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Originally posted by McGruffHawk
Originally posted by rabideasterbunny

Originally posted by SCACE


we couldn't elect a better person to be the face of Oceania PRO than you.

We could, but I don't know if Gary Coleman would want the job

He's got a better gig assisting Michael Jackson.

Please, don't tell Michael Gary is not 10 . . . he'd be heartbroken.

I think I just put two and two together....Tim Harper IS Michael Jackson....it makes too much sense to be false

Originally posted by McGruffHawk
Starts today against Papua New Guinea.


1. Frustration with the state of the game. It simply takes too much time and energy and research to reinvent the wheel every season . . . and doing so has stolen much of the joy of the game.

2. Declining agent participation. I'm not blaming anyone. I understand agent's frustrations, and the lack of excitement as players age and the team struggles in the playoffs. . But I sense that it has ceased to be "fun" for many of us, and I can't feel good keeping many of them hostage to team expectations.


4. Real Life issues. We are all living in a different world than 8 months ago when we started this thing. Money is tough to come buy, and choices need to be made.

There's probably more, but basically it comes down to the fact that I do not want to invest the time, money and energy into an enterprise that no longer gives the payout it once did.



I can relate as I'm sure many others can as well. Good luck brother. You were a force to be reckoned with for many seasons. This is a huge loss for GLB, never mind O-Pro. Unfortunately, with the state of the game, I feel there's many more to come.

Originally posted by rabideasterbunny
I don't know if any other teams of Tongas caliber has folded in the past, but I think there should be a stickied thread put up after this season for Tonga (and any other elite teams of the past) just containing a brief write up of their history/accomplishments/etc. to keep a running history of past great teams in Oceania Pro.

Maybe something along these lines - I have only done season one and was just jotting some things down as I looked through their team.
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I will note that some of the teams names have changed so if you remember them let me know and I can edit (or you can copy and paste and edit). Also, I don't know the official date on when McGruff bought the team as I saw an earlier post in the thread of someone saying they were a member pre-TITS but any accurate information would be appreciated.
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Tongo Ikale Tahi ("TITS") and Coach McGruffHawk have opted to call it quits after season seven and while some of us will not miss the beatings most of us will miss the team, agents, and especially the classy ownership brought forward by this team (I'm such a fucking liar!!!). With such a successful team it would be a shame for them to go out without giving them a little something back and this is my way of showing my appreciation to the team whom I considered a rival through many seasons of GLB combat (it still stings me thinking about the season three conference final you dirty sons of a guns!!).

Through seven seasons TITS compiled an 80-6 regular season mark and a 14-5 playoff record (add in S7 totals after the completion of S7).. TITS won three conference championships (S1 AA Alpha Conference, S3 AAA #1 Alpha Conference, and the S4 Pro League Alpha Conferene) and one league title (S3 Oceanai AAA +1). Few in Oceania can match up with the overall record of the TITS so let's take a look at how their seasons went in a brief season by season capsule.

Season One:
5-1 Regular Season Record.
3-1 Playoff Record.
Conference Championship.
Lost in League Title Game.

TITS was had their first game on April 2, 2008 in the Oceania AA Alpha Conference and wasted little time establishing themselves as a team to be reckoned with. TITS won their opening ball game over the Las Vegaas Villains by the score of 17-3. CPU FB Fred Baer will forever go down scoring the TITS first TD a three yard TD plunge.

TITS first TD (by a CPU player - good Lord!!!):
http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=7266&pbp_id=644922

TITS would go onto to finish the regular season at 5-1 and spark their rivalry with the Mean Machine who they took out 17-7 in game number five. TITS would grab the top seed for the playoffs and sweep through the conference before they would end up losing the league championship. With the win, TITS started their move toward Oceania Pro and didn't look back. With season one under wraps it showed a few things. One, TITS was going to be a power in Oceania; two, TITS was going to be a defensive orientated team; and TITS was going to have best name in the region. The defense really showed up in the early stages of this team as the D allowed only 9.0 ppg while shutting out two of their six regular season opponents.

RB Ace Taminophen would lead the offense on the season as he rushed for 470 yards on 94 attemtps (5.0 ypc/78.3 ypg) while scoring one rushing TD. Under center at the time was QB Charlie Fry (who has since been retired). Fry did his best to keep the O balanced as he completed 96 of 174 passes for 817.5 yards with six TD's and seven picks. I feel like I am watching Cheers when talking about the D as the front seven were led by LB's Cliff Clavin (23 tackles - 3rd high on team) and Norm Peterson (29 tackles - team high). The secondary was led by tOmas smith who racked up a team high with his two picks, eight passes defended and finished second on the team in tackles with 24 stops.

