-Merry Clinchmas!
-Tiebreaking scenarios
-Fond farewells
Congratulations to Sean! His victory over JP (Eddie you paying attention?) combined with a cascade of losses from the 7-5 crowd has officially locked up for himself a wild card berth in the 2014 MIISFFL playoffs! This means now that we may very well have a chance at the first ever rematch in Menace Bowl history. Menace Bowl VI is set for week 16, but assuming the seeding works out properly (Sean would have to go in as the #4 seed), this could set up a bout of deja vu all over again as Eddie and Sean duked it out for the hardware from the comforts of Sean's living room last year (with Gaz as special guest referee).
As for the rest of the herd, with one week left to go, absolutely NOTHING is set in stone. Before we get to the recaps, let's take a gander at how we break ties in MIISFFL.
Tiebreaker #1-Head to head (if applicable)
Tiebreaker #2-Division record (only applies to teams within the division)
Tiebreaker #3-Total points scored for the season
Tiebreaker #4-Total points scored against for the season
In the event of 3-way tiebreakers, which is looking increasingly likely in the bloated AFC, we will break the ties as follows. we will start at the W-L percentage of games between the tied teams. This is just like how they do it in the NFL. Remember also that in the AFC, one team will qualify as the division champion. The other will be a wild card. If we have, say, a 3-way tie for the division champion (possible if Patrick beats Chris) or even a 4-way tie (Patrick beats Chris AND Zach beats Tom), only 2 teams from that cluster can advance. Make note of this statement from NFL.com:
"Only one club advances to
the playoffs in any tie-breaking step. Remaining tied clubs revert to the first
step of the applicable division or Wild Card tie-breakers. As an example, if
two clubs remain tied in any tie-breaker step after all other clubs have been
eliminated, the procedure reverts to Step 1 of the two-club format to determine
the winner. When one club wins the tiebreaker, all other clubs revert to Step 1
of the applicable two-club or three-club format."
What this means is that once we crown the division champion (at least how I interpret it), we start the tiebreaking all over again to decide who the wild card will be. Dewey, I'm going to need your help with this. At least the mish mash this year is completely within one division.
And then of course we have those who will most decidedly NOT be joining us in the playoff party. We bid their teams adieu and wish them well (but not really) for 2015:
JP-We could have wrote his season obituary weeks ago. Why pile on now? BECAUSE WE CAN! I hear Marcus Mariotta will make a fine #1 draft pick.
Gaz-The playoffs will just not be the same with Gaz not participating. Maybe he can scoot over to the Goodwill and see if they're running any specials in the pants department.
Dewey-Buccaneer fans unite! If our real team sucks, guess our fantasy teams have to suck as well.
Tom-Poor Tom has had to suffer all season from eating the forbidden fruit of declaring his team a "Dream Team." As you can see, this is where Dream Teams go to die.
Nick-A wise man once said, "fantasy football is just that: a fantasy." Who said that? I don't know, I just made it up, but hey $50 is just that: $50, and that once again is how much I will be forking over the winner...wellllllll maybe just $45 :-).
Hey, if you want to be commissioner, you can skim that $5 off the top too!
Don't forget for you also-rans, rosters of the non-playoff teams will lock for the offseason after Week 14. Only playoff teams will be able to make drop-adds after this week. Yahoo might keep it open for their "consolation" bracket, but after this week, consider your rosters locked.
Alright, let's see how we got to this position in the Week 13 recaps:
Order was restored as Eddie put the commissioner out of his misery for 2014 with a 40-point statement victory. In last week's toilet bowl with JP, all of Eddie's studs (Jeffrey, Brown, et al) all probably had the worst games of their fantasy careers. This week, they rebounded to combine for 51 points, offsetting both a sub-par week from Peyton and a classic Zach Ertz Donut. The commissioner gambled by starting a gimpy Julius Thomas, but in the end it wouldn't have really mattered as Kaepernick ended with -3.46 and the top scorer was the defense. The commissioner can now once again worry about handing money to someone instead of taking it in for himself.
In what might be a decisive blow for the AFC crown, Chris finishes off the season sweep of the Kent-meister behind 32 from sidearm-slinging Philip Rivers and 29 from Colby Fleener (always a good play to start a tight end against the Redskins). Now at 8-5, Chris assumes sole possession of first place in the conference. However, he has not clinched as a loss next week would drop him most likely into the maelstrom of tiebreakers. Chris is the only player in the AFC who truly controls his own destiny in the playoff chase. The only thing standing between him and a conference championship is Patrick next week. For Kent's part, the annual Kent end-of-season firesale has officially begun. Beware, all Kent drops may be contaminated.
Speaking of Patrick, the Redskins had a chance to put themselves into a potential AFC championship game next week, but Zach had other ideas. Zach's season seemingly reached its nadir with back to back losses to the commssioner and Chris, which put the ka-bosh on his division title hopes, but back to back wins over Kent and Patrick (the latter earning him a weekly pot) stilll have him in position to win a wild card. As far as tiebreakers go, Zach is in excellent position with a 6-3 division record, which includes sweeps over Patrick and Jeff. A win next week over Tom, combined with Chris losing to Patrick, would give Zach the front door division title.
As mentioned earlier, Sean clinched his second consecutive playoff berth with an emphatic victory of JP, restoring order to the cosmos in the process. JP actually had a pretty decent week for himself posting 110, including a 40-burger from Brees. However, Sean countered with 37 from La'Veon Bell (making a strong late push for Fantasy MVP), 20 from Brady, and 22 from the Buffalo D. Unlike last year, where Sean needed a miracle 4-game run just to sneak into the tournament, he is going in with a week to spare. Will he rest players in week 14 and wait for the turmoil in the AFC to play itself out? The debate rages on.
Jeff kept his hopes alive with a 126-110 win over the Dream Team, overcoming a doughnut from Jimmy Graham in the process, thanks to big scores from Rodgers (28), Anderson (27.5), and the Rams (46) who pitched a shutout over the Raiders. However, with only a 3-6 division record, including a sweep at the hands of the Redskins, Jeff's playoff prospects are slim at best, and effectively nil. Even with a win next week against Kent, the 4-6 division record probably will preclude him from playoff parade. However, because Jeff is at least in a position to tie for the final playoff spot, we decided to leave him off of this week's obituaries. Don't worry, you'll get yours next week.
Finally this week, in the WHO CARES? Bowl, Gaz and Dewey had a pillow fight to see who would be keeping JP company in the basement of the NFC. Gaz picked up his bootstraps and hammered Dewey down, who had two zeros on his ledger, including playing a kicker who was cut. If Gaz wins next week, and Dewey loses, our two Bucs fans will be 1-2 in the cellar of the league! Now that's something to celebrate!
OK, let's take a look at the final week of the MIISFFL regular season!
Eddie-Gaz (Eddie looks to go into the playoffs with 12 wins, Gaz looks to stay away from JP)
Sean-Dewey (See above, only Sean is going for 10 wins)
Chris-Patrick (Chris controls his own destiny. Patrick is looking to make things really messy)
Zach-Tom (With his division record, a win puts Zach in good shape)
Kent-Jeff (Someone will finish 8-6, but will also probably miss the playoffs)
Nick-JP (FOOD FIGHT!)
Coming down the stretch people. GET EXCITED!
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