TTFBA Week 6 Point Spreads

Week 5 Accuracy: 9 out of 12 (75%)
Season Accuracy: 44 out of 60 (73%)

+3 Muncie (4-1) at Hermitage (3-2)
This is more important for the Packers. Heroes have no divisional competition.
+3 Death Valley (1-4) at Mt. Pilot (0-5)
It's too bad they are cellar dwellars, this could be an exciting game.
+3 Dakota (1-4) vs Montcalm (3-2)
The Panthers keep up pursuit of wild card spot.
+5 Transylvania (3-2) vs Fresno (4-1)
Outlaw coach MIA vs Steeltown last week.
+9 Philadelphia (1-4) vs Dallas (1-4)
Gladiators in terrible health.
+10 Steeltown (5-0) at NW Missouri (4-1)
Two powerful offenses but Redneck defense far superior to Roughcut's.
+12 North Carolina (1-4) at Ohio (3-2)
Ohio-Knoxville division fight will go down to the wire.
+12 Dayton (2-3) at Knoxville (2-3)
Buffaloes gore the Dragons.
+13 Donelson (2-3) vs Great Lakes (3-2)
The Warriors start 4 game meat grinder. Engram could be handy right now.
+15 Real Charleston (2-3) at New England (2-3)
The Generals start a nice 5 game win streak.
+18 Wausau (1-4) vs Tillman (5-0)
Rangers obtain anti-aircraft missles and blow Bombers out of the sky.
+23 San Pedro (2-3) vs Nashville (5-0)
Corsair defense collapses against Favre and Fred Taylor.

Undefeated Steeltown Outlasts Outlaws

By Special Correspondent Captain America

 

The game was a dog-fight the whole way, just as it was billed.
Steeltown jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead, only to see McNabb rally
the Outlaws with a 10 point rebound. It came down to the last 2
minutes, as the Roughcut drove inside the Outlaw 20 yd line to kick
what would be the winning FG on the leg of Rob Bironas, and then held
off the Outlaws for the final 45-seconds.

For the home-standing Outlaws, McNabb was brilliant in keeping the
Roughcut defense on it's heels, throwing for 281 yds on 30 attempts.
He hit Johnson 8-times for a robust 133 yds and three TDs. White
added another 96 yds on 6 catches, one score. Jones-Drew ran for 55
tough yds, with LBs hanging all over him, and surprising Harrison ran
just 4-times for a stunning 60 yds! Seau & Pierce added INTs, one of
them stemming a deep drive by Steeltown.

For the visiting Roughcut, Romo again was on his game, despite
throwing two very costly INTs. On a work-like 19 of 26, Tony hit
Hines Ward 6-times for 77 yds and a pair of touchdowns, and Jerico
Cotchery also had 6 catches for 90 and a tally. On defense, Jason
Taylor came up with 2 key sacks.

Week #6 sees the Outlaws tarveling to Transylvania ("De bats, boss,
de bats!"), while Steeltown travels to always-tough NW Missouri.

Slothful Teams

DTC reporters are given a Sunday midnight deadline by the Editor to get their articles in. However, it is a bit difficult to do that when CERTAIN teams do not get their games played.

 

We're calling the following teams out:

 

Transylvania "Delayed" Dead

Mt. Pilot "Sluggard" Gamblers

Steeltown "Reluctant" RoughCut

Fresno "Overdue" Outlaws

North Carolina "Tardy" Tremblers

Dayton "Draggin" Dragons

 

Kudos to the Sanders and Harris divisions of the Payton Conference and the Taylor division of the Slasher...er...Simpson Conference for getting those games in on time.

Muncie upsets Dallas, 16-7

The victim of the first reported upset of week 5 is DTC's own beloved Dallas Gladiators. The geeks have obviously forgotten that the center was created for the purpose of helping make the Gladiators winners. The only thing they can show for the 2008 season is a 1-4 record and 24 cases of Twinkies consumed.

Dallas QB Tom Brady reportedly called Muncie QB Peyton Manning a "girly-boy" before the game in reference to his 68.2 QB rating coming into the game with 4 TDs and 5 INTs to his credit. Manning responded with a 19 of 23, 215 yd, 1 td outing (120.1 rating). Brady finished with a girly-boy rating number of 68.1 completing only 13 of 24 passes.

