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ecrana
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One week into the season and a few things are clear. Some of these new teams might just be good this season. Elephant is better than Lion when you take the conferences in from top to bottom. And Canton is still my frontrunner to win it all.

WEEK 2 RANKINGS
LION
 
1 Canton (1-0) - Will Canton make a run at 20-0 this season? They're off to a good start after taking down Guyana. 

2 CWE (1-0) - Week 1 went as expected. Can they keep the momentum against a solid Uganda squad next week?

3 Philly Franklins (1-0) - Just utter domination of ECS. There won't be many teams that can hang with Canton this season and we'll know in one week if Philly is one of those teams.

4 Lincoln (1-0) - Shut down London for 3 quarters as they coasted to a 34-6 victory.

5 Somalia Pirates (1-0) - Solid shutout win but we don't know how good the 49ers are yet. 

6 San Diego (1-0) - Nairobi who? Great showing by the AquaBats but was it more to do with Nairobi's current state? They get bumped 5 spots due more to the fact that everyone lost than anything else.

7 Uganda Silverbacks (0-1) - Tough loss to open the season but they put up a fight in the closing minutes of the game to pull within 7. Showed a lot of potential and reason to be optimistic this season. 

8 Zambezi Silverbacks (0-1) - Tough loss after a missed XP in the last 2 minutes of the game cost them the tying score and a shot at the win.

9 Oklahoma Outlaws (0-1) - Aside from 2 4th quarter TDs, they weren't very competitive offensively. The defense was solid in holding RMT to 27 but not a great way to start off the season regardless. 

10 Komodo Dragon (0-1) - Crushed in their first game of the season by another new team. Could be a rough season.  

11 Hall of Heroes (0-1) - Sucks having to face off against a demoted WL team in your first Pro game of the season. 

12 Guyana Punch (0-1) - Holding ICB to 23 isn't a bad way to start. Being shut out is though. I think this team has some promise – especially in Lion.  

13 Texas Longhorns (0-1) - Tough draw in week 1 doesn't show us anything about this farm team. 

14 Transylvania (0-1) - For 30 minutes it looked like they were going to be able to hang this season. Then the second half came around and ABD hung up 34 points on them. 

15 Nile River Assassins (0-1) - So far no one's retiring. Offensively, they put up a stinker while their defense got shredded on the ground. 

16 Port Arthur (0-1) - This CPU rostered team should not even be ranked. 


ELEPHANT
1 BSSI (1-0) - Solid win. I don't know a thing about HoH but they put up a fight in the first half before BSSI squashed them in the second half. 

2 Sons (1-0) - The scoreboard looks close but SoA was up by 17 points until Uganda scored 10 in the last 2 1/2 minutes of the game. Dominating defensive outing gets them a solid opening win. 

3 TAP (1-0) - TAP is off to a great start after dominating the Longhorns. Can they do the same to top tier opponents? We'll see in a few weeks. 

4 ICB (1-0) - Had some troubles against Guyana but still put up a shutout win.

5 Guyana (0-1) - Drawing Canton in week 1 is a bad way to start off the season and puts Guyana in an early hole. They've got the talent to dig out quickly but will the schedule help them out at all? I can't drop them just yet because I think this is where they belong still.

6 ABD (1-0) - A win's a win but it was scary for awhile there. Going into half time down 0-6 against a team you easily out level won't gain confidence points but that was a beautiful second half that partially redeemed them. 

7 Warriors (1-0) - Expected win. Got win. 

8 Nairobi (0-1) - Definitely not going to be a rehash of their 20-0 season...had to drop them some and still not sure where they belong but if they lose to Boston...

9 RMT (1-0) - The Thunder pick up the win in good fashion. Their defense stifled the Outlaws for over 3 quarters before they finally gave up a score. Not a dominating showing on the scoreboard but they took it easily. 

10 A7 (1-0) - Took a commanding 24 point lead into half time and never looked back as they just pounded the ball at Nile's defense.

