Wildcats last to lose
PA suffers first defeat at hands of Mustangs;
several other games go down to the wire

The PA Wildcats, the FFL’s only unbeaten team after 5 weeks, suffered their first defeat on the season — a 49-30 thrashing at the hands of division rival Mercer. The Mustang’s game-day add of kicker Greg Davis proved to be stroke of genius as Davis booted 6 field goals and a PAT in setting the season high points for a kicker — 19.

Several other games went down to the wire, and weren’t decided until the Monday night game was completed. A quick recap:

NIKEtown beat Keystone 38-30. NIKEtown lead by 3 points going into the Monday night tilt, and Drew Bledsoe tacked on another 5 points to seal the deal. Keystone’s Terry Glenn posted a big goose egg Monday night, sealing the Longfellow’s fate. NIKEtown’s 5-1 record leads the Paterno Division.

Syracuse pulled a come-from-behind win over the Richmond Raptors by a 48-41 count. The Raptors led by a point heading into the Monday night game, but Richmond’s kicker Jason Elam sat out the contest due to injury. Syracuse sent WR Rod Smith, who had over 130 yards receiving, propelling the Blizzard to the win. Syracuse ups their record to 5-1 and pulls back into a tie with PA at the top of the Engle Division.

Miami enjoyed a 39-36 comeback victory over Wisconsin. The Cheeseheads tandem of Shawn Jefferson and Shannon Sharpe were shut out during the Monday night game while Miami’s K Adam Vinatieri scored 8 points, helping the Muffdivers overcome the 5-point deficit.

New York RB Terrell Davis posted a huge 26-point night, breaking a 33-33 tie with New Denver and propelling the Griffons to a 59-33 win. New York evens their record at 3-3, and pulls into a tie with Dallas at 1 game back of the 4-2 Cheeseheads in the Cappelletti Division.

The other two games were finalized before the Monday night contest. Carolina beat Dallas 53-36. The Big Bang ups their record to 3-3 and remains 2 games back of the Knights in the Paterno Division. And finally, the NAMELESS TEAM formerly known as the Pittsburgh Pachyderms beat the hapless, winless Newport Beach Nightmare by a 36-34 score.

 

NIKEtown owner speaks
FFF’s exclusive interview with Sam McClain

In an exclusive interview this week with Sam McClain, owner of the defending champion NIKEtown Knights (formerly known as the LA Riot!), McClain answered some of his critics and looked back on NIKEtown’s first home game in Pittsburgh. Here are some highlights:

On a rumored boycott of NIKEtown games: “Instead of boycotting the NIKEtown Knights’ sponsors, perhaps the owner of the aptly-named ‘Nightmare’ ought to outfit his whole team in new Nike Air Zooms. Consumption of our official sports drink — Gatorade — might also help improve his team’s poor production.”

McClain did note, however, that he understood it wouldn’t be a terrible sacrifice on the part of Newport Beach management to boycott the use of NIKEtown’s official condom sponsor — Magnum. “He’d have no use for them” McClain said.

As for the personal attacks Callahan has leveled at McClain, the Knights owner had this to say: “I don’t want to get into a personal battle with him. I’ve known Dan a long time so I will assume he was misquoted, or just drunk again.”

McClain also reflected on the Knight’s first home game last weekend — a 52-29 win over the NAMELESS TEAM formerly known as the Pittsburgh Pachyderms. The game was played at Three Rivers Stadium.

“The fans in Pittsburgh enjoyed the opportunity to express their sentiments and say farewell to the team that they had supported since the inception of the league,” McClain said in reference to the former Pittsburgh franchise. “We also arranged to have Iron City — our commercial sponsor — stock the visitors locker room with IC Lite and the new IC Twisters, a fruity drink I’m sure all those Californians enjoyed.”

Game day weather was mild in Pittsburgh, and McClain noted their were no hurricanes, earthquakes or mudslides during the weekend. “Traffic was exceptionally heavy,” McClain pointed out, “so we have allotted an extra 5 minutes from now on to get to the stadium on time.”

McClain also went out of his way to welcome the new owners to the league. “We reserved a special box seat for new team owners Ross Hessler and Helen Zajak — oh, and for their “little” dog too. What’s it’s name … Shotzy?”