IFL Week 7 Picks
- offthewallfbpod
- May 3
- 5 min read
We've got a FULL Saturday night slate of arena & indoor ball, with FIVE IFL games and six total on the weekend. We've got Three Eastern Conference battles & Three Western Conference battles -- including the California Clash & the Black Ice Brawl*!
*workshopping this name for Tulsa-Green Bay, I think it's sweet -- lmk your thoughts
But before we dive into this week's slate, let's see how we did last week.
IFL Week 6 Review
Knight Hawks -1.5 - Winner
Vegas wins 35-28, covers
Fishers-Iowa Over 83.5 - Winner
Combined for 105 points
Steamwheelers -2.5 - Winner
Quad City wins 62-41, covers
Rattlers -15.5 - Winner
Arizona wins 49-20, covers
Pirates +2.5 - Loser
Green Bay wins 47-35, womp womp
Strike Force -4.5 - Winner
San Diego wins 45-22, covers
5-1 babyyyyyyy!! The ballerina streak is OVER. What a week of picks.
Iowa erupted and made that game an easy winner, Quad City is a wagon and smacked Jacksonville around and Arizona covered the biggest spread of the season so far.
But we've got a new challenge ahead of us. We've got this previously mentioned Week 7 slate that is staring us down, begging us to make a move.
LET'S FIND SOME WINNERS!
2025 IFL Record: 19-12
Quad City Steamwheelers vs Fishers Freight (Saturday 5/3 @ 6:05PM CT)
The Play: Quad City -6.5
Quad City is on an absolute heater to start the season. 5-0 overall, 5-0 against the spread - what a TEAM. There's two schools of thought when you see this:
1) Gotta ride the heater
2) They are DUE for an L
Knowing the current form of play for both Quad City & Fishers, I gotta roll with the hot hand. Quad City manhandled Jacksonville last week while not playing their sharpest game on offense, but still erupting for 60+ points. Fishers is a mess on offense right now when it comes to passing the ball, but have shown success being able to keep it on the ground.
It feels like this game will be close in the first half, and Quad City will be able to pull away in the 3rd quarter for a double digit win.
Prediction: 48-38 Quad City
Iowa Barnstormers vs Jacksonville Sharks (Saturday 5/3 @ 6:05PM CT)
The Play: Iowa +2.5
Now this pick has the potential to backfire VERY quickly.
That being said, I really liked what QB James Cahoon brought to the table for Iowa last week and is only going to get better with more time in the role with those WRs. Quian Williams is a weapon and they found some success on the ground last week for the first time in ages.
For the Sharks, I just don't have faith in the offense right now. Robinson & King both out with injuries, and then they TRADED away their best offensive weapon in Ed Vander to San Diego earlier this week -- leaving your offense solely in the hands of a QB who has been a bit of a liability for them, if we are being honest with ourselves.
Feels like Iowa is trending up and Jacksonville is trending down, so I am going with the Barnstormers to win outright. Wouldn't be mad at +120 ML as a play either tbh.
Prediction: 44-40 Iowa
Green Bay Blizzard vs Tulsa Oilers (Saturday 5/3 @ 7:05PM CT)
The Play: Under 87.5
The last time these two teams played, we got to witness a Game of the Year candidate where the Blizzard won 74-68 in Overtime.
144 points! Touchdowns galore! Points on EVERY POSSESSION. Surely, they will do it again, right?!
WRONG
That's exactly what the bookmakers want you to think! Don't fall for it!
Tulsa's defense has really come on strong since that Blizzard shootout and the Green Bay defense has brought back some reinforcements on the defensive line in 2024 All-IFL DL Scean Mustin to go with an already stacked front line. Tulsa games are 3-1 for the Under this year and it looks like the Blizzard are getting back into form. One of the best games of the weekend should come down to the final moments yet again.
Prediction: 43-39 Tulsa
Arizona Rattlers vs Tucson Sugar Skulls (Saturday 5/3 @ 8:05PM CT)
The Play: Arizona -11.5
It's appalling how much better the Rattlers are than their in-state neighbors in Prescott & Tucson. The Rattlers didn't score 50+ points in a game for the first time last week (they scored 49) and probably should / could have if the game wasn't so far in hand for them.
If you take away Tucson's opening drive, which was a one play bomb last week against San Diego, they score 9 total points on offense in the game.
Arizona offense v good. Tucson offense v bad. This one could get uggo real quick.
Prediction: 53-27 Arizona
Northern Arizona Wranglers vs Vegas Knight Hawks (Saturday 5/3 @ 8:05PM CT)
The Play: Under 87.5
Northern Arizona is down bad right now:
0-4 on the year, 0-4 against the spread & 0-4 for Overs.
They have yet to score 30+ points in a game this year and you get the feeling a new QB has to be on the way for them at some point.
Wait a minute, did I say 0-4 in Overs? Spin zone, that just means they are 4-0 in UNDERS!
We can weaponize their offensive incompetence in our favor! Vegas' defense has been playing solid and Vegas Unders are 3-1 on the year as well. I'd expect a lot of ball control offense from Vegas and the usual mishaps from the Wranglers to make this game fly by and potentially stay in the 70s total.
Prediction: 41-33 Vegas
San Diego Strike Force vs Bay Area Panthers (Sunday 5/4 @ 7:05PM CT)
The Play: Under 85.5
The 2025 Cali Clash Part II is HERE! San Diego got clapped in the first installment in Week 3 as they were just dazed and confused on offense. They have since shown signs of life and started to turn things around with the defense still playing tough and keeping games tight.
Both Bay Area & San Diego come into this game 3-1 in Unders on the season with both defenses really playing well, as the Panthers have looked phenomenal against the pass this year and San Diego is starting to create some turnovers in recent weeks to recreate some of that magic from 2024.
Four out of the last five Cali Clashes have gone under 85.5 points, and would expect more of the same in this one.
Prediction: 41-39 San Diego
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