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Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By TarquinTheDark
3/03/2020 3:38 am
I believe that if I lose week 16 and Hawaii wins (certainly a possible outcome), they will get the Wild Card slot.

Amerks are now 3 point favorites in our game, instead of 4.
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Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By andrewjolson71
3/03/2020 9:39 am
TarquinTheDark wrote:
I believe that if I lose week 16 and Hawaii wins (certainly a possible outcome), they will get the Wild Card slot.


Nope. The only playoff spot open is between you and the Americans for your division. Lyon and the non-division winner between Parlor City and Salem will be the wild card teams.
Last edited at 3/03/2020 9:40 am

Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By RedNU
3/04/2020 2:05 pm
Islanders rumored to seek new GM

HONOLULU -- Rumors are floating that tonight's game at the Coyotes might be the last of the RoyceR era for the Islanders, at least for now. While no official word has come from team officials, anonymous sources say that a parade of moving vans have been spotted hovering in the lot outside of Aloha Stadium.

RoyceR is in his second year with the Islanders, constructing a 15-15-1 overall record heading into tonight's contest. League sources say that, if true, the search for a replacement will begin at the conclusion of the regular season.
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Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By TarquinTheDark
3/04/2020 2:18 pm
andrewjolson71 wrote:
TarquinTheDark wrote:
I believe that if I lose week 16 and Hawaii wins (certainly a possible outcome), they will get the Wild Card slot.


Nope. The only playoff spot open is between you and the Americans for your division. Lyon and the non-division winner between Parlor City and Salem will be the wild card teams.


?? Both our teams would wind up 8-8, with them having a better division record and having beat me twice.

EDIT: Phantoms & Kings - I get it now.
Last edited at 3/05/2020 1:46 am

Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By RedNU
3/09/2020 3:44 pm
THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE NEW KING

Daniel Dehner connected for a 56-yard kick on overtime to snap an amazing run of post-season success by the Parlor City Phantoms and advance the Rochester Americans to the next round 23-20. For the first time in four seasons, there will be a new EFL champion.
That certainly didn’t appear as if it would be the case early. Parlor City vaulted to a 10-0 first-quarter lead and extended to 17-3 after David Mitzel’s 2-yard catch with less than three minutes remaining in the first half. But the Americans rallied in a big way. Alexander Thomas found Marcus Raasch for 61 yards just seconds later. After a timely forced fumble and recovery, Thomas found Dale Jewell from 13 yards out to tie the game at 17 going into intermission.
Parlor City never seemed to be the same team after that. The Phantoms punted on 4 of their first 5 possessions in the second half, fumbling the other one. Late in regulation, they managed a 10-play, 76-yard drive to force OT as time expired with a 27-yard field goal, but couldn’t capitalize in the extra session, even after intercepting Rochester on the very first play of bonus time.
Rochester now heads to Tallahassee, site of a 62-6 beatdown at the hands of the Talons back in Week 10. Elsewhere…

Toronto 41, Lyon 9
Nathaniel Finley threw for three touchdown passes and finished one yard shy of 300 to help steer Toronto to direct the Spartans to their third win of the season over Lyon. Up next is a road trip to Salem to face a Witches squad they nudged out of the post season a year ago.

Milwaukee 34, New Jersey 27
Edward Rodiguez threw three first-quarter touchdown passes to help Milwaukee break from the gate early with 24 first-quarter points, but it was Billy Bailey’s pick-six in the final minute of the contest that sent the Wild through to the next round and sent the preseason favorite of the Blind Squirrels home. Philip Gordon flashed his way to 316 all-purpose yards and two TDs as Milwaukee now heads to Charleston for a rematch of a crazy 40-36 contest in last year’s opening playoff round.

Coos Bay 30, Mt. Washington 0
The post-season’s feel-good story of the first playoff game in Coyote franchise history crumbled quickly as Coos Bay’s Eugene Stokes threw two touchdown passes as part of a 21-point first quarter, leading the Red Rocks to a 30-0 shutout victory. Up next is a trip to Glendora to face a Dragons team that has looked nigh unstoppable for much of the year. The two teams have not met on the gridiron since Week 2 of the 2029 season.

Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By RedNU
3/10/2020 1:59 am
DRAGONS STORM BACK FROM TWO TD DEFICIT
After falling behind 14-0, the Glendora Dragons outscored Coos Bay 41-9 to cruise into the conference finals with a 41-23 victory. On a game that felt like it took forever, thanks to the two quarterbacks going a combind 39-for-110 through the air, David Puddy still managed to put up magical numbers for the Dragons. Puddy finished with 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, 2 of them ending up in the arms of Walter Gowen, who had 119 receiving yards total. John Claypoole added the other scoring reception to go along with a second that he scored rushing the ball. Claypoole finished with 242 all-purpose yards. Elsewhere around the playoffs...

Tallahassee 49, Rochester 0
James Herrin completed just 13 passes, but it hardly mattered as six of them went for touchdowns and he finished with 333 yards in all in a 49-0 Tallahassee rout of the Americans. James Boyd had two receptions for 145 yards and 2 of the scores. Robert Hayden also had two scoring receptions while Francis Jimerson returned a punt 75 yards for a score.

Salem 27, Toronto 19
Jonathan Embree threw for 334 yards and a trio of touchdowns as the Salem Witches toppled the Spartans by a 27-19 final count. Lawrence Powell caught two of those scores as part of a 171-yard receiving night.

Milwaukee 45, Charleston 33
Rocky Barnes ran for one touchdown and caught a second to help the Wild break away from a 28-27 contest in the fourth quarter to score the week’s only road win over a stunned Geechee crowd. Edward Rodiguez finished with 363 yards and four touchdowns through the air as he completed 28 of his 34 passing attempts in the game.

Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By RedNU
3/13/2020 2:06 pm
Battle of the unbeatens tonight for the EFL championship, gotta love it! Can't wait to see how the contest turns out.

My apologies for failing to give the semifinals their due...stuff just got real here in a hurry with the coronavirus this week. The televised music festival we put on that draws 1 million+ viewers each year got postponed, the school is banning travel to the mainland for the rest of the academic year so the team I coach probably lost its chance to attend national competition this season, our state tournaments just got postponed, the school is asking us to put at least two weeks of class material online at all times "just in case"...and the rumors about ports shutting down (and therefore no grocery supplies being delivered) have all of Honolulu going batshit crazy in 64 flavors.

So bring it on Friday the 13th, cuz I can't imagine it being weirder than my Thursday the 11th was.

Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By GrandadB
3/13/2020 5:00 pm
Dragons signed 3 FA's this week, as a result of serious injuries to both starting DTs, and a LB2 that was having a strong playoff run. So, from the FA pool and into the Elite Bowl, doesnt happen very often.

Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By GrandadB
3/15/2020 12:40 pm
Congrats Talons/Garrok! Knew we were in trouble on defense and the picks killed whatever chance we had. Thought we might make a game of it down 7, but that was snuffed quickly with a following TD drive and a first on 3rd & long. Congrats! the league is getting real good and competitive, which is the way it should be. Going to be a focus on defensive players in the off season for the Dragons. :)

Re: HEADLINE SPORTS

By RedNU
3/16/2020 4:55 pm
Congrats Talons and Glendora on good seasons...talk about finishing with a flurry in the title game!

It looks like we're down one owner, so if anyone knows a good Golden Pterodactyl owner out there, invite them into our midst so we can go full human for a third season. I will advertise it as well.

I will get off-season changes made here soon...please post in that thread if there's anything you want to alter (I'm pondering trying to move Glendora out of my division... ;) )

Stay safe all -- the EFL will continue!