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USFFL - Super Bowl IX - (2008)
Washington - 20 Pittsburgh - 13
Redskins end their Magic Carpet Ride season with a tough victory against the Steelers. It was Washington's defense which won this one like it did against the Vikings in the NFC Championship Game. The game was a tough defensive struggle and it was THREE big Ben Roethlisberger turnovers which decided this game. Otherwise, Pittsburgh's defense completely shut-down the injury riddled Washington offense. Already without Randle-El due to injury, Santana Moss was knocked coo-coo mid-way through Quarter One through the first half. Ever with Moss it was still very difficult to move against the Steel Curtain and Scott, who called a great game.
The first Big Ben turnover was a long pass interception which was returned 77 yards for a TD by DeAngelo Hall at the end of the 1st Quarter. Immediately afterwards on Pitt's next possession, Big Ben threw another interception on a look-in-pass. The Redskins ultimately settled for a FG to make the score 10-0. Pittsburgh then put together its best drive of the night on its next possession. The Steelers go 68 yards on five plays and get the TD on a 11 yard TD pass by Hines Ward. With 1:15 left in the half Suisham's 37 yard FG made it 13-7, but then Pitt's special teams came up with a big play. After being held to a three and out the Steelers punt with 16 seconds left but Antwaan Randle-El has the ball jarred loose and the Steelers recover at the Redskins 22 with 8 seconds left in the half. Reed trots out and kicks the 39 yard FG to make the score 13-10 Redskins at halftime.
The second half was just as defensive oriented as the first. Both defenses dominate as the Third Quarter is scoreless. Then Big Ben makes the third big turnover of the night. On 3rd and 4 on the Pitt 13 Big Ben fumbles the snap and London Fletcher recovers. Several plays later Clinton Portis runs around right end for the 3 yard TD run to put Washington up 20-10. The Steelers made a comeback attempt but the clock was not friendly. The Steelers did move the ball 68 yards on 9 plays with 2:06 left and kicked a 45 yard FG with 45 seconds left. The onside kick was recovered by Washington and Campbell took the knee to end the game.
If not for the three turnovers Washington would have only scored three points and the victory very well could have went to the med in black and gold!
It was a fun season coaching this team, and many thanks to David who chipped in when I was away and did a great job. ¶ 6:02 AM 0 comments links to this post
Redskins end their Magic Carpet Ride season with a tough victory against the Steelers. It was Washington's defense which won this one like it did against the Vikings in the NFC Championship Game. The game was a tough defensive struggle and it was THREE big Ben Roethlisberger turnovers which decided this game. Otherwise, Pittsburgh's defense completely shut-down the injury riddled Washington offense. Already without Randle-El due to injury, Santana Moss was knocked coo-coo mid-way through Quarter One through the first half. Ever with Moss it was still very difficult to move against the Steel Curtain and Scott, who called a great game.
The first Big Ben turnover was a long pass interception which was returned 77 yards for a TD by DeAngelo Hall at the end of the 1st Quarter. Immediately afterwards on Pitt's next possession, Big Ben threw another interception on a look-in-pass. The Redskins ultimately settled for a FG to make the score 10-0. Pittsburgh then put together its best drive of the night on its next possession. The Steelers go 68 yards on five plays and get the TD on a 11 yard TD pass by Hines Ward. With 1:15 left in the half Suisham's 37 yard FG made it 13-7, but then Pitt's special teams came up with a big play. After being held to a three and out the Steelers punt with 16 seconds left but Antwaan Randle-El has the ball jarred loose and the Steelers recover at the Redskins 22 with 8 seconds left in the half. Reed trots out and kicks the 39 yard FG to make the score 13-10 Redskins at halftime.
The second half was just as defensive oriented as the first. Both defenses dominate as the Third Quarter is scoreless. Then Big Ben makes the third big turnover of the night. On 3rd and 4 on the Pitt 13 Big Ben fumbles the snap and London Fletcher recovers. Several plays later Clinton Portis runs around right end for the 3 yard TD run to put Washington up 20-10. The Steelers made a comeback attempt but the clock was not friendly. The Steelers did move the ball 68 yards on 9 plays with 2:06 left and kicked a 45 yard FG with 45 seconds left. The onside kick was recovered by Washington and Campbell took the knee to end the game.
If not for the three turnovers Washington would have only scored three points and the victory very well could have went to the med in black and gold!
It was a fun season coaching this team, and many thanks to David who chipped in when I was away and did a great job. ¶ 6:02 AM 0 comments links to this post
November 26, 2009
USFHL - Malkin scores 6 goals in a game!
