2023 IFFL SCHEDULES.doc
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The International Fantasy Football League unveiled its 2023 game schedules, which feature mostly international matchups. Some notable schedule details include 6 games between teams from the same country, and 19 games between 2022 playoff teams. China's Jaymin team has the 6th most difficult schedule with 6 postseason opponents. Mexico's Dragones have the easiest schedule with just 5 playoff opponents. The document also lists each team's opponents by week and identifies the top 10 games to watch in 2023 based on team histories and 2022 records.
2023 IFFL SCHEDULES.doc
- 1. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE USE AS DESIRED Brian Slack, CEO Entrusted NFL Media Member NFL Soapbox All-NFL Network Gridiron Goose's NFL Update International Fantasy Football League GridironGoose@msn.com Sunday, June 18, 2023 INTERNATIONAL FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
- 2. 2023 TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES The International Fantasy Football League unveiled its 2023 game schedules today (6/18). Below are interesting facts that set the IFFL apart from all other leagues, worldwide. 6 of 84 games (.071%) headline same nations competing against each another: WK TEAMS 6 Jaymin, CN @Shanghai Wang, CN 5 Dragones, MEX @ Bleeding Blue, MEX 11 Men of Steel @ Bowl Bound Mavericks, UK 6 Procters, USA @ Mighty Cyclones, USA 10 Mighty Cyclones, USA @ Big Dawgs, USA 11 Procters, USA @ Big Dawgs, USA 78 of 84 games (92.9%) feature different nations competing against each other. 19 of 84 games (22.6%) pit two 2022 playoff teams competing against each other: WK TEAMS 1 Mighty Cyclones @ Remis Island 2 Remis Island @ Bowl Bound Mavericks 3 Bleeding Blue @ Jaymin 3 Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Mighty Cyclones 4 Remis Island @ Jaymin 5 Dragones @ Bleeding Blue 5 Jaymin @ Mighty Cyclones 6 Bleeding Blue @ Bowl Bound Mavericks 7 Dragones @ Bowl Bound Mavericks 8 Dragones @ Jaymin 8 Mighty Cyclones @ Bleeding Blue 9 Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Jaymin 9 Remis Island @ Dragones 10 Bleeding Blue @ Remis Island 11 Mighty Cyclones @ Dragones 12 Remis Island @ Mighty Cyclones 13 Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Remis Island 14 Bleeding Blue @ Jaymin 14 Mighty Cyclones @ Bowl Bound Mavericks China’s defending World Bowl Champion JAYMIN have the IFFL’s 6th most difficult schedule and will compete against 6 of last year’s post-season teams. Mexico’s DRAGONES, who have made 3-straight World Bowl appearances, have the IFFL’s easiest schedule and will square off against just 5 playoff teams, fewest in the league: WK PLAYOFF OPPONENTS 5 @Bleeding Blue 7 @Bowl Bound Mavericks 8 @Jaymin 9 Remis Island 11 Mighty Cyclones Russia’s RUSSIAN HACKERS face the IFFL 2nd most difficult schedule and will compete against a league-high 9 post-season teams: WK PLAYOFF OPPONENTS 1 @Bowl Bound Mavericks 2 Mighty Cyclones 3 @Remis Island 4 @Dragones 7 Bleeding Blue 11 Jaymin 12 Bowl Bound Mavericks 13 @Mighty Cyclones 14 @Remis Island
- 3. The United Kingdom’s MEN OF STEEL are coming off of their worst season in franchise history and are staring down the IFFL most difficult schedule, which includes 8 games versus playoff teams: WK PLAYOFF OPPONENTS 1 @Jaymin 2 @Bleeding Blue 6 @Remis Island 7 @Mighty Cyclones 10 @Dragones 11 @Bowl Bound Mavericks 12 Jaymin 13 Bleeding Blue STRENGTH OF SCEDULE PLAYOFF IFFL TEAM, NATION OPP.W-L-T TEAMS Dragones, MX 85-108-3 5 StormyOZ, AU 89-104-3 7 Bleeding Blue, MX 91-102-3 6 Procters, USA 93-100-3 7 Mighty Cyclones, USA 94-100-2 7 Jaymin, CN 95-100-1 6 Shanghai Wang, CN 97-98-1 7 Big Dawgs, USA 99-94-3 8 Bowl Bound Mavericks, UK 102-92-2 7 Remis Island, CA 104-90-2 7 Russian Hackers, RU 106-88-2 9 Men of Steel, UK 107-86-3 8 2023 TOP-TEN IFFL GAMES I. WEEK 8: DRAGONES, MX (9-7-7-0) AT JAYMIN, CN (9-4-1) Jaymin lead the series 4-0-0. Rematch of World Bowl VIII. Between the regular season and playoffs, the Dragons are 0-5 against the Jaymin. II. WEEK 5: JAYMIN, CN (9-4-1) AT MIGHTY CYCLONES, USA (13-1-0) Jaymin lead the series 6-2-0. Mighty Cyclones lost 2 games in 2022, one a regular season matchup, and the other in last year’s semi-final game, both against the defending World Champion Jaymin.
