12/31/01
College Nationals

New Orleans,LA -
The largest 7Man no contact flag football tournament of the year took place in the big easy as  an amazing  130 teams competed at the 2001 College Nationals held at the University of New Orleans from Dec. 27-31.
 

   The 2001 tournament drew 57 teams from the Men's division, 27 Women's teams, 22 Co-Rec teams, 18 teams from the Men's Open division, 3 teams from the Women’s Open division and 3 teams CoRec Open division. Both the Women and CoRec open are newly added divisions. Last years event had 127 teams.
   
    The 7Man Screen game is played on a 40 x 80 yard field with a one yard rush. Players are allowed to stand in front of defenders (screen, basketball picks) but are not allowed to have contact with them. There are two 24 minute half’s with the clock running continuous until the last two minutes, where the clock stops on in completions, out of bounds, change of possession, and scores. Teams are placed in pools of three teams, were they play tow games and the top two advance to single elimination playoffs.
      In the Men’s Collegiate division  #1 Ranked Shut’ em Down won the championship for the  first time by defeating #3  Florida A & M’s Black Magic 32-22. Shutem down was led by QB Troy Moore who was earlier selected to play for TEAM USA at this years World Cup in Miami, FL slated for Feb 20/21. Shut’em down had an impressive year by winning the College Nationals and the World Cup qualifier in Tampa this past October. Their next quest will be at the World Cup open tournament in February where they will test there skills against teams from all over the World.
     In the Women’s collegiate division, #1 ranked Aquilas Blancas of Mexico City, Mexico claimed their 5th Consecutive national championship by defeating an exhausted #16 Samford 38-0. Samford played the entire tournament with only 7players. Thier two previous playoff games came down to the final play as they defeated N. Georgia in the quarter finals   21-20 in Overtime and in the semifinals they beat Georgia Southern 13-7 on a 80 yard TD bomb in the closing seconds. The Aquilas blancas toughest challenge came from Dream Team of Southern in the semi-finals as they won 18-6. In the first round of the playoffs for the Aguilas Blancas, a potential World Cup match up, Fly De lys of Montréal, Canada held the Mexicans scoreless in the first half. The Canadians kept the game close but were not able to score against the tough Mexican defense as they lost 20-0.  The Mexicans defense only gave up 12 points in 6 games.
The Mexicans were earlier reported as not attending the tournament, but they aquired there visas in time to compete in the event.
    In the CoRec division, Florida beat WYP of LA Monroe 32-15 for its first title.  Florida thumped Our Lady of the Lake in the semis 48-9 and thrashed the All Stars of USM 33-10 in the quarter finals.WYP  defeated new comer Central Michigan 15-2 in the semis.

      In the Men’s Open division, #2 Hitmen won their second consecutive title by easily defeating their opponents. All games were won by the mercy rule (18 points or more in the final 2 minutes) The Hitmen thumped LA Independent in the championship 28-6. The Hitmen were led by Team USA players Darryn Melerine and Rob Sloane. The Hitmen are winners of the World Cup qualifier in Dallas this past september and will be looking to take on the #1 Ranked team in the World, Cardio Energy of Montreal Canada at the World Cup open tournament in Feb.
       In the Women’s open, the Aquilas Blancas of Mexico combined with some Americans to win the title. The Mexicans narrowly defeated home town team Ice3 24-13. Ice3 put up a good challenge but came up short in the first championship for women’s open at college nationals. In the Corec open, the Pack Attack defeated Ikonz of Atlanta 35-6.

NIRSA does not endorse College Nationals!!

NIRSA(National Intramural Recreational Sports Association)
has withdrawn its endorsement of the College Nationals. NIRSA is currently in a bitter dispute with the events sports marketing company, Campus Concepts.
NIRSA states that  Campus Concepts has  Historically poor service quality and fulfillment issues . NIRSA also claims Campus Concepts owes them money. Campus Concepts was only involved with the Nationals and only one regional(Nebraska) this past season.

