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Great run by #33! Have lots of extra player base bottoms if you need some.

Ah, Here we go! the SHAM Bay Bombers are tough team. Dominated! #46 hd a great game! Levi100_3977.mov 8.54 MB · 0 downloads Final Score: Shamrock Bay: 42. Quick and the Dead: 28 Congratulations to Shamrock Bay on their 9th Fruit Bowl appearance and 3rd Fruit Bowl victory. 🏆 Shamrock Bay ended the season undefeated. 🥇 Shamrock Bay WR/KR #46 was the game MVP 🏅 with 186 receiving yards and 121 kick return yards and 3 touchdowns. Have enjoyed the Hunger Games Double Elimination Tournament but I'm ready for the off-season. T43 ⚡🏈♾️

DO YOU HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK OF THE TOURNEY SO I CAN READ? I LOVE READING BOUT RECORDS, HISTORIC STUFF, ANYTHING THAT TALKS ABOUT YOUR LEAGUE HISTORY? LEVI

WATCHED BOTH SHORT CLIPS AND LOVE YOUR COLLECTION TOO! ANOTHER PIONEER OF OUR HOBBY! LEVI

LOVE THE UNIFORMS TOO TERRY! YOU INVEST LOTS OF TIME IN YOUR LEAGUE AND APPRECIATE WHAT GOES INTO THE MAKING OF A GREAT LEAGUE! WE WILL FOLLOW NOW! THIS IS A TERRIFIC TOURNAMENT THE FRUIT BOWL WITH LOTS OF TEAMS AND EXCITEMENT! HOOYAH!

Thank you Daryl! Trying to catch up on reading with your love for EF! Levi

THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE LIEFL WILL BRAWL ON SUNDAY IN THE PRO*BOWL! 2022 Pro Bowl MVP and LIEFL Player of the Year New York Giants superstar Ahmad Bradshaw, showed his worth in the LIEFL All-Star game on this 100-yard touchdown return untouched, to give the NFC the win 21-14! Written By Levi Vick, Joey Pizz, and Kevin Mack, with contributions by Billy O'C. The LIEFL Pro Bowl is a proud game that will be played Sunday January 7, 2024! The AFC will wear their dark jerseys and the NFC will wear white this Pro Bowl. The game represents the 22 best plastic players in the league, voted on by the LIEFL Coaches as we head into our final season as a league. This is a time to reflect on another great season. We finished strong as a league this year, and the heart and soul of the league is LIEFL Founder Billy O'C, but he is locked into his B A T B O Y New York Yankees Documentary on Ray Negron, so he can't give any time, but we love the league as much as him. A few words about O'C. He is the guy, who from the time we were kids, was the leader in the neighborhood. He was the organizer, and the best at it. These days, to get grown men to still play this hobby at this level, like your league's, is unbelievable! We say your leagues because from what we have had time to read on the Tudor Forum, the LIEFL is just a tiny part of the electric football hobby. So many of the coaches on the Tudor Forum, globally, have been so innovative. They have contributed so much to this hobby and we are so thankful that fifty years later, here we all are relishing the great American tradition of Electric Football from our childhoods. From under the Christmas tree to the table, this hobby is still alive. Like the Beatles, our hobby will never die! In the LIEFL, to stick together, to commit to a game with plastic soldiers, amazes us. Great rules, the coaches, the dues, the high-stakes $payout to the Super Bowl Winner ... Electric Football! Levi Vick said, "In my personal experience as a third year coach playing in the LIEFL, this is a world way beyond Tudor and Miggle. They provided the tools, we are the society of Dreamers who make electric football great! We can't ignore the historic value of all of the people who have made a difference in the hobby. There are so many great leagues out there, even solitaire leagues that I've read about in the Forums, and whatever works for that league or person is great because it makes their leagues great. I would love to read more on the Forums about more league who actually play a full season. I played in a whole different league prior to the LIEFL, and the speed, the time management under pressure, the movement on the board, the split second decisions without long delays, is as realistic as it gets in the LIEFL. When O'C leaves us we have to start over, but I plan on having my own league or a Solitaire League if I have to. This Forum encouraged me to get my previous league to join the Forum as well." Rookie LIEFL Coach Bobby Biggs said, "I haven't talked much about the league, but I would say that the continuity and the pace of the game so far in my experience, is unmatched. In the LIEFL we don't get to pivot and turn players around to chase players, play with dice, stop the game three or four times, do countdowns to set up in this one-stop league, and there's nothing wrong with that. We just don't do it. I respect all league rules, but this 67-BIG MAN league is beast! In live games they don't get to even stop the game in real life games, or let your receivers touch a ball target for pass plays in the middle of the field for a completion. That's what makes this league fiercely competitive. I made lots of mistakes, but next year I am coming back for the kill. Coach Billy O'C said, he is going to add the Colts to my teams, and he will coach the Seahawks. As a coach we have to be a skilled passer and coordinate the plays. As coaches, we are doing all the executing. When I saw guys like coach Viggs hit people with that Yellow Tudor Passer from 30, 40 yards out, I was hooked on having the skill set." LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII Champion Coach Johnny-Freeport added, "In this league, you are the coach, you are the quarterback throwing the passes with the Yellow Tudor Kicker/QB, and you are the man behind the magic as the players do their expected and placed jobs. Five to seven basic plays can win a Super Bowl. I have played many fancy coaches with great plays, but none have matched the tempo of a running coach who can neutralize a game. Stop my special teams, passing game, and running game!" Can defense win a game? We can all share opinions on that one. Of great importance worth the dialogue is just how important preserving this electric football hobby is. This ideology starts with the Tudor Games Forum, HUB CENTRAL for electric football. Without Tudor and the Forum, this game could go mute. Now EF enthusiasts have a central source to visit on Tudor Forum to learn about the game, board purchases, leagues, new innovative uniforms, painting, decaling, and a professional array of merchandise that has reshaped the game. For the LIEFL through the Tudor Forum we have connected with some of the great minds and next generation of metal board pioneers of the game. Really one of the turning points for information on the Tudor Forum came via The National Electric Football Game Museum, Founded by Chris LeMay. LeMay has been the source of historic information regarding the hobby and to us, he is considered one of the foremost resources preserving the hobby in the world, but he is often overlooked. More important, what we appreciate about his efforts is, his work within the EF community. He has a great Facebook page for electric football which is very connected to the electric football global community. He is doing something about the hobby! www.facebook.com/NEFGM LeMay's Facebook page is loaded with valuable information, great posts, pictures, and other historic information. He was the first that we know of who cared enough to dig in and acknowledge leagues around the world, and in the United States, including our beloved LIEFL to try to preserve history, even more than Tudor Games themselves. Electric football should be VERY exciting with what BEENUT is expected do for electric football as well. He'll have all the Tudor magical secrets and make decisions to build a magical electric football future. Give Bryan Nutt time, and he will collaborate with the core of EF Ballers who have the skillset to take the game into the future. LIEFL Commissioner Billy O'Connell said, "When Chris LeMay invited me to be a Board member to the Museum, I was so honored. To be a part of the game's preservation is the ultimate reward playing in and preserving the hobby. There is such rich history about electric football. The whole story about Norm Sas, our Founding Father of EF, and the magnitude of where the game is today is fascinating. What the LIEFL loves is that Chris has linked a global culture of electric football enthusiasts and he has tunneled them directly into the Tudor Forum so that we can expand the hobby for all to love." LeMay is a distinguished member of the electric football community acting as a volunteer liaison to the hobby dedicating his love for the game. A little more below on the NEFGM ... The National ELECTRIC FOOTBALL Game Museum is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization chartered in the State of Tennessee with the specific purpose of educating the public about the game of Electric Football. nefgm2019@gmail.com The National ELECTRIC FOOTBALL Game Museum consists people who care about the progression of the game, the art, the power of Fellowship of: • collections of original mass-produced game sets to include the game boards with all accessories, teams and rule books from all commercial manufacturers of the game, examples of improvements in technology to the game boards and accessories to play the game developed by all commercial manufacturers, examples of improvements made by individuals to enhance the play of the game, examples of customizations to original game boards and accessories made by individuals, a library of all media materials that relate to the game, and a retail outlet store to sell the games, accessories and media materials that relate to the game. There are currently 7 Charter Members of the Board of Directors hand picked for their particular interest in electric football and career skill sets and experiences. Charter Members since 2019 Executive Board Members: Chris LeMay – President / Treasurer: Founder, Creator and Current Curator. Electric Football player, collector, hobbyist and enthusiasts. Experiences in Retail Management for over 20 years and 14 years in the Museum Exhibit Fabrication and Installation industry (now retired). Spring Hill, TN, AK (Anthony) Fox – Secretary: Electric football player and collector. CEO of a nonprofit mental health organization in Nashville, TN. Morrison, TN Board Members: Roger and Dustyn Fisher: Father and son team of electric football players, collectors and promoters of the game. Their GRIDIRON BUZZ NETWORK (GBN) is an online streaming and video service of electric football league and tournament action throughout the United States. Clarksville, TN and Gallatin, TN. Brian Fox (2019 – 2022): Electric football player and collector, Bowling Green, KY. Lynn “Weirdwolf” Schmidt: Electric football player, collector, and hobby enthusiast. Founder, creator and former Board President of the Miniature Football Coaches Association (MFCA). Parkville, MO. Chris Bopst: Electric football player, hobbyists and enthusiast. Organizer of the “Electric Football Art Show” exhibited in Richmond, VA for two years (2013 & 2015). College Park, MD. Villon Worthy: Electric football hobbyist. Winston-Salem, NC. Added December 2020: William O’Connell: Electric Football player and hobbyist. Founder of the Long Island Electric Football League. Documentary Filmmaker, and Professor of Communication at Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus in Brentwood, NY. Added January 2021: Kenneth Allen: Electric Football player and hobbyist, MFCA board member and administrator of the MFCA Facebook Group Page. Glenn Mishoe: Electric Football collector and hobbyist. National Electric Football Game Museum Board Member, William O'Connell said, "I tied back some of my greatest memories of my childhood to electric football. I don't even know how my mother afforded the game with six children, but as an international athlete herself, she must have recognized its innovation, and as a way to keep us busy, she taught us how to play. We were hooked! Then the neighborhood had different versions of the game before my mom even bought our game, but even before that I was introduced to electric football by my friend Gus Calvo, who had the Cleveland Browns against someone, I don't remember, but I was fascinated. Joey Pizz had the Coleco Game electric football version, Ed Viggs had the best version of the 600-Board, and with discovery, we all collaborated to form the LIEFL. Then Joe Bino got involved with his own Illinois Avenue League using the 600 series game board. We would play our champions against his, until finally we collaborated as well in the LIEFL forming. We didn't have much growing up with all these kids in the house, but our parents did something right, they bought this game. At times, it seemed that playing electric football and sports, was the only place to go to find happiness in our own world." If you feel compelled to be a greater part of preserving electric football history and E L E C T R I C F O O T B A L L N A T I O N, please consider donating from your heart, a $dollar or two to contribute to building a REAL museum. We NEED and appreciate any help, ideas, and contributions to make this happen. We are determined to see this plan through. This is our community, your community, and Tudor's community to expand the hobby and preserve its great tradition and history. The museum is a non-for profit who can be reached in writing at: https://nefgm.org/donate/ We will also be starting a GoFundMe page soon with proceeds going toward the museum. To kick this off, the LIEFL donated $100! The LIEFL Tournament of Champions and Super Bowl XVIII this year was incredible. We think it was the most competitive tournament in our history as a league, but it also opened our eyes to how hard it is for a team to make the Super Bowl in a 32-team 67-BIG MEN league. We are using the Tudor TTC and Rookie bases, and have been for 50 years. We do so much vetting out of literally thousands of new and leftover player bases until we find the right chemistry, and that is the biggest challenge because unless we press through each base, we never know which base will be the next star. We take our best-of-best existing star player bases and put them up against new bases so that we set a standard. That is one of the reasons why we aren't seeing many repeat Champions, because the league continues to evolve. Hundreds and hundreds of bases are useless and unproductive, and out 100 player bases, if we are lucky, maybe 10 have potential. Then we have players like Falcons Austin Hooper who had a brand new player base that performed with the best of them. It's a process. We too have master tweakers who have nothing to do with Tudor and or the former Miggle games, they just don't want to be mentioned. It's what works for this league that matters. This March 2024, will be our last ever Draft. In this league, like most leagues and tournaments under the microscope, all of our coaching flaws get put out there, and in the big games even the best coaches learn that there is always somebody better, unless you're Johnny-Freeport of the LIEFL. He really thinks he is all that. For this season, okay, he backed all his talk up, but there are millions of coaches out there in the world who play electric football. He was simply put, magical, with his Falcons! They played better against every great team and they had a great tournament. He took the best coach in the league to the final seconds and came out the winner. We can't knock that. Today, NFC Offensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl XVIII MVP Gerald Riggs (PRO BOWL 2022 Photo of #42 Riggs left), will be the NFC starting running back! This guy has been running up the yardage since he's been playing in the LIEFL. Atlanta is a team that really was the Cinderella Wild Card team who caught the wave and drowned all the BIG teams who were the "Who's Who" of the LIEFL. In this game Riggs will run behind a wall of beasts which are right up his alley. Having guys like Larry Allen-Dallas, Bill Fralic-Atlanta, and Dave Butz-Washington in front of Riggs, means lots of yards. Riggs and Marshawn Lynch in the backfield ... The two combined have 3416 all-purpose yards with 25 touchdowns this season! Forget about it! The NFC All-Stars won last year on the play of the LIEFL PLayer of the Year Ahmad Bradshaw of the Giants. Bradshaw had another great year for the Giants, and he'll be in this Pro Bowl as well! NFC FIRST TEAM ALL-PRO ALL*STARS FIRST TEAM STARTERS: L-DAL-Larry Allen, L-WAS-Dave Butz, L-ATL-Bill Fralic, T-MIN-Carl Eller-9, T-DET-Lomas Brown-10, LB-WAS-LaVar Arrington-4, LB-TB John Lynch-6, RB-SEA-Marshawn Lynch 55-1675-14/3X100TD, RB-ATL-Gerald Riggs 68-1741-11/3X100TD, WR-TB-Jimmie Giles 25-1340-6/4X100TD, WR-CHI-Willie Gault 23-1350-7/4X100TD, SPECIAL-NYG-Ahmad Bradshaw 21-1345- 5/5x100TDS, WAS-Tony Green 51-1589-11/8x100TD. The NFC Reserves are: DAL-Emmitt Smith, Terrell Owens, CHI-Walter Payton, Steve McMichael, Don Hampton, DET-Dexter Bussey, PHI-Harold Carmichael, ATL-Terrance Pennington, Julio Jones, Mike Kenn, NYG-Lawrence Taylor, GB-Cullen Jenkins, Sterling Sharpe, Terdell Middleton, CAR-Kevin Greene, DeShaun Foster, Kawaan Short, LAR-Jackie Slater, Isaac Bruce, NO-Reggie Bush, and WAS-Charles Mann, Dexter Manley. The AFC All-Stars feature their own warriors to face this tough NFC team. Leading the way will be Indianapolis Colts star #29 Joseph Addai, who fell just short of making Super Bowl XVIII, losing in the AFC Championship Game to the Los Angeles Chargers, but maybe next year will be Addai's year? Indy has to keep banging on the door until they knock it down! This guy tore up the AFC with 1,767 all-purpose yards with 12 touchdowns. He killed it in an intense competitive league! The record for a seven-game EFL season was set in 2019 by Gerald Riggs. Riggs had 78 touches for 2339 all-purpose yards, with 21 touchdowns. How did the Falcons not make the show? The tough guys in front of Addai are Earl Faison-Los Angeles, Karl Mecklenburg-Denver, and Larry Little-Miami, and running side-by-side with Addai is Kansas City's Priest Holmes who was the LIEFL leader in rushing with 39 Carries for 682 yards, with 11 touchdowns! The game board used will be the ROSE BOWL classic electric football game board. We will see how that goes. The LIEFL has a good 10 game boards, but our favorite is the MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game board, which we no longer possess. We plan on donating as many of these as we can to the Museum. Bring back the vintage Boards Tudor! We don't mind paying for excellent quality. The game is scheduled for Sunday, again at Johnny-Freeport's who will host the Pro Bowl Game between AFC Coach Joe Bino, and NFC Coach Joey Pizz! AFC FIRST TEAM ALL-PRO PRO BOWL FIRST TEAM STARTERS ARE: L- MIA-Larry Little, L-DEN-Karl Mecklenburg, L-LAC-Earl Faison, T-CIN-Trey Hopkins-9, T-BAL-Tony Siragusa-8, LB-IND-Robert Mathis-6, LB-BUF-Preston Brown-4, RB-IND-Joseph Addai 64-1767-12/100TD, 99, RB- KC-Priest Holmes 39-682-11/59, WR-BUF-Jay Brown 21-1409-6/6X100TD, WR-PITT-Lynn Swann 27-1524-8/5X100TDS, SPECIAL-LVR-Dave Casper 27-1471-6/3X100TD. AFC RESERVES ARE: MIA-Jason Taylor, Mercury Morris, Mark Duper, BUF-Marcell Dareus, OJ Simpson, JAC-Tony Boselli, Fred Taylor, DEN-Terrell Davis, Von Miller, Ed McCaffrey, LAC-LaDainian Tomlinson, Louie Kelcher, KC-Herb Taylor, Tyreek Hill, NE-Randy Moss, BAL-Derrick Mason, NYJ-Le'Veon Bell, HOU-Ron Dayne, Ryan Griffin and IND-Elmer Collett. NEVER LOSE THE CHILD INSIDE OF YOU!

