WEEK ELEVEN REPORT
Eleven weeks down, two more regular season
games to go! Currently, three teams have been eliminated from the playoffs
while two others have clinched a berth. That leaves five teams fighting
for four postseason spots. Looking at the schedule, it appears that Week
Twelve might not have much of an impact on the playoff picture -- which
would mean it will all boil down to the final regular season games. Before
we outline each team's postseason chances, here are the final results for
Week Eleven:
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Bullseye (9-2)
defeated PTP: Peyton's Trailerpark Posse!
(6-4-1), 104-66.
Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier (6-5)
defeated The Savants (5-6),
101-93.
NGL©
(7-3-1) defeated Dippity-Doo
(6-5), 100-88.
Eighty-Eight, Late!
(6-5) defeated Marshall's
Maulers (2-8-1), 105-84.
The Fruit Baskets
(3-7-1) defeated Jo-Boo's Browns Backers
(3-8), 89-88.
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In case you missed it, there was
a pretty good football game last night. And there was a pretty good chisel
as well. Trailing by 14 points to The Fruit Baskets after Sunday, Jo-Boo's
Browns Backers had both WR Isaac Bruce and K Martin Gramatica active
on Monday night. By halftime, the Browns Backers had cut their opponent's
lead to 3 points. But that's when it all started to come crashing down
on them. Bruce didn't catch a pass in the 2nd half of the game - despite
needing only 2 more receiving yards to get another point. Gramatica was
limited to 3 extra points, as his team decided to not kick a field goal
on 4th down and short late in the game. In fact, Tampa Bay's late-game
decision making was some of the poorest I have ever witnessed. Leading
by a touchdown in the final minutes of the contest, Tampa decided to air
the ball out in a situation that clearly called for a conservative running
play (and subsequent field goal). The decision cost Jo-Boo, as the pass
was intercepted and the Browns Backers outside chances at making the playoffs
were crushed.
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Alright, here's how the race for the ring
is shaping up...
Playoff Summary
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Team
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Record
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What they need to have happen to qualify...
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Bullseye
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9-2
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they have already clinched a playoff
spot
REMAINING OPPONENTS: NGL©,
Marshall's Maulers
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NGL©
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7-3-1
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they have already clinched
a playoff spot
REMAINING OPPONENTS: Bullseye,
Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier
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PTP: Peyton's Trailerpark Posse!
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6-4-1
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they need to win one of
their final two games OR have The Savants lose one of their final two games
REMAINING OPPONENTS: Corey
Dillon The Ball Carrier, Jo-Boo's Browns Backers
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Eighty-Eight, Late!
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6-5
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they need to win their
final game of the season OR finish the regular season with a record no
worse than that of Dippity-Doo*
REMAINING OPPONENTS: The
Fruit Baskets, The Savants
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Dippity Doo
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6-5
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they need to win both of
their final two games OR win one of their final two games while either
The Savants or Eighty-Late loses both of their games. They also can get
in winning one more game if Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier loses one of
their final two games.*
REMAINING OPPONENTS: Jo-Boo's
Browns Backers, The Fruit Baskets
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Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier
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6-5
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they need to win both of
their final games OR win one of their final two games while The Savants
lose one of their final two games*
REMAINING OPPONENTS: PTP:
Peyton's Trailerpark Posse!, NGL©
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The Savants
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5-6
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They need to win both of
their final games OR win their final game against Eighty-Eight, Late!,
if Eighty-Eight, Late! loses Week 12. They also can get in by finishing
with a record equal to Dippity-Doo.
REMAINING OPPONENTS: Marshall's
Maulers, Eighty-Eight, Late!
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The Fruit Baskets
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3-7-1
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they have been eliminated
from the playoffs
REMAINING OPPONENTS: Eighty-Eight,
Late!, Dippity Doo
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Jo-Boo's Browns Backers
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3-8
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they have been eliminated
from the playoffs
REMAINING OPPONENTS: Dippity
Doo, PTP: Peyton's Trailerpark Posse!
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Marshall's Maulers
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2-8-1
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they have been eliminated
from the playoffs
REMAINING OPPONENTS: The
Savants, Bullseye
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* There
are many possibilities for the three 6-5 teams to either make or not make
the playoffs. As such, I only listed the most obvious.
Also, keep in mind that this year we eliminated
the automatic playoff bid for conference runner-up teams. As always, when
applying the tiebreaker rules to determine playoff berths (and possibly
the conference champion and/or runner-up) and the tiebreaker rules do not
clearly identify final regular season positions when applied in the traditional
manner (examining only two teams at a time), then the tiebreaker criteria
will be applied to all relative teams simultaneously. In the event multiple
teams are tied at the end of the regular season, a team that finishes tied
AND finishes as conference champion will automatically receive a playoff
berth. In other words, conference championships supercede tiebreaker rules.
That's it for this week...
The Commish
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