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Year II Preview: Tokyo Swallows

{Numbers in braces are Approximate Value, other stats are labeled as appropriate.} It is certainly true that Tokyo got very, very lucky in Year I with regards to injuries. But the Swallows did not flatter to deceive: this is a great…
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The Franchises

Here are the sixteen franchises. Franchise pairings were determined by a rough ordering of NFL history in an attempt to even talent across the league, at least in its initial distribution. So, the dominant franchises get paired with the newer…
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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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WILDCARD 02 – SYD @ TOK

Season 01 WILDCARD Game Sydney Great White @ Tokyo Swallows Kokuritsu Kyogijo 64°, 10 – 20 mph wind, rain. Full Report: WC-02-SYD-TOK 1 2 3 4 Tot 2014 Sydney (0-1) 0 0 14 14 28 2014 Tokyo (1-0) 14 7 7…
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16.06 TOK @ AMS

Tokyo Sparrows (12-1) @ Amsterdam Lions (5-8) Amsterdam Arena 39°, 0-5 mph wind. Full Report: 16-06-TOK-AMS 1 2 3 4 Tot 2014 Tokyo (13-1) 7 14 7 7 35 2014 Amsterdam (5-9) 14 0 0 7 21 Scoring Summary 1 12:39…
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13.03 TOK @ CTO

Tokyo Swallows (10-1) @ Cape Town Makana (4-7) Green Point Stadium 28°, 15-25 mph wind. Full Report: 13-03-TOK-CTO 1 2 3 4 Tot 2014 Tokyo (11-1) 7 17 14 0 38 2014 Cape Town (4-8) 7 3 3 12 25 Scoring…
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10 Week Review: Tokyo Swallows

Tokyo Swallows (9-1) One of the real surprises of the league: Tokyo always seemed on the brink of falling apart, but here they are, tied for first in their division. It’s unclear how they are doing it: the Swallows give up…
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11.05 BEI @ TOK

Beijing Red Stars (3-6) @ Tokyo Swallows (8-1) Kokuritsu Kyogijo 57°, 20-30 mph wind. Full Report: 11-05-BEI-TOK 1 2 3 4 Tot 2014 Beijing (3-7) 0 13 3 7 23 2014 Tokyo (9-1) 10 0 7 10 27 Scoring Summary 1…
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