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Old 09-16-2006, 12:44 AM   #351
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Week 9: vs. Tulsa

Tulsa is a very talented team, but they seem to come up just shy of expectations every season. They're led by QB Donnie Lowe and 2010 Offensive Rookie of the Year RB "Muddy Waters" Raffo. Raffo was the #14 overall pick in the 2010 draft, and he immediately paid dividends with his 307-1443-12TD rookie season. Tulsa thus has a balanced "pick your poison" offense - we'll do our best to shut down both prongs of their attack, but I doubt we'll be able to truly shut them both down.

On defense the Talons look really good - at least on paper. They signed 14-year vet DE Ralph Crank in the offseason to bolster their pass rush, and their defensive front in general is solid. Their secondary also has some good talent, but they've been a bit dinged up. Surprisingly, this team is 2-5 right now. I wouldn't have thought that possible, but they've had some bad luck in losing three games by 7pts or less. Last week they beat the snot out of Fargo 27-6, so we're hopeful that they've gotten that aggression out of their system and will be nice and compliant today.

We last played Tulsa in 2008, and we beat them 41-10 on the road. We're 3-0 overall against them.

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Box Score: Tulsa at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 9, 2011 Attendance: 68,400 (69,800). Weather: 62 degrees, fair. 1Q: 11:42 TUC - Anthony Torres 6 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 11:42 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 09:04 TUC - Sydney Armitage 3 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 09:04 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 01:37 TUL - Craig Schanding 43 field goal. 2Q: 12:40 TUC - Hugo Eckard 34 field goal. 2Q: 06:04 TUC - Hugo Eckard 39 field goal. 2Q: 01:08 TUL - Craig Schanding 36 field goal. 2Q: 00:05 TUC - Hugo Eckard 20 field goal. 3Q: 10:44 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 14 run. 3Q: 10:44 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 03:34 TUL - Daniel Cone 7 pass from Donnie Lowe. 3Q: 03:34 TUL - Muddy Waters Raffo run for conversion failed. 3Q: 02:54 TUL - Bob Brandon 32 interception return. 3Q: 02:54 TUL - Donnie Lowe pass for conversion failed. 4Q: 02:58 TUC - Hugo Eckard 33 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tulsa 3 3 12 0 - 18 Tucson 14 9 7 3 - 33 Team Statistics TUL TUC First Downs 17 28 Total Rushes 17 38 Rushing Yards 59 139 Yards Per Carry 3.4 3.6 Pass Attempts 41 38 Completions 14 21 Passing Yards 173 349 Yards Per Attempt 4.2 9.1 Sacked 2 0 Yards Lost 13 0 Interceptions 3 1 Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0 Total Plays 60 76 Total Yards 219 488 Yards Per Play 3.6 6.4 3rd Down Plays 3/12 4/14 Avg. YTG on 3rd 11.1 7.7 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0 Penalties 1 5 Penalty Yards 10 31 Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 37 Time Of Possession 24:10 35:50 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 26 97 3.7 13 0 26 Jeffries 9 40 4.4 14 1 19 Goodwin 3 2 0.6 4 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 38 21 349 9.1 37 2 1 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 89 Armitage 5 77 15.4 25 33 1 80 Higginbotham 4 75 18.7 8 31 0 81 Hodges 4 71 17.7 7 23 0 82 Torres 3 57 19.0 16 37 1 85 Garcia 3 52 17.3 5 23 0 26 Jeffries 1 10 10.0 8 10 0 84 Joyner 1 7 7.0 8 7 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 2 56 28.0 0 37 Rosenberry 1 14 14.0 0 35 Giles 1 29 29.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 5 200 40.0 52 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 4 5 39 3 3 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 55 Trujillo 4 2 0.5 0 0 0 25 Minahan 4 0 0.0 1 0 0 45 Stine 3 2 0.0 1 0 0 35 Giles 3 1 0.0 1 7 0 40 Biggs 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 2 1 1.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 1 2 0.5 0 0 0 31 Enoch 1 5 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 32 Hartung 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 21 Stallings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 3 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 2 0 54 Reeves 0 1 0 0 1 0 31 Enoch 0 1 0 0 0 0 82 Torres 0 0 1 0 0 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 1 0

I'm always thrilled to get solid wins over good teams, which is exactly what we got today. In fact, we managed to pretty thoroughly dominate Tulsa - the score shouldn't have been this close, but an ill-timed Goodwin pass got picked off and returned for a TD. Tulsa's offense had a buttload of trouble trying to move against our resurgent defense. Raffo was held to just 23 yards on 11 carries, and Lowe was 14/41 for 173 yds, 1 TD and 3 INTs.

Offensively, Kent Goodwin established a new career-high in yardage (admittedly, it has been a short career) with 349 yards. He was very involved with the offense today (a bit to my surprise, actually), but Holliday managed to do his part with 97 yards rushing. I'll take it.

One frustration: we've occasionally had the computer plop a kick returner down who has absolutely no kick return skills. That's Jeremy "Cheap Shot" Rosenberry, who returned one kick today for 14 yards and one last week for 21 yards. This happened a few times last season as well, and it completely baffles me. I can understand needing to find another returner if your top two are winded or something, but why Rosenberry? He has no kick return abilities, and there are other folks on the roster who actually have some skill in that area. Weird.

The big bummer from this game is that we lost RT Matthew Pitman for the season. He suffered a compound leg fracture that looks to take at least a full calendar year to heal. Ouch. His loss hurts, but at least we've got longtime starter Chris Franck available to step in.

So we hit the halfway mark at 7-1, and hold a two-game lead over rivals Las Vegas and Honolulu.

Next up: a mid-season review of Your Beloved Toros.
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Old 09-16-2006, 08:47 AM   #352
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Old 09-16-2006, 03:44 PM   #353
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Thanks for the kind words, fff. I enjoyed writing them and I'd love to have kept doing them, but real life time demands (mostly in the form of my 3 year-old son and being on the tenure-track) always seemed to crop up and push those reviews to the back burner. I felt it best to just drop them altogether rather than to do them intermittently.
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Old 09-16-2006, 04:08 PM   #354
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2011 Midterm Report

The first half of the 2011 CFL season is in the books, so let's check in on how we're doing:

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2011 Summary for Tucson Toros Record: 7-1 Winning Pct.: .875 Tucson Toros Team Rank Rushes 277 7 Rushing Yards 1142 7 Yards Per Carry 4.12 15 Pass Attempts 215 31 Completions 123 31 Passing Yards 1698 25 Yards Per Attempt 7.89 4 3rd Down Conversions 39.8 26 (T) Points Per Game 25.8 3 Turnovers 8 9 (T) Turnover Margin +4 10 (T) Opponents Team Rank Rushes 215 6 Rushing Yards 750 2 Yards Per Carry 3.48 2 Pass Attempts 273 18 (T) Completions 132 1 (T) Passing Yards 1735 7 Yards Per Attempt 6.35 4 3rd Down Conversions 39.3 8 Points Per Game 16.8 4 (T) Turnovers 12 9 (T) Week Team Versus Oppnt 1 27 ARI 10 2 20 at SAO 10 3 31 at SEA 21 4 28 at HON 18 5 20 DEN 14 7 24 at ELP 16 8 24 LVS 28 9 33 TUL 18 10 at FAR 11 at ARI 12 NOS 13 HBE 14 SHR 15 HON 16 at MEM 17 at LVS Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int 19 Goodwin QB 206 120 1628 7.90 17 5 **Team --- 215 123 1698 7.89 17 5 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD 42 Holliday RB 202 888 4.39 4 26 Jeffries FB 58 195 3.36 2 **Team --- 277 1142 4.12 7 Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD 89 Armitage WR 57 31 488 15.7 81 3 82 Torres TE 29 23 289 12.5 53 3 80 Higginbotham WR 42 21 354 16.8 59 2 85 Garcia WR 29 15 302 20.1 23 4 26 Jeffries FB 19 11 68 6.1 41 1 81 Hodges WR 18 11 132 12.0 19 2 **Team --- 215 123 1698 13.8 300 17 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn 31 Enoch S 50 24 0.0 0 1 15 55 Trujillo OLB 50 9 0.5 3 0 1 52 Wash ILB 40 16 0.0 1 0 2 45 Stine S 29 9 1.0 0 3 17 25 Minahan CB 29 9 0.0 0 1 3 58 Watford OLB 26 8 3.0 0 0 3 40 Biggs CB 20 4 0.0 0 1 8 70 Neubauer DT 20 12 5.0 8 0 0 75 Grier DE 20 10 5.5 8 0 1 95 Stoltzfus DT 19 6 4.5 7 0 0 97 Horn DE 17 2 4.5 11 0 0 93 King OLB 15 1 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles CB 11 7 0.0 0 3 2 **Team --- 399 139 28.0 49 9 55

We're 7-1, which ties for our 2nd-best 1st-half ever (we were 7-0-1 in 2005 and 7-1 in 2006), so that's good. Actually, that's great, as I went into the season thinking that the first half of our schedule looked much tougher than the second half. I was prepared to be 5-3 or 4-4 at the break, so being 7-1 makes me very happy. We have a 2-game lead on division foes Honolulu and Las Vegas (both 5-3) and Arizona sits at 3-5. So, we're in good position going into the second half of the year and that's important because our second-half foes appear a big stronger than I anticipated. They're a collective 34-32 on the season.

How did we get to 7-1? Three reasons:

1) Drew Holliday is having another monster season, and is on pace to shatter his career highs in carries and yards. His TDs are down, which is hard for me to explain given that our gameplan sets him up for lots of TD runs, but I figure that little statistical fluke will work itself out;

2) our defense has been outstanding, thanks to the fact that they've stayed generally healthy. Stoltzfus has missed a few games, but even with him out we played tough D. I'm shocked at how effective our pass rush has been so far (28 sacks and 49 hurries), and the new additions to our secondary in Giles and Stine have provided six of the nine INTS we've nabbed. We're surrendering just 3.48 ypc (2nd in league) and 6.35 ypa (4th in league), and if we keep that up we'll be in great shape; and

3) the emergence of Kent Goodwin. Those who've been following this dynasty probably remember that I snuck him in as a starter for the first two games of the year to get him some experience, and my plan was to hand the reigns back to Hogan for the Seattle game. Well, Seattle knocked Hogan out after just 9 pass attempts, and Goodwin came on to seal the win. He's been starting for us ever since and has been nothing short of phenomenal. Thanks to Holliday we've been able to shield Goodwin a bit, and he's only been asked to attempt 206 passes (our 215 pass attempts is the 2nd fewest in the league). I'm sure that helps, but when we've had to rely on him he's come through, as his 17 TDs attest. However, I now have a decision to make: Hogan just finished rehabing his injury and is available to play. Do I stick with the kid or hand things over to the veteran? Decisions, decisions.

Injuries remain the primary concern for this club, as we just had one of our top O-linemen go down for the season (T Pitman). We can rely on veteran T Chris Franck to fill in, but we don't have the kind of O-line depth that can sustain another long-term injury. Stoltzfus also needs to stay healthy. And god forbid anything happen to Holliday. In other words, if we can have the kind of injury luck this year that we didn't get last year, we'll be in good shape.

Next week: at Fargo.
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Old 09-17-2006, 06:52 AM   #355
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Thanks for the kind words, fff. I enjoyed writing them and I'd love to have kept doing them, but real life time demands (mostly in the form of my 3 year-old son and being on the tenure-track) always seemed to crop up and push those reviews to the back burner. I felt it best to just drop them altogether rather than to do them intermittently.

Perfectly understood, and I did not mean to pressure you in any way.
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Old 09-17-2006, 11:19 PM   #356
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Perfectly understood, and I did not mean to pressure you in any way.

No worries - I certainly didn't feel any pressure from you! I just thought I'd explain the heretofore unexplained disappearance of a former feature.
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Old 09-22-2006, 10:37 PM   #357
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Week 10: at Fargo

Today's matchup with Fargo (3-5) has "trap" written all over it. Fargo is one of the Western Conference's more talented teams, yet they have not lived up to their lofty preseason billing so far. Indeed, they're on a 3-game losing streak right now and would appear ripe for the pickin'. Thus, this game is bound to result in disappointment.

On to the action!

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Box Score: Tucson at Fargo Fargo, ND. Week 10, 2011 Attendance: 61,200 (66,000). Weather: 22 degrees, snow. 1Q: 06:53 FAR - Rob West 3 run. 1Q: 06:53 FAR - Ricky Griffith extra point. 2Q: 14:52 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 7 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 14:52 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 11:44 TUC - Hugo Eckard 53 field goal. 2Q: 08:45 FAR - Ricky Griffith 54 field goal. 2Q: 02:21 TUC - Hugo Eckard 24 field goal. 3Q: 06:04 TUC - Hugo Eckard 19 field goal. 3Q: 03:23 FAR - Delbert Lonergan 5 pass from Brett Hedges. 3Q: 03:23 FAR - Ricky Griffith extra point. 4Q: 08:28 FAR - Ricky Griffith 48 field goal. 4Q: 00:13 FAR - Ricky Griffith 49 field goal. Game MVP: FAR 3 Brett Hedges Tucson 0 13 3 0 - 16 Fargo 7 3 7 6 - 23 Team Statistics TUC FAR First Downs 22 15 Total Rushes 24 28 Rushing Yards 97 100 Yards Per Carry 4.0 3.5 Pass Attempts 43 27 Completions 25 17 Passing Yards 309 159 Yards Per Attempt 7.1 5.8 Sacked 1 2 Yards Lost 6 16 Interceptions 1 0 Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0 Total Plays 68 57 Total Yards 400 243 Yards Per Play 5.8 4.2 3rd Down Plays 6/15 4/14 Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.2 8.2 4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0 Penalties 8 6 Penalty Yards 45 38 Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 34 Time Of Possession 31:28 28:32 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 19 87 4.5 54 0 26 Jeffries 5 10 2.0 7 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 43 25 309 7.1 30 1 1 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 7 100 14.2 6 30 0 85 Garcia 5 62 12.4 0 22 0 89 Armitage 4 63 15.7 1 26 0 26 Jeffries 3 25 8.3 21 16 1 82 Torres 2 15 7.5 8 9 0 84 Joyner 2 16 8.0 4 13 0 42 Holliday 1 12 12.0 2 12 0 81 Hodges 1 16 16.0 3 16 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 85 Garcia 1 -2 -2.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 2 42 21.0 0 35 Giles 2 40 20.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 3 133 44.3 59 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 3 5 53 1 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 52 Wash 9 3 0.0 0 0 0 40 Biggs 6 2 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 6 2 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 3 5 1.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 3 3 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 2 3 0.5 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 1 2 0.5 0 0 0 25 Minahan 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 42 Holliday 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 2 0 85 Garcia 1 0 1 0 0 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 Ellsworth 0 0 1 0 0 0 58 Watford 0 1 0 0 0 0 81 Hodges 1 0 0 0 0 0

Trapped, indeed! Strangely enough, we executed our offense almost perfectly, did everything we needed to do defensively, and somehow still managed to lose. The key in this game: our performance in the Red Zone. Fargo stopped us cold on three trips inside their 10 - we only got 6 points on those three trips when we could've gotten 21. Their special teams were also on fire today in blocking two of our field goal attempts (which I believe to be a first in Toros history). I must tip my cap to P.Luxx - his boys managed to play tough when they needed to and did just enough to grab the win, and perhaps salvage their season.

Perhaps the worst news to come from this game is that we've lost DT Harold Stoltzfus again - this time he's out for 5 weeks with a separated shoulder. As has been the case with most of his injuries, he won't be gone for too long, so there's that. I guess.

Next up: at. Arizona.

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Old 09-22-2006, 11:13 PM   #358
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Week 11: at Arizona

Today we conclude our season series against the Arizona Outlaws, and we do so with a distinct advantage: the 3-6 Outlaws will be playing without QB Freddie Matthias, who tore cartilage in his knee and will miss the next two months. He was hurt last week in their tilt with Honolulu, and just like that Arizona's key offensive weapon is out of commission. We thus hope to be able to add to our 12-4-1 all-time record against Arizona.

But we'll be without a key player of our own: all-world DT Harold Stoltzfus will be sitting this one out with a boo-boo the doctors call a "separated shoulder" or some such bullshit. Instead, Gary Van Brocklin, this year's 6th round draft pick will get the nod. Should be fun to see what the kid has, but we'll have to hope our linebackers stay in position to back him up.

On to the action:

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Box Score: Tucson at Arizona Arizona, AZ. Week 11, 2011 Attendance: 40,900 (63,000). Weather: 71 degrees, fair. 1Q: 10:14 ARI - Artie Sonntag 1 run. 1Q: 10:14 ARI - Paul Stephan extra point. 1Q: 09:06 TUC - Jake Emerson 21 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 09:06 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 14:54 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 15 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 14:54 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 10:52 TUC - Drew Holliday 9 run. 2Q: 10:52 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 03:24 TUC - Hugo Eckard 25 field goal. 2Q: 00:00 TUC - Hugo Eckard 42 field goal. 3Q: 09:20 TUC - Hugo Eckard 38 field goal. 4Q: 13:37 TUC - Hugo Eckard 41 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tucson 7 20 3 3 - 33 Arizona 7 0 0 0 - 7 Team Statistics TUC ARI First Downs 23 13 Total Rushes 37 28 Rushing Yards 143 188 Yards Per Carry 3.8 6.7 Pass Attempts 29 26 Completions 19 13 Passing Yards 304 109 Yards Per Attempt 10.4 4.1 Sacked 1 1 Yards Lost 5 6 Interceptions 0 0 Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1 Total Plays 67 55 Total Yards 442 291 Yards Per Play 6.5 5.2 3rd Down Plays 9/16 5/14 Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.4 6.2 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1 Penalties 4 3 Penalty Yards 37 20 Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 17 Time Of Possession 34:29 25:31 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 26 Jeffries 17 49 2.8 10 0 42 Holliday 14 40 2.8 10 1 19 Goodwin 6 54 9.0 26 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 29 19 304 10.4 27 2 0 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 89 Armitage 6 101 16.8 9 23 0 80 Higginbotham 5 88 17.6 14 27 1 42 Holliday 2 14 7.0 13 11 0 82 Torres 2 31 15.5 3 17 0 87 Emerson 2 47 23.5 7 26 1 26 Jeffries 1 16 16.0 16 16 0 84 Joyner 1 7 7.0 8 7 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 3 20 6.6 0 85 Garcia 1 9 9.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 2 62 31.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 4 161 40.2 47 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 4 4 42 3 3 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 52 Wash 7 2 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 40 Biggs 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 25 Minahan 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 74 Cochrane 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 32 Hartung 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 94 Van Brocklin 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 84 Joyner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 87 Emerson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 4 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 2 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 2 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 0 1 58 Watford 0 0 1 0 0 0 42 Holliday 1 0 0 0 0 0 84 Joyner 0 0 1 0 0 0 74 Cochrane 0 1 0 0 0 0

Now that's more like it! Freddie Matthias' absence was quite noticeable today, as almost everything was clicking for us. We controlled the ball, the clock, field position, won the turnover battle, outgained our opponent by 150 yards, and for what seems to be the first time all year we managed to convert 3rd downs at a respectable clip. The one thing we didn't do: stop the run. Actually, we didn't stop a run, namely the 71 yard scamper by backup RB Zimmerman that led to the only Outlaw TD of the day. Our run D was otherwise respectable today.

Goodwin continues to surprise me (and thwart my gameplanning) by being a huge part of the offense, but you won't see me complaining - especially when he wins Offensive Player of the Week! Congratulations, Kent!

The big offensive oddity today, however, was the distribution of carries: backup RB/FB Jeffries had 17 carries, and starting RB Drew Holliday (with PT set at 9) got just 14. And no, Holliday didn't get all of his carries in the 1st half with Jeffries relieving him once the score got out of control - Jeffries was getting carries all game long. Very strange, but it didn't stop Holliday from topping 1000 yards for the 6th straight year (233 carries for 1015 yards, 5 TDs so far). Congratulations, Drew!

