CASUAL PRO HALL OF FAME
Issue #1
The Casual Pro crew that operates behind the scenes to make this one of the best atmospheres in all of GLB proudly presents your initial class of Casual Pro Hall of Fame Inductees. These dots were selected several seasons ago and it took some time to get organized and get everything up and running. The first class includes players KR/PR Return to Sender, KR/PR Deion Sanders*, RB Eaton Beaver, G Hondo Ridgeport, and DE Dakota Wilde. The initial class also includes the teams DIABLO DOTS and Prussian Revolution along with several all-time great games. There is a great tradition in Casual Pro and we hope to capture some of that magic in the context of keeping the Hall of Fame updated and getting the user base involved with our processes. We encourage your input and feedback and look forward to hearing from you. Now, on with the introduction of your first class of Casual Pro Hall of Famers.
RETURN T O SENDER AGENT: Sooner Nation (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=218284) POSITION: CB who played both kick and punt returner. PROFILE: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=984535 AWARDS: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player_awards.pl?player_id=984535 SEASONS IN CASUAL PRO: 6 (Seasons 14-19). TEAM: DIABLO DOTS MVP’s: 4 Special Teams MVP Awards (Seasons 15, 16, 18, and 19). STATS: Regular Season: 987 punt returns for 18,301.25 yards (18.5 average) with 134.71 TD’s. 166 kick returns for 4,743.79 yards (28.6 average) with 12.07 TD’s. Playoffs: 148 punt returns for 2,909 yards (197.7 average) with 10 TD’s. 30 kick returns for 810 yards (27 average). MISC.: Played on five conference and four league championship teams. Outside the four MVP’s won To Sender also won an additional 18 individual return trophies while playing in Casual Pro.
DEION SANDERS*
AGENT: The Avenger POSITION: CB who played both kick and punt returner. AGENT: The Avenger PROFILE: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=1584918 AWARDS: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player_awards.pl?player_id=1584918 SEASONS IN CASUAL PRO: 4 (Seasons 20, 21, 23, and 24) TEAM: Season 20-21 - Elvissa Maniacs, Season 23 - DEMON DOTS, and Season 24 - CONVICT DOTS MVP’s: 1 (Season 23) STATS: Regular Season 384 punt returns for 9,267.32 yards (24.1 average) with 56.91 TD’s. 325 kick returns for 8,597.85 yards (26.5 average) with 25.47 TD’s. Playoffs 24 punt returns for 508.5 yards (21.2 average) with 1 TD. 14 kick returns for 688 yards (49.1 average) with 5 TD’s. MISC.: Prime Time didn’t play on any of the bests teams but as a returner you do what you can do (combined for a 30-34 overall regular season record). While his teams may not have been the best Sanders did what he could on an individual basis racking up 16 individual return awards not including his MVP.
EATON BEAVER
AGENT: rc1990 POSITION: Running Back PROFILE: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=631030 AWARDS: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player_awards.pl?player_id=631030 SEASONS IN CASUAL PRO: 2 (Seasons 14 and 15) TEAM: Cozumel Jedi Knights MVP’s: 1 (Season 14) STATS: Regular Season 670 rushes for 12,029 yards (18.0 ypc) with 209 rushing TD’s while having 435 broken tackles. 21 receptions for 247 yards (17 ypc) with 2 TD’s Playoffs 94 carries for 945 yards (10.1 ypc) with 9 TD’s. 6 receptions for 89.5 yards (14.9 ypc) with 1 TD. MISC.: Beaver was never a champion in the true sense but he did carry his team to an overall 29-2 record in the regular season and a 3-2 record in the playoffs. Beaver currently ranks with the second and 15th highest individual rushing seasons in casual pro.
HONDO RIDGEPORT
AGENT: funkytown1 POSITION: Guard PROFILE: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=1083556 AWARDS: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player_awards.pl?player_id=1083556 SEASONS IN CASUAL PRO: 4 (Seasons 17-20) TEAM: Las Vegas Lazy Lounge Lizards MVP’s: None STATS: Regular Season 844 pancakes. Playoffs 41 pancakes MISC.: Ridgeport help pave the road for the Lounge Lizards success as they went 48-16 in the regular season with Ridgeport leading the way while going .500 in the playoffs with a 4-4 record. Ridgeport garnered the most pancakes in the conference for seasons 17 and 18. Currently, Ridgeport ranks 7th all-time in career pancakes and holds the season high with 388.54 from season 17.
