Yearly Archive: 2017

Year II Preview: New York Royal Giants

{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats are labeled as appropriate.} This was just a bad team. Tiki Barber had a good year, Chris Snee had a good year, and Jon Beason had a good year. Beyond that? Not really….
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Year II Preview: London Fog

{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats are labeled as appropriate.} This was a good team throughout Year I, and possibly a great team with Russell Wilson at QB. The offense has a variety of weapons, from Emmitt Smith to The…
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Year II Preview: Dublin Damhas

{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats are labeled as appropriate.} Dublin has to be pleased with their Year I performance, rebounding from a very difficult start to make it to the inaugural Whirled Bowl. The challenge for Year II…
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Year II Preview: Boston Bulldogs

{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats are labeled as appropriate.} The Bulldogs slid into the playoffs, and lost in the first round. Still, a playoff appearance is a playoff appearance, and with the league’s best defense, the areas of…
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Year II Preview: Berlin Bärin

{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats are labeled as appropriate.} Berlin’s offense was one of the best in the league, and certainly one of the most balanced, with Walter Payton‘s running providing the counterpoint to Sid Luckman‘s arm and…
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Year II Preview: Amsterdam Lions

{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats are labeled as appropriate.} Year I was a mixed bag for Amsterdam: they finished 6-11 and 6th in the Northish division, but they also scored more points than they allowed. This was a…
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Pro Bowl I

PRO BOWL I Northish N’AllStars @ Southish S’AllStars Kokuritsu Kyogijo 72°, 10 – 20 mph wind. 1 2 3 4 Tot 2014 Northish (1-0) 3 10 10 14 37 2014 Southish (0-1) 7 3 7 0 17 Scoring Summary 1 7:41…
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WFL Year One: The All-Pros

  AV = Approximate Value. Much more to come on this, but essentially it’s a modified version of the metric developed at pro-football-reference.com, customized to fit the data generated by the DKSports simulation. I hope to open source this in…
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Whirled Bowl I – TOK @ DUB

WHIRLED BOWL I Tokyo Swallows @ Dublin Damhas Ydnekachew Tesema 50°, 0 – 10 mph wind, rain. Full Report: WB-I-TOK-DUB 1 2 3 4 Tot 2014 Tokyo (3-0) 7 17 7 14 45 2014 Dublin (2-1) 14 7 7 14 42…
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01.22 This Week in Whirled Football

For this special Whirled Bowl edition, we’ll take a look at the season to date for both Tokyo and Dublin, as well as a position by position comparison of the 2 teams. #DUB Dublin struggled mightily at the start of the season,…
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