LOVE THIS! That is correct just two teams make the show, and love the 9X FB Shamrock Bay team! Three wins is great! Did you do write ups? Maybe I missed them now that I have been a new contributor to the Forum, taking over for Billy O'C. Love to read more about them, those classic teams who outplay everyone are few and far between. Shamrock Bay reminds me of the LIEFL Dolphins, and although this is only my third season in the LIEFL, next year will be the last. Are these player figures 67-Big Men in the Fruit Bowl? Viggs is the man! But he will have to listen to the loudest mouth in the league in Freeport for some time. We will see Sunday, LOL! Levi

You blew the views up! Thank you so much! Makes us feel like we wrote for someone! Magical!

That is so awesome!Thank you so much! We noticed a huge uptick of 110 views on the LIEFL Super Bowl PREGAME! That was beautiful and your work on the Forum is fabulous! That was a HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEE increase. We just want people to read so that the hobby stays alive!!! We cannot thank you enough! We have to see if someone in our league has FB, but because many have or had public jobs, I am not sure if they have FB. Bless You!

Long Island EFL: S U P E R B O W L X V I I I D e c e m b e r 31, 2023 "WE ARE KIDS, WE ARE ALWAYS DREAMERS INSIDE, WE WILL ALWAYS BE KIDS INSIDE"... Billy O'C Atlanta Falcons (8-2) Los Angeles Chargers (8-1) (Long Island EFL Super Bowl XVIII). December 31, 2023 by Levi Vick. We gave Jim Brown a nice tribute this season because of his greatness and contributions to the game of football, and also, because Brown was a native Long Islander, who grew up in Manhasset, NY. Before today's LIEFL Super Bowl we also reminisced and gave a fond acknowledgement to the late, great, Oakland Raiders Coach John Madden. Long Island Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, and All-County Wrestler and former Bay Shore High School football player, Andrew M. Slawson said, "Madden has a winning percentage of .759 for his career, the highest among coaches to win their first 100 wins coaching, according to Pro Football Reference. He won 100 games faster than any coach in the NFL, including Vince Lombardi, who finished #2 at (105-35-6). Madden finished his NFL coaching career at (103-32-7)!" By the age of 42, Madden claimed to stop coaching because of BURNOUT and an ulcer condition he had. At his announcement to retire he left no speculation saying,“I gave it everything I have and just don't have anything left,” he told reporters, adding, “I'm retiring from football coaching, and I'm never going to coach again in my life." But wasn't he some commentator? As America's greatest football teacher, John Madden got into broadcasting only because he was bored. But, he became the greatest football broadcaster of All-Time! Madden won 16-Emmy Awards and earned a hefty $8 million annually after becoming the first broadcaster to earn $1 million dollars a year. America couldn't get enough of Madden and in the living room he sat well in millions of homes as family gathered around to listen to his commentary. His X's and O's of the game, which taught us a greater depth of football and what professional athletes endure in such a violent game. Nobody called a game like Madden! When XBox used Madden's name to represent the game, we never gave up on electric football! Rather than compete with video games we collaborated and shared our love for both. Our generation of the 1960's fell in love with electric football because of the heroes we watched on television turned into the heroes we played on our metal boards! Electric football to us, is the pioneer of this great innovation. TRADITION BEFORE THE GAME: Before we begin this enormous-magnitude game, our LIEFL Super Bowl's have a tradition out of respect for our teams and the 22 67-Big Men on the field. Commissioner Billy O'C's rules. Everything is in order. We wash our hands thoroughly, dip all 22-player bases in water, dry them out on a paper towel, touch up with any scuffed players with paint, any players who look worn through the season, and then we wash the field, first with hot water, then with rubbing alcohol to ensure that no lint particles are on the field. We aim for perfection out of more respect for the hobby and the teams. Finally, we place 10 vintage style brand new foam footballs to the side. Three footballs are Brown, (Inked by a Brown Sharpie) made to look like a real football, and the remainder are what we use for passing and kicking in the game. LIEFL Super Bowl X V I I I !The Falcons won the coin toss and they choose to defer the ball to the Chargers who will receive the opening kickoff. Atlanta will receive the ball to start the second half, as has been Johnny-Freeport's strategy in this high-stakes $3200 dollar game saved up from the league dues annually and a major contribution from our sponsor, a real life two-time World Champion Swimmer. The check is ready to be presented! The Falcons will wear their choice white jerseys' and the Chargers will wear gorgeous dark Jersey. This game is a big DEAL! Johnny Freeport invited a house full of people. We placed posters on the wall, cleaned up, and we are ready for the MAIN EVENT with the water in view! The main Stadium was transferred. It has been set up beautifully with one of four sets of lighting we have, which hovers over the game board. Two chairs are placed beside each coach, and let the war begin! Because the Super Bowl is in Vegas, we will make the background Vegas. They walked through #4 Green Bay beating them 24-14, they marched through #1 Washington 30-24, and they stormed through #3 Carolina 59-50, so why would we bet against Atlanta? It's not because of the team, it's because of the coach but Johnny-Freeport, no matter what anyone says in this league, he plays to make hi opponents feel that hurt, and when he loses, he is the loudest voice in the LIEFL. Freeport enjoys being the underdog, and he enjoys using his mouthpiece to stir up emotion in the league. Perhaps that's what makes him unique, and maybe that's why this is such a great League. OPENING KICKOFF: Chargers star Lance Alworth returned an electrifying and buzzing opening kickoff to start LIEFL Super Bowl X V I I I in fashion! Alworth, with lightning speed Lance Alworth ran the opening kickoff back 54 yards to start the game. LaDainian Tomlinson and the Chargers Frontline went to work on first down with a 9-yard pickup followed by a first down with Tomlinson getting the yard. On second down, he ran for six but was shut down on 3rd down after Johnny-Freeport moved his Falcons around on defense. The three linemen made a tackle each in Bill Fralic, Claude Humphrey, and Raymond Claiborne. But on third down Lance Alworth escaped on a 40-yard pass play down the left sideline to give the Chargers the first LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII touchdown and a 7-0 lead! The place is going wild with quite a few people here! It was time for Gerald Riggs and his golden frontline went to get to work on Los Angeles. Riggs was crashed at the 34 yard line by who else? Lance Alworth who just scored the touchdown for Chargers! On first down, Chargers defensive end LIEFL-All Pro Earl Faison rushed through the middle and made a big tackle! On second down, Gerald Riggs ran a 66-yard run from scrimmage to the one yard line of the Chargers and that ended the first quarter! To begin the second quarter, Riggs bullied his way into the end zone for the Falcons first touchdown to tie the score at 7-7! This time the Chargers handed the ball to Sir Kellen Winslow who returned the ball 42 yards! On first down LaDainian Tomlinson exploded for 37 yards. On second down, Tomlinson picked up five more against the relentless Dirty Bird Falcons posse' defense. The front lines are about an even matchup in the trenches. On third down, coach Viggs threw a beautiful pop-pass to Tomlinson, and Tomlinson curved into the end zone to give the Chargers the lead 14-7, with 6:18 remaining in the half! And what has turned into more of a defensive game the Falcons have to work fast and kill the clock. Gerald Riggs ran back of 55 yard kick return to the Los Angeles 45 yard line. On first down Riggs was stopped, and on second down he was denied again by a relentless Chargers defense. With time running down on the clock the Falcons and Johnny-Freeport connected with his new favorite Target Austin Cooper who ran 36 yards for the first down to the 11 yard line of the Los Angeles, and the Falcons called their first time out with 1:09 remaining in the half! There have been great strategies by both teams and this one is going to be tough with 1:09. Do you run the ball, or do you pass the ball so that you can continue to kill the clock and leave the Chargers with no time left? After running one-yard on first down, the Falcons called their last time out, leaving :57 seconds left in the quarter, enough for one more try for Los Angeles to score. WOW! It's game on! Atlanta receiver and the LIEFL receiving champion Julio Jones, broke free at the 11 yard line, and Johnny-Freeport hit him immediately over the line after Jones broke free to tie the score 14-14, with :47 seconds left forcing the Chargers to take their first time out. This next run back is so important for Sir Kellen Winslow. Both of these teams are hitting hard and fast! The Chargers called the last time out. Unexpectedly, on the pick up play, coach Viggs made a huge mistake. He took his eye off the ball and Deion Sanders made a huge sack for a big loss on the quarterback at the Chargers own 24-yard line and the clock ran out with a tie score, 14-14! Johnny-Freeport has played flawless in the game so far. The Falcons will receive the ball to start the second half! Johnny-Freeport is going wild! $3200 dollars is on the line! That last crucial play was the turning point for the Falcons because it stopped the defense stopped the Los Angeles scoring drive to keep them in the battle, but instead, they couldn't kick a field goal because they were out of range. Viggs tried to stop the game on that play to pass in our one-stop league, but it was too late, Sanders made the hit and Freeport called it clear! In the meantime at the same exact second of the sack, Chuck Muncie broke free on the right side of the field from Austin Cooper in Viggs didn't catch it until it was too late! BAM! The two teams will go into the locker room with the score tied at 14-14. So far for the most part it's been an electrifying game with even matchups, but the Chargers on the front line have a slight edge. They've been able to produce 56 yards in the running game by LaDainian Tomlinson. They've certainly done more damage than Atlanta on special teams. The Chargers have held Gerald Riggs to an astonishing 123 all-purpose yards. Neither defense up until this second have been able to stop each other. Gerald Riggs returned a gorgeous 63 yard kick return to start the third quarter! But here come the Los Angeles Chargers defense led by Russ Washington who wasn't having it. He stopped Riggs for a 2-yard loss on first down, and then another two yards on second down, forcing a third down pass play. On 3rd down, Johnny-Freeport was on the money! He put one of his best men on the right side of the field, Jamal Anderson, hoping that he could break open from linebacker Junior Seau. On another big mistake by Viggs, he put on-on one coverage on Anderson, and Anderson just put on the afterburners and exploded for a 42-yard touchdown to give the Falcons the lead 21-14, with 9:32 remaining in the third quarter! Johnny-Freeport is getting the better of Viggy today! "Yeah baby, all the way, not today Viggy, not in my house," said Freeport! Great play by the Falcons and Freeport! Coach Viggs is not shaken. He has to get this team right back in the game. That is the best way to answer. This time on the Chargers kick returner Lance Alworth ran out of bounds at the Chargers own 25 yard line, failing to get help the offense. But on first down, after gaining only one yard, LaDainian Tomlinson lit it up, exploding on a 26-yard run and then an 18-yard run behind LIEFL-All Pro Earl Faison, ending up at the Falcons 31-yard line! On a game scoring save, with Los Angeles driving, Falcons defender Deon Jones made a great tackle on Tomlinson, with 3:17 remaining in the third quarter, and instead of this game being an offensive explosion, it's been a defensive battle all the way! Sometimes you just got to go with your money man. Ed Viggs is loyal to the players who perform. On the next Chargers offensive play, it was Tomlinson again getting the job done! Tomlinson exploded around the left side for 31 yards sprinting into the end zone through a gap by the Atlanta Falcons and the Chargers tie the war 21-21 with 1:58 remaining in the third quarter! Gerald Riggs, the NFC Offensive Player of the Year in the LIEFL, has had an awesome day returning the football, and it's kept the Falcons in the game, this time with a 52 yard Riggs run to end the third quarter! We have the final 15 minutes in Long Island Electric Football League's Super Bowl X V I I I and its conclusion, with the score tied 21-21. