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Autumn · 12-09-2007, 11:16 PM

Week 10
Omaha Tornadoes 4-4 at Minneapolis Lakers 7-1

We play our division leaders in a fairly close game, duking it out. But they prove superior, especially on three big plays involving runners in the secondary or long bombs. When we make plays we're not able to punch into the endzone and so end up on the losing end 9-16. Getting sacked six times while getting no sacks ourselves doesn't help.

Oh and I forgot to look at power ratings at the mid-season break. Right now we're 4-5, but ranked 9th in the power rankings, due to us having the second toughest opponent record so far in the league, at 48-33.

Week 11
Baltimore Admirals 1-8 at Omaha Tornadoes 4-5

A back and forth game where Baltimore's offense seems to be able to move at will against us, but we come up with another stops to hold them to 17 points, 7 of which come off a returned interception. Our offense moves occasionally, but manages to put up 14 of its own when we get to the two minute warning. Stopping the Admirals on 3rd down we force a punt that we return for 22 yards. That puts us at midfield, and a pass interference call on a long bomb allows Tubbs to tie it up 17-17 and put us in overtime!

Our offense can't move in overtime, but we win the war of field position, pinning the Admirals at their endzone twice. That's when we come up lucky on teh bottom of the pile with a fumble recovery at their 25 yard line. We hold on to it and kick for the win, 20-17.

Week 12
Omaha Tornadoes 5-5 at Louisville Chargers 5-5

We basically get stomped on this one, the point that they pull Matijacic back into the game. The good news ius that we actually show a running game in this one, rushing for 138 yards on 22 carries before the game gets away from us completely. At that point the magic man is just lobbing it around, and we end up losing 14-31.

Week 13
Seattle Destroyers 7-4 at Omaha Tornadoes 5-6

In this game the Destroyers seem to be able to move on us offensively, racking up good numbers, but never are able to get close to the endzone. They only score once, and are picked off three times, and fumble twice. That's worse than our two fumbles lost, and we capitalize with an efficient passing game and some running. We win it 14-6.

Week 14
Denver Mountaineers 7-5 at Omaha Tornadoes 6-6

The Tornadoes show some more guts in this game, in which neither team seems able to punch it in, but the Tornadoes come up on top wiht simply more field goals, and less turnovers. It's ugly, ugly, but we win 9-3. Second best name in the game? QB J.C. Bombard.

What's the playoff picture with three games left in the season? Our division is rather unusual, with the Lakers leading it at 11-2, and the three other teams at 7-6. That's going to make for a wild wildcard races there's three other teams in the conference with 7-6 or 8-5 records that will be vying for it. Let's just play it out.

Week 15
Omaha Tornadoes 7-6 at Kansas City Cowboys 7-6

Last we saw the Cowboys we trounced them 41-13. Now we're heading into their stadium. Things start out rather wild, as in the first quarter we throw 2 INTs and drop a fumble. By the half they've turned downright ugly as we're down 0-28. The Cowboys have our number this time as everyone knows Artie's going to air it out every other play and they just bat them down or pick them off. He's 9/29 in the first half and takes the bench as Matijacic comes out in the 2nd. The Cowboys's running back, Mersky, who is the best rated in the league is finally showing some promise running over us for 73 yards in the first. We finally score with 5 minutes left in the game, and kick one at the close to make it a slightly less embarrassing 9-31, with a total of 6 turnovers by our team. That tells us something about the parity in this league I guess.

Week 16
Omaha Tornadoes 7-7 at Houston Oilers 5-9

This game is another embarrassment at th half, down 3-28, with three INTs by Artie. The league has obviously figured out his deal and it seems he gets sacked, defended or picked off every pass. Meanwhile the defense seems to give up 7-9 yards per play. Luckily this team is going to be completely overhauled come the offseason. We play good enough in the second half to keep it only 3-31.

Week 17
Washington Generals 7-8 at Omaha Tornadoes 7-8

Any hope of a playoff spot is gone, with us at the bottom of the division at 7-8. So, we play it for pride, wanting to come out 8-8 at least in our inaugural season. There's some tight races around the league, with two divisions coming into the last week with a tie for the top of the division.

