Dave Ornauer

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Okinawa-based sports reporter Dave Ornauer on military-related sports in the Far East.

Poll: Which team will win the U.S. Forces Japan-American Football League title?

Yokosuka: Depth, size, smashmouth to the max and great balance on both sides of the ball.
38% (6 votes)
Foster: Relentless on defense, resilient on offense, replacing injured faster than they can get hurt.
31% (5 votes)
Yokota: On a tear since dropping first three games, home field for first playoff game.
19% (3 votes)
Kadena: Despite lack of numbers, lot of pride left in the 2004-05 Okinawa Football League champs.
0% (0 votes)
Misawa: They are the defending champions for a reason; Jets will remind us why in the playoffs.
13% (2 votes)
Torii: THISclose to getting that breakthrough victory; it will come in the playoffs.
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 16

Let's be serious guys! Have

Let's be serious guys! Have anyone seen yokosuka play serious football? those guys are big, fast, and mean. i honestly can't see anyone in this league truly competing with them during playoff time. their offensive line are truly monsters. Nuff said!

Unbiased Opinion

First of all, I'd like to tell Mr. Cole, great job on your first year as commissioner. For the next season, It would be nice to see all six teams playing each other twice. Once at home and one away so each team gets five home games and five away. This would really prove who is the best in the league. As far as transportation and arrangements, it is the teams responsibility to have that coordinated and worked out before the season even starts. If you can't make it, soak up the L because you can't say your the best unless you can win out at home and away. Everyone knows that Misawa will play football and we travel the furthest. We've had two home games this season and the rest was either a 12 hour drive or a flight to Okinawa in which we manged season after season. As unbiased as I am, Yokosuka is the best team so far because they are undefeated and they've traveled to Kadena and won. You can't claim to be the best if you haven't stepped foot out your yard. Forget the bye weeks and let's play football. 10 regular season games for each team and playoffs. Now that will truly determine the best. Good luck to all teams during the playoffs and the Jets will be ready to put everything on the line, (ask Yokosuka). 14 players and put up 38. Imagine what the outcome would have been with our full squad.

Coach Ellis
Misawa Jets

sched.

coach ellis your right i thinwe should go to a 10 game season and that will tell the difference between the men and the boys.

"whos house hawks house"

OFL CHAMPIONSHIP

1ST of all,
That's why you have a playoff and that is to determine the champion because it means nothing to go 5-0 both Foster and Yokosuka and then lose in the playoffs and your out. If these two teams make it to the championship, then the only way we'll have a good game is if both teams have all of their assets(players). It's easy for a team that's been established in this league to travel and claim that they are Boss, but when you have a new team that doesn't have any command support what so ever trying to put a stamp on the league, it's going to be an up hill road for them. I notice how the northern league is very confident in their abilities so they talk alot but real champions don't need to do that. People fear the unknown and I seriously believe that when the smoke settles, you'll see who the real Boss is. With that being said, I hope these two get a chance to really do battle w/all their weapons and if that happens then it's safe to say that _______ will win the championship. It's a no brainer.

I can see Seahawks as Champs this year.

Yokosuka is just to Big and Fast this year.
with the rotation and depth they have dont plan on the Seahawks running out of Gas anytime soon. They come fast and hard every play the second that FOSTER takes a play off will be 6 for Yokosuka.

-Danny LaRue-

Camp Foster Bulldogs Secondary!

TP6 says to the media... Who can stop our secondary?... Yeah I know, I dont know that answer either.

Its a new team thats on a mission. Easy win! Champs all the way!

We going to the ship, we going to the ship, we going to the ship!

And we going to win it all!

Camp Foster Bulldogs!!!

AMAZING TEAM WITH UNLIMITED TALENT!

Camp Foster, Bullogs how can anyone say they are not a team to see in the playoffs? This is the team to beat if its not yokosuka, when Foster beats them what else is their to say ???? nothhhingggggg everyone wants to say how great every other team is and is quick to overlook the MAIN ATTRACTION (FOSTER BULLOGS) only time will tell, and yhea i know the (MARINES) WILL WINN IT ALL.

who is better??? yokosuka or foster?

with all this noise that Foster is talking you would think they were the pittsburgh steelers. I think everyone is sick of all the hoopla and the bragging from this 5-0 team that hasnt beat the other undefeated team.