Two other bits of good news this week: 1) no new injuries; 2) Las Vegas beat Honolulu, putting them both at 6-4 and restoring my 2-game lead in the division. Woohoo!

Next week: the beginning of a 4-game homestand against New Orleans.
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Old 09-28-2006, 04:44 PM   #359
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Week 12: vs. New Orleans

This week marks the beginning of a month-long homestand, and we kick things off with a tilt against the New Orleans Raging Horde (4-6). Their record might not be much to look at, but their offense is quite good. QB Aaron Henke is in his 3rd-year as the starter and is one of the league's blossoming stars. He hooks up frequently with the talented WR tandem of 11-year vet Cleveland Coon and 2010 #5 overall pick Ryan Clark.

If we're to have any hope of pulling this one out we'll have to outscore them, as I fear our defense won't be too effective. That's in part because Stoltzfus is still out, and our D just isn't quite the same without him getting pressure up the middle. Van Brocklin fill in just fine for him last week, but there's a pretty big dropoff between the two.

On to the action!

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Box Score: New Orleans at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 12, 2011 Attendance: 68,400 (69,800). Weather: 81 degrees, fair. 1Q: 14:39 TUC - Courtney Hodges 100 kickoff return. 1Q: 14:39 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 07:57 NOS - Sammie Sells 25 field goal. 1Q: 03:13 TUC - Hugo Eckard 32 field goal. 1Q: 01:08 TUC - Courtney Hodges 83 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 01:08 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 10:23 NOS - Bill Reyes 7 run. 2Q: 10:23 NOS - Sammie Sells extra point. 2Q: 01:20 NOS - Richard Young 29 pass from Aaron Henke. 2Q: 01:20 NOS - Sammie Sells extra point. 2Q: 00:08 TUC - Hugo Eckard 44 field goal. 3Q: 04:47 TUC - Brent Garcia 9 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 04:47 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 01:10 NOS - Sammie Sells 46 field goal. 4Q: 12:20 NOS - Richard Young 10 pass from Aaron Henke. 4Q: 12:20 NOS - Sammie Sells extra point. 4Q: 08:18 TUC - Drew Holliday 19 run. 4Q: 08:18 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 05:13 NOS - Lewis Ozkilkis 7 pass from Aaron Henke. 4Q: 05:13 NOS - Sammie Sells extra point. 4Q: 01:22 TUC - Drew Holliday 11 run. 4Q: 01:22 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin New Orleans 3 14 3 14 - 34 Tucson 17 3 7 14 - 41 Team Statistics NOS TUC First Downs 29 21 Total Rushes 30 24 Rushing Yards 108 111 Yards Per Carry 3.6 4.6 Pass Attempts 49 31 Completions 28 18 Passing Yards 391 328 Yards Per Attempt 7.9 10.5 Sacked 0 1 Yards Lost 0 7 Interceptions 2 1 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0 Total Plays 79 56 Total Yards 499 432 Yards Per Play 6.3 7.7 3rd Down Plays 9/16 5/11 Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.0 10.9 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0 Penalties 6 8 Penalty Yards 48 65 Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 25 Time Of Possession 35:37 24:23 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 19 96 5.0 19 2 26 Jeffries 4 15 3.7 6 0 89 Armitage 1 0 0.0 0 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 31 18 328 10.5 83 2 1 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 4 60 15.0 4 23 0 89 Armitage 3 47 15.6 1 23 0 85 Garcia 3 35 11.6 0 15 1 82 Torres 2 36 18.0 7 19 0 84 Joyner 2 30 15.0 5 15 0 42 Holliday 1 5 5.0 5 5 0 26 Jeffries 1 20 20.0 0 20 0 81 Hodges 1 83 83.0 59 83 1 87 Emerson 1 12 12.0 0 12 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 2 132 66.0 1 35 Giles 2 53 26.5 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 5 193 38.6 49 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 2 2 44 5 5 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 55 Trujillo 10 1 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 9 4 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 5 5 0.0 1 7 0 45 Stine 5 2 0.0 1 33 0 40 Biggs 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 21 Stallings 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 94 Van Brocklin 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 32 Hartung 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 25 Minahan 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 26 Jeffries 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 84 Joyner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 74 Cochrane 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 87 Emerson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 2 1 42 Holliday 2 0 1 0 0 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 2 0 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 1 0

Well, that was quite a shootout! In fact, the 75 points scored in this game represents a new record for Points Scored in a Toros game, besting the old record of 65 points scored in our 41-24 win over Arizona in Week 17 of 2006. Very, very exciting game to watch in a viewer. The most notable individual performance has to be that of Ultra-Super-Secret Weapon WR Courtney Hodges. Indeed, he's such a secret weapon that I didn't even know about him. His 100 yd kickoff return for a TD started the game, and then later that same quarter he hauled in an 83-yd TD pass from Kent Goodwin. Not too shabby.

Elsewhere on offense, Goodwin continues to post far better numbers than I have any right to expect from him. Drew Holliday capped an effective day with 2 TDs, and Goodwin's passes were evenly distributed across most of the corps. 432 yards of offense is pretty acceptable.

The 499 yards we surrendered is not. Henke tore us a new one today, and if not for his 2 INTs we'd have lost this game. Overall our pass D has been superb, so I'm hoping this is just one of those bumps in the road that seems to happen at least once per season and is not indicative of an overall defensive meltdown. That would be bad.

So, we sit at 9-2 and continue to have a 2-game lead over Vegas, who beat Memphis silly by the score of 52-31 (despite an injury to Lenny Olsen). Honolulu happily fell another game behind us to 6-5 after losing to the 2-9 San Antonio Stingers.

In other league news: Boise's (10-1) star QB Branden Lin suffered a strained elbow tendon and will need about 7 weeks to recover. That means he'll likely be out at least until the playoffs. That may well put them in a dogfight with Seattle (8-3) for their division, and could ruin their hopes for a top two playoff seeding. We're currently right behind them for best record in the conference, followed by Denver (8-3) and Seattle. Should be a fun stretch run!

Next up: vs. Huntington Beach.
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Old 09-30-2006, 11:48 PM   #360
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Week 13: vs. Huntington Beach

This week we face Huntington Beach (7-4), a team we've had some success against in the past (4-1 all time). Our last match against them was in 2009, when we beat them 30-14 in Tucson. They're led by 5th-year QB Clarence Lincoln, who is very talented but has yet to start 16 games in a season, and 4th-year, former 7th-round pick Jorge Riddols (who boomed to be a 70/70 player).

We'll still be without the services of Harold Stoltzfus this week, which may spell a big day for Riddols. We'll just have to hope that Holliday, Goodwin and company can keep up.

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Box Score: Huntington Beach at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 13, 2011 Attendance: 68,400 (69,800). Weather: 83 degrees, fair. 1Q: 14:03 TUC - Courtney Hodges 24 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 14:03 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 10:54 HBE - Rubin Castorena 40 field goal. 1Q: 07:17 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 1 run. 1Q: 07:17 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 02:51 HBE - Rubin Castorena 43 field goal. 2Q: 09:35 HBE - Rubin Castorena 25 field goal. 2Q: 08:57 TUC - Drew Holliday 58 run. 2Q: 08:57 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 02:32 TUC - Hugo Eckard 35 field goal. 2Q: 00:14 HBE - Rubin Castorena 41 field goal. 3Q: 10:11 TUC - Hugo Eckard 37 field goal. 4Q: 12:56 TUC - Drew Holliday 17 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 12:56 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 07:41 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 10 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 07:41 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Huntington Beach 6 6 0 0 - 12 Tucson 14 10 3 14 - 41 Team Statistics HBE TUC First Downs 19 24 Total Rushes 32 25 Rushing Yards 134 154 Yards Per Carry 4.1 6.1 Pass Attempts 34 42 Completions 12 20 Passing Yards 203 279 Yards Per Attempt 5.9 6.6 Sacked 5 2 Yards Lost 26 11 Interceptions 1 2 Fumbles/Lost 2/2 0/0 Total Plays 71 69 Total Yards 311 422 Yards Per Play 4.3 6.1 3rd Down Plays 3/14 6/14 Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.7 6.6 4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0 Penalties 4 5 Penalty Yards 64 79 Avg. Drive Start OWN 18 OWN 38 Time Of Possession 30:54 29:06 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 15 117 7.8 58 1 26 Jeffries 10 37 3.7 10 1 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 42 20 279 6.6 31 3 2 2 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 6 80 13.3 12 22 1 81 Hodges 5 92 18.4 4 31 1 85 Garcia 2 16 8.0 1 9 0 87 Emerson 2 32 16.0 2 19 0 89 Armitage 1 8 8.0 1 8 0 42 Holliday 1 17 17.0 0 17 1 26 Jeffries 1 3 3.0 4 3 0 82 Torres 1 16 16.0 2 16 0 84 Joyner 1 15 15.0 0 15 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 3 9 3.0 0 85 Garcia 2 21 10.5 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 3 93 31.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 5 190 38.0 56 3 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 2 2 37 5 5 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 55 Trujillo 7 2 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 5 2 0.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 4 1 2.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 4 1 1.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 3 1 2.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 3 7 0.0 0 0 0 40 Biggs 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 2 0.0 1 13 0 25 Minahan 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 74 Cochrane 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 32 Hartung 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 21 Stallings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 19 Goodwin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 94 Van Brocklin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 0 1 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 3 0 75 Grier 0 1 1 0 0 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 2 0 70 Neubauer 0 0 1 0 0 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0 97 Horn 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 Jeffries 0 0 0 0 1 0 59 Buckley 0 0 0 0 1 0

I had forgotten that we'd be locking horns with longtime Toro Rubin Castorena today - fitting that he was the only Capitalist to score against us.

It was a tale of two halves for our defense - in the 1st half we practiced a "bend but don't break" philosophy. In the 2nd half we practiced a "don't even bend" philosophy. Just look at the Capitalists' drive chart:

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Huntington Beach Drive Chart Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result 1 14:03 3:09 OWN 20 6 57 Field Goal 1 7:17 4:26 OWN 20 8 54 Field Goal 1 0:23 5:48 OWN 8 14 84 Field Goal 2 8:57 3:36 OWN 25 6 41 Fumble 2 2:32 0:43 OWN 11 2 6 Fumble 2 1:00 0:46 OWN 20 5 56 Field Goal 3 15:00 0:54 OWN 20 3 3 Punt 3 10:11 1:16 OWN 21 3 18 Interception 3 5:43 2:10 OWN 2 5 17 Punt 3 3:13 1:39 OWN 21 3 7 Punt 3 0:57 0:27 OWN 31 3 0 Punt 4 12:56 2:44 OWN 20 5 19 Downs 4 7:41 3:05 OWN 16 5 6 Punt 4 3:28 0:38 OWN 31 3 0 Punt 4 0:05 0:05 OWN 18 1 -8 Game

Our defense held them to 31 plays for 62 yards in the second half - wow. And while we coughed up the expected yardage to Riddols, we were able to keep Lincoln nicely in check (12 of 34, 203 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT, 5 sacks). Who the hell needs Stoltzfus?

Holliday had a nifty 58 yard scamper for a TD, and tacked on a 17 yd TD reception later on to put the finishing touch on his 143 total yard day. Goodwin had a so-so day, featuring his first multi-interception game, but it was enough to get us a win. I won't complain.

Fortunately we had no new significant injuries - the most noteworthy was a "shift" in long-term, probable-grade injuries for Chris Frank. I believe he'd been playing with a strained hamstring or somesuch before the game, but after the game he spiralled into a severe depression. There are good treatments for depression out there, Chris. Avail yourself of them.

In other RoF news, both Las Vegas (7-5) and Honolulu (6-6) lost, giving us a comfortable 3-game cushion. With 4 games to go, that feels quite nice. We're still hoping to give Boise (11-1) a run for the #1 seed, but they proved that they can win without Branden Lin today when they topped Honolulu.

Next up: vs. Shreveport.
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Old 10-08-2006, 11:44 PM   #361
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Week 14: vs. Shreveport

This week's matchup is with the Shreveport Pride (5-7), an Eastern Conference Team we've played just twice before. We split those two meetings, with our last game resulting in a 19-14 Toros win in Shreveport. The Pride are a talented team, led by 9th-year QB Douglas Hartman. They've got a good running back in Weldon Rayburn, a talented receiving corps, and an outstanding O-line. In fact, they're pretty solid on both sides of the ball, so we're counting on having a tough contest today. Their record is of course a bit of a surprise, given all this talent. They started off the season with a solid 4-2 record, but have dropped five of their last six. Whatever the reason, I'm hopeful that their struggles will continue for one more week.

We're going to give Stoltzfus one more game to get healthy, so our run defense will probably be a bit porous again. We'll need to compensate with some good offense of our own.

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Box Score: Shreveport at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 14, 2011 Attendance: 68,400 (69,800). Weather: 53 degrees, fair. 1Q: 03:50 SHR - Brenden Bullock 41 field goal. 1Q: 00:50 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 8 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 00:50 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 00:47 TUC - Hugo Eckard 46 field goal. 3Q: 02:13 TUC - Hugo Eckard 29 field goal. 3Q: 01:01 TUC - Drew Holliday 68 punt return. 3Q: 01:01 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 00:22 TUC - Hugo Eckard 25 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Shreveport 3 0 0 0 - 3 Tucson 7 3 10 3 - 23 Team Statistics SHR TUC First Downs 11 20 Total Rushes 30 29 Rushing Yards 129 83 Yards Per Carry 4.3 2.8 Pass Attempts 32 41 Completions 19 16 Passing Yards 169 260 Yards Per Attempt 5.2 6.3 Sacked 5 0 Yards Lost 37 0 Interceptions 0 0 Fumbles/Lost 4/3 1/1 Total Plays 67 70 Total Yards 261 343 Yards Per Play 3.8 4.9 3rd Down Plays 3/17 4/16 Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.2 10.7 4th Down Plays 0/2 0/0 Penalties 5 6 Penalty Yards 29 33 Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 34 Time Of Possession 29:28 30:32 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 17 36 2.1 13 0 26 Jeffries 9 36 4.0 12 0 19 Goodwin 2 5 2.5 6 0 27 Ellsworth 1 3 3.0 3 0 47 Hodges 1 6 6.0 6 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 41 16 260 6.3 35 1 0 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 85 Garcia 5 78 15.6 1 26 0 81 Hodges 4 57 14.2 6 18 0 89 Armitage 3 75 25.0 8 35 0 80 Higginbotham 2 39 19.5 4 22 0 42 Holliday 1 3 3.0 6 3 0 26 Jeffries 1 8 8.0 7 8 1 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 4 71 17.7 1 85 Garcia 1 0 0.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 2 52 26.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 8 326 40.7 44 3 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 3 4 46 2 2 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 7 6 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 7 4 0.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 7 1 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 3 0 1.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 3 0 1.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 3 3 0.0 0 0 0 25 Minahan 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 74 Cochrane 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 40 Biggs 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 94 Van Brocklin 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 21 Stallings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Well, I was right about our run defense - it wasn't so hot. But We did a good job on Hartman and forced a total of four fumbles (three recovered). Most importantly, even though we gave up yardage here and there we stopped them when it mattered most - on 3rd down. The Pride were just 3 of 17, and I'll take that any and every day. Our defense wasn't perfect today, but take a look at Shreveport's drive chart:

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Shreveport Drive Chart Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result 1 15:00 2:37 OWN 30 5 24 Punt 1 10:55 1:44 OWN 49 3 7 Punt 1 6:59 3:09 OPP 46 5 22 Field Goal 1 0:50 1:04 OWN 20 3 8 Punt 2 11:26 3:09 OWN 1 6 14 Punt 2 8:17 1:39 OPP 48 5 9 Punt 2 5:46 0:48 OWN 45 3 14 Fumble 2 3:47 1:15 OWN 8 3 9 Punt 2 0:47 0:47 OWN 20 3 23 Half 3 13:09 1:53 OWN 36 3 7 Punt 3 9:35 2:15 OWN 33 5 9 Punt 3 2:13 1:12 OWN 20 3 8 Punt 3 1:01 2:57 OWN 20 9 37 Downs 4 11:02 3:25 OWN 20 7 46 Punt 4 2:33 1:03 OWN 20 5 0 Fumble

That's a thing of beauty.

Offensively we were pretty crappy, and Shreveport did a great job of containing Holliday (except, of course, for that 68-yd punt return!). Goodwin was adequate, and fortunately with our defensive performance today that's all we needed.

Even better: no new significant injuries.

So, we're 11-2 with a 3-game lead over Las Vegas. We've clinched a playoff spot, but need one more win to claim the division title. Hopefully that will come next week against longtime divisional rival Honolulu!

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Old 10-09-2006, 12:15 AM   #362
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Week 15: vs. Honolulu

Our 4-game homestand ends this week with the arrival of the Honolulu Bloodthirsty Beagles (7-6). They've only had a few changes since our earlier tango - Ronnie Tu has claimed the starting QB job, starting safety John Murguia is out for the year, as is former Toro C David Pless (serves him right, the traitor). Honolulu is struggling a bit more this year than last, which is a bit of a surprise. With two franchise QBs I had assumed they'd be in the driver's seat again this year, but for whatever reason their QB play hasn't been as good. Their defense continues to overachieve, however, so this'll be yet another tricky matchup.

Stoltzfus is still probable, but we're going to unleash him for this game.

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Box Score: Honolulu at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 15, 2011 Attendance: 68,400 (69,800). Weather: 57 degrees, fair. 1Q: 13:56 HON - Matt Brunner 36 pass from Ronnie Tu. 1Q: 13:56 HON - Frederic Swallow extra point. 1Q: 11:28 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 4 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 11:28 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 00:27 HON - Jody Beech 12 pass from Ronnie Tu. 1Q: 00:27 HON - Frederic Swallow extra point. 2Q: 12:34 TUC - Sydney Armitage 10 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 12:34 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 09:40 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 6 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 09:40 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 00:18 TUC - Hugo Eckard 19 field goal. 4Q: 11:13 TUC - Mitchel Enoch 38 interception return. 4Q: 11:13 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 02:09 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 2 run. 4Q: 02:09 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 01:04 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 1 run. 4Q: 01:04 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Honolulu 14 0 0 0 - 14 Tucson 7 17 0 21 - 45 Team Statistics HON TUC First Downs 13 30 Total Rushes 21 35 Rushing Yards 34 185 Yards Per Carry 1.6 5.2 Pass Attempts 36 45 Completions 14 17 Passing Yards 217 232 Yards Per Attempt 6.0 5.1 Sacked 2 2 Yards Lost 9 8 Interceptions 4 2 Fumbles/Lost 2/2 2/1 Total Plays 59 82 Total Yards 242 409 Yards Per Play 4.1 4.9 3rd Down Plays 4/14 8/15 Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.9 8.4 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0 Penalties 10 6 Penalty Yards 57 45 Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 42 Time Of Possession 25:56 34:04 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 26 Jeffries 19 59 3.1 10 2 42 Holliday 12 106 8.8 20 0 19 Goodwin 2 10 5.0 6 0 4 Hogan 1 3 3.0 3 0 47 Hodges 1 7 7.0 7 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 45 17 232 5.1 39 3 2 2 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 26 Jeffries 5 27 5.4 12 12 1 80 Higginbotham 4 63 15.7 17 20 1 89 Armitage 3 52 17.3 8 30 1 82 Torres 3 35 11.6 10 20 0 81 Hodges 1 39 39.0 12 39 0 85 Garcia 1 16 16.0 2 16 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 2 28 14.0 0 85 Garcia 2 11 5.5 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 3 93 31.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 6 228 38.0 46 6 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 1 2 19 6 6 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 40 Biggs 7 1 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 4 2 1.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 4 1 0.0 1 38 1 55 Trujillo 3 1 0.0 1 0 0 25 Minahan 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 2 3 0.0 1 23 0 35 Giles 2 1 0.0 1 14 0 93 King 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 21 Stallings 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 73 Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 47 Hodges 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 26 Jeffries 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 65 Lyle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 85 Garcia 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 60 Poplawski 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 0 2 0.5 0 0 0 32 Hartung 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 94 Van Brocklin 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Well, Honolulu certainly scared the crap out of us in the 1st quarter, scoring two easy TDs and putting a lot of pressure on our offense to keep pace. Goodwin didn't respond especially well, but he got enough offense going to keep us in the game until our defense took over. And boy, did they ever take over. Tu was just 13 of 35 for 202 yds, 2 TDs and 4 INTs. And anytime you can hold an opponent to 1.6 ypc you've had a great day. Actually, anytime you can snag a 31 point win over a division rival you've had a great day, right?

