Inches To Go.

[Jay [FSU]]

Just A Note: No Comment Thread is made for this dynasty, please put your comments in this thread.

Hey guys, this is Jay, with a new dynasty, which will be played on my XBOX 360 with Blitz: The League. Now I know you are thinking, "This is gay, why is he doing this?" Well, it's quite simple.

I was watching football movies the other day, and a few struck my fancy. The underground world of pro football. The drugs, alcohol, sex, point shaving, dog fighting (lol), etc. And I was inspired to pick up my old game, dust it off, and begin a dynasty of sorts, with it.

I will detail the life of coach Jayson Blitz, and his struggle to win the big game, and most importantly, make it to the NFL. If he does, expect me to use NCAA Football or Madden to continue his career.

General Dynasty Info:

League - (Fictional) IFL, International Football League
Coach - Jayson Blitz, age 42. Former QB for the Atlanta Falcons
Team - , The Green Bay Bombers.

Central Players - QB Billy Bronco, HB Hassan Green, WR Ricky Marshand, LOLB Pierce McCoy

[Jay [FSU]]

To my beloved fans, etc.

My name is Jayson Blitz. I know you don't remember me. But that's okay. I played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, and I was going to be the starting quarterback for the Baltimore Bombers, before the expansion failed in 1993.

I was a good quarterback in college. I went to Oregon, where I set a few passing records. I was the starting quarterback there my sophmore year on, in 1986. I was 21 years old, had the world by the cheek of the ass. Coach Rich (Brooks) adored me. I carried a 3.57 grade point average in the classroom, majoring in economics. The NFL was the last thing on my mind. Who the hell needs the NFL when I could have opened my own brokerage firm? The NFL looked appealing to any kid, sure. I mean, I had long locks of golden blonde hair, a perfect body, and could throw a ball 75 yards with no effort. I could have made the NFL and taken it by storm, if I would have asserted myself.

I never had to worry about protection until I graduated college. My parents, rest in peace, Tony Blitz and Jeanne Cipriani-Blitz, always provided for me and my twin, Eric. We never needed for anything. When I turned 16, I got the Ford Mustang Boss edition, cherry red. Eric got an El Camino, black. We were the stars of the high school. I quarterbacked my high school, Saguaro High in Scottsdale, Arizona, to two state titles, with my brother catching most of my passes. I lit up the basketball court, too, averaging close to 23 points a game, and leading the state in assists per game, with 11. My brother was the man in the middle, leading the conference in rebounding, with 14 a game. In college, Gary Zimmerman was always protecting me, as my offensive lineman and off the field. We were roomies. But when I got to the NFL, I wasn't so fortunate.

To look at us, you would see perfect physical specimens. The class of 1983 was defined by the Blitz brothers. We defined excellence. Eric went to Florida State University, and had an amazing career, where he set the touchdown record for the school with 15 in a season. He was drafted in 1987 by the Green Bay Packers, and continued to play with them until his knees gave out in 1999. I, on the other hand, was not so fortunate.

I redshirted my freshman year at Oregon, and learned the system under Chris Miller, the quarterback who would get drafted to the Atlanta Falcons. I took over, and while I was at Oregon, I dominated my Sophmore and Junior years. I was drafted in 1987 by the Atlanta Falcons, just like Chris. I was behind Chris again, and I flourished as the backup. Eventually, people started to see what I could do. In practice, I was heaving the ball 50 yards without exerting much effort, and then, after some practice, got back up to 75, just like in high school. I re-grew my hair, tanned, and grew a beard, becoming somewhat of a rebel. I dabbled in alcohol's pleasures, a regret that still affects me today. I signed a deal with the Baltimore Bombers, a franchise which could have been. But, the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars became teams, and I was left to rot in a 4 million dollar, 2 year deal.

