Post by David Clements on Feb 27, 2013 14:26:28 GMT -5
2013 Las Vegas World Championships PRO Division Breakdown
1.) DX (NV)- The true spread offense is something that the West Coast has been very slow to adapt. Most of the top teams for years have been conventional 3 OL, 4 WR types of schemes and have played straight up football. This fact is of course why teams like the McAllen Scatbacks and All-Met could show up to Las Vegas each year and experience immediate success despite how far they had to travel. Disco and his crew have taken the spread to the next level and teams are yet to catch to up the offense that is averaging an unheard of 30 points per game. What the other spread teams have lacked in general is what DX brings to the table: a top-notch (and conventional) flag football defense that can stop the opposing offense and get the ball back to their almost unstoppable offense. If teams haven’t built their rosters according to the bodies they will need to rush and cover tons of ground, they can write off any chance of a championship.
2.) Source One (CA)- What the Wolfpack has done in California over the last two seasons in undeniable. They have travelled up and down the state and beaten everyone even in their own backyards (including the San Diego squads IN San Diego). They have also dominated the January Flagmag tournaments two years in a row so they have proven that they can get to Las Vegas and get the job done; now they just need to do it in March as well. Randy has proven that a QB can keep playing deep into the gray hairs with success. Very few QBs have been at it as long and at such a high level.
3.) New Hustle (CA)- We’ve have seen some transition over the last two years in the SDFFL. New Hustle and SD Xpress have emerged as the two top teams and with the absence of Daygo Funhouse this year in Las Vegas as well as Xpress, expect New Hustle to add a few top players to an already top-notch team. They have been consistently in the final 4 and I don’t expect anything less from the premier San Diego squad in this tournament.
4.) Long Beach All-Stars (CA)- Two years ago, TMT pulled the big upset that opened the door for Bryant Sports to land their championship. Last year, the Long Beach strength (speed rush) was nullified in the finals by the DX spread. Long Beach is falling to one symptom: they haven’t been playing together as a full squad on a regular basis like they always did in the past and I have seen for the first time some of them not on the same page. But the top teams (NH Posse, Southbay Ballers, Quick 6, Da Bears) have proven time and time again that once you have attained a level of success that you can put your guys together at the beginning of the year and still beat most of the teams in the tournament. This is what I see Long Beach doing over the last 3 years. Neil will have just enough familiar faces to get the job done.
5.) Bryant Sports (CO)- Bryant Sports dropped back to Earth last year after one of the more remarkable runs in recent memories two years ago for the title. Their run reminded me of Southbay back in 2007: 13 guys all on the same page playing absolutely mistake-free football. With the absence of Darius Watts last year, they didn’t seem so unstoppable. Question #1 on everyone’s mind, will #99 be back?
6.) TMT (NV)- Last Sunday these guys pulled off the upset of DX to lock down their 20th Las Vegas flag football league title. Yes 20. Combine that with the upset of Long Beach from two years ago, and you’ve got a team guaranteed to lock down a quarterfinal berth.
7.) Sickwidit (NV)- I can’t help to think back to 2006 when TMT won the COMP division championship in Las Vegas to be the first Las Vegas team to make any significant impact in their home-town championships. I’ve always believed that once the city of Las Vegas developed a top league to nurture the teams in an area full of lots of talent that they would begin to make an impact on the January and March tournaments. I think that time has come with 3 teams now in my top 7. Sickwidit lost in January on a last second TD to DX for the MCFFU title. They can easily make a final 4 run sleeping in their own beds.
8.) Denver Goats (CO)- These guys are highly organized and have to be considered one of the top 3 teams out of a very talented Colorado league. They’ve been absent for a few years in Las Vegas but I expect them to be very good with a solid roster of about 20 of their core players from league.
9.) Nu Nation (GA)- I’m not quite sure where to place Patrick’s team here. They had a very impressive run in Orlando this January getting by such back East teams as Dominon (1 time USFTL Champions) and Elite from the DMV flag football hot-bed. I think they’ve had to combo with another team out of Canada in order to fill a full roster. Combo teams have seen limited success in Las Vegas so we will see what this group brings to the table.
10.) TKO (CA)- I think this group will be missing the OL guys to get the job done but they have such high organization on offense and bring such a talented group of skill players and DB’s that they will be most of the mid-level teams in the tournament. Look out for this group in the future if they can ever lock down 3-5 solid guys to play upfront for them. Their conventional offense demands that they play very well on the OL.
11.) Total Chaos (CA)- With the retirement of the Southbay Ballers, Total Chaos has emerged as one of the top two squads out of the Flash football league. Expect to see some of the old Ballers with this group as well as some of the Bay Kings.