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Gerald Riggs gained three yards. For the most part the Chargers have contained Riggs from making another huge play like he did in the first quarter when Riggs had a blistering 66 yard run on Atlanta's third play of the game. At the line of scrimmage the Los Angeles defense has done a beautiful job holding back one of the most prolific players in the game, but it also says so much about the Chargers defensive line in this league overall. And, the fourth quarter clock is moving. Johnny-Freeport is calling pass. My goodness! Austin Cooper broke away from defender LaDainian Tomlinson on the pass to blaze 56 yards downfield into the end zone to score a Falcons touchdown! Johnny-Freeport is going absolutely wild! The Falcons take the 28-21 lead with 8:26 remaining in the game! WOW! Great call by Johnny-Freeport, taking the ball in the second half and deferring and that's called paying dues! If he wins, he's not going to let Coach Viggs live this down, but he certainly will walk away with $3,200 dollars in his pocket! What an exciting play by Freeport, choosing the right player to become the playmaker. Hooper has has a fantastic tournament! Los Angeles put the ball in reliable Sir Kellen Winslow's hands who stormed back with a 77-yard Chargers kick return on the next play as the game picked up its Pace again. Again, the defense continued to press for both teams! Two runs by LaDainian Tomlinson gained back a few yards for Los Angeles after the seven yard loss with the ball at the Falcons 27-yard line, chewing up the clock, with 5:41 remaining in the game! More clock eating with more running from Viggs and his (8-1) AFC Champion Chargers. On a third down play for Coach Viggs coming up, it pressured Viggs under the stress of managing the clock, to make another big call, forcing the Falcons to call a timeout this time, with 1:04 remaining in the game from the 5-yard line of the Atlanta. Strategy right to the last seconds of the game. Coach Viggs did not stop the clock! He made the Falcons call their timeouts and try to drown them out in an extremely stressful situation, trying to edge the game into overtime. On the next play, LaDainian Tomlinson broke free, just breaking the plain of the endzone, touching the line of the endzone to tie the game at 28-28, with just :28 seconds left to go in the game! Oh My God! The Los Angeles Chargers and Coach Viggs still have two-timeouts remaining. And the Falcons call their last time out. If there was any time to be a hero this is the time for Atlanta to step-up by scoring a touchdown to prevent this game from going into overtime! What a game! With :28 seconds left in regulation, Gerald Riggs ran the ball back 91-yards, 9 yards short of their goal, and with the score tied 28-28 if there wasn't enough drama in this finish line, the Falcons had to kick a field goal to take the lead 31-28, and it's not over yet! With 11 seconds left in the game, the Chargers called a time out, and Los Angeles still may get one more chance to score and tie the game, depending on how fast their fastest player can run the ball back! The pressure is on Viggs to make the right call! Viggs picked Sir Kellen Winslow to return the last kick to try to get the game into overtime in a Super Bowl thriller! On the other side of the ball, the Falcons lined-up their fastest players to make a big stop, and to put this game to rest. It's been all strategy right from the start. Both coaches played a spectacular game regardless of the outcome! Winslow gets the call from Viggs! Oh my God! Here we go: Sir Kellen Winslow blasted off from the endzone launch pad to the 50-yard line in 6 seconds! The Chargers accomplish the impossible! They kick the field goal from 50 yards right through the center of the Goal Posts to tie the game, and Oh My God! We are going into overtime! What a historic Super Bowl! WOW! The Chargers win the overtime coin toss! The score is tied, 31-31! So far, neither team has been able to stop each other. The coaching has been spectacular! The Chargers get the football after winning the coin toss! Kellen Winslow and the Chargers explode on an 88 yard kick return by Winslow! What a game, Winslow could have just come close to winning this game, but he fell 12 yards shy! Whoever scores the first touchdown wins the game in first overtime which is ten minutes. If neither team scores, the game goes into another Sudden Death. We will explain the instructions at that point. Both teams get a possession, unless a touchdowns is scored. If the Chargers score touchdown, it's over the only way that this game ends, and if they score a field goal, then Atlanta gets a chance to tie or score a touchdown. It's a thrilling heartbreaker to get one more possession on offense. What a Super Bowl! The atmosphere, the energy, the game, the coaching ... the $$$ ... Electric Football at its best! The last two plays by Kellen Winslow really show why the Chargers have won so many games. They are very tough team to beat, but Atlanta has to be the most badass gritty posse' we've seen in this league in a long time! LaDainian Tomlinson has played great today and the Chargers did a great job containing Gerald Riggs. No more than one 10-minute period will follow a three-minute intermission. Each team must possess, or have the opportunity to possess, the ball. The exception: if the team that gets the ball first scores a touchdown on the opening possession, the game is over! On first down LaDainian Tomlinson was stopped by a brutal and imposing Falcons defense, with nothing but white jerseys coming at them and the Dirty Birds definitely have the same attitude as the coach today. Johnny-Freeport is living through the posse' and he's not going to give up against the Los Angeles Chargers offense! The Bids heit the Chargers in the gut with a loss of 15 yards on that play. Coach Viggs is 22 yards from the end zone and winning Super Bowl XVIII. Johnny-Freeport has to stop this play with 4:48 left in the overtime quarter. Kellen Winslow broke Free on the next play toward the left side of the field, but he went out of bounds toward the end zone, and somehow he turned to the sideline faltering on the play! and Viggs didn't stop! Next he connected with Lance Alworth who picked up nine yards bringing the ball to the 18-yard line of Atlanta. And the Chargers are going to be forced to go for a field goal after coming up short of the first down they needed. Coach Viggs has to really think this out, but being under pressure in the LIEFL posed its problem for Viggs. He doesn't have time. The clock is running and that's the thing about the league forces the coach under pressure to make huge decisions. Viggs does not call his time out, and instead, he's kicking the field goal for the sure three at the 18! That's going to give the Falcons their chance to score. A touchdown would have ended the game. 34-31 Chargers in the lead in a Thriller! After a 53 yard kick return by Gerald Riggs, the Falcons chewed up the clock and took their first time out at 7:55 in the 10 minute period. The Falcons had to work fast. They passed the ball with nobody open, but who broke free? Gerald Riggs, on a risky play Riggs caught a beautifully thrown rocket by Johnny Freeport, bringing the football to the 33-yard line of the Chargers at 8:58, and the Falcons call their last time out of the 10 minute overtime before going to the second sudden death overtime! This game may get tied again. Here we go: Johnny-Freeport called pass, and what a play to end the game! And hold onto your seats! Austin Hooper just broke free at the 33-yard line on a terrific pass by Johnny Freeport who hit him at the 10 yard line on the back, and Hooper sped into the endzone for a game ending dramatic $3200 dollar victory for Johnny-Freeport's Dirty Birds posse!!! It's over! The Chargers fall in one of the greatest LIEFL Super Bowl's of all time! The NFC Wild Card Atlanta Falcons (9-2) win their first ever Super Bowl in a crushing defeat in overtime, literally 9 minutes of overtime! Johnny-Freeport is uncontrollable, going wild with the 36-34 win! What a tough loss for coach Viggs! And it's time for everybody to bow to the mouth of the league as he upsets coach at Viggs, and Viggs had the chance to win the game on the last drive by a touchdown, but LaDainian Tomlinson and the front line could not get the job done in the end. It was an exhausting intense game to the finish! Credit the Falcons defense because they played gigantic today in their victory! Unbelievable! After everybody calmed down. The two key plays of the game where Austin Hoopers 56 yard touchdown play in the second half along with his game-winning touchdown 33 yards! Hooper will share the MVP trophy with Gerald Riggs who was the workhorse for the Falcons in driving the clock entire game for Atlanta! The other keys to the game was the mistakes that a usual assured and competent coach Viggs made in the game. Lance Alworth missed in the big spot. He didn't get the job done, but LaDainian Tomlinson rushed 18 times for 169 rushing yards, with two touchdowns, Tomlinson also had a 17-yard touchdown reception for the Chargers. Sir Kellen Winslow had 318 yards on 6 touches with a Long play of 88 yards on special teams! For the Falcons, Gerald Riggs touched the ball 17 times for 433 yards, but Riggs only had one touchdown, and he had a gorgeous 91 yard kick return when Atlanta needed it most. He was electrifying on special teams. Great defenses kept the game in check and limited Riggs on his 100 yard returns. The hero of the day went to Austin Hooper, who had three receptions for 125 HUGE yards with two touchdowns and that's what did it! Johnny Freeport still going wild with his $3200 check to advance his bank account. What a game. The Falcons totaled 611 yards with 22 touches and five touchdowns. The Chargers finished with 29 touches 632 yards with four touchdowns! Unbelievable season! Coach Johnny Freeport said, "I worked so hard on this team all year long, and I believed in them. Let me tell you I don't think there's another league in the country playing for money, and when you play for money and put everything on the line, your team's have to be able to compete. Viggy is good, but as I've been saying all along I am the go-to guy, and now the GOAT in the league. It's time I get a little respect because to beat Viggy is the greatest compliment that an electric football coach can have. How about those Falcons! Yeah baby!" Ed Viggs said, "We played good, they played great right up until the end when in that last series I blew a couple of plays under pressure. I should have been able to handle that, but I got to shake Johnny-Freeport's hand. He played an amazing tournament and his Falcons and those Dirty Birds came up huge when they needed to. Nothing but respect for Gerald Riggs and the Falcons. And Austin Hooper came out of nowhere. It just goes to show you that every team in this league is armed and ready, and you never know who's going to come up big. We'll be back for one more in August. This Chargers team is one of the best in the league and they are resilient. We will be back again next year." Coach Joey Pizz said, "Everybody is so happy for Gerald Riggs who's been a staple superstar in this league and now finally he has a Super Bowl win to his credit. Riggs may not have had a 100-yard touchdown, but boy did he kill it setting the Falcons up with great field position on almost every possession. He is the workhorse behind the Falcons machine complimented by a great players around him."

