The Breeze moved back up to 6th in the AUDL Power Rankings heading into 2nd of three bye weekends as Minnesota’s poor performance in Madison last weekend dropped them three places. #3 Toronto and #10 Montréal are set to duke it out Saturday for 1st place in the East, where a possible Montréal upset on the road could shake up much more than the power rankings…
In this week’s Tuesday Toss, AUDL commentator Evan Lepler does a great job of covering the huge 15-game weekend across the league including the Breeze doubleheader.
“Stopped disc. Vert stack start. Alan is our distraction. The play was set up for Ty to score. New York came out with a bracket. Alan went left. Ty went right drawing two. I sat where I was, and game over.” — Max Cassell
But that universe point goal could only happen because Nate Prior‘s 50 yard huck — and 139th consecutive completed pass this season — found a diving Lloyd Blake at the 2 yard line in double OT…
AUDL broadcast personality Evan Lepler points out in this week’s Tuesday Toss that Breeze throwers simply couldn’t miss during their 32-point explosion against Toronto, one of the top teams in the league the past 4 years.
The AUDL announced a new media partnership this morning that will put league’s games live on broadcast cable television for the first time. Eleven Sports Network will air all 18 AUDL Game of the Week broadcasts—13 regular season and 5 playoff games—on their cable channel beginning with the Breeze-Toronto game this Sunday.
Ultiworld released its inaugural “Streamability Rankings” yesterday, a subjective assessment and subsequent ranking of the interest and watchability of all 24 AUDL teams based on categories such as chance of playoffs, chance of close games, cool factor, and star power. Ultiworld selected resurgent home town heroes New York Empire #1. Here in DC we’re #6 in the AUDL Power Rankings, but #3 in Charlie’s heart.
The first AUDL Power Rankings of 2017 were released yesterday, with little change at the top from last season’s final rankings and a log jam officially declared at the top of the East Division. The rankings are led by #1 Dallas and #2 San Francisco, the latter back in front of Madison thanks to all the new signings after falling to 3rd at the end of 2016. The Breeze find themselves at #6.
The Nashville NightWatch announced this past Friday that Jesse Shofner would be a part of their opening day lineup, making her the first woman to make an opening day roster in the 6 year history of the AUDL.
The AUDL 2017 season starts Saturday with the Raleigh Flyers hosting the Atlanta Hustle at 6:30pm ET in Raleigh. We can’t wait! Get engaged in the season with AUDL Pick ‘Em, just launched last night. It’s free, easy, fun, and there are weekly and grand prizes for those who make the best predictions against the spreads!
In yesterday’s AUDL Tuesday Toss, Evan Lepler asks 17 specific questions that will define the 2017 season. Among them are… Question 8) Who’s Darryl Stanley? and Question 9) Can the Breeze-Truck partnership help D.C. reach its ultimate potential?
The AUDL announced the official 2017 Rules today, and also provided a short list of the changes. You can find it all here:
2017 Official Rule Changes | 2017 Rule Book
The one significant change compared to 2016 is the fact that an offensive travel call no longer results in a turnover — it is now only a 10 yard penalty.
