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This will be an interesting quarter finals with three SPL teams. Who will survive and get to the final four? Here are my predictions:

Holland Pinoy All Stars vs Dirty South Wrecking Crew
- Both Holland's offense and defense was firing on all cylinders on their previous tourney game while DSWC had tough time in getting their W. Based on their wins, Holland seems to have big edge in this confrontation BUT remember this is DSWC who when they put their collective minds into a game are very much unbeatable. Which I suspect that they will try game plan for this game but I do believe that it may not be enough with the firepower that Holland will bring. Though on a side note, I won't be able to check much on this game tomorrow and Friday due to college visits that I have to go to. So, if my team loses I already have a built in excuse! LOL

Houston Gamblers vs Black Hand
- Ok this game IF Black Hand comes to play, they win if not then Houston crushes them.

Hispania Pride vs Brazilian Farmers
- I have eerie feeling that there might be an upset on this match. Hispania's run defense scuttled the Smexies running game and Brazilian do have a similar type of running game offense. Though, I'm not saying that Brazilian's run offense is at par with the Smexies, the Farmers have an elite level running game to go with their elite defense. But Hispania's run defense is also top notch, problem is that can their offense muster enough ammo to put up points against the elite defense of the Farmers? If there will be no turnovers on this game, Hispania pulls off a mega upset, if not then Brazilians bagels Hispania.

Jericho Walls vs Great JPEGs
- A league or two prior, this game is just a blip on Jericho's radar but this season, they seem to be a tad bit rocky. Now with JPEGs pulling off that stunning win over Vienna coupled with a 1 point loss to the same team in their regular season match. JPEGs have the edge on this one and unless Jericho comes in with their A game, I don't see them losing this one.

 
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Originally posted by jdpbernal
This will be an interesting quarter finals with three SPL teams. Who will survive and get to the final four? Here are my predictions:

Holland Pinoy All Stars vs Dirty South Wrecking Crew
- Both Holland's offense and defense was firing on all cylinders on their previous tourney game while DSWC had tough time in getting their W. Based on their wins, Holland seems to have big edge in this confrontation BUT remember this is DSWC who when they put their collective minds into a game are very much unbeatable. Which I suspect that they will try game plan for this game but I do believe that it may not be enough with the firepower that Holland will bring. Though on a side note, I won't be able to check much on this game tomorrow and Friday due to college visits that I have to go to. So, if my team loses I already have a built in excuse! LOL

Houston Gamblers vs Black Hand
- Ok this game IF Black Hand comes to play, they win if not then Houston crushes them.

Hispania Pride vs Brazilian Farmers
- I have eerie feeling that there might be an upset on this match. Hispania's run defense scuttled the Smexies running game and Brazilian do have a similar type of running game offense. Though, I'm not saying that Brazilian's run offense is at par with the Smexies, the Farmers have an elite level running game to go with their elite defense. But Hispania's run defense is also top notch, problem is that can their offense muster enough ammo to put up points against the elite defense of the Farmers? If there will be no turnovers on this game, Hispania pulls off a mega upset, if not then Brazilians bagels Hispania.

Jericho Walls vs Great JPEGs
- A league or two prior, this game is just a blip on Jericho's radar but this season, they seem to be a tad bit rocky. Now with JPEGs pulling off that stunning win over Vienna coupled with a 1 point loss to the same team in their regular season match. JPEGs have the edge on this one and unless Jericho comes in with their A game, I don't see them losing this one.



Great write ups!! We will gameplan but I agree that I don't think we have the firepower you guys have!
 
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Quarterfinal round results from 07/29/2016 games:

Houston Gamblers crushes Black Hand; 36 to 0
- Seems to be in this game, Houston was just content to run all game long and see if Black Hand's run defense can contain it. Well, good for Houston because Black Hand wasn't ready to defend their gazillion run plays!

Brazilian Farmers beats up Hispania Pride; 37 to 7
- I was hoping that Hispania would pull off an upset against the Farmers but that was like wishing to win the mega lottery!
There was nn stopping the Farmers on this game, their offense and defense were ultra sharp!

Holland Pinoy All Stars wins against Dirty South Wrecking Crew
- After a tough first quarter where both teams were on fire producing turnovers left and right, Holland's offense was slowly able to get in their groove in the second quarter. And after the second half, Holland's offense was able to cranked on to their next gear to pull off a comfortable win.
 
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Quarterfinal round results from 07/30/2016 games:

Great JPEGs crushes Jericho Walls
- Well, I'm not sure if I'm going to be surprised by the outcome of this game or not. I feel that JPEGs was going to win this but not by 30+ points. After watching the game, then I realized that this game didn't really matter to them. From a team that runs at least 25 times per game, they only called 1 rush play the whole game. This for me told me that they'd rather focus in their league games than the tournament game. Or maybe, they knew that they had no chance of beating JPEGs so they went thru the motions of playing the game and denying JPEGs the chance to put more hurt to them this season.
 
