TTFBA Week 1 Point Spreads

+2 Real Charleston at Fresno

New coach gets a rude welcome by Brett Favre.
+3 Ohio at Knoxville
This will be a tight division race .
+3 Dallas vs Nashville
Even home field advantage can't save the Gladiators against the Super Bowl contending Force.
+7 Philadelphia vs Hermitage
Liberty QBs will be dropping like flies this season.
+10 Wausau vs Dakota
UnWanted Wausau begins streak to 2009 top pick.
+12 Muncie vs Great Lakes
That Midshipmen team is tough.
+14 Dayton vs Montcalm
Brees, Parker, Welker and Colston roll.
+14 Death Valley at Steeltown
If the Demons ground game can have some success, they have a shot.
+15 Donelson at San Pedro
Only 9 more weeks until the Warriors first win.
+18 Mt. Pilot vs NW Missouri
Oy. Sometimes the Gamblers play tough against the Rednecks. Not this season.
+20 Transylvania vs New England
Enjoy the win rookie. Tillman and NW Missouri back to back are coming soon.
+23 North Carolina vs Tillman
Sob. This matchup has always been exciting. Rebuilding is a drag.

TTFBA Preseason Awards

And the DalTechie goes to...

Offensive Awards
Steriod Award : Tillman (Most powerful offense.)
BALCO Award : North Carolina??? (Weakest offense.)
Target Rich Environment Award : NW Missouri. (4 players with over 80 receptions.)
All Hat, No Cattle: Dallas. (Tom Brady and no one to throw to.)
Deer in Headlights Award : Wausau. (Weak run blocking.)
GroundHog Award : Dayton. (Good run game with no passing game.)

Defensive Awards
Steriod Award : Nashville (Most powerful defense.)
BALCO Award : Death Valley (Weakest defense.)
Road Kill Award : Steeltown (Good secondary but little run defense.)
Bombs Away Award : Dakota (Weak pass defense and QB pressure.)
Paper or Plastic Award : Nashville and Philadelphia (High sack counts.)


Miscellaneous Awards
Barack Obama Award : Death Valley. (Most guys with odd names.)

The Demons have Croyle, Klecko, Seubert, Torbor, Babineaux and Youboty. These look like character names for aliens from old Star Trek episodes.

John McCain Award : Dayton. (Most Mac names.) McCariens, McKinley, McMichael, McNair

Who's Your Daddy Award : Nashville
Where's Mel Kiper Part II Award : North Carolina

TTFBA 2008 Preseason Rankings

The Nashville Force has emerged as serious rival to Tillman for the TTFBA Championship thanks to a sweet father-son deal that brought 94 reception WR Bobby Engram and 7 rated OT Vernon Carey to Nashville in return for 1st and 3rd round 2009 picks. New England (formerly Huntsville) may give NW Missouri a run for the Simpson Conference championship.

An interesting statistic is that 3 out of the top 7 teams are from the Taylor Division : Nashville, Great Lakes and Dallas. NW Missouri and New England are also in the same division (Dorsett).

If you would like a detailed report of your team, including point spreads, send me an email.

Here are the rankings based upon a run of 40 seasons:

1. Nashville : 502 wins, #1 offense, #2 defense
2. Tillman : 501 wins, #6 offense, #1 defense
3. NW Missouri : 474 wins, #3 offense, #3 defense
4. New England : 468 wins, #2 offense, #6 defense
5. Great Lakes : 451 wins, #7 offense, #4 defense
6. Hermitage : 432 wins, #5 offense, #10 defense
7. Dallas : 421 wins, #9 offense, #7 defense
8. Steeltown : 415 wins, #4 offense, #15 defense
9. Montcalm : 408 wins, #8 offense, #9 defense
10. Knoxville, 368 wins, #14 offense, #5 defense
11-15. Ohio, Real Charleston, Dakota, San Pedro, Lawson
16-20. Mt. Pilot, Muncie, Transylvania, Philadelphia, Death Valley
21-24. Dayton, Donelson, North Carolina, Wausau