DAKOTA WILDE AGENT: DAWG POSITION: Defensive End DOT PROFILE: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=1170743 DOT AWARDS PAGE: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player_awards.pl?player_id=1170743 SEASONS IN CASUAL PRO: TEAM: Zorn Industries (Seasons 18-20) and Portland Shadows (Season 21) MVP’s: 2 (Seasons 19 and 21) STATS: Regular Season 247 tackles, 75 sacks, 147 hurries, 53 tackles for loss, 31 passes defensed, 20 forced fumbles, and 1 TD. Playoffs 12 tackles, 1 sack, 12 hurries, 4 tackles for loss, 2 passes defensed, and one forced fumble. MISC.: Dakota was able to raise his individual game but not the teams the dot played for. Wilde was wild at times racking up an impressive stat. Wilde did lead his team to a conference title game appearance and the dot won two MVP trophies as well as five other individual pass rushing trophies during his time in Casual Pro.
HALL OF FAME TEAMS
DIABLO DOTS DIABLO has been in Casual Pro since it kicked off in season 14 and hasn’t looked back. DIABLO has racked up a regular season record of 302-50 (85.8%) and a playoff mark of 51-15 (77.3%). The DOTS have collected six league championship trophies and 11 conference championship trophies. DIABLO has lost the league title game five times. In DIABLO’s 22 seasons of Casual Pro play they’ve never had a losing season. They did come close with an 8-8 mark in season 29. Season 29 was the only season they did not make the playoffs. Of the 21 playoff appearances DIABLO has only once not made it out of the first round (season 33). DIABLO has played in a grand total of 14 conference championships losing only three of them. When I say King of Casual the above and below speak for themselves. DOTS CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS:
PRUSSIAN REVOLUTION Prussian wasn’t around nearly as long as DIABLO but the big thing was this team halted the title streak of DIABLO. The Revolution won back to back championships in seasons 20 and 21 against the DOTS. The DOTS did exact a little revenge as they beat the Revolution in season 22. For the four seasons Prussian was in Casual Pro they won two league titles, one runner up, and sported an overall regular season record of 56-8 which included a 3-7 start in their rookie campaign. The Revolution playoff record is an impressive 12-2. SEASON 19: 9-7 REGULAR SEASON (1-1 PLAYOFFS) Prussian started the season at 3-7 and won the final six games to finish up at 9-7. As the number eight seed they took out the overall number one seed (which made one of the Hall of Fames tops game). This season served as a catapult to the Revolutions next few dominate seasons. SEASON 20: 15-1 REGULAR SEASON (4-0 PLAYOFFS) Prussian’s season 20 is where the legend was born as they raced through the regular season with a 15-1 record (only losing to LA’s Pulp Blitze in week 2). Week three started the string of 56 consecutive victories. SEASON 21: 16-0 REGULAR SEASON (4-0 PLAYOFFS) Perfect season with the 20-0 mark and League Championship number one. SEASON 22 16-0 REGULAR SEASON (3-1 PLAYOFFS) Perfect regular season but DIABLO was waiting in the League Championshop to end the winning streak. Unfortunately, I’m not able to reconstruct the seasons and playoff like DIALBO as the team was sold and ultimately removed from GLB.
ALL-TIME GREAT GAMES There’s been some great battles waged on the field throughout the history of Casual Pro and we’ve identified some games that are included in the initial Hall of Fame. Here are the games. http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1508326 Season 19 - League Title Game (Diablo wins a thriller in OT thwarting a Minotaur comeback).
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1280940 Season 16 - League Championship Game (Texaoms scores two 4th Quarter TD’s for the win)
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1499514 Season 19 – 1st Round Playoff Game The number eight see Revolution take out the top seeded Daddy’s team to advance. We haven’t seen any top seeded teams fall – that is until now.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1768038 Season 23 - Second Round Playoff Game (Sparta’s 4th quarter kick return provided the margin of victory)