Ballistic Bowl XII Recap-2011

The "Kid" can now call himself the first Igama to win a fantasy football championship in the entire world. J. Igama hung on tight all year, and over the past six weeks
he was able to edge out a very formidable Global Division opponent in the Pardue Bruisermakers to win the eSFL championship.

It's been 20 weeks of trash talking, bruised egos, upsets, underdog jostling and keen coaching. In the end, it was coach Igama who got the most from his players when it counted.

It's only right that these two gave us a close score in the finals — no one wants to see the trophy won in a blowout. Not quit up to the drama that the first two rounds of this years playoffs, but this game was still good old-fashion drama.

Six weeks ago, Igama was only able to muster 123 points and his team didn't exactly give anything to write home about other than Nate Washington's 32.5  fantasy points. The team lost their seventh game of the season and were two games below .500 and fighting for a Blackjack playoff spot. However, quarterback Matt Ryan and running back Arian Foster warmed up, how things changed!

The Pardue Bruisermakers are known as winners around these here parts. A playoff team nearly every season and one looking for payback after last seasons upset loss to the Whitmore Workhorse in Ballistic Bowl XI. The season started off slow and injuries mounted up week after week, but coach Ron demonstrated how a winner responds by finishing 8-6 and two miracle playoff victories. In Ballistic Bowl XII his misfortune remained as starting quarterback Tony Romo took two snaps and sit the rest of the game with a hand bruise. This time the MFIC couldn't overcome the shit luck and became the only team in league history to lose two straight Ballistic Bowls.

Ballistic Bowl XII will be remembered as the one that got away from the Global Division and for the Appalachian, well it was a rookie owner who held onto the league crown for the division.

Igama made no spectacular coaching moves in this one, starting what got him there. Led by Arian Foster and Matt Ryan the team overcame a less than stellar outing by their feared defense which only scored 35 total points. It was enough with the Romo injury and Foster was named the game MVP.

Foster,Arian	RB	HOU	29.7
Rush: 23-158 Rec: 3-16 TDs: r9,

Ryan,Matt	QB	ATL	28.92
Pass: 34-52-373-0 Rush: 2--3 TDs: p21,

The Bruisermakers fell in the title game for the second straight year but this one is surely one that slipped away. As mentioned, quarterback Romo all but eliminated any hopes of a win with his zero points and hand injury. Coach Pardue made many wonderful coaching moves this season and was bashed the week before for sitting Romo in favor of Tebow, a move that nearly cost his team the division title. But had Pardue made the same move this week he would have won his first eSFL championship and certainly been labeled the greatest coach in history.

Pardue Bruisermakers					Igama Sweaty Palms
146.5					168.52

Pardue Bruisermakers		Igama Sweaty Palms
Owner/GM:	Ron Pardue	Owner/GM:	Joel Igama
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Updated: Saturday, Dec 24, 2011 at 1:24:45		Updated: Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 14:13:53
STARTING LINEUP Pts Team Pos Name 0 DAL QB Romo,Tony Pass: 0-2-0-0 22.6 DET RB Smith,Kevin Rush: 15-49 Rec: 2-12 TDs: c3,r6, 3.1 CIN RB Benson,Cedric Rush: 16-57 Rec: 1-8 Fum: 2 1.5 DAL WR Robinson,Laurent Rec: 1-5 28.6 MIA WR Marshall,Brandon Rec: 7-156 TDs: c19, 14 DAL WR Austin,Miles Rec: 4-40 TDs: c4, 14.2 NO TE Graham,Jimmy Rec: 4-42 TDs: c9, 14 HOU PK Rackers,Neil XPs: 1-0 FG Made: 44,35,31, 4 STL DB Stewart,Darian T-A-S: 1-2-0 17 MIA DB Bell,Yeremiah T-A-S: 8-4-1 9.5 OAK LB McClain,Rolando T-A-S: 7-1-0 18 DAL LB Ware,DeMarcus T-A-S: 4-0-2 BENCH PLAYERS 20.78 DAL QB McGee,Stephen Pass: 24-38-182-0 Rush: 4-28 Sck: 3 TDs: p4, 14.9 DEN QB Tebow,Tim Pass: 13-30-185-4 Rush: 10-34 Sck: 3 TDs: r1,p17, 0 JAC RB Karim,Deji Rush: 3.8 CIN RB Scott,Bernard Rush: 10-28 6.5 TEN RB Harper,Jamie Rush: 4-6 Rec: 1-5 Fum: 1 TDs: r1, 4.7 DET RB Morris,Maurice Rush: 5-22 Rec: 1-10 7.2 NYG RB Jacobs,Brandon Rush: 7-42 Rec: 1-13 1.6 TB WR Briscoe,Dezmon Rec: 1-6 4.5 STL WR Alexander,Danario Rec: 2-25 3.8 PHI WR Cooper,Riley Rec: 1-28 7.1 BUF WR Nelson,David Rec: 3-41 16.6 CIN TE Gresham,Jermaine Rec: 5-56 TDs: c11, 18.5 ARI DL Campbell,Calais T-A-S: 4-3-1 10 SEA DB Chancellor,Kam T-A-S: 10-0-0 4.5 DEN LB Williams,D.J. T-A-S: 4-1-0		STARTING LINEUP Name Pos Team Pts Ryan,Matt QB ATL 28.92 Pass: 34-52-373-0 Rush: 2--3 TDs: p21, McGahee,Willis RB DEN 7.9 Rush: 15-64 Foster,Arian RB HOU 29.7 Rush: 23-158 Rec: 3-16 TDs: r9, Washington,Nate WR TEN 11.1 Rec: 4-71 Holmes,Santonio WR NYJ 9.1 Rush: 1--1 Rec: 4-50 Bowe,Dwayne WR KC 20 Rec: 6-80 TDs: c3, Hernandez,Aaron TE NE 7.8 Rush: 1-1 Rec: 4-36 Akers,David PK SF 19 XPs: 1-0 FG Made: 53,29,44,39, FG Miss: 52, PierrePaul,Jason DL NYG 18.5 T-A-S: 4-1-2 Barber,Ronde DB TB 1 T-A-S: 1-0-0 Revis,Darrelle DB NYJ 12 T-A-S: 2-0-0 Suggs,Terrell LB BAL 3.5 T-A-S: 3-1-0 BENCH PLAYERS Moore,Matt QB MIA 27.96 Pass: 17-33-294-1 Rush: 3--1 Fum: 1 Sck: 5 TDs: p19,p1,p15, Ridley,Stevan RB NE 7.7 Rush: 13-64 Jones,Felix RB DAL 2.8 Rush: 4-24 Avant,Jason WR PHI 2.5 Rec: 2-35 Fum: 1 Gibson,Brandon WR STL 0 Rush: Jones,James WR GB 21 Rec: 4-50 TDs: c2,c7, Williams,Roy WR CHI 14.1 Rec: 6-81 Shockey,Jeremy TE CAR 9.4 Rec: 2-14 TDs: c8, Lewis,Marcedes TE JAC 2.2 Rec: 1-12 Suh,Ndamukong DL DET 2 T-A-S: 2-0-0 Jefferson,A.J. DB ARI 4.5 T-A-S: 4-1-0 Ret: 69 Scott,Bryan DB BUF 1 T-A-S: 1-0-0 Scott,Bart LB NYJ 5 T-A-S: 4-2-0