My wife was leaving town on Sunday so I was making sure her car was fit for travel until after the early games started. Missed the snow in Detroit game and left in Stafford. Would have subbed Dalton. Lost by 9 points. Most points, best record, out in first round.
End of Regular Season Report
Four Musketeers And A Triple Crown
Lefty, Treff, Tlance and wilwhite have made the A League playoffs and will battle it out to reach Superbowl III and take a spot alongside DUB and Fuzzy as MBBRL A League champions.
Lefty won the Breakdown Title, the Points Title, and with wilwhite’s loss also secured the Top Seed, to win the first MBBRL A League Triple Crown. Props to Lefty on a historic achievement.
A note on the four playoff teams:
- Lefty was the runner-up last year, after a tough luck 7-7 season in Year 1
- Treff was a league-worst 4-10 in Year 1 and turned it around to dominate the regular season and take third place last year
- wilwhite is making his first playoff appearance, having gone 6-8 and 7-6-1 the first two years
- Tlance won the B League last year in his first try
Bandit Moves Up
Bandit emphatically clinched the B-League Breakdown Title with a league-high 158. Welcome to the A League, Bandit.
Barbarians Fall Short
The Barbarians had come within 74-points last week, but instead of making up more ground this week, they fell 22 points farther behind. Only two teams will move in relegation.
Final Tally
Keepers of the Flame: 15987 (95.2 average score)
Barbarians at the Gate: 15889 (94.6 average score)
In a battle within the battle, though, Bandit’s 158 closed the gap on his father and he stole the cross-league single-team points lead, 1614-1596. Next year’s gonna be interesting when father-and-son badasses end up facing each other. Might they be in the same division?
Sam & TKO Partners in Sadness
TKO did his part to make the playoffs, beating A-League titan Lefty 126-107 to get to 8-6. But he needed wilwhite to beat Treff - last-minute switches of Stafford and Reggie for Wilson and Gio would have done it, but it didn't happen as wilwhite was enjoying a late breakfast and didn’t see the crazy Philly snow until after kickoff. (Sorry, TKO!)
TKO's troubles, though, really go back to his Week 2 87-86 loss to Monkey, when any number of lineup changes would have given him the win then, and a playoff berth today.
At least TKO had someone driving the team he needed a win from this week – poor Sam needed helped from Duff, from whom no help was coming.
Good seasons for both – equally good, in fact, as they came out dead even at 25 points in power ranking (one ahead of playoff-bound Treff).
Making A Point
TKO isn’t the only one to rue a one-point loss that kept him out of the playoffs. Just last week JDM fell to Micro 111-110. Tough season for an explosive team – third in breakdown and third in points, but in a bruising division and out of the playoffs.
Monkey Dropping
It’s been clear for a while that Duff was heading for relegation, but the second spot was still in play between Ram and Monkey, who were facing each other. Monkey needed a little more than just a win, but Ram kept the win out of reach, 118-114. Monkey now has to fight his way back up.
Moving Up
So the B League champ and an at-large spot will move up. Bandit has already secured the at-large spot with his breakdown victory. However if Bandit wins the championship, that will open up the at-large spot to the next team, which is Micro for securing Top Seed. So the second spot goes to Micro if either he or Bandit wins the championship. Barilko or HaroldSeattle can only join Bandit in the A League by winning the championship.
HaroldSeattle is Tim Tebow circa 2011, with a sub-.500 breakdown record and a below-average PF, but has mastered the art of winning the games he needs.
At the other end of the spectrum is the seeming-dominant Bandit who somehow ends up with more than his share of losses.
Barilko comes charging into the playoffs just the way you want to, posting team-highs for the season the past two weeks.
JDM, at 10-4 and with wins against all three of the other playoff teams already in the books, may be more vulnerable than he appears, having gone 2-1 the last three weeks but both wins coming by a single point. He came within a couple of eyelashes of ending up 8-6 and out of the playoffs.
Final Standings
Keepers of the Flame
Barbarians at the Gate
Good season guys (except for Duff - fare thee well, our Homer-chemist friend; hope you didn't go all Walter White, and good luck wherever you are - and some spotty participation from TK and dblake). Another rough season for Joe, an unlucky season for Fuzzies (6-8 but 80-73-1 in breakdown), solid year from Sam and a first sub-par year for Scape. Ram underperformed, considering how he smacked the B league around last year (blame the kid, Ram). Good contributions from Chef, Sox and MilkSpiller (to get a word in for them), you guys made the MBBRL better - and special mention to Foot, looks like something during the change from CBS to SportsHoopla has done him good - a solid member this year. (Okay, Sam, run with that one...)
