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Bob Davis

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  1. Playoff time is so fun. I love seeing how it all unfolds, though a part of me is sorry to see the losers season end. Those 4 vs 5 match-ups always hold a lot of promise in terms of being great games.
  2. That's next level stuff. Beautiful!
  3. Tough call, Coach. I'm guessing Conley played at least decently during the season since the team is in the playoffs. He has senior experience and leadership, and more than likely knows the play book better than the freshman.
  4. 😄 Sorry, sometimes I forget not everyone is a Steeler fan.
  5. How about the longest interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl history. Steelers vs Cardinals in Super Bowl 43. My guy James Harrison.
  6. Rashard Bluee will be successful early on opening up the OSU passing game via play-action. The OSU defensive backfield, embarrassed by Aggie last time, will play inspired and shut him down for the most part. Ohio State 20 Michigan 13. LSU offense will play better and keep things close. And it will be the LSU defense that produces a late turnover providing the spark that takes the Tigers over the top. LSU 20 Texas 17.
  7. IMHO, no he was not touched. I like the fact that you're taking another look at it if you're in doubt because it was a scoring play. Ruling on the field stands.
  8. Welcome Coach Jaye! How many teams are in your league? Hoping you have Penn State!
  9. Coach JPT, I love that format! I'll bet the randomness of the schedule keeps it fresh. So just to confirm, ALL teams with a winning record, ie: 3-0 or 2-1 makes the playoffs, yes? And one more question: What happens if during the initial drawing you pick the same two teams to play against each other more than once? Do they play each other multiple times or do you redraw?
  10. I figured the OG Coaches like myself would appreciate that!
  11. Thank you so much, Curt! Always love your feedback!
  12. Thanks Coach Curt! Look forward to hearing your feedback. Absolutely true. It's not clean cut and it may present unfair advantages to certain teams. I've decided to "punt" and add only four teams (Chargers, Seahawks, Bears and Lions) for next season. That will punch up the total to 24 teams, I number that is easy to work with. There will be four 3-team divisions in each of the two conferences. That will give me time to figure out how to incorporate the other 4 teams (Packers, Cardinals, Chiefs, and Jets). Below is the proposed league format for next season: AFC Midlands - Steelers, Browns, Bengals Metro East - Redskins, Eagles, Colts (Baltimore) Mountain Pacific - Broncos, Seahawks, Chargers (Sandiego) Metro North - Giants, Bills, Patriots NFC West Coast - Rams (Los Angeles) 49ers, Raiders (Oakland) Great Lakes - Vikings, Lions, Bears Gulf West - Saints, Cowboys, Oilers Deep South - Falcons, Dolphins, Buccaneers
  13. Thanks Coach Zak. A lot to think about. I do like the idea of each team having to play every other team in their division. The 3 team divisions would play the other two teams and have one game against another 3 team division either in conference or out. And the 4 team divisions would play each team in their division but not have an out of division game. That is a bit limiting. I was going to add 4 teams bringing the total to 24 and having four 3-team divisions in each conference. I may go back to that idea and break up the expansion into two different phases. I ultimately want to have 28 teams; the 28 teams that were in the league in 1978. So, phase one of the expansion would be the Bears, Lions, Chargers and Seahawks. And phase two would be the Packers, Jets, Cardinals and Chiefs. I used to play a 5-game schedule but I've come to really like this three-game format. It gives every game a playoff feel, a sense of urgency. What did you think about the playoff format?