We come out with a very solid looking game -- for this league -- and hold on to our advantage to win our last game 19-3. Artie leads the league this week with 241 passing yards, and we get 123 rushing yards out of our backs too. The key of course, only one turnover, while the Generals threw two picks. Artie is player of the week with that performance, but the real question is will he be back next year? With a 58.4 rating on the year, let's hope we find something else.

I'm pleased to see in the post-season the Memphis Showboaters move past the first round with an exciting 4-interception performance by their strongside linebacker. That must have been an interesting game

That leads them to Boston to meet the 13-3 Minutemen. Meanwhile the Bootleggers go to frigid Buffalo to face the 12-4 Blizzard, while the Eagles face the Eruption's league best passing attack and the SF Quake go to Minneapolis to face the league's best rushing attack. It's a week of surprises as Boston is the only home team to pull off the win and the Lakers, Blizzard and Eruption fall. So much for regular season records.

The Atlanta Bootleggers meet the Boston Minutemen in the conference championship, giving us a good old fashioned North-South rivalry. The Minutemen seem to win through a great running game and fairly solid defense. The Bootleggers meanwhile aren't apparently great at anything, though they have a defensive end with 14.5 sacks and four running backs on the year with well over 4.0 ypc. The Minutemen prove the better, winning 13-10 with their big score coming from an INT return for a TD.

In the other conference the San Francisco Quake has a good running game and the league's overall best defense. They're facing the Cincinnati Eagles, who must win by magic, because they are last in the league on passing yards and almost last on yards per carry. Their defense is decent, but not great. As you'd expect I guess, this was a slugfest, with the Quake winning 6-3 at Cincinnati. The game featured a grand total of 391 yards between the two teams.

It's a matchup of new and old when Boston meets San Francisco in the Super Bowl. It's very even according to the bookies, but they give Boston the point spread by 3. In a nice sunny game, though, the Quake surprise the Mnutemen with a 34-21 win. Their QB Frankie Young throws for 225 and two touchdowns, while their running back, Walt Lyons runs for 136 and two more scores and WR Jeffrey Mendheim pulls in 4 catches for 114 yards. It's a little sign of excitement in the league as the rest of the teams look forward to the draft, and the first sign of real talent to come.