Well, not entirely. You see, all-world RB Drew Holliday developed this little problem where his wrist stopped working. He claims it to be "broken" or something. The doctors say he'll be Out for five weeks. That's not so good, as we've only got two weeks left in the regular season. If we're fortunate enough to get a 1st round bye he'll get three weeks to rest. That will have to be good enough, as I'm fully intending to use the bastard the moment he's cleared to play. The nerve...up and getting hurt right as we were clinching our division and stuff.

Oh, and by the way we clinched our division. And stuff. We're 12-2 now, and are tied with Boise for best record in the conference (but they'd win a tiebreaker due to Conference Record). Denver (10-4) and Seattle (10-4) could also catch us, but we've beaten them both this year and thus own the first tiebreaker over both. So, I guess that means we've actually clinched a first round bye. I think.

Regardless of our 1st-round-bye-clinching-status, we need to keep competing because we'll have a chance to get homefield advantage throughout if we keep winning and Boise manages to trip up (they continue to be without the services of Branden Lin). That means that we'll be going full-bore next week at Memphis.

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Old 10-14-2006, 12:06 AM   #363
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Week 16: at Memphis

The CFL currently sports two divisions whose leaders are at .500 - the WFC San Andreas division (Huntington Beach is 7-7) and the EFC Deep South division, home of this week's opponents. Memphis is 7-7 and is frankly something of a surprise team. They were 4-11-1 last year, and every other team in the division appeared to be on the rise last year. Memphis has been able to capitalize on their division rivals' poor luck, and has scored some good luck of their own in three 3-point wins. Breathing down their neck are the 6-9 New Orleans Raging Horde and the 5-9 Shreveport Pride (can a 5-9 team really be said to be breathing down anyone's neck?).

We've got our division wrapped up and are now playing for the #1 overall playoff seed. Boise is also 12-2 and they play a tough Chicago team this week, so we have some hope of being able to move ahead of them.

Drew Holliday is, of course, sitting this one out. The bastard.

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Box Score: Tucson at Memphis Memphis, TN. Week 16, 2011 Attendance: 59,700 (64,500). Weather: 29 degrees, fair. 1Q: 09:33 TUC - Courtney Hodges 10 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 09:33 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 08:56 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 16 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 08:56 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 09:13 MEM - Carson Blume 19 field goal. 3Q: 07:05 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 34 run. 3Q: 07:05 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 00:04 MEM - Andrew Kendall 8 pass from Blaine Hoffman. 3Q: 00:04 MEM - Stephen Metz run for conversion. 4Q: 09:05 MEM - Stephen Metz 2 pass from Blaine Hoffman. 4Q: 09:05 MEM - Carson Blume extra point. Game MVP: TUC 26 Corwin Jeffries Tucson 7 7 7 0 - 21 Memphis 0 0 11 7 - 18 Team Statistics TUC MEM First Downs 21 20 Total Rushes 31 19 Rushing Yards 166 82 Yards Per Carry 5.3 4.3 Pass Attempts 29 43 Completions 15 20 Passing Yards 220 284 Yards Per Attempt 7.5 6.6 Sacked 5 3 Yards Lost 29 13 Interceptions 1 0 Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0 Total Plays 65 65 Total Yards 357 353 Yards Per Play 5.4 5.4 3rd Down Plays 5/12 4/14 Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.5 7.3 4th Down Plays 0/0 1/1 Penalties 5 1 Penalty Yards 30 5 Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 24 Time Of Possession 32:31 27:29 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 26 Jeffries 26 144 5.5 34 1 47 Hodges 4 12 3.0 10 0 19 Goodwin 1 10 10.0 10 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 29 15 220 7.5 23 2 1 5 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 6 90 15.0 4 20 1 89 Armitage 2 39 19.5 7 23 0 26 Jeffries 2 21 10.5 3 11 0 81 Hodges 2 30 15.0 0 20 1 43 Jenkins 1 7 7.0 1 7 0 82 Torres 1 18 18.0 8 18 0 85 Garcia 1 15 15.0 0 15 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 85 Garcia 3 39 13.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 1 26 26.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 5 234 46.8 52 3 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 0 1 0 3 3 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 52 Wash 10 0 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 8 0 1.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 5 0 1.5 0 0 0 58 Watford 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 40 Biggs 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 3 3 0.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 21 Stallings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 73 Smith 0 1 0.5 0 0 0

A win is a win, even if it scares the crap out of you in the process. We had nice leads of 14-0 at halftime and 21-3 in the 3rd quarter, but had to hold on for dear life as Memphis rallied in the 4th quarter. Memphis' rally was made all the more frightening by Eckard's missed 31-yd FG attempt with 1:12 left to play - that would've at least forced them to score a TD. Fortunately the defense came through and stopped Memphis' final drive.

I started Corwin Jeffries, our usual FB, at RB today and he responded quite well. 144 yards? Holliday surprassed that total just once all year. We may have an interim answer at RB, and if Holliday isn't ready to go come playoffs we may be OK. Speaking of Holliday, he's now listed as Doubtful with 4 weeks to go. So at least he's healing.

No new injuries of significance today, thank heavens. And speaking of divine gifts, Boise lost their match with Chicago today 21-19. That puts us one game up on them for the #1 seed, with one week to go. And the icing on that cake is that Branden Lin didn't heal at all this week, so he's still Out for 4 weeks. We thus have a wonderful opportunity to lock up the #1 seed next week at Las Vegas.

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Old 10-20-2006, 11:34 PM   #364
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Week 17: at Las Vegas

We're in the driver's seat for the #1 overall playoff seed, so a win here would be nice. However, we're guaranteed a bye week, and I'm disinclined to expose our starters to needless opportunities for injury when we've already got what we most want in hte playoff positioning race. Thus, we'll be starting mostly backups this week with a few exceptions. A few of our younger starters who still need some seasoning will continue to play, including Goodwin and CB Giles.

A win would sure be nice, and not only to clinch the #1 seeding either - I'd really prefer not to get swept by Vegas. Even if we went on to win the CFL Bowl I'd be hearing about Vegas' sweep all offseason. So, while we're not going full-out to win this one, I'd sure be happy if we did.

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Box Score: Tucson at Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV. Week 17, 2011 Attendance: 63,200 (68,000). Weather: 62 degrees, fair. 2Q: 13:45 TUC - Hugo Eckard 53 field goal. 2Q: 03:45 TUC - Hugo Eckard 28 field goal. 4Q: 09:39 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 6 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 09:39 TUC - Kent Goodwin pass to Corwin Jeffries for conversion 4Q: 06:17 TUC - Jake Emerson 7 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 06:17 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tucson 0 6 0 15 - 21 Las Vegas 0 0 0 0 - 0 Team Statistics TUC LVS First Downs 21 15 Total Rushes 33 23 Rushing Yards 149 70 Yards Per Carry 4.5 3.0 Pass Attempts 31 30 Completions 17 13 Passing Yards 197 136 Yards Per Attempt 6.3 4.5 Sacked 1 5 Yards Lost 4 31 Interceptions 0 1 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0 Total Plays 65 58 Total Yards 342 175 Yards Per Play 5.2 3.0 3rd Down Plays 6/13 5/14 Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.7 9.2 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0 Penalties 7 2 Penalty Yards 37 10 Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 22 Time Of Possession 31:43 28:17 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 26 Jeffries 23 80 3.4 13 0 47 Hodges 7 49 7.0 29 0 19 Goodwin 2 13 6.5 14 0 21 Stallings 1 7 7.0 7 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 31 17 197 6.3 24 2 0 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 26 Jeffries 5 45 9.0 18 13 0 87 Emerson 3 46 15.3 6 24 1 80 Higginbotham 2 21 10.5 2 15 1 82 Torres 2 25 12.5 6 17 0 85 Garcia 2 34 17.0 3 24 0 47 Hodges 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0 43 Jenkins 1 11 11.0 0 11 0 81 Hodges 1 18 18.0 0 18 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 85 Garcia 3 9 3.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 1 16 16.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 5 205 41.0 45 1 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 2 2 53 1 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 90 Jarrard 8 3 0.0 0 0 0 94 Van Brocklin 5 0 2.0 0 0 0 93 King 5 2 0.5 1 26 0 37 Rosenberry 4 0 1.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 3 4 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 74 Cochrane 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 32 Hartung 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 53 Brisby 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 73 Smith 1 2 0.5 0 0 0 98 Crane 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Ellsworth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 43 Jenkins 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

I'd say that went well.

It turns out that Vegas had the same idea we did - they rested nearly all of their starters in preparation for the playoffs, and it worked to our benefit. The 21-0 win was neither pretty nor as convincing as the score would indicate, but I'll take it. I'm especially happy that nobody got hurt today.

So, we're now the #1 overall seed in the WFC and have set a new club record with 14 regular season wins. Not too shabby, considering we have a first-year starter at QB. We'll review the regular season stats in the next post.

In other news, Boise completed their Lin-less late season slide by losing their 3rd of 4 games to Seattle by the score of 26-7, and in so doing handed the Ring of Ice division crown to the Thunderbirds. Boise will have to settle for the top Wild Card slot.

The other playoff teams are Huntington Beach (8-8, San Andreas division), Denver (11-5, Cavalry division) and Las Vegas (10-6, Wild Card).
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Old 10-21-2006, 12:08 AM   #365
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Regular Season Roundup

Let's take a look at how things ended up across the CFL:

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Front Office Football 2004 2011 Regular Season Standings Deep South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div Memphis 7 9 0 .438 329 396 7-5 4-2 New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 374 374 6-6 3-3 Shreveport 6 10 0 .375 275 309 5-7 4-2 San Antonio 3 13 0 .188 253 375 1-11 1-5 Great Lakes W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div Detroit 12 4 0 .750 380 347 10-2 6-0 Chicago 9 7 0 .563 309 279 6-6 3-3 Albany (NY) 6 10 0 .375 318 354 5-7 2-4 Cleveland 6 10 0 .375 340 365 5-7 1-5 Atlantic W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div Durham 10 6 0 .625 397 373 8-4 4-2 Tampa Bay 7 8 1 .469 310 349 5-7 2-4 Charleston (SC) 7 9 0 .438 342 373 6-6 4-2 Baltimore 7 9 0 .438 380 340 4-8 2-4 Yankee W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div Hartford 15 1 0 .938 461 239 11-1 5-1 *Boston 11 5 0 .688 361 292 7-5 3-3 *New York 9 7 0 .563 378 351 7-5 2-4 Atlantic City 5 11 0 .313 311 360 3-9 2-4 San Andreas W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div Huntington Beach 8 8 0 .500 300 345 6-6 4-2 Sacramento 6 9 1 .406 300 368 6-5-1 3-2-1 Santa Cruz 5 11 0 .313 243 383 4-8 2-4 Long Beach 4 11 1 .281 183 290 3-8-1 2-3-1 Ring of Ice W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div Seattle 12 4 0 .750 390 240 8-4 4-2 *Boise 12 4 0 .750 439 260 10-2 4-2 Anchorage 8 8 0 .500 302 320 6-6 3-3 Oregon 4 12 0 .250 267 424 3-9 1-5 Cavalry W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div Denver 11 5 0 .688 323 247 8-4 5-1 Fargo (ND) 7 9 0 .438 309 355 5-7 3-3 Tulsa 6 9 1 .406 330 332 6-6 3-3 El Paso 5 11 0 .313 283 329 3-9 1-5 Ring of Fire W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div Tucson 14 2 0 .875 448 246 10-2 5-1 *Las Vegas 10 6 0 .625 392 342 7-5 4-2 Honolulu 9 7 0 .563 345 315 6-6 2-4 Arizona 6 10 0 .375 253 353 4-8 1-5 * denotes Wild Card team

Over in the Eastern Conference Hartford again appears to be the team to beat. They plowed right through their schedule to a 15-1 record and are the undisputed Best Team In Football. They also happen to be the defending champs. Nobody wants to play them right now. Hell, nobody's wanted to play them for several years now - this year marks their 5th straight division title. Having been stuck behind Honolulu for so many years, I can honestly say that feel for the other owners in the Yankee division. But hey, at least you guys wrapped up the two Wild Card spots, right?

Durham was the surprise winner in the Atlantic, and everyone else was a huge disappointment. Charleston was expected to continue their tradition of competitiveness this year, and Tampa had big expectations coming off their excellent 2010 campaign. Baltimore featured a very potent offense and probably should've won more games. Weird division.

The Great Lakes saw Detroit win their 7th straight division title, and they didn't even have the services of Johnnie Titone. Al Deneff, a castoff from Arizona, was surprisingly effective and proved to be the difference between Detroit and rapidly-improving Chicago. Look out for the Hitmen next year - all of their young talent is maturing, and we may soon see a changing of the guard.

As with the Real World, the Deep South couldn't seem to do anything right this year. They featured teams that varied only in the degree of badness they possessed. Memphis made history by becoming the worst division champion ever. Good for them.

Back home in the Western Conference, Denver wrapped up their 5th straight division title thanks to surprisingly weak performances from Fargo and Tulsa. As for El Paso, well...nobody ever really expects much from El Paso.

I mentioned that Seattle edged out Boise for their division title, ending Boise's 3-year reign. They were helped considerably by Brandon Lin's late-season injury, however. Still, Seattle is an extraordinarily dangerous team that went 7-1 over the last half of the season. Both are teams nobody really wants to face in the playoffs, especially with Lin back at the helm for Boise.

The San Andreas division is the WFC's version of the Deep South - a weak division with a champion in name only. Huntington Beach won their division fair and square, of course, but 8-8 division champs don't inspire much confidence in their fans. Santa Cruz is an up-and-coming team though - keep an eye on them next year.

And finally, the Ring of Fire was won by yours truly. Las Vegas clinched the final playoff spot thanks to a career year from Lenny "Jackpot" Olsen. Honolulu underperformed, but their underperformance might really be a function of unrealistic expectations on the part of us pundits heading into this year. Kranz had such a magnificent year last season that most of us expected he'd repeat that pretty easily - but the lack of a running game hampered their offense all season long. As for Arizona...well, they had a fairly typical Arizona year.

The playoffs will begin with the following Wildcard Round games:

Boise at Huntington Beach
Boston at Memphis
Las Vegas at Denver
New York at Durham
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Old 10-21-2006, 12:24 AM   #366
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Toros regular season wrapup

14-2 is a damn fine year, regardless of how far we get in the playoffs. As you'll see below, this record is largely a result of Kent Goodwin's unexpected excellence and a strong defense.

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Front Office Football 2004 2011 Summary for Tucson Toros Record: 14-2 Winning Pct.: .875 Tucson Toros Team Rank Rushes 515 6 Rushing Yards 2230 5 Yards Per Carry 4.33 5 (T) Pass Attempts 506 18 Completions 270 26 Passing Yards 3827 13 Yards Per Attempt 7.56 8 3rd Down Conversions 41.8 24 Points Per Game 28.0 2 Turnovers 18 8 (T) Turnover Margin +10 5 Opponents Team Rank Rushes 426 4 Rushing Yards 1595 1 Yards Per Carry 3.74 2 Pass Attempts 550 27 Completions 268 2 Passing Yards 3403 5 Yards Per Attempt 6.18 1 3rd Down Conversions 35.4 1 Points Per Game 15.3 3 Turnovers 28 4 (T) Week Team Versus Oppnt 1 27 ARI 10 2 20 at SAO 10 3 31 at SEA 21 4 28 at HON 18 5 20 DEN 14 7 24 at ELP 16 8 24 LVS 28 9 33 TUL 18 10 16 at FAR 23 11 33 at ARI 7 12 41 NOS 34 13 41 HBE 12 14 23 SHR 3 15 45 HON 14 16 21 at MEM 18 17 21 at LVS 0 Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int 19 Goodwin QB 497 267 3757 7.55 33 12 **Team --- 506 270 3827 7.56 33 12 Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD 42 Holliday RB 298 1370 4.59 8 26 Jeffries FB 171 625 3.65 6 **Team --- 516 2233 4.32 15 Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD 80 Higginbotham WR 104 57 895 15.7 122 7 89 Armitage WR 104 53 873 16.4 116 4 82 Torres TE 61 36 465 12.9 97 3 85 Garcia WR 72 34 558 16.4 30 5 26 Jeffries FB 48 30 233 7.7 122 4 81 Hodges WR 47 26 467 17.9 103 5 **Team --- 506 270 3827 14.1 673 33 Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn 55 Trujillo OLB 89 19 1.5 5 1 8 52 Wash ILB 89 38 1.0 2 0 6 31 Enoch S 80 44 0.0 0 3 21 45 Stine S 59 26 1.0 0 5 21 58 Watford OLB 51 18 3.0 1 0 4 40 Biggs CB 49 11 0.0 0 1 16 70 Neubauer DT 47 22 9.0 14 0 1 25 Minahan CB 41 14 0.0 0 1 7 75 Grier DE 38 18 8.5 16 0 1 93 King OLB 30 4 0.5 1 1 0 35 Giles CB 30 12 0.0 0 5 8 95 Stoltzfus DT 24 10 5.0 12 0 0 97 Horn DE 22 5 7.0 21 0 0 72 Bernard DE 21 16 5.5 6 0 0 90 Jarrard ILB 19 3 0.0 0 0 0 **Team --- 805 282 51.0 93 17 102

Goodwin shattered our previous team record for TD passes, 24, held by "Colonel" Hogan (2008). He did well enough overall to earn himself a huge new contract that we hope will keep him in Toros red for at least 5 more years. Our receivers had pretty good years overall. Higginbotham bounced back from a disappointing 2010 season, and our role players (Hodges and Garcia) both had wonderful years. Holliday was on his way to having another typical Holliday season (get it?) when he broke his wrist, forcing him to miss the first two games of his professional career. Still, his overall numbers were excellent, and our young-ish O-line had a lot to do with that.

Defensively, I couldn't have asked for a much better year. We forced 28 turnovers (+10), were #1 at ypa and #2 at ypc. What more could you want really? Oh, how about 51 sacks? I'm pretty sure that's a team record, and was a bit of a surprise to me. We have good defensive front players, but outside of Stoltzfus nobody is supposed to be a monster sack artist. Neubauer and Grier overperformed again, and our RDE platoon chipped in 12.5 sacks. We held our opponents to under 50% passing (48.7% to be precise), and were very successful at stopping opponents on 3rd down. Two defensive players tied our team record for INTs in a season at 5.

We also did well on Special Teams. Eckard's 30/40 in FGs was adequate, and his 50 PATs allowed him to lead the league in scoring. His kickoffs were generally better than Castorena's were, so I feel he's an improvement overall. P Edward Winters was a bit more frustrating - he always seemed to shank 32 yd punts when we were stuck at our 15, and his 40.1 average was not good. However, he also managed to nail half of his 82 punts inside the opponents' 20. Hard to know how to feel about this guy. In the return game, CB Bobby Giles gave us a much-needed spark (27.6 average), but FL Courtney Hodges had our lone kickoff return for a TD (29.7 average). Drew Holliday was our primary punt returner, and he did an excellent job (23-206-1 TD).