Since I was inactive, I became depressed, and pissed all my money away on Cabernet Sauvignon, Miller Lite, Heineken, Principata, and any other type of alcholic beverage you can think of naming. Have you ever heard of that Mexican drink that has salsa, salt, Corona, limes, and something else on it? It tastes like shit, trust me. But did I care? Nope. Eventually, 1996 came, and with that, my brother became a star. 68 catches for 1,540 yards and 13 touchdowns. With that came envy by me, and I worked out for the Packers, was cut in the second game of the preseason, and latched on to the Arena league, where I found success as a head coach. I coached the Colorado Crush in 2003, and continued to do so for 2 years, until 2005, when I was contacted by a man named Mark Cuban. He owns the Dallas Mavericks, maybe you've heard of him? He bought a team in a new league, the International Football League, and wanted me to be their head coach. 4 year contract for 50 million dollars. I took it.

That night I splurged on bottles of alcohol and depression medicine. I was higher than a kite, and loving it. Then I was snapped back to reality, and the next day, the draft was held, and I already knew who my first picked player was. But I don't think Billy Bronco knew I was going to come calling.

[Jay [FSU]]

A lot of people don't know the rules to the IFL Draft. Hell, I didn't until the day before. I just knew my guys were the people I wanted. I followed these kids through high school and college, and wanted to draft them to the Arena league. But that didn't happen, thanks to Mark.

Now, the basic set up of the draft is as such:

1. 5 round, snake-style selections.
2. Players must be signed that day by the team, or they become a free agent.
3. A team may trade draft picks for players, and draft picks for draft picks, but no players for draft picks.
4. Players can be drafted from High School, College, or another country.

So it's not hard. But I had a lot on my mind that hot spring day of April 14th, 2005. Many people speculated we wouldn't do anything in the draft, because we picked first. It's actually a disadvantage to pick first, because you wait 11 picks until you get a new player. I don't know why that's a disadvantage, but hey, to each his own, I guess.

The draft was actually televised on ESPN2, for some reason. The commisioner, Derrick Lombardi, grandson of the great Vince Lombardi, was on the podium, greeting us for the fifth IFL draft, the first with an expansion team.

"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the International Football League's fifth annual Draft. We will start the festivities soon, but first, we have a new team in the league, the Green Bay Bombers. Speaking for us is coach Jayson Blitz, on behalf of the team."

As he was speaking, I was asleep, hung over from a night of alcohol, drug abuse, and taking the Lord's name in vain. But it wasn't apparent, at least to the bellboy, who got me. I walked to the podium, a bit disgruntled, but still delivered the speech I wrote up the night before, after my sixth Heineken.

"Thank you all. I'm Jayson Blitz, and I'm the new coach of the new Green Bay Bombers. I think you all know why we are a new team, and are being treated like infants. Because we haven't even walked yet. But let me tell you, we will. I plan to make us competitive right away, by doing the kinds of things winners do. I don't believe that a loser is defined by losses, but by how he loses. A winner is the same way -- defined by how he wins, not how much he wins. I won a lot at Oregon, but I was no winner. I won impressive games, but look at me now. I am not in the NFL, never was. But these young men have the potential to go where I never could. And I just want to thank Mr. Mark Cuban for allowing me the privilege to get us to the Golden Cup. Thank you all."

I walked off the stage, crumpled up the paper, and sat in the green room. I got out my laptop and logged on to the private server which we used to send in our draft pick selections, and to see who is avalible. Our draft order was as follows:

1. Green Bay Bombers (0-0-0)
2. Madison Mad Dogs (0-12-0)
3. Minnesota Purple Rage (3-9-0)
4. Lacrosse River Rats (3-9-0)
5. Topeka Knights (6-5-1)
6. Wichita Warlords (7-5-0)
7. Peoria Pirates (8-4)
8. Dublin Lightning(9-3-0)
9. Sarzana Red Jackets(10-1-1)
10. Virginia Mutiny(10-1-1)
11. Sioux Falls Cobras (11-0-1)

I had only three players on my short list for the draft. Hell, if I could get all three, I knew we would do great. But free agency was also running rampant, and with a 22 man team, I needed 17 free agents, or at least 10, with the other players coming in the dispersal draft, to be held three weeks later.

