Joliet Jakes
# Name Position MA ST AG AV Skills IJ CMP TD INT CAS MVP SPP Cost
1 Johnny Wrench Blitzer 7 3 3 8 Block   0 0 0 0 0 0 90,000
1 Nate Scarborough Thrower 6 3 3 8 Hail Mary Pass, Pass, Pro, Sure Hands   15 1 0 0 2 28 110,000
2 Duck "The Duck Man" Dunn Thrower 6 3 3 8 Hail Mary Pass, Pass, Sure Hands   11 1 0 0 0 14 90,000
3 Earl Catcher 8 2 3 7 Catch, Dodge, Shadowing   0 2 0 1 0 8 90,000
4 Mr. Cruz Catcher 8 2 3 7 Catch, Dodge, Pass Block   0 1 0 0 1 8 90,000
5 Jones "Jonesy" Baker Catcher 8 2 3 7 Block, Catch, Dodge   0 5 0 0 0 15 90,000
8 Frankie "Francis" Figs Blitzer 7 3 3 8 Block, Tackle   1 0 0 0 1 6 110,000
9 Steve Cropper Blitzer 7 3 3 8 Block   0 1 0 1 0 5 90,000
10 Rod Splatz Blitzer 7 3 3 8 Block   0 0 0 0 0 0 90,000
11 Turley Ogre 5 5 2 9 Bone-head, Guard, Loner, Mighty Blow, Thick Skull, Throw Team-Mate   0 0 0 0 2 10 160,000
12 Hank Switowski III Lineman 6 3 3 8     0 0 0 0 0 0 50,000
13 Rod Maxey Lineman 6 3 3 8     0 0 0 0 0 0 50,000
16 Big Tony Lineman 6 3 3 8 Block N 1 0 0 0 2 11 70,000
Team Name: Joliet Jakes Player Count: 13 Rerolls: 5 X 50,000 = 250,000
Race: Human Fan Factor: 5 X 10,000 = 50,000
Treasury: 0 Team Theme Song:

"Jailhouse Rock"
Jake Blues
Assistant Coaches: 1 X 10,000 = 10,000
Coach: gensix4 Cheerleaders: 2 X 10,000 = 20,000
Division: Da Norf Apothecary: 1 X 50,000 = 50,000
Overall Record (W-L-T): 7 - 2 - 1 0.750 Team Value: 1,560,000

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DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
08-27-2009 Miskatonic Mosquitoes 1 - 1 1 - 0 19,000 Season 5 Yes

Winnings: 90,000 Inducements: 0
Player Nate Scarborough(1) CMP: 2
Player Earl(3) CAS: 1
Player Mr. Cruz(4) MVP: 1 Takes Skill(s): Pass Block
Player Jones “Jonesy” Baker(5) TD: 1
Spiraling Expenses: 0 Team Value: 1,480,000 Treasury: 90,000
Fan Factor went down to 5
Hired Johnny Wrench(1) in position Blitzer for 90,000
Treasury after purchases is 0
New Team Value: 1,570,000 Final Team Treasury: 0


*****

“The Mosquitoes drive deep into the Jakes pitch.  And there’s Nate Scarborough tossing the ball back deep into the Skeeters side.”

“The Mosquitoes drive deep into the Jakes pitch.  And there’s Nate Scarborough tossing the ball back deep into the Skeeters side.”

“Wait, didn’t I just say that?”

“The first have of this game has all been about denial with the Jakes.  Their defense has the number of these Mosquitoes.  With the second half coming up, let’s see if their offense is up to the task of putting this one away...”

DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
12-06-2008 WAAAGHington Greenskins 2 - 1 0 - 1 26,000 Season 4 Yes

Winnings: 50,000 Inducements: 0
Player Murphy “Murph” Dunne(1) CMP: 1
Player Willie “Stix” Hall(4) TD: 1
Player Jonny “Boy” Jenkins(6) TD: 1
Player Alan “The Rube” Rubin(12) Injury: Badly Hurt
Spiraling Expenses: 10,000 Team Value: 1,850,000 Treasury: 40,000
Fan Factor went up to 6
Treasury after purchases is 40,000
New Team Value: 1,850,000 Final Team Treasury: 40,000*** Season changed from 29 to 30

DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
11-01-2008 Legion of DOOM 1 - 3 4 - 3 28,000 Season 3 Yes

