier in the year!

Figured I would lose the game. Just didnt care for the way it played. Mueller attributes are BS. I changed my game plan to play to what should be his weakness and stayed away from big blitz tactics since he seems to handle them well. On top of that your defense just smothered my offense. Granted my offense isnt great but your defense isnt that good. It sucks to lose. Even worse to lose when you get beat by the factors that shouldnt beat you. My coach made some bad calls too. Your defense seemed to always be called run/pass to match my offense but my coordinator couldnt get it right against you. Fucking moron.

FOF needs a setting for 4th down go for its by distance and/or field position. I hate when its 4th and Goal at the 1 and you kick a FG. That sucks unless that FG ties the game or puts you ahead. At 7-3 you go for it especially when it isnt in the 4Q. As tough as the Hartford D played me you dont walk away from the 1 yd line with 3 pts. Its do or die.

[BIGWOOD1488]

How the hell does a RB rated at 29 average 5 yards a friggin carry?Man that blows friggin Little Rock punched us right in our mouth.I knew we were gonna struggle this year on offense with Chung still learnin but defensively against the run we should not be playing this bad,I don't get it.Great game Little Rock.

[BurlingtonBolts]

OMG,

We play shitty defense in the first half, and then start playing good in teh second half, allow a td with a little over 2 minutes left to go down 7, then we drive to score the game tying td, only I didn't notice we missed the extra point, there is a little over a minute left and we force them to punt but get this, our defender goes offsides on fourth fucking down and allow them to get a first, game over, Orlando wins 28-27.

WTF!?

I am pissed, but credit is due to ORlando who played superbly in the first half.

Nice W.

Nothing like a two game losing streak to bring back memories of how bad you were last season. :?

[SteveBsFan]

Ouch, what a bad week. I'm rushing down the field to try and tie it. I don't have any timeouts left, but my team decides the 30 yard line is good enough to attempt a FG despite 27 seconds left on the clock on 2nd down.

Plus I lose my OLB for 62 weeks. I was really outplayed anyway.. something like 400+ yards to my 200+. Good game Murfreesboro

[sovstar]

A big shout-out to my man Jave who dropped a big goose egg on my team - 20 to 0.

Would've been 40-0 if Cartagena wasn't on crutches. See you in 3 years, Jave!
:twisted:

[Suicane]

Ughhh, I go from great game to horrid game. Anchorage just nickle and dimed me to death all friggin day. Crap on a stick.
I lost DE Roscoe Lee to a MCL tear and he's pretty much done, he wasn't any great shakes but he could rush the QB, hate to lose anyone on my team like that. My team is all banged up right now, oofah. Looks like it's a 7 week dash to the finish Louisiana.

Week 10 Notes

1. West Virginia stomps a mudhole in Boston, nice win to reestablish dominance.

2. Cleveland keeps their slim hopes alive.

3. Columbia softly sticks it to Oakland, good defensive struggle till the last quarter.

4. Little Rock probably ends Texas' season as far as playoff hopes are concerned.

5. Newark stays alive.

6. Orlando beats Burlington, but oofah, Burlingtons kicker misses an extra point with less than a minute to go, has Cinderelas slipper fallen off?

7. Pittsburgh does it, they shock Madison in a great defensive duel.

8. Vancouver beats Reno on a last second FG to tighten things up in the Wesnt.

9. Hartford upsets Wichita and stays on a roll.


STANDINGS OUTLOOK
Wichita still has a comfortable lead in the AFC North and will win that division pretty handily, only Cleveland has any real shot at the playoffs in that division.

St. Louis and Louisiana will once again come down the stretch battling it out for the AFC South title.

West Virginia won big today but they still are gonna be in a 3 team dogfight with Boston and Hartford coming down the stretch.

The AFC West is a clusterfuck, it'll be a few more weeks before someone emerges as the leader of the pack out there.


