2013 Crawford 24 - 2013 Las Vegas 29

The new season of the FFL (Strat-O-Matic Football league) has kicked off and the Scumdogs have put their first game in the bag which was a surprising win.  This game took a lot of luck, a little skill and then a whole lot more luck. With penalties favoring the Scumdogs the turnovers were not in their favor. Tom Brady threw 3 interceptions, not only in the Red Zone but also, In the End Zone. Game #2 being played tonight, can the Scumdogs overcome Maine and the Peyton Manning Express? 2013 Crawford 24, 2013 Las Vegas 29
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2013 Crawford	0	14	0	10	0	24
2013 Las Vegas	3	17	3	6	0	29

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Team	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	3:54	2013 Las Vegas	A.Vinatieri 21 yd. field goal	3-0 LVS
2	10:48	2013 Las Vegas	A.Brown 24 yd. pass from T.Brady (A.Vinatieri kick)	10-0 LVS
2	8:42	2013 Crawford	C.Fleener 6 yd. pass from A.Dalton (M.Bryant kick)	10-7 LVS
2	8:24	2013 Crawford	J.Hankins 21 yd. intercept (M.Bryant kick)	14-10 CRA
2	2:42	2013 Las Vegas	A.Vinatieri 43 yd. field goal	14-13 CRA
2	0:52	2013 Las Vegas	A.Brown 22 yd. pass from T.Brady (A.Vinatieri kick)	20-14 LVS
3	4:30	2013 Las Vegas	A.Vinatieri 21 yd. field goal	23-14 LVS
4	13:48	2013 Crawford	M.Bryant 36 yd. field goal	23-17 LVS
4	3:00	2013 Crawford	S.Jackson 5 yd. run (M.Bryant kick)	24-23 CRA
4	2:42	2013 Las Vegas	C.Spiller 80 yd. run (Pass failed)	29-24 LVS

Other Highlights
Qtr	Clock	Team	Event	Player	Yards
1	9:54	2013 Crawford	Missed Field Goal	Matt Bryant	48
1	6:54	2013 Las Vegas	Intercept	Desmond Trufant	12
2	14:42	2013 Crawford	Fumble	Alfred Morris
2	13:48	2013 Crawford	QBSack	Jason Worilds	-5
2	13:12	2013 Crawford	Missed Field Goal	Matt Bryant	53
2	11:06	2013 Las Vegas	Intercept	Desmond Trufant	25
2	9:54	2013 Crawford	Pass	Coby Fleener	47
2	1:07	2013 Las Vegas	Pass	C.J. Spiller	66
2	0:37	2013 Crawford	QBSack	Adrian Clayborn	-9
3	10:48	2013 Las Vegas	QBSack	Gerald McCoy	-7
3	9:54	2013 Crawford	Intercept	Jarvis Jones	0
3	7:48	2013 Las Vegas	Advance	Glover Quin	41
4	11:24	2013 Las Vegas	Pass	David Johnson	54
4	10:48	2013 Crawford	Intercept	Eric Weddle	0
4	6:54	2013 Crawford	Intercept	Jim Leonhard	0
4	5:06	2013 Las Vegas	Fumble	Antonio Brown
4	0:45	2013 Las Vegas	Intercept	Glover Quin	10

Team Statistics
	2013 Crawford	2013 Las Vegas
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	4-12-0-16	4-10-3-17
Third Down Efficiency	5-16-31%	5-13-38%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-2-50%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	17-21-81%	6-28-21%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	326-67-4.9	406-57-7.1
Total Net Yards Rushing	81	128
Total Rushes	24	23
Average Per Rush	3.4	5.6
Passes Completed/Attempted	25/41 (61.0%)	16/33 (48.5%)
Net Yards Passing	245	278
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.3	8.6
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/14	1/7
Punts/Average	5/49.8	2/55.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	0/0	3/14
Kickoffs/Returns	6/126	1/17
Interceptions/Returns	4/21	3/47
Penalties/Yards	12/89	2/10
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	4/2
Time of Possession	31 mins 30 secs	28 mins 30 secs
Average Drive Start	CRA 22	LVS 39

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2013 Crawford
Andy Dalton	41	25	259	61.0	6.3	1	2.4	3	7.3	47	2/14	56.9
2013 Las Vegas
Tom Brady	33	16	285	48.5	8.6	2	6.1	4	12.1	66	1/7	59.1

