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| The Smack Daddies' torrid scoring streak has been led by quarterback Cam Newton. |
By R.E. Porter
Associated Web Press
"Red hot" would be an apt description for the Atlanta Smack Daddies over the last three weeks, a stretch that has seen the team average 206.6 points per game, including back-to-back 200-point games, an NFFA first. In those three contests, the Daddies have been led by
quarterback Cam Newton, who has averaged more than 60 points a game the last three weeks.
Prior to the 2015 season, four teams had scored 200 or more points twice in a single season, but no team had ever done it in consecutive weeks. East Nashville has done it three times (2005, 2007, and 2014), and Fidalgo Island has done it twice (2007 and 2013), while Cambridge and the Downtowners have each done it once, both in 2014 (See Chart 1 below).
Now the Smack Daddies have done them all one better because they also hit 200 in week three, although in a losing cause, falling to the Black Dogs, 214.8 to 202.6. Still, they became the first team in league history to score 200 or more points three times in a single season.
"The playoffs are cute," Atlanta owner Lex Dominica said. "But everyone knows who the best team in this league is."
The 226.2 points the Smack Daddies put on The Village Green last weekend was the fifth-highest total in NFFA history, giving them five 200-point games all time. (See Chart 2 below). The Black Dogs lead in that category, with ten 200-point games, including the league's first three. Fidalgo Island is next with seven 200-point games all time, followed by the Daddies and the Animals with five each, the Corsairs with four (two as the Midtown Mojo), the 12th Avenue Bakers with three, and The Village Green and West Nashville Beelzebubbas with one each. The Beelzebubbas' only 200-point game came in week 2 of the 2007 season and was the highest score in NFFA history: 233.5 points versus the Smack Daddies.
Interestingly, the 'Bubbas have never been on the receiving end of a 200-point game, the only team that can make that claim. "That's because we believe in great defense," GM Mos Ded said. "A lot of people think great defense starts with great defensive players, but it starts with not letting other people score on you. We have a great defensive coordinator, Janet."
The Alamo Scouts/Village Green franchise has given up the most 200-point games — nine (five as the Scouts and four as The Green). The Sea Hogs are next with six, followed by the Black Dogs and Smack Daddies with five each, the Animals with four, and the Bakers and Corsairs with three each.
As for what the Smack Daddies have accomplished over the past three weeks, not everyone around the league is impressed. "Can we just start next year with a consolation division, where people
can score 200 points in meaningless games?" asked Cambridge owner Dave the Animal, whose team will play for the NFFA championship this weekend. "A trophy for everyone, boys."
Chart 1: 200-Point Club By Year
2005 (2)• East Nashville Black Dogs, 215 points (2005, week 3 vs. Alamo Scouts)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 201 points (2005, week 6 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
2006 (1)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 231 points (2006, week 10 vs. Alamo Scouts)
2007 (7)
• West Nashville Beelzebubbas, 233.5 points (2007, week 2 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
• 12th Avenue Bakers, 227 points (2007, week 9 vs. Alamo Scouts)
• Midtown Mojo, 217.5 points (2007, week 7 vs. Alamo Scouts)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 215 points (2007, week 6 vs. Cambridge Animals)
• Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 214.5 points (2007, week 12 vs. Alamo Scouts)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 207 points (2007, week 4 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
• Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 205 points (2007, week 7 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
2008 (1)
• Cambridge Animals, 231.5 points (2008, week 10 vs. Midtown Mojo)
2009 (1)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 205 points (2009, week 5 vs. Cambridge Animals)
2010 (2)
• Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 220.5 (2010, week 4 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
• Midtown Mojo, 218.5 points (2010, week 14 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
2011 (4)
• Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 208.5 points (2011, week 2 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 207 points (2011, week 15 vs. Downtown Corsairs)
• Atlanta Smack Daddies, 204.5 points (2011, week 15 vs. The Village Green)
• 12th Avenue Bakers, 200 points (2011, week 2 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
2012 (1)
• Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 204 points (2012, week 3 vs. Cambridge Animals)
2013 (4)
• Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 212 points (2013, week 13 vs. The Village Green)
• Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 208 points (2013, week 14 vs. Downtown Corsairs)
• Cambridge Animals, 206 points (2013, week 13 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
• Atlanta Smack Daddies, 201 points (2013, week 4 vs. Cambridge Animals)
2014 (7)
• Cambridge Animals, 225.8 (2014, week 8 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 224.7 (2014, week 8 vs. The Village Green)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 211.1 points (2014, week 4 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs.
