Post by DiamondThief on Aug 31, 2022 17:36:18 GMT -8
The 2022 IFL Champion Northern Arizona Wranglers. (Photo courtesy NAZ Wranglers)
The Season
We are two-and-a-half weeks out of the IFL National Championship Game and there's no better time to take a look back at the 2022 Indoor Football League season.
Despite a hiccup regarding one team folding just prior to the season, this campaign was a success. Up from 11 teams in 2021, the league added expansion teams in the Bay Area Panthers and Vegas Knight Hawks, as well as returnees in the Quad City Steamwheelers and San Diego Strike Force. The Spokane Shock we're dismissed from the league after owner Sam Adams failed to secure the arena liability. That left the league in a late scramble to reshape the schedule.
They were able to do so and the season went on without the Shock. That left 14 teams in two conferences, the West and East, a deviation from the former Intense and United conferences. Over 120 games, the season did not disappoint. Fifty-three of those regular season games were decided by score or less. Four of the seven playoff games were decided by as much, including both conference championship games and the IFL National Championship Game (formerly called the United Bowl).
As with any season, there were triumphs and there were letdowns. The league saw a second-year team go from 1-13 in their first season to 12-4 (regular season) and a IFL championship. The league also saw a team in its second IFL season who, after taking two years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rally at the end of the season and through the playoffs to earn a berth in the IFL Championship Game.
Then, there were the perennial teams looking to punch their tickets to the postseason with a chance for an IFL title. The Arizona Rattlers easily made the playoffs, and earned the top seed in the newly formed Western Conference. The Sioux Falls Storm saw their string of 12 straight playoff appearances come to an end with a loss to the Frisco Fighters during the final week of the regular season. The Fighters earned the Eastern Conference's top seed, and the defending champion Massachusetts Pirates and the Iowa Barnstormers earned playoff spots out of that conference. The while the Tucson Sugar Skulls and Duke City Gladiators each made their second IFL postseason appearances.
That leaves, perhaps, the irony of the West's Northern Arizona Wranglers and the East's Quad City Steamwheelers each not only making the IFL playoffs for the first time in their franchises' histories, but advancing the the IFL National Championship Game. In what turned out to be a thriller at the end the Wranglers claimed the league championship (see below), 47-45.
While the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, all team locations were open to facilities and crowds with little or no restrictions. Aside from a couple schedule changes dye to weather or arena availability, the season went off without a hitch. The league's teams put on some terrific gameday experiences and memorable moments over the course of the season. All in all, it was a successful season for the IFL.
So, it's on to 2023. There will be a new team with an energetic owner in Tulsa which was announced less than three weeks prior to the IFL National Championship Game, giving fans a jump start to the future. The Columbus Wild Dogs were announced two years ago and eventually moved their inaugural season to be 2023. However, SCtoC has three independent sources which indicate that the Germain family, which owns the team and the Frisco Fighters, will not go through with it's Columbus franchise. Some indicators include that the family took a hit during the pandemic and that there may be some fundamental and/or philosophical differences in the management style of the league operations. Though, those have not been confirmed, the factors of the information we have received would seem to paint a bleak picture. The Fighters have been operated this season by the nearby Dallas Stars organization of the National Hockey League.
The IFL National Championship
IFL National Championship Game MVP JaQuan Artis (Photo via NAZ Wranglers)
What a game. The two teams were very evenly matched. The Wranglers came in with the top defense in the regular season, and the Steamwheelers entered the game having come in with winners of five of their last six, including the first two rounds of the playoffs. It will surely go down as one of the more interesting and competitive title games in league history. With the Wranglers up by 10 at the one-minute warning. E.J. Hilliard found Mike Carrigan for a 30-yard touchdown bomb. Keyvan Rudd rushed around the right side, diving over a would-be tackler, to pull the Steamwheelers to within two. It was up to a deuce attempt, but Kimo Naehu's deuce attempt hit what appeared to be a cable involved with the scoreboard. From there, the Wranglers were able to run out the clock and win the championship.
Wranglers quarterback Kaleb Barker finished nine of 14 passing for 97 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 54 yards and another score. Israel Tucker had 30 rushing yards, but made his impact in the passing game, hauling in four passes for 41 yards and two scores. Glen Gibbons, Jr., who had caught the game winner for the Wranglers in the Western Conference Championship game, caught a pair of passes for 20 yards and a score. Receivers Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman and Ulice Gillard each caught a touchdown pass. JaQuan Artis had five sacks and two sacks. Tevin Homer had five tackles and Darin Hungerford recorded a sack.