The Gladiator injury woes have now moved to include the defense with starting LB Scott Fujita and S Adrian Wilson down. The Packers lost some depth on the o-line with backups "Orange" Junius Coston and Tony "Doll" Moll both out for at least a week.

The overachieving Packers have now thwarted the DTC predictions 4 out of 5 times. At 4-1 they keep pressure on division leader Nashville. Next week they will be 9 point underdogs at Hermitage. The hospital ward Gladiators will be two TD favorites against Philadelphia who, at press time, have still not accomplished their first win.

Play-By-Play Conspiracy Exposed

There are no dirty tricks the Presidential candidates will avoid in their attempt to prevent the Dallas Technology Center from obtaining accurate play-by-play transcripts. In an attempt to distract Action PC users from the country's trivial financial issue and the upcoming debate between Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain, both campaigns used a mole within the software development offices of Dave Koch to create a bug that would cause the play-by-play reports to be (let me be diplomatic) missing huge critical blocks of information.

 

Once the DTC became aware of the problem, it was reported to the Kochner. As a result, a new patch is now available. http://www.dksports.com/service.htm

 

Who knows what dastardly tricks those guys will attempt next time?

TTFBA Week 5 Point Spreads

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Week 4 Accuracy : 9 out of 12 (75%)
Season Accuracy : 35 out of 48 (73%)

+3 San Pedro (2-2) at Philadelphia (0-4)
Liberty free themselves from the tyranny of being winless.
+3 Transylvania (2-2) at Mt. Pilot (0-4)
Gamblers get first black jack.
+3 New England (2-2) at NW Missouri (3-1)
The Generals back in the division hunt with an upset here.
+3 Death Valley (1-3) at Real Charleston (1-3)
Galaticos put phasers on stun to take out the Demons.
+4 Dakota (1-3) at Ohio (2-2)
The Glory are starting to separate from the pack in their division.
+6 Montcalm (3-1) vs Tillman (4-0)
Rangers obliterating all opponents. An undefeatable juggarnaut.
+7 Great Lakes (3-1) at Nashville (4-0)
The Force use Jedi mind trick to sink Midshipmen.
+8 Fresno (4-0) vs Steeltown (4-0)
Roughcut shows the Outlaws who should be division champs.
+12 North Carolina (0-4) at Dayton (2-2)
Dayton doggedly pursues a playoff slot.
+12 Muncie (3-1) at Dallas (1-3)
Gladiators are banged up but Santana Holmes is back, that'll help.
+15 Wausau (1-3) at Knoxville (1-3)
Blue Bombers have already exceeded expectations with 1 win.
+19 Donelson (2-2) at Hermitage (2-2)
Warriors are annoying DTC with freakish wins. Stop it. Stop it now.

TTFBA Week 4 Point Spreads

Week 3 Accuracy : 10 out of 12 (83% Season high!)
Season Accuracy : 26 out of 36 (72%)


Week 4 Point Spreads

+1 Steeltown (3-0) at Hermitage (2-1)
Roughcuts' first real test and Fresno is breathing down their necks.
+1 Tillman (3-0) at New England (2-1)
Generals' starting safety Madieu Williams is out. Not good.
+2 Death Valley (1-2) at San Pedro (1-2)
The Corsairs narrowly escape Demon possession.
+3 Philadelphia (0-3) vs Real Charleston (0-3)
Doubtful if either coach shows up for this one.
+6 Muncie (2-1) at Knoxville (1-2)
Overachieving Packers going for another notch?
+7 Mt. Pilot (0-3) vs Montcalm (2-1)
The Gamblers are usually good for a couple of upsets a season.
+10 Ohio (1-2) vs Dallas (1-2)
Both teams have some injury issues. Could be a close one.
+12 Dayton (2-1) at Transylvania (1-2)
Dayton (Tire) Dragons are quite a surprise so far. Evil Dead's losses were against excellent teams.
+13 Dakota (1-2) vs Great Lakes (2-1)
4 way tie in Dakota's division, Midshipmen trying to keep heat on Nashville.
+15 Donelson (2-1) vs Fresno (3-0)
Outlaws up against Steeltown next week.
+25 North Carolina (0-3) at NW Missouri (2-1)
NCT Coach will be "too busy" to coach this one.
+29 Wausau (1-2) vs Nashville (3-0)
You sure you wanted to come back Coach Greg?

