2006 NFA (3-18) Wildcard League News Update

Here's this weeks Wildcard Recap along with projections for the Divisional Playoff round. Here are the Wildcard games...

Bar Harbor Captains at West Virginia Wizards
38 to 7
Kentucky Stallions at Wyoming Wildcats
35 to 32
Atlantic Tide at Puerto Rico Piranhas
10 to 27
Dakota Vipers at Mexico Bulls
7 to 21

Talk about some upsets. I at least thought the Capatins would make it a close game, but I never expected them to beat West Virginia like this. They looked like Yukon out there and they were defenitely bringing some of their best stuff. I'm also suprised Wyoming lost, I was expecting better things from them, but at least it was a close game. Speaking as the owner of the team that's always played huge games against the Tide every year in the playoffs I'm happy to say they lost to a team that's not even based in the United States. What it pretty much came down to in my opinion is the Tide's lack of a good QB, everything else works pretty well for them. I was also suprsied that Dakota went down so easily; especially to a team like the Bulls. After those Wildcard results, here's the matchup for the Divisional Playoff round...

Bar Harbor Captains at Yukon Yeti
Mexico Bulls at Boston Liberty
Puerto Rico Piranhas at Carson City Comets
Kentucky Stallions at Madison Timberwolves

First game is Bar Harbor at Yukon... wow that just makes me shiver, this is going to be one of the most intense games in the NFA to this point. After Bar Harbor's recent preformance against the Wizards and Yukon's recent preformance in their last game of the season I have to say that Bar Harbor has a realistic chance at an absolutely huge upset. A big factor to keep an eye on for this one is the fact that Yukon's HB; Tim Peterson will be playing, he's not fully healed, but Yukon coaches confirmed that he will start. Well the running game never seems to be a big factor in games between these two teams, Peterson will also open up more passing opertunities for Mathis (who now holds the record for most touchdown passes in a single season). Bar Harbor now has a fully healed Darren Poole to play at QB and the rest of their team is looking good, expect this to be an insanely intense game. Mexico heads to Boston to face the very powerful Liberty in what is a rematch of week 8. The Liberty hammered Mexico that time, but this time the playoffs are running, and teams will do mostly anything to win. I expect this one to at least be somewhat close with the Liberty probably coming out on top. For the next one; Puerto Rico at Carson City I expect Carson City to take this one. I know Puerto Rico took down the Tide, but I just don't think it'll last with Carson City's powerful defense and great running game. Carson City also has the one thing the Tide didn't; a great QB (Charlie Joyce). I fully expect Carson City to maxamize their potential in this playoff game and I predict that they will continue to the AFC Conference Championship. Kentucky at Madison seems apparent that the Timberwolves will win, because last year they took out the Liberty in this same game on the road. However, even though this is the case I'm not completely sure that Madison's defense can handle the Stallions' offense. I'm still predicting Madison, but this could certainly go either way. Game to watch for sure is Captains at Yeti, but this is the playoffs, so watch them all.

2006 NFA ProBowl

Here's the rosters for the NFA ProBowl teams this year...

AFC QB:
Torry Mathis (Yukon Yeti)
Dre Thomas (West Virginia Wizards)
Marc Madison (Oklahoma Twisters)
HB:
Carl Bird (West Virginia Wizards)
Will Reynolds (Carson City Comets)
Antonie Page (Oklahoma Twisters)
FB:
Andrew Cook (Carson City Comets)
Trevor Dunbar (Hawaii Warriors)
WR:
T.J. Oliver (Yukon Yeti)
Mack Pleasant (Yukon Yeti)
Alfred Lewis (Portland Flyers)
Andre Edwards (Oklahoma Twisters)
Jake Kramer (West Virginia Wizards)
Richard Brooks (West Virginia Wizards)
TE:
Kendrick Doss (Bar Harbor Captains)
Jim Hendricks (Spokane Ospreys)
Grant Perry (Atlantic Tide)
LT:Bam Taylor (Yukon Yeti)
D'Wayne Woodson (Lincoln Tribe)
RT:
Solomon Page (Carson City Comets)
Roger Payne (Yukon Yeti)
LG:
Adrian Millard (Atlantic Tide)
Fernando Fong (Lincoln Tribe)
Gary Hoover (Atlantic Tide)
RG:
Percy Forrest (Atlantic Tide)
C:
Chuck Renick (Oklahoma Twisters)
Chuckie Perry (Little Rock Crocs)
RE:
O.J. Glenn (Little Rock Crocs)
LE:
Chuck Heyward (Atlantic Tide)
Dee Nelson (Puerto Rico Piranhas)
Brandon Roberts (Yukon Yeti)
DT:Fred Triplett (Carson City Comets)
Michael Turk (Spokane Ospreys)
George Lott (Salt Lake Scorpions)
LOLB:
Kevin Hilton (Little Rock Crocs)
ROLB:
Neal Farr (Montana Grizzlies)
Tim Wiley (Puerto Rico Piranhas)
Russell Duncan (Atlantic Tide)
MLB:
Michael Eubanks (Oklahoma Twisters)
Benjamin Ortiz (Atlantic Tide)
CB:
Ted Watts (Yukon Yeti)
Rich Francis (Yukon Yeti)
Darick Miller (Concord Hawks)
Pete Harris (West Virginia Wizards)
FS:
Amos Lewis (West Virginia Wizards)
Jon Hitchcock (Puerto Rico Piranhas)
SS:
Brain Herman (Lincoln Tribe)
Thomas Williams (Carson City Comets)
K:
Shevin Thomas (Carson City Comets)
P:
Zack Andrews (Puerto Rico Piranhas)
KR:
Jared Shelton (CB, Atlantic Tide)
Tyrone Sparks (CB, Oklahoma Twisters)