Hilliard, the IFL's Offensive Player of the Year, went seven of 11 for 123 yards, for four touchdowns. He also rushed for 70 yards and a pair of scores. Rudd had three catches for 65 yards and two touchdowns, and Carrigan scored his touchdowns on his two grabs for 51 yards. Darreon Jackson led the Steamwheelers' defense with eight tackles, while Jaylin Swan added seven of his own.
Artis applied pressure in to the Steamwheelers backfield all night with both of his sacks coming on crucial plays in the second half. For his efforts, he was named Most Valuable Player of the game.
The Hall of Fame
Clockwise from top right: Nate Fluit, Nate Bosselman, Carl Sims. (Photos via IFL)
Three new members were inducted into the IFL Hall of Fame during championship weekend. They join a celebrated group of players, coaches, executives and broadcasters in the IFL Hall. This year's inductees include two players who played on different sides of the ball, and an owner who helped build the league to what it has become now.
Defensive lineman Nate Fluit played for the Sioux Falls Storm 2003 to 2007 (the early days, so to speak). He is a two-time champion with the Storm (2006 and 2007), the United Indoor Football Defensive Player of the Year (2006) and first-team IFL the same year. Additionally that season, he set the Storm's single-season sack record (18.5) and blocked kicks record (10). His number 93 is retired by the Storm.
You would be hard-pressed to find a wide receiver who has played for more teams in indoor/arena football than Carl Sims. The results are quite incredible. He won three United Bowls (2010 with the Billings Outlaws, and 2011 and 2012 with the Sioux Falls Storm). He finished his career witrh 370 catches for 6,077 yards and 112 touchdowns. When he retired after the 2017 season, his 5,077 receiving yards ranked second in IFL history.
Charlie Bosselman brought the Nebraska Danger to the IFL to begin the 2011 season. His team earned Franchise of the Year honors in 2013 and he earned Executive of the Year honors the following season. The Danger reached the playoffs in seven of the team's nine seasons in the league. They competed in three straight United Bowls after claiming Intense Conference championships during each of those seasons. In those nine seasons, they had 30 All-IFL selections.
The Teams
NORTHERN ARIZONA WRANGLERS
What do you say about a team which went 1-13 in their inaugural season last year, brought in a new (yet proven) head coach, blew up the roster and went on to win the IFL championship? They are more than the "Cinderella Story" of the season. The Wranglers are the story of the 2022 season. Improbable and against the odds, the Wranglers pulled off the turnaround in short order. However, they started off slow with a 22-9 loss at the Vegas Knight Hawks in their season opener. After that they went on a tear where they won 11 of their next 12 games, including eight straight from May 1 through June 25. And it wasn't just on the field where they were impressive. Per several fans of their in-state rival Arizona Rattlers who attended the lone Wranglers' home game against the Rattlers, the organization put together a terrific game-day experience in front of a passionate fan base. Head coach Les Moss and quarterback Kaleb Barker won our Golden Helmet Awards for Coach of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year, respectively. Moss also won the IFL's Coach of the Year.
QUAD CITY STEAMWHEELERS
It was a long road for the Steamwheelers to find themselves back on the field. They were actually one of four teams to see action in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They remained dormant for the 2021 season due to pandemic-related restrictions imposed by the state of Illinois. Quad City's return this season was a triumph in and of itself. While the team's season was largely up-and-down, they put together an impressive stretch run to earn a playoff spot in the last week of the season. Quarterback E.J. Hilliard's return in week 5 provided a spark for the team. Between their last four games and the first two rounds of the playoffs, they won five of those six contests. As the third seed, the Steamwheelers had to defeat the defending champion Massachusetts Pirates and the top-seeded Fighters. Both playoff games went down to the final minute, but the Steamwheelers triumphed. They nearly completed a comeback in the IFL National Championship Game, but it was apparently not to be. The team will try to built on this success for the 2023 season.
