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2018 OFFICIAL HELMET OF THE LOUISIANA TIGERS

VERY COSTLY "PENALTIES"!!!!

This past weekend the Tigers hosted their 1st home game inside the APDFL LEAGUE, The Tigers hosted the Pensacola Jets out of Pensacola, Fl. The tigers came into the game with a very strict mindset of winning the ball game and had a full demanding lead all the way up the fourth quarter until senseless penalties took place on the Tigers sideline among the tigers & referees, Star "WR" Ritch Bolden of the Tigers & the sideline referee had a misissue on the sideline up until the Ref thrown a 45 yard penalty flag on the Tigers. With only 2:38 left in the ball game the JETS had the ball at their own 48 yd line 3rd & 15, Flags were thrown then on "BOLDEN" that then put the JETS & their swifty QB into a demanding scoring position. Jets will then find a crease into the tigers defense & scramble their way into the end zone. Tigers QB John Chester will then somehow march the Tigers down into the RED ZONE only up until throwing a INT, Jets then Ran out the clock heading into over time. Tigers will win the coin toss and defer to play defense first when some how the JETS find a big crease in that strict TIGER defense and throws a demanding 22 yd TD pass to score in OT, JETS will then get the two point Conversion. Tigers will then go 4 & out in OT 7 suffer their 1st home game of the APDFL, This week the  tigers are on the road to take on a very impressive WREKAZ team inside the APDFL, IS THIS THE WEEK THE TIGERS TURN IT AROUND? CAN COACH TIM & HIS BALL CLUB PROVE TO THE LEAGUE THAT THEIR LEGIT? Well only this week can tell if the Tigers will be ready. Thank You for reading your daily Tigers Insider    


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TIGERS PREVENT GETTING "STUNG"

03/25/2018, 9:45pm CDT
By BRIAN DIXION

DID THE TIGERS PROVE TO THEMSELVES THEY ARE "LEGIT" FOR THE "APDFL"?

This past weekend the Tigers took on the Mississippi Sting & it was a close scare with the Tigers finding themselves down late in the ball game in the 3rd qtr, where the sting had did everything to their name "STING" that's right, the Tigers will take a early lead in the 1st where "QB" Tereance Simon will hook up with a 20 yd TD pass to "RB" Jerrin Wright to then give the tiger what will be their only score of the 1st half. Then the Sting will come back stinging the Tigers with a long pass of 68 yards to find the "WR" deep in the end zone, Tigers will then take over when "QB" Tereance Simon will then use his legs on a 47 yard "QB" scramble to get the tigers down into bout the 20 yard line, Tigers then make a Sub in at "QB" where the back up will then throw a pick 6 to give the sting a demanding lead before the half. Start of the 3rd kicker Herbert "SMASH BROTHER" BELL will then kickoff for the Tigers, kicking the ball deep in the end zone where the ball was not covered by the Sting and the Tigers will cover and get the safety. The Sting will then punt the ball to the Tigers & The "SMASH BROTHER" will then find that TIGER fuel & return the punt for 52 yards for the TD, giving the Tigers just enough to put the ball game in the coffin. Both teams were truly undermanned but great respects to that fighting "STING' team & their program for  coming down to New Orleans with only enough BEES"10 " to give the "TIGERS" enough scare to almost be "STUNG". After speaking with Head Coach Tim Vessel about the Game that could have almost caused playoffs dreams down the drain here's what he had to say,

You know you never walk into a ball game expecting to lose but for that Mississippi Sting Team to come down and play us with only 10 players they are truly the winners in this match up no matter what the scoreboard says in my heart they are the winners "NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM MY BALL CLUB" I mean we played with only 15 but those guys Did not even have a chance to even get a break or water. But in my eyesight Teams that will take that many guys on a long road trip to play a 60 min ball game are truly warriors, You know just last week I had to do it, as they say it's not the size of the Dog it's the Fight within him. Our road will not get any easier so every Dog we had on the field we gonna need it times two, but I am proud of my football team and truly believe we will turn it in the right direction.

Head Coach Tim Vessel

Well Tigers fans there you have it, Tigers come out with the WIN & is off for two weeks Can the Tigers keep the Good Foot going? Is this a new begging of the Return of the Smash Brothers? Only time will tell when the Tigers take on Arkansas Steelers @ Home when they come off their Long break, Tigers Fans I'm Brian Dixion and this is another report on your TIGERS insider until Next Time folks & remember GOOOOOOO TIGERS!!!!

 

"CAN THE STRUGGLING TIGERS PROTECT THEIR JUNGLE?"