The salary cap in this league is something of a mystery. Cuban gave me a spending limit of $210 million. That's pretty generous, considering we are a new team, and it's not guarenteed we'd do so well.

So with three hours until I was on the clock, I made a quick call to Drew Rosenhaus, an old friend.

"Heyyyyyyyyy Drew!"
"JAY! What's up buddy!"

We talked for a few minutes, small talk, etc. But then I got to business.

"Listen, Drew. I know you represent Ricky Marshand. I need him."

"He's 40 years old, man. I can't do that to you. Plus, his knees aren't the most reliable things on the planet. If you want a great player, go after Hassan Green. A star running back, he'll get 3,000 yards behind an offensive line made of midgets!"

"I'll consider it. I'll give you $60 million for Marshand. 4 year deal."

"65 mill for 3 years, and it's a deal."

After debating over the decision, I signed him. And Hassan Green. A combined $100 million and 10 years between them. They hadn't even stepped onto my field and I hated the pious little pricks. Eventually, my time came.

"With the first selection in the IFL Draft, the Green Bay Bombers select... Billy Bronco, from the University of Akron."

People looked around, applauded, and looked back at the commish. But ESPN had this to say on the site.

"Billy Bronco:
Ht. - 6'5
Wt.- 245 lbs.
College Stats (2 years).. 403/742 for 8,506 yards, 45 TD, 6 INT
Analysis - IFL rules allow for a player to be drafted out of high school, but this is ridiculous. Blitz is an insane man for drafting this kid, who is coming off of a great sophmore campaign in the weakest college football division in the D-I ranks. He'll be good for the Bombers in terms of jersey sales, but no coach has ever succeeded in turning a running QB into a pocket one. Good luck, Bronco. Let's hope an O-Line gets to Green Bay, and soon."

I didn't appreciate the criticism much. But the draft continued, and I picked up:

Rd. 1 - Billy Bronco, QB #6, Akron
Rd. 2 - Frederico Rivas, OT #63, Mexico
Rd. 3 - Pierce McCoy, LOLB #55, Penn St.
Rd. 4 - Xaiver Parker, WR #1, Oak Hill Academy HS
Rd. 5 - Zachary Chamberlain, K #85, Italy

A solid draft. A C+ by many of the skeptics. But the player I was most intrigued by the whole draft was Parker. I watched that kid grow from a 5'3 quarterback in midgets to a 6'6 reciever who caught 22 touchdowns his senior year. Too bad I didn't get to know him more. Now that he's on my team, though, I guess now's the best time to get to know my son.

[darjarbinx]

Good read so far.

[Jay [FSU]]

Every day is a new adventure, so they say.

My adventure today was to go to the press conference, and introduce the new team, colors, my staff, etc. What a doozy.

Not that I wasn't thrilled, you understand. I was. I was on top of the world, the leader of a new franchise. I shaped this team in my own image -- pass heavy, with the running back as the main option. Doing research over and over again the past three weeks since the draft, I got to know different players and how they played. I was excited to introduce my staff, as well. But there was something just aching me inside, kind of like I was worried about failing with this team.

My life since I got cut has been about failure. I divorced my wife, Carol Aponté, to be on my own. I was ashamed to be her husband, because I knew that everywhere we went someone would say "What a pretty woman, with such a ****ing loser." Not that it ever bothered me -- I was so messed up on drugs it didn't matter. She married some NFL reciever named Eric Parker, and my son took his last name. Ashamed of mine.

I eventually had a son with her, and bolted. I couldn't handle that pressure. '91 was when Asanté Xaiver Blitz-Aponté Parker came onto this world, and I wasn't there. Where was I? Drinking a fifth of whiskey and watching my team lose.

But enough of the flasbacks. I made my way to the front of the stage, smiled, and took my place behind the podium.

"Hey... How you all doin'. As you all know, I'm Jayson Blitz, and this is my team. We're the Green Bay Bombers, and we hope to become competitive here this year. We're wearing white and green, and our mascot is a bomb. Seriously, I can't make this stuff up.

