WEEK THIRTEEN REPORT
It's playoff time! The regular season has
been completed and it's time to see who will take home the coveted Super
Bowl ring in 2002. Although the Hair Conference led the Lip Conference
in points scored, the interleague results ended up tied with 12 wins for
both conferences and one tie. Each division managed to qualify three teams
for the playoffs. Of the six teams still alive, four of them have earned
a cash prize as did Dawson's Crizzy who finished with the 2nd most overall
points. Unfortunately for them, the Crizzy finished the year in the 7th
place overall. By virtue of a surprise Week 13 victory by The Savants,
our 10th place finisher was Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier. The Ball Carrier
will have the #1 overall pick in next year's draft.
Before we take a look at next week's playoff
games, here are the final results for Week Thirteen:
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The Savants (4-9)
defeated The Green Party (7-5-1),
117-89
TD Taunters (8-5)
defeated Boston Stranglers (7-6),
95-86
Dawson's Crizzzy
(6-7) defeated Gimme The Damn Ball!
(4-9), 109-93
Pooh Bott Helmets (9-4)
defeated Bullseye
(7-6) , 116-77
Karen's Komets (8-4-1)
defeated Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier (4-9),
90-78
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Here's a recap of where everyone finished the 2002 regular season:
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Teams in the
2002 Playoffs
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Teams with Lottery
Draft Picks in 2003
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Pooh Bott Helmets -
Lip Conference champion, best overall record, and 4th most overall points.
They are the #1 seed in the playoffs as they coasted through most of the
regular season. Their winnings this year has totaled $150, which is three
times their previous earnings over their first five seasons.
TD Taunters - Hair
Conference champion with an impressive 7 game winning streak to end the
regular eason. They also finished with the most overall points and the
3rd best overall record. Cash winnings this year has totaled $275, moving
them up to #5 on the all-time money list. As the #2 seed, they will get
a bye during the first round.
Karen's Komets -
Lip Conference runner-up and 2nd best overall record. They are the #3 seed
and have added $75 in winnings to their career earnings total.
The Green Party -
Hair Conference runner-up, they are the #4 seed. They also had the 3rd
most overall points ($50).
Bullseye - They are
the #5 seed. Although they lead the league in career earnings, they have
not won a cash prize yet in 2002.
Boston Stranglers -
They are the #6 seed. This is their sixth straight playoff appearance as
they are the only team in the league to make the playoffs in every year.
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Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier
- Draft pick #1 next year, and their second 10th place finish
in the last four years. Their 8 game losing streak midway through the season
was embarrassing.
The Savants - Draft
pick #2 next year, and to nobody's surprise they finished with a league
low 1,104 overall points scored.
Gimme The Damn Ball! -
Draft pick #3 next year, with plenty of time to repair a broken down Fat
Bus. This is only their 2nd time that they have failed to make the playoffs.
Dawson's Crizzzy
- Draft pick #4 next year, they failed to have a winning record this year
despite being the 2nd highest scoring team. They suffered a similar fate
in 1997. This year's missed opportunity comes courtesy of Bullseye's "immaculate
reception" during Week Nine.
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O.K., here is the playoff bracket:
Playoff Schedule
Alright, now the real season begins! Here
is a preview of the first round games:
(#4) The Green Party vs. (#5) Bullseye
This is a rematch of the bitter Round Two
playoff matchup from last year. In that game, The Green Party came away
with a 95-71 win. This year they are hurting at quarterback, and possibly
one of their top RBs is out. But the Party still has Priest Holmes and
that guy is always a threat to go nuts. Bullseye has been inconsistent
this year. It's tough to predict which weeks their stiff receivers will
produce or when they'll bust out the Sharpie. Based on the matchups, I
see a close but low scoring Round One game. The winner might just come
down to kickers and defenses. My prediction: Bullseye by 2.
(#3) Karen's Komets vs. (#6) Boston Stranglers
These two teams are not that good. But they're
not that bad either. In their only matchup this year, the Komets came away
with an 85-75 Week 12 win. Two weeks later and they are facing each other
for the right to advance to Round Two. The matchups for the week do not
look to overly favor one team more than the other, although a couple of
games stand out. On paper I'd say this one is even. But based on experience,
I am forced to give the Stranglers the advantage. My prediction: Boston
Stranglers by 10.
That's it for the regular season, so the rosters
of teams that did not make the playoffs are now frozen until next year's
draft. Good luck to those teams that are still alive!
The Commish
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