12.) SD Renegades (CA)
13.) Outkast (CA)
14.) Ball Hawks (NV)
15.) Young Money (NV)
16.) Misfits (UT)
17.) Angry Catepillars (CA)
18.) Bersa (NV)
COMP/REC Division
1.) Slaughterhouse (CA)
2.) Fresno Stingrays (CA)
3.) Rockers (CO)
4.) Highlanders (CA)
5.) Showtime (CA)
6.) SD Hippos (CA)
7.) Scrappers (NV)
8.) Gopher TU (UT)
9.) Little Giants (NV)
1.) DX (NV)- The true spread offense is something that the West Coast has been very slow to adapt. Most of the top teams for years have been conventional 3 OL, 4 WR types of schemes and have played straight up football. This fact is of course why teams like the McAllen Scatbacks and All-Met could show up to Las Vegas each year and experience immediate success despite how far they had to travel. Disco and his crew have taken the spread to the next level and teams are yet to catch to up the offense that is averaging an unheard of 30 points per game. What the other spread teams have lacked in general is what DX brings to the table: a top-notch (and conventional) flag football defense that can stop the opposing offense and get the ball back to their almost unstoppable offense. If teams haven’t built their rosters according to the bodies they will need to rush and cover tons of ground, they can write off any chance of a championship.
2.) Source One (CA)- What the Wolfpack has done in California over the last two seasons in undeniable. They have travelled up and down the state and beaten everyone even in their own backyards (including the San Diego squads IN San Diego). They have also dominated the January Flagmag tournaments two years in a row so they have proven that they can get to Las Vegas and get the job done; now they just need to do it in March as well. Randy has proven that a QB can keep playing deep into the gray hairs with success. Very few QBs have been at it as long and at such a high level.
3.) New Hustle (CA)- We’ve have seen some transition over the last two years in the SDFFL. New Hustle and SD Xpress have emerged as the two top teams and with the absence of Daygo Funhouse this year in Las Vegas as well as Xpress, expect New Hustle to add a few top players to an already top-notch team. They have been consistently in the final 4 and I don’t expect anything less from the premier San Diego squad in this tournament.
4.) Long Beach All-Stars (CA)- Two years ago, TMT pulled the big upset that opened the door for Bryant Sports to land their championship. Last year, the Long Beach strength (speed rush) was nullified in the finals by the DX spread. Long Beach is falling to one symptom: they haven’t been playing together as a full squad on a regular basis like they always did in the past and I have seen for the first time some of them not on the same page. But the top teams (NH Posse, Southbay Ballers, Quick 6, Da Bears) have proven time and time again that once you have attained a level of success that you can put your guys together at the beginning of the year and still beat most of the teams in the tournament. This is what I see Long Beach doing over the last 3 years. Neil will have just enough familiar faces to get the job done.
5.) Bryant Sports (CO)- Bryant Sports dropped back to Earth last year after one of the more remarkable runs in recent memories two years ago for the title. Their run reminded me of Southbay back in 2007: 13 guys all on the same page playing absolutely mistake-free football. With the absence of Darius Watts last year, they didn’t seem so unstoppable. Question #1 on everyone’s mind, will #99 be back?
6.) TMT (NV)- Last Sunday these guys pulled off the upset of DX to lock down their 20th Las Vegas flag football league title. Yes 20. Combine that with the upset of Long Beach from two years ago, and you’ve got a team guaranteed to lock down a quarterfinal berth.
7.) Sickwidit (NV)- I can’t help to think back to 2006 when TMT won the COMP division championship in Las Vegas to be the first Las Vegas team to make any significant impact in their home-town championships. I’ve always believed that once the city of Las Vegas developed a top league to nurture the teams in an area full of lots of talent that they would begin to make an impact on the January and March tournaments. I think that time has come with 3 teams now in my top 7. Sickwidit lost in January on a last second TD to DX for the MCFFU title. They can easily make a final 4 run sleeping in their own beds.
8.) Denver Goats (CO)- These guys are highly organized and have to be considered one of the top 3 teams out of a very talented Colorado league. They’ve been absent for a few years in Las Vegas but I expect them to be very good with a solid roster of about 20 of their core players from league.
9.) Nu Nation (GA)- I’m not quite sure where to place Patrick’s team here. They had a very impressive run in Orlando this January getting by such back East teams as Dominon (1 time USFTL Champions) and Elite from the DMV flag football hot-bed. I think they’ve had to combo with another team out of Canada in order to fill a full roster. Combo teams have seen limited success in Las Vegas so we will see what this group brings to the table.
10.) TKO (CA)- I think this group will be missing the OL guys to get the job done but they have such high organization on offense and bring such a talented group of skill players and DB’s that they will be most of the mid-level teams in the tournament. Look out for this group in the future if they can ever lock down 3-5 solid guys to play upfront for them. Their conventional offense demands that they play very well on the OL.
11.) Total Chaos (CA)- With the retirement of the Southbay Ballers, Total Chaos has emerged as one of the top two squads out of the Flash football league. Expect to see some of the old Ballers with this group as well as some of the Bay Kings.
12.) SD Renegades (CA)
13.) Outkast (CA)
14.) Ball Hawks (NV)
15.) Young Money (NV)
16.) Misfits (UT)
17.) Angry Catepillars (CA)
18.) Bersa (NV)
COMP/REC Division
1.) Slaughterhouse (CA)
2.) Fresno Stingrays (CA)
3.) Rockers (CO)
4.) Highlanders (CA)
5.) Showtime (CA)
6.) SD Hippos (CA)
7.) Scrappers (NV)
8.) Gopher TU (UT)
9.) Little Giants (NV)