In the NFC North its clear that Madison is the premier team, but for how long? Pittsburgh looks like serious playoff contenders right now, they have "it", I dont know what it is, but this is a good team coming into it's own.

Columbia has reestablished minor control in the NFC South, but Little Rock and Tulsa are still right there with them, Texas looks like a baby seal tired of taking a clubbing at this point.

Burlington could of gone a long way towards securing themselves a division crown today, but a miserable late game flub has left Orlando and Lawrence right there with them, this is gonna be a fun one to watch, and don't count out Newark, they still got a dog in this fight.

Vancouver and Reno are neck and neck in the NFC West, SLC may have a chance yet provided they take advantage of their situation, let the big dogs go to war and sneak in the back door when they're bloody and beaten.


LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 11

1. Hartford (5-3-1) AT Norfolk (4-5)
Big game for both teams, Hartford needs to stay on a roll and Norfolk has to avoid slipping at all, the lose of this game is in trouble.

2. Lawrence (5-4) AT Orlando (5-4)
The loser of this game could be 2 games out of first, a classic late season, divisional battle.

3. Newark (4-5) AT Burlington (6-3)
A Newark loss and their season goes on life support, a win and they're right there in the hunt for 1st, a huge game for them.

4. Portland (5-4) AT Anchorage (5-4)
Not a do or die game for either team, but the winner will walk away with a slight advantage.

5. Tulsa (5-4) AT Little Rock (5-4)
Again, the loser isn't out of it, but they will be in trouble, Another classic divisional battle.

6. Teams that should win next week?
Madison, Cleveland, SLC, Columbia, Wichita, Pitssburgh,.

7. Interesting Situation.
Louisiana and St. Louis both have to hold serve against division rivals, however if Houston and the Mules were to win, then the AFC South would become a hodgepodge with all teams seperated by a mere game.

[Justin Shipman]

This was a huge win for us. After dropping last week's game by three, Lally hit the 38-yarder with 1 second left to give us a three point win this week and move us back into first place. The key to this game was that after three turnovers last week, the offense didn't turn it over at all this week. We now own a tie-breaker over Reno and we get a week off to prepare for the Boston Dragons.

[sovstar]

I seem to remember Jave having problems opening up boxscores (or maybe not), so I thought I'd post his drive chart for him.

Oakland Drive Chart
   	Quar	Began	Poss	From		Plays	Yards	Result
   	1	15:00	3:32	OWN 36		6	5	Punt
   	1	9:46	1:06	OWN 38		3	-15	Punt
   	1	3:34	3:46	OWN 27		7	39	Missed FG
   	2	13:32	4:49	OWN 4		9	38	Interception
   	2	5:59	5:15	OWN 22		11	31	Punt
   	3	11:35	6:19	OWN 20		11	42	Punt
   	4	15:00	2:43	OWN 20		6	20	Punt
   	4	9:02	1:06	OWN 29		3	4	Punt
   	4	3:56	0:13	OWN 29		1	0	Interception
   	4	3:43	0:19	OWN 39		1	0	Interception
   	4	2:08	1:27	OWN 13		6	39	Interception

[MrBigglesworth]

Defense and no turnovers is our mantra. Pittsburgh matches up well against Madison. We've now swept the season series, and hold the tie-breaker for the division (stranger things have happened).

This is the second straight week we've controlled the game against a playoff caliber team. Though the score was close, the first down totals were 22-9 and the yardage totals were 340-216, each in Pittsburgh's favor. We should have score more: we punted 5 times from Madison territory.

Good job by the Madison run D though, Avila was all over the field. I sure hope him and Loving retire at the end of the season

Just a couple of weeks ago I wrote off the season and started experimenting with game plans for next year. The lesson, as always, is I'm an idiot.

[VitoStallion]

Ahhhh, the Stallions get the "A-now-n-laters" at home without some key starters. Maybe my team will sense the urgency and rise up to the occasion.


Good work Pittsburgh, Columbia, West Virginia, Toads...