Long story short: we had a good year.
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Old 10-23-2006, 11:12 PM   #367
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Wild Card Round Results

Wild Card Playoff Round
Boise Stampede 38
B.Lin 21-35-356, D.Bradley 6-98, C.Pritchett 8-183
atHuntington Beach Capitalists 3
C.Lincoln 14-19-131, J.Riddols 13-28, L.Cox 3-42
New York Knights 6
K.Pace 15-34-183, T.Keith 32-117, R.Atkins 4-68
atDurham Bulldogs 16
E.Kimber 11-20-121, G.Parrish 29-107, M.Browning 4-87
Boston Panthers 24
D.Bridges 20-35-180, S.Moss 18-63, I.Schwartz 8-116
atMemphis Express 13
B.Hoffman 20-33-264, S.Metz 15-55, J.Huntsman 5-89
Las Vegas Rounders 24
L.Olsen 9-26-193, A.Jennings 26-77, C.Poole 4-110
atDenver Dynomite 30
M.Garibaldi 27-45-281, J.Lubin 33-87, C.Plotkin 10-128

I was sad to see division rival Las Vegas get dumped in the first round, as I was hoping to knock them off myself. Alas.

I was especially sad to see Boise advance, despite the fact that their win was all but assured. They greatly outclassed Huntington Beach, and with Lin back in the saddle they were as close to a lock as you can get in this game.

This set of outcomes means that we'll be facing Boise in the Divisional Round. When Lin is fully healthy, they are probably the best team in the conference. I'm not especially happy about this draw, but we'll see what we can do.
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Old 10-23-2006, 11:15 PM   #368
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Divisional Playoff Round
Durham Bulldogs 38
E.Kimber 18-28-258, G.Parrish 26-137, M.Browning 6-114
atDetroit Vampires 30
A.DeNeff 24-52-370, M.Boyd 16-117, C.Richmond 8-98
Boston Panthers 27
D.Bridges 19-31-277, S.Moss 15-78, Z.Spates 8-142
atHartford Attack 30
J.Oberg 25-34-284, A.Spearman 22-116, J.Alonzo 6-96
Denver Dynomite 24
M.Garibaldi 22-30-227, J.Lubin 21-107, C.Plotkin 4-62
atSeattle Thunderbirds 13
C.Dever 15-26-117, B.Liszkiewicz 13-57, C.Faison 5-53

Denver did an excellent job stuffing a great offensive team in Seattle - I find it somewhat surprising how easily they were able to stop Dever. Good for them.

In other news, The Best Team In The League (Hartford) barely escaped with a win against their division rival Boston, and Durham continued their improbable season with a nice win over Detroit.

Next up: the game you've all been waiting for: Boise at Tucson.
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Old 10-23-2006, 11:34 PM   #369
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Divisional Round: Boise at Tucson

I have just finished reviewing our postseason history, and was quite shocked to realize that we haven't won a playoff game since the 2006 season. That year we went to the Conference Championship game but lost to Honolulu. Since that time we've been one-and-done in 2007 (21-10 Wild Card round loss to Denver), 2008 (17-13 Wild Card round loss to Sacramento), and 2009 (17-16 Divisional Round loss to Denver). In five trips to the playoffs our cumulative playoff record is an embarrassing 3-5, and of the top seven teams in the league by career records we're the only one to have somehow missed out on going to a CFL Bowl.

In other words, we choke come playoff time.

We're hoping this year will be different, because this time we've got the surprisingly effective Kent Goodwin manning the helm - our prior playoff history was all under the leadership of "Colonel" Hogan, whose butt is now firmly attached to our bench. We're thus mildly optimistic about today's game, but with Lin coming to town we cannot get overly optimistic.

We're fairly healthy heading into today's game, with Holliday upgraded to probable and our only missing starter being RT Matthew Pitman. We're ready to go.

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Box Score: Boise at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Conference Semifinals, 2011 Attendance: 68,400 (69,800). Weather: 60 degrees, fair. 1Q: 13:55 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 17 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 13:55 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 11:35 TUC - Sydney Armitage 4 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 11:35 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 05:03 TUC - Jake Emerson 7 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 05:03 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point failed. 1Q: 01:56 BOI - Conrad Fisher 42 field goal. 2Q: 07:48 BOI - Austin Philyaw 2 run. 2Q: 07:48 BOI - Conrad Fisher extra point. 2Q: 00:26 BOI - Conrad Fisher 53 field goal. 3Q: 08:12 BOI - Conrad Fisher 22 field goal. 3Q: 00:35 BOI - Conrad Fisher 32 field goal. 4Q: 00:54 TUC - Buster Trujillo 40 interception return. 4Q: 00:54 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 00:05 TUC - Sydney Armitage 17 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 00:05 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Boise 3 10 6 0 - 19 Tucson 20 0 0 14 - 34 Team Statistics BOI TUC First Downs 19 16 Total Rushes 29 25 Rushing Yards 107 98 Yards Per Carry 3.6 3.9 Pass Attempts 47 41 Completions 16 14 Passing Yards 241 183 Yards Per Attempt 5.1 4.4 Sacked 2 0 Yards Lost 10 0 Interceptions 4 2 Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/1 Total Plays 78 66 Total Yards 338 281 Yards Per Play 4.3 4.2 3rd Down Plays 4/18 3/15 Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.5 8.8 4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0 Penalties 6 13 Penalty Yards 50 116 Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 32 Time Of Possession 33:35 26:25 Boise Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 45 Philyaw 20 55 2.7 15 1 19 Lin 8 53 6.6 13 0 24 Givens 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Lin 47 16 241 5.1 45 0 4 2 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 89 Muncy 4 50 12.5 5 22 0 82 Pritchett 4 64 16.0 4 33 0 85 Vankirk 2 27 13.5 0 16 0 45 Philyaw 2 14 7.0 16 9 0 87 Albright 2 61 30.5 0 45 0 88 Colton 1 16 16.0 0 16 0 80 Barney 1 9 9.0 2 9 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 82 Pritchett 5 16 3.2 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 36 Blackwell 1 41 41.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 13 Poole 7 264 37.7 57 4 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 4 Fisher 4 5 53 1 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 55 Rausch 10 3 0.0 1 32 0 28 Spry 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 20 Gott 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 59 Otte 3 4 0.0 0 0 0 34 Farmer 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 92 Snodgrass 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 99 Asher 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Pritchett 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 41 Nunez 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 43 Hulse 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 54 Bergmann 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 94 Phelan 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 23 Gallego 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 19 Lin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 96 Jobe 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 88 Colton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 91 Leaf 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 74 Gomez 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Ranek 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 38 Richmond 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 70 Sims 0 0 1 0 0 2 99 Asher 0 1 1 0 0 0 62 Kenderdine 0 0 1 0 1 0 45 Philyaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 54 Bergmann 0 0 0 0 1 0 84 Palmer 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 18 55 3.0 14 0 19 Goodwin 4 26 6.5 15 0 26 Jeffries 3 17 5.6 10 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 41 14 183 4.4 23 4 2 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 89 Armitage 6 78 13.0 2 23 2 80 Higginbotham 2 34 17.0 6 23 0 85 Garcia 2 28 14.0 0 16 0 42 Holliday 1 9 9.0 9 9 0 26 Jeffries 1 17 17.0 17 17 1 82 Torres 1 10 10.0 10 10 0 87 Emerson 1 7 7.0 0 7 1 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 2 2 1.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 5 119 23.8 0 81 Hodges 1 16 16.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 11 483 43.9 60 6 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 0 0 0 4 5 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 11 1 0.0 1 3 0 55 Trujillo 7 1 0.5 1 40 1 40 Biggs 6 4 0.0 0 0 0 25 Minahan 3 1 0.5 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 3 0 0.0 1 6 0 75 Grier 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 1 1 0.0 1 0 0 27 Ellsworth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 89 Armitage 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 84 Joyner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 64 Connell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 81 Hodges 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 3 0 55 Trujillo 0 1 0 0 0 0 52 Wash 0 1 0 0 0 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 Jeffries 1 0 0 0 0 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 1 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hoo boy, that was one ugly game. Either both offenses were terrible, both defenses were great, or some combination thereof. The high score doesn't really reflect just how crappy this game was - for example, the two teams combined to convert just 7 of 33 3rd downs. There were seven total turnovers, and Your Beloved Toros were incredibly penalty-prone. Despite the general ineptitude of our team (14 of 41 from Goodwin?!), we were able to sneak away with our first playoff win in five seasons. I wish I could say I enjoyed this win more, but I really think we got lucky here. Boise was, on balance, the better team today. We got some fortunate breaks, especially on defense. It isn't every day that Lin throws 4 INTs - he threw just two INTs all season long. In fact, he's thrown just 4 INTs in the last two regular seasons combined. To put an even finer point on it, he hasn't thrown that many picks in a single game since his 3rd game as a pro - back in 2003. Wow.

But Boise's defense came to play as well. Take a look at our drive chart from the second half:

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3 15:00 1:18 OWN 18 3 4 Punt 3 13:30 1:40 OWN 5 3 5 Punt 3 7:47 1:24 OWN 32 3 0 Punt 3 3:42 1:29 OWN 14 3 4 Fumble 3 0:35 1:02 OWN 26 3 0 Punt 4 12:26 0:58 OWN 42 3 1 Punt 4 7:58 1:16 OWN 20 3 7 Punt 4 4:18 1:11 OWN 15 3 -3 Punt 4 2:31 0:38 OWN 9 4 11 Punt 4 0:20 0:15 OPP 20 2 20 Touchdown

Oof. Eight consecutive 3-and-outs. That's pretty shitty. Thank heavens our punter came to play today (6 of 11 punts inside the 20).

Still, I won't complain. A win is a win, and I'm thrilled that we get to advance to play Denver for the Conference Championship. We only suffered one injury of significance today in WLB Joseph Watford, who strained a calf muscle and will miss three weeks. We'll be OK without him.
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Old 10-24-2006, 01:12 PM   #370
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Conference Championship

We're making just our second-ever trip to the Conference Championship game, and we've drawn the most experienced playoff team in the league in the Denver Dynamite. They have compiled a gaudy 13-5 playoff record, which sets the CFL standard for most playoff games overall as well as the best playoff winning percentage. They went to three consecutive CFL Bowls from 2007-2009, and managed to win two of them. They've won five consecutive division titles. They're good.

Why are they so good? Primarily because of QB Marcus Garibaldi. Garibaldi has drawn comparisons to the NFL's Tom Brady - both put up good to very good stats, but neither are extraordinary. Yet, they both just keep winning and winning championships. Garibaldi, in particular, seems to have a magical ability to convert 3rd downs (rated 99 according to my scout) which keeps their offense chugging along. He doesn't do it alone, of course, and has a number of offensive tools to work with. His O-line is very good, he has veteran RB John Lubin (4th all-time in rushing) in the backfield, and an array of talented-but-not-otherworldly receivers.

Denver's defense is solid overall, as well, so we'll have our work cut out for us today. Fortunately Holliday is back at full strength and we'll try to feed him the ball a fair amount. We've been relying on Goodwin a bit more than I'd like lately.

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Box Score: Denver at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Conference Finals, 2011 Attendance: 68,400 (69,800). Weather: 51 degrees, fair. 1Q: 11:24 DEN - Gary Hutchins 31 field goal. 1Q: 06:58 TUC - Drew Holliday 3 run. 1Q: 06:58 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 11:56 DEN - Daniel Patino 11 pass from Marcus Garibaldi. 2Q: 11:56 DEN - Gary Hutchins extra point. 2Q: 06:44 TUC - Drew Holliday 3 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 06:44 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 00:42 TUC - Drew Holliday 6 run. 2Q: 00:42 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 11:26 TUC - Sydney Armitage 23 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 11:26 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 07:00 DEN - Christian Perry 23 pass from Marcus Garibaldi. 3Q: 07:00 DEN - John Lubin run for conversion. 4Q: 14:28 DEN - John Lubin 16 run. 4Q: 14:28 DEN - Gary Hutchins extra point. 4Q: 04:39 TUC - Kent Goodwin 6 run. 4Q: 04:39 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Denver 3 7 8 7 - 25 Tucson 7 14 7 7 - 35 Team Statistics DEN TUC First Downs 27 28 Total Rushes 32 23 Rushing Yards 138 98 Yards Per Carry 4.3 4.2 Pass Attempts 36 37 Completions 22 22 Passing Yards 258 319 Yards Per Attempt 7.1 8.6 Sacked 0 1 Yards Lost 0 6 Interceptions 1 0 Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0 Total Plays 68 61 Total Yards 396 411 Yards Per Play 5.8 6.7 3rd Down Plays 8/12 7/10 Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.5 7.6 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0 Penalties 2 4 Penalty Yards 7 20 Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 31 Time Of Possession 33:15 26:45 Denver Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 37 Lubin 24 115 4.7 17 1 26 Farrar 6 13 2.1 6 0 87 Plotkin 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 4 Garibaldi 1 11 11.0 11 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 4 Garibaldi 36 22 258 7.1 35 2 1 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 89 Peace 6 69 11.5 27 23 0 87 Plotkin 5 92 18.4 12 35 0 25 Warren 4 29 7.2 11 12 0 37 Lubin 3 21 7.0 27 10 0 80 Patino 2 15 7.5 3 11 1 1 Rodriguez 1 9 9.0 1 9 0 84 Perry 1 23 23.0 0 23 1 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 1 Rodriguez 2 57 28.5 0 84 Perry 2 43 21.5 0 28 Davis 1 31 31.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 19 Thornton 3 114 38.0 49 1 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 3 Hutchins 1 1 31 2 2 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 46 Brister 7 2 0.0 0 0 0 24 Sanderson 6 2 0.0 0 0 0 33 Upshaw 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 94 Deacon 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 97 Flynn 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 99 Beamon 3 2 1.0 0 0 0 55 Nichols 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 93 Collins 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 98 Knell 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 38 Halvorson 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 54 Everett 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 95 Duggan 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 28 Davis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 87 Plotkin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 68 Calder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 Rodriguez 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 45 Foster 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 27 Waters 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 68 Calder 0 0 0 0 4 0 52 Garcia 0 0 0 0 3 0 69 Gardner 0 0 0 0 2 0 89 Peace 0 0 0 0 2 0 87 Plotkin 1 0 0 0 0 0 94 Deacon 0 1 0 0 0 0 60 Saldivar 0 0 0 0 1 0 67 Browning 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 17 79 4.6 16 2 26 Jeffries 3 11 3.6 7 0 19 Goodwin 3 8 2.6 6 1 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 37 22 319 8.6 35 2 0 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 89 Armitage 6 97 16.1 4 27 1 80 Higginbotham 5 80 16.0 15 23 0 26 Jeffries 4 47 11.7 34 15 0 82 Torres 2 28 14.0 17 21 0 84 Joyner 2 13 6.5 2 9 0 42 Holliday 1 3 3.0 3 3 1 81 Hodges 1 35 35.0 3 35 0 85 Garcia 1 16 16.0 0 16 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 3 98 32.6 0 81 Hodges 2 44 22.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 3 108 36.0 44 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 0 0 0 5 5 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 55 Trujillo 13 0 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 7 7 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 40 Biggs 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 3 0 0.0 1 10 0 25 Minahan 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 47 Hodges 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 26 Jeffries 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 21 Stallings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 4 0 54 Reeves 0 0 1 0 2 0 52 Wash 0 1 0 0 0 0 75 Grier 0 0 1 0 0 0 42 Holliday 1 0 0 0 0 0

Now that was a good game. The fans got their money's worth out ofthat one. It might not be entirely clear from the box score, but we built up a nice 28-10 lead that Garibaldi quickly reduced to a 28-25 lead early in the 4th quarter. Once Lubin scampered in for the TD I was fairly convinced that we were going to lose, as this is precisely the kind of circumstance in which Garibaldi shines. Indeed, Denver was marching down the field midway through the 4th and had reached our 22 when this happened:

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-- 1-10-TUC22 (06:07) DEN 87 Plotkin ran a reverse around right end for -1 yards. Tackled by TUC 52 Wash, assisted by TUC 95 Stoltzfus. Ball was fumbled and recovered by TUC 75 Grier for 18 yards to the TUC41.

That saved the game for us. They were at least going to score a FG on that drive, but instead we got the ball back and Goodwin did the rest:

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1-10-TUC41 (05:57) TUC 19 Goodwin pass fell incomplete, intended for 80 Higginbotham. DEN 98 Knell hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. 2-10-TUC41 (05:51) TUC 19 Goodwin pass completed to 81 Hodges for 35 yards (OOB). Tackled by DEN 93 Collins, assisted by DEN 38 Halvorson. -- 1-10-DEN24 (05:15) TUC 19 Goodwin pass completed to 89 Armitage for 18 yards (OOB). Tackled by DEN 38 Halvorson. -- 1-06-DEN06 (04:49) TUC 19 Goodwin scrambled for 6 yards and a touchdown. Extra point by TUC 12 Eckard was good.

That kid is amazing. And the game, overall, was a real thriller. I'm a bit dismayed at how much our coach relies on the kid, despite my gameplanning to the contrary, but I really cannot complain. If he needs to throw 37 times for us to win, so be it.

We won. We won the game, and now we get to play in our FIRST EVER CFL BOWL! WOOHOO!

But who do we get to play, you might ask? We will be playing The Best Team In The League - the Hartford Attack. They beat Durham 31-24 to make it to their second straight CFL Bowl (they won it all last year). That means that the two teams with the best regular season records will be squaring off for the championship. Nice.

The CFL bowl will be hosted tonight at 7:45 pm central time on aim. If you're interested in following the action head on over to thecfl.net and enter the forums. There'll be a post indicating how to join the chat.

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Old 10-24-2006, 10:39 PM   #371
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The Big Dance

This is it! Time for the big dance. I've been waiting for this moment for eight seasons, and at this point I really don't care if we win the Bowl or not. I'm just happy to be here (that's what my PR guy told me to say, anyway).

We're locking horns with the 15-1 Hartford Attack, considered by most to be the pride of the league (Shreveport aside). They had some trouble with their postseason opponents (30-27 over Boston, 31-24 over Durham), but were able to pull off the win both times. Their offense is terriffic, featuring the 1-2 punch of QB James Oberg and RB Alan Spearman. Their defense is also good, but they've struggled against the run a bit more than anyone would've expected given their talent. That's something we might try to exploit, especially considering that their pass D was excellent.

Bah! Why am I wasting words? Let's get on with it: the championship game that pits the league's best team (15-1 Hartford) against the second-best team (14-2 Tucson).