Yes.I think they are on our league page, but will check after we write up the Super Bowl!

MEMO: Long Island EFL S U P E R B O W L X V I I I (PRE-GAME) ATLANTA FALCONS (8-2) vs LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (8-1) (Long Island Electric Football League Super Bowl XVIII). December 31, 2023. Written by Levi Vick with contributors, Paddy Brannigan, Kevin Mack, Matt Zoo-York, and Joey Pizz. We will have the Super Bowl written this afternoon. What it is Cuz! Finally, we have reached another great conclusion to a terrific 2023 season, playing this game at the beautiful Nautical Mile in Freeport, NY. This is it, a colossal matchup between two epic teams and coaches, Johnny-Freeport's NFC Atlanta Falcons (8-2) versus Ed Viggs Los Angeles Chargers (8-1). After a great dinner we are ready for the LIEFL showdown! Like us or not here we come! Our last official write-up of the 2023 season! Lots of great music at Johnny-Freeport's. With the Eagles playing loud in the background we reflect on great friendships, and the fellowship that has kept this all together in a great hobby! The numbers in this game speak for themselves, and so too will the talent on the field, and on the sidelines as coaches in a terrific LIEFL Super Bowl Bash. All of us in the league are in attendance for the game to complete the season, compliments of the loudest tough guy in the league, Johnny-Freeport. It's all about the game, not about use, but we will give a jib of background information here in the last article of the season. This is the type of game Super Bowl's are meant for. We don't need lessons in football, we all played organized football. We know talent, we've played against enough of it for fifty years in some of the biggest tournaments. We know another world of electric football totally unrelated to the Tudor Games and Miggle talent, and the coaches in this league will only play for money! In talking to league Founder and Commissioner Billy O'C, he said he'd love to start a SHOWCASE LEAGUE in St. Pete Florida when he retires to keep people's interest in electric football, and to earn new hobbyists. He was disappointed that all of his teams that Coach Joe Bino played with lost in the playoffs. O'C said if he can, he would like to start a new league that would be played and featured at one of the local Community Colleges if he can make an agreement, which as a Professor he should have the conversation to do that with colleagues. He just doesn't want other people using LIEFL teams. They are historic and classic. The League would have to start over and purchase their own teams. College kids would love the game. We are unique, we do things different in many ways as leaders, not followers. It's always been that way in the league amongst the members. Some of these guys are real life heroes in their professions. We've grown into good men with good families, and integrity. We are proud and honored to have made many positive contributions to society in what is becoming an upside-down world, where people think it's okay to disrespect others. It is crazy the changes America has seen in the past several years, at least in crumbling down New York anyway. We are active members of the Long Island EFL and our communities. We all have them in our lives, loudmouths who we want to shut up, but 6'4" long haired Johnny-Freeport takes the cake, and he would be hard to shut up. The louder he gets, the louder he has played in this tournament. He reminds us of Fred Dryer, the LA Rams sensation who went on to acting after his pro football career. Johnny-Freeport should be acting in Hollywood, not playing EF as a retired professional who chased real-life bad guys for a living. But is his bark bigger than his bite? We will see tonight as his self-proclaimed posse' the Atlanta Falcons, who have played magnificent, take on Coach Ed Viggs and his high-flying Los Angeles Chargers (8-1). Viggs would like to put a bolt in the Falcons. The Chargers have been here before but left very dissatisfied with the outcome when they lost to the hometown Los Angeles Rams in 2018, in LIEFL-Super Bowl XIV, 31-28! It is a sore reminder to Viggs of how close he came to winning that Super Bowl, and it is also in the back of his mind to correct. It's just how the successful and quiet Wall Street Guru thinks. "That loss was too close to not come away the winner," said Viggs. Viggs is coming into this game focused and determined to pull this one off, but not so fast, this Atlanta team has outperformed everyone. Johnny-Freeport said, "Who cares that people think we re going to lose, bunch of fools in this league, and we will see just how nasty my team can be! Stop bothering me with this school newspaper garbage." The response to what Freeport said from Viggs was, "The Birds have outperformed Everyone, but the Chargers," according to Viggs. Viggs was the starting quarterback for the Rutgers Cup Winning Bay Shore High School team before breaking his hand, unfortunately in a fight. He did came back late in the season and got to play corner against MLB star Craig Biggio from Kings Park, who was the Hansen Award Winner in 1983. Bay Shore won back-to-back Rutgers Cup's here on Long Island with 19 wins in two seasons. Viggs was a gifted lacrosse player as well. The man knows football, PERIOD! A little background information about Johnny-Freeport. Johnny played football and basketball in the opposite county here on the island, and he became great friends with Billy O'C during 9th grade when Freeport moved to an aunt's house across the street from where Billy O'C lived in Bay Shore, NY. Johnny-Freeport was a troubled teen who earned the name "The Chucker" because of the way he tossed a basketball in street games. The two have been friends ever since. Billy O'C's father was a NYPD Emergency Service Swat team officer in Harlem, the Bronx, and Brooklyn, NY, and that's what keeps the two connected. This Falcons-Chargers game is loaded with playmakers! Every player on both rosters have to be recognized because this Tournament of Champions has been complete with brutal and epic battles! The Falcons seemed to be getting warmed up when they revved their engines against the Panthers in their 59-50 NFC CG victory, to advance to this Super Bowl. Carolina is a team Atlanta faced many times in battles that go back and forth! The Falcons don't know much about the Chargers on the field. This game against the Chargers will be a game where one mistake can change the outcome of the game. If Johnny-Freeport can keep his head on, it could be Atlanta carrying the trophy! Coach Ed Viggs though, is on a secret revenge mission for the loss Johnny-Freeport dished out in the NFC Divisional Championship Game when the #1 Seed undefeated Washington Redskins lost to Freeport's Dirty Birds in an upset 30-24! Never underestimate the quiet leaders. Coach Ed Viggs is on a mission! Prime Time players in this game are the regulars, LIEFL Hall of Famers Gerald Riggs and LaDainian Tomlinson. But they come with fantastic support with blazing speed at every corner of the board, and they can strike at will. In the trenches we've seen the Falcons Bill Fralic play great, and lineman Earl Faison for the Chargers will lead the way. These are perennial LIEFL All-Pro's consistently in the league. As the #5 Seed in the NFC, Atlanta's offense has produced the firepower of 1564 total yards on 59 touches, with 15 touchdowns, ten of them by Gerald Riggs in the LIEFL Tournament of Champions! But what happens if Viggs can stop Riggs? The Los Angeles Chargers as the #1 Seed played one game less in the Tournament of Champions than did Atlanta, but they caught a blaze in the AFC! The Chargers in their two playoff games against the Ravens and Colts totaled 1021 yards with 10 touchdowns, four of them by Kellen Winslow Sr., and Lance Alworth had seven touches for 328 all purpose yards with two touchdowns against Baltimore in the AFC Wild Card Game. This is a battle ready team. LaDainian Tomlinson and Kellen Winslow Sr., pushed the offense in the AFC Divisional Championship Game against the Colts. Tomlinson rushed for 163 yards on 12 carries, with two touchdowns, but Winslow Sr., was the star of the game! Los Angeles is an offensive and defensive powerhouse who can make the big plays against the Falcons. Count on Viggs to get his big playmakers involved early! They have the speed and talent that make this a incredible matchup. It wouldn't surprise us if Viggs throws Alworth, Winslow Sr., and Tomlinson into the kick return roles to unsettle Johnny-Freeport. SUPER BOWL XVIII Matchups and Power Rankings: Los Angeles Chargers(8-1) Atlanta Falcons (8-2) LIEFL CAREER RECORD (101-76) LIEFL CAREER RECORD (82-94) Coach Ed Viggs (22-6) Coach Johnny Freeport (18-14) #86 L-Earl Faison-Los Angeles vs #79 L-Bill Fralic-Atlanta (EDGE Faison) #77 L-Ernie Ladd-Los Angeles vs #87 L-Claude Humphrey-Atlanta (TIE) #70 L-Russ Washington- Los Angeles vs #99 L-Raymond Clayborn-Atlanta (EDGE Clayborn) # 75 T-Corey Clark-Los Angeles vs #78 T-Mike Kenn-Atlanta (EDGE: Kenn) #66 T-Booker Brown-Los Angeles vs68-T-Terrance Pennington-Atlanta (EDGE: Pennington) #74 LB-Louie Kelcher-Los Angeles vs #45-DB-Deion Jones-Atlanta (TIE) #55 LB-Junior Seau-Los Angeles + vs #21-DB-Deion Sanders-Atlanta (TIE) #21 RB-LaDainian Tomlinsonvs #42-RB-Gerald Riggs-Atlanta (EDGE: Riggs) Ranked #15 LIEFL RUSHING:38-401-7/54 NFC Offensive Player of the Year Ranked #8 RUSHING AFC RUSHING #3 Ranked LIEFL 48-659-7/61TD, #2 Ranked NFC ALL PURPOSE YARDS #1 NFC 68-1741-11/3x100TD KICK RETURN #9 NFC and #16 LIEFL 19-1077-3/3x100TDS NFC Championship Game MVP LIEFL ALL MADDEN TEAM #46 RB- Chuck Muncie-Los Angeles vs #32-RB-Jamal Anderson-Atlanta (EDGE: Anderson) #19 R- Lance Alworth-Los Angeles vs #11-R-Julio Jones-Atlanta(EDGE: TIE) #80 R- Kellen Winslow SR-Los Angeles vs #81-R-Austin Cooper-Atlanta (EDGE: Winslow) AFC Championship Game MVP

