2005 Week 13 Report

The regular season is over and now the real season begins. It's Playoff Time! Receiver U. is eager to defend their back-to-back titles and believes they can pull off an unbelievable threepeat. Five other teams have other plans. Of the six playoff teams, only one franchise (P.O.B.'s Pounders) has never won a Super Bowl ring. The others are all past champions!   For the regular season, The Lip Conference dominated the Hair Conference this year in both points scored and the interleague series - which they won 15-10. Both conferences qualified 3 playoff teams. Of the six teams still alive, five of them have already earned a cash prize in 2005. While just one lottery team earned a cash prize this season. E-Z Money was the #2 scoring team on the year, but their 5-7-1 record was not good enough to earn them a postseason appearance.      Before we take a look at next week's playoff games, here are the final results for Week Thirteen:       Cinnamon Roll Nation (6-7) defeated The Running Monks (3-9-1), 101-48. Jo-Boo's Browns Backers (6-7) defeated Receiver U. (9-4), 115-77. E-Z Money (5-7-1) defeated Orange Julius (6-7), 83-82. The Steins (8-5) defeated Who-Dey Delight (9-4), 89-84. The Fat Bus (3-10) defeated P.O.B.'s Pounders (9-4), 86-81.        Here's a recap of where everyone finished the 2005 regular season:    Teams in the 2005 Playoffs Teams with Lottery Draft Picks in 2006 P.O.B.'s Pounders - Lip Conference champion ($50) and best overall record ($75). They are the #1 seed in the playoffs and get a first round bye.   Receiver U. - Hair Conference champion, 2nd best overall record, and 3rd most overall points. 2005 prize money for the franchise is $150. As the #2 seed, they will also get a bye during the first round.     Who-Dey Delight - Lip Conference runner-up and 3rd best overall record. They also had the most overall points bringing their 2005 prize total to $250.     The Steins - They are the #4 seed and scored the 4th most overall points ($25).   Jo-Boo's Browns Backers - They are the #5 seed and win the Hair Conference runner-up ($25) due to a tiebreaker.      Orange Julius - They are the #6 seed for the second year in a row.. The Fat Bus - Draft pick #1 next year. This is their second 10th place finish in a row.   The Running Monks - Draft pick #2 next year. Their 2005 schedule was the most difficult in league history, as their opponents averaged nearly 98 points per game.   E-Z Money - Draft pick #3 next year, despite being the second highest scoring team during the regular season. This 8th place finish gives them their fourth lottery pick in the last five years (and sixth lottery pick in the last nine seasons).   Cinnamon Roll Nation - Draft pick #4 next year, they failed to make the playoffs despite being the fifth highest scoring team and tying for the fifth best overall record. For the second straight season, the tiebreaker is sending them to the lottery.     O.K., here is the playoff bracket:      Playoff Schedule                         Commissioner's Note: A special playoff prediction column from the 2003 and 2004 Super Bowl champion Receiver U. will be released later in the week.   My 2005 playoff predictions are coming soon... Stay Tuned!          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