FRISCO FIGHTERS
After dropping their season opener at the Pirates by a field goal, the Fighters, went on a tear and won 14 of their last 15 games. That included a nine-game winning streak (10 including the first round of the playoffs). It seemed as if they would be the team to beat. The only loss came at home to the Arizona Rattlers on April 30, but they avenged that loss on May 21 at Phoenix. It appeared that would set up a potential showdown with the Rattlers in the championship game. Alas, both teams were eliminated in the conference championship round and that matchup did not happen. Still, Frisco earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference and featured solid play on both sides of the ball. As far as the title game participants are concerned, the Fighters swept the Steamwheelers in two games during the regular season before falling to them in the playoffs, and they did not face the Wranglers at all. The Fighters and the current champs have met just once, and Frisco win in 2021. Running back Justin Rankin was our Golden Helmet Award honoree as Offensive Specialist of the year.
Rattlers DB Dillon Winfrey. (Photo by Darryl Webb/The Republic)
ARIZONA RATTLERS
In the Rattlers Nation's culture, anything short of a championship is a major disappointment. This season's 13-3 record and first seed in the Western Conference should be celebrated. The team had a stellar year. Interestingly, the Rattlers officially gained two in-state rivals. Though they've played the Wranglers and the Tucson Sugar Skulls before, they'd lost to neither. That changed this season. They fell to the Sugar Skulls in week nine, 74-63, for the first time in three seasons. Five weeks later, the Wranglers rallied to defeat the Rattlers, 37-34, in week 14. The Rattlers opened the season with six straight wins and ended the season with five wins in a row including the first round of the playoffs. Arizona's 83-21 win over the expansion Bay Area Panthers marked the single-high point total of the season for a team. The Rattlers ended the regular season with the top-rated offense and the second-ranked defense from the standpoint of points per game. Quarterback Drew Powell was honored for the second straight season as our Golden Helmet Award for Most Valuable Player.
TUCSON SUGAR SKULLS
Tucson made its second entry into the playoffs in their three-year history, but saw the season end with a 49-30 loss at the hands of the defending champion Northern Arizona Wranglers in the conference semifinals. The highest point in the season came when the Sugar Skulls picked up their first-ever win over the Arizona Rattlers with a 74-63 decision in week 9. The win capped a three-game losing streak. However that streak was broken in a 36-21 loss to the Wranglers the following week. They won four of their last six to secure their spot in the postseason. The team is already looking forward to 2023, having dismissed head coach Dixie Wooten last week. So, there will be a new person in charge which brings the obvious question: Which players will return and which will not. You would think that the new coach will want to bring back quarterback Daquan Neal and running back Mike Jones. Both were near the tops in the league in passing and rushing, respectively. The Sugar Skulls have plenty of talent on the roster beyond those two, so it would make sense to see a healthy batch of returnees.
MASSACHUSETTS PIRATES
The 2021 defending champions came into the season with a target on their backs, but they seemed ready for the challenge after holding off the eventual Eastern Conference champion Frisco Fighters in the season opener, 30-27. The Pirates won their first three and four of their first five. Their only hiccup during that stretch came in a 38-31 overtime loss at the previously winless Green Bay Blizzard. They reeled off four out of five wins to end the season, easily securing the second seed in the Eastern Conference. But, overtime this season was not kind to the Pirates as the Quad City Steamwheelers overtook them in the first overtime to eliminate them. Quad City would eventually advance to the IFL National Championship Game where they were defeated by the Northern Arizona Wranglers, 47-45. Injuries to starting quarterback Alejandro Bennifield and backup Mike Glass III were a detriment, but the team brought In veteran Tasleem Wilson for the final playoff run and he produced. Massachusetts will definitely be back in hopes of recapturing the league championship.
DUKE CITY GLADIATORS
Duke City made its second playoff appearance in its second season in the IFL, but were eliminated by the Arizona Rattlers in the opening round, 53-14. It's the second straight season the Gladiators were bounced from the playoffs by the Rattlers. They finished the regular season 8-8 and clinched their playoff berth in week 18 by lieu of a 53-51 win over the San Diego Strike Force and a loss by the Vegas Knight Hawks to the Arizona Rattlers. At one point during the season, the Gladiators reeled off four straight wins. They had the league's number one passing attack in the league with 159.6 yards per game and 62 touchdowns. That's even more impressive when it's considered they started three quarterbacks this season. Nate Davis went down to injury in the season opener and was eventually replaced by Ramone Atkins for their fourth game. He was second in the IFL with 2,169 yards and first with 50 touchdowns. Atkins was honored as Quarterback of the Year in the SCtoC Golden Helmet Awards. Dello Davis and Jared Elmore were both among the top wide receivers in the league.
