Now that we are midway through the season, the top teams have begun to emerge from the pack and some interesting matchups are forming:
Elancourt Templiers at Macedonia Marauders http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=4372&team2=821
Marauders > Templiers 155-0
- This is pretty much a BYE week for the Marauders. No amount of gameplanning is going to help the Templiers here and no lack of gameplanning will hurt the Marauders.
Key Victories for the Templiers:
Ciudad del Este Golden Jaguars
- This game safely distanced the team from the cellar of the conference.
Tough Losses for the Templiers:
Austin Pirates
- The Pirates defeated them 72-12 and pretty much made a statement that the Templiers have absolutely no shot at a playoff seed. If you are getting destroyed by a team who needs to fight hard just to make playoffs, you have no hope of a seed yourself
Key Victories for the Marauders:
Istanbul Anatolian Guard Dawgs
- This convincing 32-10 victory over the Dawgs made two statements: 1: The Marauders are not just a great team in Zeta, they are Elite. 2: The Marauder defense is for real and is capable of shutting down some of the conference best
Bakersfield Nanananas
- Although the Nanananas are in a bit of a slump since last season, they are still a top team and the Marauders made light work of them
Wroclaw Wolverines
- The results of this 15-13 contest made more of a negative statement for the team than anything. This should serve as a wake-up call for the team to (a
Gameplan every single week and refuse to take any opponent lightly and/or (b Comb over the AI precisely to fix any issues
Slovakia Stunners at Spokane River Rats http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=820&team2=6490
I will not put up a prediction for this game as it is my own. I view self predictions as disrespectful. Someone else predict this game.
***GAME OF THE WEEK***
- After all is said and done, one team here will no longer be undefeated. The outcome here could very well be the difference between the #1, #2, or #3 playoff seed
Key Victories for the Stunners
Austin Pirates
- This game may prove to show more of blueprint to defeat the Stunners than a positive for the team. They defated the Pirates, but should it have been this close? It took Slovakia a game winning field goal to settle this whereas Spokane could have remained scoreless after the 1st quarter and still come away with a victory in Austin.
Wroclaw Wolverines
- This team is pushing the top teams they face to their limits. Nothing changed when they met the Stunners. The lack of scoring by the Stunners in the 4th quarter and the fact that it took them overtime to emerge victorious has to raise some flags with team management. Outcomes like this are what the other teams in the league look to in order to make solid assessments of a team (hint hint).
Key Victories for the River Rats
Western Branch Bruins
- This game was a statement to the other conference of just how tough they can expect their opponent to be in the championship game. The Bruins are a top Alpha team who should make a decent run at the conference title and were embarrassed by a much more prepared and talented team in Spokane
Austin Pirates
- This was the first real test for Spokane of a playoff potential unit. Against the Pirates, Spokane kept on with their tradition this season of not allowing a team to enter the endzone more than once in a single game against them. It is also the only decent common opponent thus far for Spokane and the Stunners. Spokane did not struggle in their victory in Austin
Chippewa Predators at Bakersfield Nanananas
http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=2954&team2=1599
Nanananas > Predators 42-17
- This is a BYE week for the Nanananas. The Predators lack the necessary talent to compete with a team at Bakerfield's level.
Key Victories for the Nanananas
- Sacramento Sacrilege, Wroclaw Wolverines, and Dawgs
Victories against these teams put to rest any doubters about whether this team was a solid playoff squad this season or not. Their ability to win close games against solid teams separates them from the group of good teams and promotes them to great.
Tough Losses for the Nanananas
Macedonia Marauders
- A win or even a close loss to this team could have granted them elite status. Bakersfield is absolutely a great team, but they fall short of elite.
Key Victories for the Predators
Ciudad del Este Golden Jaguars
- Considering their only other wins are CPU teams, this was an important victory in separating the team from the conference cellar.
Tough Losses for the Predators
Sacramento Sacrilege
- Sacramento is a quality mid-tier playoff bound dotball squad. The Predators` complete lack of ability to compete with this team extinguishers pretty much any hope of a playoff run. By season's end they will, at minimum, be passed over by the Pirates and Wolverines. This team is just simply not ready for AA yet.