NFC QB:
Corey Maguire (Boise Bison)
Scott Lyons (Tucson Kings)
Jon Austin (Kentucky Stallions)
HB:
Josh Page (Boston Liberty)
Terrance Griffith (Springfield Knights)
Chauncey Butler (Wyoming Wildcats)
FB:
Jake Crankshaw (Boston Liberty)
Terrell Jones (Kentucky Stallions)
WR:
Dee Kirby (Boise Bison)
Scott Galloway (Dover Deer)
Raymond Clay (Topeka Oilers)
Tony Adkins (Kentucky Stallions)
Billy Madden (Wyoming Wildcats)
Rocco Carter (Kentucky Stallions)
TE:
Terrell Taylor (Tucson Kings)
Ben Fletcher (Kentucky Stallions)
Mike Holland (Wyoming Wildcats)
RT:
Marcus Schultz (Boston Liberty)
Omar Wooden (Dakota Vipers)
Wendell Thomas (Kentucky Stallions)
Tyrone Stokes (Dover Deer)
RG:
Howard Jones (Kentucky Stallions)
Bob Hallen (Iowa Rangers)
LG:
Jared Andrews (Boston Liberty)
Alvin Brown (Springfield Knights)
C:
Tom Cox (Boston Liberty)
Ike Green (Dakota Vipers)
LE:
Ken Martin (Boston Liberty)
RE:
Anthony Reeves (Dover Deer)
Ryan Hartley (Iowa Rangers)
Onterrio Hewitt (Mexico Bulls)
DT:
LaBron Jeffries (Boston Liberty)
Ryan Gaines (Kentucky Stallions)
Ethan Carlton (Jackson Dragons)
ROLB:
Carnell Thomas (Wyoming Wildcats)
LOLB:
Adam Westbrook (Dakota Vipers)
Phillip O'Neal (Boise Bison)
Lake Campbell (Edmonton Beavers)
MLB:
Mike Mickens (Wyoming Wildcats)
Roland Smith (Madison Timberwolves)
CB:
Fred Price (Mexico Bulls)
Steve McGwire (Dover Deer)
Carnell Pickens (Dakota Vipers)
Roberty Lawton (Springfield Knights)
FS:
Chad Norman (Kentucky Stallions)
Joel Jackson (Madison Timberwolves)
SS:
Nate Otto (Boston Liberty)
Anthony McKinnie (Springfield Knights)
K:
Byron Hayden (Boston Liberty)
P:
Ken Nelson (Boston Liberty)
KR:
Omar Abraham (CB, Kentucky Stallions)
Zeke Schroeder (CB, Madison Timberwolves)

2006 NFA Awards

Here's the awards for the 2006 NFA season...

MVP: Torry Mathis (QB, Yukon Yeti)
Offensive Player: Torry Mathis (QB, Yukon Yeti)
Defensive Player: Ted Watts (CB, Yukon Yeti)
Offensive Rookie: Luther Hodges (HB, Bar Harbor Captains)
Defensive Rookie: Vernon Harrison (ROLB, Hartford Lightning)
Best QB: Torry Mathis (QB, Yukon Yeti)
Best RB: Josh Page (HB, Boston Liberty)
Best WR: Mack Pleasant (WR, Yukon Yeti)
Best OL: Tom Cox (C, Boston Liberty)
Best DL: LaBron Jeffries (DT, Boston Liberty)
Best LB: Tim Wiley (ROLB, Puerto Rico Piranhas)
Best DB: Ted Watts (CB, Yukon Yeti)
Best Kicker: Dwayne Payton (K, Bar Harbor Captains)
Coach: Bill Cowher (HC, Yukon Yeti)

2006 Season Recap

Today I bring you every team's record for the 2006 NFA season. Shortly after I'll also be writing up about the pro bowl, the awards, and the playoffs. Here's the records for the 2006 NFA season (playoff teams have a *)...

AFC North

Yukon Yeti 16-0*
Bar Harbor Captains 10-6*
Lincoln Tribe 8-8
Montana Grizzlies 6-10

AFC South

Puerto Rico Piranhas 11-5*
Oaklahoma Twisters 10-6
Hawaii Warriors 6-10
Salt Lake Scorpions 4-12

AFC East

West Virginia Wizards 12-4*
Atlantic Tide 10-6*
Concord Hawks 7-9
Hartford Lightning 5-11

AFC West

Carson City Comets 12-4*
Spokane Ospreys 7-9
Little Rock Crocs 5-11
Portland Flyers 3-13

NFC North

Madison Timberwolves 11-5*
Dakota Vipers 11-5*
Springfield Knights 7-9
Edmonton Beavers 2-14

NFC South

Mexico Bulls 9-7*
Topeka Oilers 7-9
Tiburon Sharks 6-10
Jackson Dragons 5-11

NFC East

Boston Liberty 15-1*
Kentucky Stallions 9-6-1*
Dover Deer 8-7-1
Iowa Rangers 4-12

NFC West

Wyoming Wildcats 10-6*
Tucson Kings 8-8
Boise Bison 8-8
Santa Fe Bandits 3-13