Week EIGHT Preview:

[HWessinmouse]

Week Eight brings the New Orleans Stingrays (2-4) to lovely Los Alamos, NM to face the Monsters (3-3).

New Orleans is a 1/2 game behind the Waco Warhawks in the AC South, but already has more divisional wins than the 'hawks. The Stingray defense boasts a front seven who are allowing only 3.41 YPC on the ground and an offense that has seen their share of success in the air this season. Unfortunately, that success has not translated into points on the board as New Orleans has averaged 12.16 PPG in six tries this year, against 19.83 PPG allowed.

The Monsters come into the week having made some major adjustments to their strategy on both sides of the ball. Look for Los Alamos to launch an aerial assault against the sometimes suspect Stingray DB's, riding the hot hand of a resurgent Adrian Hermon. Hermon's numbers have crept up after trade talks were reported earlier in the season.

Prediction: Los Alamos 23, New Orleans 16

[Jistic]

I predict that no else posts in this thread. :|

[HWessinmouse]

:-#

[aholbert]

Game of the Week:

Gainesville Gaels (5-1) vs. Columbus Catfish (6-1)

Imo, this is the biggest game so far this season. In week one, Gainesville upset the Catfish 26-20. In that game, time of possesion and pressure from the Gainesville's defensive line was key. Gainesville had the ball for almost 10 minutes longer than Columbus and pressured QB Corey Lincoln 8 times.

Since this game, Columbus has won 6 straight and Lincoln has thrown 16 TDs. Starting RB Emmanuel Jamison rebounded from his rough start (18 car for 11 yards in the Gainesville game) by running for a combined 591 yds in his last 5 games. Jamison is currently 6th in the OSFL in rushing and headed for a second staright 1000 yd season. J.R. Sierra leads OSFL in receiving yards and will be a tough matchup for Gainesville CBs Donavan Wallace and rookie Ed Austin. Even though Columbus' defense has been known to give up points, the team is lead by one of the best LB in the league, Karl Benjamin. Many were shocked when Benjamin accepted a 1 yr, 8 million dollar contract from Columbus instead of longer and more lucrative deals from other teams. Benjamin has more than earned that contract by leading the team in tackles (51) and being a leader on the field.

Gainesville shocked the football world with their Week 1 win. The Gaels were 8 point underdogs at home and that seemed to motivate them. After the first win, the Gaels ran off 4 of their last 5 but have yet to win a road game. This will be a huge test for this young team as they travel to hostile Columbus. The Gaels are your typical ball control team. Their offense focuses on short passes and the run (with little sucess before last weeks 100 yd game by KC Jones). QB Carl Reese is your typical game manager who makes very few mistakes (9 tds and only 4 ints for the season). RB KC Jones returns to the starting lineup after getting beched in week 6. The benching seemed to motivate Jones as he had his first 100 yds game of the season. However, he was very upset about the benching and expressed to the press doubts about his future with the Gaels. The Gales D is all about putting pressure on the QB. Their starting D Line has a total of 14.5 sacks and constantly puts pressure on the QB. DE Broderick Cherbet has 5 sacks and is coming off a career high 11 tackles. This team also has one of the most balanced D's in the league with 11 players having over 20 tackle.

Prediction: Columbus 21, Gainesville 17

[aholbert]

I predict that no else posts in this thread. :|

I just posted my preview. Give us your preview, Jistic.

[HWessinmouse]

I predict that no else posts in this thread. :|

I just posted my preview. Give us your preview, Jistic.

Yeah!

[Jistic]

I predict that no else posts in this thread. :|

I just posted my preview. Give us your preview, Jistic.

Only if I can call mine game of the week too.

[aholbert]

I predict that no else posts in this thread. :|

I just posted my preview. Give us your preview, Jistic.

Only if I can call mine game of the week too.

I dont know if I would consider a game between two 1-6 teams "the Game of the Week" but sure go ahead.

But seriously, we need more people to write here. I dont expect people to write paragraphs like me or HW but a couple sentences isnt much though.

[Jistic]

My preview is easy. It's the same every week.

We will commit 11 or more penalties. Mostly on defense.
We will lose the turnover battle by a wide margin.
There is a realistic chance we will outgain our opponent but still lose.
We will drop passes.

There you have it.

[Guest]

Riders play host to Memphis Admirals. . .a matchup featuring the AC South Division leaders Admirals versus the AC West Division Leaders Riders. Should be a good matchup. Memphis' offense averages more ppg than the Riders, but the Riders' defense is stingier.

Should be a very close game and I don't think it'll be a blowout either way. I call it ....

too close to call. . . 8O

[Sully]

Riders play host to Memphis Admirals. . .a matchup featuring the AC South Division leaders Admirals versus the AC West Division Leaders Riders. Should be a good matchup. Memphis' offense averages more ppg than the Riders, but the Riders' defense is stingier.

Should be a very close game and I don't think it'll be a blowout either way. I call it ....

too close to call. . . 8O

You'll win. I won't be able to export a gameplan for tonight's game due to my harddrive on my laptop crashing. I've put a ticket in to retrieve my elicense so I can install the game on my desktop, but I won't be able to get everything set up for tonight.

[HWessinmouse]

You'll win. I won't be able to export a gameplan for tonight's game due to my harddrive on my laptop crashing. I've put a ticket in to retrieve my elicense so I can install the game on my desktop, but I won't be able to get everything set up for tonight.

Sure, couldn't have happend when WE played. :(

[Guest]

Riders play host to Memphis Admirals. . .a matchup featuring the AC South Division leaders Admirals versus the AC West Division Leaders Riders. Should be a good matchup. Memphis' offense averages more ppg than the Riders, but the Riders' defense is stingier.

Should be a very close game and I don't think it'll be a blowout either way. I call it ....

too close to call. . . 8O

You'll win. I won't be able to export a gameplan for tonight's game due to my harddrive on my laptop crashing. I've put a ticket in to retrieve my elicense so I can install the game on my desktop, but I won't be able to get everything set up for tonight.

Oh okay, take the fun out of it!

[Sully]

Riders play host to Memphis Admirals. . .a matchup featuring the AC South Division leaders Admirals versus the AC West Division Leaders Riders. Should be a good matchup. Memphis' offense averages more ppg than the Riders, but the Riders' defense is stingier.

Should be a very close game and I don't think it'll be a blowout either way. I call it ....

too close to call. . . 8O

You'll win. I won't be able to export a gameplan for tonight's game due to my harddrive on my laptop crashing. I've put a ticket in to retrieve my elicense so I can install the game on my desktop, but I won't be able to get everything set up for tonight.

Oh okay, take the fun out of it!

Good luck! ;)
I'm not sure which gameplan it defaults to. The one I used last week? It'll be interesting not knowing what to expect.

[Guest]

it'll default to the last one used. .