Long Island EFL T O U R N A M E N T OF C H A M P I O N S Atlanta Falcons (7-2) at Carolina Panthers (7-2) (Long Island Electric Football League NFC Championship Game) December 30, 2023. By Levi Vick. We are in the process of writing up LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII. For now here is the NFC Championship Game! We could never ask for a better matchup than this classic NFC Championship Game between two division rivals in the Atlanta Falcons (7-2) and the Carolina Panthers (7-2). Both teams are on a collision path game to the road less traveled. Atlanta's posse of "Dirty Birds" came with all they had, and a coach with a nasty attitude in Coach Johnny-Freeport, who came with them. It will be hard to walk away from this game when all is said and done. The Falcons have played amazing in playoffs and LIEFL-Hall of Fame running back and NFC Offensive Player of the Year Gerald Riggs, has been perfect, nothing short of sensational! But so too have the Carolina Panthers. We expect this game might be a high-scoring game considering the two offenses that are playing and that rampage they have created throughout the Tournament of Champions! The winner will play the high-octane AFC Los Angeles Chargers (8-1)! The Atlanta Falcons have the number two offense in the league with 128 points scored, but the Panthers are not far behind they were number three with 127 points, so expect fireworks! It's like we've seen in the tournament, every team playing the way tournament teams should play. On defense Atlanta ranked #18 in the league with 114 points scored against them. Carolina gave up 113 points ranked at #17. But all that stuff goes out the window in the playoffs. When the Falcons beat the Packers, we knew they meant business and the same thing goes for the Panthers, but the Panthers were ranked at a higher seed, and they beat Atlanta in Week #6. Hall of Famer Gerald Riggs rushed for 152 yards against the Packers and he had a huge 89-yard run from scrimmage which sealed the deal in their game. Against the Redskins Riggs had 64 yards rushing with one touchdown. Where Riggs has exploded as well is in all purpose yards category. He has 422 kick return yards on seven touches, and 66 yards in receiving with two touchdowns, totaling 30 touches all purpose for 704 yards with four touchdowns in the playoffs! Is he on fire? He's a scoring machine, but the Falcons dropped their game to the Panthers in week #6 of the regular season, 21-17. The Panthers had the advantage playing at home. This will be a little bit of a different game judging by the way the Falcons have to played. If they play the same way they played against the Redskins, this will be a game that we won't leave our seats! Coach Johnny-Freeport said, "Welcome to New York Football ...It's all about the matchups baby! And thank God these guys are in our division cuz we know every single player on that Panthers roster and what they can do, so they'll be no secrets. We're ready for war ... let's just get it on! Gerald Riggs was the NFC Offensive Player of the Year this season, so I'll take my chances. Let's not pick any bones about it, I don't like Matt-Zoo York or his team, and I don't care if he likes me either! This is a chance to go to the Super Bowl and win $3200 dollars. I'm not friends at this point! A lot of people don't understand what we play for in this hobby. We are serious and love competition. Money talks, and it changes everything about the game. The preparation for the game, the hours we put into it, the desire to win all comes with competition. In this league we play to win, we're not playing in some League like Levi Vick and Johnny Biggs played in with rolling dice, pivots, long counts, sticks, and the dilly dally. I'm your opponent, I'm your enemy, I'm here to try to win 3,200 dollars, and I'll be back next year for more. We are New Yorkers and if you never worked with New Yorkers or met New Yorkers you should try and meet a few. You will realize that we wear our attitudes on our sleeve. We don't pull punches with people. We will respect all but be disrespected by none!" Panthers coach Matthew York said, "Oh God, every time Johnny-Freeport opens his mouth and starts talking this stuff, he raises my level of determination even more. He gives us New Yorkers a bad label. He talks more trash than the trash itself. I can't deny that he's had a great tournament, but I'm well prepared for this game strategically and mentally, and I believe my Panthers are too." Yesterday's NFC Divisional Championship Game between the Chicago Bears and the Carolina Panthers was electrifying! Johnny-Freeport can say whatever he wants, but he knows Carolina is a mean lean fighting football machine. Nobody can deny that his Falcons and even the Ravens played some great football, which is Johnny-Freeport at his best. His Lions played great like this in 2016, it's whoever has the momentum. He always has some criticism for somebody. It's been wonderful that he's opened up his home for the last few games of this tournament. The Panthers rallied in a come from behind victory over the Bears in overtime 45-39, but Johnny-Freeport instead of watching the first half of football he watched the second half of how the Bears stopped the Panthers, and caught up to the power of the game and the speed! They now know Keary Colbert is a player. NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OPENING KICKOFF: There's a lot of nerves flying before the opening kickoff. Panthers Greg Jones ran the ball back 52 yards to start the game. On first down DeShaun Foster ran for 4 yards, but he met nothing but white jerseys and a posse Dirty Birds on the helmets of the Atlanta Falcons on both 2nd and 3rd downs. The Panthers tried to pass the ball but they were rejected and denied on a big hit by Julio Jones in the backfield. Carolina decided to go for it on 4th down it's short yardage and they were denied again by the Falcons defense. That might have been a big mistake for Coach Matt Zoo York. Maybe his ego is getting involved in this game? But Johnny Freeport jumped in the air with a yeah baby all day! The Panthers used up a lot of clock. It was the Falcons turn. The Carolina Panthers defense came up huge on the first two downs, stopping Gerald Riggs in his tracks at the 46-yard line of Atlanta. But on 3rd down, it was Jamal Anderson who broke free for a 54 yard touchdown pass by Johnny-Freeport passing with the "Yellow Tudor kicker" right off the receiver's head. Freeport hit them on the fly after 34 yards so that was a great pass by Johnny Freeport with a little bit of luck involved! The Falcons take the lead 7-0! On the Panthers next return Greg Jones ran a blazing 100-yard kick return into the end zone to tie the score at 7-7! What a run by Jones who flew into the end zone to get this offense ignited for Carolina! On the last play of the first quarter Gerald Riggs ran back a lightning 86-yard kick return to the 9-yard line of the Panthers, as the first quarter closed. Oh this is a game! On first down, Riggs ran for eight yards, and on second down Gerald Riggs scored his first touchdown of the game from one yard out to give the Falcons the lead 14-7! The coach's roared watching Carolina Panthers Greg Jones run back his second consecutive 100-yard kick return of the half to tie the score at 14-14 with 11:39 remaining in the half! Greg Jones! On the next Falcons kickoff return Gerald Riggs ran a 52-yard ball back to the 48 of the Panthers. Riggs ran for two yards on first down, and three yards on second down, but on third down the Falcons and Johnny Freeport connected on another great pass to his man Jamal Anderson for a speedy 41-yard touchdown scamper to make the score 21-14 Falcons, with 4:06 remaining in a half! Freeport is on fire! On another great play by the Panthers in this fantastic game, Keary Colbert who was the star last game, broke Free from Jamal Anderson on a 40-yard pass play by Matt-Zoo York. Zoo threw 20-yards downfield with the Tudor Kicker, and he hit Colbert on the back to tie the score 21-21, with 1:43 remaining in the half! The Falcons called a time out! Johnny-Freeport wants more before the end of the half! The winner of this game will play the Los Angeles Chargers and their high-powered offense! Their offense is a major threat with LaDainian tomlinson, Lance Alworth, and playmaker Kellen Winslow Sr., whose game against the Colts was unbelievable and unstoppable! Back to the 1:43 remaining in the half. Oh my goodness! Gerald Riggs exploded for 100-yard kick return into the end zone to give the Falcons the 28-21 lead, with 1:30 remaining in a half and the Panthers called their first time out of the half with one remaining. What a run by Riggs! These guys really have elevated their game to an entirely different level tonight! And they're making it look easy! This is a really good Falcons team! Just when you thought nobody could beat the Panthers, here we go with the Battle of their season on the line! Again unbelievable! Greg Jones ran a blistering 89 yard kick return after being in the center of traffic at the 50 and he blazed another 40 yd before being tackled by a speeding Falcons cornerback Deion Sanders, almost as if they were alive and playing on the field. What a play by Sanders and Carolina calls their last time out of the half! Greg Jones is having the game of his life at 403 all purpose yards with two 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns! This is a game with a bring it all and boy have they brought it and made it one of the most exciting NFC Championship Games in the history of this league! Two extremely exciting Electric football teams! Unbelievable! The Panthers call their last time out of the half with 1:17 remaining. Imagine DeShaun Foster has only touched the ball three times and look at the offensive firepower that has come from Greg Jones this is what makes this team special. They had to get warmed up and they're warm up might have been too late because it gave the Falcons a chance to capitalize, and you can't make mistakes against Johnny-Freeport. One mistake can cost you the game. After the 89-yard tech return by Greg Jones, Jeff King broke free on first down for Carolina at the 11 yard line and King went into the end zone on a great Zoo-York pass to tie the score 28-28 with 1:03 remaining in the half, and the Falcons take their last time out before the half ends! Again, what a football game! This place is going wild! Gerald Riggs just exploded for his second 100-yard touchdown return! The special teams performances have been incredible and exciting! We can't even make this up. Riggs just blazed down the right sideline to give the Falcons the lead 35-28, and there's not enough time for the two teams to set up, or for Carolina to run one more back before the half! That gives the Falcons another advantage because they receive the ball in the second half, in an electrifying game indeed! Johnny-Freeport has lost his control, going crazy and for today anyway he has been able to back up his talk playing the psychological warfare game and it's working on Zoo, but Matt Zoo-York is not giving up. The Panthers are too good to give up. They have to find a way in the second half to stop Johnny-Freeports posse' and scoring machine that they have. Gerald Riggs is at 352 all purpose yards at the half with three touchdowns, including two 100 yard runbacks and his posse' mate Jamal Anderson has 95 yards in pass receptions with two touchdowns! These two have amazing speed! To kick off the third quarter Gerald Riggs ran back of 41 yard kick return. On first down, it was lights out Riggs launched a 59 yard touchdown run into the end zone for another Atlanta score just before the electrifying half ended, and the Falcons are starting to run away with it! Falcons 42 - Panthers 28, with 12:54 remaining in the third. Riggs is putting on a show! Johnny-Freeport is walking back and forth with his hands in the air! No doubt the Falcons are a team to be revered and for us, the Long Island Electric Football League gets better and better through the draft! This is a serious Falcons football team! It's been all fireworks from two fabulous football teams going into the half with the score the Falcons 35 the Panthers 28! Panthers outstanding return man Greg Jones ran back a 48 yard kick return on the Panthers first possession to start the 3rd quarter. Finally, the Panthers running game kicked in with a 12 yard first down by to DeShaun Foster and then on second down, Foster ran for 15 more yards, for another first down. After being stopped on two runs and pushed back four yards by the Falcons defense to the 28-yard line, the Falcons continued to force plays! The Panthers had to pass on third down with 5:45 remaining in the third quarter. Matt Zoo-York threw a beautiful pass to Keary Colbert for his second touchdown of the game! This one was from 29 yards! The Panthers catching up and the Falcons were still in the lead 42-35, with 4:36 remaining in the third quarter! Johnny-Freeport's Falcons have been relentless. After a 41-yard kick return for the Dirty Birds posse' Gerald Riggs ran for seven, and then 12 yards to the 43 yard line of the Panthers as the third quarter came to a close! These two teams who are the beneficiaries of an outstanding LIEFL draft. The Panthers have been consistent for five straight years, so too have of the Falcons, but the battle has been between these two teams in the NFC South Division. The Falcons have upped their game this season, and this is a result of great work by Johnny-Freeport. It's not over yet. Atlanta may earn a trip to LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII for the first time in their history, to play the Chargers! After being stopped on first down Gerald Riggs ran for 10 more and another first down. After two runs Riggs was stopped by Panthers star Kawaan Short, and the Carolina defense forcing a third down pass play, which the Falcons came up five yards short of the first down at the Panthers 20 yard line. Atlanta kicked a field goal to make the score 45-35 with 8:23 remaining in the game! After a 37-yard kick return by Greg Jones Panthers running back DeShaun Foster exploded on an amazing 63-yard touchdown run into the end zone! The Panthers are still in this football game, and the clock is running! On that touchdown play the score is Falcons 45 Panthers 42 with 4:34 remaining in the game! Without being biased on an unbelievable kick return Gerald Riggs just returned his third 100-yard touchdown of the game and that is hard to compete with! The greatness of the Hall of Fame player! Riggs blasted free on the left side of the field to make the score 52-42! Falcons in the lead! The Panthers called their first time out with one more remaining at 2:59 in left in the game! With the game in favor of the Falcons, Greg Jones returned a beautiful 56 yard kickoff return. And on a first down pass, it was Jones who broke free for a 44-yard touchdown right through the middle of the field to make the score 52-48, and the Panthers will go for two! From the minute we kicked off in one of the longest games we can recall, there's 56 seconds left in the game. Gerald Riggs will get one more return. Let's play the game! Gerald Riggs just ran his fourth 100-yard touchdown back to end the game with the Falcons dismantling the Panthers 59-50 in one of the greatest games in the history of the league. How does he do it? What a incredible game for Riggs! Now that is a Hall of Fame player Gerald Riggs! Riggs ran his fourth 100 yard kick return for a touchdown and he just exploded! Johnny-Freeport is going absolutely wild! One thing is for sure, the Falcons know how to score points and today Johnny Freeport exploded after the game! For the first time ever the Atlanta Falcons will head to LIEFL-Super Bowl XVIII to play the Los Angeles Chargers a hefty opponent in Ed Viggs. And what a season the Panthers had! They will take another crack at it next season but Johnny Freeport eliminated Matt Zoo- York. And it's going to be Johnny-Freeport's Falcons against elite coach Ed Viggs Chargers in a $3200 dollar Super Bowl battle! Gerald Riggs finished the day with Hall of Fame Numbers. Riggs rushed 13 times for 102 yards with two touchdowns, but on special teams, he killed it, with 8 touches for 620 yards with four 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns. Riggs had an unbelievable six touchdowns in the game! The Falcons are a relentless scoring machine. Jamal Anderson had two receptions for 95 yards with two touchdowns! The Atlanta defense battled head-to-head with great Panthers team who battled ferociously right till the end, but the NFC Offensive Player of the Year Gerald Riggs outlasted the Carolina defense! Carolina's offense was spectacular! DeShaun Foster was kept in check by their division rivals, but Greg Jones had a day! Jones returned the football 8 times for an incredible 542-yards, with two sensational 100-yard touchdown returns, a testament to the year the Panthers had. Receiver Keary Colbert had a second great game in a row, with three catches for 71 yards, with a 29-yard touchdown in the game! The MVP Trophy goes to Gerald Riggs! This is a showcase player, one of the best in LIEFL History! Johnny-Freeport said, "Matt Zoo-York now knows who the best coach in this league is, and we shut down their offense which was enough to walk away with the NFC Championship. Time to focus on Viggy now and his Chargers. The game is at my place! I knew I'd be here in this game, but I didn't know it would be my posse' who'd be the team winning!" Matt Zoo-York said, "You can't win them all, but the pace of the game from the get-go was one of the best games in any league I've ever been involved with. I am cheering for Viggy, not Johnny-Freeport!" This game might be the best LIEFL Super Bowl matchup ever. So, it's the Los Angeles Chargers, one of the most prolific teams in the league versus the Atlanta Falcons in what may turn out to be a high-scoring epic battle!