Mens

Championship
Shut'em Down 32  Florida A & M Black Magic  22

Semis
Shut'em Down 40 Liberty 13;Black Magic 13 Southern 12

Quarters
Shut'em Down 27 Ball State 20;Liberty 20 Nunez C.C 13;Southern 28  N. Florida 13;Florida A & M Black Magic 35 Baylor Bucs 13

Sweet 16
Florida A & M Black Magic 25 Southeastern 14;Baylor Bucs 34 UNO-WSP 7;N. Florida 28 Alamabma Birm 0;Shutem Down 33 USM Mamaws 12;Ball State 27 Ga Southwestern 20;Liberty 34 N. Iowa 14;Nunez CC 34 Florida 18

Final 32
Shutem Down 28 Central Florida 7;USM Mamaws 36 Faulkner 7;GA Southwestern 19 NAS Joint Reserve 6;Ball St 26 Owktcast Akron 13;N. Iowa 27 Mid Tenn Mean Machine 26;Liberty 14 Ala Tusc 7;Florida 34 W. Florida 33;Nunez 33 LA St 13;N. Florida 20 Baylor Sigma Chi 13;Al Birm 21 South Carolina St 8;USM War Party 19 McNeese 7;Southern 20 Nicholls 13;Florida A & M 59 Southern NO 0;Southeastern 27 C. MI 14;Baylor Bucs 40 Augstana 12;UNO WSP 27 Delta MS 7

1st Round Playoffs
Augustana 48 Bluefield 24;USM War Party 25 Hendrix 22;Central Florida 33 Akron TKE 14;Ball St 32 West Virginia 0;N.Iowa 20 Virginia Wise 12;LA St 28 GA Southern 13

Order of Finish
1. Shut'em Down-USF
2. Black Magic-Florida A &M
3. Liberty-VA
4.  Southern-Baton Rouge,LA
5. Ball State
6. Bucs-Baylor
7. Govenors-Nunez C.C
8. North Florida
9. Mamaws-USM
10.SouthEastern
11. Northern Iowa
12. War Party-USM
13. GA SouthWestern
14. Wide Spread Panic-UNO
15. Florida
16. Alabama Birmingham
17. Central Florida
18. Southern-NO
19. Ala Tuscaloosa
20. Nicholls-LA
21. Owtkast-Akron,OH
22. Augustana
23. Spice-LSU
24. Sigma Chi-Baylor
25. Faulkner
26. Central Michigan
27. Mean Machine-Mid TN State
28. Mcneese
29. NAS Joint Reserve
30. Delta- MS
31. West Florida
32. South Carolina St
33. TKE-Akron
34. Bluefield
35. West Virginia
36. Hendrix
37. Virginia Wise
38. Georgia Southern
39. Backyard Heros-
40. Vipers-UNO
41. Oh No-W.KY
42. Phi Beta Paydirt-W.KY
43. TN Martin
44. Lamar
45. Berry,GA
46. Miss St
47. King Indiana
48. North Carolina State
49. Navsta-FL
50. Delta Sigma Phi-NCS
51. Pine Bluff,AR
52. KA-W. KY
53. Pack Attack-NC
54. Murray
55. Nebraska
56. Central AR
57. Connecticut

Womens- Collegiate
Championship
Aguilas Blancas 38 Samford 0

AB-Roster-#5 Rosa Aguilar;  #7,Georgina Corcahdo;#8Maritza Zamora;#9Rebeca Ocana;#10 Elizabeth Rivero;#11 Laura Barcena;#12 Rosa Rivera;#13 Illuva Garza;#21 Xochitl Huerta;#25 Rebecca Corchado;#31Clauida Sosa;#44 Mercedes Ramierez;#72 Alma Duarte;0-Virginia Keith;#8 Stephanie Applegate;#9 Nikki Baker-Coach Julio Ocana

