WEEK 13 REPORT
   
What a great way to end the regular season! Week 13 featured seven new '98 records, seven teams scoring over 100 points, and a dramatic finish for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th overall points prizes. Add to that the fact that the last two playoff positions were clinched, I'd say Week 13 was as good as a finishing week could be.
  
With QB Steve Young having a 31 point Monday night performance, PPP: Gorilla Patch Junkies snuck into the playoffs with a 6-6-1 record. By the same token, Scott's "All they Know How To Do Is Score" Savants received the ultimate Monday Night Chisel, as they watched their team's playoff hopes slip away on the last game of the regular season. Also in that game, RB Garrison Hearst's long TD run in the final minutes catapulted The Fat Bus to the 2nd most overall points prize. Before that run, they were only in 4th.
   
Here are how this week's games turned out:
   
The Murph Killers (10-3) defeated P.O. Steve (9-4) by the score of 137-118. P.O. Steve set a record for most points scored in a losing effort while the Murph Killers set the highest QB points total in a week with 51 from Randall Cunningham. Both teams have a bye during Week 14, the first round of the playoffs.
   
Jo-Boo's Browns Backers (8-4-1) defeated Scott's "All they Know How To Do Is Score" Savants (5-7-1) by the score of 126-111. As their team name suggests, all the Savants know how to do is score. They sure as hell do not know how to win, as they lost 7 of their final 9 games. Ouch! By failing to make the playoffs, the Savants earn the dubious distinction of being the only other team (besides Rais'n the Rueff) to have never made the postseason since we moved to a head-to-head format. The Browns Backers claimed the 3rd most overall points prize and will play 4th and Joey, NGL© next week in the first round of the playoffs.
    
PPP: Gorilla Patch Junkies (6-6-1) defeated Up Your Butt Jo-Boo (3-10) by the score of 109-84. Their win, coupled with the Savants' loss, earned the Junkies their first playoff appearance. They will play The Fat Bus next week in the first round of the playoffs. Up Your Butt finished dead last this year in overall points and overall record, and will have the first pick in the 1999 draft. You can stick that Up Your Butt, Jo-Boo!
  
The Fat Bus (8-4-1) defeated T.T.M.F. Little Johnny (4-9) by the score of 134-55. This was the biggest rout of the year! The Fat Bus claimed the 2nd most overall points prize and the #3 seed overall in the playoffs. They will play PPP: Gorilla Patch Junkies next week in the first round of the playoffs. The Johnnies followed up their 1997 Super Bowl Champion season with a disappointing 8th place finish this year. Luckily for them, they will be able to draft top rookie prospects RB Michael Wiley and WR David Boston next year. These Buckeyes will surely improve their team!
    
4th and Joey, NGL© (7-6) defeated Rais'n the Rueff (3-10) by the score of 139-92. 4th and Joey clinched a playoff berth with the victory and set a record for most points scored in a week. They will play Jo-Boo's Browns Backers next week in the first round of the playoffs. Rais'n the Rueff has finished below .500 every year since we moved to a head-to-head format. Their overall record during that time period is 9-17!
       
Here is the playoff schedule that begins Week 14:
  
Jo-Boo's Browns Backers (8-4-1) vs. 4th and Joey, NGL© (7-6)
This is a great matchup between two high scoring teams. The injury to Vikings' RB Robert Smith gives 4th and Joey an extra weapon with their substitute RB Leroy Hoard. The Browns Backers will be hurting at wide receiver next week, so I have to give the edge to 4th and Joey. The winner of this game will play the Murph Killers in Week 15.
   
The Fat Bus (8-4-1) vs. PPP: Gorilla Patch Junkies (6-6-1)
The Bus has been rolling lately, and is definitely one of the top two consistent scoring teams in the league. Their running back tandem of Garrison Hearst and Jamaal Anderson is slightly better than the Junkies' duo of Eddie George and Corey Dillon. The Junkies do have the QB edge, however. That being said, I am predicting a first round upset, with the Junkies advancing to play P.O. Steve in Week 15.
   
To all of you teams failing to make playoffs, I bid you well in the off-season. I implore all of you to do a better job preparing for next year's draft, with the exception of O'Brien. I think the extra 100 hours you spent studying the player pool for this year muddied your otherwise excellent fanasty brain.
   
I'll see the rest of you in the playoffs.
   
The Commish