Winnings: 10,000      Treasury Spent on Inducements: 0
Player Murphy “Murph” Dunne(1) CMP:1     received injury: Badly Hurt
Player Duck “The Duck Man” Dunn(2) CMP:1     
Player Jonny Jenkins(6) received injury: Badly Hurt
Player Frankie Figs(8) CMP:1     takes skill(s): Tackle     
Player Steve Cropper(9) TD:1     CAS:1     
Player Tom “Sax” Malone(10) received injury: Badly Hurt
Player Grimmy (11) CAS:3     
Player Hank “C-Block” Gross(15) MVP:1     
Spiraling Expenses: 10000     Team Value for Spiraling Expenses: 1,840,000
Fan Factor went down to 5
Purchased 2 Cheerleaders.
Treasury contains: 0
New Team Value: 1,850,000     Final Team Treasury:0

Werewolves are ugly?  Yes, they are....



Good game Amdrew!  Team is looking great.

DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
11-01-2008 Steeltown Stompers 4 - 2 2 - 1 25,000 Season 3 Yes

Winnings: 60,000      Treasury Spent on Inducements: 0
Player Murphy “Murph” Dunne(1) CMP:2     takes skill(s): Accurate     
Player Duck “The Duck Man” Dunn(2) CMP:2     
Player Jones “Jonesy” Baker(5) TD:1     
Player Jonny Jenkins(6) TD:2     
Player Frankie Figs(8) MVP:1     
Player Grimmy (11) CAS:2     takes skill(s): Grab     
Player Alan Rubin(12) CMP:1     takes skill(s): Block     
Player George Pfieffer(13) received injury: -1 AG Injury
Player Tommy Whissle(14) TD:1     takes skill(s): Block     
Player Tommy Tubbs(16) CMP:1     takes skill(s): Block     
Spiraling Expenses: 0     Team Value for Spiraling Expenses: 1,750,000
Fan Factor went up to 6
* Player George Pfieffer(13) retired to staff.
* Hired Rod Maxey(13) in position Lineman for 50,000
Treasury contains: 20,000
New Team Value: 1,820,000     Final Team Treasury:20,000

Fun game, fealt good for the convicts to get out and stretch their legs.  The linemen are finally learning how to block!

DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
09-13-2008 The Lower Kingdom Killers 2 - 1 1 - 4 21,000 Season 3 Yes

Winnings: 60,000      Treasury Spent on Inducements: 0
Player Murphy “Murph” Dunne(1) CMP:2     
Player Matt “Guitar” Murphy(3) received injury: Serious Injury
Player Willie “Stix” Hall(4) received injury: Serious Injury
Player Jonny Jenkins(6) TD:1     takes skill(s): +1 MA     
Player Tom “Sax” Malone(10) MVP:1     takes skill(s): Block     
Player Grimmy (11) CAS:1     
Player Alan Rubin(12) TD:1     
Player George Pfieffer(13) received injury: Badly Hurt
Player Tommy Whissle(14) received injury: Badly Hurt
Spiraling Expenses: 0     Team Value for Spiraling Expenses: 1,380,000
Fan Factor went up to 5
* Hired Frankie Figs(8) in position Blitzer for 90,000
Treasury contains: 10,000
New Team Value: 1,480,000     Final Team Treasury:10,000

"Capt’n, what’s the plan for this one?  They got the edge on blocking and tackling in spades."



"Jonesy, we have you and your fellow speed demons, that’s what we have.  If we let them, they could probably beat us into the ground over the coarse of one game and we would most likely be realing from it for half a season.  We have to stay on our feet and play the speed card every chance we can.  The team and I are relying on you and your crew to take it to the end zone more than the half pint tanks.  You do that, and we’ll hold and stall them with our defense.  Got it?



"Got it!!!"



"You believe all that stuff you just feed Murph?  I mean really Sax, these guys could pummle us if we stay in there with our defense.  SHouldn’t we just steer clear and hope for the best, we gotta think of our health don’t we?



"Are you kidding me Duck Man?  What the heck are you on this team for!?!?!?!  Think of our health?  Its a good thing you’re sitting this game out or I would put you on the line every freakin’ play!  Now get your arse over to the bench and shut the heck up.  I got a merc lineman to recruit and its tough enough as it is without having your chicken little routine souring the air.



"COME ON CONVICTS!!!  Let’s go breath some fresh air and stick it to these armored midgets!!!

DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
08-29-2008 Tekla 1 - 2 2 - 1 17,000 Season 3 Yes

Winnings: 30,000   Treasury Spent on Inducements: 0
Player Murphy “Murph” Dunne(1) MVP:1
Player Duck “The Duck Man” Dunn(2) CP:2
* Player Duck “The Duck Man” Dunn(2) recieved injury: Serious Injury
Player Jonny Jenkins(6) TD:1
Player Tom “Sax” Malone(10) CA:1
Player Grimmy (11) CA:1
Spiraling Expenses: 0     Team Value for Spiraling Expenses: 1,460,000
Fan Factor stayed the same at 4
Treasury contains: 40,000
New Team Value: 1,460,000     Final Treasury: 40,000

As the Jakes took the pitch for to square off against Tekla’s opening drive, team captain Matt "Guitar" Murphy yelled out to his teamates, "We’re a few body down for this one fellas, time for some iron man BloodBowl!"



The ladies of Tekla recieved the ball and started their drive.  And what a drive it was.  With the Jakes popping the ball loose in their own back field, they could muster up enough force to continue to push the cage they formed in order to move the ball to score.  The entire half seemed to be a fist fight with the more experienced ladies of Tekla squaring off against the lucky convicts of the Joliet Jakes.  Fortunate for the Jakes, their ogre Grimmy was able to take on the ladies ywo at a time and even the odds a little.



Just before the half was to end with the Jakes struggling to move the ball, the ladies stripped the ball away and made a try at the end zone.  A failed manuver and the Jakes say a slim ray of sunshine break through the clouds.  In the final second of the first have "The Duck Man" was able to snag the ball and toss a long pass down the field to rookie catcher Jonny Jenkins.



"Touch down Jakes!  That Jenkins boy may have some talent yet!"



During the halftime the Head Coach sat the Jakes down and had a team meeting.



"Fellas, I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news is you pulled the score out of your arse, and we are going into the second half ready to recieve te ball up one nothing.  The bad news is our offensive coach came to me at the end of the half and said our playbook went missing!  We still haven’t found it."



"Aaaaaaa, coach?  Da pretty girl wanted to see da colorful pages on coaches desk.  Grimmy just help." With a big smile and a shrug, Grimmy spilled the beans.



"Well boys, there ya have it.  From the mouths of babes, we now know from the hands of idiots we’ve been compromised.  Be careful out there...maybe our luck can overcome this.  Now get out there and hit ‘em hard!!!"



"This is Sven Sportsmith broadcasting live from the Nittersleigh Battlegrounds bringing you the second half of the wonderful ladies of Tekla, and the farmteam inmates of the Joliet Jakes.  The Jakes have been on top of their game, and after that last play of the first half, got to be pumped up for this second drive!  And there’s the kick!  What’s this, as soon as the ball took to the air the ladies blitzed the Jakes!  They got under the ball!  Touchdown Tekla!!!  Unbelievable fans, what a start to the second half.  Let’s see if the Jakes can pull themselves together after that poweful blitz from the purple ladies across the pitch from them.  The ladies have taken their position and the Jakes square off against them.  And there’s the kick.  Holy cow!!! Another blitz by Tekla!!!  Taken off guard the Jakes stumble and.....TOUCHDOWN Tekla!!!!



"I can’t believe this folks, Tekla’s defense is running rampant over the Jakes!  They’ve already set back up and are waving the Jakes back up to the line of scrimmage.  The Jakes are all looking at each other in disbelief!



"The Jakes set up to the line, preparing for the kick, but what’s this?  Tekla’s defense is resetting up!  This doesn’t look good for the Jakes.  Something has gone horribly wrong for the Jakes, and Tekla is walking all over them.  What a second half!!!  Well I’m glad I got a cold mean with me, because the women out there are hot and the BloodBowl is getting bloodier!!!

DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
08-15-2008 M & M's 2 - 0 4 - 2 20,000 Season 3 Yes

Winnings: 70,000   Treasury Spent on Inducements: 0
Player Murphy “Murph” Dunne(1) CP:1
Player Duck “The Duck Man” Dunn(2) CP:1
Player Matt “Guitar” Murphy(3) CA:1
Player Willie Hall(4) TD:1 SPP:6 Skill Rolls:1
* Player Jones “Jonesy” Baker(5) recieved injury: Serious Injury
* Player Steve Cropper(9) recieved injury: Serious Injury
Player Grimmy (11) CA:2
* Player George Pfieffer(13) recieved injury: Serious Injury
Player Hank “C-Block” Gross(15) CA:1 TD:1 SPP:19 Skill Rolls:1
Player (16) MVP:1
* Player Willie Hall(4) took skill(s):  Nerves of Steel
* Player Hank “C-Block” Gross(15) took skill(s):  Guard
Spiraling Expenses: 0     Team Value for Spiraling Expenses: 1,240,000
Fan Factor went up to 4
* Hired Jonny Jenkins(6) in position Catcher for 70,000
Treasury contains: 10,000
New Team Value: 1,320,000     Final Treasury: 10,000

The Jakes took the pitch, remembering the ease by which they handled this ogre team just a few weeks previously.  Jonesy raised his hands to the cheering fans and said to his teammates "We should own these guys fellas!  Let’s kick their ass again!"