Istanbul Anatolian Guard Dawgs at Wroclaw Wolverines
http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=4367
- This should prove to be an exciting game. These two teams matchup well.
Wolverines > Dawgs 21-17
Key Victories for the Guard Dawgs
Sacramento Sacrilege
- The stomping of the Sacrilege was clear message that the Dawgs are by no means medicore. This is a great team here. There is not a single team in this league that can successfully play the Dawgs without a thorough gameplan.
Tough Losses for the Guard Dawgs
Macedonia Marauders
- This game should serve as a wake up call that they need to make some AI adjustments on offense if they plan on scoring on the better teams in the league. This was by no means an embarrassment, so with some proper modifications to their gameplan they could be an elite team
Bakersfield Nanananas
- This was an even matchup and one that the Dawgs should have come away with a W on. If they plan on going far in the playoffs, they need to figure out how to beat opponents who they are on par with, especially considering the chemistry and depth issues that they should have been able to exploit.
Key Victories for the Wolverines
- Austin Pirates
The win here proved to the league that they are capable of actually winning close games and not just pushing a team to it's limits. They have had some heartbreakers this season, so pulling this one out had to be a nice morale booster
Tough Losses for the Wolverines
Bakersfield Nanananas and Slovakia Stunners
- The Wolverines faced two great teams here, and gave them both a solid scare. They have a stellar run defense and teams need to start realizing such. They just need to improve their own air attack if they expect to win games like these
Macedonia Marauders
- The Marauders are an elite team and they got a huge scare from the Wolverines. This sent the league a message to not take the Wolverines lightly, or you could very well pay for it with a loss.
Duluth Bulldogs at Sacramento Sacrilege
http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=518&team2=1872
- BYE week for the Sacrilege as the Bulldogs suck.
Sacrilege > Bulldogs 155-3
Key Victories for the Bulldogs
Ciudad del Este Golden Jaguars
- Congratulations, you beat one of the shittiest human controlled teams in the league. But, at least they puts you above the cellar.
Tough Losses for the Bulldogs
Danish Disasters
- This loss removed any hope of the Bulldogs being considered even a mediocre team. They are just plain not ready for AA.
Key Victories for the Sacrilege
Although they are a tough team that sits at 5-2, they have no key victories to date. All of their wins were to be expected and made no significant statements.
Tough Losses for the Sacrilege
Bakersfield Nanananas
- This game has shown the league that Sacramento cannot be taken lightly, as they are capable of competing with solid teams.
Istanbul Anatolian Guard Dawgs
- This game here tossed out any ideas that anyone could conceive of this being an elite team. The Guard Dawgs are a great team and losing to them should not be a major concern, but in this fashion it should be. Sacramento is a good team, but calling them great could be questionable
Austin Pirates at Ciudad del Este Golden Jaguars
http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=823&team2=4456
- Ciudad is just about the worst human team in the league. The Pirates will get a much needed victory here
Pirates > Cuidad 115-0
Key Victories for the Pirates
Danish Disasters
- With the recent tough games they have had, this was a crucial win. If they plan on playing in the post-season they need to take care of the games they are supposed to win.
Tough Losses for the Pirates
Spokane River Rats, Slovakia Stunners, Wroclaw Wolverines
- losses to each of these teams prove that Austin just is not quite ready to compete in Zeta this season. They have a slight hope of sliding into the last playoff seed and by that point their chemistry may rebound enough to where they could be a threat
Ciudad does not have a single win, so there is obviously no key victory to note. Considering they are winless, there is no specific loss to note. They are the worst non-CPU team in the league. They are not cut out for AA this season.
Nikopolis Stoic Hedonists at Rome Colossus
http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=5924
- BYE week for the Hedonists considering Rome is a CPU team.
