The Totem Pole

[Guest]

Hey, apparently that 100 roster rating was due solely to our DT not being tagged yet

haha the light the burns brightest, burns briefest!

[Guest]

NEW FACES IN DAKOTA - 2030

RB- Seth Meier arrives after spending a few years bouncing around the OSFL, only getting real playing time in one of those years. He'll most likely be "2" in a 1-2 punch with Duckworth this year, replacing Marco Middleton who crashed in camp. Meier isn't flashy but he's solid.

WR- Rookie Jimmie McDermid arrives via draft and will probably stick as a 5th WR, possibly to the detriment of Teddy Barnikow, long time WR5 and special teamer for the Totems. (Also the longest tenured Totem and final remaining player from our 2022 championship squad.) Herb Newman arrives via trade and will be our most complete and talented WR on the field. We are very deep at WR this year, with starting caliber guys all the way down to WR4.

OL- Adrien Brent arrives at tackle, providing leadership and a solid starter. Upshaw arrives at G and just provides depth.

LB- Toby Prather and Raymond Sosinki arrive at LB. We weren't sure Turd Ferguson was ready to handle the starting SILB job alone, so we brought in Prather. They'll probably rotate. Sosinki was brought in to rush the passer, but he bombed in TC and might not make the team. He could stick since he has some ST ability, is still a decent pass rusher, and grants affinity.

DB- Alfred Lynch and Gene Sinclair arrive at CB, but Sinclair is probably the only one who will stick. 7th round pick McElroy didn't really move much from his 29 potential, but his bars aren't bad and he might make the team anyway.

[Guest]

Disappointing loss at the end of the 4th quarter to start the season vs Chicago. The offense moved the ball very well and the defense generated a lot of pressure, but two key turnovers and too many big plays given up killed us in the end.

This should still be the best offense this team has fielded since my first season here in 2018, and Amos Irwin was a monster pressuring the QB in week 1, despite notching no sacks.

A convincing win vs the Sharks this week will make us forget about this one, but it was a reminder that there are a lot of good teams and owners in this conference.

[Sharkn20]

Ummmm I really want to play paper - scissors and totem (stone) this week!!

33% of winning with a rainy day!! We are underwater as we like and the passing attack should be hard... Time to the pound and ground!!! The muscle and dirty will win this one!

Good luck my friend!!

[Guest]

Ummmm I really want to play paper - scissors and totem (stone) this week!!

33% of winning with a rainy day!! We are underwater as we like and the passing attack should be hard... Time to the pound and ground!!! The muscle and dirty will win this one!

Good luck my friend!!

Good luck to you too, sir! Hope we don't start 0-2!

[Guest]

Was really starting to worry about this team after a 2-2 start but a huge win against the leader of division, North Liberty, makes things look a lot better. It's nice having quality WRs on this team for once, although Rowland seems to not spend that much time on the field due to endurance. (Either that or a lot of balls aren't getting thrown his way, I'll have to check that out.)

Probably won't finish with as good a record as I expected, but we should be in the playoffs barring injury.

[Guest]

Another heartbreaking last second loss for the Totems and 3 more turnovers courtesy of Ted Pleasant. We're now 3-4 and Chris Hutchins is out 25+ weeks with a severe knee injury. This team which I thought would be really good is tanking and needs to start turning it around immediately if they have any hope for the playoffs.

[Sharkn20]

Damn it man!! Ex-Totem TE Sam Wilcox grow 3 points in current and future potential during the season and still room to grow... He could be a decent but not stellar starter in Ohio in a near future... you should have a little pride for him!! I like this tight end, have all around bars

[Guest]

Damn it man!! Ex-Totem TE Sam Wilcox grow 3 points in current and future potential during the season and still room to grow... He could be a decent but not stellar starter in Ohio in a near future... you should have a little pride for him!! I like this tight end, have all around bars

He's not a bad TE, I think he bumped or held in TC and I would've kept him if I didn't find a good blocking/long snapping 3rd TE with better endurance. Just a victim of the fact that I'm not going to carry more than 3 TEs!

[Sharkn20]

He's not a bad TE, I think he bumped or held in TC and I would've kept him if I didn't find a good blocking/long snapping 3rd TE with better endurance. Just a victim of the fact that I'm not going to carry more than 3 TEs!

Yeah maybe he is only good for 2TEs formations or back-up role... He smoke a lot and can't perform... Someday he will play with Randy Boone or Los Alamos OT (can't remember his name) I think

[Guest]

Big divisional win vs St. Paul as we edged them 27-24 in OT after losing Ted Pleasant in the first half for 7 weeks. Walt Johnson will probably be starting the rest of the season and we're hoping he's as good as we think he is (which is "he's OK.") Johnson was a 7th round pick we took a shot on and he bumped big in TC, creeping up into the 50s with more to go.

We're tied with North Liberty for the division lead at 6-4.

This season's been a roller coaster so far, and I have a feeling it's going to continue that way until the end.

[Guest]

After a monster passing performance by backup QB Walt Johnson, Dakota's offense is still ranked #1. It's a shame we've suffered a couple of key injuries on our offense because I'd really like to see what I could do this year finally having an offensive juggernaut rolling along. If Walt Johnson can maintain this pace it would be nice, but I expect him to fall back to earth a little.

Hopefully we win enough to make the playoffs and Johnson makes it a really hard decision to re-insert Pleasant as a starting QB. Dakota broke our team scoring record this week with 51 points in a 356 yard 5 TD performance by Johnson.

We'll see how we can do against our conference's juggernaut of the year - Boston and the Cary Money show, who we play this week. At 7-4 we lead our division by a game.

[Guest]

Kept it close with Boston despite the worst injury situation I've ever been forced to deal with in OSFL. After the Boston game, our injury situation is now as follows:



That's Stud WR1, Starting SS, Starting QB, LT, SILB(Just dinged), Stud CB1, Starting FS.

If we make the playoffs I'll be surprised but we'll keep on chuggin'.

Still ranked #1 offense in the league. haha

Tied with North Liberty at 7-5 for the lead in our division.

[Sharkn20]

My man, you MUST take care and steal the Motor this week!! Kill the mechanics!! Punish the mechanics!! Kill em all!!!

I also fight with a letora of injuries this year after a couple of seasons playing healthy...

[Guest]

My man, you MUST take care and steal the Motor this week!! Kill the mechanics!! Punish the mechanics!! Kill em all!!!

I also fight with a letora of injuries this year after a couple of seasons playing healthy...

I better, because I have a feeling we're going to be fighting for our playoff lives in week 17!