Barnstormers QB Darius-James Peterson. (Photo courtesy Iowa Barnstormers)
IOWA BARNSTORMERS
The Barnstormers made the playoffs for the fourth straight season in the IFL, but the season was not without its challenges. Iowa finished the season at 9-7, which included wins in its first five home games. The Barnstormers owned a pair of three-game winning streaks; one near the beginning of the season and one near the end. They dropped their last game of the season to the eventual Eastern Conference champion Quad City Steamwheelers which left them to the fourth seed and a playoff spot. That awarded them with a trip to north Texas to battle the Frisco Fighters, who finished with a league-best 14-2 regular season record. The Barnstormers fell short to the Fighters, 64-39, in their first round match up. They were a team fortunate enough to have consistency at quarterback as Darius-James Peterson, who started all 16 games during the regular season and in the playoff game. Peterson threw for over 2,00 yards and 36 touchdowns, and also rushed for 892 yards and 17 scores, making him one of the top quarterbacks in the league. Antonio Wimbush had a team-high 19 scoring rushes.
VEGAS KNIGHT HAWKS
The Knight Hawks looked strong in their season opener in Henderson, defeating the Northern Arizona Wranglers 22-9. The nine points were a season-low score of any team in a game this season. Ironically, the Wranglers rebounded and won the IFL National Championship. Vegas went through numerous quarterback changes this year and had, perhaps their best success toward the end of the season with Jerod Evans at the helm. Evans led the Knight Hawks to their signature win of the season, 46-44, over the defending champion Massachusetts Pirates in week 8 at Worchester. Even more impressive is the fact it was his debut for Vegas. He would go on to start five more games, compiling a 3-3 record in the process. The Knight Hawks were in the playoff picture until the second-to the last week of the season when they were eliminated by the Arizona Rattlers, 49-31. They were one of the stronger expansion franchises in recent history and promise to be back next year fighting for a playoff spot. The league was so impressed with Dollar Loan Center, they entered into an agreement for the championship game to be held there for at least three seasons.
SIOUX FALLS STORM
For the first time in 13 (full) seasons of the current iteration of the IFL, the Storm found themselves as spectators during the playoffs. It came down to final week of the season, but they were eliminated by the Eastern Conference Champion Frisco Fighters, 35-28. No doubt that missing the playoffs for the seven-time IFL champions will leave a bitter taste and Kurtiss Riggs and company will aim to put together a team next year to make a return to the playoffs. One of the problems the team experienced was at quarterback. Former Bismarck Buck Tasleem Wilson started the season, but was released after five games. Daniel Smith showed some promise, but was eventually replaced by Dalton Sneed, who had started the season with the Vegas Knight Hawks. Sneed had the best performance of all the starters, throwing for 135.4 yards per game with 25 touchdowns and just a trio of picks. Interestingly, Wilson had an effective stint with the Massachusetts Pirates in the latter half of their season to earn season when they earned a playoffs spot. Behind Riggs, Sioux Falls should be back in the playoff hunt next season.
Blizzard QB Jack Sheehan. (Photo courtesy Green Bay Blizzard)
GREEN BAY BLIZZARD
The Blizzard had some high points in 2022, but there were plenty of of lows. They lost their first four games of the season; the first pair being to the Bismarck Bucks in weeks 1 and 3. They picked up their first win on the season on a come-from-behind 38-31 overtime win over the defending champion Massachusetts Pirates at home in week 6. It was a thriller with newly signed quarterback Jack Sheehan hit Dez Stewart on a 36-yard Hail Mary and Nick Jaworski nailed the extra point to send the game into overtime. Sheehan rushed for what would become the game winning touchdown and the green Bay defense stopped the Pirates on their overtime possession. The other huge win of the season game in week 13 when they recorded a 31-13 win over the eventual Eastern Conference championship game participant Quad City Steamwheelers. In just 14 games, Sheehan tossed 40 touchdown passes. The Blizzard possessed one of the top defenses in the league, but there was inconsistency on offense which plagued the team. The Blizzard are one of the most stable IFL franchises and will look for a playoff berth in 2023.