- 4. III. WEEK 8: MIGHTY CYCLONES, USA (13-1-0) AT BLEEDING BLUE (11-3-0) Mighty Cyclones lead the series 5-3, Won last 4 in the series. Last year’s top-two teams piled up victories, won their divisions, earned first-round byes, then flopped in the post-season. That is fantasy football. IV. WEEK 3: BLEEDING BLUE, MX (11-3-0) AT JAYMIN, CN (9-4-1) Jaymin lead the series 9-6-0. 3 of last 4 regular season series matchups were decided by 50 or more points. V. WEEK 11: DRAGONES, MX (7-7-0) AT MIGHTY CYCLONES, USA (13-1-0) Mighty Cyclones lead the series 3-1. Over the last 3 seasons. both teams have a combined 14 post-season game appearances, a 10-4 combined playoff record, two World Bowl titles, and four World Bowl appearances- Dragones, 9 appearances, 7-2 record, Mighty Cyclones, 5 appearances, 3-2 record. VI. WEEK 5: DRAGONES, MX (7-7-0) AT BLEEDING BLUE, MX (11-3-0) Bleeding Blue leads the series 4-0-0. Sports version of a Mexican Civil War. Bleeding Blue looks to dish out a heavy heapin’ of payback for their 96-90 semi-final loss to these very same Dragones.
- 5. VII. WEEK 2: REMIS ISLAND, CA (8-6-0) AT BOWL BOUND MAVERICKS, UK (9-5-0) Bowl Bound Mavericks lead the series, 6-4-0, Won last 3 in the series. Game includes last year’s 6th ranked team (Remis Island) versus 5th ranked team (Bowl Bound Mavericks). VIII. WEEK 5: BIG DAWGS, USA (7-7-0) AT RUSSIAN HACKERS, RU (7-7-0) Big Dawgs lead the series, 3-2. Talk about being stuck in mediocrity. Both teams broke even at 7-7 in 2022 and have posted identical 26-28 records over the last 4 seasons. IX. WEEK 4: PROCTERS, USA (3-11-0) AT MEN OF STEEL (3-11-0) Men of Steel lead the series 7-1-0, Won last 6 in the series. Last season’s 2nd worst team (Procters) brawling last year’s 3rd worst team (Men of Steel). X. WEEK 3: STORMYOZ, AU (5-9-0) AT SHANGHAI WANG, CN (1-12-1) StormyOZ leads the series 7-2, Won last 5 in the series. Last year, StormyOZ scored the league’s 2nd-fewest points. Shanghai Wang gave up the league’s 2nd-most points.
