Two weeks to go, 12 teams in play!

The 2017-18 regular season has just two weeks left to play, but  there are an astonishing 12 teams vying for the eight playoff spots! In two weeks time four of these teams will be on the outside looking in. We may know more next weekend, as losses eliminate Ballymore and  Adelphia from contention.

The Outsiders;How do either Adelphia or Ballymore get in?

Both teams can get in with two wins, to get to 9-9 and they need other teams to lose both. The Phoenix’s extra-time win over the Melborg Giants was enough to keep them alive, so wins against the 96ers and Knights could let them sneak in.

The Tigers have to beat the Hawks and then the Bulldogs at home. Similar scenario.

Who is in already?

The Landor 96ers, Hallas Stars and Caligara Bulldogs have all guaranteed themselves top spots in their division and will be seeded. The Chakota Wasps are currently atop the PFL Central, however the Oakland Ravens and Rochester Trojans are both 10-6 and could end up topping the division with two wins. It is all to play for.
The defending champions, the New Chester Knights are almost secure in a spot.

On the Cusp

The Knights, Trojans and Ravens are all one win away from sealing their places, this means that the three 8-8 teams are vying for the latter spots- Eregon Eagles, Melborg Giants and St. George Sharks. Basically, keep winning to get in is the key!

Week 20 will see the Wasps play the Ravens and Eagles against the Sharks, so it looks to go right down to the wire.

Call it a draw! Stars and Dogs tie in extra-time game.

HALLAS 30-30 CHAKOTA

Last night’s game between the Hallas Stars and Chakota Bulldogs ended up all square at 30 apiece. They finished regulation tied at 27 all, with both teams only managing a field goal each in the extra time given, then time just ran out. No winner left on the field. This will not happen if the two meet in the postseason!

What use is a tie? It has raised the question for some about how we deal with draws in regular season games. Does sudden death help? One possession each?

Here at PFL dot com, we quite like a tied game, we don’t get them too often, so perhaps there is nothing to fix. In soccer you can have a draw and no one bats an eyelid. At the end of the day, it was a match that neither team deserved to lose, so perhaps a draw was a fair result.

UFB: Champions Bowl ’18 – A game for the ages

UFB_ NUSA Champions Bowl 2018 |

OHARA SCARLETS 34, OAKLAND CRIMSON GLORY 31

	1	2	3	4	ET	FT
#2 OAKLAND	0	14	10	7	–	31
#1 OHARA	10	3	14	7	–	34

The 2018 Champions Bowl crowned the Ohara Scarlets as the top team in First Class Football (FCF). This game had everything for the neutral fan, including the heroic ending of the championship drive, ending when sophomore QB Tayvon Coles found Lonnie Charles with 1:19 left. 

UFB: Champs Bowl tonight!

UFB | Champions Bowl | 1 Ohara vs 2 Oakland | USN

The grand final of the NUSA University Football (UFB) season in Eboria ends tonight with the Champions Bowl!

The Number one and number two ranked Universities in Eboria will meet as the #1 Ohara University Scarlets go up against the #2 University of Oakland Crimson Glory. The tournament provided little shocks this year, as the seedings proved mostly accurate.

Both teams play strong defences and have good mobile quarterback play. Oakland junior QB Brad Carson is agile and accurate, Ohara’s sophmore sensation is Tayvon Coles, who is a scrambler with a big arm. Both teams have good blocking Forwards and  2-3 good backs too, so establishing the ground game could be key.

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2018

Welcome to 2018, here’s to a fabulous New Year from all of us here at the PFL.

Looking forward to the Champions Bowl on Saturday January 6th and Crystal Bowl XLVIII on 4th March.

2017- Going out in style?

Giants, Ravens, Trojans, Knights, Phoenix and Lions all win big on last day of the year

Week Fifteen | PFL | Season 2017-18

With five weeks to go, this is crunch time. The last game of the year normally sends out a statement as to how the regular season will end. Manifesting destiny, they call it.

Ballymore Tigers 21 – 34 Caligara Giants

Ballymore were trounced early by Caligara’s ground and pound approach to the first half. This set up perfect play-action to Max Buchanon and Seth Slater in the third quarter and it was soon 34-14.

Chakota Wasps 25 – 27 Rochester Trojans

The Trojans got a key divisional victory in this game. Now there are three teams fixed at 9-4 in the PFL Central. Divisional wins could be key. Ryan Bruce threw for 317 yards and two scores, including the game winning drive for the winning Field Goal.

Eregon Eagles 28 – 19 Iomagh Steelers

Eregon kept themselves in the playoff race with a win over the increasingly hapless Iomagh Steelers side. At 6-7, the Eagles can still make a late push for the knockout phase.