11 Ghana (1-0) - Got away with a good win over a solid APL vet. They can thank McAfee for missing the tying extra point.

12 Norfolk (1-0) - Don't know what the week 1 win says about this team but they dominated and that's all that matters right now. 

13 London (0-1) - Lincoln is a pretty tough draw so maybe London has some potential. Unfortunately, Elephant is pretty solid from top to bottom so there won't be much room for error.

14 ECS (0-1) - I may have spoken too soon in week 1 rankings...

15 49ers (0-1) - Ouchie. Could be a lot of this the next 15 weeks. 

16 Boston (0-1) - Big time stomping by CWE.
Edited by ecrana on Jan 20, 2011 18:17:05
Edited by ecrana on Jan 20, 2011 18:16:39
 
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Lion
Philly vs Canton
It's only week 2 and we're already looking at a game that could potentially be a preview of the CC game. The question is how much Philly has progressed this offseason. I'm going with Canton.

San Diego vs Nile River
The Aquabats took down Nairobi but was that as great a feat as it would have been a few seasons ago? This game will show us a little more about each team. I'll go out on a limb and take Nile.

Uganda vs CWE
Uganda was impressive versus SoA but I still like CWE in this matchup.

Transylvania vs Lincoln
Saints should take this one easily.

Texas vs Somalia
Pirates should wrap up their 2nd win here and live up to that potential of theirs.

Komodo vs Zambezi
The Dragons didn't show much in week 1. I don't expect that to change here.

Oklahoma vs Guyana
Dunno here. I'll take some Punch I guess. I think they may have more to show than that week 1 shutout would signify.

Hall vs Port
Hall all the way.


Elephant
49ers vs TAP
TAP is easily top 4 material and this should be a pretty quick and painful game for the 49ers. Sort of like in real life.

A7 vs Norfolk
This will be a good test for Norfolk but A7 has been around a few seasons now and it's time they start taking care of business on a more consistent basis.

Warriors vs ABD
Solid matchup between 2 playoff hopefuls. I have to go with the Warriors though. That first half performance in week 1 by ABD is still tainting my thoughts.

Boston vs Nairobi
This wil show whether we should expect anything at all from Nairobi this season.

LMMM vs SoA
Sons take it easily.

Ghana vs RMT
I think this will be a pretty good game between 2 teams that could surprise some this season. I've got to pick someone so I'll go with the team I know.

Guyana vs BSSI
Looking forward to this game the most in Elephant. I think Guyana has improved so far and it should be interesting to see how BSSI fares against a team we're familiar with.

ICB vs ECS
Easy ICB win.
Edited by ecrana on Jan 20, 2011 18:55:47
 
PML97
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Well one thing for sure will happen when Canton and Philly play. Animus is going to get his respect early or he just won't have to worry about asking for any
 
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Thanks once again E!
 
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Originally posted by King of Bling
Thanks once again E!


 
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Enjoyable as allways! e
 
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Originally posted by Kenshinzen
Originally posted by King of Bling

Thanks once again E!




 
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Originally posted by Kenshinzen
Originally posted by King of Bling

Thanks once again E!




 
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Originally posted by ecrana
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San Diego vs Nile River
The Aquabats took down Nairobi but was that as great a feat as it would have been a few seasons ago? This game will show us a little more about each team. I'll go out on a limb and take Nile.

You have more confidence in us than I do I admit it would be great to get our first win in APL
 
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Nice work E!!
 
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Awesome write-up e!
 
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To what do we owe for the Vegas absence? It's almost like getting light headed from pure oxygen
 
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To what do we owe for the Vegas absence? It's almost like getting light headed from pure oxygen


ONLY HAVE ONE MORE TO GO.................................................................................
 
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Wow these are great. Go bats!
 
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14 Transylvania (0-1) - For 30 minutes it looked like they were going to be able to hang this season. Then the second half came around and ABD hung up 34 points on them.

Man we actually was feeling good going in at halftime. Reality check in 2nd half though!!
 
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