I would just like to say that for all of you panther fans out there...
pwned.
pwned.
Tehe. Seattle SUXXXXXXXXX. Jk, I don't really care about NFL. It's all about Collage Football. HOOK 'EM HORNS!
And here I thought this thread was about the Crescent Hawks video game! LOL! 
And here I thought this thread was about the Crescent Hawks video game! LOL!
Heh, you're not the only one.
That pwns too.
Ooooh, What now Matthew!
Just kidding, I don't really care, all except I am 10 Dollaris richer!
Just kidding, I don't really care, all except I am 10 Dollaris richer!
You could say the Steelers stole that game...
I think that game will go down as one of, if not the, worst called game in Super Bowl history.
I think that game will go down as one of, if not the, worst called game in Super Bowl history.
.... in england we call this sport "Rugby"...
(pretends to know what he is talking about...)
I though you were in Germany? Maybe not? Oh well, I had about 6 moths of about no Legionnaire character history.
Rugby, huh? That's cool. I grew up with a game called British Bulldog, which is football, or rugby without a ball.
I'll have to admit that Detroit's show sucked. 70% of the staduim was Steelers fans, and the Stones are too old to put on a show. And the drummer had a purple shirt and white hair.
At least in Houston, there was a good show. I mean, minus the dress-code changing half time show for all of Reliant Staduim. Like I said, they will no longer allow straight bikinis without a shirt. It's funny, actually.
Rugby, huh? That's cool. I grew up with a game called British Bulldog, which is football, or rugby without a ball.
I'll have to admit that Detroit's show sucked. 70% of the staduim was Steelers fans, and the Stones are too old to put on a show. And the drummer had a purple shirt and white hair.
At least in Houston, there was a good show. I mean, minus the dress-code changing half time show for all of Reliant Staduim. Like I said, they will no longer allow straight bikinis without a shirt. It's funny, actually.
If you must know... it was 90% / 10%. Man... those calls really killed the game. I would have been ok with Roethlisberger's touchdown if they'd given Jackson his... but really come on! I think Jackson's was more legit than Roethlisberger's, and yet they kept Roethlisberger's and jacked Jacksons! And hella other stuff!
They should try football with Battlemech's next time... I think Solaris VII would have a much larger crowd than the Superbowl.
They should try football with Battlemech's next time... I think Solaris VII would have a much larger crowd than the Superbowl.
Then again, this is +1000 years in the future. They would use scout 'mechs with reaching arms with a Long Tom Artillery Ball. Now THAT would be a Superbowl.
Superbowl DDDDDDDDDLXIII
lmao!
Superbowl DDDDDDDDDLXIII
lmao!
I do live in Germany Wedge, however i am English... did you forget that? 
I've always had a fasination with American football. Ive never understood it, but it looked quite fun to play. From what i can gather Rugby and American football are similar-ish. In Rugby you have to throw the ball backwards or side to side, never forwards. There are other rules like "Scrums" etc, but i dont even know Rugby to its full set of rules...
In all honesty, ive never been a big sporting fan. The only sport i truley enjoy is Target Shooting. This includes rifle and hand guns. Im lucky enough to be able to shoot hand guns here in Germany, as pistols and revolvers have been banned in the UK, with minor exceptions. In the UK you can own CO2/pellet hand guns, black powder and hand guns that have a barrel that is over 16 inches long (either 14 or 16, im not too sure on that...)
The banning of hand guns in the UK hasnt solved any of the gun crime in the UK (though there was very little to begin with). Instead, gun related crime has gone up 20% and gang shootings have increased since the ban as well. The only reasons these forms of firearms were banned was because it was an election year, and tony blair promised that if elected he would ban these "weapons of mass destruction" ...
Its pathetic...
Anyways, back to the American Football talk
I've always had a fasination with American football. Ive never understood it, but it looked quite fun to play. From what i can gather Rugby and American football are similar-ish. In Rugby you have to throw the ball backwards or side to side, never forwards. There are other rules like "Scrums" etc, but i dont even know Rugby to its full set of rules...
In all honesty, ive never been a big sporting fan. The only sport i truley enjoy is Target Shooting. This includes rifle and hand guns. Im lucky enough to be able to shoot hand guns here in Germany, as pistols and revolvers have been banned in the UK, with minor exceptions. In the UK you can own CO2/pellet hand guns, black powder and hand guns that have a barrel that is over 16 inches long (either 14 or 16, im not too sure on that...)
The banning of hand guns in the UK hasnt solved any of the gun crime in the UK (though there was very little to begin with). Instead, gun related crime has gone up 20% and gang shootings have increased since the ban as well. The only reasons these forms of firearms were banned was because it was an election year, and tony blair promised that if elected he would ban these "weapons of mass destruction" ...