Oakland Ravens 30 – 31 Landor Knights

The Ravens are kicking themselves after a missed field goal as time expired lost them this game. A game that they should never had a chance of winning! The Knights were leading 24-3 at halftime, dominating up front. A third quarter pick six and fumble recovery set up the fight back. Tomkowski snuck in to make it 30-24 in the fourth quarter. This allowed Elijah Brooks to march downfield and find Cooks in the endzone for the final score.

San Angelo Miners 20 – 34 Adelphia Phoenix

The Miners were without Brandon Mullen, and it showed. The Phoenix took control early and led 13-3 at the half. Adelphia QB Matt Kelly is coming back to fitness and form and he threw for 289 yards and three TD tosses.

Hallas Stars 26 – 31 Melboro Lions

The Giants are still in it! A mid-season comeback has helped the Lions continue to stay relevant. Their strong defence shit down Hallas for three Quarters and they led 17-10. Even though Hallas came back, the Melboro men had enough left in the tank to claim the victory.

Stars vs Wasps – Sunday Night Matchup

   HALLAS STARS  35
   CHAKOTA WASPS 14

	1	2	3	4	ET	FT
HALLAS	5	9	14	7	–	35
CHAKOTA	0	7	7	0	–	14

From the Wasps’ Nest, Chakota

Hallas scored two Rogues in the first half (safeties for US fans) and Kobe Carey returned the second half kickoff 96 yards for a TD as the Stars romped away to a 35-14 win over the Wasps in Chakota last night.

After 17 minutes play, the score was 7-0, but with two Rogues and a Field Goal, not the normal way of accumulating these points. it was 14-7 at the half, following an Amani Sanders catch and run. The second half began with a Carey TD return and then following a Chakota three and out- a Wilson 2 yard TD dive. At 28-7 it looked all over.

Drew Williams threw for 311 yards,two scores and one pick, whilst the defence racked up six QB Marks (Sacks for US fans), with three from monster DT Latavius Gill.

When not being pressured, Wasps’ QB Billy Humphrey managed only 171 yards, 1 TD and threw an INT. Humphrey left the game late in the second Quarter, but returned in the 4th Quarter.

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Ohara, Oakland to meet in Champions Bowl

UFB | Champions Bowl Series Semi-Finals

The top two seeds, the Scarlets and the Crimson Glory have navigated through the Champions Bowl Series (CBS) to book their places in the Champions Bowl on 6th January 2018.

Ohara beat the Granada Bulldogs 41-35 in a high-scoring affair, a good action-packed shootout at Scarlet Stadium. It came down to who had the ball last.

Oakland had a slightly easier time of it against the BSU Bosshogs, winning  27-14 and seemingly taking the fourth quarter off.

The number one ranked team No.1 against the no.2 team. This should be one heck of a contest!

The Season isn’t over for Granada and BSU though, as they now have New Years Classic Bowl games to play in, along with other top ranked teams, like Eregonia and O’Connell.

UFB 1/4 Finals: Four down, four left!

UFB: The Semi-Finals loom | No major shocks in 1/4 finals, although holders go out.

So, after another round of matches, three of the four top seeds remain. Ohara and Oakland convincingly took care of Gayle and NESU, respectively. Granada against Eregonia wasn’t that close, after the Bulldogs raced into a 17-0 lead. Only BSU got the away win, beating defending Champions O’Connell 31-24, that was not really a major shock, though.  BSU’s defence is legit badass!

Monday Night Fight!

PFL Season 2017-18 | Week Eleven | Monday Night Game

   OAKLAND RAVENS  16
   CHAKOTA WASPS 15

	1	2	3	4	ET	FT
OAKLAND	3	3	3	7	–	16
CHAKOTA	2	3	3	7	–	15

From the Wasps’ Nest, Chakota.

What a war it was on Monday Night between divisional rivals Chakota and Oakland. Both teams defence’s were on top and the game was full of brutal, albeit legal hits and tackles. Tempers flared over at times, but the referees seemed to keep their cool when other’s did not.

This was not a game for those who enjoy flashy high scoring games, for the defensive knock-down, hustling, bustling fight- this was a game for you!

At the end of the first quarter, it was 3-2 , with a Philips field goal and a Tomkowski rogue (safety for US fans), when he was tackled in his own end zone.

In the second and third quarters, both teams could only trade field goals. Humphrey had thrown four picks and Tomkowski two. each team had lost two fumbles and given up nine penalties.

The Wasps thought they had won it when Wiley returned a punt 76 yards for the score, however. The Ravens managed to make one decent drive, going 86 yards for the score. Dante Fulcher dived into the endzone from a yard out on 3rd and goal with 4:19 left to play.  The Wasps got the ball back but could not move the chains.

The Ravens go ahead of the Wasps in PFL Central. Brutal game, compulsive viewing.