Samford-Roster
#94-Kelly Christoffer;#80-Kate Standford;#92-Lindsey Glisson;#86 Christa Jones;#90 Carrie Dorten; Coach Chris Benton

Semi's
Aquilas Blancas 18 Southern-Dream Team 6;Samford 13 Georgia Southern 6

Quarters
Aquilas Blancas 36 Augustana 0;Samford 21 N. Georgia 20-OT;Southern 42 Akron 0;Georgia Southern 19 WKU Winning Tradition 6


Sweet 16
Aquilas Blancas 20 Fly de Lues-Canada 0;Augustana 19 Cent MO 13;Southern 12 Florida A& M 0;Akron 13 Stephen F Austin Vixens 12;
WKU Winning Tradition 20 MS 0;Georgia Southern 30 Ill 0;Samford 26 Southern Miss 0;N. Georgia 46 TN Martin 7

First Round
MS 27 Sw Missouri 6; Florida A& M 20 Cambell 6

Order of Finish
1. Aquilas Blancas-Mexico City,MX
2. Samford
3. Dream Team-Southern Baton Rouge
4. Georgia Southern
5. Augustana
6. North Georgia
7. Akron
8. Winning Tradition-WKU
9. Fly de Lys-Montreal,Canada
10. Southern Mississsippi
11. Simply Marvelous-Florida A & M
12. Illionois
13. Central Missouri
14. Soutern Methodist
15. Vixens-Stephen F Austin
16. Mississippi
17. Campbell
18. SW Missisippi
19. SW Methodist
20. N. Florida
21. Murray-KY
22. Virginia Wise
23. Ouchita Baptist
24. Nicholls-LA
25. Pineville-LA
26. Regulators-Central Florida
27. Hendrix

CoRec
Championship
Florida 21 LA Monroe-WYP 6

Semis
Florida 48 our Lady of the Lake 9;LA Monroe 15 Central MI 2

Quarters
Florida 33 USM All Stars 10;Central MI 22 Geoargia Southern 13;LA monroe 32 UT Pan American 15;Our Lady of the Lake 27 Rice 9

Sweet 16
Florida 29 Georgia St 0;USM All Stars 27 St Peters 17; Cnetral MI 18 Nebraska 6;Georgia Southern 24 MS St 17;LA Monroe 15 New Jersey 0;UT Pan American 35 Alabama 29;Our Lady of the Lake 52 Arizona st 0;Rice 27 Towson 6

Order of Finish
1. Florida
2. WYP-LA Monroe
3.Our Lady of the Lake
4. Central Michigan
5. All Stars-USM
6. Pan American-UT
7. Rice
8. GA Southern
9. Geogia St
10. Six N Chixs-NJ
11. Arizona St
12. Nebraska
13. St Peters
14. Alabama
15. Townson
16. Mississippi St
17. Slapp,Butt, Tickle-La Monroe-
18. NC State
19. Pike Girls-SM
20. TN Martin
21. Ohio
22. McNeese


Mens Open
Championship
Hitmen 25 LA independent 6

Semis
Hitmen 40 Criminoles 0;LA Independent 39 Untouchables 7

Quarters
Hitmen 35 Scatbacks 6; Criminoles def Smoke;Untouchables def Crochet Homeworks Gators;La Independent def Houston Hurricanes-OT

First Round-
Houston Hurricanes 13 Kappa Sigma 9;Gators def Hitsquad;Scatbacks def Harahan Hurricanes; Smoke 28 Auburn S Ath Club 21