SAN DIEGO STRIKE FORCE
Aside from a 50-36 win over the Bismarck Bucks in 2020 before that IFL season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Strike Force had not played a game since June 16, a 57-16 loss to the Arizona Rattlers. It was a disappointing inaugural season that year, but they were looking forward to a resurgence in 2022 after taking 2021 off due to the pandemic. The Strike Force had hoped that they could improve on that 1-13 season, and they did. Mildly. they dropped their first three games before picking up their first-ever win over the Tucson Sugar Skulls. After a 38-28 win over the Bucks in week 8, the Strike Force fond themselves in a six-game losing streak which effectively put them outside of the playoff race. Like many teams, they had multiple issues at quarterback with San Diego was under new ownership which was unannounced and uncertain at this point. There has been speculation of whether owner Vivian Lin can bring the team back for 2023, but there is no indication that it cannot happen. Giving head coach Taylor Gausner a full offseason could reverse their fortunes.
BISMARCK BUCKS
The Bucks got off to a pretty good start to the season, winning three of their first five games, but would go on to drop their last 11, finishing at the bottom of the Eastern Conference at 3-13. Their wins over the Green Bay Blizzard in weeks 1 and 3 constituted six-game winning streak over their regional rivals. The Blizzard broke that in week 10 during the Bucks' losing streak. As with many teams, Bismarck struggled at the quarterback position. Four players started for the team, including Tahj Tolbert who led the team to its first win of the season. Jayru Campbell took over after week 1 and started the majority of games during the season before becoming injured. The Bucks started two more signal callers, but neither were able to produce a win. Tolbert, interestingly signed with the Northern Arizona Wranglers late in the season, earning a championship as the backup to Kaleb Barker. Edgar Allen Poe, Jr. and Robert Brown, Jr. were standouts on offense. Despite the disappointing season, the Bucks are a strong franchise and will regroup next season in order to return to their 2021 playoff form.
BAY AREA PANTHERS
The Panthers opened their inaugural season with a thrilling home 38-33 win over the San Diego Strike Force. From there, it would be series of disappointments as they dropped their remaining 15 games of the season. Fourteen of those losses came by 15 points or more, 13 games came by a margin of at least 16 and the other 12 were by at least 22. It was a disappointing season to say the least. Bay Area, which rebranded and moved to San Jose from Oakland last year, was poised to take the field in 2020 before that season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the Strike Force, the Panthers took last year off because of California restrictions surrounding the pandemic. The Panthers finished last in points scored (29.5 per game) and in points allowed (54.5). The good news is, they can only go up from there. There is little doubt that the team will be back even with the lackluster season the team had. California businessman Roy Choi and Super Bowl champion Marshawn Lynch will look to correct the problems which hampered the team this season in search of building a winner.
The Extra Points
Wranglers QB Kaleb Barker. (Photo by Tracy & Jeremiah Scheffer/Blushing Cactus Photography)
-In last season's version of this blog, I stated the following: "I'm personally interested to see the Wranglers next season. They got a late start in the expansion process and had a coaching change late in the season. I think they can make an impact in 2022 with a full offseason under their belt. They could surprise or even play spoiler late in the season." I'm not an I told you so type of person, but ... Called It!
-Tulsa is a solid addition to the IFL for 2023, and the new owner is enigmatic. While early on, it seems like a very nice marriage between the city and the league. Not only that, but the team will soon have a name once it's announced at an open house in the northeastern Oklahoma city on September 10.
-Speaking of which, there seems to be an interesting trend beginning when it comes to new teams in the IFL. Tulsa owner Andy Scurto also owns the Tulsa Oilers of the East Coast Hockey League. The Vegas Knight Hawks were formed by the ownership group of the National Hockey League's Vegas golden Knights and, the Frisco Fighters are being run by the Dallas Stars of the NHL. It's unclear the arrangement of the original owners of the Fighters, the Germain family from Columbus, Ohio, but it appears this team is under near-complete control of the Stars. That's three teams with four combined seasons in the IFL with strong hockey team connections. Could the IFL be cultivating hockey-to-indoor-football arrangements? We shall see.
-Speaking of the Germains, will their first team, the Columbus Wild Dogs ever take the field? They were set for 2022, but postponed until next year. SCtoC has noted several times over the past several months, via sources, that the Wild Dogs will not begin play in 2023 -- possibly not ever. Though there are speculative reasons of which I am aware, but I will not report those specifically until they are verified by credible sources rather than online hyperbole. Suffice to say from everything I've learned, I would consider there to be a 97 percent chance that we do not see the Wild Dogs ... that is, unless it might be under new ownership.
