Straight up, the South Central Regional is the one I am least familiar with in the WFTDA. I have caught a team here and there, but living hundreds of miles away, I don’t get to see these teams on a regular basis. Since the theme of this tournament season has been upsets, I have decided this week to pick a few of my own. If I am wrong, I am wrong, if I am right then I will rub it in Kool Aid and Vince Hannity’s faces every time I see them because that’s what friends do to each other. So here it is, my final picks of the WFTDA Regionals.
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So after extensive research, interviews, emails, phone calls, and meeting with unnamed sources in a parking garage while Dustin Hoffman looked on, it’s time to trot out my picks for this weekend’s tournament. Although to be 100% truthful, all I did was look at Flat Track Stats for some scores, and make up the rest. So make your bets accordingly.
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[][1]South Central Regional 2010
Dates: October 8-10, 2010
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Host League: No Coast Roller Girls
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My previous article was entitled I Was Wrong as Minnesota blew up my bracket like the Fourth of July...
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WARNING: If you clicked through to this article hoping for some sort of prognostication or locks on who will advance from the WFTDA West Regional Playoffs to the WFTDA Championships, you’re in the wrong place. I leave that kind of thing to the [professionals][1].
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Rollin' on the River is asking for cash from viewers at home. What do you think?
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This incarnation of roller derby is still in its infancy. As time has gone by, this latest iteration of roller derby has continued to face a vast number of growing pains pertaining to many different aspects of the sport. The main thrust of this continuing column will be to look at these growing pains, individually, and to provide possible solutions – through the initial blog post itself, and the (hopefully) ensuing conversations with you, the reader.
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How the WFTDA's Big 5 regional tournaments are bad for the sport of roller derby.
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It is time that derby starts promoting the individual star skaters along with their respective team.
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Eastern Regional
Dates: September 24-26, 2010
Location: White Plains, New York
Host League: Suburbia Roller Derby
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Here is the first in what will be a recurring column at Roller Derby Inside Track, a collection of my thoughts around some central theme. In this first one, I share some of the thoughts I had during and after last weekends’ North Central Regional tournaments. Feel free to disagree and comment.
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