Respect Us

Lets not get it twisted. Foster had been quite for some while. Yokosuka has been making alot of noise, and getting co-signed. Foster just wants everyone to know that they are 5-0 also. Its not like Yokosuka is playing a 0-5 team this weekend. Our stats show that they have the best Defense in the league. It has been shown that we can put up points on the offensive side of the ball to. Respect should be giving where it is due, thats how I see it. For all that say that they haven't beaten a team from up North, check the schedule. Needless to say that someone will end up with a 1 in the L column come Sunday. The play on the field will dictate that not the strokes on a keyboard.

Respect

evryone knows that foster is 5-0 that is no secret. but the fact that the quality of footall in each others respectable divisions is not the same. we all know that where the power is, and for all i am concerned is most of the noise is coming from someone named TP6. So until you prove yourselves just keep quite.

Repect

How can you say that the North is better than the South as far as quality football. Yokosuka beat Kadena 15-12 (3), Kadena beat Yokota 28-14 (14), Yokota beat Army 12-6 (6), Foster beat Misawa 9-6 (3). It looks even to me at 2-2, except that the defensive stats on the South side look better. So I don't think that you can knock the quality of the Southern Divions football. I'm just saying, men lie women lie numbers don't.

TP6 CAN TALK MORE NOW!

TP6 talks and walks what he talks, as you can see from the game this weekend, no answer for TP6, the Seahawks was just to slow, I was burning everybody, and who ever number 9 and 20 they know the score should have been worst! Stop TP6! If you dont know who he is, the smallest one on the team number 6.

Just come game ready.

Are we going to sit up here and just speculate on who we THINK is going to win? Better yet, why not just wait and see when game day come to see who wins. Regardless of if, a team has been doing great the whole season because anything can go wrong game day. Making the tables, turn quick in a game and then the end of the season outcome is underdogs winning the playoffs. I am just saying anything can happen; the season is not over for any team yet until they are eliminated, and nothing is set in stone yet. Just come game ready.

OVER RATED GAME SERIOUSLY

OK fellas,
we know that each team is on here blogging and it's getting crazy!!!! This game this weekend is simply to determine where the championship is going to be played provided that both these two teams make it to the championship and nothing more. This game proves nothing if you know anything about football. I personally don't care who wins this game because all that matters to me right now is the win on Aug 22! So to both teams, if you need to amp yourselves up for this game by blogging and talkin BS, go right ahead but just make sure you don't run out of gas before it's all said and done! Good game this weekend to both teams and I'll see ya'll in the playoffs when I get back!

P.S. Just in case your wondering, this is MOORE.

I agree.

I agree with you on that. Showing what you are going to do holds more weight than saying what you are going to do.

Wow!!!

I'm glad we have this much interest in Saturdays games and the rest of the season! I have played and Coached in this league for a very long time, the score board on any given Saturday means nothing. We take the wins and losses as they come, the dynamics of a military team are too great. One week you have 40 the next week you have 17 but you play and you play hard. Its a blessing to just suit up!

I can promise you one thing..... These teams all will play hard every game. Man, playing Misawa is no joke I'm glad they have to play Yokota this weekend so I don't have to prepare for them both! These guys gave me a serious headache last time.

We need the fans to come out and support! I want to hear what they have to say...

Coach Price
Seahawks Head coach

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!!!!

I'm sorry that you guys lost to Camp Foster, but don't overlook Yokota; you guys have us next and we don't have anything to lose.

"WHO RUNS THE HEAT IN THE KANTO, YOU KNOW!"

HERE'S BLITZING AT YOU QB!!!

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Dave Ornauer has covered DODDS-Pacific high school and Far East interservice sports for 25 years -- since his first Far East high school basketball tournament in February 1982 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. When he’s not working, Dave can usually be found reading, enjoying food and fine wine and spending time with family.

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