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Ok I'm back for another season and I'll see if I can keep up with these. I will admit I haven't gone into extreme depth in scouting team changes so don't jump on me for that.

GOTW 1*San Dimas Saints @ Russian Tractor

A matchup between two teams that made the conference semi-finals last season. The Saints made a splash by coming into the league and throwing the ball like crazy and pulling a huge upset over the LAX in the playoffs. The Tractor came into league losing their first two games and then going on a rampage winning until the conference finals loss to the Infection. With the Infection gone, you have to believe the Tractor are the favorites out of the Elephant this season. Some early boosts by the Saints have made this one a little more exciting and the Tractor have not had a very good offensive performance this pre-season so far. Can the Saints pull the big upset to start their season off right? I'm not banking on it.

Tractor 23 Saints 20

Los Angeles Xtreme @ Mozambique Lions

Andrew Fiorentino brings his MVP performance from last season back, but after a disappointing Pre-season, you have to wonder if he'll repeat his dominating performance from last season. The Xtreme lost both games in the Pre-season and had a 1st round disappointment in last season's playoffs. The Lions on the other hand have been making it known that they made a bunch of off-season acquisitions. In this recruiting environment, I commend them for their efforts. Is this the same Lions team that lost 8 of their final 11 games and didn't log a win over any of the Elephant playoff teams last season? Of course not. Are they much better? We will see.

Xtreme 27 Lions 6

GOTW 2*Morocco Camels @ African Killer Bees

Again, two playoff teams from last season back at it. The Camels had high hopes in their first season and were a little disappointed in falling to the #4 seed. This season they are #1 in KellerFox's pre-season rankings once again. Can they live up to expectations this time around? Knut is the self-proclaimed AI champion, logging 6 million hours on it since it's release. On the other side, the African Killer Bees will look to continue on the success they had in their first season. A team with low expectations, they performed great and they had one of the top rush defenses in the league. I expect another great defensive team this season, but they don't have quite enough to take the Camels. Good luck to both of these great teams this season.

Camels 17 Bees 10

Eaton Beavers @ Somalia Wildcats

The new kids on the block seem to be a contender right away. They showed their strength with a pre-season win over the Lion #2 seed from last season. The Beavers would love to welcome them to AAA the right way, but it won't be easy. Somalia has a very balanced offense and a very solid defense. Good luck!

River Styx Jinx @ Congo Death

A matchup of teams looking to get into the playoffs this season after just missing out last. The Death look stronger on paper but the Jinx showed last season that they have some upset potential. The Jinx easily dispatched their pre-season opponents while the Death did not. This should be a very close match up, but I'm taking the Jinx.

Jinx 22 Death 20

High Plains Drifters @ Gold Coast Corsairs

The Corsairs are quickly becoming the league's most hated team. Welcoming them to Africa AAA is a team that was very disappointing last season. The Drifters score a 39 in the overall, but they really aren't there with the other top teams yet. I wish someone could welcome these arrogant kids from AA with a loss, but it just won't happen.

Corsairs 31 Drifters 14

Mogadishu Malice @ Lake M'Zumba Cardinals

The Malice finished last season off acting like a real team and avoiding the relegation that was awaiting them. This season, they should get off to a good start against a team who did win relegation.

Malice 24 Cardinals 3

New Jersey Blazes @ Chicago Wheelhouse

The Blazes are back and look to have beefed up the DLine. They ended the season with 6 straight wins to regain some semblance of success for their season. Overall though, they were definitely disappointed. Don't overlook them this season though. The Wheelhouse have decided to empty their depth chart in an attempt to just be annoying. They weren't good last season, they won't have gotten much better. Quite telling is that they could only beat Swaziland by 27 last season. They just aren't that good.