YES! WE HAVE TWO CLOCKS GLUED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACKBOARD ON THE MAIN FIELD AND A TABLE NEXT TO OTHER BOARDS WHERE THE DEFENSE RESETS THE 40 SECOND CLOCK, AND THE OFFENSE THE 15M CLOCK ....ONE IS THE 40 SEC TIMER, THE OTHER IS THE 15 MIN TIMER. YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE SUPER BOWL PICTURES. THE OFFENSE SETS UP AT THE SAME TIME 40 SEC--THE DEFENSE SETS UP LAST AND WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE MUST BE MADE BY BOTH OFFENSE AND DEFENSE AT THE SAME TIME WITHIN THE GIVEN TIME WITH NO ACCEPTATIONS TO THE RULE. WE PLAY BY OUR RULES NOT TUDOR RULES! I HAVE PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF LEAGUES AND TOURNAMENTS IN THE NORTHEAST, AND I THINK BY FAR THIS IS AS COMPETITIVE AS ANY LEAGUE I HAVE EVER COMPETED IN, WITH THE BEST RULES. EVERY COACH HAS DIFFERENT WAY OF DEALING WITH SETUPS AND TIME BUT THERE IS NEVER A COUNTDOWN ALLOWED--EVER. WE SET, WE PLAY, WE ALLOW ONE STOP TO PASS, NOT MULTIPLE STOPS, AND WE USE THE YELLOW TUDOR KICKER TO PASS, AND THE GAME GOES AT A FAST PACE. LEVI

