Author: Rastahaze

It started with a boom! James Brooks 95yd kickoff return and before you knew it the Chargers were up 6-0. The Oilers moved the ball downfield but came up short on their fourth down attempt and Dan Fouts wasted little time in taking advantage of the missed opportunity by the Oilers. Fouts hit Kellen Winslow for an 80yd pass and score another missed 2pt try had the score at 12-0 after the first quarter. The Oilers mounted another drive capping it off with their first score of the day a Warren Moon TD pass to cut the lead to 4 as they converted on their two point try. Sitting at 12-8 and playing a very good half the Chargers mounted another drive of their own and was capped off with Dan Fouts second TD pass of the day, Wes Chandler 8yds and Rolf Benirschke extra point gave the Chargers a 19-8 lead.

Warren Moon told Dan hold this, and on the last play of the half hit on his second TD pass of the game and the lead was now just 19-14 going into the half. Moon and the Oilers wasted little time in grabbing the lead as their first possession ended with a score to start the second half. San Diego turned the ball over on downs as the momentum has now switched over to the Oilers. Moon’s third TD pass put the Oilers up 26-19 to end the scoring in the third quarter.

Warren Moon’s fifth TD pass came early in the fourth quarter and that score seemed to take what life the Chargers had left out of them. Fouts turned the ball over trying to hit Winslow and the Oilers took a knee to end the game. Final score Oilers 32 Chargers 19.

After a hot start the Chargers cooled in the second half and the Oilers did the opposite, slow start hot finish. With the win the Oilers will be the top seed heading into the playoffs and could face the Chargers in the first round.

Reporting for the Buzz, I’m Rastahaze and this is the LAEFL reported by me.

Anthony Price left nothing to chance in his game against Eric Robinson for the “SHOW” title game played today at Over Town Brewery in Monrovia. His fifth ring is the most in league history as his Steelers never looked back after receiving the opening kickoff. During the post game news conference, coach Price said the Oilers and coach Robinson’s first mistake was, “he gave me the ball first”. That was a mistake as the Steelers held the ball the entire quarter as they drove the ball down field. Three plays into the second quarter they scored and never looked back. The Oilers did mount a good response as they drove down field and kicked a field goal of 52 yds to cut the lead to 7-3. But that was as close as they would get. On their next drive, Bradshaw hit Price for a big gain that brought them to the Oilers door step and another score. The Oilers defense rose up and on fourth down with the passing clock running down Bradshaw hit his second TD pass of the half and the lead grew to 14-3. Eric Robinson and his Oilers got the ball to their own 45 yard line when time ran out on them in the first half.

“Even though we’re trailing 14-3, I don’t feel like we’re out of this game”, coach Robinson was heard saying coming back from the locker room. Where the first half of the game was scoring and making adjustments on the fly, the second half was what these two long time friends are known for. Defense! First half no punts, second half Oilers two three and outs and two punts, Steelers picked up one first down but still punted twice, with the Steelers still holding on to their 14-3 lead after three quarters of play.

In this game if you’re down by two scores the game is pretty much over unless you can pull a rabbit out of a hat that rarely happens and today it didn’t happen either. With the game winding down the Oilers found themselves trying tactics to save time while still trying to score. Their once solid running game wasn’t there all day. They managed as a team (-8) yds rushing. Passing was a problem too. They managed only 107 yds through the air going 7 of 17 with 1 interception which came late in the game when it was all but over. The final score came on a busted coverage as Bradshaw the games MVP tossed his third touchdown of the game to seal the win. Bradshaw finished with 153 yds 3 tds no picks. He went 9 for 21 on the day. Most of his completion came in the first half. The Steelers ran as a team for 34yds again most coming in the first half. The Steel Curtain defense came away with four sacks for (-14) yds and the one pick. Neither team converted well on third downs, the Oilers were 1 of 7 and the Steelers were 1 of 5. Houston was also 0 for 1 on fourth down. Pittsburgh converted both of their fourth down attempts which resulted in a touchdown in the first half.