Its pathetic...
Anyways, back to the American Football talk
3135 Inner Sphere Football League Playoffs
by Astrid Wagner
Kessel—It has been an interesting month in American Football. Two games shy of the end of the regular 3135 season, the Geneva Guardians and the Seattle Seahawks had the best records in the league (both at 22-4). The only teams even close were the Kessel Kings (18-8), the Wing Warriors (17-9), the Outreach Dragoons (also 17-9), the Pittsburgh Steelers (16-10), and the Fletcher Furies (also 16-10). Then Jonah Levin closed Prefecture X, trapping most of the best teams in the league inside the New Republic Territory, along with the commissioner of the Inner Sphere Football League. Given that fully half of the teams in the ISFL were now within what was once Prefecture X, including most of the teams who would have gone on to the playoffs, a meeting was arranged between all of the remaining ISFL head coaches. They were finally able to meet on Kessel in early December, to decide what to do about the remainder of the season.
Two items were on the table, electing a new commissioner and deciding what was to be done about this year’s playoffs. Coach Yannick Van Kersher of the Kessel Kings was quickly elected as the new commissioner, and the agenda moved on to the playoffs. Several coaches suggested organizing the playoffs based on each team’s current record. Needless to say, most of these votes came from coaches of teams who stood to make the playoffs if this plan moved forward, but who did not have a chance otherwise. Others suggested canceling the playoffs and championship this year. Commissioner Van Kersher suggested that the league proceed with the tournament, but invite participation from teams from other nations within the Inner Sphere. This suggestion set off a firestorm of debate, ranging from whether there were sufficient teams in any other nation to make the idea worthwhile, to whether it would disrupt the sanctity of the league.
Commissioner Van Kersher had answers to all these protests. His ace in the hole was in producing Arlis Gurdel, a Bloodnamed MechWarrior of the Rasalhague Dominion and coach of one of the teams of the Rasalhague American Football League. The RAFL was about to start its own playoffs, and—as a show of solidarity with the people of the former Republic of the Sphere—were willing to combine their leagues for the purpose of the playoffs. This single proposal launched four days of argument, but in the end, Van Kersher and Gurdel got their way. The only outstanding decision was how teams from the two leagues would qualify for the joint playoffs. It was decided that the top 8 ISFL teams would compete amongst themselves for the first round, as would the top 8 RAFL teams, after which the top four teams from each of the two leagues would be assigned pairings by random draw and the final two rounds of the playoffs would lead up to Super Bowl CLXX.
The first round consisted of the Kessel Kings dominating the Skandia Seekers, the Fletcher Furies squeaking out a win against the Ingress Inquisitors, the Vega Vanquishers beating up on the Bordon Bears, and the Alcor Adders pulling out a surprise win against the Wing Warriors. The four teams coming out of the RAFL were the Rasalhague Roar, the Alshain Claws, the Utrecht Kodiaks, and the New Oslo Vikings. For the first round of the combined playoffs, the Rasalhague Roar faced the Alshain Claws, the Alcor Adders faced the Utrecht Kodiaks, the New Oslo Vikings played the Fletcher Furies, and the Kessel Kings were matched up with the Vega Vanquishers.
The Rasalhague Roar punished the Alshain Claws in a tight game to start off the combined run towards Super Bowl CLXX, with quarterback Deckard DelVillar leading the Roar with 253 yards passing and another 63 rushing, including 2 passing touchdowns and a single run that ended in a TD. Claws halfback Vance Ghost Bear kept the game close with a 187-yard running game and two touchdowns, but in the end DelVillar and the Roar pulled out a 31-24 win.
The Adders-Kodiaks games was the first time the ISFL players and coaches really got a feel for how differently the all-Elemental teams of the RAFL played the game. The bruising, one-sided contest was ugly from the beginning, with the Kodiaks runningback Bjorn Ghost Bear running through, around, and over the entirety of the Adders defense for a 70-yard touchdown on the first play of the game. The game was 56-3 at the end of the third quarter, when the Kodiaks put in nearly the entirety of their practice team, who still managed to score two touchdowns and only gave up a single field goal in the remaining quarter.
The remaining three ISFL teams tried to tell themselves that it was a fluke that Alcor even made it into the playoffs, and that they could handle the Rasalhague players better, but they were disabused of any such notions by the 76-10 squashing of the Fletcher Furies by the New Oslo Vikings.
In an anti-climactic defensive battle, the Kessel Kings managed to hold the Vanquishers off in a grueling victory, including a franchise record of 4 interceptions, the 10-3 final score finally ending the horrible day for Vanquishers quarterback Matt Bremen.
