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Stallions Inside Report
with Jimmy Somelove
This week, it's James "Sweet" Tart's Stallions vs. Alan "Smacka" Ho's Killer Whales. Vancouver has been trying to find a balanced attack but have been known to pound it heavy when they think they have an advantage on the ground.
Series is tied 1-1 with Vancouver spanking Salt Lake BADLY (43-17) in their house early last year. The Stallions avenged themselves in a head-banging 10-9 victory in the Stable on their way to their first IFL postseason appearance.
I look for both teams to try and establish a physical presence here as neither QB has fared well against either secondary. The ground game as been a different story.
Tart has bested Ho in these contests rushing for 123 and 111 yards respectively. Ho's best against the SLC defense was a 77 yard effort in their blowout win in Vancouver. He managed only 55 in the 10-9 loss in SLC.
Both teams are looking to take the division lead and both are strong on their home fields which gives the advantage to Vancouver. Both teams have found a system that works for them in the past week but I expect an emphasis on running the football this week to protect the young guns under center.
SLC leads the league with 19 sacks and every week BJ Burke has found a way to get his edge rushers to the QB. Stallions have been known to come with different fronts easily switching from their base 3-4 to a 4-3, 4-6, and a Nickel 3-5-3 (used last week to harass and confuse the Columbia pashing attack). The SLC LBs are the best in the IFL and have shown versatility playing as defensive backs, down-lineman, or linebackers. Earlier the season this unit gave up the big play too often and Vancouver likes to go downfield.
Vancouver brings the heat with a solid but unspectacular front seven. They have only 10 sacks on the year but they can turn it on at any time with Lance Delano in the line-up ( 3 sacks last week). Their strength is a ball hawking secondary and a power running game (135/game). Alan Ho is averaging 5.48 YPC and going up against a defense that doesn't have the tackles to challenge him.
Stallions give up over 126 yards a game so Ho should be able to get 100 yards rushing in this contest . This should let Dennis Colella get the ball deep and improve his 52.1 passer rating.
This should be a good game but look for a blowout either way IF one of them starts turning over the football. Both teams have enough weapons to make the other one pay dearly for fumbles and INTs.
See you Sunday
with Jimmy Somelove
This week, it's James "Sweet" Tart's Stallions vs. Alan "Smacka" Ho's Killer Whales. Vancouver has been trying to find a balanced attack but have been known to pound it heavy when they think they have an advantage on the ground.
Series is tied 1-1 with Vancouver spanking Salt Lake BADLY (43-17) in their house early last year. The Stallions avenged themselves in a head-banging 10-9 victory in the Stable on their way to their first IFL postseason appearance.
I look for both teams to try and establish a physical presence here as neither QB has fared well against either secondary. The ground game as been a different story.
Tart has bested Ho in these contests rushing for 123 and 111 yards respectively. Ho's best against the SLC defense was a 77 yard effort in their blowout win in Vancouver. He managed only 55 in the 10-9 loss in SLC.
Both teams are looking to take the division lead and both are strong on their home fields which gives the advantage to Vancouver. Both teams have found a system that works for them in the past week but I expect an emphasis on running the football this week to protect the young guns under center.
SLC leads the league with 19 sacks and every week BJ Burke has found a way to get his edge rushers to the QB. Stallions have been known to come with different fronts easily switching from their base 3-4 to a 4-3, 4-6, and a Nickel 3-5-3 (used last week to harass and confuse the Columbia pashing attack). The SLC LBs are the best in the IFL and have shown versatility playing as defensive backs, down-lineman, or linebackers. Earlier the season this unit gave up the big play too often and Vancouver likes to go downfield.
Vancouver brings the heat with a solid but unspectacular front seven. They have only 10 sacks on the year but they can turn it on at any time with Lance Delano in the line-up ( 3 sacks last week). Their strength is a ball hawking secondary and a power running game (135/game). Alan Ho is averaging 5.48 YPC and going up against a defense that doesn't have the tackles to challenge him.
Stallions give up over 126 yards a game so Ho should be able to get 100 yards rushing in this contest . This should let Dennis Colella get the ball deep and improve his 52.1 passer rating.
This should be a good game but look for a blowout either way IF one of them starts turning over the football. Both teams have enough weapons to make the other one pay dearly for fumbles and INTs.
See you Sunday
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