...and on to the Playoffs!
End of Regular Season Report
Four Musketeers And A Triple Crown
Lefty, Treff, Tlance and wilwhite have made the A League playoffs and will battle it out to reach Superbowl III and take a spot alongside DUB and Fuzzy as MBBRL A League champions.
Lefty won the Breakdown Title, the Points Title, and with wilwhite’s loss also secured the Top Seed, to win the first MBBRL A League Triple Crown. Props to Lefty on a historic achievement.
A note on the four playoff teams:
- Lefty was the runner-up last year, after a tough luck 7-7 season in Year 1
- Treff was a league-worst 4-10 in Year 1 and turned it around to dominate the regular season and take third place last year
- wilwhite is making his first playoff appearance, having gone 6-8 and 7-6-1 the first two years
- Tlance won the B League last year in his first try
Bandit Moves Up
Bandit emphatically clinched the B-League Breakdown Title with a league-high 158. Welcome to the A League, Bandit.
Barbarians Fall Short
The Barbarians had come within 74-points last week, but instead of making up more ground this week, they fell 22 points farther behind. Only two teams will move in relegation.
Final Tally
Keepers of the Flame: 15987 (95.2 average score)
Barbarians at the Gate: 15889 (94.6 average score)
In a battle within the battle, though, Bandit’s 158 closed the gap on his father and he stole the cross-league single-team points lead, 1614-1596. Next year’s gonna be interesting when father-and-son badasses end up facing each other. Might they be in the same division?
Sam & TKO Partners in Sadness
TKO did his part to make the playoffs, beating A-League titan Lefty 126-107 to get to 8-6. But he needed wilwhite to beat Treff - last-minute switches of Stafford and Reggie for Wilson and Gio would have done it, but it didn't happen as wilwhite was enjoying a late breakfast and didn’t see the crazy Philly snow until after kickoff. (Sorry, TKO!)
TKO's troubles, though, really go back to his Week 2 87-86 loss to Monkey, when any number of lineup changes would have given him the win then, and a playoff berth today.
At least TKO had someone driving the team he needed a win from this week – poor Sam needed helped from Duff, from whom no help was coming.
Good seasons for both – equally good, in fact, as they came out dead even at 25 points in power ranking (one ahead of playoff-bound Treff).
Making A Point
TKO isn’t the only one to rue a one-point loss that kept him out of the playoffs. Just last week JDM fell to Micro 111-110. Tough season for an explosive team – third in breakdown and third in points, but in a bruising division and out of the playoffs.
Monkey Dropping
It’s been clear for a while that Duff was heading for relegation, but the second spot was still in play between Ram and Monkey, who were facing each other. Monkey needed a little more than just a win, but Ram kept the win out of reach, 118-114. Monkey now has to fight his way back up.
Moving Up
So the B League champ and an at-large spot will move up. Bandit has already secured the at-large spot with his breakdown victory. However if Bandit wins the championship, that will open up the at-large spot to the next team, which is Micro for securing Top Seed. So the second spot goes to Micro if either he or Bandit wins the championship. Barilko or HaroldSeattle can only join Bandit in the A League by winning the championship.
HaroldSeattle is Tim Tebow circa 2011, with a sub-.500 breakdown record and a below-average PF, but has mastered the art of winning the games he needs.
At the other end of the spectrum is the seeming-dominant Bandit who somehow ends up with more than his share of losses.
Barilko comes charging into the playoffs just the way you want to, posting team-highs for the season the past two weeks.
JDM, at 10-4 and with wins against all three of the other playoff teams already in the books, may be more vulnerable than he appears, having gone 2-1 the last three weeks but both wins coming by a single point. He came within a couple of eyelashes of ending up 8-6 and out of the playoffs.
Final Standings
Keepers of the Flame
Barbarians at the Gate
Good season guys (except for Duff - fare thee well, our Homer-chemist friend; hope you didn't go all Walter White, and good luck wherever you are - and some spotty participation from TK and dblake). Another rough season for Joe, an unlucky season for Fuzzies (6-8 but 80-73-1 in breakdown), solid year from Sam and a first sub-par year for Scape. Ram underperformed, considering how he smacked the B league around last year (blame the kid, Ram). Good contributions from Chef, Sox and MilkSpiller (to get a word in for them), you guys made the MBBRL better - and special mention to Foot, looks like something during the change from CBS to SportsHoopla has done him good - a solid member this year. (Okay, Sam, run with that one...)
...and on to the Playoffs!
Well as a newbie here and to FF I must admit to trying to fake my way thru and be competitive. Looks like I'll be in the playoffs....I have no idea how that works, so I'll need some enlightenment.