A VERY DESPERATE TIGER SQUAD

03/22/2018, 11:45pm CDT
By BRIAN DIXION

TIGERS SUFFER A DEPRESSING LOSS ON ROAD

THIS PAST WEEKEND THE TIGERS TOOK THE HWY TO TRAVEL VERY LIGHT HANDED TO A VERY WELL RESPECTED P-TOWN WREKAZ TEAM.  THE TIGERS HAD MIS-ISSUES WITH PLAYERS TAKING THE TRAVEL UP TO PARRISH ALABAMA FORCING THEM TO TRAVEL TO PLAY A WELL 53 MAN ROSTER WREKAZ TEAM WITH ONLY 15 PLAYERS ON THEIR SQUAD. MEAN WHILE THE TIGERS HAD MISISSUES WHEN STAR "QB" JOHN CHESTER WALKED OF FROM THE TIGERS BALL CLUB JUST HOURS PRIOR TO DEPARTING TO ALABAMA. WITH A BIG MOMENTUM SHIFT FOR THE SHORT HANDED TIGERS ALREADY ON THE ROAD COACH TIM & HIS "FIGHTING TIGERS" STILL MADE THE TRIP TO PLAY THE POWERFUL WREKAZ BALL CLUB. THE TIGERS RECIEVED THE BALL AND PRETTY MUCH WENT DOWN HILL ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL "LB" " TEREANCE SIMON" HOOKED UP WITH "LB" "DEANDRE JACKSON" ON A 99 YARD PASS TO GIVE THE TIGERS WHAT WILL BE THEIR ONLY SCORE OF THE GAME. THE POWERFUL WREKAZ WILL PRETTY MUCH STAY IN DEMAND THE REMAINDER OF THE BALL GAME WINNING THE GAME WITH A FINAL SCORE OF 43-6. AFTER SPEAKING WITH HEAD COACH TIM ABOUT THE SITUATION OF HIS LONG PAST STARTER & SWIFTY "QB" HERE'S A RESPOND FROM COACH TIM:

I MEAN I TALKED TO THE GUY NUMEROUS TIMES THUR OUT THE WEEK & CONSTANCE ASKED HEY "CHESTER" IS YOU PLAYING BROTHER, HIS RESPOND WAS TIM YOU HAVE MY WORD I'LL BE THERE, & I'M PRETTY MUCH THINKING OK WERE ALL SET ON ONE MAIN PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, I MEAN I'M VERY HURT ABOUT THIS SITUATION, CHESTER IS MORE THAN JUST A PLAYER TO ME HE'S MORE TAKE LIKE A SON TO ME, I'M LOST FOR WORDS & CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE WILL DO SUCH A THING LIKE THAT, BUT HEY I HAVE AN ENTIRE SEASON TO TRY TO COACH GUYS TO A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THE TIGERS ARE HOME THIS WEEKEND VS A VERY TALENTED STING TEAM & IS ALMOST A MUST WIN FOR THE TIGERS TO EVEN TRY TO KEEP THEIR PLAYOFFS HOPES ALIVE. COACH TIM EXPECT TO HAVE HIS FULL ROSTER AT THIS HOME GAME THIS WEEKEND STAY TUNED INTO THE TIGER INSIDER FOR MORE OF YOUR TIGERS NEWS I'M BRIAN DIXION 

 

KEY "TIGERS" LOOK TO HELP TIGERS IN 2018 APDFL SEASON

02/27/2018, 10:45am CST
By DAYRL SMITH

TIGERS LOOK TOWARDS VERY SKILLED TALENT TO LEADING THEM TO THE "PRESIDENT CUP" 2018

AFTER SITTING DOWN & TALKING TO HEAD COACH TIM VESSEL OF THE LOUISIANA TIGERS SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL TEAM ABOUT THE UPCOMING SEASON INSIDE A VERY TALENTED #APDFL LEAGUE, HERES IS SOME OF THE COACH RESPONSES WAS AFTER QUESTIONING.

COACH TIM THIS IS YOUR TEAM 1ST TIME INSIDE THE #APDFL, WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL YOUR TEAM FACE IN TALENT & SKILLS MATCH UP VS COMING FROM YOUR LAST LEAGUE?

HC TIM: WELL THE DIFFERENCE IN MY EYE SIGHT WILL BE "SPEED" VISE VERSA COMING FROM THE "GSFL" TO THE "APDFL" TO ME IS SPEED, I THINK THE PLAYERS ARE MORE FASTER & PHYSICAL VS THE GSFL, NOT TAKING ANYTHING FROM THE GSFL LEAGUE, BUT IT'S MORE OF THE SPEED OF THE GAME & PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE THAT THESE PLAYERS AND TEAMS HAS TO OFFER ON THE GRIDIRON.

COACH TIM YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE HAS TO BE A PLUS FOR YOUR NEW ROOKIE QB, WHAT EXPECTATIONS CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE OUT OF YOUR OFFENSIVE LINEMEN & WHAT VETERAN(S) WILL BE A HAUL TO HELP OVERCOME YOUR OFFENSIVE UNIT BLUES?