TTFBA Week 3 Point Spreads

Week 2 Accuracy : 8 out of 12 (67%)
Season Accuracy : 16 out of 24 (67%)
Consistent - but we can do better.

Week 3 Point Spreads

+1 Knoxville (1-1) at Dakota (0-2)
Slightest edge to the home team.
+2 Real Charleston (0-2) vs Steeltown (2-0)
So far the Galacticos aren’t playing as close as expected.
+5 Death Valley (1-1) vs Fresno (2-0)
The Outlaws are looking great.
+6 Dallas (1-1) at Great Lakes (1-1)
Midshipmen back on course after win over Wausau last week.
+13 Donelson (1-1) vs Philadelphia (0-2)
Warrior week 1 win exposed as a fluke by loss to Steeltown.
+13 San Pedro (0-2) at Hermitage (2-0)
Stunned by Donelson and crushed by Fresno, the Corsairs are imploding.
+13 Wausau (1-1) at Ohio (0-2)
Tatum Bell vs Rudi Johnson. Somebody’s underwear gets stolen again.
+15 Transylvania (1-1) at NW Missouri (1-1)
Rednecks ride monster truck over Evil Dead.
+18 Muncie (1-1) at Nashville (2-0)
Packers will ride a rollercoaster all season. Up one week, down the next.
+20 Mt. Pilot (0-2) at New England (1-1)
Warmup for the Patriots before facing off with division foe NW Missouri.
+21 North Carolina (0-2) at Montcalm (1-1)
The Triad Tremblers only have a human coach when wins are guaranteed.
+22 Dayton (2-0) at Tillman (2-0)
The Dragons have pulled off 2 upsets. The streak ends emphatically.

Upset Central from Week 2

+4 Montcalm 27 vs New England 24
The Patriots’ Jay Cutler completed 82% of this passes including one TD but turned the ball over 3 times. A fumble and an INT set up 10 points for Montcalm while a final INT with 3:48 left in the game sealed the upset.

+3 Dayton 25 vs Mt. Pilot 6
+2 Death Valley 20 vs Philadelphia 13

+1 Muncie 28 vs Dakota 7
Peyton Manning continues to look like a mortal for the Packers. Fortunately, Dayne and Foster combined for 112 yds on the ground with Buckhalter getting the goalline honors (2 tds). Blizzard QB Ben Roethlisberger was just terrible (11 of 29, 118 yds, 2 INTs, 1 TD for a 33.4 QB rating). He looked as bad as Manning did the week before.

TTFBA Week 2 Point Spreads

Week 1 Accuracy : 8 out of 12 (67%)
Season Accuracy : 8 out of 12 (67%)

Upset Central

+15 Donelson 27 at San Pedro 20
Okay, so the Warriors got their first win 8 weeks before expected.
Down 20-10 with 7 minutes left in the game, S Mike Brown picks off
a Derek Anderson pass (12 of 25, 1 TD, 3 INTs) setting up a 17 yd
TD strike to L. Coles on the next play. Rookie Ted Ginn, Jr.
fumbles the kickoff return setting up another Philip Rivers
TD pass. Donelson takes the lead with 3:35 to go and never
gives it up.

+14 Dayton 24 vs Montcalm 20
+12 Muncie 27 vs Great Lakes 14
+10 Wausau 27 vs Dakota 6

Week 2 Point Spreads

+1 Real Charleston vs Hermitage
+1 Muncie vs Dakota
+2 Death Valley vs Philadelphia
+3 San Pedro at Fresno
+3 Dayton vs Mt. Pilot
+4 Montcalm vs New England
+4 NW Missouri at Tillman
+10 North Carolina vs Transylvania
+11 Knoxville at Dallas
+19 Donelson at Steeltown
+19 Ohio at Nashville
+30 Wausau at Great Lakes