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Box Score: Hartford vs Tucson Jacksonville, FL. Front Office Championship, 2011 Attendance: 68,300 (68,300). Weather: 63 degrees, rain. 1Q: 07:44 HAR - Jeffrey Alonzo 22 pass from James Oberg. 1Q: 07:44 HAR - Rod Farmer extra point. 2Q: 11:05 TUC - Courtney Hodges 5 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 11:05 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 01:32 TUC - Hugo Eckard 33 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 42 Drew Holliday Hartford 7 0 0 0 - 7 Tucson 0 10 0 0 - 10 Team Statistics HAR TUC First Downs 18 16 Total Rushes 24 40 Rushing Yards 120 165 Yards Per Carry 5.0 4.1 Pass Attempts 41 19 Completions 14 11 Passing Yards 197 140 Yards Per Attempt 4.8 7.3 Sacked 0 3 Yards Lost 0 18 Interceptions 1 1 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1 Total Plays 65 62 Total Yards 317 287 Yards Per Play 4.8 4.6 3rd Down Plays 4/15 7/15 Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.8 7.2 4th Down Plays 1/1 0/0 Penalties 2 6 Penalty Yards 15 55 Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 24 Time Of Possession 25:48 34:12 Hartford Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 34 Spearman 16 84 5.2 18 0 41 Lincoln 5 34 6.8 19 0 26 Cassady 2 0 0.0 0 0 82 Alonzo 1 2 2.0 2 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 3 Oberg 41 14 197 4.8 48 1 1 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 82 Alonzo 6 76 12.6 7 22 1 80 Vandenberg 3 41 13.6 2 24 0 85 Trail 2 52 26.0 24 48 0 41 Lincoln 2 17 8.5 16 12 0 34 Spearman 1 11 11.0 2 11 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 36 Gallegos 1 6 6.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 34 Spearman 2 35 17.5 0 36 Gallegos 1 19 19.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 13 Gilmore 7 244 34.8 43 4 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 10 Farmer 0 1 0 1 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 27 Lee 13 1 0.0 0 0 0 92 Sawyer 8 3 0.0 0 0 0 93 Poole 6 1 2.0 0 0 0 59 Rea 5 4 0.0 0 0 0 90 Leary 5 2 0.0 0 0 0 95 Ensley 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 46 Dyer 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 97 Russel 2 3 1.0 0 0 0 36 Gallegos 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 38 Caldwell 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 40 Gillette 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 48 Weaver 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 80 Vandenberg 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 76 Earp 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 49 Colston 0 1 0.0 1 6 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 68 Oroumieh 0 0 0 0 3 0 77 Fitzgerald 0 0 0 0 2 0 72 Jefferson 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 Gillette 0 1 0 0 0 0 92 Sawyer 0 1 0 0 0 0 61 Lynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 48 Weaver 0 0 1 0 0 0 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 29 136 4.6 45 0 26 Jeffries 9 13 1.4 6 0 19 Goodwin 2 16 8.0 12 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 19 11 140 7.3 24 1 1 3 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 89 Armitage 4 49 12.2 9 14 0 26 Jeffries 2 18 9.0 5 10 0 81 Hodges 2 21 10.5 0 16 1 80 Higginbotham 1 16 16.0 0 16 0 82 Torres 1 24 24.0 0 24 0 84 Joyner 1 12 12.0 0 12 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 1 28 28.0 0 35 Giles 1 19 19.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 7 287 41.0 52 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 1 1 33 1 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 5 2 0.0 0 0 0 45 Stine 5 2 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 40 Biggs 4 0 0.0 1 9 0 52 Wash 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Ellsworth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 21 Stallings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 87 Emerson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 2 3 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 4 0 71 Franck 0 0 1 0 1 0 26 Jeffries 0 0 0 0 2 0 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 0 42 Holliday 1 0 0 0 0 0 82 Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0 81 Hodges 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hartford Drive Chart Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result 1 12:42 4:58 OWN 36 10 64 Touchdown 1 7:37 1:07 OPP 36 3 1 Punt 1 4:20 2:30 OWN 35 6 18 Punt 2 14:47 0:50 OWN 39 3 2 Punt 2 11:05 2:34 OWN 22 7 35 Punt 2 3:04 0:36 OWN 20 2 0 Interception 2 1:32 1:32 OWN 23 7 62 Half 3 15:00 4:14 OWN 15 8 48 Punt 3 4:03 2:58 OWN 7 6 31 Punt 4 12:56 1:42 OWN 38 5 30 Punt 4 5:36 3:02 OWN 15 7 46 Missed FG 4 0:19 0:19 OWN 20 3 0 Game Tucson Drive Chart Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result 1 15:00 2:18 OWN 28 3 -6 Punt 1 6:30 2:10 OWN 2 4 19 Punt 1 1:50 2:03 OWN 25 5 19 Interception 2 13:57 2:52 OWN 17 7 83 Touchdown 2 8:31 5:27 OWN 20 9 31 Punt 2 2:28 0:56 OPP 16 3 0 Field Goal 3 10:46 6:43 OWN 1 11 40 Punt 3 1:05 3:09 OWN 21 5 7 Punt 4 11:14 5:38 OWN 5 9 56 Punt 4 2:34 2:15 OWN 46 6 18 Punt

During the regular season Hartford led the league in scoring with 461 points, and we were second with 448. Somehow we managed to produce just 17 points between the two of us today, and thankfully we got 10 of those points to win the championship! WOOHOO!

One very, very ballsy call stands out in this game: with time winding down in the 1st half and the score 10-7, Hartford marched the ball down to our 13 and called their final timeout. With a 3rd and 2 and just :18 left on the clock they sent their FG unit onto the field. However, their FG unit included starting all-world running back and they faked the FG attempt. Spearman was stopped for a loss of 2 yards, and the half ended. Hartford's only other scoring opportunity came late in the 4th quarter, but K Farmer missed a 56-yard attempt. The rest is history.

Hat's off to Masked's Hartford squad. They were in it to the end and gave us a helluva game.

Holliday won the game MVP award, and I'm hard pressed to argue that anyone else would've deserved it more. He was a huge part of our somewhat unique gameplan - we wanted to run the ball and shorten the game as much as possible. I didn't think we'd do well in a shootout with Oberg, so we leaned heavily on our run game and it paid off.

I could make a case for awarding the MVP to our entire defense, who did an excellent job of containing one of the league's best QBs in Oberg. In fact, I'm tempted to award them a collective postseason MVP for the work they did in containing Oberg, Lin, Garibaldi, Philyaw and Spearman. Damn fine work, gentlemen.

Well, that season was quite a roller coaster ride. We snuck in a couple of starts for Goodwin to begin the year, then returned to our usual starter in Hogan. The "Colonel" immediately got hurt and surrendered the reins to Goodwin for the rest of the season, and the kid was absolutely lights out. He led us not only to our best regular season record, but to our first CFL Bowl appearance and victory. Crazy.

Goodwin also appears that he'll be improving beyond what our scouts currently think of him. He's recently begun to max out his potential in some skills, but his now-full red bars keep creeping up with each game he plays. I was so optimistic about his future development that I awarded him a huge contract extension at the end of the season that should keep him locked up at a below-market rate for many more years.

What a wonderful season. I'm looking forward to repeating next year!

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Old 10-24-2006, 11:20 PM   #372
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Oddly, at the beginning of the season, I thought that your team was the weakest it has been in 3-4 seasons. I think you found a gem in Goodwin. I was eyeing him as well, but pulled the trigger on the "needs much more development" Carlton Burgess a couple picks before Goodwin was drafted. But moreso, you're defense deserves some serious props.

Congrats on the win and the great season!
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Old 10-25-2006, 12:28 AM   #373
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Congrats Tucson. I'm not in the CFL, but I've been following this dynasty since page 1, and it's good to see your boys pick up the trophy!
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Old 10-25-2006, 07:21 AM   #374
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Congratulations, Fonzie! What a great season! The Bulldogs are looking forward to traveling to Tucson in 2012.
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Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen! This was truly one of those clichéd "magical" seasons in which everything lined up just right for us.
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Old 10-27-2006, 05:44 AM   #376
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Congratulations - looking forward to the rematch next season
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2011 Season Awards

Let's see who got hardware this year:

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Front Office Football 2004 2011 Awards List Award Player Team Player of the Year Butch Fulton SAC **Front Office Bowl MVP Drew Holliday TUC Coach of the Year Dwayne Crowley HAR Legend of the Game Paul Dover HON Offensive Player of the Year Butch Fulton SAC Defensive Player of the Year Rocky Alleman CHT Offensive Rookie of the Year Austin Philyaw BOI Defensive Rookie of the Year J.C. Harvey ALB All-League First Team Quarterback Charles Dever SEA All-League First Team Running Back Butch Fulton SAC All-League First Team Fullback George Welton TUL All-League First Team Tight End Gerald Thorpe CHI All-League First Team Wide Receiver Rueben Albertson ACI All-League First Team Wide Receiver Michael Browning DUR All-League First Team Center Corey Fulbright CHT All-League First Team Offensive Guard Kelvin Battle CHT All-League First Team Offensive Guard Kevin Levine BAL All-League First Team Offensive Tackle Larry Peters DET All-League First Team Offensive Tackle Marty Covington ELP All-League First Team Punter Derek Shields LVS All-League First Team Kicker Frederic Swallow HON All-League First Team Defensive End Kasey Cha CHT All-League First Team Defensive End Rick Lamontagne SAC All-League First Team Defensive Tackle Dominic Shumpert SEA All-League First Team Defensive Tackle Larry Ellis ARI All-League First Team Inside Linebacker Charles Reed HON All-League First Team Outside Linebacker Mikel Bussard FAR All-League First Team Outside Linebacker Jeffrey Whitfield SCU All-League First Team Cornerback Willie Golalic ACI All-League First Team Cornerback Devin Hopper ALB All-League First Team Safety Rocky Alleman CHT All-League First Team Safety Michael Hubbard SAO All-League Second Team Quarterback Edward Kimber DUR All-League Second Team Running Back Jeff Reid ELP All-League Second Team Fullback Tom Grafton LBE All-League Second Team Tight End Frederick Abeyta HON All-League Second Team Wide Receiver Jamie Atkins ALB All-League Second Team Wide Receiver Chris Chavez ORE All-League Second Team Center Tony Baker LVS All-League Second Team Offensive Guard Lawrence Walters NYK All-League Second Team Offensive Guard Danilo Biddle SAC All-League Second Team Offensive Tackle Craig VanEck ACI All-League Second Team Offensive Tackle Lance Lukas FAR All-League Second Team Punter Brock Lightfoot LBE All-League Second Team Kicker Bryce Goodwin ANC All-League Second Team Defensive End J.J. Houston SAO All-League Second Team Defensive End Scott Flowers DET All-League Second Team Defensive Tackle Andre Baker FAR All-League Second Team Defensive Tackle Mercury Gil MEM All-League Second Team Inside Linebacker Tim Atkins SCU All-League Second Team Outside Linebacker Richie Haynesworth CHI All-League Second Team Outside Linebacker Mario McLain ALB All-League Second Team Cornerback Mark Tatum NYK All-League Second Team Cornerback Clyde Alston MEM All-League Second Team Safety Oliver Fish NOS All-League Second Team Safety Bobby Miller LBE League's Fastest Man Arnie Pritchett ANC League's Strongest Man Jerald Barber SHR

Once again a rather pedestrian performance from RB Butch Fulton earned him MVP honors. Butch ran for 1840 yards on 462 carries (a 3.98 ypc) and 9 TDs, with 85 receptions for 648 yds (but no TDs and 3 drops). He also fumbled 14 times. Not very MVP-y in my eyes. For the second year in a row I'd choose James Oberg over Fulton. Oberg completed 64.9% of his passes for 3878 yds (a 7.94 ypa), 35 TDs, and 15 INTs with zero fumbles. He was the best player on the second-best team in the league. He's the real MVP.

I'd have even settled for an MVP choice of Atlantic City CB Willie Golalic. Willie picked off 8 passes and defended a league-record 34 passes as well, allowing just 39 completions. That's a PDPct of 23.4. Otherworldly.

The only hardware our players picked up was Drew Holliday's CFL Bowl MVP. If I had to pick one award, that's the one I'd choose. Still, a few other guys might've deserved a nod this year, including our Head Coach Ryan Bolden. He was passed over for Coach of the Year, which was awarded to Hartford's coach. I'm not sure how that could possibly compute, given that in preseason nobody had us going to the CFL Bowl, much less winning it. Hartford, meanwhile, was amongst the popular picks again. That's a slap in the face for poor Mr. Bolden - and will hopefully provide him with motivation to pursue that trophy next year.

On to next year!
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Old 11-01-2006, 11:35 PM   #379
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2012: The Year of the Title Defense

We head into 2012 flushed with unexpected success and eager to defend our championship. Let's see how our roster is shaping up after the offseason:

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Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Hogan, Milan "Colonel" 4 QB 14 61 66 2 yrs Weinke, Artie 9 QB 6 30 52 3 yrs Goodwin, Kent 19 QB 3 62 66 5 yrs Hodges, Kenny 47 RB 10 31 34 2 yrs Holliday, Drew 42 RB 7 60 63 5 yrs Fawcett, Frankie 24 RB 5 33 35 --- Stallings, Andy 21 RB 4 21 25 --- Jenkins, O.J. 43 FB 7 32 35 2 yrs Jeffries, Corwin 26 FB 7 53 53 4 yrs Torres, Anthony 82 TE 6 73 73 4 yrs Joyner, Marlon 84 TE 6 55 55 3 yrs Chandler, Colin 83 TE 3 37 50 3 yrs Armitage, Sydney 89 FL 12 54 61 1 yr. Hodges, Courtney 81 FL 5 37 43 2 yrs Garcia, Brent 85 FL 5 39 45 1 yr. Higginbotham, Demetrius 80 SE 10 43 43 4 yrs Emerson, Jake 87 SE 2 28 42 3 yrs Reeves, Casey 54 C 5 61 61 4 yrs Buckley, Luther 59 C 5 44 49 3 yrs Poplawski, Ross 60 LG 5 71 71 5 yrs Connell, Kelvin 64 RG 6 61 61 4 yrs Van Buren, Sean 78 RG 3 39 47 --- Lyle, Stan 65 LT 6 41 43 1 yr. Puente, Rob 69 LT 4 37 42 1 yr. Kudrow, Shane 68 LT 4 65 67 2 yrs Franck, Chris 71 RT 16 46 47 2 yrs **Pitman, Matthew 63 RT 8 64 69 3 yrs Blunt, Robbie 67 RT 3 17 45 --- Winters, Edward 15 P 5 67 67 3 yrs Eckard, Hugo 12 K 11 60 68 3 yrs Smith, Carl 73 LDE 11 47 49 2 yrs Grier, Howie 75 LDE 9 56 59 3 yrs Bernard, Ted 72 RDE 8 38 38 2 yrs Horn, Albert 97 RDE 8 49 49 2 yrs Cochrane, Bennie 74 LDT 4 37 44 2 yrs Van Brocklin, Gary 94 LDT 2 29 37 3 yrs Neubauer, Kenneth 70 RDT 10 55 60 3 yrs Stoltzfus, Harold 95 RDT 10 92 93 1 yr. Brisby, Cornelius 53 SILB 7 31 37 --- Wash, Grant 52 MLB 15 59 59 2 yrs Jarrard, Josh 90 MLB 10 47 50 3 yrs Trujillo, Buster 55 SLB 11 62 66 1 yr. King, Jerry 93 SLB 12 54 60 1 yr. Watford, Joseph 58 WLB 12 64 69 2 yrs Crane, Bob 98 WLB 8 38 45 3 yrs Biggs, Keven 40 LCB 12 67 74 --- Callis, Bernie 48 LCB 9 36 43 --- McGarrity, Cris 34 LCB 4 40 47 4 yrs Giles, Bobby 35 LCB 3 55 55 4 yrs Minahan, Ray 38 RCB 8 53 54 --- Rosenberry, Cheap Shot 37 RCB 12 39 46 2 yrs Enoch, Mitchel 31 SS 12 75 83 2 yrs Hartung, Kenneth 32 FS 12 55 55 3 yrs

The only retirement of note was FS Carl Stine - he was a huge addition to our secondary last season, but was evidently willing to call it a career after winning a ring. Hard to blame him.

Our secondary will be our biggest concern this offseason. We were unable to get Biggs to negotiate a reasonable extension late last season, so he's going to be allowed to test the waters. It'll be unfortunate if he goes elsewhere, but I won't be heartbroken. He's a nice player, but he never seemed to perform quite up to his supposed abilities. He never picked off more than 2 passes in a single season. Given the kind of money he wants ($6m in bonus money for a 2-yr deal) I'd expect much better performances than that.

Otherwise, we don't have many gaping holes. We franchised poor DT Harold Stoltzfus again (3rd year running!), and this year his cap number was actually lower than last year ($6.1m vs. $6.29m). We're most going to need depth, so we'll target a few minor FAs and aim for improvement via the draft. We've renegotiated quite a bit to get under the cap, and have about $1.7m in free cap space. I might try to cap out a few contracts to free up some more room, if needed.

One particularly happy note: the scout ratings above didn't change much at all in the offseason (we have the same scout as last year), but Kent Goodwin is now rated 62/66 after finishing last year 59/65. I love him.

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Old 11-01-2006, 11:44 PM   #380
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Stage 1 of FA

Former 1st rounder and occasional nickel back Ray Minahan immediately jumped ship for a nice contract with Cleveland (who are spending like drunken sailors - they also picked up all-world RB Burt Liskiewiecz with a 1-yr $15m deal). Ray was a bit like a miniature version of Keven Biggs - good ratings, but his performance was always a bit wanting. Adios Ray!

We were able to bring back Bernie Callis with a 3 yr, $4.8 million offer. He'll get a shot at the nickel package this year.

We signed a backup RB in J.C. Edwards. He has the makings of a good receiving back, and will provide some depth behind Holliday. He's cheap and on a 1 yr deal.

Biggs also has a couple of nice offers on the table, so any fantasies I had about him slipping through FA and signing a nice cheap deal to stay with us is out the door.
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Old 11-04-2006, 11:22 PM   #381
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FA update

Some recent Tucson-related FA goings-on in the CFL:

-Keven Biggs signed a 2-yr, $13.81m deal with Anchorage. Best wishes, Keven!

-Former 1st round pick FL Brent Garcia has been sent to division rival Las Vegas for a 5th rounder in next year's draft. Brent did pretty well for us over the last two years (he did "well" considering he was a 1st round bust), including catching a combined 66 passes for 926 yds and 7 TDs in the last two years as our 3rd wideout. We'd have liked to keep him around, but he was asking for starter-type money in an extension, and I wasn't about to give it to him. Oh, and we gave Brent a final "cortisone" shot before he left the facilities for Vegas. On an unrelated note, I wouldn't be shocked to find that the Rounders' locker room becomes rapidly infected with genital herpes.

- We then swung another trade to replace Garcia. We sent our 7.32 pick this year (yes, we're passing up on the opportunity to draft Mr. Irrelevant) to Cleveland for veteran SE Coleman Parr (44/44). The 13-yr vet has caught 382 career passes (in 695 targets) for 5485 yds and 29 TDs. He has just 30 career drops. I'm anticipating he'll slide right into the #3 role.

- We simultaneously (and somewhat unexpectedly) landed former Toro WR Freddie Housley to a minor FA contract. Freddie spent the last two seasons with Santa Cruz, but decided to give Tucson another whirl. He's good at Getting Downfield and at catching passes on 3rd down. He'll battle Courtney Hodges for the #4 spot.

- Speaking of Santa Cruz, they shocked the CFL when they released both of their stud starting tackles last week (ownership evidently demanded that they get "younger" or somesuch). RT Noah Smyth (86/89) and LT Russell Tollefson (74/81) began fielding offers last week, and much to my surprise Tollefson accepted one from us! We gave him a 3-yr, $21.69m deal, which landed us about $1.8m above the salary cap. Oops. Still, we're delighted to have him aboard and he'll fill a huge hole with RT Pitman likely still out for the whole season. A quick check of Tollefson's position change-ability confirms our hopes that he can make the switch to RT fairly seamlessly. Great news!

We now have 51 players under contract and need to shed some salary to get back under the cap. I expect a few more deals to be made in the near future.
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Old 11-11-2006, 10:38 PM   #382
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End of FA

We're near the end of the early FA period and have completed the signings we'll make prior to the draft. We've added three more players worth noting:

SS Kevin Yeager (38/43) - With the departure of Minahan we also lost our Secondary Leader, and some unpleasantries erupted. Yeager was brought on to be our new leader. He's not very good, and was sadly the best we could come up with from the FA pool. We'll be looking around in late FA/post-camp cuts for a better alternative.

K Tyrell Simuel (47/47) - According to the scouts Simuel has perhaps the worst kicking accuracy in the league (6/6). However, he's also got perhaps the most powerful leg in the league (100/100) and is a monster on kickoffs (96/96 on distance, 82/82 on hang time). The 5th year pro has primarily been used as a kickoff specialist, but New York used him his first year in the league as a full-time placekicker and he did well (30/37 in FGs, 38/38 in PATs). We'll give him a look in camp.

SS David Visser (64/64) - Visser is the guy we've tapped to replace last year's Safety Gun-For-Hire Carl Stine. He's a 15-year pro who has spent his entire career with Santa Cruz. His performance has been just so-so over the last 3 seasons, but then again so have Santa Cruz's overall fortunes (10-37-1 won/loss/tie record). We're hoping he has enough left in the tank to keep our departure-ravaged secondary somewhat functional.