I recently hired my staff, and it goes as follows.... My assistant coach is Reggie Hart. Reggie comes to me from Saguaro High School, where he was the head coach for 34 years, coaching them to 14 state titles in that time. He's produced over 30 NFL players, and 14 Pro-Bowlers. It only makes sense that I would trust this man, who coached me, to help me coach.

My Offensive Coordinator is Eric Blitz. Eric is my brother, and recently was the Recievers coach for the Green Bay Packers after injuring his knees with the Packers. He knows the offensive scheme I want to run, so I welcome him with open arms to the family. He currently is scouting people to be our position coaches on offense.

My Defensive Coordinator is Gary Paulus, the Special Teams Coordinator from the Colorado Rush. I used to work with Gary, and he always listened to me and what I have to say. He also knows defensive schemes like a military leader knows how to kill. I am regretting holding this conference today, because he too is out getting position coaches.

Finally, my Special Teams Coordinator will be Benny Tittle, who applied for the head coaching position here before I was thought of. Mr. Tittle, 10 years my senior, will be one of my main advisors, and his services will be invaluable to the operation here."

I shuffled around a bit, not knowing how to bring out the two guys next.

"Okay, well, as many of you don't know, we signed two free agents on draft day. I'd like to introduce number 85, Richard 'Ricky' Marshand, and number 34, Hassan "Money" Green."

So they came out in their bling and what not, spoke, and I presented them with their jerseys. Speeches ran rampant, and we broke, and then the topics switched to the roster as a whole, and I handed out the paper.

Green Bay Bombers
Legends Arena

---Quarterbacks---
6 Billy Bronco
12 Jason Golic
16 Bob Koch

---Halfbacks---
21 Justin Meadows
34 Hassan Green
45 Vince Davis

---Fullbacks---
33 Ricky Rivers
36 Travis Myers

---Wide receivers---
19 Asanté Xaiver Parker
80 DeAngelo Davis
84 T.J. Adams
85 Ricky Marshand
87 Matt Lambert


---Tight end---
82 LaMarcus Hodge
88 Jay Day


---Offensive Line---
58 Al Stone (Center)
68 Frederico Rivas (Left-guard)
69 Jeremy Ronaldson (Right guard)

---Defensive Line---
91 Gary Patton (Left End)
94 Chad Rodgers (Right End)
93 Dave Poole (Nose Tackle)

---Linebackers---
52 Haloti Young (Outside)
53 Dave Agnew (Inside)
56 Pierce McCoy (Outside)
53 Marcus Green Right outside (Inside)

---Cornerbacks---
22 Frank Samuels (Left CB)
27 Jesse Harris (Right CB)

---Safeties---
28 Tony Becker (Strong Safety)
49 Vince Bush (Free Safety)

---Kicker---
85 Zarchary Celletti-Chamberlain

---Punter---
0 Steven McElroy


People started yelling, saying "Dumbass acquisition." I left, lit up a cigarette, and listened to Bruce Springsteen on the way to meet my real estate agent. I was in my own little world. Little did I know a certain someone was waiting at my door.

[darjarbinx]

Good stuff so far.

[Freak93]

The title sounds like the name of a bad porno.

Anyway, you are doing a good job with this. Go Bombers.

[Leak2Troupe03]

freak93 said:

The title sounds like the name of a bad porno.

Anyway, you are doing a good job with this. Go Bombers.

Haha I gotta admit that was good Back on-topic, this is good stuff Jay. I will be reading.

[Chief Bstn]

jnelson14 said:

Jeanne Cipriani-Blitz

So, I love the fact that you used Cipriani, if not got GTA3 alone.

That right there made me a reader.

[bdes]

Good read so far.

And you got me to pull out Blitz the League earlier today too.

[Jay [FSU]]

Yeah guys, so I got banned for something, and I need to start a new chapter for this, so give me till tomorrow night, and sometihng new will be up.

[D-Mac]

wat u mean u got banned, NOO this shit is an aswesome read cuz.