Sunday, September 1, 2024
On this date 85 years ago, the Nazis invaded Poland to mark the start of World War II.
Today we will review much happier events on the European continent.
Let's start with the results of the International Federation of American Football's (IFAF) World Championships of Flag Football.
The IFAF tournaments were both held in Lahti, Finland and included Women's teams from 23 countries and 32 countries vying in the Men's tournament all seeking a World Championship title.
Team USA won the Gold Medal
A 31-18 win over Team Mexico earned the Team USA Women their second consecutive IFAF World Championship Tournament Gold Medal.
Japan won the Women's Bronze Medal
Team Japan won a wild Third Place Game over Team Austria by a final score of 41-40.
For the fifth consecutive IFAF Men's
Tournament, Team USA took
home the Gold Medal
In the Championship Game, Team USA beat Team Austria, 53-21.
Team Switzerland took home the
Men's Bronze Medal
This was another hard fought Third Place game with Team Switzerland outlasting Team Mexico, 41-35.
Don't forget, Flag Football will be an Olympic Sport at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles for both Men and Women.
Coach Michael Wood's team
is headed to the Maple League
Championship Game in Finland
The #1 seeded Helsinki Roosters (11-2) easily defeated the #4 seeded Porvoo Butchers (8-5), 41-14 in one Semi-Final game.
The other Maple League Semi-Final contest featured a mild upset as the #3 seeded Seinajoki Crocodiles (9-4) dominated the #2 seeded Kuopio Steelers (9-4), 35-14.
The Maple League Championship Game will be played next Sunday, September 8th.
The Roosters swept their two regular season games against the Crocodiles but it was ever so close. In Week 7, Helsinki prevailed 27-19. In the rematch in Week 11, the Roosters edged the Seinajoki club again, 42-35.
The Roosters have therefore beaten the Crocodiles by only eight and seven points this year. Can they beat them a third time?
Stay tuned . . .
began this weekend with two
Wild Card games
The ELF season started with 17 teams fighting to earn one of the six playoff spots with a chance to win the fourth ELF Championship.
One Wild Card game on Saturday
and one on Sunday
The Paris Musketeers game poster
Saturday's Wild Card game
#5 seeded Munich Ravens (9-3) at
#4 seeded Paris Musketeers (10-2)
It was a great game with the
higher seeded Musketeers surviving
Sunday's Wild Card game had the
#6 seeded Madrid Bravos (8-4) on
the road to face the #3 seeded
Rhein Fire (11-1)
The German squad dominated
the one from Spain
After the Wild Card games,
only four teams remain in the
hunt for the ELF title
ELF Semi-Final Games
Saturday, September 7, 2024
#4 seed Paris Musketeers (11-2) at
#1 Seed Vienna Vikings (12-0)
Sunday, September 8, 2024
#3 seed Rhein Fire (12-1) at
#2 seed Stuttgart Surge (11-1)
Meanwhile, back on the college football front . . .
TREMENDOUS first week of games
going 11-1 in Week 1 contests!
The Washington Huskies started
slow but defeated the always
dangerous Weber State Wildcats
Here are the game results from the other PAC-12 teams, the Conference of Champions, this past weekend:
Arizona Wildcats 61 - New Mexico Lobos 39
Arizona St. Sun Devils 48 - Wyoming Cowboys 7
Utah Utes 49 - Southern Utah T-Birds 0
Colorado Buffaloes 31 - North Dakota St. Bison 26
Washington St. Cougars 70 - Portland St. Vikings 30
Oregon St. Beavers 38 - Idaho St. Bengals 15
Oregon Ducks 24 - Idaho Vandals 14
USC Trojans 27 - LSU Tigers 20
UCLA Bruins 16 - Hawaii 13
California Golden Bears 31 - UC Davis Aggies 13
TCU Horned Frogs 34 - Stanford Cardinal 27
PAC-12 is on a ROLL!
I know, I know damn it, times have changed.
It is just that I like living in the past.
The NINTH year of college football
eligibility for this former Oregon Ducks
and now Miami Hurricanes athlete
started this weekend
I've never heard of such a thing.
The 2024 NFL season starts
next weekend with the Rams at
the Detroit Lions on Sunday
This old school New York FOOTBALL
Giants logo will be on display at
MetLife Stadium when the Minnesota
Vikings come to the Big Apple on Sunday
I love this logo!
The word "football" was added back in the day to differentiate them from the older National League baseball team of the same name.
Of course, that baseball team moved in 1958 to become the hated San Francisco Giants.
On Sunday, Huntington Beach hosted their annual Labor Day weekend Civil War reenactment.
All of the Contreras Clan
was in full 1860s mode
Trooper Jacob and Underground
Railroad worker Mary
Mary may also have been a
Union spy we are led to believe
On to the net . . .
80% True
1,000% True
Who doesn't LOVE cinnamon toast?
1 comment:
Mary is trying hard not to smile on the black and white picture! Love it.
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