Evgeni Malkin scores 6 goals for Vancouver in a game versus Parris Island in Vancouver.
Trailing 2-0 after the 1st period intermission, Vancouver's Evgeni Malkin took the game over.
He scored 4 times in the 2nd period and then scored twice in the 3rd period. Two of his six goals were on the PP. Vancouver cruised to an easy 10-2 victory.
http://usfleagues.net/blog/PARvsVAN20081111.txt ¶ 9:24 AM 0 comments links to this post
Trailing 2-0 after the 1st period intermission, Vancouver's Evgeni Malkin took the game over.
He scored 4 times in the 2nd period and then scored twice in the 3rd period. Two of his six goals were on the PP. Vancouver cruised to an easy 10-2 victory.
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September 25, 2009
USFBL - 2008 - 26 Inning Game!
Chris Sampson went 3 strong innings and Scott Hairston cracked a homer as the Gatineau Knicks defeated the Lewiston Sea Dogs in 26 innings 6 to 5 at Yankee Stadium.
The score was knotted at 3 after nine innings. Gatineau won the game in the 26th inning. Mark Teixeira drew a walk. Carl Crawford was next and he delivered a base-hit. After an out was recorded, Alberto Callaspo stepped up to the plate and he laced a one-base hit making Gatineau victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd. Lewiston had 22 hits in the game while Gatineau had 19, but Gatineau had the more timely hits.
The victory went to Brian Moehler(7-10) who went 3 innings, allowing 1 run. Chan Ho Park(3-5) was hit with the loss in relief. He allowed 12 hits and 4 walks in 13 and 1/3 innings.
http://usfleagues.net/blog/BOX09132008LEWATGAT.txt ¶ 6:59 PM 0 comments links to this post
The score was knotted at 3 after nine innings. Gatineau won the game in the 26th inning. Mark Teixeira drew a walk. Carl Crawford was next and he delivered a base-hit. After an out was recorded, Alberto Callaspo stepped up to the plate and he laced a one-base hit making Gatineau victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd. Lewiston had 22 hits in the game while Gatineau had 19, but Gatineau had the more timely hits.
The victory went to Brian Moehler(7-10) who went 3 innings, allowing 1 run. Chan Ho Park(3-5) was hit with the loss in relief. He allowed 12 hits and 4 walks in 13 and 1/3 innings.
http://usfleagues.net/blog/BOX09132008LEWATGAT.txt ¶ 6:59 PM 0 comments links to this post
July 24, 2009
USFBL - 2008 - 10th No-Hitter!
I played this game nearly 24 hours after Mark Buerhle tossed the 18th perfect game in MLB history. I thought to myself, "Self, it would be pretty crazy if virtual Buerhle could match real-life Buerhle..."
Pitching for the Mississippi Delta Blues, going against the Mudville Nine, he nearly matched himself, retiring the first 26 batters he faced.
He walked pinch-hitter Chone Figgins to spoil the perfecto, but got the 28th man, Jose Reyes to ground out to short to finish off the no-hitter. I couldn't believe how fast my heart was beating once the game got into the 7th inning...
Harvey Couch
GM Mississippi Delta Blues
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Pitching for the Mississippi Delta Blues, going against the Mudville Nine, he nearly matched himself, retiring the first 26 batters he faced.
He walked pinch-hitter Chone Figgins to spoil the perfecto, but got the 28th man, Jose Reyes to ground out to short to finish off the no-hitter. I couldn't believe how fast my heart was beating once the game got into the 7th inning...
Harvey Couch
GM Mississippi Delta Blues
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May 17, 2009
USFFL - Super Bowl VIII - (2007)
In a Super Bowl that will go down in USFFL history the Patriots pulled out a nail biter on a last second 51 yard Gostkowski FG to deny the Seahawks and Dennis (Lombardi) Crowley of a three peat.
Recap below; Dennis, as would be expected, coached a great game and maximized his team's abilities after losing Shaun Alexander early in the game. The Seahawks were able to run the ball throughout the game as both Morris and Weaver played well and they also contained NE's running game despite constant double teaming of Moss and Welker. However, NE avoided the turnover and had zero penalties. Both teams had a kick return for a TD and TOP ended up relatively even. All said, quite a game - I am glad we can turn now to a more docile SOM baseball season.
Q1: Seattle takes opening drive 86 yards in 12 plays, converting multiple third downs and ending with a Leonard Weaver 7 yard run to go up 7-0. NE responds by going 60 yards in 4+ minutes to even things up on a Brady to Moss dump-off to tie things up, 7-7. Both teams then trade punts and the quarter ends, 7-7.