The semi-finals saw the Rasalhague Roar lose a close game to the New Oslo Vikings and the Utrecht Kodiaks matched against the now-underdog Kessel Kings. Most odds-makers decided that the luck of the draw had just effectively given the Utrecht Kodiaks a bye to face the Vikings in the Super Bowl, but they hadn’t counted on the brilliance of new Kings head coach Ronald Keldane or the virtuoso performance quarterback Chris Quartermain would provide. Having seen the howling blitzes that the Kodiaks favored, Keldane pulled all of the Kings’ wide receivers and replaced them with fullbacks and tight ends, and Quartermain ran an offense based on screen passes, quick outs, and draws.
Frustrated by these stings and the hard-nosed defense led by middle linebacker Jeremy Fielding, the Kodiaks began to play more conservatively in the second half. In response, Coach Keldane put the wide-outs back in, and Quartermain connected with a couple of long strikes, completely flustering the Kodiak defenders. Meanwhile, constant replacements on defense allowed the Kings players to keep up with their larger counterparts and hold on well enough to keep their offense in range.
With 1:30 left on the clock and the Kings down by 4, Fielding managed to strip the ball from Kodiak quarterback Damon Ghost Bear and recovered the fumble on the Kessel 25-yard line. Quartermain led an amazing drive, managing the clock well, but ended up taking his last timeout with 3 seconds on the clock, still on the Utrecht 38. With time for a single play, Quartermain aired it up, leaving the game in the hands of fate. Luckily for the Kings, fate was on the side of 2.1-meter-tall wide receiver Billy Kline, who came down with the ball in the end zone for an amazing Kessel Kings win.
After the high dramatics of the Kessel-Utrecht game, Super Bowl CLXX was something of a letdown. Though ISFL fans had gotten their hopes up for another come-from-behind victory by Quartermain and the Kings, it was not to be. Worn out from their shooting match with the Kodiaks, the Kings barely managed to hold onto their dignity, losing 34-17 in a rather convincing match.
As the clock wound down on Super Bowl CLXX, controversy began to flare amongst the coaches and staff of the ISFL. Alcor Head Coach Michael St. James has called for the removal of Commissioner Van Kersher, claiming that the integration of the ISFL and the RAFL will bring about the end of the ISFL as a viable league, and only time will tell if Van Kersher can hold his position after the stinging defeat suffered by his former team
by Astrid Wagner
Kessel—It has been an interesting month in American Football. Two games shy of the end of the regular 3135 season, the Geneva Guardians and the Seattle Seahawks had the best records in the league (both at 22-4). The only teams even close were the Kessel Kings (18-8), the Wing Warriors (17-9), the Outreach Dragoons (also 17-9), the Pittsburgh Steelers (16-10), and the Fletcher Furies (also 16-10). Then Jonah Levin closed Prefecture X, trapping most of the best teams in the league inside the New Republic Territory, along with the commissioner of the Inner Sphere Football League. Given that fully half of the teams in the ISFL were now within what was once Prefecture X, including most of the teams who would have gone on to the playoffs, a meeting was arranged between all of the remaining ISFL head coaches. They were finally able to meet on Kessel in early December, to decide what to do about the remainder of the season.
Two items were on the table, electing a new commissioner and deciding what was to be done about this year’s playoffs. Coach Yannick Van Kersher of the Kessel Kings was quickly elected as the new commissioner, and the agenda moved on to the playoffs. Several coaches suggested organizing the playoffs based on each team’s current record. Needless to say, most of these votes came from coaches of teams who stood to make the playoffs if this plan moved forward, but who did not have a chance otherwise. Others suggested canceling the playoffs and championship this year. Commissioner Van Kersher suggested that the league proceed with the tournament, but invite participation from teams from other nations within the Inner Sphere. This suggestion set off a firestorm of debate, ranging from whether there were sufficient teams in any other nation to make the idea worthwhile, to whether it would disrupt the sanctity of the league.
Commissioner Van Kersher had answers to all these protests. His ace in the hole was in producing Arlis Gurdel, a Bloodnamed MechWarrior of the Rasalhague Dominion and coach of one of the teams of the Rasalhague American Football League. The RAFL was about to start its own playoffs, and—as a show of solidarity with the people of the former Republic of the Sphere—were willing to combine their leagues for the purpose of the playoffs. This single proposal launched four days of argument, but in the end, Van Kersher and Gurdel got their way. The only outstanding decision was how teams from the two leagues would qualify for the joint playoffs. It was decided that the top 8 ISFL teams would compete amongst themselves for the first round, as would the top 8 RAFL teams, after which the top four teams from each of the two leagues would be assigned pairings by random draw and the final two rounds of the playoffs would lead up to Super Bowl CLXX.