Next up: The 2012 CFL Draft!
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Old 11-18-2006, 02:47 PM   #383
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The 2012 CFL Draft

We've got a ton of mid-round picks this year, and we don't really need them. Unfortunately we couldn't find any takers, so we went ahead and used 'em. Here's who we got:

1.32 FS Tommy Burns - Tommy's a 5'10" 200 lb safety who plays the run like a linebacker. He's also especially good at man coverage, which is always attractive to us. Safety is our biggest need, and Tommy is arguably not only the best safety left but also the best player left at the bottom of the 1st round. I'm fairly happy with this pick. His combine scores are good and he doesn't have high volatility (41), so I'm fairly confident he won't bust. Pre-draft rating: 34/63

2.3 DE Emmanuel Muranaka - Our defensive front is aging fast, especially at linebacker. However, the two linebackers I had my eye on for this pick were taken in the two slots right before us, so I decided to nab Muranaka instead. He's got good potential in the skills I most prize in a DE (run D and PRT), and his low volatility again should keep us bust-free. Pre-draft rating: 20/57

3.32 SS Amos Torres - I've decided to take a chance on a potential "reach" player here on the basis of his outstanding combine scores. Torres is an exceptionally strong (19 reps) and fast (4.44 40) safety, who is also smart (38 Solecismic) and agile (7.12 agility). He's also got good potential in man coverage, but perhaps even better potential in bump coverage. He should also be able to play the run well. I f he develops I'll look at him as a possible long-term replacement for Enoch. Pre-draft rating: 18/43.

4.3 TE Shannon Thomas - I'm gambling with Thomas too - he had one of the best overall combine performances in this year's draft class. Thomas may also end up being a reach, but if he develops like I think he should we may have a future star on our hands. Pre-draft rating: 23/41

4.32 CB Gus Tucker - We appear to be taking the Ron Wolf "shotgun" approach to fixing our secondary this year, with our 3rd defensive back chosen in five picks. Gus looks promising, with good potential in B&R and Man coverages, very good INT ratings, and a solid player against the run. He can return punts too. Pre-draft rating: 12/49

5.14 C Darrell Copeland - We don't really need a backup/project center, but Copeland was too good to pass up here. He looks to be in the Good/Very good range on the top 4 center skills and also had a good combine. Pre-draft rating: 23/53

5.17 SS Ron Hawkins - Another safety! Woohoo! You just can't have enough safeties! Pre-draft rating: 21/45

5.32 QB Dexter Nykolaiszyn - I felt as though our current stable of quartebacks had too many vowels in their names. This guy should help there. Pre-draft rating: 12/51

6.32 CB Carl Proctor - Another corner. Good potential in coverage. Pre-draft rating: 16/37.

Those are our nine picks from this year's draft. We also signed a whole mess of rookie free agents, just for kicks. We'll see what happens with them in camp.
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Old 11-18-2006, 02:49 PM   #384
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Some unwelcome news

During the draft I noticed that All-World Running Back Drew Holliday suffered some apparent changes in his ratings, dropping him to a 51/54 rated guy. His nosedive couldn't have come at a worse time - we just traded his big backup last year, and now have scarecely any depth behind him. Ugh.
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Old 11-18-2006, 03:07 PM   #385
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Postcamp assessment

2012 Training Camp is over, and here's what we've learned about this year's Toro squad:

Rookies

note: all rating changes below reflect the changes from pre-draft through the end of camp, and thus include the initial "scout error" adjustments we see after the draft.

1.32 FS Tommy Burns - +4/-1
2.3 DE Emmanuel Muranaka - +2/-4
3.32 SS Amos Torres - +6/+10
4.3 TE Shannon Thomas - +3/+9
4.32 CB Gus Tucker - +1/-15
5.14 C Darrell Copeland - +3/-3
5.17 SS Ron Hawkins - +1/-10
5.32 QB Dexter Nykolaiszyn - +3/-7
6.32 CB Carl Proctor - 0/-4

So, some pretty good news here from the top half of our draft, and some seriously bad news from the bottom. Torres and Thomas look like they're both on their way to becoming big parts of the team, and Burns and Muranaka don't appear likely to become huge busts. That's good!

Tucker, Hawkins and Nykolaiszyn are likely to be shown the door immediately, and they might be followed shortly by Proctor. I'm fairly stunned at how much those guys busted - they weren't terribly talented to begin with, so to have such enormous drops essentially means that they wound up having no talent at all. Enjoy your future careers in the fast-food industry gentlemen!

Other Noteworthy Changes

QB Milan Hogan - The "old man" suffered a ratings drop during the draft period and is now rated as 55/59. Still a very servicable backup and occasional starter, but he's starting to slip a bit.

MLB Grant Wash - Wash also took a hit during the draft, losing 11 points from his ratings. He's now 48/48 and can still play the run well, but his coverage skills have eroded noticably. He'll now have to compete for his starting job with career backup Josh Jarrard.

WLB Joseph Watford - Dropped -5/-5. Still in good shape to start though.

RT Matthew Pitman - This is probably the most curious ratings change we saw in our veterans. During the draft period he shop up +7/+6, despite still being listed as "out" with an MCL injury (23 weeks). I have a feeling those rating changes don't mean a damn thing.

QB Kent Goodwin - Ah, finally some good news! Kent went up +5/+1 during camp and is now rated 68/68. For his career this puts him at +47/+14, and he still shows some green in his skill bars. Rock on.

Next up: final cutdowns and exhibition season.
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Old 11-19-2006, 12:18 PM   #386
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I love that 3rd round pick of yours. Torres will be a great safety for the Toros.
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Old 12-05-2006, 11:20 PM   #387
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Exhibition season

I really couldn't bring myself to post all of the exhibition games - I find that I quickly grow bored with the preseason, and for now would much prefer to skip it. Noteworthy developments during the preseason:

A minor trade:
we sent our 2014 6th round pick to division rival Vegas for their veteran LG Kenneth Smalls. He'll make a very solid backup (RB: 57, PB: 62) to Poplawski

A major trade:
we sent 12-year veteran FL Sydney Armitage back to his original team in Boston for 3rd, 4th and 6th round picks over the next few seasons. Armitage was our "best" receiver (rated 54/61) for the last 3 seasons, but he never managed to put up particularly good numbers. He typically caught about 50% of the passes thrown his way, and his yardage average was fairly pedestrian. He didn't drop many passes, but he just didn't catch very many either. Anyway, his performance didn't warrant the $8m bonus he wanted for a one-year extension, so his ass is gone.

We finish the exhibition season with a 3-1 record, yawn a bit, and cut down the roster. Here's the 53 we take into the regular season:

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Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Hogan, Milan "Colonel" 4 QB 14 55 59 2 yrs Weinke, Artie 9 QB 6 30 46 3 yrs Goodwin, Kent 19 QB QB 3 69 69 5 yrs Holliday, Drew 42 RB RB 7 51 54 5 yrs Edwards, J.C. 25 RB 5 38 40 1 yr. Hayakawa, Kelvin 33 RB 1 29 35 2 yrs Jenkins, O.J. 43 FB 7 32 36 2 yrs Jeffries, Corwin 26 FB FB 7 53 53 4 yrs Torres, Anthony 82 TE TE 6 73 73 4 yrs Joyner, Marlon 84 TE 6 54 55 3 yrs Chandler, Colin 83 TE 3 40 50 3 yrs Thomas, Shannon 85 TE 1 28 50 4 yrs Housley, Freddie 86 FL FL 7 41 46 2 yrs Hodges, Courtney 81 FL 5 37 43 2 yrs Higginbotham, Demetrius 80 SE SE 10 42 42 4 yrs Parr, Coleman 88 SE 13 41 41 2 yrs Emerson, Jake 87 SE 2 29 42 3 yrs Reeves, Casey 54 C C 5 62 62 4 yrs Gaines, Hunter 50 C 2 36 53 2 yrs Smalls, Kenneth 67 LG 10 48 48 2 yrs Poplawski, Ross 60 LG LG 5 71 71 5 yrs Connell, Kelvin 64 RG RG 6 62 62 4 yrs Van Buren, Sean 78 RG 3 44 48 2 yrs Tollefson, Russell 62 LT RT 12 71 77 3 yrs Lyle, Stan 65 LT 6 42 44 1 yr. Kudrow, Shane 68 LT LT 4 66 67 2 yrs Franck, Chris 71 RT 16 44 46 2 yrs **Pitman, Matthew 63 RT 8 72 76 3 yrs Winters, Edward 15 P 5 67 67 3 yrs Eckard, Hugo 12 K 11 60 68 3 yrs Smith, Carl 73 LDE 11 42 43 2 yrs Grier, Howie 75 LDE LDE 9 57 60 3 yrs Muranaka, Emmanuel 96 LDE 1 25 52 4 yrs Bernard, Ted 72 RDE RDE 8 39 39 2 yrs Horn, Albert 97 RDE 8 50 50 2 yrs Cochrane, Bennie 74 LDT 4 40 45 2 yrs Van Brocklin, Gary 77 LDT 2 35 38 1 yr. Neubauer, Kenneth 70 RDT RDT 10 53 57 3 yrs Stoltzfus, Harold 95 RDT LDT 10 93 94 1 yr. Wash, Grant 52 MLB 15 48 48 2 yrs Jarrard, Josh 90 MLB MLB 10 46 50 3 yrs Trujillo, Buster 55 SLB SLB 11 60 65 1 yr. King, Jerry 93 SLB 12 50 57 1 yr. Watford, Joseph 58 WLB WLB 12 59 64 2 yrs Crane, Bob 98 WLB 8 42 45 3 yrs Davis, Gavin 40 LCB 11 25 28 1 yr. Callis, Bernie 27 LCB 9 36 44 1 yr. McGarrity, Cris 34 LCB RCB 4 45 48 4 yrs Giles, Bobby 35 LCB LCB 3 56 56 4 yrs Rosenberry, Cheap Shot 37 RCB 12 40 47 2 yrs Hawkins, Ron 29 RCB 1 18 40 1 yr. Enoch, Mitchel 31 SS SS 12 76 84 2 yrs Torres, Austin 38 SS 1 25 53 3 yrs Visser, David 44 FS FS 15 62 62 2 yrs Hartung, Kenneth 32 FS 12 55 55 3 yrs Burns, Tommy 39 FS 1 39 62 4 yrs

The big changes to our roster this year:

Quarterbacks: Goodwin just keeps getting better.

Running Backs: Holliday should be able to keep it together for another year or two. And I like this Hayakawa kid - the undrafted rookie free agent might surprise a few people.

Receivers: Armitage is gone, but I'm not sure that will hurt us much. We've got quite a few solid-but-not-spectacular targets for Goodwin. We should be fine here.

Offensive line: We're much deeper here now with Tollefson and Smalls. We ditched our longtime backup center Luther Buckley in favor of the younger and potentially better Gaines. Pitman is still out for the year - but he should be healed by the playoffs. We can't afford to keep that roster spot open for him, so he's on the IR. I'm looking forward to seeing how he comes back from the injury. If he's OK this will be a position of great strength for us.

Defensive line: Largely unchanged from last year. And that's a good thing.

Linebackers: are a lot older. They should still do OK, but the clock is ticking on this crew.

Secondary: has been heavily reworked, and I'm not really sure what to expect from them. I think McGarrity will be fine with some experience, and Callis should help out a bit, but we've got a lot of new faces back there. Our pass defense might not be as tight as it was last year.

Specialists: the same.

That brings us to opening night! We start the season with a home match vs. Honolulu.
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Old 12-07-2006, 11:49 PM   #388
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Week 1: vs. Honolulu

We renew our rivalry with the only divisional team to sport a winning record against us, the Honolulu Blue Pacific (back under the ownership of MrBug after a 2-year hiatus). They currently have a 10-9 edge in our series, but they've struggled against us of late: they began this rivalry 9-2 against us, but over the last four years have gone 1-7. We're hoping to start the season right with a win over a division rival that will square our record against them.

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Box Score: Honolulu at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 1, 2012 Attendance: 66,000 (69,800). Weather: 86 degrees, fair. 1Q: 11:21 TUC - Hugo Eckard 19 field goal. 1Q: 07:47 TUC - Coleman Parr 6 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 07:47 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 01:02 TUC - Hugo Eckard 27 field goal. 2Q: 08:31 HON - Les Muth 13 run. 2Q: 08:31 HON - Frederic Swallow extra point. 2Q: 07:18 TUC - Courtney Hodges 6 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 07:18 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 05:53 HON - Jody Beech 25 pass from Ronnie Tu. 3Q: 05:53 HON - Frederic Swallow extra point. 3Q: 02:09 TUC - Freddie Housley 4 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 02:09 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 13:37 TUC - Kelvin Hayakawa 4 run. 4Q: 13:37 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 08:41 TUC - Courtney Hodges 5 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 08:41 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Honolulu 0 7 7 0 - 14 Tucson 13 7 7 14 - 41 Team Statistics HON TUC First Downs 18 24 Total Rushes 25 29 Rushing Yards 63 156 Yards Per Carry 2.5 5.3 Pass Attempts 32 33 Completions 14 19 Passing Yards 255 258 Yards Per Attempt 7.9 7.8 Sacked 3 0 Yards Lost 19 0 Interceptions 1 0 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0 Total Plays 60 62 Total Yards 299 414 Yards Per Play 4.9 6.6 3rd Down Plays 8/16 6/12 Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.1 4.7 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0 Penalties 3 7 Penalty Yards 53 45 Avg. Drive Start OWN 17 OWN 33 Time Of Possession 28:44 31:16 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 33 Hayakawa 19 113 5.9 32 1 42 Holliday 5 20 4.0 15 0 26 Jeffries 3 11 3.6 4 0 80 Higginbotham 1 3 3.0 3 0 25 Edwards 1 9 9.0 9 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 30 18 245 8.1 50 4 0 0 4 Hogan 3 1 13 4.3 13 0 0 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 81 Hodges 5 92 18.4 17 50 2 26 Jeffries 4 45 11.2 3 13 0 80 Higginbotham 3 45 15.0 0 21 0 88 Parr 3 23 7.6 1 9 1 86 Housley 1 4 4.0 0 4 1 82 Torres 1 34 34.0 19 34 0 84 Joyner 1 11 11.0 0 11 0 33 Hayakawa 1 4 4.0 6 4 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 1 17 17.0 0 87 Emerson 1 16 16.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 1 30 30.0 0 35 Giles 1 39 39.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 4 204 51.0 57 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 2 2 27 5 5 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 55 Trujillo 6 1 1.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 3 1 1.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 3 0 0.0 1 0 0 44 Visser 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 2 3 0.5 0 0 0 77 Van Brocklin 2 1 0.5 0 0 0 93 King 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 88 Parr 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 98 Crane 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 33 Hayakawa 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 6 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 3 0 62 Tollefson 0 0 1 0 0 0 82 Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 Hayakawa 1 0 0 0 0 0

That went just about as well as we could've hoped! A 27 point win is always welcome, but to come in the season opener against a big division rival gives us an enormous lift. Goodwin picked up where he left off last year, suggesting he won't just be a flash-in-the-pan. And our running game was surprisingly effective.

About that running game...um, Drew Holliday got hurt again. The man who had been Mr. Invincible for 94 straight starts as a Toro has now suffered two "out" injuries in two seasons. Methinks he might be starting to show his age a bit. At least he's only out for 4 weeks with a bad back.

But boy did his replacement put on a show! Lightly regarded undrafted FA Kelvin Hayakawa put on a clinic today. It is early in his career, to be sure, but we might have found something with this kid.

Fortunately, Holliday's injury was the only one of significance this week. And that's important, as we next travel to face a very potent Baltimore team.
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Old 12-08-2006, 11:31 PM   #389
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Week 2: at Baltimore

This week we play an Eastern Conference opponent in Baltimore. We've only met twice before, and split those two meetings. We last met in Week 2 of 2008, a game won by The Good Guys 23-6. That Baltimore team was led by QB Phillip Barbieri, an All-Galaxy QB who will be a shoo-in for the Hall - when he finally retires. Unfortunately, the bastard is still around four years later. He's now a 16th-year veteran and is leading a rejuvenated Baltimore offense. Last year he posted career highs in passing yards (4652), YPA (8.56) and TD passes (33). Pair him with a solid receiving corps, a very good O-line, and good talent all around the defense, and we've got a lot of trouble on our hands.

And we're without our star running back, Drew Holliday. That's great.

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Box Score: Tucson at Baltimore Baltimore, MD. Week 2, 2012 Attendance: 79,300 (80,000). Weather: 88 degrees, fair. 1Q: 14:19 TUC - Bernie Callis 31 interception return. 1Q: 14:19 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 11:14 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 7 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 11:14 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 09:19 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 9 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 09:19 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 03:33 BAL - Jared Lackey 32 field goal. 2Q: 10:17 BAL - Gregory Rice 10 pass from Philip Barbieri. 2Q: 10:17 BAL - Jared Lackey extra point. 2Q: 05:36 TUC - Kelvin Hayakawa 24 run. 2Q: 05:36 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 01:54 BAL - Marty Determann 5 pass from Philip Barbieri. 2Q: 01:54 BAL - Jared Lackey extra point. 3Q: 06:55 TUC - Jake Emerson 10 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 06:55 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 09:05 BAL - Jared Lackey 40 field goal. 4Q: 05:21 BAL - Amos Nelson 1 run. 4Q: 05:21 BAL - Jared Lackey extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tucson 21 7 7 0 - 35 Baltimore 3 14 0 10 - 27 Team Statistics TUC BAL First Downs 20 27 Total Rushes 22 25 Rushing Yards 88 118 Yards Per Carry 4.0 4.7 Pass Attempts 36 47 Completions 20 25 Passing Yards 228 371 Yards Per Attempt 6.3 7.8 Sacked 2 0 Yards Lost 16 0 Interceptions 0 3 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0 Total Plays 60 72 Total Yards 300 489 Yards Per Play 5.0 6.7 3rd Down Plays 7/14 6/12 Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.1 7.0 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1 Penalties 7 8 Penalty Yards 48 45 Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 20 Time Of Possession 28:03 31:58 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 33 Hayakawa 18 79 4.3 24 1 26 Jeffries 2 9 4.5 6 0 25 Edwards 1 1 1.0 1 0 19 Goodwin 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 36 20 228 6.3 25 3 0 2 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 86 Housley 5 102 20.4 17 25 0 26 Jeffries 4 37 9.2 14 12 0 81 Hodges 3 26 8.6 10 14 0 80 Higginbotham 2 16 8.0 1 9 2 25 Edwards 2 11 5.5 13 6 0 43 Jenkins 1 7 7.0 0 7 0 82 Torres 1 16 16.0 2 16 0 87 Emerson 1 10 10.0 0 10 1 33 Hayakawa 1 3 3.0 0 3 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 87 Emerson 2 34 17.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 3 77 25.6 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 6 249 41.5 46 3 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 0 0 0 5 5 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 11 3 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 7 1 0.0 1 38 0 55 Trujillo 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 5 2 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 3 4 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 3 3 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 44 Visser 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 1 0 0.0 1 31 1 52 Wash 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 43 Jenkins 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 39 Burns 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 0 0 0.0 1 5 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 1 1 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 0 1 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 3 0 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 3 0 58 Watford 0 1 0 0 0 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 1 0


Whew.

Baltimore was kind enough to spot us a 21 point lead in the 1st quarter, thanks largely to Barbieri's uncharacteristic wildness. We wound up needing all of those scores and managed to high-tail it out of Baltimore with a narrow win.

I had a feeling we'd have trouble stopping their offense, and that we'd need to rely on turnovers to win this one. For once in my life I wound up being right. It's a nice feeling, thanks for asking.

