Ballistic Bowl X Recap

In week 16 the eSFL ended it's 10th season with the most exciting championship game in it's history as the D Crownholders squeaked by a tough Texan Bruisers team by a score of 166.88 to 164.24, extending the losing streak for the Appalachian Division/conference in the big game to four games.




At 2300 hours Est on December 28th, 2009, with 13:20 left in the Monday Night Football game, the Crownholders' Visanthe Shiancoe caught the game winning pass to lead the team to their first ever eSFL championship. What appeared to be just another catch turned out to be so huge not even the head coach could hold back his excitement after the game. "Visanthe made a great catch for us, at the time we was looking to get him more balls to secure the victory without any doubts, but it turned out to be his last catch, wow", he stated during the post game celebration. He was referring to the fact Visanthe soon left the game with injury and never returned to action, just enough to lead the team to the title. Somewhere in fantasy football land his performance was not enough and his team came up short, but in the eSFL title game it was just what the Crownholders needed for victory. Quarterback and game MVP Tom Brady watched with excitement as Visanthe fell to the ground with the game winning catch, and afterwards pronounced himself the games second best player. Fans and league officials didn't agree and voted him Ballistic Bowl X game MVP with his four passing touchdowns for 43.98 points. On the other side, the Bruisers gave it everything they had all the way up to the final catch. They was able to hold off two good players on Sunday and Monday nights and were just seconds from victory. They were led by linebacker Brian Cushing who had a monster game with 25 points, but their running game play ended up being the difference. The team only had 23 points from their starters, while on the bench Darren Sproles sat with almost 29, ultimely that decision cost the team their first championship. "I don't know, coach felt like I wasn't the guy this week, go ask him", Sproles stated when asked about his benching for the title game.



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The Crownholders were led to victory by a 43.88 point effort from Tom Brady, who was named the games most valuable player. He had 267 passing yards and 4 passing TDs, making him the number 1 ranked overall fantasy scorer for week 16. They also got help from a 30.00 point effort from Chris Johnson, who beat up the Bruisers defense for 142 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD in addition to 37 receiving yards.



"This team shows a lot of poise, we didn't let the highs and lows effect us, not today, not all season" D Crownholders coach Jordan Kizima said.



Texan Bruisers were helped out in a losing cause by a 26.24 point effort from Matt Schaub with 286 passing yards and 2 passing TDs. They also got help from a 25.00 point effort from Brian Cushing, 9 tackles and 1 interception.



"We only have to look in the mirror, we congratulate the opponent, but I take total responsibility for the loss with my decision to sit our sparkplug running back this week" Texan Bruisers coach Chaz Templin said.



Coach Templin was referring to Darren Sproles and his 28.60 points on the bench that would have led the Bruisers to a win.



The full box score and info can be found on the commissioner site, to be posted soon.