As the last words left Jonesy’s mouth, the M&M’s took the pitch, first with the midgets running out of the dugout.  Then one by one the ogres squeezed out of the dugout too.  1, 2, 3, 4, …5!



"Think you need to recalculate your estimations of winning Jonesy… I count 5 ogres on the pitch, not the four we played last time.  I’d say they have evened the odds a little this match."



Sax Malone looked over at his ogre teammate.  "You up to this Grimmy?"



"Grimmy ready!  New ogre tried to take Grimmy’s popsical when Grimmy in kindergarden.  Been 2 years and Grimmy still angry… Grimmy smash!!!"



The team captain looked over at the big guy who was grinding stones from the pitch into gravel in his hands.



"You keep that thought Grimmy.  We’ll clear a path through the midgets, you see if you can reaquaint yourself with this hillbilly ogre from kindergarden.  Deal?"



Grimmy just pounded his fists into the dirt and gave out a roar that made his teammates all cover their ears.  The crowd went wild and the ref called the teams to the middle of the pitch for the coin toss....



***



"That was a tough game captain.  Some rough hits and crappy sod on the pitch have us without Jonesy, Cropper, and a lineman next game.  We got some real problems Sax."



Sax walked through the penatentory bus doors and looked at his teammates.  As he did another convict stepped onto the bus and ducked as he walked back and found an open seat with the other inmates.



"We took some licks this last games fellas.  As "C-Block" recapped we are down a few players for next game, which is going to make it tough.  But the prison system is bursting with talent, and the list for getting on the Jakes with dreams of grandure to play on The Mean Machine has made the list of potential rookies grow ten fold since the Machine went into the Premier League.  I’d like to introduce our newest catcher, Jonny Jenkins.  He’s one of the Jenkins boys coming to us out of the ‘Bama "Cotton" Penatentory.  He’s got great hands and his speed is like Willie’s."



"11 guys captain, that’s cutting it thin for next game isn’t it?"



"Sure is Murph.  Guess that means you’ll have to sack up for this next one and do a better job than last game.  1 completion is pathetic for someone with an arm like yours."



The whole bus burst into laughter as their "start" QB got ripped by Sax.

DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
08-02-2008 Rattastic 4 - 1 2 - 1 23,000 Season 3 Yes

Winnings: 80,000   Treasury Spent on Inducements: 0
Player (1) CP:2 SPP:7 Skill Rolls:1
Player (2) CP:3 TD:1 SPP:8 Skill Rolls:1
Player (5) TD:1
Player (10) TD:2
Player (11) CA:1 SPP:7 Skill Rolls:1
Player (12) CA:1
Player (15) MVP:1
* Player (15) recieved injury: Badly Hurt
* Player (1) took skill(s):  +1 AG
* Player (2) took skill(s):  Hail Mary Pass
* Player (11) took skill(s):  Multiple Block
Spiraling Expenses: 0     Team Value for Spiraling Expenses: 1,310,000
Fan Factor went up to 3
* Hired (9) in position Blitzer for 90,000
Treasury contains: 10,000
New Team Value: 1,410,000     Final Treasury: 10,000

The Jakes walked into the stadium sizing up the more experienced rats and looked at each other with a bit of hesitation.  Out blocked by 5 to 1, inferior numbers on the bench, and slower by a a step or two all around.  The head coach walked up to his team and slapped the team captain on the back of the helmet.



"Sack up ladies.  We hired a wizard for the game and I put the left over inducements into the Nuffle offering bucket on the way in.  Should be a level playing field now..."



The Jakes proceeded to take the pitch and dig in for a long game...



