Blood 'n Guts Football

Welcome to the Blood 'n Guts Football universe - a pro league with a linked college league that allows GMs to follow a player from raw high school graduate to professional stardom and beyond. The BnG football universe began play in 1966 with teams in mid-size markets (populations between 100,000 and 300,000) with completely fictional players and coaches. The finances are set up to reflect 1960s-era economics, but there is a salary cap which will grow modestly over time- the cap began at $10 million and is at the start of the 1968 season now $10.8 million, with the minimum player salary $20,000.

Blood 'n Guts Pro League uses Front Office Football 2007 from Solecismic to simulate the rigors of professional football from cap and roster management to gameplanning. Grey Dog Software's Bowl Bound does the same (except for the cap part) for the world of top-level collegiate football. BnG is the best of both worlds.

GAME OF THE WEEK: 1968 Week 1 - Akron @ Providence

Teams and GMs

Monday, 09 June 2008 14:15 Joe Cronin

Divisional Alignment

AFC EAST French New Wave - nouvelle_vague Hartford Ham n Eggers - George Rochester Redhawks - aef027 Jersey City Uniforms - Matty86	NFC EAST Erie Hazards - drake Windsor Blue Bombers - Ajaxab Yonkers Made Men - freddylamar Springfield Rifles - Big Stinky
AFC NORTH Ann Arbor Menace - AI TEAM Kansas City (KS) Gunslingers - Koprnck Lincoln Raisplitters - AI TEAM South Bend Legends - hoosier	NFC NORTH Akron Rubber Barons - commish Albany Steel Heads - AI TEAM Flint Stones - BlindPigs Providence Sea Gulls - pbot
AFC SOUTH Corpus Christi Inquisitors - AI Team San Angelo Colts - AI TEAM Baton Rouge Tigers - path12 Salt Lake Templars - RendeR	NFC SOUTH Richmond Aviators - redrevolver8 Savannah Sand Gnats - serrano77 Shreveport Gentlemen - jsavage024 Alexandria Pharoahs - AI TEAM
AFC WEST Anchorage Polar Bears - zapa99 Inglewood Misfits - Geno Ando Las Vegas Roadrunners - Plattinum Rancho Cucamonga Nokotas - willylumplump	NFC WEST Colorado Springs Condors - japomfret Honolulu Tikis - smashmouth Huntington Beach Surfers - Tarcone Lubbock Twisters - servy

Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 November 2008 15:37 )

Katzman is #1 Pick

Thursday, 18 September 2008 12:19 Joe Cronin

VEGAS TAPS COUGAR SIGNAL CALLER

Bryan Katzman

Quarterback Bryan Katzman of the University of Houston Cougars was tapped by the Las Vegas Roadrunners as the #1 overall pick of the 1967 Rookie Draft. Katzman was a four-year starter for the Cougars and finished his career with 8187 yards passing and 69 touchdowns against 23 interceptions. His QB rating as a collegian was 145.3 (NCAA rating) and he completed 58.9 percent of his passes. Katzman can also run, something he did 481 times over his Cougars career, but in recent seasons the Cougars pro-style offense has limited his carries (he carried 195 times as a freshman, but only 94 times as a senior).

A pro scout, speaking on condition of anonymity praised Katzman's skill set, saying, "While his numbers aren't as eye-popping as some of the other quarterbacks in this year's class, Kaztman has the size and more importantly, the brains to run a pro offense. He'll be an outstanding professional and almost certainly the best to come out of this particular draft class." The fact that Houston runs a pro-style offense can only help Katzman as he will try to adjust to the speed and size of professional defenses.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 September 2008 19:38 )

Garner Has Season For The Ages

Saturday, 06 September 2008 13:38 Joe Cronin

FLINT'S GARNER AN AERIAL ARTIST

Flint wide receiver Mack Garner had a season for the ages in 1966. The fifth-year man out of Florida State was the franchise's first pick in the allocation draft and the team couldn't have gotten anything more out of Garner. Garner's 1966 season was the most dominating individual performance by any player in the entire league; only the fact that his team struggled overall kept him from receiving the nod as the Player of the Year.

Garner recorded 125 receptions for a staggering 2438 yards and 20 touchdowns. Targeted 209 times overall - 32.9 percent of all passes by Flint quarterbacks - Garner dropped only 5 passes and piled up 694 yards after the catch. Garner recorded 14, that's right: 14 - mentions for Player of the Week, led the league in receptions by 27 and in yards by 917 to set himself so far above every other receiver as to make them all look pedestrian in comparison.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 September 2008 19:38 )