20-3 was the final and with that wraps up another season in the Los Angeles Electric Football League. Season 24 is over and the silver season will begin in February 2025!! Will we see another finals between friends or will there be a new contender or perhaps two new contenders? If season 25 is anything like past seasons we’re in for a hell of a ride. As it was once said,”electric football is one play from glory, and one play from gloom and doom”. Reporting for the LAEFL, I’m Rasta Haze and this is the world of the LAEFL according to me.

The theme for all games played over the 420 weekend in the LAEFL was back to basics. Everyone that lost the prior month went back to basics. Getting things right for the second game day.

Well in the battle of teacher and student the student took it on the chin. If this were a fight a standing eight count would have been given at kickoff!

The Steelers beat the Bills 33-3. “I trusted what I tweaked my players to do and simplified things,” Coach Price said in his post game comments. “Defensively our game plan was to knock the hell outta everything in front of us! Again back to basics, fast , hard, and straight forward, no gimmicks!

The Bills for the second straight game gave up a kickoff return. After that, the hill called comeback was just to big of a hill to climb. Post game comments from Coach Houghlin were brief but to the point. When a reporter asked him about the defensive pressure that the Steelers had applied all game he had this to say. “ Trench game wasn’t what it needed to be to be acceptable for our league and style of play. Guys were hitting their blocks and people were open but without “turn & burn” passing was obsolete. Our plan to throw the defending champ off guard came up short, but I do plan on seeing him again in September “. Post game remarks from Coach Houghlin following 33-3 loss to the Steelers.

Oilers 13 Cowboys 7

Respect. That was the back to basic theme in this game. Coach Hunter tried to carry his hot hand passing from last game into this game but fell short. His respect for Coach Robinson’s defense against the run helped formulate his game plan. So much so that he went for a fourth down deep in his own territory and missed the pass. The result of that poor execution of the play resulted in a Oilers score a few plays later and a 13-0 lead. Coach Hunter and his Cowboys did draw close late in the game and had the ball with a chance to pull it out but again came up short on a fourth down play. Final score 13-7 Oilers. Post game comments from both Coaches about each others defense, first Coach Hunter, “Credit to the Oilers defense, it was smothering. Hard getting guys open and when I did, I couldn’t hit a whale!” Coach Robinson said,”Dallas has an excellent squad. It was difficult navigating around Coach Hunters defense.”

Smoke a Bowl 2024

Well the much anticipated match up and game of the weekend was the annual Smoke a Bowl game pitting Coaches Rastahaze (Cleon Tate) and ShabbyJ (James Portillo). This game would becoming a instant classic in the rivalry. Both coaches coming into this game with new teams so going back to basics was key for both coaches.

Special teams- One element of the game that is often forgotten about or overlooked completely. Offense and defense is the norm for working on your team. Special teams can win you game as well as cost you a game. Well that was the latter that cost the Chargers in this this years Smoke a bowl game. Back to back kickoff returns by Billy “ WhiteShoes” Johnson did in the Chargers.

With the game tied at 13 and the Redskins receiving the second half kick, both teams had to be somewhat happy that the game was tied as both teams made plenty of mistakes. WhiteShoes took the third quarter kick back 90yds to put the Redskins back on top 19-13. After going three and out Washington only needed four plays to score and widen their lead to 26-13.

Late in the quarter Dan Fouts and “JJ” John Jefferson started to hook up. They connected on a TD pass that cut the deficit to 7. But here comes that man again! and he’s a bad man! WhiteShoes takes the kick 90yds for his second return of the game, his third TD of the day!

Fouts hit Jefferson again for a score plus two point conversion bringing the deficit to 7 at 33-26. Washington tried to run the clock out but turned the ball over on downs giving the Chargers the ball at the Redskins 25yd line!

No worries, the defense made a good stand aided by errant passes by Dan Fouts. Four chance and he missed all four! Hard way to lose a game. Smoke a bowl 2024 on 420 goes to Coach ShabbyJ 33-26 over Coach Rastahaze.

Coach Shabby J post game comments, “ I wanted too sure up my passing game, trying to bring my percentage up this season”. Back to basics theme here as his patience paid off in finding the right base for WhiteShoes. He’s stable, hard to make fumble and has an arc when he runs, spoke coach ShabbyJ then he dropped the mic and went back into the locker room with his victorious team to enjoy the golden chalice! Coach Tate skipped the presser and hadn’t made a comment about the game. When asked about the game at the team facilities all he said was “We’re on to Green Bay”.