The Jakes had some great ball handling, which when complimented by the extrordinarily bad luck in demonstrating their ratty skills, started to turn into a good afternoon of BloodBowl.  Armor was breaking left and right, and rats were cursing Nuffle with all the bad luck they faced.  The frustration of the rats became anger in the last plays of the match which exerted itself in a few rats go low and crashing the Jakes’ orge into the crowd.  The ogre’s crowd surfing was short lived however as the fans in the crowd quickly got crushed and the ogre just stood up and walked back to the sideline.



The ogre was noticably pissed off by the act of crowd surfing and decided to take it out on an gutterrunner by crushing his head the last play of the game.



After leaving the pitch, the head coach walked out to the team with a fistful of cash.  "Looks like the league appreciated the effort boys, we have a ton of cash in the kitty, and a new blitzer for the next match."




DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
07-19-2008 Necrophiliacs 3 - 0 2 - 1 10,000 Season 3 Yes

Winnings: 50,000   Treasury Spent on Inducements: 0
Player (1) TD:1
Player (4) TD:1
Player (11) CA:1 TD:1
Player (12) CA:1 SPP:7 Skill Rolls:1
* Player (13) recieved injury: Badly Hurt
Player (14) MVP:1
* Player (12) took skill(s):  +1 MA
Spiraling Expenses: 0     Team Value for Spiraling Expenses: 1,220,000
Fan Factor went up to 2
* ‘Lineman Journeyman’ (13) hired to team
Treasury contains: 20,000
New Team Value: 1,230,000     Final Treasury: 20,000

The Correctional Coach from Joliet rolled up to the pitch and came to a stop in a cloud of dust.



A night game with an undead team, just what had the Joliet Jakes gotten themselves in to...?



As the Head Coach for the Jakes walked out onto the pitch with his team in tow behind, a smell of rotten flesh and the chink of bones grinding against each other filled the air.  The lights for the stadium were only partially on, and all of the rat-on-a-stick stands were closed down.



Over the PA the sports announcer came on… "Well folks, for those of you who couldn’t afford to travel to the inaugural games of the brand new CIBBL leagues from the 4 corners of the compass, we have an interesting game in store for you.  We have CIBBL’s 1st undead team joining our ranks, and yet another BloodBowl team hailing from the ranks of the Empire’s fine correctional system, the Joliet Jakes.  Rumor has it that they are the newest farm team for the now sophmore veterans of the Mean Machine.  I see the numbers in the stand are truly dismal tonight, so lets get this scrub fest under way!"

DateOpponentScoreCasualtiesFansSeasonConfirmed
07-18-2008 M & M's 4 - 0 6 - 1 16,000 Season 3 Yes

Winnings: 60,000   Treasury Spent on Inducements: 0
Player (1) CA:1
Player (2) CP:2
Player (3) CA:2 TD:1 SPP:7 Skill Rolls:1
Player (5) TD:2 SPP:6 Skill Rolls:1
Player (12) MVP:1
* Player (13) recieved injury: Niggler
Player (15) CA:3 TD:1 SPP:9 Skill Rolls:1
* Player (3) took skill(s):  +1 ST
* Player (5) took skill(s):  Block
* Player (15) took skill(s):  Block
Spiraling Expenses: 0     Team Value for Spiraling Expenses: 1,030,000
Purchased 1 Apothecary.
Fan Factor went up to 1
* Added Lineman Journeyman as (13)
Treasury contains: 20,000
New Team Value: 1,140,000     Final Treasury: 20,000

The Head Coach of the Mean Machine was seen leaving the southern penatentury with a big grin on his face and a fist full of contracts.  He was met at the gates to the yard by his team captain, Samson.  After crossing the grounds and exiting the gate of the famed Joliet Penal Island amids the swamps, the duo were stopped by the NBC (Nittersleigh Broadcasting Company) ace sportscaster, Sven Sportsmith.



"Samson, Coach, what brings you south to the Joliet Pen.?  Seems quite a long way from the Mean Machine’s practice pitch’s in the Northern Empire...?"



"No comment." The two veterans of BloodBowl said in unison to the sportscaster.  "So what sends you on the trail of a couple of BloodBowl fans caught up in the correctional system Sportsmith?"



"Well, to be blunt Samson, the unofficial report our station is having me track down is that the Mean Machine has decided to leave the ‘friendly’ confines of the Folsom County Penal System BloodBowl League and enter the Premier BloodBowl League of CIBBL!"



The Head Coach of the Mean Machine and his captain looked at each other and smiled.



"No comment..." was all the Head Coach said as he shoved the contracts into his back pocket.



The Head Coach and Samson were heard laughing as they hopped in the team’s charter carraige and road away.

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