12-09-2007, 11:16 PM	#3
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	Week 10 Omaha Tornadoes 4-4 at Minneapolis Lakers 7-1 We play our division leaders in a fairly close game, duking it out. But they prove superior, especially on three big plays involving runners in the secondary or long bombs. When we make plays we're not able to punch into the endzone and so end up on the losing end 9-16. Getting sacked six times while getting no sacks ourselves doesn't help. Oh and I forgot to look at power ratings at the mid-season break. Right now we're 4-5, but ranked 9th in the power rankings, due to us having the second toughest opponent record so far in the league, at 48-33. Week 11 Baltimore Admirals 1-8 at Omaha Tornadoes 4-5 A back and forth game where Baltimore's offense seems to be able to move at will against us, but we come up with another stops to hold them to 17 points, 7 of which come off a returned interception. Our offense moves occasionally, but manages to put up 14 of its own when we get to the two minute warning. Stopping the Admirals on 3rd down we force a punt that we return for 22 yards. That puts us at midfield, and a pass interference call on a long bomb allows Tubbs to tie it up 17-17 and put us in overtime! Our offense can't move in overtime, but we win the war of field position, pinning the Admirals at their endzone twice. That's when we come up lucky on teh bottom of the pile with a fumble recovery at their 25 yard line. We hold on to it and kick for the win, 20-17. Week 12 Omaha Tornadoes 5-5 at Louisville Chargers 5-5 We basically get stomped on this one, the point that they pull Matijacic back into the game. The good news ius that we actually show a running game in this one, rushing for 138 yards on 22 carries before the game gets away from us completely. At that point the magic man is just lobbing it around, and we end up losing 14-31. Week 13 Seattle Destroyers 7-4 at Omaha Tornadoes 5-6 In this game the Destroyers seem to be able to move on us offensively, racking up good numbers, but never are able to get close to the endzone. They only score once, and are picked off three times, and fumble twice. That's worse than our two fumbles lost, and we capitalize with an efficient passing game and some running. We win it 14-6. Week 14 Denver Mountaineers 7-5 at Omaha Tornadoes 6-6 The Tornadoes show some more guts in this game, in which neither team seems able to punch it in, but the Tornadoes come up on top wiht simply more field goals, and less turnovers. It's ugly, ugly, but we win 9-3. Second best name in the game? QB J.C. Bombard. What's the playoff picture with three games left in the season? Our division is rather unusual, with the Lakers leading it at 11-2, and the three other teams at 7-6. That's going to make for a wild wildcard races there's three other teams in the conference with 7-6 or 8-5 records that will be vying for it. Let's just play it out. Week 15 Omaha Tornadoes 7-6 at Kansas City Cowboys 7-6 Last we saw the Cowboys we trounced them 41-13. Now we're heading into their stadium. Things start out rather wild, as in the first quarter we throw 2 INTs and drop a fumble. By the half they've turned downright ugly as we're down 0-28. The Cowboys have our number this time as everyone knows Artie's going to air it out every other play and they just bat them down or pick them off. He's 9/29 in the first half and takes the bench as Matijacic comes out in the 2nd. The Cowboys's running back, Mersky, who is the best rated in the league is finally showing some promise running over us for 73 yards in the first. We finally score with 5 minutes left in the game, and kick one at the close to make it a slightly less embarrassing 9-31, with a total of 6 turnovers by our team. That tells us something about the parity in this league I guess. Week 16 Omaha Tornadoes 7-7 at Houston Oilers 5-9 This game is another embarrassment at th half, down 3-28, with three INTs by Artie. The league has obviously figured out his deal and it seems he gets sacked, defended or picked off every pass. Meanwhile the defense seems to give up 7-9 yards per play. Luckily this team is going to be completely overhauled come the offseason. We play good enough in the second half to keep it only 3-31. Week 17 Washington Generals 7-8 at Omaha Tornadoes 7-8 Any hope of a playoff spot is gone, with us at the bottom of the division at 7-8. So, we play it for pride, wanting to come out 8-8 at least in our inaugural season. There's some tight races around the league, with two divisions coming into the last week with a tie for the top of the division. We come out with a very solid looking game -- for this league -- and hold on to our advantage to win our last game 19-3. Artie leads the league this week with 241 passing yards, and we get 123 rushing yards out of our backs too. The key of course, only one turnover, while the Generals threw two picks. Artie is player of the week with that performance, but the real question is will he be back next year? With a 58.4 rating on the year, let's hope we find something else. I'm pleased to see in the post-season the Memphis Showboaters move past the first round with an exciting 4-interception performance by their strongside linebacker. That must have been an interesting game That leads them to Boston to meet the 13-3 Minutemen. Meanwhile the Bootleggers go to frigid Buffalo to face the 12-4 Blizzard, while the Eagles face the Eruption's league best passing attack and the SF Quake go to Minneapolis to face the league's best rushing attack. It's a week of surprises as Boston is the only home team to pull off the win and the Lakers, Blizzard and Eruption fall. So much for regular season records. The Atlanta Bootleggers meet the Boston Minutemen in the conference championship, giving us a good old fashioned North-South rivalry. The Minutemen seem to win through a great running game and fairly solid defense. The Bootleggers meanwhile aren't apparently great at anything, though they have a defensive end with 14.5 sacks and four running backs on the year with well over 4.0 ypc. The Minutemen prove the better, winning 13-10 with their big score coming from an INT return for a TD. In the other conference the San Francisco Quake has a good running game and the league's overall best defense. They're facing the Cincinnati Eagles, who must win by magic, because they are last in the league on passing yards and almost last on yards per carry. Their defense is decent, but not great. As you'd expect I guess, this was a slugfest, with the Quake winning 6-3 at Cincinnati. The game featured a grand total of 391 yards between the two teams. It's a matchup of new and old when Boston meets San Francisco in the Super Bowl. It's very even according to the bookies, but they give Boston the point spread by 3. In a nice sunny game, though, the Quake surprise the Mnutemen with a 34-21 win. Their QB Frankie Young throws for 225 and two touchdowns, while their running back, Walt Lyons runs for 136 and two more scores and WR Jeffrey Mendheim pulls in 4 catches for 114 yards. It's a little sign of excitement in the league as the rest of the teams look forward to the draft, and the first sign of real talent to come.