The first round consisted of the Kessel Kings dominating the Skandia Seekers, the Fletcher Furies squeaking out a win against the Ingress Inquisitors, the Vega Vanquishers beating up on the Bordon Bears, and the Alcor Adders pulling out a surprise win against the Wing Warriors. The four teams coming out of the RAFL were the Rasalhague Roar, the Alshain Claws, the Utrecht Kodiaks, and the New Oslo Vikings. For the first round of the combined playoffs, the Rasalhague Roar faced the Alshain Claws, the Alcor Adders faced the Utrecht Kodiaks, the New Oslo Vikings played the Fletcher Furies, and the Kessel Kings were matched up with the Vega Vanquishers.
The Rasalhague Roar punished the Alshain Claws in a tight game to start off the combined run towards Super Bowl CLXX, with quarterback Deckard DelVillar leading the Roar with 253 yards passing and another 63 rushing, including 2 passing touchdowns and a single run that ended in a TD. Claws halfback Vance Ghost Bear kept the game close with a 187-yard running game and two touchdowns, but in the end DelVillar and the Roar pulled out a 31-24 win.
The Adders-Kodiaks games was the first time the ISFL players and coaches really got a feel for how differently the all-Elemental teams of the RAFL played the game. The bruising, one-sided contest was ugly from the beginning, with the Kodiaks runningback Bjorn Ghost Bear running through, around, and over the entirety of the Adders defense for a 70-yard touchdown on the first play of the game. The game was 56-3 at the end of the third quarter, when the Kodiaks put in nearly the entirety of their practice team, who still managed to score two touchdowns and only gave up a single field goal in the remaining quarter.
The remaining three ISFL teams tried to tell themselves that it was a fluke that Alcor even made it into the playoffs, and that they could handle the Rasalhague players better, but they were disabused of any such notions by the 76-10 squashing of the Fletcher Furies by the New Oslo Vikings.
In an anti-climactic defensive battle, the Kessel Kings managed to hold the Vanquishers off in a grueling victory, including a franchise record of 4 interceptions, the 10-3 final score finally ending the horrible day for Vanquishers quarterback Matt Bremen.
The semi-finals saw the Rasalhague Roar lose a close game to the New Oslo Vikings and the Utrecht Kodiaks matched against the now-underdog Kessel Kings. Most odds-makers decided that the luck of the draw had just effectively given the Utrecht Kodiaks a bye to face the Vikings in the Super Bowl, but they hadn’t counted on the brilliance of new Kings head coach Ronald Keldane or the virtuoso performance quarterback Chris Quartermain would provide. Having seen the howling blitzes that the Kodiaks favored, Keldane pulled all of the Kings’ wide receivers and replaced them with fullbacks and tight ends, and Quartermain ran an offense based on screen passes, quick outs, and draws.
Frustrated by these stings and the hard-nosed defense led by middle linebacker Jeremy Fielding, the Kodiaks began to play more conservatively in the second half. In response, Coach Keldane put the wide-outs back in, and Quartermain connected with a couple of long strikes, completely flustering the Kodiak defenders. Meanwhile, constant replacements on defense allowed the Kings players to keep up with their larger counterparts and hold on well enough to keep their offense in range.
With 1:30 left on the clock and the Kings down by 4, Fielding managed to strip the ball from Kodiak quarterback Damon Ghost Bear and recovered the fumble on the Kessel 25-yard line. Quartermain led an amazing drive, managing the clock well, but ended up taking his last timeout with 3 seconds on the clock, still on the Utrecht 38. With time for a single play, Quartermain aired it up, leaving the game in the hands of fate. Luckily for the Kings, fate was on the side of 2.1-meter-tall wide receiver Billy Kline, who came down with the ball in the end zone for an amazing Kessel Kings win.
After the high dramatics of the Kessel-Utrecht game, Super Bowl CLXX was something of a letdown. Though ISFL fans had gotten their hopes up for another come-from-behind victory by Quartermain and the Kings, it was not to be. Worn out from their shooting match with the Kodiaks, the Kings barely managed to hold onto their dignity, losing 34-17 in a rather convincing match.
As the clock wound down on Super Bowl CLXX, controversy began to flare amongst the coaches and staff of the ISFL. Alcor Head Coach Michael St. James has called for the removal of Commissioner Van Kersher, claiming that the integration of the ISFL and the RAFL will bring about the end of the ISFL as a viable league, and only time will tell if Van Kersher can hold his position after the stinging defeat suffered by his former team