IFL Week 12 Picks
- Trey
- 15 minutes ago
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The IFL Cup is a wrap and we're back in the saddle at OTW HQ to fully embrace the weekend of indoor football ahead of us. Busy weekend with a full slate of IFL games ahead of us, but we've got a lot to catch up on since the last picks blog dropped.
Let's dive into Weeks 10 & 11:
IFL Week 10 Review
Quad City -9.5 - Loser
Quad City wins, Tucson covers, 40-38
San Diego ML +110 - Winner
San Diego wins outright, 48-36
JAX-FISH Over 87.5 - Winner
Combined for 118 points
GB-TUL Over 90.5 - Loser
Combined for 76 points
Iowa +4.5 - Loser
Iowa lays and egg, NAZ wins 57-33
Arizona -14.5 - Winner
Arizona dominates and covers, 61-15
Orlando +14.5 - Loser
Orlando gets smoked 73-33
IFL Week 11 Review
JAX-Iowa Under 86.5 - Loser
Combined for 108 points
Tulsa -3 - Winner
Tulsa wins and covers, 45-30
San Diego -8.5 - Winner
San Diego dominates and covers, 67-35
Orlando -3.5 - Winner
Orlando wins and covers, 41-11
Vegas -2.5 - Winner
Vegas wins and covers, 48-44
3-4 in Week 10? Not great! 4-1 in Week 11? Good bounce back!
But we've got a lot of season left and some HEFTY spreads this upcoming week in the IFL. We need to refocus and put our hands over the crystal ball...
LET'S FIND SOME WINNERS!
2026 IFL Record: 37-21
San Antonio Gunslingers @ Green Bay Blizzard (Friday 5/29 @ 8:00PM ET)
The Play: Green Bay -13.5
We've got a team that can't score more than 40 (SA) coming into town to face a team that seemingly has a hard time not scoring 40 (Blizz). San Antonio's defense drags team into the mud with them and turns these games into slugfests, but their inability to score efficiently on offense is going to crush them here.
To quote friend of the program Alec Schuberth:
"Death, Taxes, Green Bay covering at Home"
Prediction: 48-33 Green Bay
Iowa Barnstormers @ Tulsa Oilers (Saturday 5/30 @ 6:00PM ET)
The Play: Over 84.5
Tulsa seems to be getting it's mojo back, but it remains to be seen if that is because they are indeed BACK or if it is because they had the pleasure of playing San Antonio yet again.
This Tulsa offense can score points in bunches with TJ Edwards slinging it and rookie RB Caleb Ramseur adds a very interesting element that has been badly needed. Iowa just had their best offensive outing of the year against the Sharks last week where they post 48, so they are also trending in the right direction offensively with some new pieces starting to gel. We also get Andre Coles coming back to Tulsa, where he was the OC last season. Should be a fun one. Hate the spread line, so let's just roll with the Over babyyyyy.
Prediction: 54-42 Tulsa
Fishers Freight @ Jacksonville Sharks (Saturday 5/30 @ 7:00PM ET)
The Play: Over 93.5
The last time these two teams met, they collided for a 118 point game where they were marching up and down the field at will, with Jacksonville piling it on late to pull away.
Sharks have been playing great ball this year with QB James Cahoon taking great care of the ball with a stellar 13:1 TD to INT ratio, and this Fishers offense thrives on the ground game with 45 TDs and nearly 5.2 yards per carry.
If there teams just hit their average scoring on the season, they clear the total easily. I like the total points number better than the spread, so let's go POINTS, POINTS, POINTS.
RUN IT BACK.
Prediction: 55-52 Jacksonville
Northern Arizona Wranglers @ Arizona Rattlers (Saturday 5/30 @ 8:00PM ET)
The Play: Over 85.5
Arizona is licking its wounds after fumbling away a chance to beat the Knight Hawks in the IFL Cup Championship, but is in a prime position for a get right game against this NAZ Wranglers team that just got shellacked by San Diego.
It remains to be seen who will get the start at QB (Powell vs Meylor), but for the AZ's sake it shouldn't matter. This total ultimately depends on NAZ and what they can do offensively.
It feels like the Rattlers should be able to put 50+ up pretty easily, so we would just need the Wranglers to meet us more than halfway. QB Anthony Garrett is getting better and will face a tough test in this one against a much improved Rattlers defense, but I think we see some 4th quarter points total heroics for a late cover here.
Prediction: 57-38 Rattlers
Orlando Pirates @ Tucson Sugar Skulls (Friday 5/30 @ 9:00PM ET)
The Play: Under 90.5
I hate this spread line. I hate this total.
But oddly enough, I am really, really looking forward to this game. (is that weird? idk)
Orlando has proven then can put up points but ultimately needs to put together a complete game and prove they can control a game against a team not named the Chupacabras.
The Sugar Skulls are getting the first start from Ja'Rome Johnson, who will be looking to make a splash in with his new team and good set of weapons around him. The pass rush for Sugar Skulls is going to have to come up big for them to stay in it. It feels like this point total is a tad high, so I'll roll with the Under.
Prediction: 47-40 Orlando
San Diego Strike Force @ New Mexico Chupacabras (Sunday 5/31 @ 4:00PM ET)
The Play: San Diego -13.5
San Diego - HOT. New Mexico - NOT.
You could have thrown any number at me and I would have taken it for San Diego. Don't overthink it.
Prediction: 55-31 San Diego
Quad City Steamwheelers @ Vegas Knight Hawks (Sunday 5/31 @ 7:30PM ET)
The Play: Quad City +23.5
If you would have told me before the season the Steamwheelers would be +23.5, I would have looked at you like you had 3 heads. But here we are!
Vegas is riding high off an incredible season so far, while Quad City has had a less than stellar campaign so far to say the least.
I hate that I still kinda believe in this Quad City team, so them getting the biggest point total number of the season so far (and of the past few years, mind you).. I feel obligated to take it.
Vegas wins, but Quad City covers.
Prediction: 56-47 Vegas
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