As for individual performances, Goodwin continued his solid play, Higginbotham caught his only two passes of the day within 3 minutes of each other, and they both went for TDs, and Hayakawa acquitted himself well in his first career start. The three interceptions were also crucial, although I would've preferred if that unit had, you know, held the opponent to less than 370 passing yards. But I suppose I'm being a bit picky there.

Thankfully we suffered no new injuries, but Holliday is still out for 3 more weeks. That's too bad, as we face Denver next week. And Denver is one of just four teams to own a winning record against us (5-3 overall), so it would be nice to be at full strength. Alas.

Other News: Elsewhere in the CFL, history was made today when Honolulu's Ronnie Tu threw for seven, that's right, seven TDs against a very talented Charleston squad. The previous league record was 5 (held by many). Hat's off to our long-time nemesis for this outstanding accomplishment!
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Old 12-13-2006, 01:56 PM   #390
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Week 3: vs. Denver

This week we face a grudge match against the Denver Dynamite, our opponent in last year's Western Conference championship. They will, no doubt, be looking to avenge their 35-25 loss and extend their 5-3 advantage in this rivalry. They're well-positioned to do so, as they're fairly healthy and have Marcus Garibaldi under center. That man can completely carry a team when needed. I'm a fan of his, but as an opponent I hate him. I suppose that's a sign of respect.

We're still without Drew Holliday, but that's our only injury worth noting heading into this game. His loss puts us at a disadvantage to be sure, but his backup Hayakawa has played well so far. We'll need him to keep that up if we're to stand a chance in this one.

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Box Score: Denver at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 3, 2012 Attendance: 66,000 (69,800). Weather: 81 degrees, fair. 1Q: 09:10 DEN - Gary Hutchins 39 field goal. 2Q: 12:30 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 8 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 12:30 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 06:23 DEN - Gary Hutchins 27 field goal. 4Q: 09:02 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 5 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 09:02 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Denver 3 3 0 0 - 6 Tucson 0 7 0 7 - 14 Team Statistics DEN TUC First Downs 14 14 Total Rushes 25 27 Rushing Yards 77 132 Yards Per Carry 3.0 4.8 Pass Attempts 42 24 Completions 23 10 Passing Yards 208 158 Yards Per Attempt 4.9 6.5 Sacked 3 3 Yards Lost 26 26 Interceptions 0 0 Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0 Total Plays 70 54 Total Yards 259 264 Yards Per Play 3.7 4.8 3rd Down Plays 9/20 2/12 Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.8 11.2 4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0 Penalties 3 3 Penalty Yards 25 25 Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 20 Time Of Possession 33:31 26:29 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 33 Hayakawa 21 111 5.2 41 0 25 Edwards 4 16 4.0 5 0 19 Goodwin 2 5 2.5 7 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 24 10 158 6.5 35 2 0 3 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 6 81 13.5 12 23 2 81 Hodges 2 27 13.5 4 19 0 82 Torres 1 15 15.0 4 15 0 87 Emerson 1 35 35.0 0 35 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 87 Emerson 3 10 3.3 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 2 50 25.0 0 81 Hodges 1 14 14.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 8 340 42.5 52 3 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 0 1 0 2 2 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 44 Visser 6 2 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 4 4 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 3 0 0.5 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 2 2 1.5 0 0 0 52 Wash 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 26 Jeffries 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 43 Jenkins 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 68 Kudrow 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 77 Van Brocklin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 96 Muranaka 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 0 2 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 3 0 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 1 1 90 Jarrard 0 1 1 0 0 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 2 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0 97 Horn 0 1 0 0 0 0 82 Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 1 0

Hoo boy - another ugly game, but we were able to snag the win. I'm not sure either team really deserved to win this game, as it was a generally ugly offensive performance/beautiful defensive struggle (depending on your point of view). We caught a huge break (so to speak) when Marcus Garibaldi suffered a separated shoulder in the 1st half. His replacement had minimal success, and that injury was probably a major reason why we were able to win. Of course, another big reason for this win was Monty Boyd's generosity, as he fumbled away the ball at our 5 yard line. Thanks, Monty.

Yet another major reason was Hayakawa, who had his 2nd 100-yd game in 3 tries. He now has carried the ball 58 times for 303 yds and 2 TDs since taking over for Holliday. Not too shabby. Goodwin also chipped in at times, but was generally ineffective against a tough Denver pass defense.

We suffered two injuries of note: G Kelvin Connell strained an adductor muscle and is out for 5 weeks, and S Mitchel Enoch strained a tricep muscle and is Questionable for next week. We've finally got some O-line depth, so we should be OK without Connell. Enoch - I'm not sure if I'll play him or not next week.

Speaking of next week: we play at Santa Cruz.
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Old 12-19-2006, 10:48 PM   #391
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Week 4: at Santa Cruz

This week we play a spunky Santa Cruz (0-4) squad. Their last winning season was in 2007 when they won their division with an 11-5 record. They've been in rebuilding mode for five years now, and have accumulated considerable young talent that is starting to realize its potential. However, they're not quite there yet. This is a game we should win, but their young talent is perfectly capable of snatching this one away from us.

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Box Score: Tucson at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA. Week 4, 2012 Attendance: 55,900 (68,700). Weather: 71 degrees, fair. 1Q: 10:14 TUC - Hugo Eckard 31 field goal. 1Q: 03:04 SCU - Robbie Schultz 1 pass from Quentin Larrabee. 1Q: 03:04 SCU - William Lyon extra point. 2Q: 11:13 SCU - William Lyon 30 field goal. 2Q: 06:09 SCU - Robbie Schultz 4 pass from Quentin Larrabee. 2Q: 06:09 SCU - William Lyon extra point. 3Q: 01:44 TUC - Freddie Housley 35 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 01:44 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 14:46 TUC - Hugo Eckard 38 field goal. 4Q: 14:28 TUC - Coleman Parr 10 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 14:28 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 00:50 TUC - Hugo Eckard 38 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tucson 3 0 7 13 - 23 Santa Cruz 7 10 0 0 - 17 Team Statistics TUC SCU First Downs 16 21 Total Rushes 19 42 Rushing Yards 81 178 Yards Per Carry 4.2 4.2 Pass Attempts 29 30 Completions 14 16 Passing Yards 215 169 Yards Per Attempt 7.4 5.6 Sacked 2 3 Yards Lost 10 20 Interceptions 1 0 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1 Total Plays 50 75 Total Yards 286 327 Yards Per Play 5.7 4.3 3rd Down Plays 1/11 7/16 Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.7 7.2 4th Down Plays 0/0 1/2 Penalties 5 4 Penalty Yards 30 55 Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23 Time Of Possession 23:09 36:51 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 33 Hayakawa 13 49 3.7 9 0 25 Edwards 3 16 5.3 9 0 26 Jeffries 2 8 4.0 5 0 19 Goodwin 1 8 8.0 8 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 29 14 215 7.4 35 2 1 2 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 26 Jeffries 4 42 10.5 20 13 0 88 Parr 3 36 12.0 2 15 1 86 Housley 3 68 22.6 3 35 1 80 Higginbotham 1 12 12.0 3 12 0 82 Torres 1 25 25.0 5 25 0 81 Hodges 1 17 17.0 0 17 0 87 Emerson 1 15 15.0 2 15 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 1 20 20.0 0 35 Giles 1 25 25.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 6 242 40.3 48 1 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 3 3 38 2 2 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 58 Watford 9 1 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 9 1 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 7 0 1.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 6 3 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 5 1 0.5 0 0 0 35 Giles 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 44 Visser 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 2 5 0.5 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 2 1.0 0 0 0 39 Burns 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 62 Tollefson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 98 Crane 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 25 Edwards 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 1 26 Jeffries 0 0 0 0 0 1 58 Watford 0 1 1 0 0 0 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 1 0 90 Jarrard 0 1 0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 1 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 50 Gaines 0 0 0 0 1 0

Wow, we very nearly blew this one. We were down 17-3 at the half and needed 20 unanswered points to sneak away with a win. We didn't play very well at all, and I'm especially troubled by our lousy 1 for 11 on 3rd downs. Still, to win a game that we should've lost is a good thing.

No significant injuries this week, but Holliday, Enoch and Connell are still injured. However, we've got a bye next week, and getting those three healthy is real important given our upcoming schedule. After the bye we play at Las Vegas (3-0), host Huntington Beach (1-2), play at Sacramento (4-0), host Long Beach (2-1), and visit Honolulu (3-1). Five straight tough games.

Next up: the dreaded bye.
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Old 02-18-2007, 10:01 PM   #392
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Week 6: at Las Vegas

I'm embarrassingly behind in updating this dynasty, owing to certain life events. But I'll attempt to get us caught up fairly quickly. Because something important is to happen this coming Tuesday night I'll endeavor to have us caught up by then. Thus, I'll keep my insightful and witty commentary to a minimum, for now.

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Box Score: Tucson at Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV. Week 6, 2012 Attendance: 57,300 (68,000). Weather: 73 degrees, fair. 1Q: 07:52 LVS - Anthony Jennings 3 run. 1Q: 07:52 LVS - Felix Savoy extra point failed. 1Q: 02:06 LVS - Chris Wisdom 5 pass from Lenny "Jackpot" Olsen. 1Q: 02:06 LVS - Felix Savoy extra point. 2Q: 08:57 TUC - Marlon Joyner 11 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 08:57 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 03:37 LVS - Burt Lang 17 pass from Lenny "Jackpot" Olsen. 2Q: 03:37 LVS - Felix Savoy extra point. 3Q: 02:53 LVS - Anthony Jennings 3 pass from Lenny "Jackpot" Olsen. 3Q: 02:53 LVS - Felix Savoy extra point. 4Q: 14:12 LVS - Felix Savoy 41 field goal. 4Q: 13:27 TUC - Courtney Hodges 28 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 13:27 TUC - Kelvin Hayakawa run for conversion failed. 4Q: 07:35 LVS - Felix Savoy 36 field goal. 4Q: 04:40 TUC - Hugo Eckard 33 field goal. 4Q: 02:29 TUC - Hugo Eckard 29 field goal. Game MVP: LVS 1 Lenny "Jackpot" Olsen Tucson 0 7 0 12 - 19 Las Vegas 13 7 7 6 - 33 Team Statistics TUC LVS First Downs 19 27 Total Rushes 23 31 Rushing Yards 98 145 Yards Per Carry 4.2 4.6 Pass Attempts 43 45 Completions 23 23 Passing Yards 355 271 Yards Per Attempt 8.2 6.0 Sacked 1 0 Yards Lost 7 0 Interceptions 0 1 Fumbles/Lost 3/2 3/0 Total Plays 67 76 Total Yards 446 416 Yards Per Play 6.6 5.4 3rd Down Plays 5/17 7/16 Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.2 8.1 4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0 Penalties 9 8 Penalty Yards 67 56 Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 37 Time Of Possession 26:15 33:45 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 14 57 4.0 22 0 33 Hayakawa 7 19 2.7 12 0 26 Jeffries 1 9 9.0 9 0 25 Edwards 1 13 13.0 13 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 43 23 355 8.2 52 2 0 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 81 Hodges 7 126 18.0 17 44 1 80 Higginbotham 6 127 21.1 18 52 0 84 Joyner 3 31 10.3 2 11 1 88 Parr 2 29 14.5 0 18 0 82 Torres 2 17 8.5 6 9 0 86 Housley 1 15 15.0 6 15 0 25 Edwards 1 8 8.0 0 8 0 33 Hayakawa 1 2 2.0 0 2 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 2 12 6.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 1 25 25.0 0 35 Giles 1 38 38.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 6 219 36.5 45 1 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 2 3 33 1 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 55 Trujillo 7 2 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 7 1 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 44 Visser 3 2 0.0 1 26 0 27 Callis 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 2 3 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 42 Holliday 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 38 Torres 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 96 Muranaka 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 0 1 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 2 0 80 Higginbotham 1 0 0 0 0 0 88 Parr 0 0 1 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 0 1 0 0 0 0 58 Watford 0 1 0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 Jeffries 1 0 0 0 0 0 82 Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0 81 Hodges 1 0 0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 1 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 1 0

A loss to Vegas is always painful. A two touchdown loss? Unbearable. Goodwin did what he could, but a bad case of fumbles, poor special teams play, and a vacationing run defense did us in. Blech.
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Old 02-18-2007, 10:06 PM   #393
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Week 7: vs. Huntington Beach

We'll attempt to avenge our first loss of the season by inflicting some conference damage on a solid Huntington Beach squad.

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Box Score: Huntington Beach at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 7, 2012 Attendance: 66,000 (69,800). Weather: 75 degrees, fair. 1Q: 09:44 TUC - Anthony Torres 7 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 09:44 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 05:16 HBE - Leroy Cox 75 pass from Clarence Lincoln. 1Q: 05:16 HBE - Rubin Castorena extra point. 1Q: 02:08 TUC - Freddie Housley 23 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 02:08 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 11:18 TUC - J.C. Edwards 3 run. 2Q: 11:18 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 06:17 HBE - Tony Godlewski 1 run. 2Q: 06:17 HBE - Rubin Castorena extra point failed. 2Q: 04:19 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 6 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 04:19 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 10:05 HBE - Jorge Riddols 66 punt return. 3Q: 10:05 HBE - Rubin Castorena extra point. 4Q: 07:52 TUC - Freddie Housley 11 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 07:52 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 01:51 TUC - Hugo Eckard 42 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Huntington Beach 7 6 7 0 - 20 Tucson 14 14 0 10 - 38 Team Statistics HBE TUC First Downs 18 25 Total Rushes 21 26 Rushing Yards 96 104 Yards Per Carry 4.5 4.0 Pass Attempts 35 36 Completions 22 25 Passing Yards 345 370 Yards Per Attempt 9.8 10.2 Sacked 6 0 Yards Lost 36 0 Interceptions 0 0 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0 Total Plays 62 62 Total Yards 405 474 Yards Per Play 6.5 7.6 3rd Down Plays 7/16 7/13 Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.5 9.0 4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0 Penalties 9 8 Penalty Yards 75 63 Avg. Drive Start OWN 18 OWN 31 Time Of Possession 28:14 31:46 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 17 65 3.8 16 0 33 Hayakawa 5 23 4.6 12 0 25 Edwards 4 16 4.0 11 1 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 36 25 370 10.2 55 4 0 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 8 133 16.6 9 55 1 86 Housley 6 99 16.5 25 29 2 88 Parr 3 39 13.0 3 15 0 82 Torres 3 42 14.0 7 21 1 81 Hodges 2 30 15.0 6 17 0 25 Edwards 1 11 11.0 11 11 0 87 Emerson 1 11 11.0 0 11 0 33 Hayakawa 1 5 5.0 6 5 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 1 0 0.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 2 63 31.5 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 5 240 48.0 57 3 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 1 1 42 5 5 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 6 2 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 5 3 2.0 0 0 0 93 King 4 0 1.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 3 1 1.5 0 0 0 44 Visser 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 38 Torres 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 2 1 1.5 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 39 Burns 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 96 Muranaka 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 98 Crane 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 25 Edwards 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 87 Emerson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 77 Van Brocklin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 3 0 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 0 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 1 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 1 0 78 Van Buren 0 0 0 0 1 0

Well, we let QB Clarence Lincoln have a bit more success than I'd like, but there's not much else to complain about here. Six sacks is great, Goodwin was on fire again, and our special teams came to play this week. We're now 5-1 on the season.
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Old 02-18-2007, 10:12 PM   #394
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Week 8: at Sacramento

This week we play division-leading Sacramento, who are without starting QB Seymore Barre. Instead they'll head into battle with 5th year man Everett Dole under center. Sacramento appears to have a downfield passing orientation on offense, so we'll have to be careful in the secondary.

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Box Score: Tucson at Sacramento Sacramento, CA. Week 8, 2012 Attendance: 67,700 (71,000). Weather: 69 degrees, fair. 1Q: 09:21 SAC - Branden Eastman 44 field goal. 1Q: 00:39 SAC - Jerome Stearns 61 pass from Everett Dole. 1Q: 00:39 SAC - Branden Eastman extra point. 2Q: 13:26 TUC - Anthony Torres 4 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 13:26 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 03:55 TUC - Freddie Housley 58 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 03:55 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 00:00 SAC - Branden Eastman 30 field goal. 3Q: 12:38 TUC - Hugo Eckard 43 field goal. 3Q: 06:26 TUC - Hugo Eckard 35 field goal. 4Q: 12:51 SAC - Butch Fulton 1 run. 4Q: 12:51 SAC - Branden Eastman extra point. OT: 09:16 TUC - Hugo Eckard 23 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tucson 0 14 6 0 3 - 23 Sacramento 10 3 0 7 0 - 20 Team Statistics TUC SAC First Downs 21 19 Total Rushes 25 36 Rushing Yards 167 106 Yards Per Carry 6.6 2.9 Pass Attempts 41 34 Completions 21 13 Passing Yards 302 324 Yards Per Attempt 7.3 9.5 Sacked 1 3 Yards Lost 14 19 Interceptions 1 0 Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0 Total Plays 67 73 Total Yards 455 411 Yards Per Play 6.7 5.6 3rd Down Plays 4/14 6/18 Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.9 9.0 4th Down Plays 0/0 1/1 Penalties 12 11 Penalty Yards 101 70 Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 23 Time Of Possession 31:15 34:29 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 14 73 5.2 21 0 33 Hayakawa 5 20 4.0 7 0 25 Edwards 3 60 20.0 54 0 19 Goodwin 2 10 5.0 5 0 80 Higginbotham 1 4 4.0 4 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 41 21 302 7.3 58 2 1 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 8 72 9.0 15 15 0 82 Torres 6 76 12.6 18 28 1 88 Parr 2 38 19.0 12 31 0 86 Housley 2 70 35.0 29 58 1 43 Jenkins 1 14 14.0 1 14 0 84 Joyner 1 16 16.0 5 16 0 81 Hodges 1 16 16.0 2 16 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 3 4 1.3 0 87 Emerson 1 -3 -3.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 2 50 25.0 0 35 Giles 2 56 28.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 6 261 43.5 54 0 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 3 4 43 2 2 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 9 4 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 5 4 1.5 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 44 Visser 4 5 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 2 2 1.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 0 0.5 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 98 Crane 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 81 Hodges 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 54 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 33 Hayakawa 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 77 Van Brocklin 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 50 Gaines 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 Holliday 2 0 1 0 0 0 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 2 0 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 0 78 Van Buren 0 0 0 0 2 0 37 Rosenberry 0 0 1 0 0 0 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 1 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 Giles 0 1 0 0 0 0

Wow. We held Dole to just 13 completions on 34 attempts, but he still connected for 324 yards! That's crazy - so crazy that it almost cost us the game. Those 12 penalties for 100+ yards weren't helpful, either. Thank heavens for OT!
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Old 02-18-2007, 10:18 PM   #395
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Week 9: vs. Long Beach

This tilt against Long Beach marks our third straight game against a San Andreas division foe. I'll need to have a chat with the league schedulers - we really need to mix things up a bit more.