(Long Island Electric Football League) Written By Levi Vick and Joey Pizz. Happy New Year! (Photo Left: Home of the Carolina Panthers, Downtown Charlotte, NC) We are late bringing this game to our readers and still behind in writing, but this game between Paddy Brannigan's #7-Chicago Bears (5-3) and last year's Super Bowl Champion Coach Matt Zoo-York, who coaches the #3- Carolina Panthers (6-2), is a great match up! If you have a league, put it out there on the Forum for all to read! We missed lots of reading because of the categories listed on the Forum. A category on "League Games" could be added to drive more traffic. The Bears are this year's Wild Card Cinderella team. This was a huge year for them because they surpassed 100 wins and to get to this game, they really battled through because of the play and success of running back Walter Payton and specialist Willie Gault. Gault finished #11 in all-purpose yards in the LIEFL with 23 touches for 1350 yards, with seven touchdowns, four for 100-yards! Payton finished #6 in NFC rushing with 39 carries for 512 yards with nine touchdowns! Chicago's front line dug deep in the trenches to play some gritty football. They opened the season winning 27-21, in overtime against the Falcons. Then they beat New Orleans 14-10, but they dropped two in a row to Green Bay 24-21, and the Las Vegas Raiders 28-24, on the road, both contenders. The Bears finished the season strong winning their 100th game against the Kansas City Chiefs 17-14! The Denver Broncos then beat the Bears in a tough game, 15-0 on several Bears mistakes back on November 22nd. Chicago clinched their season with a win over Coach Bobby Biggs Seattle Seahawks 21-17, to clinch the Wild Card spot. Leading up to this game, the LIEFL Historic Bears have had a rich history. The last time Chicago saw a playoff game was in 2000, when they went (10-4), beating the Miami Dolphins in the LIEFL-Super Bowl X, 45-38. Paddy Brannigan has to come into this huge NFC Divisional Championship Game with an attitude today and hope that his team is playing on all cylinders! They just pulled off a major upset against the #2 Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Wild Card Game, beating the Rams 35-31! Walter Payton had two 100-yard rushing games this year, one against the Packers for 176 yards with three touchdowns, and the other was against Kansas City where Payton ran for 113 yards with two touchdowns. Payton played huge in the big games, but so did Willie Gault. Gault has been steady all season long. Against the Rams Gault exploded for five touches for 338 yards with two touchdowns, both 100-yard kick returns! Chicago has a great tight end in Mike Ditka. Ditka had a BIG 58-yard touchdown pass against the Rams, and he's as dangerous on the outside as any receiver in the game. This game really depends on how the front line of the Bears plays. One of the best things about this team is they play every minute and give their all! The Panthers are a whole different beast and one of the favorites to make it to the Super Bowl because of their lethal combination on special teams, and their running game is super with DeShaun Foster and Greg Jones. Something feels different about the Panthers this year. They've had some big moments, and most recently when they beat the Cowboys 48-47 in the NFC Wild Card Game. That was an incredible playoff game! It showed Carolina's resilience, but it shouldn't surprise anybody with the coaching of last year's Super Bowl Champion, Matt-Zoo York. Carolina is a very exciting team. They started off the season winning three straight before losing to Indianapolis 14-10, but on November 11th, the Panthers beat their division rival Tampa Bay Bucs in Tampa Bay 34-28 in overtime, and we knew they were not going to quit in a game. After that, they also beat division rival Atlanta Falcons 21-17, and then a "red hot" Houston Texans team 17-10! They have set a blaze to the NFC! This should be a great test going for the Panthers up against the Chicago Bears because the game could go either way. Just like the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Wild Card Game. One thing the Bears will have a challenge stopping is the Panthers rushing game. LIEFL-All Pro running back DeShaun Foster had two 100-yard rushing games during the regular season, and Foster also had the longest run of the season, a record 70-yard run, which was just broken by Falcons Gerald Riggs who ran an 89 yard run in the NFC Wild Card Game against Green Bay. Foster finished the season as the #3 Ranked rusher in the NFC with 38 rushes for 629 yards, including 12 touchdowns. He has been sensational! And so has Greg Jones, who everybody in the league wants, but not so fast, Matt Zoo-York is not ready to give him up yet. Jones ranked 18th in all purpose yards in the LIEFL with 23 touches for 1133 all purpose yards with four touchdowns, including a 100-yard touchdown run. This is a team on the verge of exploding. Jones ranked 10th in the NFC on kick returns. In the NFC Wild Card Game against Dallas, DeShaun Foster ran for 143 yards with three touchdowns, and Jones contributed by touching the ball seven times for 461 all-purpose yards with two 100 yard touchdown scampers. That's a combined 604 total yards with five touchdowns coming at the Bears between the two stars! No Fear from Brannigan and his Bears. They are excited to get this game on with and go after the Panthers. PANTHERS ADVANCE TO NFC CG AFTER RALLY TO BEAT BEARS IN OT! The kickoff in this game is highly anticipated! The winner will of this game will head to the NFC Championship Game to play the #5 Atlanta Falcons who are on fire! Atlanta upset the #4 Green Bay Packers 24-14, in the NFC Wild Card Game, and they bombed the #1 Washington Redskins in the biggest upset of the year 30-24, in the NFC Divisional Championship Game! Falcons running back Gerald Riggs has a total 30 touches for 704 all-purpose yards with four touchdowns. One of his runs set a new playoff record. He bolted 89 yards on a run against the almighty Redskins! Johnny-Freeport's "Dirty Birds" are flying high! Freeport has coached brilliantly with the Ravens and Falcons. He says he's ready for the winner of this game and he's anxious to get back on the field regardless of who is in his way. His Atlanta Falcons beat the #4 and #1 Seeds, so he is hungry for more with lots to prove. Freeport wants a rematch in the NFC Championship Game with Carolina, who beat the Falcons 21-17, in Week#6 of the LIEFL regular season. On the opening kick off Greg Jones returned the opening kick off 23-yards where he was clobbered by Bears tight end Mike Ditka who was blazing downfield. Great play by the Bears! The Panthers DeShaun Foster exploded 44 yards to the 35-yard line of Chicago on first down! Want to run! Carolina's Frontline hs such speed and power that they ran right through the Bears unexpectedly. On first down, Foster ran for another 20 yards, for another first down! And it didn't get any better for the Bears defense after making several adjustments. Coach Paddy Brannigan was working on the right combination on the line matchups to find a balance. On the next play, Foster took in a 15-yard touchdown to give the Panthers the 7-0 lead! For the remainder of the quarter the Bears used up all the time. LIEFL All-Pro Willie Gault ran back a fantastic 81 yard opening kickoff for the Bears! On the Bears opening drive, Walter Payton ran into a wall of Carolina defenders led by LIEFL All-Pro lineman and Pro Bowl Starter Kawaan Short. The Panthers defense stopped Payton on three straight runs. But on 4th down, Coach Brannigan threw a rocket to an open Willie Gault for a 28-yard first down. It would be tight end Mike Ditka who would score the Bears first touchdown on a 13-yard touchdown reception to end the first quarter, 7-7, the game is tied! This time on the kick return Greg Jones returned it 53 yards and the Carolina running attack began. On first down, DeShaun Foster blasted through the line for 16 yards and he did the same thing with the same exact yardage on second down, for another first down. The Panthers offense are electrifying. The Chicago defense has to figure this out. The Panthers are at 16 yard line of Chicago with 8:08 remaining in the half. Brannigan switched his linebackers around and started to make big moves taking players out of their normal spots. Great choices for the Veteran Brannigan. He put Mike Singletary in the middle behind Richard Dent, who he move to center and nose, and then he and Brian Urlacher on the outside linebacker position. The Bears did everything they could on defense, which slowed up the run a little bit. On first down, Foster ran for another 8 yards to the 8 yard line of Chicago. The Panthers kept moving forward. On second down, Foster exploded again, this time into the end zone to give the Panthers the lead 14-7 on a very impressive drive! With time running out of the half the Bears and Willie Gault returned to 54 yard blazing kick return whizzing past defenders on a beautiful play. The Bears found a way to get a few yards. Walter Payton ran 4-yards, but then he was stopped on second down. On 3rd down, it was Willie Gault again who exploded on the outside lane, and then he cut right towards the middle of the field for a 45-yard electrifying touchdown play by Paddy Brannigan and his Bears, tying the score at 14-14, with 2:01 remaining in a half! The Panthers call their first of two timeouts! Coach Patty Branigan was being very strategic here in a nail biter. Matt Zoo-York has to be very careful here. Carolina needs a big play before the half because the Bears will be receiving the ball to begin the third quarter. On the ensuing kickoff Bears tackle Steve McMichael, made a huge hit on Greg Jones stopping Jones at the 35-yard line on the kick return. The Panthers were forced to call their last time out of the half. On first down, with his back against the wall, Matt Zoo-York delivered a 65-yard touchdown pass to DeShaun Foster to give the Panthers the lead 21-14, with 1:25 remaining in the half! The Bears called their first time out with one more remaining in the half! Wow! The Bears would close the half with a field goal to make the score Panther 21 - Bears 17 at the half! To kick off the second half Willie Gault flew to the 47-yard line. and he was hit hard by linebacker Sam Mills for the Panthers. The Bears running game ignited on first down, with a 26-yard first down by Walter Payton. On the next two plays Chicago got clobbered by the Carolina defense again, bringing the ball back to the 48 yard line almost to midfield. And on third down, Mike Ditka broke Free and made an amazing 33-yard first down by just crossing over the first down marker! The Bears have no quit in them! On first down, Chicago aired it out and Willie Gault broke Free at the 25-yard line, scoring a beautiful touchdown for the Bears who take the lead for the first time in the game 24-21, with 2:13 remaining in the third quarter! Chicago knows better than to get too confident against this explosive Carolina team. Craig Jones launched from the end zone to the 30-yard line where he was about to go out of bounds, but he was turned in by DeShaun Foster and Jones darted right back toward the endzone for a 100-yard touchdown return to put the Panthers back in the lead 28 24! What a great play by this tandem, almost on cue! The third quarter ended! There are just 15 minutes left to go in the NFC Divisional Game and it's been exactly what we expected! Here come the fireworks! Willie Gault exploded on a tremendous 100- yard blazing touchdown run, handing the Panthers an unexpected special delivery Christmas present! Holy cow! Gault is on fire! The Bears we take the lead 31-28 with 14:48 left in the game, in another Blockbuster 2023 LIEFL playoff game! That run was so fast! Greg Jones ran back of 42 yard kick return for the Panthers opening drive in the 4th quarter. On first down, DeShaun Foster was hit hard in the backfield by Willie Gault, who made a great play for an 8-yard loss with 12:11 left in the game. Carolina Coach Matt Zoo-York knows how to pass great with the Tudor "Yellow Kicker". Zoo hit Panthers receiver Keary Colbert on a 68-yard pass reception on second down for a huge touchdown by Carolina! Keary who? The Panthers take the lead 34-31 and they're calling for a two-point conversion! What a play by Colbert! DeShaun Foster escaped at the two yard line for the two-point conversion to give the Panthers the lead 36- 31! Unreal! The Bears refuse to die against a relentless Panthers offense! This is going to be some finish. Willie Gault returned the football 46 yards after the Panthers scored. But what the Bears did next is what they've done in four separate occasions this year with their backs against the wall. Oh no he didn't! Walter Payton exploded for a 47-yard first down to the 7-yard line with 2:32 remaining in the game and the Bears just letting the clock tick away. The Panthers called a timeout with 2:11 remaining in the game. The game is exhausting. On the next play, Walter Payton escaped into the end zone for the touchdown on first down to give the Bears the lead 37-36 Chicago is going to go for the two-point conversion. Carolina called their last time out of the game with 1:59 remaining in the game! Just like that, Mike Ditka caught a pass in the corner of the endzone for the two-point conversion in to give the Bears the lead 39-36! The Panthers have no timeouts remaining and the Bears have both of theirs still. What great play making by Patty Brannigan and Matt Zoo York right down to the wire! It seems the only strategy left at this point is for the Panthers to get as much ground yardage on the kick return with possibly one chance to throw a pass and kick a field goal to tie the game. The Bears have to manage their timeouts properly in the event that there's some time left where they can get down field and kick a field goal of their own. It should be interesting. After a poor kick return by Greg Jones to the Panthers own 35-yard line, on first down Keary Colbert broke open for a 38-yard reception but Willie Gault made an awesome play stopping Colbert from scoring tackling Colbert at the 26-yard line of the Bears sending the game into overtime! WOW! CAROLINA WINS THE COIN FLIP and they elect to receive the ball in their home endzone! Unbelievable! There will be a 10-minute overtime quarter. Should the Panthers score a touchdown the game would be over. Greg Jones returned a stunning 58-yard kickoff return to start the overtime! On first down, DeShaun Foster ran for seven yards. The Bears stopped the Panthers on second down at the Chicago 40 yard line. Oh my goodness, with double coverage on him Keary Colbert becomes the hero on a 40-yard pass touchdown to win the game at 4:32 in overtime! Unreal! The Carolina Panthers (7-2) are going to the NFC Championship Game to face their division rival Atlanta Falcons (7-2) in a tremendous showdown! Boy did the Bears play their hearts out! Final score Carolina 45 Chicago 39 in 4:32 of overtime! This Chicago team is one player or two players short of winning a Super Bowl and they proved today, they could play with anybody! The playoffs are brutal! Bears star Willie Gault touched the ball eight times for 485 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns, including a 100-yard touchdown return! Walter Payton rushed the ball 12 times for 91 yards with one touchdown. And Mike Ditka touched the ball four times for 54 yards with a touchdown! The Panthers lit it up in the first quarter but the Bears defense slowed them down in the second half. DeShaun Foster for the Panthers rushed for 126 yards in the first half rushing, but he was completely shut down and contained by the Chicago defense in the second half on some great moves by coach Paddy Brannigan for the Bears. Foster finished 14 for 134 yards rushing with two touchdowns, and Foster had another touchdown on a beautiful 65-yard touchdown reception for his third touchdown of the game. Greg Jones was masterful with seven touches for 346-all purpose yards, including a 100 yard kick return, but he too was slowed up in the second half. The game winner for the Panthers was Keary Colbert who came out of nowhere for Carolina. Colbert had three receptions for a whopping 148 yards with two touchdowns including a 68-yard touchdown play and the game winning 42 yard touchdown catch! Terrific playoff game! The Los Angeles Chargers (8-1) await the winner of the Panthers-Falcons NFC Championship Game! What a Super Bowl we're going to have!