Order of Finish
1. Hitmen-New Orleans,LA
2. La Indendent-Metarie,LA
3. Criminoles-Chalmette,LA
4. Untouchables-Stockbridge,GA
5. Scatbacks-McAllen,TX
6. Hurricanes-Houston,TX
7. Smoke-Cummings,GA
8. Crochet Homeworks Gators-Thibodaux,LA
9. Hurricanes-Harrahan,LA
10. Kappa Sigma-Hattiesburg,MS
11. Hitsqaud-Arabi,LA
12.Auburn St Atheltics-Lake Charles,LA
13.Kings Sub Base-Kings Bay,GA
14. Backyard Heros-New Orleans,LA
15. Posse-Panama City,FL
16. Fire Trucks-Lincoln,Nebraska
17. Cypress Bayou-St Martinville,LA
18. Cutt Throats-New Orleans,LA


Womens-Open
Championship
Aguilas Blancas 24 Ice 3 13

Order of Finish
1. Aquilas Blancas-Mexico City,MX
2. Ice 3-New Orleans,LA
3. Powerhouse-Maumelle,AR


CoRec Open
Championship
NCSU-Pack Attack 35 Atlanta Ikonz 6

Order of Finish
1. Pack Attack-Raleigh,NC
2. Ikonz-Atlanta,GA
3. Shooters-Atlanta,GA


Shutem Down-Tampa,FL- Mens Champs

Aguilas Blancas-Mexico City,Mexico- Womens Champs

Florida-CoRec Champs

Hitmen-New Orleans,LA- Mens Open Champs
Aguilas Blancas-Mexico City,Mexico-Womens Open Champs

FlagMag's Thumbs up & Thumbs Down

Thumbs Up
Four Refs per game!!! (No other tournament offers this)
New Orleans- excellent choice for a tournament!!
Bourbon St- where else can you have a non stop party??
Staff- several colleges from all over the USA working together
most organized Flag Football tournament there is.
Tournament draws its first Canadian Team.
Not many forefeits this year!!
Largest Womens tournament in the USA.


Thumbs Down
Flag-guard is not a loss of down!(this rule has to change)
Non College students playing in collegiate division
(taking one class or faculty members should not be considered as college students)
A few Referees need to get off there mighty horse!
In the womens championship game, the Samford coach was called for a personal foul for telling the ref to get in the proper position. Three plays in a row the opposing team(Aguilas Blancas) threw forward passes past the line of scrimmage. None of the four officials were on the line of scrimmage, the entire game.
On another field a referee told FlagMag they couldnt take photos inside the
20 yardline!! (How in the World did this guy get to ref at Nationals?)
3 point extra point play from the 20 yardline? Is this basketball?
Cold and Rainy-Can we pick a new date?? December in NO is never warm.
Sunday and Monday tournament for Open. This is unheard of...
A and B divisions need to added to all divisions..


Memorable Moments
Tony Manzella gets the Hitmen all fired up just before the Captains Meeting
Nudity at the Razoo Dance  Club on Bourbon St.(Absolutely amazing)
Daiquirs are sold at corner stores
Georgia Southern refuses to take a"Cleaned up"photo for FlagMag.-Ooch
Jaclyn ruins the FlagMag Akron photos!! not too brite.
Canadians go to Saints Game.
FlagMag looks for the Mean Machine bus on Bourbon st(That wasnt funny)
Hotdogs and Hurricanes on Bourbon St.
Augustana- Rents an RV and tailgates at the field!! -Awesome..
Mexico travels 33 hours in a bus, while Canada does they same and it takes them 26 hours to get to New Orleans!!-godbless the bus drivers..
Older woman wants Mean Machine's Yankee beed!!  What will she do?
Samford's Hayley Kolb,looking her best from bed, poses for FlagMag.(Yikes)
Which coach yells louder?  Mexico's-Julio or Canada's Martin?  its a tie!!!
Akron's drinking game in the Hotel Lobby.What will you do for a FlagMag hat?
Samford girls stay in the Night before the Championship.
(Just so they could pose as FlagMag girls)  he he
FlagMag Calendars were hit!!Who wants to meet -Miss FlagMag-Corina??

More Photos-

Men-

Women-

CoRec

Bourbon St-Before and After Photos