-Last year I also mentioned the talent pool of the IFL being possibly affected by the addition of outdoor leagues the XFL and USFL. The former postponed its play (resumption?) to next year so that could take some time to evaluate. The USFL played this season, but there was not the movement of players from the IFL to that league as one might have been expected. There was still solid talent and some terrific rookie performances to it's safe to say that, for 2022, there was not a tangible effect in this area. The next step in the IFL to NFL pipeline still appears to remain the Canadian Football League. While that may change with the XFL, it's too soon to tell. I do, however, predict that there is enough talent to go around.
-The Bismarck Bucks continued to have excellent game broadcast presentations. This year I also was impressed with the Breen Bay Blizzard, Northern Arizona Wranglers and Vegas Knight Hawks, to name just a couple.
The 2023 Wish List
-To the IFL: Please keep streaming on Youtube. There are a dedicated group of fans, and even us media, who enjoy easy access to the games. Switching to platforms like Twitch or others, which several people will tend not to visit, will only delete the viewing numbers.
-To the IFL and its teams: Folks, live stats are not live stats unless they are LIVE STATS! You all are a professional sports league. Do it for the fans who want to track their favorite teams and players. Think of not being able to find out how many passing and rushing yards Drew Powell (Rattlers) has during a game rather than the day after a game. Think of not being able to find out how many touchdowns Ramone Atkins (Gladiators) has thrown for in the third quarter. Think of not being able to check on exactly how many tackles James Brown (Blizzard) has by halftime. The list could go on. Let's face it. Sports fans love stats; the existence of fantasy football proves that. A fraction of the stats this year were live. I know these are updated by the home team. Would a pre-season crash course in this help? I'm just sayin'.
-Speaking of stats, please shore up the accuracy of these. After looking at the above graphic ... well, did Robert Brown, Jr. really play 31 games for the Bucks this season? Is there a reason E.J. Hilliard (Steamwheelers) needs to be listed twice rather than once with one spelling of his name? Please, do better.
-I like what the league is doing in expansion. I've mentioned Tulsa, but there are also opportunities to move east. This is not a dig as I'm positive commissioner Todd Tryon and his team have their eyes tilting toward the Atlantic ocean when the subject of expansion crosses his mind. Here's hoping there can be another team or two found if not for 2023, but for 2024. Massachusetts is on an island, which is never preferable to the eye of a Pirate which is not covered by a patch. Help a Pirate out ... or are ya a bunch of land lubbers?!
-To the IFL and its teams: You guys did a terrific -- best ever -- job of sporadically pacing out your games over several times during a given week. Week 8 was a treat with a Friday game and a Sunday triple-header! There still could be better (see week 14 which had all of its six games with start times for all six within just a couple of hours). I realize this was made even more difficult after the Shock were forced to fold. The schedule had to be changed and it couldn't have been easy.
-Speaking of the Shock, please do not ever consider Sam Adams to bring another team into the IFL. He has proven to be unreliable in several attempts at indoor/arena football ownership. While that's all that needs to be said, don't count out the Spokane market. It's a place which is hungry for a team and would embrace a quality product brought forth by quality ownership.
-How about a team in Portland, Oregon where we here at SCtoC would be able to cover home games live every week? You don't even have to use the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter; Veterans Memorial Coliseum (home of the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks) seats around 10,000 for hockey and indoor football, it's right across the parking lot.
The Final Words
We have a staff which strives to put together the best gameday references and recaps. We always aim to to improve. I would like to invite anyone with any constructive feedback to enter it in the comments below. I would also like to acknowledge the four members of our staff who are the main contributors on our site for our IFL coverage:
Nevadanut - Game previews.
David - Research and scouting, transaction updates (and much more).
Monika - Game preview prep, recaps.
DiamondThief - (myself) Recaps, training, planning.
On behalf of this site, its staff and its members, it has been an absolute blast covering the IFL during its 13th (full) season. The future is glowing bright for this league and there is no shortage of excitement surrounding next season. We at SCtoC are looking forward to a strong 2023 season and are already in talks on how to improve the information we bring to our readers.
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-Angi
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