In many of the rookies first games in the DSFL, the Tijuana Luchadores travelled 7,500 miles southwest to face off against the Bondi Beach Buccaneers in a DSFL South matchup that would for many showcase each teams relative strength heading into the postseason. Tijuana was coming off a 6 game win streak and was sitting at a pretty 9-3 heading into the Thursday night showdown, and stood poised to put another W on the board. For the Buccaneers the season had been a forgettable one, posting a record of 5 wins and 7 losses over the course of the season.
The Luchadores would jump out to an early lead, QB Elessar Jones completing a gorgeous 6 yard pass to rookie sensation Don Dobbler for the TD, making the score 7-3. This would mark Dobbler's first and only catch of the game, making his TD/rec ratio 100%. Inexplicably however, the TIJ head coach would fail to scheme their electric rookie open again, and after three quarters of dominance the Buccaneers would find themselves holding a 19-7 lead over TIJ. Only after garbage time scoring would TIJ make the score respectable, and the final score would come out to BBB 22-14 over TIJ.
This begs the question, in this analytically driven modern age of football, why was the Luchadores head coach not able to scheme the ball into rookie Don Dobbler's hands? With a TD/rec ratio of 100%, surely it stands to reason that every subsequent pass caught by the rookie would also go for a TD! This has some analytical gurus calling this blunder by Tijuana the "Botchmania" of the season. In an interview, the TIJ head coach said "That's not how statistics work," which has many fans scratching their heads over the dinosaur football theory on display. Fans everywhere will find out Monday if the Luchadores can recover ahead of their game against Kansas City.
The Luchadores would jump out to an early lead, QB Elessar Jones completing a gorgeous 6 yard pass to rookie sensation Don Dobbler for the TD, making the score 7-3. This would mark Dobbler's first and only catch of the game, making his TD/rec ratio 100%. Inexplicably however, the TIJ head coach would fail to scheme their electric rookie open again, and after three quarters of dominance the Buccaneers would find themselves holding a 19-7 lead over TIJ. Only after garbage time scoring would TIJ make the score respectable, and the final score would come out to BBB 22-14 over TIJ.
This begs the question, in this analytically driven modern age of football, why was the Luchadores head coach not able to scheme the ball into rookie Don Dobbler's hands? With a TD/rec ratio of 100%, surely it stands to reason that every subsequent pass caught by the rookie would also go for a TD! This has some analytical gurus calling this blunder by Tijuana the "Botchmania" of the season. In an interview, the TIJ head coach said "That's not how statistics work," which has many fans scratching their heads over the dinosaur football theory on display. Fans everywhere will find out Monday if the Luchadores can recover ahead of their game against Kansas City.