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With only the Super Bowl still to play, the Tecmo Legacy League is on the brink of completing its first full season. Led by an explosive offense starring quarterback Bert Jones and halfback Lydell Mitchell, the 1976 Baltimore Colts are set to take on Hall-of-Fame linebacker Chris Hanburger and surprise passing leader Billy Kilmer and the 1976 Washington Redskins. Check out the full preview video here (video courtesy of slimstud7): The TLL began on the 14th of January, 2012 with the inagural TLL draft. We called it a "Legacy League" because of its unique format: all 28 teams are MAN-controlled, divided amongst (ideally) five or six coaches. Teams are drafted, not players: for the initial season, set in 1976 (chosen because it was the year the Bucs and Seahawks entered the "Fake NFL," as we like to call it), we had five coaches. Three of us had six teams; the other two had five, chosen in a team draft: Coach: cheapcatch New York Jets Cleveland Browns Denver Broncos Washington Redskins Chicago Bears Atlanta Falcons Coach: coachlandryshat New England Patriots San Diego Chargers New York Giants Minnesota Vikings Los Angeles Rams Coach: deadfaulkner Miami Dolphins Pittsburgh Steelers Tampa Bay Buccaneers Philadelphia Eagles Detroit Lions San Francisco 49ers Coach: seriousatari Baltimore Colts Cincinnati Bengals Kansas City Chiefs Dallas Cowboys Green Bay Packers Seattle Seahawks Coach: slimstud Buffalo Bills Houston Oilers Oakland Raiders St. Louis Cardinals New Orleans Saints We played every game of the 1976 season (as realistically as possible, adjusted to a 16-game format). The big boys you'd expect did well: Fake-NFL champions Oakland made the playoffs, as did Pittsburgh, Denver, Minnesota, and the Rams. But there were surprises as well. The New Orleans Saints went 9-7 to find themselves in the playoffs. Billy Kilmer of the Washington Redskins led the league in passing. The Chicago Bears, who in the fake-NFL wouldn't learn how to ride W.P. to a playoff spot for another seven years, took home-field-advantage in the NFC. Don Goode, who was previously notorious for allowing the ball to slip through his arms on the infamous Holy Roller play, led the league in tackles. I could go on, but better would be to check it out for yourself: https://www.sites.google.com/site/tecmolegacyleague/ We threw this site together slap-dash to make it through the first season. We had a tremendous amount of fun, and I hope you'll find that reflected in the content you find there. Still, all the while one of our members (again, thanks slimstud) was working on a new TLL site, complete with sortable stats and automatic ROM uploads. We're ready to move into the new site for season 2, 1977: http://www.scottzolak.com/tll/ We have every hope that we'll be able to broadcast the Super Bowl live, and I encourage anyone who's interested to tune in. Email me ([email protected]) or find me on AIM ([email protected]) for the specifics. We are looking for one or two new members right now, so I encourage you to write me at either of the two above addresses for more info.