The USFL/WFL League Office has been busy the last few seasons dealing with various controversies and Week 7 was no different. Coming into the week, we had 4 undefeated teams, two in each conference. The two from the National Conference, New Orleans and Baltimore, faced each other for the current #1 seed. During the post game press conferences across the league, we first heard from Washington GM CrazyRazor who called shenanigans on Baltimore GM 4343 for using only 5 defensive plays. CR wants the league office to look into this and possibly force teams to call more plays. Later, we heard from New Orleans GM Smirt211, who called Baltimore's style of play p%$#y ball. To see/read the quotes, visit the forums.
We also have a poll in place so you can tell the league office whether or not we should force teams to use more defensive plays, as it seems using so few "games the sim engine" according to Smirt. The poll can be found here.
Stars 13 VooDoo 0
The post game comments had more excitement than this game, as Baltimore snuffed out the high powered VooDoo offense. Stars QB Jon Snow found 9 different receivers in throwing for 311 yards and the game's lone TD to John Warkentin.
Storm 30 Hawaiians 0
Portland shut down Honolulu's offense and Timothy Roquemore scored a rushing and a receiving TD while amassing 183 combined yards (157 rushing).
Showboats 44 Bandits 13
Memphis hasn't lost a beat since former USFL Commissioner tribewriter took over as they put up 611 total yards against Tampa Bay. The Showboats defense got the scoring started with a Pick Six from Donald Guo, then the offense scored 21 unanswered points for a 28-0 2nd qtr lead. WR Mark Glenn rushed 12 times for 43 yards and a TD, while adding 7 receptions, 219 yards and 2 more TD. For the mathematically challenged, that's 262 combined yards and 3 TDs...not bad.
Gamblers 26 Thunderbolts 3
Tony Dean tossed 2 TD passes and the Houston defense intercepted 3 passes as the Gamblers improve to 6-1. This game featured no combined 100 yard games nor 300 yard passers.
Generals 12 Wranglers 0
New Jersey improves to 6-1 with a shutout victory in the desert. Generals WR Duncan Meyer caught 8 passes for 108 yards as the only offensive player worth mentioning. There are 5 ways to score in football: extra point, safety, 2 point conversion, field goal and touchdown...New Jersey scored every which way except 2 point conversion in scoring all of 12 points. The Arizona defense played well in defeat.
Gold 28 Panthers 22
Denver had a 28-14 lead entering the 4th quarter, but Michigan scored a TD and 2 with 7:00 left to pull within 6. Rather than play defense, the Panthers elected to try an onside kick, which was successful. That drive ended with a turnover on downs and Denver ran the final 4:51 off the clock for victory. For Michigan, WR James Hillis caught 6 for 140 and a TD while Walter Simmons had a combined 118 yards (96 rushing). Denver had a big game from QB Andrew Brewer, who was 24/35, 320 yards with 4 TD and 1 INT. Richard Huff ran for 102 with another 33 receiving, Douglas Crowley caught 8 for 119 and a TD while Jake Peralta hauled in 2 TD receptions as part of his 7-107 day.
Invaders 26 (NY) Stars 23
New York edged Oakland in total yardage while both teams were turnover prone, combining for 5 with New York committing 3 of those. The Stars had the individual stats as Willie Bust threw for 407 yards with 3 TDs, but was sacked 4 times and tossed 2 INTs. The Stars also had 2 WRs with over 100 yards, but it was Oakland who won the most important stat...the scoreboard. The Invaders built a 26-10 lead before New York scored 13 points in the final 5 minutes. Oakland RB Oliver Thomas ran for 89 yards and caught 9 for 55 more.
Gunslingers 13 Renegades 12
Orlando was in control of the game for the first 49 minutes, but they couldn't crack the end zone, which would come back to haunt them. The Renegades were led by Ben Dehaven's 111 yards rushing and 4 Robert Moulton FGs gave Orlando a 12-0 lead with just under 11 minutes left. Following the 4th FG, San Antonio's Thomas Earl Petty returned the kickoff 103 yards for a TD. For some reason, that rattled Orlando QB Bradley Austin as he threw an INT on the very next offensive play, leading to a San Antonio FG. Next Orlando drive, another INT set up another Brian Johnson FG. The Gunslingers K shares a name with the lead singer of ACDC, and his kick got San Antonio Back In (the) Black with their first win. Rock and Roll (Ain't Noise Pollution) was blaring from the locker room, and I'm sure Johnson heard "Have a Drink On Me" several times at the club. It's A Long Way To the Top but at least they are off The Highway To (the) Hell of a winless season. Orlando left the field Thunderstruck and I'd like to have been a Fly On The Wall in the Orlando post game locker room to hear HC Hugo Collier blow up like T.N.T.
It's already after 7 am so I'm going to just rundown the rest of the scores from Week 7
Blitz 20 Wheels 10
Federals 33 Maulers 7
Bulls 37 Blazers 11
Breakers 38 Bell 13
Steamer 23 Force 0
Hornets 30 Stallions 3
Express 20 Outlaws 5
SaberCats 26 Sun 17
