Post by Banana Cat on Jul 3, 2012 19:19:03 GMT -5
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Outlaws make playoffs despite loss to Oklahoma
July 02, 2012
By Seth StringerSedalia Democrat
And the plot thickens in the melodrama that is the American Professional Football League.
The most recent twist, however, is good news for the Mid-Missouri Outlaws, whose playoff hopes have been revived.
Just a day after the Outlaws’ postseason push seemed to end in an 88-41, shorthanded loss to the Oklahoma Defenders in Tulsa, Okla., the American Professional Football League released a statement on its website Sunday stating that “The Mid-Missouri Outlaws won the No. 4 seed by virtue of a ruling from the league based on the number of wins the Kansas Koyotes accumulated as a result of forfeit.”
The decision was later verified by Sioux City owner Bob Scott, who informed Outlaws co-owner Ethan Henson and Outlaws coach Ben Lyles over the phone that the top-seeded Bandits (12-0) would be hosting the fourth-seeded Outlaws (7-5) at 4:05 p.m. Sunday in a semifinal matchup.
The other semifinal will be the second-seeded Council Bluffs Express hosting the third-seeded Defenders at 7:05 p.m. Saturday.
“We got a confirmation,” Lyles said. “From what we were told and understand, the Koyotes didn’t play the 10 games required. In fact, even if they had played this past weekend that would have only given them nine I believe.”
While the Koyotes ended the season 7-5 and held a playoff tiebreaker over the Outlaws based on point differential in their head-to-head season split (Kansas won 48-42, Outlaws won 33-28), they also earned four of those victories by way of forfeit. Two of those came from the Colorado Lightning and Cheyenne Warriors, who in midseason forfeited their remaining games on the league slate, while the remaining pair came from the Springfield WolfPack. In comparison, every other team in the playoff race received only two forfeit victories and played the mandatory 10 league games.
For the Outlaws, that means their streak of consecutive playoff appearances — dating back to their inaugural year in 2007 — will reach six.
As for the three-time Central Plains Football League champions’ chance at making a deep playoff run, Lyles contends that — even as his team gears up for a team that’s gone 26-0 since joining the APFL in 2011 — anything’s possible.
“Everybody’s 0-0 and anything can happen,” he said. “What’s exciting is we haven’t put together four quarters of great football yet and you would think that would happen eventually. Hopefully it happens against Sioux City.”
Mid-Missouri’s loss at Tulsa
Even with only 18 men making the trek south, Outlaws quarterback Kyle Middleton and Lyles contend it was the best the Outlaws have played all season.
After holding the Defenders scoreless and outscoring them 3-0 in the third quarter, the Outlaws trailed 55-41 entering the fourth quarter. But then the fatigue set in.
“We ran out of gas in the fourth quarter,” Lyles said. “If we were healthy and had more numbers, we probably could’ve made a run in the fourth. But we got tired and the wheels to the bus started to fall off. We started gambling on big plays and ... we also had 15 penalties to their four.”
Along with Jacob Cahill and Seth Brimer, who are out for the year, the Outlaws had to play without Anthony Collins, Jajwan Shields and Ryan Lewis.
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READER COMMENTS
So Kansas gets penalized because teams forfeited against them? Well played, APFL, well played.
July 02, 2012
By Seth StringerSedalia Democrat
And the plot thickens in the melodrama that is the American Professional Football League.
The most recent twist, however, is good news for the Mid-Missouri Outlaws, whose playoff hopes have been revived.
Just a day after the Outlaws’ postseason push seemed to end in an 88-41, shorthanded loss to the Oklahoma Defenders in Tulsa, Okla., the American Professional Football League released a statement on its website Sunday stating that “The Mid-Missouri Outlaws won the No. 4 seed by virtue of a ruling from the league based on the number of wins the Kansas Koyotes accumulated as a result of forfeit.”
The decision was later verified by Sioux City owner Bob Scott, who informed Outlaws co-owner Ethan Henson and Outlaws coach Ben Lyles over the phone that the top-seeded Bandits (12-0) would be hosting the fourth-seeded Outlaws (7-5) at 4:05 p.m. Sunday in a semifinal matchup.
The other semifinal will be the second-seeded Council Bluffs Express hosting the third-seeded Defenders at 7:05 p.m. Saturday.
“We got a confirmation,” Lyles said. “From what we were told and understand, the Koyotes didn’t play the 10 games required. In fact, even if they had played this past weekend that would have only given them nine I believe.”
While the Koyotes ended the season 7-5 and held a playoff tiebreaker over the Outlaws based on point differential in their head-to-head season split (Kansas won 48-42, Outlaws won 33-28), they also earned four of those victories by way of forfeit. Two of those came from the Colorado Lightning and Cheyenne Warriors, who in midseason forfeited their remaining games on the league slate, while the remaining pair came from the Springfield WolfPack. In comparison, every other team in the playoff race received only two forfeit victories and played the mandatory 10 league games.
For the Outlaws, that means their streak of consecutive playoff appearances — dating back to their inaugural year in 2007 — will reach six.
As for the three-time Central Plains Football League champions’ chance at making a deep playoff run, Lyles contends that — even as his team gears up for a team that’s gone 26-0 since joining the APFL in 2011 — anything’s possible.
“Everybody’s 0-0 and anything can happen,” he said. “What’s exciting is we haven’t put together four quarters of great football yet and you would think that would happen eventually. Hopefully it happens against Sioux City.”
Mid-Missouri’s loss at Tulsa
Even with only 18 men making the trek south, Outlaws quarterback Kyle Middleton and Lyles contend it was the best the Outlaws have played all season.
After holding the Defenders scoreless and outscoring them 3-0 in the third quarter, the Outlaws trailed 55-41 entering the fourth quarter. But then the fatigue set in.
“We ran out of gas in the fourth quarter,” Lyles said. “If we were healthy and had more numbers, we probably could’ve made a run in the fourth. But we got tired and the wheels to the bus started to fall off. We started gambling on big plays and ... we also had 15 penalties to their four.”
Along with Jacob Cahill and Seth Brimer, who are out for the year, the Outlaws had to play without Anthony Collins, Jajwan Shields and Ryan Lewis.
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READER COMMENTS
So Kansas gets penalized because teams forfeited against them? Well played, APFL, well played.