• The Village Green, 209 points (2013, week 2 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
• Downtown Corsairs, 208.8 (2014, week 13 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies
• Cambridge Animals, 200.9 (2014, week 13 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
• Downtown Corsairs, 200.1 (2014, week 14 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
2015 (6)
• Atlanta Smack Daddies, 226.2 (2015, week 15 vs. The Village Green)
• 12th Avenue Bakers, 217.9 points (2015, week 15 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
• East Nashville Black Dogs, 214.8 points (2015, week 3 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
• Cambridge Animals, 203 points (2015, week 6 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
• Atlanta Smack Daddies, 202.6 (2015, week 3 vs. East Nashville BlackDogs)
• Atlanta Smack Daddies, 201.9 points (2015, week 14 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
Chart 2: NFFA 200-Point Club
1. West Nashville Beelzebubbas, 233.5 points (2007, week 2 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
2. Cambridge Animals, 231.5 points (2008, week 10 vs. Midtown Mojo)
3. East Nashville Black Dogs, 231 points (2006, week 10 vs. Alamo Scouts)
4. 12th Avenue Bakers, 227 points (2007, week 9 vs. Alamo Scouts)
5. Atlanta Smack Daddies, 226.2 (2015, week 15 vs. The Village Green)
6. Cambridge Animals, 225.8 (2014, week 8 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
7. East Nashville Black Dogs, 224.7 (2014, week 8 vs. The Village Green)
8. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 220.5 (2010, week 4 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
9. Midtown Mojo, 218.5 points (2010, week 14 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
10. 12th Avenue Bakers, 217.9 points (2015, week 15 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
11. Midtown Mojo, 217.5 points (2007, week 7 vs. Alamo Scouts)
12a. East Nashville Black Dogs, 215 points (2005, week 3 vs. Alamo Scouts)
12b. East Nashville Black Dogs, 215 points (2007, week 6 vs. Cambridge Animals)
14. East Nashville Black Dogs, 214.8 points (2015, week 3 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
15. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 214.5 points (2007, week 12 vs. Alamo Scouts)
16. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 212 points (2013, week 13 vs. The Village Green)
17. East Nashville Black Dogs, 211.1 points (2014, week 4 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs.
18. The Village Green, 209 points (2013, week 2 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
19. Downtown Corsairs, 208.8 (2014, week 13 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies
20. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 208.5 points (2011, week 2 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
21. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 208 points (2013, week 14 vs. Downtown Corsairs)
22a. East Nashville Black Dogs, 207 points (2007, week 4 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
22b. East Nashville Black Dogs, 207 points (2011, week 15 vs. Downtown Corsairs)
24. Cambridge Animals, 206 points (2013, week 13 vs. Black Dogs)
25a. East Nashville Black Dogs, 205 points (2009, week 5 vs. Cambridge Animals)
25b. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 205 points (2007, week 7 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
27. Atlanta Smack Daddies, 204.5 points (2011, week 15 vs. The Village Green)
28. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs, 204 points (2012, week 3 vs. Cambridge Animals)
29. Cambridge Animals, 203 points (2015, week 6 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
30. Atlanta Smack Daddies, 202.6 (2015, week 3 vs. East Nashville BlackDogs)
31. Atlanta Smack Daddies, 201.9 points (2015, week 14 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
32a. East Nashville Black Dogs, 201 points (2005, week 6 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
32b. Atlanta Smack Daddies, 201 points (2013, week 4 vs. Cambridge Animals)
34. Cambridge Animals, 200.9 (2014, week 13 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
35. Downtown Corsairs, 200.1 (2014, week 14 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
36. 12th Avenue Bakers, 200 points (2011, week 2 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