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Edited by Slocus on Jul 31, 2016 09:16:36
 
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Pretty sure Jericho game planned. One they did throw at my weakest defensive sets repeatedly. Two if they went through the motions they wouldn't have changed a thing. Three they ran 10 and 11 times against Houston and Brazilian in their other 2 losses so going pass heavy is more an indication of what they do when behind.

I did put in 10 minutes on my side.
 
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Final Four!
- Ok now we're in the home stretch for this seasons Semi Pro tournament, we have 1 SPL and 3 SPE teams. Below is how I see each team this season:

Holland Pinoy All Stars
- Surprisingly I find my team in the final four of the tournament despite having one of the worst ever run defense ever! In SPL #2, we've been doing pretty well despite being tested three times by pretty good teams (i.e. Hispania, Black Hand and Sheps). Not belittling these aforementioned teams but they pale in comparison with the three other teams in the final four. Next game, we go up against probably the second or third best team on Semi-Pro (paging Vienna) and we have our work cut out to try to beat a team that doesn't seem to care at this level but still a heck of an elite team. IF my run defense can contain the Farmers run offense and then our offense can move the ball PAST midfield to get us into scoring position then we probably have a chance to at least make it a respectable match!

Houston Gamblers
- I'd say they're probably the fourth or fifth best team on Semi Pro this season, their run offense is pretty remarkable. Only a few teams can stop their run offense but here lies the problem. If they running game gets stuck, I'm not to sure that their passing can pick up their offense. As for their defense, not so sure that it can survive a prolonged time on the field so I guess that's why their plan of attack is to control the clock with their power rushing.

Brazilian Farmers
- What can we say about this team? They made it clear that they don't game plan and in my humble opinion if I read between the lines that they made it clear that we all build crap dots that's why we all can't compete against their default defense and offense. I respect these guys because they all have been the gurus of GLB and hey maybe one of these days when they decide to obliterate us with their game planning then we may finally see these guys at their world-league best!

Great JPEGs
- Hats off to these team! They're right now in my opinion, the top dogs of the age group! Despite losing by one point in their league game against Vienna, they showed that it was probably a fluke win (?) that they have Vienna's number this season. Then, they crushed Jericho in the tournament's quarterfinal match to avenge an early league loss to them. With their sterling run defense and paired with their own darn good run offense, they are going to be really really tough to stop this season.




Edited by jdpbernal on Jul 31, 2016 12:37:18
 
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Predictions
I'm just going to make this really brief.

Brazilian Farmers vs Holland Pinoy All Stars
- If the Farmers don't game plan, they win. If they game plan they win. Need I say more?

Great JPEGs vs Houston Gamblers
- If Houston chooses to be quite one dimensional against JPEGs, they lose. If they somehow try to change their offense, they have a chance of making it close but they still lose.

 
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Originally posted by jdpbernal
Quarterfinal round results from 07/30/2016 games:

Great JPEGs crushes Jericho Walls
- Well, I'm not sure if I'm going to be surprised by the outcome of this game or not. I feel that JPEGs was going to win this but not by 30+ points. After watching the game, then I realized that this game didn't really matter to them. From a team that runs at least 25 times per game, they only called 1 rush play the whole game. This for me told me that they'd rather focus in their league games than the tournament game. Or maybe, they knew that they had no chance of beating JPEGs so they went thru the motions of playing the game and denying JPEGs the chance to put more hurt to them this season.


Yes we game-planned but got beaten by the much better team...No complaints (wouldnt matter if it were JPEGs or any other team that crushed us ...when you get blitzed like that you gotta show some respect !!)...And if Sly beats us tomorrow he'll get a GG from me as always
 
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Originally posted by VenomCoach
Pretty sure Jericho game planned. One they did throw at my weakest defensive sets repeatedly. Two if they went through the motions they wouldn't have changed a thing. Three they ran 10 and 11 times against Houston and Brazilian in their other 2 losses so going pass heavy is more an indication of what they do when behind.

I did put in 10 minutes on my side.


Good job for you guys!
 
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Originally posted by zz man
Yes we game-planned but got beaten by the much better team...No complaints (wouldnt matter if it were JPEGs or any other team that crushed us ...when you get blitzed like that you gotta show some respect !!)...And if Sly beats us tomorrow he'll get a GG from me as always


After watching your two prior games before the tourney game, I'm surprised that you guys were passing more than running. I thought rushing was your strength and passing was not your main offense weapon.
 
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tbh our OC put in the plays he thought would have the most success.....from a D pov we just couldnt handle the ToP which off the top of my head was something like 40-20
 
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Originally posted by zz man
tbh our OC put in the plays he thought would have the most success.....from a D pov we just couldnt handle the ToP which off the top of my head was something like 40-20


Its always tough beating teams that owns the ToP!
 
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Good game there Brazilian Farmers! I was hoping we could pull off an upset against you guys.
Your special teams is a beast!
 
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