Thank you so much for your kind words Chris! It's my job to man the Forum for the league at the moment, and I am trying to contribute as much as I can on behalf of the LIEFLIn O'C's absence, our league feels that the NEFGM is wonderful! It serves as a reminder of how great this game is and your innovation for the museum is something that Tudor should have thought of. Your contributions to the game of electric football have been admirable. Our work is just beginning! Levi

The reason why the LIEFL is shutting down is because Billy O'C is retiring and headed to his home in Florida next June. It has been a great league and vetted hard! O'C has to figure out what's next. We would love it if he let us keep the league running by keeping the teams, but he has other plans. As for the ITZ bases, I am pretty sure they sound like they could add to the LIEFL intense competition. Thank you for the education on ITZ. How much are the player bases? It would be a hard sell to match some of the players in our league. If they are superior baes, we have to try them, but so far the level of competition here has been terrific. Levi

Long Island EFL T O U R N A M E N T OF C H A M P I O N S WINSLOW SR., CHARGERS ROPE COLTS IN AFC CG! HEADED TO LIEFL SUPER BOWL XVIII! INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (8-1) VS LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (7-1) December 30, 2023. The AFC Championship Game between the Indianapolis Colts (8-1) who are coming off an uplifting win over the Miami Dolphins, and the Los Angeles Chargers (7-1), should give Coach Joe Bino all the motivation he needs to play the Chargers. Bino is all about football culture, and brining a coaching attitude to the grid. For today's game Bino coach decided that the Colts were so good yesterday that they are hard to ignore, so he decided to relief Bobby Biggs from any more coaching, and rather, he will coach the Colts himself against coach Ed Viggs Los Angeles Chargers. This is quite an AFC Championship Game matchup with some big stars in our league playing head-to-head. After what the Colts did to the Miami Dolphins, Bino needs to be able to take the next step against the best coach in the league, Ed Viggs, the master of preparation, and Viggs must prepare to somehow contain and stay ahead of Colts running back and LIEFL Offensive Player of the Year, Joseph Addai. Addai is on a huge streak! He will have the great blocking of LIEFL-All Pro Robert Mathis and Mike Curtis in front of him. The Colts have to come up big on defense today in what is expected to be a very tight game. Bobby Biggs was fine sitting on the sideline, although he wished he had an opportunity. Coach of Viggs is going with LaDainian Tomlinson to return the football, but he said that as the game develops he will adjust. Nobody knows what's up his sleeve for this game. The AFC Championship game is underway! The Chargers hit the field with an attitude on the opening kickoff with coach Viggs shaking things up on kick offs. Viggs switched things around a bit, giving other people a chance. LaDainian Tomlinson assumed the leadership responsibility of returning the opening kick off which he took back 36 yards. On first down, the Chargers exploded through the Colts defense for a 32 yard first down! The Colts stopped the Chargers on the next set of downs, but on second down it was lights out! Tomlinson exploded for 32 more yards into the end zone to give the Chargers the lead 7-0! The Colts are going to have to bring their best game against the Chargers, just like they did with Miami! On the Colts first kick return it was Joseph Addai who exploded 64 yards to the Chargers 36-yard line. On the very next play it was Addai who ran right through the gut of the Chargers defense and into the end zone for a 36-yard touchdown scamper to tie the score at 7-7, as the first quarter came to a close! On the Chargers next return, Viggs decided to switch up the returns by using Kellen Winslow Sr., This is Viggs using psychology again pressuring Bino to think. Winslow had just two receptions for a total 85 yards this season without a touchdown. So after a speedy 49 yard kick return by Winslow, LaDainian Tomlinson picked up where he let off on the Chargers first series. LT busted free on first down for a 26-yard first down! The Colts came up big stopping Tomlinson on second down. On third down Tomlinson burst through the line for a 25 yard touchdown run to give the Chargers the lead 14-7! Joseph Addai ran back a beautiful 53 yard kick return on the Colts next possession, and he nearly broke free for a hundred yard Sprint, but the Chargers are speedy. Lance Alworth tackled Addai from behind at the 53 yard line on a great tackle. On first down, Addai exploded for a 45-yard run to the Los Angeles seven yardline! What an electrifying play! One advantage Los Angeles might have is speed. They just seem to be invested in every play, but that's not going to brush aside the number one offensive player in the league in Joseph Addai. On second down, the Colts offense had a colossal collision with the Chargers but Addai snuck through the LA front three for his second touchdown of the game to tie the score 14-14, with 9:26 remaining in the first half of this AFC Championship Game. What a matchup! On Los Angeles next kick return they switched it up with Lance Alworth, but then Viggs changed his mind again. It is Kellen Winslow Sr., again as The return Man unpacked 71-yards on the kick return, giving the Chargers great field position at the 29-yard line of Indianapolis. The Colts defense buried the Chargers on the first two runs, and then on third down they did a great job holding off LaDainian Tomlinson again, forcing a fourth down pass play. On first down, Coach Viggs connected with Winslow Sr., who broke free at the 29-yard line and in for the score to give the Chargers the 21-14 lead over Indianapolis, with 2:14 remaining in the half! The Chargers are in full beast mode! Indianapolis need a second to regroup to try to slow the pace down. Joseph Addai returned the ball to the 46 yard line on the kick return. On first down, Bino went to the air connecting with receiver Marvin Harrison who broke Free at the 47-yard line of the Colts charging 46-yards downfield to the 8 yard line of Los Angeles! The Chargers called a timeout with 1:02 remaining in the half. What a play by Harrison! On first down, Raymond Berry broke Free from the 8-yard line. Bino hit him with a great pass to tie the score 21-21 with :53 seconds left in the half! The Chargers used their last time out of the first half. Los Angeles needs a huge play here to close the half! Indianapolis still has one time out left in the half if they need it. Unbelievable! This is why coach Viggs is a tremendous coach! Kellen Winslow Sr., found a way to squeak right through the center of the field for an absolutely incredible 100-yard kick return to give the Chargers the 28-21 lead, with 42 seconds remaining in the half and the Colts call a timeout, their last of the half! Wow! Winslow Sr., showing his starpower and the Chargers always seem to find the magic! This is a Chargers team who in 2018, made it to LIEFL Super Bowl XIV, losing to the Los Angeles Rams 31-28! They've won Wow! Out of nowhere Kellen Winslow Sr., suddenly becomes the star of the first half with that kick return! And this is why the Chargers are so good because of the huge playmakers they have who perform under immense pressure! Nobody is betting against the Colts in this situation. We saw what they did against Miami. HALFTIME On the ensuing kickoff to open the third quarter, Indianapolis switched it up a bit. Surprisingly, they handed the ball over to Marvin Harrison who ran a beautiful fast 60-yard kick return to the Los Angeles 40 yard line tackled by Chargers tackle, Corey Clark. On first down, Indy gave the ball back to Joseph Addai. Addai ran for three yards, but on second down Addai exploded around the left end into the end zone for his third touchdown of the game to tie the score at 28-28! Electrifying! And the third quarter has 10:35 remaining! Wow what a play! This is a game of elite plastic athletes all the way with great matchups! Either one of these teams would represent the AFC just fine in a Super Bowl. On the Chargers next kick return, it was Kellen Winslow Sr., again! The tight end buzzed the ball back 36-yards. On first down, LaDainian Tomlinson exploded for 47-yards bringing the ball to the 17 yard line of the Colts, but the Indianapolis defense kicked in big time! Linebacker Mike Curtis anchored the inside game with Robert Mathis on defense! On third down the Chargers had to air it out. With 2:35 remaining in the third quarter it was Kellen Winslow Sr., again, out of nowhere, connecting on a 24-yard touchdown pass to give the Chargers the lead 35-28! Unreal! They are going crazy here at the Nautical Mile in Freeport, NY! Joseph Addai isn't finished! He stormed back a clean speedy 45 yard kick return, and he was hit hard by LA linebacker Junior Seau. The pace of the game is not as fast as the Dolphins-Colts AFC DCG game, but the room is as loud! Ed Viggs is doing his work like a master and Bino is right there with him! The fourth quarter started at the Colts own 45-yard line with Joseph Addai in the backfield. On first down the Colts lost 10-yards when Chargers BIG lineman LIEFL-All Pro Earl Faison broke through the line and through Colts lineman Bubba Smith and Quentin Nelson double-blocking him. There's always criticism in any League, and the criticism of the Indianapolis Colts in this game before it started of course came from our host Johnny-Freeport who said that Bino won't finish with a win. No comments here. On second down, it was Faison again who exploded through Quinton Nelson, tackling Addai in the backfield for another 10 yard loss. And the Colts have to get to the Chargers 45 yard line for a first down after losing 20 yards. Right now the Colts at their own 25 and they're forced to go up in the air. What a play! Bino hit Addai on a 36-yard first down pass! Exactly what Indy needed, as they bring the ball to the Chargers 39-yard line with 10:24 remaining in the game! On first down the Chargers defense stuffed the Colts again. But on second down, Joseph Addai busted through to the Chargers 35 yard line! One play later, Addai broke free for a beautiful 24-yard first down to the 11-yard line of LA, with 5:26 remaining in the game! The Colts have to tie this game and Bino is trying to kill the clock to keep the ball out of the hands of the quadruple threat that the Chargers have. Another unbelievable play by Joseph Addai! Addai ran right over Lance Alworth for a 7-yard touchdown run to tie the score at 35-35, with 236 remaining in the game! What a stunning kick return by Kellen Winslow Sr., who returned his second 100-yard touchdown of the game, and this one was unbelievable! He blazed right through the left side of the field and made it look easy as the placed goes wild! The Chargers take the lead 42-35 in a tremendous AFC Championship Game! The Colts took their first time out of the second half with 1:15 remaining in the game. Kellen Winslow Sr., saw not a single kick return this season. Coach Viggs always has his master plan, and this time under the pressure of the AFC CG! Electric football is a work of art for him! What a play! Back to the 1:15 remaining in the game. Indy speedy return man Marvin Harrison, ran back a stunner 72-yards to the 28-yard line of the Chargers, and the Colts call their last time out with :46 seconds remaining in the game. With the game on the line, Marvin Harrison breaks free from Chuck Muncie at the 28th and in for the touchdown on a great pass by Joe Bino to tie the score at 42-42, with 36 seconds left, and the LA Chargers call their first time out! What a game! It will be so hard to watch either of these teams lose! Amazing on the last kick return of the game Kellen Winslow Sr., blew the doors off the Colts defense by running a 58-yard return. The Chargers let the clock run down. They still had one timeout remaining, but they decided to kick the 42 yard field goal to win the game 45-42! The Los Angeles Chargers (8-1) are going to the Super Bowl again! What a heartbreak for the Colts! The Indianapolis Colts had a great tournament! They just came up short of time, and could that be because Bino might have been a little selfish? How would Bobby Biggs have played against coach Viggs in this game? We will never know. Indy has not a thing to be ashamed of, they played hard! It's official the AFC Championship game MVP goes to Kellen Winslow Sr., Winslow had eight touches for 467-yards, with four touchdowns, including two 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns! The Chargers played a phenomenal game. Every year they are in the mix, but this might be their strongest team yet. What Kellen Winslow Sr., did today earned him the AFC Championship Game MVP Trophy! The way Coach Ed Viggs executed, pulling off this surprise player to rise to the level of the game is nothing short of sensational. Bino was outgunned! Viggs said, "Bino's Colts are one tough team. In this game, you can't be afraid to take risks. My element of surprise was KW! He did all the damage in this game. It really opened eyes and hats off to the Colts who played a hell of a football game and let's not forget what Marvin Harrison. He was silent but deadly just like Winslow. Two great players! The Chargers are going to the Super Bowl!" It's unbelievable that Lance Alworth didn't touch the ball a single time today and he was their main kick return guy all year, but Viggs knew better than we did. It's unbelievable what he did. LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 163-yards with two touchdowns, and his Chargers offensive barrage! Let's not forget Joseph Addai. Addai had 12 carries for 168 rushing yards, with four touchdowns, but he also had four kick returns for 241 yards totaling 17 touches for 445 all purpose yards, with four touchdowns! Marvin Harrison played a beautiful game with four touches for 206 yards and a touchdown as the Colts totaled 22 touches for 659 all purpose yards with six touchdowns!

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This is awesome! Love the details in the brackets and still looking at your innovation. How many games do these teams play? Standings? Stats etc? Levi

Agreed Terry! There should never be a doubt as to the HOF Players are. They are the go-to guys that shake and make the game what it is. Those are the guys we can brag about to people who know nothing about electric football. They are distinctive members of an elite team or those who are playmakers and game changers! in the LIEFL it is the coaches who make the choices. We have a very organized way of doing things. Levi!