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Box Score: Long Beach at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 9, 2012 Attendance: 66,000 (69,800). Weather: 92 degrees, fair. 1Q: 06:49 TUC - Freddie Housley 8 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 06:49 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 00:57 TUC - Hugo Eckard 31 field goal. 2Q: 11:11 LBE - Don Terrell 2 run. 2Q: 11:11 LBE - Carson Blume extra point. 2Q: 07:08 LBE - Carson Blume 29 field goal. 2Q: 03:34 TUC - Coleman Parr 4 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 03:34 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 10:22 TUC - Courtney Hodges 17 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 10:22 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 05:03 LBE - Carson Blume 32 field goal. 4Q: 12:18 TUC - Courtney Hodges 32 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 12:18 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 04:31 TUC - Hugo Eckard 38 field goal. 4Q: 00:56 LBE - Norm Patterson 51 pass from Randolph Kranz. 4Q: 00:56 LBE - Carson Blume extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Long Beach 0 10 3 7 - 20 Tucson 10 7 7 10 - 34 Team Statistics LBE TUC First Downs 17 27 Total Rushes 32 29 Rushing Yards 167 158 Yards Per Carry 5.2 5.4 Pass Attempts 26 37 Completions 15 21 Passing Yards 198 334 Yards Per Attempt 7.6 9.0 Sacked 0 0 Yards Lost 0 0 Interceptions 0 1 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0 Total Plays 58 66 Total Yards 365 492 Yards Per Play 6.2 7.4 3rd Down Plays 3/11 7/12 Avg. YTG on 3rd 3.6 7.5 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0 Penalties 4 6 Penalty Yards 19 35 Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 26 Time Of Possession 28:24 31:36 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 20 110 5.5 23 0 33 Hayakawa 6 21 3.5 11 0 25 Edwards 2 28 14.0 24 0 19 Goodwin 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 37 21 334 9.0 45 4 1 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 81 Hodges 6 135 22.5 35 33 2 86 Housley 5 57 11.4 0 16 1 80 Higginbotham 4 84 21.0 17 45 0 82 Torres 3 35 11.6 11 13 0 88 Parr 1 4 4.0 0 4 1 84 Joyner 1 12 12.0 0 12 0 25 Edwards 1 7 7.0 1 7 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 1 8 8.0 0 87 Emerson 1 19 19.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 2 44 22.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 3 168 56.0 66 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 2 2 38 4 4 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 35 Giles 8 1 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 44 Visser 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 77 Van Brocklin 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 98 Crane 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 25 Edwards 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 60 Poplawski 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 39 Burns 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 3 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 2 0 78 Van Buren 0 0 0 0 2 0 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 1 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0 42 Holliday 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 Jenkins 0 0 1 0 0 0 84 Joyner 0 0 0 0 1 0 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 1 0

Now that's more like it. A solid win with good efforts all around. We had to play without G Kevin Connell, but our offense didn't suffer at all. Goodwin was great, Holliday turned in another solid effort, and our defense did enough to lock up a 2-TD win. I'm not happy that we keep coughing up 20+ points on defense, but hopefully we'll get our defense on track.
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Old 02-18-2007, 10:27 PM   #396
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Week 10: at Honolulu

A big game! Honolulu (6-2) is still in the hunt for the division crown, and will no doubt be looking to avenge the 41-14 drubbing we gave them in Week 1. Unfortunately, we'll be without the services of our best defender, DT Harold Stoltzfus. That's not good, as we're taking on the legendary Ronnie Tu here.

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Box Score: Tucson at Honolulu Honolulu, HI. Week 10, 2012 Attendance: 65,100 (66,000). Weather: 68 degrees, fair. 1Q: 11:43 TUC - Freddie Housley 8 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 11:43 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 1Q: 05:41 TUC - Coleman Parr 7 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 05:41 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 11:57 TUC - Hugo Eckard 38 field goal. 2Q: 03:38 TUC - Marlon Joyner 28 pass from Kent Goodwin. 2Q: 03:38 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 02:03 HON - Chris Rodham 84 pass from Ronnie Tu. 2Q: 02:03 HON - Frederic Swallow extra point. 3Q: 08:59 TUC - Coleman Parr 10 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 08:59 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 05:20 TUC - Jerry King 2 fumble return. 3Q: 05:20 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point failed. 3Q: 02:21 HON - Jody Beech 5 pass from Ronnie Tu. 3Q: 02:21 HON - Frederic Swallow extra point. 3Q: 00:33 TUC - Drew Holliday 45 run. 3Q: 00:33 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 13:24 HON - Mario Samples 19 pass from Percy Boutte. 4Q: 13:24 HON - Frederic Swallow extra point. 4Q: 10:06 TUC - Drew Holliday 4 run. 4Q: 10:06 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tucson 14 10 20 7 - 51 Honolulu 0 7 7 7 - 21 Team Statistics TUC HON First Downs 38 13 Total Rushes 49 14 Rushing Yards 235 47 Yards Per Carry 4.7 3.3 Pass Attempts 35 24 Completions 24 11 Passing Yards 320 281 Yards Per Attempt 9.1 11.7 Sacked 0 2 Yards Lost 0 17 Interceptions 0 3 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1 Total Plays 84 40 Total Yards 555 311 Yards Per Play 6.6 7.7 3rd Down Plays 11/15 3/8 Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.3 9.3 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/0 Penalties 5 6 Penalty Yards 40 65 Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 18 Time Of Possession 42:41 17:19 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 29 174 6.0 45 2 33 Hayakawa 15 26 1.7 9 0 25 Edwards 5 35 7.0 22 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 34 23 306 9.0 28 4 0 0 4 Hogan 1 1 14 14.0 14 0 0 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 5 83 16.6 4 23 0 88 Parr 3 34 11.3 4 17 2 82 Torres 3 36 12.0 16 14 0 81 Hodges 3 40 13.3 2 16 0 42 Holliday 2 16 8.0 6 10 0 26 Jeffries 2 16 8.0 21 10 0 86 Housley 2 36 18.0 15 28 1 84 Joyner 2 35 17.5 1 28 1 25 Edwards 1 15 15.0 10 15 0 87 Emerson 1 9 9.0 2 9 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 1 9 9.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 2 77 38.5 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 2 69 34.5 40 1 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 1 2 38 6 7 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 93 King 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 98 Crane 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 1 1 0.0 1 0 0 44 Visser 1 0 0.0 2 0 0 70 Neubauer 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 77 Van Brocklin 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 39 Burns 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 38 Torres 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 5 0 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 5 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 3 0 93 King 0 0 1 1 0 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 2 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0 98 Crane 0 1 0 0 0 0 82 Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 1 0

WOW.

At the risk of sounding like a graceless winner, that was perhaps the best performance I've ever seen from this team. A 51 point output on the road resulting in a 30 point win against a key division rival sporting a Hall Of Fame QB? Damn. Almost makes me feel sorry for MrBug.

Almost.

We set two new team records today - our 51 point output and 555 total yards. It isn't officially tracked for record-keeping purposes, but I'd bet our 38 first downs are also a team record.

Crazy. 92 points scored versus a division rival in one season is a beautiful thing.
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Old 02-18-2007, 10:31 PM   #397
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Week 11: vs. Arizona

Another division game, this time vs. perennial cellar dwellers Arizona. We're still without Stoltzfus, and coming off a huge emotional win over Honolulu. Do I smell a trap?

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Box Score: Arizona at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 11, 2012 Attendance: 66,000 (69,800). Weather: 47 degrees, fair. 1Q: 04:32 ARI - Artie Sonntag 3 run. 1Q: 04:32 ARI - Paul Stephan extra point. 2Q: 02:08 ARI - Paul Stephan 46 field goal. 2Q: 00:05 ARI - Paul Stephan 51 field goal. 3Q: 12:53 TUC - Freddie Housley 16 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 12:53 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 08:04 ARI - Artie Sonntag 1 run. 3Q: 08:04 ARI - Paul Stephan extra point. 3Q: 05:25 TUC - Courtney Hodges 16 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 05:25 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. Game MVP: ARI 3 Freddie Mathias Arizona 7 6 7 0 - 20 Tucson 0 0 14 0 - 14 Team Statistics ARI TUC First Downs 26 16 Total Rushes 37 16 Rushing Yards 165 44 Yards Per Carry 4.4 2.7 Pass Attempts 40 39 Completions 22 18 Passing Yards 318 306 Yards Per Attempt 7.9 7.8 Sacked 2 1 Yards Lost 9 6 Interceptions 1 2 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1 Total Plays 79 56 Total Yards 474 344 Yards Per Play 6.0 6.1 3rd Down Plays 8/16 5/14 Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.2 8.2 4th Down Plays 0/1 0/1 Penalties 7 4 Penalty Yards 55 25 Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 32 Time Of Possession 35:41 24:19 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 12 24 2.0 6 0 33 Hayakawa 2 6 3.0 3 0 25 Edwards 1 3 3.0 3 0 19 Goodwin 1 11 11.0 11 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 39 18 306 7.8 32 2 2 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 3 66 22.0 10 32 0 86 Housley 3 58 19.3 11 30 1 81 Hodges 3 46 15.3 5 21 1 87 Emerson 3 48 16.0 1 18 0 42 Holliday 2 41 20.5 5 24 0 26 Jeffries 2 32 16.0 3 16 0 82 Torres 1 9 9.0 0 9 0 25 Edwards 1 6 6.0 0 6 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 4 127 31.7 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 3 119 39.6 52 1 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 0 2 0 2 2 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 70 Neubauer 7 3 0.5 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 6 3 0.0 0 0 0 44 Visser 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 31 Enoch 5 4 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 4 4 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 77 Van Brocklin 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 2 1 1.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 2 1 0.5 0 0 0 88 Parr 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 38 Torres 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 1 0 0.0 1 25 0 25 Edwards 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 33 Hayakawa 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 74 Cochrane 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 0 1 80 Higginbotham 1 0 0 0 0 0

Well, that was embarrassing.

We had the inevitable letdown after last week's big win. Two missed field goals were costly in this one, but perhaps not as costly as being completely unable to move the ball on the ground. I can't recall us ever having a game in which our O-line scored zero Key Run Blocks. Amazing, and hat's off to Arizona's D-line for an inspired effort.
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Old 02-18-2007, 10:38 PM   #398
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Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay

Today we take on the Tampa Bay Torpedoes, a team we've only met twice before (we split those two games). Tampa's having a rough season (3-7), and we'll hope to continue their misery for at least another week.

Thankfully we get Stoltzfus back this week.

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Box Score: Tampa Bay at Tucson Tucson, AZ. Week 12, 2012 Attendance: 66,000 (69,800). Weather: 54 degrees, fair. 1Q: 09:26 TBY - Vinny McKnight 6 run. 1Q: 09:26 TBY - Felton Cooper extra point. 1Q: 04:28 TUC - Hugo Eckard 19 field goal. 1Q: 02:36 TBY - Trent Muir 62 pass from Joshua Urrutia. 1Q: 02:36 TBY - Felton Cooper extra point. 1Q: 00:26 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 6 pass from Kent Goodwin. 1Q: 00:26 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 05:07 TBY - Damion Tabb 14 pass from Joshua Urrutia. 2Q: 05:07 TBY - Felton Cooper extra point. 3Q: 12:07 TUC - Jake Emerson 5 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 12:07 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 3Q: 08:05 TUC - Hugo Eckard 55 field goal. 3Q: 03:44 TUC - Hugo Eckard 50 field goal. 4Q: 13:04 TUC - Hugo Eckard 25 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tampa Bay 14 7 0 0 - 21 Tucson 10 0 13 3 - 26 Team Statistics TBY TUC First Downs 25 17 Total Rushes 25 24 Rushing Yards 84 148 Yards Per Carry 3.3 6.1 Pass Attempts 50 31 Completions 25 17 Passing Yards 384 258 Yards Per Attempt 7.6 8.3 Sacked 1 0 Yards Lost 6 0 Interceptions 2 1 Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1 Total Plays 76 55 Total Yards 462 406 Yards Per Play 6.0 7.3 3rd Down Plays 9/18 5/12 Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.8 6.0 4th Down Plays 1/2 0/0 Penalties 6 3 Penalty Yards 60 20 Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 32 Time Of Possession 32:35 27:25 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 17 110 6.4 36 0 33 Hayakawa 4 22 5.5 18 0 19 Goodwin 2 2 1.0 3 0 25 Edwards 1 14 14.0 14 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 31 17 258 8.3 56 2 1 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 26 Jeffries 5 27 5.4 8 12 1 86 Housley 3 90 30.0 23 35 0 82 Torres 3 29 9.6 6 13 0 80 Higginbotham 2 26 13.0 5 14 0 81 Hodges 2 77 38.5 7 56 0 42 Holliday 1 4 4.0 0 4 0 87 Emerson 1 5 5.0 0 5 1 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 1 17 17.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 2 52 26.0 0 81 Hodges 1 29 29.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 3 134 44.6 50 1 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 4 4 55 2 2 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 8 1 0.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 6 1 0.0 1 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 5 1 1.0 0 0 0 93 King 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 44 Visser 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 2 0 0.0 1 0 0 97 Horn 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 26 Jeffries 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 86 Housley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 38 Torres 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 3 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 3 0 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 2 0 80 Higginbotham 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 Visser 0 1 0 0 0 0 42 Holliday 1 0 0 0 0 0 84 Joyner 0 0 0 0 1 0 81 Hodges 0 0 1 0 0 0

Things were looking ugly early, as Tampa scored TDs on three of their first four possessions. But Goodwin, Holliday, and a recovered defense saved us from what would've been a second straight embarrassing loss.

This win puts us at 9-2, which is the best record in the conference. We're awesome.
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Week 13: at Seattle

Seattle has been one of the Western Conference's perennial contenders thanks to the two-headed offensive beast of QB Charles Dever and RB Burt Liskiewicz. Unfortunately for Seattle, Liskiewicz left in free agency for Cleveland, and Dever suffered a ruptured adductor muscle in Week 11. Heading into that Week 11 game Seattle was 6-3 - they've since dropped their last two (and would go on to lose their final 7 games) without Dever. This should be a walk in the park.

Thus, it won't be.

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Box Score: Tucson at Seattle Seattle, WA. Week 13, 2012 Attendance: 57,900 (65,700). Weather: 45 degrees, fair. 1Q: 04:23 TUC - Courtney Hodges 5 run. 1Q: 04:23 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 2Q: 07:20 SEA - Ed Akin 2 run. 2Q: 07:20 SEA - Johnny Webster extra point. 2Q: 00:34 TUC - Drew Holliday 2 run. 2Q: 00:34 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 12:57 TUC - Hugo Eckard 38 field goal. 4Q: 04:37 SEA - Johnny Webster 18 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tucson 7 7 0 3 - 17 Seattle 0 7 0 3 - 10 Team Statistics TUC SEA First Downs 22 17 Total Rushes 31 24 Rushing Yards 134 72 Yards Per Carry 4.3 3.0 Pass Attempts 33 39 Completions 16 23 Passing Yards 276 219 Yards Per Attempt 8.3 5.6 Sacked 2 3 Yards Lost 10 16 Interceptions 0 1 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0 Total Plays 66 66 Total Yards 400 275 Yards Per Play 6.0 4.1 3rd Down Plays 6/15 4/13 Avg. YTG on 3rd 8.0 7.8 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1 Penalties 9 7 Penalty Yards 63 34 Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 27 Time Of Possession 29:56 30:04 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 22 89 4.0 13 1 33 Hayakawa 6 25 4.1 8 0 19 Goodwin 2 15 7.5 10 0 81 Hodges 1 5 5.0 5 1 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 33 16 276 8.3 30 0 0 2 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Higginbotham 5 94 18.8 12 30 0 82 Torres 3 46 15.3 4 18 0 88 Parr 2 50 25.0 5 27 0 81 Hodges 2 39 19.5 0 22 0 26 Jeffries 1 9 9.0 3 9 0 86 Housley 1 13 13.0 1 13 0 25 Edwards 1 12 12.0 2 12 0 87 Emerson 1 13 13.0 2 13 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 1 -4 -4.0 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 35 Giles 2 52 26.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 6 222 37.0 42 3 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 1 3 38 2 2 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 11 3 0.0 1 12 0 44 Visser 7 1 0.0 0 0 0 95 Stoltzfus 5 0 1.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 37 Rosenberry 3 3 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 3 0.0 0 0 0 93 King 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 98 Crane 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 68 Kudrow 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 39 Burns 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 2 1 62 Tollefson 0 0 0 0 1 1 26 Jeffries 0 0 0 0 2 0 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 2 0 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 0 60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 1 0

One of those head-scratcher games, here. We dominated Seattle statistically, yet only came away with a 7 point win. I don't see any easy explanations, other than their punter having a great game.

Still, a win is a win and we're now 10-2. That's good.
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Week 14: at Charleston

Speaking of stud QBs lost for the season, Charleston lost all-world QB Landon Hurst in week 9 to ACL surgery. They've given the keys to 2nd-year QB Luther Wylder, who looks to have a good future but is very green at the moment. Nevertheless, they've since gone to a run-heavy offense and have still managed to succeed. RB Archie Chasser leads the charge for them.

Did I mention that DT Stoltzfus is hurt again? *sigh*

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Box Score: Tucson at Charleston (SC) Charleston (SC), SC. Week 14, 2012 Attendance: 98,000 (99,900). Weather: 71 degrees, fair. 1Q: 01:23 TUC - Hugo Eckard 39 field goal. 2Q: 00:51 TUC - Hugo Eckard 24 field goal. 3Q: 11:06 TUC - Freddie Housley 15 pass from Kent Goodwin. 3Q: 11:06 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 14:51 TUC - Coleman Parr 8 pass from Kent Goodwin. 4Q: 14:51 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point. 4Q: 04:55 CHT - Kris Lyle 48 field goal. 4Q: 02:03 TUC - Kelvin Hayakawa 8 run. 4Q: 02:03 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point failed. 4Q: 00:00 TUC - Hugo Eckard 36 field goal. Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin Tucson 3 3 7 16 - 29 Charleston (SC) 0 0 0 3 - 3 Team Statistics TUC CHT First Downs 19 14 Total Rushes 34 41 Rushing Yards 169 124 Yards Per Carry 4.9 3.0 Pass Attempts 27 21 Completions 13 8 Passing Yards 198 96 Yards Per Attempt 7.3 4.5 Sacked 1 3 Yards Lost 5 15 Interceptions 1 0 Fumbles/Lost 1/1 3/3 Total Plays 62 65 Total Yards 362 205 Yards Per Play 5.8 3.1 3rd Down Plays 6/14 5/17 Avg. YTG on 3rd 6.5 9.5 4th Down Plays 0/0 0/1 Penalties 11 8 Penalty Yards 62 54 Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 23 Time Of Possession 31:20 28:40 Tucson Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD 42 Holliday 18 88 4.8 13 0 33 Hayakawa 10 44 4.4 10 1 19 Goodwin 3 33 11.0 18 0 26 Jeffries 2 5 2.5 5 0 4 Hogan 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd 19 Goodwin 27 13 198 7.3 38 2 1 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 88 Parr 4 48 12.0 8 16 1 81 Hodges 4 78 19.5 9 38 0 86 Housley 2 34 17.0 7 19 1 82 Torres 1 16 16.0 3 16 0 25 Edwards 1 11 11.0 0 11 0 87 Emerson 1 11 11.0 0 11 0 Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD 42 Holliday 4 15 3.7 0 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 81 Hodges 1 22 22.0 0 Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20 15 Winters 5 180 36.0 54 2 Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att 12 Eckard 3 3 39 2 3 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 31 Enoch 7 3 0.0 0 0 0 55 Trujillo 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 75 Grier 5 4 1.0 0 0 0 70 Neubauer 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 77 Van Brocklin 4 2 0.5 0 0 0 44 Visser 4 3 0.0 0 0 0 58 Watford 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 27 Callis 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 90 Jarrard 3 5 0.0 0 0 0 98 Crane 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 34 McGarrity 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 97 Horn 2 1 1.5 0 0 0 35 Giles 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 72 Bernard 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 74 Cochrane 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 96 Muranaka 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 52 Wash 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 82 Torres 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 68 Kudrow 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 33 Hayakawa 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd 64 Connell 0 0 0 0 3 1 68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 3 0 37 Rosenberry 0 0 1 0 0 0 44 Visser 0 0 1 0 0 0 58 Watford 0 1 0 0 0 0 71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0 90 Jarrard 0 0 1 0 0 0 42 Holliday 1 0 0 0 0 0 84 Joyner 0 0 0 0 1 0 54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 Giles 0 1 0 0 0 0 50 Gaines 0 0 0 0 1 0 96 Muranaka 0 1 0 0 0 0

Goodwin didn't bring his "A" game, but he didn't need to today. Our defense was on fire, and the running game did enough damage to give us a convincing win. I'm impressed that our Run D did the job without our top run defender. His replacement, Gary Van Brocklin, has impressed me and appears to be a "creeper."

Good times.
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