While season one was a success the TITS had plenty of bounce left in them heading into season two and beyond.

Date Opponent Score
04/02/2008 Las Vegas Villains W 17-3
04/04/2008 Oberon Bulls W 31-17
04/06/2008 Hawaiian Dolphin Warriors W 17-0
04/08/2008 Ohlone Warriors L 17-27
04/10/2008 Mean Machine W 17-7
04/12/2008 Hamilton Hellcats W 43-0

Playoff Games
Date Opponent Score
04/14/2008 Ohlone Warriors W 10-9
04/16/2008 Dread City Diabolicals W 20-7
04/18/2008 Las Vegas Knights W 16-7
04/20/2008 Barossa Swamp Dragons L 17-35


Season Two:
Even though the TITS moved up into a new league they were still expected to compete and contend for the title. Things started out a bit slow as they started the season off with a 1-1 record. However, as soon as the four point loss occurred at the hands of the Brantford Mustangs the TITS reeled off 14 straight to close out the regular season. It was the TITS O who got a lot of credit as they averageed 44 ppg through the regular season but it was the D once again who stood loud and proud giving up only 3.8 ppg. The D yielded only one TD on the season (the only other TD scored was on a pick six against Brandtford in game two).

With such a dominating performance after the early loss the TIT were primed to make another jump. The opening round win over the Fakaofo Bomb Squad went off without PickUpHere...

Season Three:

Season Four:

Season Five:

Season Six:

Season Seven:

GREAT TITS: With the TITS going away several players will not be soon forgotten and while we won't go through the entire roster since season one we'll take a moment to honor some of the more memorable players during their TITS careers. (team should be able to provide a list of their top 10 players).

RB Corvette Jones: Jones joined the TITS in season two and has been a workhorse ever since. Jones played in 96 regular season games and rushed for ____ yards and ___ TD's (to add in after the completion of S7).

RB Ace Taminophen:

WR Dread Loose: Loose busted loose in all 102 regular season games and is the TITS all time leading WR with ___ catches for ____ yards and __ TD's.

G Jonathan Juniper:

Sorry to see you guys go. You've had a great team.

Originally posted by McGruffHawk
Originally posted by Linker2596

Wow that really sucks. I remember when I came to the Gods at the end of season four you guys were playing the 'Nites(old FFLivewire version I think) in the OPL championship. I was glad to be able to watch that game, I got two good championship games in a row because of the Boston Knighthawks v.s. LV Freebirds USA AAA#2 chamionship game in S3. I also remember saying how I'd loved to have drawn you guys for a pre-season scrimmage, so we could finally play a "big 3" Alpha team. You guys have been a part of the greatest league(imo) in GLB for a while now and you guys have probably helped make it that way.

I've got two big memories from our early seasons in OPro. One is that championship game, which even though we lost, was one fo the great games we've been involved in.

The other was completely pasting Mean Machine in season 5

Lol yeah I remember that one too(even though that was season 6 ). Too bad they got you guys back in the playoffs.

and this whole time i thought owning a team was the cheap part..

but GL IRL.......

Season 2 and Season 3 AAA was awesome.

No matter what the results were today, we were all losers.

Now I regret calling you a hack that one time.

Seriously, though, I hope all of the TITs the best of luck.

Wow badger, nice work.

I'm sure we can dredge up some stuff from the team forum (I don't think any of it has been cleaned out since season 1) and take a look over the past seasons' numbers to put together a complete look at the TITs, but that was an impressive start, especially by a non-TIT.

Wow we've lost some really good teams the past two seasons. It sucks.


But instead of quiting you should just merge with us We'll give every single player a job.

TiTs was the best abbreviation in Oceania.

( next to BDC of course )

Will definitely miss whom ever leaves that team.

Great work Badger. I was shocked going back in the time machine last season and realizing Mean Machine and Tonga started out together.

Tonga Trivia . . .

Tonga did not start as the Tonga Ikale Tahi. We played our first season under another name. What was that name?

Originally posted by Carpy
Season 2 and Season 3 AAA was awesome.

AAA was the best forum back then, but then the active members started getting promoted and it just died. I don't know that it's ever recovered.

only played against you boys in AAA.....don't be a quitter....

I'd have thought TIT would outlast the Mustangs...