ANIMALS ASCEND TO EXCLUSIVE 230 CLUB
By R.E. Porter, Associated Web Press
The Cambridge Animals joined exclusive company this past weekend when they put 231.5 points on the scoreboard against the Midtown Mojo. It was the second-highest score in NFFA history.
The West Nashville Beelzebubbas hold the record for the highest score ever, 233.5 points against the Atlanta Smack Daddies last season in week two. The Animals bumped the East Nashville Black Dogs' 231 points against the Alamo Scouts in week 10 of the 2006 season from second to third all-time. No other teams have topped the 230 mark, although the 12th Avenue Bakers came close with a 227-point effort last year in week nine against the Scouts.
Reached on his cell phone this morning, Animals owner Dave the Animal expressed his excitement about his team's offensive explosion. "I'm an offensive genius," he said. "Now that I'm back from my stint as a cable television star, this is how we are going to roll. One of the team's primary motivational tools was to channel the rage we all feeling now that several of the inter-team marriages have been called into question in California.
"As far as the 230-point club is concerned, I consider it the new gold standard for scoring. Let's face it, the 200-point club is hardly exclusive — everyone is in it except Lex and Little Lex," he continued, referring to Smack Daddies owner Lex Dominica and his nephew and Scouts owner Thurman Murrman.
"And I read some [expletive] on the news wire about how Mojo D is going to welcome me into the 200-point club. Tell him, I want to welcome him into the 230-point club. Oh, wait, I forgot for a second that he isn't in it."
As Dave the Animal indicated, the Smack Daddies and Scouts are the only teams to have never scored 200 points, although they each have hit 199 once, with Murrman's team doing it two seasons ago against his uncle. The Smack Daddies have been on the losing end of a 200-point game three times, while incredibly, the Scouts have been the victim five times.
According to Beelzebubbas owner-coach Boyd X. Biggs, the Daddies and Scouts failure to score 200 points, as well as the fact they have been the losing team eight of the 11 times 200 or more points have been scored, is due to the curse of Dominica. "The Curse of Dominica," AWP, Nov. 28, 2007
Under the guidance of head coach Jim McMahon, the Black Dogs have topped 200 points five times in the past four seasons. The Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs are the only other franchise with more than one score north of 200, topping the mark twice a year ago during their championship run.
The West Nashville Beelzebubbas hold the record for the highest score ever, 233.5 points against the Atlanta Smack Daddies last season in week two. The Animals bumped the East Nashville Black Dogs' 231 points against the Alamo Scouts in week 10 of the 2006 season from second to third all-time. No other teams have topped the 230 mark, although the 12th Avenue Bakers came close with a 227-point effort last year in week nine against the Scouts.
Reached on his cell phone this morning, Animals owner Dave the Animal expressed his excitement about his team's offensive explosion. "I'm an offensive genius," he said. "Now that I'm back from my stint as a cable television star, this is how we are going to roll. One of the team's primary motivational tools was to channel the rage we all feeling now that several of the inter-team marriages have been called into question in California.
"As far as the 230-point club is concerned, I consider it the new gold standard for scoring. Let's face it, the 200-point club is hardly exclusive — everyone is in it except Lex and Little Lex," he continued, referring to Smack Daddies owner Lex Dominica and his nephew and Scouts owner Thurman Murrman.
"And I read some [expletive] on the news wire about how Mojo D is going to welcome me into the 200-point club. Tell him, I want to welcome him into the 230-point club. Oh, wait, I forgot for a second that he isn't in it."
As Dave the Animal indicated, the Smack Daddies and Scouts are the only teams to have never scored 200 points, although they each have hit 199 once, with Murrman's team doing it two seasons ago against his uncle. The Smack Daddies have been on the losing end of a 200-point game three times, while incredibly, the Scouts have been the victim five times.
According to Beelzebubbas owner-coach Boyd X. Biggs, the Daddies and Scouts failure to score 200 points, as well as the fact they have been the losing team eight of the 11 times 200 or more points have been scored, is due to the curse of Dominica. "The Curse of Dominica," AWP, Nov. 28, 2007
Under the guidance of head coach Jim McMahon, the Black Dogs have topped 200 points five times in the past four seasons. The Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs are the only other franchise with more than one score north of 200, topping the mark twice a year ago during their championship run.
NFFA Top Single Game Scores
1. 233.5 points, West Nashville Beelzebubbas (2007, week 2 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
2. 231.5 points, Cambridge Animals (2008, week 10 vs. Midtown Mojo)
3. 231 points, East Nashville Black Dogs (2006, week 10 vs. Alamo Scouts)
4. 227 points, 12th Avenue Bakers (2007, week 9 vs. Alamo Scouts)
5. 217.5 points, Midtown Mojo, (2007, week 7 vs. Alamo Scouts)
6a. 215 points, East Nashville Black Dogs (2005, week 3 vs. Alamo Scouts)
6b. 215 points, East Nashville Black Dogs (2007, week 6 vs. Cambridge Animals)
8. 214.5 points, Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs (2007, week 12 vs. Alamo Scouts)
9. 207 points, East Nashville Black Dogs (2007, week 4 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
10. 205 points, Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs (2007, week 7 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
11. 201 points, East Nashville Black Dogs (2005, week 6 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
12a. 199 points, Alamo Scouts (2006, week 6 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
12b. 199 points, Atlanta Smack Daddies (2006, week 15 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
12c. 199 points, Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs (2006, week 2 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
15. 197 points, Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs (2006, week 6 vs. Franktown Silverbacks)
16a. 195 points, East Nashville Black Dogs (2006, week 6 vs. 12th Avenue Bakers)
16b. 195 points, West Nashville Beelzebubbas (2008, week 10 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
18. 194.5 points, 12th Avenue Bakers (2008, week 4 vs. Atlanta Smack Daddies)
19. 194 points, Atlanta Smack Daddies (2006, week 8 vs. East Nashville Black Dogs)
20. 191 points, East Nashville Black Dogs (2006, week 7 vs. West Nashville Beelzebubbas)
21a. 190 points, 12th Avenue Bakers (2005, week 11 vs. Fidalgo Island Sea Hogs)
21b. 190 points, East Nashville Black Dogs (2007, week 1 vs. Alamo Scouts)