Danish Disasters at Rome Avengers
http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=4361&team2=6514
- BYE week for the Disasters, another CPU team from Rome
Elancourt Templiers at Macedonia Marauders http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=4372&team2=821
Marauders > Templiers 155-0
- This is pretty much a BYE week for the Marauders. No amount of gameplanning is going to help the Templiers here and no lack of gameplanning will hurt the Marauders.
Key Victories for the Templiers:
Ciudad del Este Golden Jaguars
- This game safely distanced the team from the cellar of the conference.
Tough Losses for the Templiers:
Austin Pirates
- The Pirates defeated them 72-12 and pretty much made a statement that the Templiers have absolutely no shot at a playoff seed. If you are getting destroyed by a team who needs to fight hard just to make playoffs, you have no hope of a seed yourself
Key Victories for the Marauders:
Istanbul Anatolian Guard Dawgs
- This convincing 32-10 victory over the Dawgs made two statements: 1: The Marauders are not just a great team in Zeta, they are Elite. 2: The Marauder defense is for real and is capable of shutting down some of the conference best
Bakersfield Nanananas
- Although the Nanananas are in a bit of a slump since last season, they are still a top team and the Marauders made light work of them
Wroclaw Wolverines
- The results of this 15-13 contest made more of a negative statement for the team than anything. This should serve as a wake-up call for the team to (a
Gameplan every single week and refuse to take any opponent lightly and/or (b Comb over the AI precisely to fix any issuesSlovakia Stunners at Spokane River Rats http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=820&team2=6490
I will not put up a prediction for this game as it is my own. I view self predictions as disrespectful. Someone else predict this game.
***GAME OF THE WEEK***
- After all is said and done, one team here will no longer be undefeated. The outcome here could very well be the difference between the #1, #2, or #3 playoff seed
Key Victories for the Stunners
Austin Pirates
- This game may prove to show more of blueprint to defeat the Stunners than a positive for the team. They defated the Pirates, but should it have been this close? It took Slovakia a game winning field goal to settle this whereas Spokane could have remained scoreless after the 1st quarter and still come away with a victory in Austin.
Wroclaw Wolverines
- This team is pushing the top teams they face to their limits. Nothing changed when they met the Stunners. The lack of scoring by the Stunners in the 4th quarter and the fact that it took them overtime to emerge victorious has to raise some flags with team management. Outcomes like this are what the other teams in the league look to in order to make solid assessments of a team (hint hint).
Key Victories for the River Rats
Western Branch Bruins
- This game was a statement to the other conference of just how tough they can expect their opponent to be in the championship game. The Bruins are a top Alpha team who should make a decent run at the conference title and were embarrassed by a much more prepared and talented team in Spokane
Austin Pirates
- This was the first real test for Spokane of a playoff potential unit. Against the Pirates, Spokane kept on with their tradition this season of not allowing a team to enter the endzone more than once in a single game against them. It is also the only decent common opponent thus far for Spokane and the Stunners. Spokane did not struggle in their victory in Austin
Chippewa Predators at Bakersfield Nanananas
http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=2954&team2=1599
Nanananas > Predators 42-17
- This is a BYE week for the Nanananas. The Predators lack the necessary talent to compete with a team at Bakerfield's level.
Key Victories for the Nanananas
- Sacramento Sacrilege, Wroclaw Wolverines, and Dawgs
Victories against these teams put to rest any doubters about whether this team was a solid playoff squad this season or not. Their ability to win close games against solid teams separates them from the group of good teams and promotes them to great.
Tough Losses for the Nanananas
Macedonia Marauders
- A win or even a close loss to this team could have granted them elite status. Bakersfield is absolutely a great team, but they fall short of elite.
Key Victories for the Predators
Ciudad del Este Golden Jaguars
- Considering their only other wins are CPU teams, this was an important victory in separating the team from the conference cellar.
Tough Losses for the Predators
Sacramento Sacrilege
- Sacramento is a quality mid-tier playoff bound dotball squad. The Predators` complete lack of ability to compete with this team extinguishers pretty much any hope of a playoff run. By season's end they will, at minimum, be passed over by the Pirates and Wolverines. This team is just simply not ready for AA yet.