- 6. 2023 WEEK-BY-WEEK SCHEDULES WEEK 1 Mighty Cyclones @ Remis Island Shanghai Wang @ Procters Bleeding Blue @ Big Dawgs Dragones @ StormyOz Men of Steel @ Jaymin Russian Hackers @ Bowl Bound Mavericks WEEK 2 Shanghai Wang @ Dragones Remis Island @ Bowl Bound Mavericks Men of Steel @ Bleeding Blue Mighty Cyclones @ Russian Hackers Jaymin @ Big Dawgs Procters @ StormyOz WEEK 3 Dragones @ Procters Bleeding Blue @ Jaymin Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Mighty Cyclones Big Dawgs @ Men of Steel Russian Hackers @ Remis Island StormyOz @ Shanghai Wang WEEK 4 Russian Hackers @ Dragones Remis Island @ Jaymin Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Big Dawgs Mighty Cyclones @ Shanghai Wang Procters @ Men of Steel StormyOz @ Bleeding Blue WEEK 5 Dragones @ Bleeding Blue Jaymin @ Mighty Cyclones Shanghai Wang @ Men of Steel Remis Island @ Procters Bowl Bound Mavericks @ StormyOz Big Dawgs @ Russian Hackers WEEK 6 Bleeding Blue @ Bowl Bound Mavericks Jaymin @ Shanghai Wang Big Dawgs @ Dragones Men of Steel @ Remis Island
- 7. StormyOz @ Russian Hackers Procters @ Mighty Cyclones WEEK 7 Men of Steel @ Mighty Cyclones Dragones @ Bowl Bound Mavericks Big Dawgs @ StormyOz Jaymin @ Procters Shanghai Wang @ Remis Island Bleeding Blue @ Russian Hackers WEEK 8 Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Shanghai Wang Dragones @ Jaymin Mighty Cyclones @ Bleeding Blue Remis Island @ Big Dawgs StormyOz @ Men of Steel Russian Hackers @ Procters WEEK 9 StormyOz @ Mighty Cyclones Big Dawgs @ Shanghai Wang Russian Hackers @ Men of Steel Procters @ Bleeding Blue Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Jaymin Remis Island @ Dragones WEEK 10 Procters @ Bowl Bound Mavericks Men of Steel @ Dragones Bleeding Blue @ Remis Island Mighty Cyclones @ Big Dawgs Jaymin @ StormyOz Shanghai Wang @ Russian Hackers WEEK 11 Procters @ Big Dawgs Remis Island @ StormyOz Shanghai Wang @ Bleeding Blue Jaymin @ Russian Hackers Men of Steel @ Bowl Bound Mavericks Mighty Cyclones @ Dragones WEEK 12 Procters @ Shanghai Wang Remis Island @ Mighty Cyclones Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Russian Hackers StormyOz @ Dragones Jaymin @ Men of Steel Big Dawgs @ Bleeding Blue WEEK 13 Bowl Bound Mavericks @ Remis Island Dragones @ Shanghai Wang Bleeding Blue @ Men of Steel StormyOz @ Procters Big Dawgs @ Jaymin Russian Hackers @ Mighty Cyclones WEEK 14 Russian Hackers @ Remis Island Shanghai Wang @ StormyOz Men of Steel @ Big Dawgs Dragones @ Procters Bleeding Blue @ Jaymin Mighty Cyclones @ Bowl Bound Mavericks WILD CARD ROUND 12/12/23 - 12/18/23
- 8. SEMI-FINAL ROUND 12/19/23 - 12/25/23 WORLD BOWL IX 12/26/23 - 1/1/24 2023 TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES BIG DAWGS, USA WK OPPONENT 1 Bleeding Blue 2 Jaymin 3 @Men of Steel 4 Bowl Bound Mavericks 5 @Russian Hackers 6 @Dragones 7 @StormyOz 8 Remis Island 9 @Shanghai Wang 10 Mighty Cyclones 11 Procters 12 @Bleeding Blue 13 @Jaymin 14 Men of Steel BLEEDING BLUE. MX WK OPPONENT 1 @Big Dawgs 2 Men of Steel 3 @Jaymin 4 StormyOz 5 Dragones 6 @Bowl Bound Mavericks
