IFL Trivia Bytes

[Pirates]

Trivia Byte # 15

:!: Toughest Division(s) ... there has been lots of banter of which division is really the toughest, but where the rubber meets the road is 'wins'. Imperial League coaches have found that you don't want to travel EAST if you are looking for an easy Sunday. The EAST divisions of both conferences have the best won-loss record over the past four years.

:arrow: Through Game 4 of this season, both divisions have chalked up 147 wins each. The next closest is a distant 141 wins. Also, the argument can be made that the nod should go to the National Conference East in that all four of its teams (Lawrence, Newark, Orlando and Vermont) have overall records above .500. The American Conference East has three such teams (Hartford, Norfolk, and West Virginia) with one team (Boston) that is below .500.

And this legitimizes my arguement that we have the hardest division. Glad to see it on paper!!!

[Matt]

Trivia Byte # 15

:!: Toughest Division(s) ... there has been lots of banter of which division is really the toughest, but where the rubber meets the road is 'wins'. Imperial League coaches have found that you don't want to travel EAST if you are looking for an easy Sunday. The EAST divisions of both conferences have the best won-loss record over the past four years.

:arrow: Through Game 4 of this season, both divisions have chalked up 147 wins each. The next closest is a distant 141 wins. Also, the argument can be made that the nod should go to the National Conference East in that all four of its teams (Lawrence, Newark, Orlando and Vermont) have overall records above .500. The American Conference East has three such teams (Hartford, Norfolk, and West Virginia) with one team (Boston) that is below .500.

And this legitimizes my arguement that we have the hardest division. Glad to see it on paper!!!

take away our head to head games, and then look at the results

[Pirates]

Dude I can't do that kind of math. Just tell me!!

[r00k]

Dude I can't do that kind of math. Just tell me!!

The math seems to be straight forward ... 'head to head' W-L ratios for each division is the exact same number which equates to a .500 ratio.

There are the same number of games between division rivals each season and for each of those games there must be a winner and a loser. Thus - .500.

So, wins within any division do not impact this discussion.

I take that back. If you look again at the AC/South (who have the lowest amount of wins overall) and subtract the divisional wins from St. Louis and Louisiana vs. Houston and Murfreesboro, that strenghtens the argument on how weak that division really is.

[Warhammer]

I think the AC East has more births in their conference finals though... We may also have more playoff wins.

[r00k]

I think the AC East has more births in their conference finals though... We may also have more playoff wins.

Love it --- and the controversy continues ... AC East 'forever'

[Warhammer]

Let's face it, what was the best rivalry the first two years of the league? Some may say Louisiana and St. Louis, but it was easily West Virginia and Hartford. Not only did each team split the first four games, how big is a rubber match in the playoffs? How many other teams poison the other team's buffet bar after the game? :P

AC EAST ROCKS!

[Cringer]

I go with NFC East as the tougher division right. Both have Imperial Bowl winners, but overall I got to knock down the AFC East for the 'best team' in the division the first few years being incapable of winning a playoff game. Also, two seasons the NFC East has had all four teams with a .500 record or better, something the AFC East can not claim.

[Matt]

I go with NFC East as the tougher division right. Both have Imperial Bowl winners, but overall I got to knock down the AFC East for the 'best team' in the division the first few years being incapable of winning a playoff game. Also, two seasons the NFC East has had all four teams with a .500 record or better, something the AFC East can not claim.

well said. I agree whole heartedly

[Cringer]

well said. I agree whole heartedly

:roll:

8)

[SteveBsFan]

I go with NFC East as the tougher division right. Both have Imperial Bowl winners, but overall I got to knock down the AFC East for the 'best team' in the division the first few years being incapable of winning a playoff game. Also, two seasons the NFC East has had all four teams with a .500 record or better, something the AFC East can not claim.

I agree, the NFC East is definitely the toughest division in the IFL.

From 2004 until today, there has only been one team under .500 in one season. That one team? The whipping team of the division, right? Wrong, that team won that tough division from 03-05 and won the IFL championship in 03.

The worst division? Mine lol. That's easy too. The two worst teams regards to career records are in the same division. It's currently the only division with a sub .500 leader, and last year I still had a chance to win the division around week 14 despite 5 wins at the time. Had I won week 14, I believe that would have put the division in my hands to lose (meaning I win out, and it's mine guaranteed).

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Trivia Byte #17

:!: ... Four teams have been the maid-of-honor for three of the four Imperial League seasons by finishing second in their divisions. Three of those teams finally got the chance to walk down the isle as bride in a fourth season. One team has not enjoyed that experience.

:arrow: ... Finishing 2nd for three of the four seasons, Anchorage, Louisiana & Salt Lake City had the opportunity to play the role of bride in the remaining season of the franchises' short four year history. Anchorage and Salt Lake were division champs in 2004 and Louisiana finally went down the isle as a bride in 2006.

... Only Montreal has yet to find a way to a division championship after being so close so many times

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Trivia Byte #18

:!: ... The Albuquerque Matadors have had the same 11 defensive starters for all 5 seasons the league has existed (minus the occasional injury).

:arrow: On the positive side, this same group of defenders have had the second highest number of shutouts during this time - four. By the way, Columbia also has had four shutouts, and Norfolk leads the league with 5 shutouts.

:arrow: However, on the downside, the Matadors have an overall record of 2-7 vs. rival Anchorage. The Matador defense - too predictable for the Lynx? Watch this weekend -- when Anchorage plays that same defense again at Albuquerque this weekend.

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Trivia Byte #19

:!: There are five players in the IFL who have salary cap payrolls of $10,000,0000 or more this season.

David Letterman's top five

:arrow: #5, Oakland is shelling out $10,930,000 to Split End Ernest Martinez.

:arrow: #4, Hartford loves their 1st pick in the dispersal round of 2003, and is happily forking over $11,450, 000 to LT Wesley Flemming.

:arrow: #3, Little Rock also has a love affair with their 1st pick for the franchise, and shows it by sending $12,140,000 to RDE Shawn Hernandez this year.

:arrow: #2, Tulsa has a long term deal with QB Devon Taylor. This year's services will earn him $12,630,000. Look out in three more years ... he will break the bank at over $19 million.

:arrow: #1, Murfreesboro has the distinction of making LDT Andrew "Zoomie" Monroe as the highest paid player in the league. "Zoomie", another 1st rounder in the dispersal draft, has a long term contract with Cringer Trucking in order to make his weekly deposits at the bank that will total $13,790,000 this season.

[P. Diddy]

... The Albuquerque Matadors have had the same 11 defensive starters for all 5 seasons the league has existed (minus the occasional injury).

:arrow: On the positive side, this same group of defenders have had the second highest number of shutouts during this time - four.

That is VERY impressive. And I'm sure the shutouts are a direct result of their cohesion. Barring major personnel moves, the only thing that could possibly ruin cohesion like that would be some move to some other city or something...