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2013 Crawford
Alfred Morris	15	57	3.8	26	0	0	1/1
Steven Jackson	7	15	2.1	5	1	0	0/0
Andy Dalton	1	7	7.0	7	0	0	0/0
Will Johnson	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0
2013 Las Vegas
C.J. Spiller	10	108	10.8	80	1	0	1/0
Knowshon Moreno	9	19	2.1	7	0	0	0/0
Tom Brady	3	-1	-0.3	1	0	0	0/0
Maurice Jones-Drew	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2013 Crawford
Coby Fleener	6	87	14.5	47	1	0
Larry Fitzgerald	5	49	9.8	13	0	0
Steven Jackson	5	50	10.0	15	0	0
Heath Miller	5	38	7.6	13	0	0
Jeremy Kerley	3	22	7.3	12	0	0
Ace Sanders	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
2013 Las Vegas
C.J. Spiller	4	89	22.3	66	0	0
Antonio Brown	3	57	19.0	24	2	0
Julius Thomas	2	22	11.0	15	0	0
Knowshon Moreno	2	12	6.0	7	0	0
Santana Moss	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
David Johnson	1	54	54.0	54	0	0
Andre Roberts	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Maurice Jones-Drew	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Markus Wheaton	1	22	22.0	22	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2013 Crawford
Matt Bryant	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/1	0/1	1/3	33.3
2013 Las Vegas
Adam Vinatieri	0/0	2/2	0/0	1/1	0/0	3/3	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2013 Crawford
Steve Weatherford	5	49.8	47.0	0	2	52	0
2013 Las Vegas
Pat McAfee	2	55.0	35.0	2	0	55	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2013 Crawford
Marquise Goodwin	6	126	21.0	28	0
2013 Las Vegas
Niles Paul	1	17	17.0	17	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2013 Crawford
2013 Las Vegas
Antonio Brown	3	1	14	4.7	16	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2013 Crawford
Jarret Johnson	7	0	0
DeMeco Ryans	7	0	0
Mario Williams	4	0	0
Johnathan Hankins	4	0	0
Jim Leonhard	3	0	0
Gerald McCoy	3	1	0
Jarvis Jones	2	0	0
Eric Weddle	2	0	0
Pacman Jones	1	0	0
LaRon Landry	1	0	0
Darrelle Revis	1	0	0
Alfred Morris	0	0	2
2013 Las Vegas
Jason Worilds	8	1	0
James Laurinaitis	7	0	0
Adrian Clayborn	7	1	0
Glover Quin	6	0	1
Rob Ninkovich	6	0	1
William Gay	5	0	0
Desmond Trufant	4	0	0
Ryan Clark	2	0	0
Steve Gregory	1	0	0
Jonathan Babineaux	1	0	0
Steve McLendon	1	0	0
Sen'Derrick Marks	1	0	0
Manny Ramirez	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2013 Crawford
Jim Leonhard	1	0	0.0	0	0
Eric Weddle	1	0	0.0	0	0
Johnathan Hankins	1	21	21.0	21	1
Jarvis Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0
2013 Las Vegas
Desmond Trufant	2	37	18.5	25	0
Glover Quin	1	10	10.0	10	0

Game Story

In a back-and-forth game Las Vegas defeated Crawford by the score of 29 to 24. Tom Brady threw 33 times for 285 yards and 2 touchdowns. C.J. Spiller carried the ball 10 times for 108 yards and added a touchdown. The fans were thrilled by a touchdown run by C.J. Spiller that covered 80 yards with 2:42 left in the 4th quarter. Las Vegas led at halftime 20 to 14.

On My Mind

I'm sitting here waiting for my opponent to arrive for my Strat-O-Matic Football game.
My team, the Las Vegas Scumdogs, are currently sitting at 6-6 and desperate for a win to stay in playoff contention.  I beat this opponent once already and a win here would put us at the same record with me owning the tie-breaker.
However, I would still need some help to make the playoffs and do not control my own destiny.
This is the same situation I was in last year and the year before.  My team is close to being a playoff team but lacking some crucial elements.

Offensively I'm good.  I've got Tom Brady leading the way with C.J. Splitter and Antonio Brown also out there.  I've got Jacob Tamme and Pettigrew (DET TE) to give me depth there.  My offensive line is kind of weak and my defense lacks any type of pass rush to help out and that's where the biggest problem comes in.
Oh well, I guess that is what the draft is fore.

(I stopped writing because the game started, but since he had to run to pick up his wife real quick I thought I'd just let y'all know that his 1st play I picked the ball off and my 1st play Brady threw a Touchdown - Lets hope the rest of the game goes as well).

Today I'm trying a new "dish" that tastes like it's going to become part of my regular rotation.
I need more protein and veggies in my diet so I decided that Chicken, mixed veggies and black beans is something that I'm going to eat more of.  Cook it all up and top with some hot sauce and good to go.
No dressing or anything else to weigh the calories down, but damned tasty and quick and easy to make - plus it should pack up real nice to take to work for lunches.