Blazes 17 Wheelhouse 3

we will see with bort's new laws

These are not the droids you are looking for.

nice work and good game to the bees

btw: where did i say that? "Knut is the self-proclaimed AI champion, logging 6 million hours on it since it's release" - but yes i spent many hours doing it for 3 teams, but im still on fine tunning

Gmathiasf you did a better job than I did. Would you do the Lion conference also? I just did it to get them going. I know Keller does power rankings and I wasn't sure if it was him or someone else that did predictions. Man you did a good job. I'm not really familiar with the teams yet.

Originally posted by Knut the Bruin
nice work and good game to the bees

btw: where did i said that? "Knut is the self-proclaimed AI champion, logging 6 million hours on it since it's release" - but yes i spent many hours doing it for 3 teams, but im still on fine tunning

Good game to the Camels as well.

I guess it's better to play the #1 ranked team early, so you dont have to worry about them for the next 15 games!!

LOL

Good luck guys.

Originally posted by Nostradamus

The Corsairs are quickly becoming the league's most hated team. Welcoming them to Africa AAA is a team that was very disappointing last season. The Drifters score a 39 in the overall, but they really aren't there with the other top teams yet. I wish someone could welcome these arrogant kids from AA with a loss, but it just won't happen.

Corsairs 31 Drifters 14

Why are we hated? Because we took exception to an insinuation that just because you're in AAA you're better than the teams we played in AA, even though all the teams were released at the same time? Cmon... You'd get pissed too if roles were reversed.

Thanks for the predictions.

GMathiasf - great job.
And good luck for very classy Saints team tomorrow. ) Will be great game, I guess.

IRT Knut: I've just noticed you all over this board and the Defensive AI board. I took journalistic liberties with that quote.

IRT Bigad: I really don't know enough about the Lion and I'm quite overwhelmed myself on this end. I have a new team and still DC for 2 others. I'm not certain if I'll even be able to do Elephant conference predictions every game this season, but I will try. I'd say just do what you did for the next couple weeks and eventually ramp it up once you learn more about the teams.

IRT SlashXtreme: I didn't bother to read the 100+ post thread where you guys jump on Keller Fox's ranking. I did take exception to how he ranked my team (if you notice I mentioned it there). I believe we earned more respect by doing what we did last season than you guys deserve as of now. I don't know how you think you can walk into this league and garner a #1 pre-season ranking. Congrats on your success in AA but this league is much deeper than that league. You have about 10 teams that could beat you on any given sim, so you really have to be on your game. Bitching about one of the most respected players in the league and derailing his thread possibly making him not want to post any more power rankings is a good way to get hated. I do believe that all the teams that were promoted will be dangerous teams, but the fact is that I disagreed respectfully with KF's rankings, you guys were just dicks.

okay okay - i wasnt sure if i got cocky on some posts hehe

Once again great job with the predictions!

Bidag- no I havent done predictions ever but nor did Lion conferece consistantly have someone doing them last season. If you want it that jobs yours

No Corsair ever commented anywhere that we should be ranked number 1. EVAR. We just thought #6 was a leetle low. Would rather us be opined at #6 than #1 at this point as we don't want to call too much extra attention to ourselves (wait wut). Our previous division was a slugfest, so I look forward to a similar level of competition. Hell, we beat a team in the playoffs (Kinshasa: remember the African riots) that was a playoff team the season before and was transferred into an expansion league. I imagine that we might lose a game or two, but that wouldn't stop us from getting promoted.

Just 40 more days.

ninja edit: Appreciate the predictions! Thanks

so who is going to win the somalia game, I didn't see a prediction

Originally posted by theonlynuts
so who is going to win the somalia game, I didn't see a prediction

He doesn't predict his own teams game.

Originally posted by KellerFox
Once again great job with the predictions!

Bidag- no I havent done predictions ever but nor did Lion conferece consistantly have someone doing them last season. If you want it that jobs yours

Thanks but I don't really want the job. I just did it because it hadn't been done so far. So if someone else wants it let me know. I'd rather have a thread like this than read constant BS all day.