Reporting for the Buzz, I’m Rasta Haze and this is the LAEFL according to me.

Three games were played to kick off season 24 in the Los Angeles Electric Football League (LAEFL) in Rancho Cucamonga Saturday March 9th. There was lots of excitement for opening day as the league welcomed back Darrin Hunter and his Dallas Cowboys and Coach Stagecoach and his Los Angeles Rams. There were new teams being played by veteran coaches as coach ShabbyJ switched to the Washington Redskins from the New York Jets and coach Tate switched from the 49ers to the Chargers.

Washington 20 Buffalo 27

Well what is the best way to start off your season coaching a new team….special teams and a kickoff return to make others take notice!! That’s how this game started unfortunately it wasn’t enough for the skins as a steady passing game with a two back offense from Buffalo wore them down. “I should have stayed with what was working instead of changing things up”, stated coach ShabbyJ at the press conference after the game.

Coach Houghlin was happy his loopers were on their game and that the passing game was clicking to help overcome the early kickoff return. Buffalo’s biggest challenge was the strength of Washington and the “glide” of not shutting off the board fast enough. They found a way in route to their 27-20 victory.

Oilers 21 Steelers 7

The rematch from last seasons THE SHOW, title game. Not the same results though. The Steelers struggled all game trying to match up with the Oilers. Turnovers and missed opportunities ruled the day. “My defense played well, stated Coach Robinson, “we were able to stop his RPO, forcing him to pass. Offensively my audibles and shifting forced him to reposition his defense which created lanes for my RB’s & QB”.

Coach Price had this to say after his team’s performance. “Coach Robinson knows my game well and for the first time in a while he was able to take away my first option on offense with his defense and got me very uncomfortable. All in all, I was thoroughly out coached in this one”.

Cowboys 42 Chargers 19

New team for coach Tate, same results a lost. There are never any moral victories, but coach Tate can take some positives away from the lost. Offensively he found Dan Fouts is quick and can take it the distance. Kellen Winslow can also take it to the house. Defensively his secondary has some speed and made a few tackles chasing Cowboy receivers all game long. Special teams is still a work in progress as is the offense and defense. Again no such thing as moral victories but positive things happened and the Chargers will build off of that.

As for coach Hunter, he has returned from a long absents from the LAEFL. Not a bad way to return either throwing 6 to passes in your return to the league. His Troy Aikman went 15-21-396 yds with no turnovers. Deion Sanders was his go to receiver catching 6 passes for over 200yds and 3 touchdowns. “Having not played against coach Hunter in sometime I saw a new coach with a different mindset and scheme. “,quipped coach Tate after the game. “He wasn’t the passer he is today”, coach Tate went on to say before getting on the team bus back to the Chargers practice facility.

“My mindset is to pass, pass, and pass some more! I want to put together 4 quarters of passing accuracy……I am very inconsistent in passing, either I’m on or I’m completely off. I want my opponent to fear me as I work to become an elite passer”, coach Hunter at his press conference talking about his strategy going into this season.

September 9th 2023, –

Coach Anthony Price won his fourth LAEFL title with his 29-17 victory over defending champion Eric Robinson and his Houston Oilers. The title game wasn’t close as Anthony grabbed an early lead and coasted to his fourth championship.

The Steelers came out throwing the rock and used the run to cross up the Oilers defense to score first. Then their defense clamped down on Warren Moon and forced a three and out. Coach Price and his team wasted no time in scoring again to for the most part salt the game away. Eric did mustard up a score before half to cut the lead but he had no answer for the Steelers passing game nor his spot run game.

The Steelers scored again to widen their lead as the Oilers tried to keep pace. When Houston settled for a field goal that salted the win for the Steelers. Against Anthony you can’t trade field goals for touchdowns. Both teams scored again to make the final score 29-17 Steelers. Pittsburgh was never in trouble of losing this game. They grabbed control at the start and never looked back. Now it’s one for the thumb!!

Reporting for the LAEFL Buzz-wire I’m Rastahaze and this was the LAEFL according to me.