[b71c4de2]GAME OF THE WEEK
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Tampa Bay (5-0) Vs Charleston (4-1), this should be a good one. Tampa is flying high with 5 straight wins and looks to be a title contender in the last couple of weeks. On the other side is the Monitors, they're having a typical season with 4 wins and with Hurst at the helm anything is possible..

Charleston has dominated this series 12-3 but Tampa is a different team this year and it appears they are ready for the Monitors.

Lets take a closer look at the Matchup;

[u71c4de2][b71c4de2]Monitors[/b71c4de2][/u71c4de2]

5th rated running off

12th rated passing off

8th rated run def

16th rate pass def

[u71c4de2][b71c4de2]Tampa[/b71c4de2][/u71c4de2]

16th rated run def

11th rated pass def

9th rated running off

20th rated passing off


FOF Spread [b71c4de2]Tampa -1[/b71c4de2]

JJ's Adjusted Spread [b71c4de2]Charleston -3[/b71c4de2]
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JJ Smitty's Prediction[/b71c4de2]
Monitors - 21
Tampa - 17

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JJ Smitty's Record
Atlantic Division Champions - 2007, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2028, 2035, 2037, 2039, 2044, 2046, 2047
Eastern Conference Champions - 2008, 2039, 2047
CFL Champions - 2008, 2039, 2047

This could be a huge game not just for the division, but for down the road in potential home game scenarios for the conference.

My team has absolutely been on fire, but there is some smoke an mirrors involved. As you can see by the rankings Smitty put up there, we're not overpowering in any one area. But we are 3rd in the league in turnover margin and 3rd in the league in points allowed. Against a team like Charleston who has completely owned us, we will need to hope for more than just a few lucky breaks.

I'm particularly interested to see how my RB Vinny McKnight does. For reasons unexplainable to me, he has blown up this year. Look at his career stats:

2006 - 217 carries, 751 yards, 3.46 avg, Long of 35
2007 - 48 carries, 175 yards, 3.64 avg, Long of 17
2008 - 232 carries, 878 yards, 3.78 avg, Long of 49
2009 - 264 carries, 964 yards, 3.64 avg, Long of 28
[be9efe50]2010 - 92 carries, 517 yards, 5.61 avg, Long of 74 amd 65[/be9efe50]

I'm curious to see if he gets a ratings boom next off-season, because he has had no significant change in ratings thus far.


A win here would put us in a good spot early on with a 2 game lead in the division. A loss and we're tied with Charleston and potentially other teams right on our tails.

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If I were Tampa, I'd focus all my energy on this game and completely forget about my game next week against Shreveport.

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Deep South Division Champions
2006, 2009-10, 2019, 2023-24, 2027, 2031-32, 2034-35, 2040, 2044, 2046-47, 2051-53, 2055-56, 2058-62
Eastern Conference Champions
2009, 2031, 2055
CFL Champions
2031, 2055
Hall of Fame
Joshua Mask, Douglas Hartman, Carl Bradford, Leland Wellins, Wally Wooden (#80), Brantley Gilmore (#9), Mo Kirwan, Josh Stanton, Efrain Tate

[quote3375c6e="Raven Hawk"]If I were Tampa, I'd focus all my energy on this game and completely forget about my game next week against Shreveport. [/quote3375c6e]

We take it one game at a time, one game at a time ..

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