NFL Week 10 Review

If you bet against every home team this weekend you would have won good money with only 6 of the 16 home teams winning. Last week he got 9 out of 14 right, so let’s take a look at how Rich got on this time around. (predictions found here)

OAK Raiders bt SD Chargers by 7

Original Prediction: Chargers to win by 7.

An unfortunate start to the week in terms of predictions, but this game was massively unpredictable. Phillip Rivers continues to struggle and the Raiders will be happy with the chemistry new QB Carson Palmer has with his receivers.

NO Saints bt ATL Falcons 26-23

Original Prediction: Saints to win by 3.

Evaluation: First prediction out of the gate and Rich got it spot on, helped out greatly by a stupid 4^th down call by the Falcons.

TENN Titans bt CAR Panthers 30 - 3

Original Prediction: The Cam Newton Panthers to win by 6.

Evaluation: Couldn’t have been further from the truth! Tennessee walked all over the Panthers continuing the bye week curse that has ruined pretty much every team this year.

BUAFL Game of the week: BNU @ Portsmouth

BNU Buccaneers once again ground out the tough yards, but fell victim to a hard-nosed Portsmouth defence that created turnovers and stops time and again. 

BNU put up huge yards (239 in comparison to 177 against Pompey) for the second game in a row, but problems holding onto the football restricted their scoring. Both teams also struggled with penalties as they combined for 16 penalties overall for 142 yards.

As a deadlocked first quarter drew to a close Portsmouth gifted BNU the first points of the game when a bad snap on a punt led to a safety. BNU got the ball back for the beginning of the 2^nd quarter and promptly turned it over on downs after going for it on 4^th and 3 from their own 23.

Portsmouth took immediate advantage of the turnover, punching the ball in on second down with a Tomi Olusanya run. Olusanya also ran the ball in for the two point conversion to give Portsmouth a six point lead.

NFL Week 10 Predictions

Last week my predictions looked pretty good until the Patriots, Steelers and Rams all decided to lose their 4^th quarter lead and eventually their matchups. Last week’s record was 9-5, which isn't so bad for a first try. This week I'm already down thanks to Phillip Rivers and the Chargers, so let's hope for a better outing this weekend!

NO Saints @ ATL Falcons

This fixture last year saw the Saints end the Falcons eight game winning streak and dropped the Falcons to 12-3. This year the Falcons are on another winning streak as the Saints head into the Georgia Dome. 

Drew Brees is currently on course to break Dan Marino’s all time passing record and we wouldn’t be surprised to pass over the Falcons D.

If the Falcons offence can keep up in a shootout with Brees this game could end up being game of the week.

Dbl Coverage Prediction: Saints to win by 3.

TENN Titans @ CAR Panthers

The Titans will face another rookie QB this week after losing to Andy Dalton and the Bengals last week. This time they face a different type of quarterback. Cam Newton is by far one of, if not the most entertaining players in the NFL.

The Carolina D are currently allowing 4.6 yards per rush so if they want to win this game they need to hold Chris Johnson to minimal yardage, thus forcing Matt Hasselbeck to win the game for the Titans.

Dbl Coverage Prediction: The Cam Newton Panthers to win by 6.

GB Lions on the Hunt for Coaching Staff

http://www.britishamericanfootball.org/news.aspx?id=51

 
Following the recent announcement regarding the Head Coaches of the Great Britain Lions Junior Contact and Adult Contact Teams (Damian Anderson and Mike Callan, respectively), vacancies now exist for coaching positions within both teams.

The Head Coaches have worked closely with the BAFA National Programme Sub-Committee, comprising BAFA Directors Gary Marshall, Jon Wyse, Matthew Davies and Russ Hewitt, to produce an Application Pack (available on the “Downloads” section of the BAFA website) that prospective coaches should refer to.

Specifically the positions available, for both Junior and Adult teams, include:

· Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Co-ordinators
· Positional Coaches,
· General (coaching) Assistants.

The pack contains details of the roles, their requirements and the process for application and selection, as well as contact details for any questions. The deadline for receipt of applications is midnight on Sunday 27th November 2011. We look forward to receiving all applications from all sections of the British American Football community.

BUAFL Game of the Week Preview

This weekend sees a big clash in the Thames Valley Division, as the BNU Buccaneers try and topple the current National Champion Portsmouth Destroyers. In the same fixture last year Portsmouth ran in 62-14 winners, but BNU can take one positive from the previous game, scoring the 2^nd highest points total the vaunted Pompey D conceded all season.

Portsmouth will be looking to continue their winning streak carrying over from last season’s championship effort. Their defence is extremely stingy and never seems to give up points conceding only 21 points in the regular season last year and they continued that form this year against the Brunel Burners, holding them to no score.