  14. Next season, I will be expanding my solitaire league by 6 teams bringing the total to 26. There will be 4 divisions (4,3,3,3 teams per division) in each of two conferences. I had a thought on how to reorder the playoffs. Explanation below: If at the end of the regular season, there were two or more teams in the same division with a top identical record, the top two based on point spread would have a playoff game for the division title (Point spread is the difference between points scored and points allowed during the regular season). So theoretically, there could be somewhere between 8 playoff games (one for each of the 8 divisions) in the first playoff round or none at all. Senerio 1 - Assuming a 3-game season; if Team A finishes 2-1 with a point spread of +12, Team B also finishes 2-1 with a point spread of -2, and Team C also finishes at 2-1 with a point spread of +6, then Team A would play Team C for the division title. Team B would not make the cut. Here's another wrinkle; if Team A and Team C played each other during the regular season, then the winner of that game would host the division title game. If they did not play each other in the regular season, then the team with the highest point spread would host the game. Senerio 2 - If Team D finishes 3-0 and no other team in that division has a 3-0 record, then Team D wins the division title outright, no additional playoff game. It would bring some ambiguity to the playoffs which could make things more interesting. It could also establish some really intense rivalries within each division because teams would have an increased likelihood of playing each other twice in a season. Based on the records from the previous 3 seasons, if I had used this playoff system there would have been 2 division title playoff games for 2 of the seasons and ZERO division title playoff games for one of the past seasons. Of course there would no longer be anymore wildcard teams. I may wake up tomorrow morning and think this whole thing was a cockamamie idea. Not even totally sure that this system is my original thought. I may have picked it up from another coach on this forum! But be that as it may, I wanted to put it out there and see what other coaches thought. Thanks!
  15. Interesting Super Bowl Scores: Super Bowl 1 was the only SB to go into OT. Rams beat the Colts 41-35. Super Bowl 14 was the lowest scoring SB. Steelers beat the Rams 8-7. Super Bowl 8 was the highest scoring SB, and the highest scoring game period. Redskins beat the Colts 49-35. Like NEFGM, I was using a different methodology for play count exclusively in that SB. Super Bowl 12 was the biggest blowout in a SB. The Colts beat the Rams 45-10.
  16. 20 teams. 6 divisions. I'm halfway through the season. I'm really loving the 3 game season. Every single game has a playoff feel to it; a sense of urgency.
  17. Funny you should mention unexpected turns up field Coach Terry. Late in the third quarter of last night's Raiders at Rams game with the Raiders trailing 7-6, Arthur Wittington caught a pass from Jim Plunkett. Wittington was at an 85 degree angle heading out of bounce with probably 2 inches to go. So I'm thinking, okay good gain he'll go out at about the 17 yard line. Oh contraire; Mr. Wittington decides to turn up field and tip-toe up the sideline for what turned out to be the winning touchdown! Major credit to the Raider D for stopping the Rams 13 yards short of scoring the tying TD on the last play of the game. Lester Hayes intercepts the last-ditch pass in the endzone to end the game. Raiders 14 Rams 7.
  18. I love hearing all the different rules and perspectives of other coaches. Such creativity! My injuries and penalties are very limited. For injuries, pretty much only the QB can sustain an injury in my solitaire league. When my QB takes the snap, and fades back, I take his base off at the point where I want him to set up and survey the field. Being without a base may make the player bounce around depending on his proximity to the motor. Should he fall over, he is injured and out for the rest of the game. This happens very rarely. And even more rarely, if a ball carrier takes a particularly big hit and falls down, he will be considered injured, and I make a determination of how long he will be out for. As for penalties, an Onside kick penalty occurs when the kick doesn't go at least 10 yards. And finally, the home team can issue one 5 yard penalty per game at the time of their choosing. Either a false start on the opposing offense, or an offsides on the opposing defense. It needs to be called before the play is run. This penalty is to simulate crowd noise and give the home team a small advantage. I may have forgotten something, but I think that's it.
  19. All hands-on deck league meeting. Something big must be going down. 😄
  20. That's a very well executed play! The O-line did a great job of protection too! It's one of those plays where so many things have to go right in order for it to be successful.
  21. I usually set up my TE on or close to the O line as an extra blocker, and at times adjust his base to curl in order to provide a quick outlet receiver should the QB be under pressure. Another thing I'll do is stack receivers so that the front receiver will take on the DB and leave the back receiver to potentially run free; with potentially being the operative word. 🙄 The problem with that is some defenses instead of stacking DBs to counter that measure will shift one DB to rush the QB, in other words, blitz. It's a chess game to be sure.
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