ASFLC

ASFLC

Men,

I just wanted to give you an update of what has been happening in our league thus far:

Week 1 games played so far:
Mashers 37, Wisconsin 24
Cincy 21, Rochester 18
Ann Arbor 27, Bloomington 24
San Diego 33, Tustin 13

and the game of the week so far:
Super Bowl Champion DaGints 27,
Division Rival Norfolk 24

This game came down to a field goal with :15 seconds left tied at 24. Staring overtime in the face after missing (2) 2-9 field goals earlier in the game, Olindo Mare hit the game winning field goal. Even with :08 seconds left, DaGints head coach John Croyts still had to make a difficult decision. Kick deep and give Ladell Betts a "chance" to return. Betts has a touchdown on 2. Or to kick an onside kick and give McNair a chance for a hail mary - or the possibility of Warrick Dunn around the end and "long gain". Coach Croyts chose to kick the onsider with the hopes of recovering it and "taking a knee". No such luck! Norfolk recovered at his own 45 and decided for one more hail mary. He had already hit a "long gain" on the roll of 10 on his long pass card called "right" with 3:30 to go - for a 64 yard touchdown pass to Muhsin Muhammed and then converted a 2 point conversion to tie the game at 24. McNair threw one more "long pass" and hit the roll of 9 on his card, which is 28 yards. One "roll" away from another "long gain". And the game ended with Norfolk in field goal position but no time on the clock!!

I thought I would include the write up on this from the two head coaches:

(George of Norfolk)
Hey guys, what an exciting game John and I had. What a wonderful experience (even in losing). We finished after 2am. I went to work on fumes yesterday but what a rush. After taking a 16-10 lead, I couldn't stop Brady and the boys in the 4th quarter, but I was shocked when McNair hit Muhammad with that 64 yard bomb and the two-pointer to tie at 24 with over three minutes left. My inexperience with clock management did me in along with Brady methodically moving DaGints down the field for the game winner with :08 left. I gotta lot to learn about the game and handling my defense, but this is great stuff!! This is about as good as it gets!! I am totally stoked about the game, the league and the netplay!! Thanks guys and good luck John with your (high school) team in its playoffs. I just felt lucky to compete with you in the strat game. Very gratifying experience.

(John of DaGints)
George,
What a great email!!!...I thought you called a great game...If you get any better ... look out!!!...
It was a great game...a lot of close calls....things that could have went either way....

And I have to say, I love your enthusiasm.....Jerry and I feel the same way....This league stuff is awesome....we played the board game vs each other (and two brothers) for years......nothing like this netplay stuff!!!!

Good Luck the rest of the year!


Guys, this is what makes this league great!!

Keep the games coming!! Be sure and email your opponents. If your opponent emails you, be sure and email back asap to let them know you received it and what your intentions are in scheduling the game. There is nothing worse than getting "no response"!!

Looking forward to seeing many more "post game files" this coming week!!

Jerry Croyts
(signing out - all the way from Orlando, Florida)