L.A. Buckets

* The Buckets left the NSFL at mid-season just a few games later for political reasons. They later joined the WFFL as a founding member. ShaMe Wells was kicked out of the NSFL for the 4th time later that season. Among other things that made him a lousy FBPro player to ruin the game for everyone he played against: he had been caught using illegal plays, stealing plays, and using fake names to take over other teams so he could trade their best players to himself.

Kickoff is set for 7 PM PST/10 EST Friday night (6/27/03) A "must see" event on NetScoreBoard (we are working on a fix for XP users to watch as well)

It's PAYBACK time...

Charlotte had this on his old website after beating me last season:

I'd like to pour THAT Bucket right back on his Piss-Ant head this season!

The gauntlet was thrown last season, Shane, now pick it up and let's get ready to RUMBLE!!

"The ShaMey" is predicting a win for his flaming Fire Ants- by at least 14-1/2 points, adding this commentary:

"LA has in my opinion the most comparable roster to Charlotte, the only problem is he can't figure out who is healthy and who isn't. I could easily enjoy writing about this game, but there is no need, the game can speak for itself." - Shane Wells

Here is what I think of that prediction:

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Los Angeles- The big one.

Last year's first meeting had the Fire Ants come into L.A. in week 9 and give the Buckets their only regular season home loss, 34-18.

There are a few sub-plots in this stomach-turning drama: Fire Ants back-up tailback Lydell Mitchell was with the Buckets his whole career but took the better FA deal with Charlotte in the offseason.

L.A. tailback Del Thompson needs just 12 yards to catch Charlotte HB Marcus Allen as the all-time leader on the "modern" NSFL career rushing list (years 2001-2004 will be added to the database later). Allen will be returning to action after spending last week on the sidelines so the 2006 rushing title race will really heat up.

There were several other spats in the past between these two bitter rival coaches- but we'll keep the focus on the game at hand...

Good luck, ShaMe!

Charlotte 7 3 0 0 -- 10 L.A. 0 10 3 0 -- 13 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Quarter Charlotte - Jackson 10 pass from Montana (Andersen kick), 14:52

Fourth Quarter No scoring --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drive Summary First Half Team Plays-Yds Time Result Cha-L.A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlotte 0:11 Kickoff 0-0 L.A. 9 13 5:18 Punt 0-0 Charlotte 3 0 0:34 Punt 0-0 L.A. 8 48 3:01 40 yd FG attempt wide 0-0 Charlotte 7 70 5:56 Jackson 10 pass from Montana 7-0 (Andersen kick) L.A. 3 -12 1:12 Punt 7-0 Charlotte 3 0 1:03 Punt 7-0 L.A. 6 43 2:57 Thompson 1 run 7-7 (Clark kick) Charlotte 6 11 2:29 Andersen 34 FG 10-7 L.A. 6 34 2:45 Clark 39 FG 10-10 Charlotte 4 14 0:48 Interception 10-10 L.A. 3 3 0:24 Punt 10-10 Charlotte 2 -9 0:22 End of half 10-10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second Half Team Plays-Yds Time Result Cha-L.A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- L.A. 0:11 Kickoff 10-10 Charlotte 4 17 1:41 Interception 10-10 L.A. 3 -13 1:14 Punt 10-10 Charlotte 4 26 1:32 Fumble 10-10 L.A. 3 2 1:19 Clark 49 FG 10-13 Charlotte 5 51 1:51 Possession change on downs 10-13 L.A. 3 10 1:57 Punt 10-13 Charlotte 5 13 1:50 Possession change on downs 10-13 L.A. 3 -13 4:53 Punt 10-13 Charlotte 3 -7 1:22 Punt 10-13 L.A. 4 17 2:15 Punt 10-13 Charlotte 7 27 2:38 Punt 10-13 L.A. 3 -1 1:27 Punt 10-13 Charlotte 7 32 1:58 Fumble 10-13 L.A. 3 0 0:32 Punt 10-13 Charlotte 2 0 0:20 End of game 10-13 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAY v98.06 A fine shareware program

L.A. 13 Charlotte 10 L.A. CHAR L.A. CHAR 1st DOWNS 8 14 PASS YDS -36 122 rushing 7 8 comp/att 4/13 11/32 passing 1 6 yds/pass -1.8 3.5 penalty 0 0 sacks/yds 7/61 3/22 3rd DOWNS 2/16 5/13 ints 0 2 4th DOWNS 1/1 0/2 PUNTS/AVG 10/55 4/52 TOTAL YARDS 100 241 TOT RET YDS 154 205 total plays 53 61 punt returns 4/46 7/95 avg gain 1.9 4.0 kickoff returns 3/88 4/110 RUSH YDS 136 119 int returns 2/20 0/0 num rushes 33 26 PENALTY/YARDS 3/21 0/0 rush ave 4.1 4.6 FUMBLES/LOST 1/0 3/3 TIME POSS 26:25 21:35 2PT CONV 0/0 0/0

Week 5 P L A Y E R S L.A. Rushing Thompson 25 att/149 yds, 1 TD; Lytle 2/(-1), 0 TD; Maitland 2/(-2), 0 TD; Oliver 4/(-10), 0 TD; CHAR Rushing Allen 24 att/111 yds, 0 TD; Mitchell 2/8, 0 TD;

L.A. Passing Maitland 4 comp/13 att for 25 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT; CHAR Passing Montana 11 comp/31 att for 144 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT; Pritchett 0/1 for 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT;

L.A. Receiving Giles 1 rec/18 yds, 0 TD; Ownens 1/8, 0 TD; Weathers 2/(-1), 0 TD; CHAR Receiving Jackson 2 rec/63 yds, 1 TD; Allen 6/39, 0 TD; Perry 2/31, 0 TD; Scott 1/11, 0 TD;

Week 5 P L A Y E R S L.A. Tackles Jackson 7; Chaffey 6; Tippett 5; Bradley 5; Singleton 3; Walker 3; Wagoner 3; Sherwin 2; Watkins 2; Steed 1; Holloway 1; Daniels 1; CHAR Tackles Jackson 7; Coffey 5; Mims 5; Banks 4; Simpson 4; Escudero 4; Jones 4; Stroud 3; Baldwin 2; Bryant 2; Armstrong 2; Weishuhn 1; Spitulski 1; Excoll 1; Nelson 1;