I've not been shy about this is community forums. The ability to block punts in current code relies on an AI flaw, independent of an owner's skill or effort, and the block is sometimes unavoidable despite talent and overrides. If taking advantage of the exploit, blocks happen at a rate much more frequent than real life. The willingness to do use this exploit is bush league bullshit, and those who do it are unworthy of respect. But go ahead — there's nothing stopping you.
I feel like the dumbest kid in class. I dont know what this exploit is....somebody somewhere said using fast players in the overrides or something. I dont know...I dont use overrides....havent been beaten by this exploit and asked someone to use it against me and he couldnt block any punts.
People are losing there s@!+ over punt blocks and my question is can punt blocks happen without the exploit? If so how do you tell the difference?
I dont know....all this is over my head I guess yet somehow magically nobody has attempted to use it against me and when I asked somebody to try it....they couldnt.
So I dont know what I'm missing but apparently I'm an idiot savant in avoiding this exploit.
These two teams battled for Southwest Division supremacy all season, with Houston snagging the division Week 16 when Denver beat Memphis. The Showboats got their revenge against Denver last week to earn their way into this game.
They split their 2 regular season games with the road team winning both.
In 1985, Memphis beat Houston by 6 in OT while Houston beat Memphis by 2. Their two playoff games have been decided by 3 points. Their offensive and defensive ranks are almost mirror images. This is a long winded way of saying I expect a tight game.
There isn't really a factor I can pinpoint and say this is why I think "X" team wins, so I'll go with the home team who is 2-0 vs Memphis in the playoffs.
Week 13 gave us a preview of tonight's action https://usflwfl.myfootballnow.com/box/3820, when the Stallions defeated the Stars 17-9, giving Baltimore their only loss. The Stars only other blemish was a tie with New Jersey, who just got obliterated by Birmingham 79-19. Could that mean Baltimore is in trouble?
Both teams enter the game banged up and coming off huge, lopsided wins. Baltimore has been ranked slightly higher all year in the commish rankings though Birmingham actually beat the Stars head to head. That game was in Birmingham with much lower stakes. Seeing the Stallions up close last week, I'm tempted to pick them, but I did predict a Houston/Baltimore World Bowl XII, so no reason to change now.
Beating the Stars a second time is a pretty tall order...there really are no chinks in their armor...going to need to get some turnovers and/or a special teams or defensive score, something big.
On a side note: Those brutes on the Generals' O-Line kicked the **** out of my D-Line.
Previous Record for most points in a USFL/WFL Playoff game was Tampa Bay with a 66-52 victory in the 1978 Divisional Round over Pittsburgh. https://usflwfl.myfootballnow.com/box/1662