HC TIM: PEOPLE & FANS CAN DEFINITELY EXPECT TO SEE ALL OFFENSIVE LINEMEN HOLDING BLOCKS MORE THAN IN THE PAST, WE HAVE WORKED HARD AT PRACTICES ON SUCH DETIALS AS PASS PROTECTION, RUN BLOCKING & SO ON. WE HAVE VETRAN LINEMEN RETURNING #72 REGGIE BROCK WHOM CAN BE A THREAT ALL ACROSS THE OFFENSIVE LINE, "HE'S JUST A NATURAL" BORN TALENTED OFFENSIVE LINEMEN WHO UNDERSTAND HIS JOB ON THE LINE, WE ALSO HAVE 2 DUAL THREATS TACKLES #100 BRANDON JOSEPH & #69 JEREMY CASTLE, WHOM BOTH ARE LIGHT ON THEIR FEET & REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF MICHEAL OHOR OF THE BLINDSIDE, BOTH TACKLERS CAN DEFEND A "DE" AS FAST AS HE CAN BLITZ & ALSO CAN MAINTAIN THE CONTROLMENT OF THE CONTAINMENT OF THE "DE", HONESTLY I PREACH TO MY OFFENSIVE LINE THAT THE ONLY PLAYER WHO CAN BEAT YOU IS "YOU".

COACH TIM AFTER VIEWING FILM FROM YOUR LAST YEAR SEASON YOU HAD A DUAL THREAT QB, BY THE NAME OF JOHN CHESTER, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN STYLE OF PLAY & YOUR NEW STARTING QB EARL BUTLER & JOHN CHESTER? 

HC TIM: WELL LOL JOHN CHESTER IS JUST A PURE BORN NATURAL ATHLETE, I MEAN HE'S A SCRAMBLER & A PASSER, QUITE FORTUNATELY JOHN CHESTER IS NOT WHAT WE WILL CALL A TRUE DUAL THREAT QB, HE"S NOT A POCKET PASSER, MORE ON THE STYLE OF A MICHEAL VICK HE WILL KILL YOU WITH HIS LEGS & MAKE A DEFENDER COMMIT TO THE RUN & BEFORE YOU KNO IT THE BALL IS PASSED 20-25 YDS DOWN THE FIELD BUT NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE MR. CHESTER.  BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO EARL BUTLER HE'S NEW TO MINOR LEAGUE FOOTBALL BUT "HE'S READY" NOT GONNA ABSOULTE SAY THIS WILL BE A PIECE OF CAKE FOR HIM OR EVEN A WALK IN THE PARK BUT HE WILL HAVE & BRING THE SAME STYLE OF PLAY TO THE GAME AS JOHN CHESTER DID A YEAR AGO. A LITTLE BIT OF A ADVANTAGE THAT HE HAS ON CHESTER IS HIS HEIGHT, I TRULY BELIVE THAT EARL BUTLER HAS A STYLE OF PLAY AS "CAM NEWTON" HE SITS WELL IN THE POCKET HE LOOKS FOR HIS OPEN RECIEVER & IF NOTHING IS THERE, EARL WITH HIS GREAT QB AWARENESS TAKES A STRIDE JUST AS CAM NEWTON DOES AND PICK UP WHAT HE CAN. I WILL STATE THIS THE TIGERS QB UNIT WILL BE 100% READY THIS SEASON.

COACH TIM YOUR BALL CLUB REACHED THE 2ND ROUND CONFRENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST SEASON,  HOW FAR INTO THE #APDFL PAYOFFS DO YOU AS A HC THINK YOUR BALL CLUB WILL GO?

HC TIM: I WILL STATE THIS ON THIS ANSWER "THE SKY IS THE LIMIT" FOR THESE GUYS ITS HOW BAD THEY WANT IT, AT THE END OF THE DAY OUR COACHING STAFF HAVE A JOB AND THEY HAVE A JOB IF EVERYBODY DO A CLEAN JOB WE WILL BE LABELED AS "CHAMPIONS" IF SOMEONE CALLS IN FROM WORK & MAKE THE NEXT MAN DOUBLE WORK WELL WE WILL BE CONSIDERED AS THE TEAM WHO FANS WILL STATE HAD A PRETTY GOOD SEASON AGIAN.

 

COACH TIM THE LOUISIANA TIGERS HAD A SET OF GUYS WHOM CALLED THEIRSELVES THE "SMASH BROTHERS" COACH WHY & HOW DID THEY EARN THE RESPECT AS SUCH A NAME AS THE SMASH BROTHERS

HC TIM: WELL THE 2 GUYS WHOM YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS "HERBERT BELL" & "DE'ANDRE JACKSON" THESE GUYS EARNED THAT NAME BECAUSE THEY ABSOULETY LIVE TO IT 110% OF THE GAME THAT EXCATLY WHAT THEY DO LOL THEY REMINDS ME OF A LITTLE CHILD RUNNING WILD. WHEN IT COMES DOWN INTO COMPARRING THESE 2 IT"S HARD. I'VE BEEN ASKED IN THE PAST WITCH ONE IS THE BEST & MY RESPONSE IS USUALLY THE SAME ALWAYS "WITCH EVER ONE MAKES THE TACKLE OR PLAY" IS THE BEST IN MY BOOKS BUT PERSONALLY "MY WIFE" SAYS WHENEVER #22 & #23 IS ON THAT FIELD TOGETHER IT'S REALLY "SUPER MARIO BROS" TIME #SMASHISLAND

COACH ITS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU ON THE BEHALF OF MYSELF I HOPE YOU AND YOUR BALL CLUB A GREAT SEASON AND ROAD TO VICTORY 

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