Q2: Seahawks drive deep into NE territory and settle for a short Josh Brown field goal to retake the lead, 10-7. Pats answer quickly with a short field goal of their own to knot game at 10. Seattle continues to mix up their offense and eat up over 5 minutes of clock; drive stalls out but Brown converts his second FG and Seattle moves ahead 13-10. Ensuing kickoff is 2 yards deep into endzone but Willie Andrews brings it to the house pushing Patriots back on top, 17-13 with under 2 minutes to go in half. Seattle again has double digit play drive against swiss cheese NE defense, ending in a 48 yarder from Brown to close the half, 17-16, New England.
Q3: Pats go quickly three and out to open third quarter. Morris then coughs up a fumble deep in Seahawk territory; the D stiffens but Gostkowski converts a 32 yarder and Pats lead 20-16. Seahawks respond like defending champs with a 5 play, 80 yard drive culminating with a Weaver 5 yard scamper. Patriots quickly forced to punt as Brady loses his aim and Nate Burleson brings it back 83 yards to put the Seattle squad up, 30-20. Pats suck it up and put together a 76 yard drive that ends with Brady hitting Maroney in the back of the end zone with a 12 yard pass, 30-27 Seahawks at the end of 3.
Q4: Seattle fumbles on the first play from scrimmage to start the 4th and NE takes advantage with a Brady to Brady 3 yard toss to go ahead, 34-30. Seattle burns over 6 minutes on 15 plays, driving to the NE 2, but has to settle for a short FG from Brown to cut the lead to one, 34-33. Patriots come back with an impressive 10 play drive, on a 3rd down red zone call Brady again finds Maroney for a TD strike and the XP pushes lead to 41-33 with 1:30 remaining and Seattle down to one timeout. On the first play of the drive Leonard Weaver fumbles after a short gain, he then picks up his fumble and goes 63 yards down to the NE two as the (premature) New Hampshire partying comes to an end. Engram gets wide open on the next play and Hasselback finds him to close the gap to 41-39. Mack Strong goes around the end for a two point conversion with 45 seconds left to even the square again, at 41 all. Following the kickoff Patriots start at their 36 and spread the field over 6 plays getting down to the 34 with one tick left. Gostkowski is only good on "2" from this range but NE elects to kick; the random FG rule again takes effect and the kick is good from 51 yards out as the clock expires, Patriots 44-41. After the AFC championship game and this game it is time for a cold beer. ¶ 7:43 PM 0 comments links to this post
Recap below; Dennis, as would be expected, coached a great game and maximized his team's abilities after losing Shaun Alexander early in the game. The Seahawks were able to run the ball throughout the game as both Morris and Weaver played well and they also contained NE's running game despite constant double teaming of Moss and Welker. However, NE avoided the turnover and had zero penalties. Both teams had a kick return for a TD and TOP ended up relatively even. All said, quite a game - I am glad we can turn now to a more docile SOM baseball season.
Q1: Seattle takes opening drive 86 yards in 12 plays, converting multiple third downs and ending with a Leonard Weaver 7 yard run to go up 7-0. NE responds by going 60 yards in 4+ minutes to even things up on a Brady to Moss dump-off to tie things up, 7-7. Both teams then trade punts and the quarter ends, 7-7.
Q2: Seahawks drive deep into NE territory and settle for a short Josh Brown field goal to retake the lead, 10-7. Pats answer quickly with a short field goal of their own to knot game at 10. Seattle continues to mix up their offense and eat up over 5 minutes of clock; drive stalls out but Brown converts his second FG and Seattle moves ahead 13-10. Ensuing kickoff is 2 yards deep into endzone but Willie Andrews brings it to the house pushing Patriots back on top, 17-13 with under 2 minutes to go in half. Seattle again has double digit play drive against swiss cheese NE defense, ending in a 48 yarder from Brown to close the half, 17-16, New England.
Q3: Pats go quickly three and out to open third quarter. Morris then coughs up a fumble deep in Seahawk territory; the D stiffens but Gostkowski converts a 32 yarder and Pats lead 20-16. Seahawks respond like defending champs with a 5 play, 80 yard drive culminating with a Weaver 5 yard scamper. Patriots quickly forced to punt as Brady loses his aim and Nate Burleson brings it back 83 yards to put the Seattle squad up, 30-20. Pats suck it up and put together a 76 yard drive that ends with Brady hitting Maroney in the back of the end zone with a 12 yard pass, 30-27 Seahawks at the end of 3.