- 9. 7 @Russian Hackers 8 Mighty Cyclones 9 Procters 10 @Remis Island 11 Shanghai Wang 12 Big Dawgs 13 @Men of Steel 14 @Jaymin BOWL BOUND MAVERICKS, UK WK OPPONENT 1 Russian Hackers 2 Remis Island 3 @Mighty Cyclones 4 @Big Dawgs 5 @StormyOz 6 Bleeding Blue 7 Dragones 8 @Shanghai Wang 9 @Jaymin 10 Procters 11 Men of Steel 12 @Russian Hackers 13 @Remis Island 14 Mighty Cyclones DRAGONES, MX WK OPPONENT 1 @StormyOz 2 Shanghai Wang 3 @Procters 4 Russian Hackers 5 @Bleeding Blue 6 Big Dawgs 7 @Bowl Bound Mavericks
- 10. 8 @Jaymin 9 Remis Island 10 Men of Steel 11 Mighty Cyclones 12 StormyOz 13 @Shanghai Wang 14 @Procters JAYMIN, CN WK OPPONENT 1 Men of Steel 2 @Big Dawgs 3 Bleeding Blue 4 Remis Island 5 @Mighty Cyclones 6 @Shanghai Wang 7 @Procters 8 Dragones 9 Bowl Bound Mavericks 10 @StormyOz 11 @Russian Hackers 12 @Men of Steel 13 Big Dawgs 14 Bleeding Blue MEN OF STEEL, UK WK OPPONENT 1 @Jaymin 2 @Bleeding Blue 3 Big Dawgs 4 Procters 5 Shanghai Wang 6 @Remis Island 7 @Mighty Cyclones 8 StormyOz
- 11. 9 Russian Hackers 10 @Dragones 11 @Bowl Bound Mavericks 12 Jaymin 13 Bleeding Blue 14 @Big Dawgs MIGHTY CYCLONES, USA WK OPPONENT 1 @Remis Island 2 @Russian Hackers 3 Bowl Bound Mavericks 4 @Shanghai Wang 5 Jaymin 6 Procters 7 Men of Steel 8 @Bleeding Blue 9 StormyOz 10 @Big Dawgs 11 @Dragones 12 Remis Island 13 Russian Hackers 14 @Bowl Bound Mavericks PROCTERS, USA WK OPPONENT 1 Shanghai Wang 2 @StormyOz 3 Dragones 4 @Men of Steel 5 Remis Island 6 @Mighty Cyclones 7 Jaymin 8 Russian Hackers 9 @Bleeding Blue 10 @Bowl Bound Mavericks
- 12. 11 @Big Dawgs 12 @Shanghai Wang 13 StormyOz 14 Dragones REMIS ISLAND, CA WK OPPONENT 1 Mighty Cyclones 2 @Bowl Bound Mavericks 3 Russian Hackers 4 @Jaymin 5 @Procters 6 Men of Steel 7 Shanghai Wang 8 @Big Dawgs 9 @Dragones 10 Bleeding Blue 11 @StormyOz 12 @Mighty Cyclones 13 Bowl Bound Mavericks 14 Russian Hackers RUSSIAN HACKERS, RU WK OPPONENT 1 @Bowl Bound Mavericks 2 Mighty Cyclones 3 @Remis Island 4 @Dragones 5 Big Dawgs 6 StormyOz 7 Bleeding Blue 8 @Procters 9 @Men of Steel 10 Shanghai Wang 11 Jaymin
- 13. 12 Bowl Bound Mavericks 13 @Mighty Cyclones 14 @Remis Island SHANGHAI WANG, CN WK OPPONENT 1 @Procters 2 @Dragones 3 StormyOz 4 Mighty Cyclones 5 @Men of Steel 6 Jaymin 7 @Remis Island 8 Bowl Bound Mavericks 9 Big Dawgs 10 @Russian Hackers 11 @Bleeding Blue 12 Procters 13 Dragones 14 @StormyOz STORMYOZ, AU WK OPPONENT 1 Dragones 2 Procters 3 @Shanghai Wang 4 @Bleeding Blue 5 Bowl Bound Mavericks 6 @Russian Hackers 7 Big Dawgs 8 @Men of Steel 9 @Mighty Cyclones 10 Jaymin 11 Remis Island 12 @Dragones
- 14. 13 @Procters 14 Shanghai Wang