Istanbul Anatolian Guard Dawgs at Wroclaw Wolverines
http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=4367
- This should prove to be an exciting game. These two teams matchup well.
Wolverines > Dawgs 21-17
Key Victories for the Guard Dawgs
Sacramento Sacrilege
- The stomping of the Sacrilege was clear message that the Dawgs are by no means medicore. This is a great team here. There is not a single team in this league that can successfully play the Dawgs without a thorough gameplan.
Tough Losses for the Guard Dawgs
Macedonia Marauders
- This game should serve as a wake up call that they need to make some AI adjustments on offense if they plan on scoring on the better teams in the league. This was by no means an embarrassment, so with some proper modifications to their gameplan they could be an elite team
Bakersfield Nanananas
- This was an even matchup and one that the Dawgs should have come away with a W on. If they plan on going far in the playoffs, they need to figure out how to beat opponents who they are on par with, especially considering the chemistry and depth issues that they should have been able to exploit.
Key Victories for the Wolverines
- Austin Pirates
The win here proved to the league that they are capable of actually winning close games and not just pushing a team to it's limits. They have had some heartbreakers this season, so pulling this one out had to be a nice morale booster
Tough Losses for the Wolverines
Bakersfield Nanananas and Slovakia Stunners
- The Wolverines faced two great teams here, and gave them both a solid scare. They have a stellar run defense and teams need to start realizing such. They just need to improve their own air attack if they expect to win games like these
Macedonia Marauders
- The Marauders are an elite team and they got a huge scare from the Wolverines. This sent the league a message to not take the Wolverines lightly, or you could very well pay for it with a loss.
Duluth Bulldogs at Sacramento Sacrilege
http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=518&team2=1872
- BYE week for the Sacrilege as the Bulldogs suck.
Sacrilege > Bulldogs 155-3
Key Victories for the Bulldogs
Ciudad del Este Golden Jaguars
- Congratulations, you beat one of the shittiest human controlled teams in the league. But, at least they puts you above the cellar.
Tough Losses for the Bulldogs
Danish Disasters
- This loss removed any hope of the Bulldogs being considered even a mediocre team. They are just plain not ready for AA.
Key Victories for the Sacrilege
Although they are a tough team that sits at 5-2, they have no key victories to date. All of their wins were to be expected and made no significant statements.
Tough Losses for the Sacrilege
Bakersfield Nanananas
- This game has shown the league that Sacramento cannot be taken lightly, as they are capable of competing with solid teams.
Istanbul Anatolian Guard Dawgs
- This game here tossed out any ideas that anyone could conceive of this being an elite team. The Guard Dawgs are a great team and losing to them should not be a major concern, but in this fashion it should be. Sacramento is a good team, but calling them great could be questionable
Austin Pirates at Ciudad del Este Golden Jaguars
http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=823&team2=4456
- Ciudad is just about the worst human team in the league. The Pirates will get a much needed victory here
Pirates > Cuidad 115-0
Key Victories for the Pirates
Danish Disasters
- With the recent tough games they have had, this was a crucial win. If they plan on playing in the post-season they need to take care of the games they are supposed to win.
Tough Losses for the Pirates
Spokane River Rats, Slovakia Stunners, Wroclaw Wolverines
- losses to each of these teams prove that Austin just is not quite ready to compete in Zeta this season. They have a slight hope of sliding into the last playoff seed and by that point their chemistry may rebound enough to where they could be a threat
Ciudad does not have a single win, so there is obviously no key victory to note. Considering they are winless, there is no specific loss to note. They are the worst non-CPU team in the league. They are not cut out for AA this season.
Nikopolis Stoic Hedonists at Rome Colossus
http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=5924
- BYE week for the Hedonists considering Rome is a CPU team.
Danish Disasters at Rome Avengers
http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=4361&team2=6514
- BYE week for the Disasters, another CPU team from Rome
Edited by glassmatica on Aug 29, 2009 11:50:47
Edited by glassmatica on Aug 29, 2009 08:45:20