Q4: Seattle fumbles on the first play from scrimmage to start the 4th and NE takes advantage with a Brady to Brady 3 yard toss to go ahead, 34-30. Seattle burns over 6 minutes on 15 plays, driving to the NE 2, but has to settle for a short FG from Brown to cut the lead to one, 34-33. Patriots come back with an impressive 10 play drive, on a 3rd down red zone call Brady again finds Maroney for a TD strike and the XP pushes lead to 41-33 with 1:30 remaining and Seattle down to one timeout. On the first play of the drive Leonard Weaver fumbles after a short gain, he then picks up his fumble and goes 63 yards down to the NE two as the (premature) New Hampshire partying comes to an end. Engram gets wide open on the next play and Hasselback finds him to close the gap to 41-39. Mack Strong goes around the end for a two point conversion with 45 seconds left to even the square again, at 41 all. Following the kickoff Patriots start at their 36 and spread the field over 6 plays getting down to the 34 with one tick left. Gostkowski is only good on "2" from this range but NE elects to kick; the random FG rule again takes effect and the kick is good from 51 yards out as the clock expires, Patriots 44-41. After the AFC championship game and this game it is time for a cold beer. ¶ 7:43 PM 0 comments links to this post
August 24, 2008
USFBL - Barry Bonds hits 4 HRs in a game!
http://usfleagues.net/blog/7wes@bhb1.txt
Barry Bonds smashed 4 homeruns and had 6 RBI as the Vancouver Vampires destroyed the lifeless Bell Heights Badgers by a score of 13 to 1 at RFK STADIUM.
Bonds had a great evening at the plate. He banged out a single in the 1st inning, lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 3rd inning, cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 4th inning, delivered a solo blast in the 6th inning and ripped a solo home run (his 36th of the season)in the 7th inning. Bonds also ended up the game on the on deck circle, so he would have had a chance for 5. Vancouver out-hit Bell Heights for the game, 17 hits to 4.
The victory went to Dave Bush(14-12) who went 5 innings, allowing 1 run. Gavin Floyd(0-4) ended up with the loss. He was knocked around, surrendering 3runs in 2 innings.
Bonds was jubilant after the game 'Let me see a box-score' he joked, 'I want to see how that game looks on paper.' ¶ 3:10 PM 0 comments links to this post
Barry Bonds smashed 4 homeruns and had 6 RBI as the Vancouver Vampires destroyed the lifeless Bell Heights Badgers by a score of 13 to 1 at RFK STADIUM.
Bonds had a great evening at the plate. He banged out a single in the 1st inning, lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 3rd inning, cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 4th inning, delivered a solo blast in the 6th inning and ripped a solo home run (his 36th of the season)in the 7th inning. Bonds also ended up the game on the on deck circle, so he would have had a chance for 5. Vancouver out-hit Bell Heights for the game, 17 hits to 4.
The victory went to Dave Bush(14-12) who went 5 innings, allowing 1 run. Gavin Floyd(0-4) ended up with the loss. He was knocked around, surrendering 3runs in 2 innings.
Bonds was jubilant after the game 'Let me see a box-score' he joked, 'I want to see how that game looks on paper.' ¶ 3:10 PM 0 comments links to this post
July 21, 2008
USFBL - Tony Clark has a 4 HR game!
http://usfleagues.net/blog/BLK5TOP@WORG2JUL222007.txt
First baseman Tony Clark launched 4 HRs and had 6 RBI at Busch Stadium as the Topeka Tornado beat the Woodbridge Rattlers by the count of 10 to 2.
Clark propelled Topeka to victory. He blasted a two-run home run in the 1st inning, lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 5th inning, smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' in the 7th inning and smashed a solo-shot out of the park (his 16th of the season) in the 9th inning.
Jeff Weaver(4-6) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 6 innings. LivanHernandez(1-4) was the loser. He served up 3 homeruns in his 4 and 2/3innings. ¶ 6:57 PM 1 comments links to this post
First baseman Tony Clark launched 4 HRs and had 6 RBI at Busch Stadium as the Topeka Tornado beat the Woodbridge Rattlers by the count of 10 to 2.
Clark propelled Topeka to victory. He blasted a two-run home run in the 1st inning, lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 5th inning, smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' in the 7th inning and smashed a solo-shot out of the park (his 16th of the season) in the 9th inning.
Jeff Weaver(4-6) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 6 innings. LivanHernandez(1-4) was the loser. He served up 3 homeruns in his 4 and 2/3innings. ¶ 6:57 PM 1 comments links to this post