Recently I had TBC comment on a Facebook photo or status update - he at first kept it on topic but then quickly turned it around and asked me to bring my laptop to Jean to see if I could get him hooked up with Ultimate Poker (which I find out is the Station Casino's online card room).
A few days later he tweets something about UP and asking what my username is there and how I connect to the internet.
I tell him that I am not interested in playing online poker and he tells me "So What if you are or are not interested in online poker, what is your connection thru"
When I responded that I go through a wireless router he didn't bother to continue the conversation.

Today I found I still had about $75 on Black Chip Poker so instead of just pissing it away on poker I decided to piss it away on a Sports Bet Instead.
I put it all down for the Penguins to win their current series.  Once they win I'll roll it over to their next series.
So, if they happen to take the whole thing this year then I'll be a few online dollars richer.  If not, well I forgot I had the money anyways.

I'll Parlay that for Two Dollars

Now I ain't back just for the sake of saying I'm back, I've got a couple of things to post about in the upcoming week and as long as I don't overbook my time like I have been lately I darn well plan on getting them posted up here on this ole blog o'mine!

Last night I went out and hung out with Coach for about 4 hours talking about sports betting and all that other jazz.  I don't know if I have mentioned it here or not (I know I have said it on his blog in a comment or two) but I have never, not even once, placed even a single sports bet in my life.  So, this football season is going to be an interesting one for me as I plan on busting that cherry.  I mean, I am living in Las Vegas, Home to 2100 sports books and casino's.
I do believe I will be sticking strictly to the Pro games because I don't know enough about college to even begin to make sense of that mess.  Teams favored by 37 points? That's absurd to me.

I'm holding off on any preseason games because those are too much of a gamble but I'm really looking forward to week 1.  After looking over Coach's sheet for the week one games there were some things that really stood out to me and I really wish I had been there at the time those lines were printed.  A few of them I fully expect to have changed by now to correct some obvious (to me) good picks.  Of course, I'm a rank amateur talking out of his ass currently but I just don't see how Arizona could be favored over Seattle for the week 1 game.

Coach tells me that the Riviera has $2 parlay cards where you can pick up to 10 teams for a "get damned lucky" big payout and I think I'll be playing a few of those every week for the thrill of it.

I've got a lot of work to put into this so that I go in with good knowledge and am not like the countless masses who pretty much just all bet by gut and end up donating their money to the books week after week.

It's going to be a fun football season!

Speaking of which, we are in full swing of week 3 of the pre-season and the Steelers play tonight.  Looking forward to watching the starters there. Also looking forward to watching more Andrew Luck earlier in the day as he goes up against the RG3 led Skins.

Staying on the football conversation but switching to a slightly different fantasy - Strat:
The draft is starting to wind down and everyone is now searching for those diamonds in the ruff that are 0's or at least low rated guys this year who will blow up and become tomorrows studs.  I've picked up some players that I really like and hope they develop.
I made a trade for Jason Worilds, the Steelers OLB who is in line to replace Harrison as his career winds down. I tried to snatch up Chris Carter as well but my buddy got him earlier in the round where I was going to grab him.
I grabbed McClendon from the Steelers as well since he is inline to be the starter this year at DNT.
My roster is very RB heavy right now as I'm looking for someone to develop into the stud I need them to be.  Last year I was good with my RB's but this year I see a lot of potential.
The worst guy that I have is Moreno. He is limited but his card is too good to not keep.  He could be a real playoff difference maker if I can fight my way into the playoffs this year.
I've also got Lance Ball from Denver as I see McGahee not being able to replicate last years numbers and needing more help.  I picked up Ronnie Brown because Matthews is hurt.  Brown is not a long term solution but I'm hoping that he gets some good quality starts at the beginning of the year and puts up some good yards in the potentially explosive Chargers Offense.
My starter and main guy is C.J. Spiller who I expect big things out of this year as he continues to develop into the stud that I think he is, and then I have Blount from Tampa who I hope continues to put up 4+ yards per carry while splitting carries with the rookie Martin.
Lastly I have a guy who I really expect big things from. Rashard Jennings.  This has been a really good pre-season for him with the whole MJD hold out and he is a big part of the reason why the Jags feel good telling MJD to go take a flying fuck if he thinks they are going to cave into his demands for a big contract as he enters the iffy zone for RB's.  Sure MJD has a couple good years left in him but with RB's no one knows when those wheels will finally fall off and he'll look pedestrian like Turner in Atlanta did last year.  Jennings however is a young stud who is impressing everyone and proving that he is the future of the team along with the other young guys like Gabbert.  So, MJD, keep holding out and let my boy blossom because your hold out is the whole reason why Jennings is going to get his shot and hopefully he's too good to have them even care about you!