We are only 4 weeks away from the start of the MIISFFL playoffs and with the stakes higher than ever, it seems like a good time to review how we break ties in MIISFFL, because if the season ended today (thank goodness it doesn't), we'd have a few ties on our hands.
4 teams make the playoffs: 2 division champions and 2 wild cards. The 2 wild cards can come from either division so it is possible that one division can send 3 teams to the playoffs and the other only 1. Ties are broken in the following manner:
1. Head to head record. Some fantasy leagues do not count this as a tiebreaker. These are inferior leagues. In a head-to-head league such as ours, beating somebody head-to-head has to count for something. Otherwise, we would just be a rotisserie league and head-to-head standings would be meaningless.
2. Division record. Just like in the NFL, after head to head, how did you do against your division? This only applies of course between teams in the same division, whether they are going for a division title or wild card. For teams in opposite divisions vying for a wild card, this tiebreaker does not apply.
3. Points scored. Just because this is 3rd on the list doesn't mean it doesn't come into play. In fact, in several years the final playoff spot has been determined by a points tiebreaker. Go ahead, blow your guy out just like if Oklahoma was playing Jacksonville State. Sorry JSU.
4. Points scored against. In a league where fractional points are awarded, this tiebreaker has never had to be used, but it's in the rules so we put it in here.
If the season ended today, Zach and Bruce would win the two divisions (despite their current efforts to give them away...). There is a mash of teams at 6-5, 7 of them to be exact, and for me to try and figure out tiebreakers here would be an exercise in futility, and since I don't have to, I'm not going to. You don't like it? Well then you can crawl back down into that s**thole from which you came (who can guess the movie?).
How did the current leader do? Dewey lost again, and he was unexcused absence from the League Meeting, so he has officially lost his personal recap item. The current leader overall right now is Zach, and he did not do well. In fact, after his 6-0 start, he has lost 3 of 5, bringing him tantalizingly close to the rest of the pack in the AFC. He has had a chance to lock down the division title for some time now and play out the string like the Patriots, but he doesn't have that killer instinct it seems, or maybe he just needs to deflate the footballs some more. Social media is a helluva drug isn't it Zach? This week, Chris pwn'ed him 141-86, dropping Zach to 8-3 and drawing Chris into the crowd at 6-5, and very much alive in both wild card and division races despite his dismal start. Jay Cutler. Need I say more? He pulled a classic cutlet while Chris did his thing between Ingram, Thielen, and a couple guys on Monday who didn't even need to play because this one was already wrapped up.
Blowout of the Week: Chris took care of that one but Jeff made his case for the Stompy award by doing to Tom what most people have done to Tom this year, blasting him 153-117. For one week at least, Jeff regained the form that allowed him to race out to a 3-0 start to the season before careening back to Earth for a while. Brady and Brown combined for 71 points between them: Brown doing his damage on Thursday and Brady saying Olé! to the Raiders defense. On the other side in Mexico City, Marshawn Lynch drew the ire of a man in an orange toupeé by doing sit-stands during the anthems, only scoring 8 fantasy points of his own to bring up the caboose on his team (Blake Bortles doesn't count). Jeff is one of those folks who (after this week at least) wished that points scored was the first tiebreaker to get into the playoffs.
Game of the Week: We haven't heard much from Sean these days in the mashup. Too much wine and cheese in Paris I presume, but his fantasy team did the rest of the league a favor by knocking one more leg out of Bruce's pedestal taking care of him 136-100. Keenan Allen was the man of the match taking advantage of a hapless Bills team on both offense and defense to pot 36 points to pace the Beckhams. He considered doing a touchdown celebration where he would attempt to pee like a dog on a fire hydrant, but decided against it because who could possible want to upstate Odell Beckham in that area? Sean is enjoying his wine, moving into the crowd at 6-5 and Bruce is only one loss away from joining them as he slinks back to the movie theater.
Futility Bowl: Pretty good scores across the board this week but we couldn't just forget about the 2016 champ could we? I think its safe to say that he is no longer "defending" his title. What does he have left to defend? Having a record only better than that pillow fight that is Tom and Kent, Dewey humbled himself this week to Nate 106-74, who said thank you very much for the free win, and wondered if he saw Dewey again on his schedule later in the season. No? Rats. Nate took advantage of the fortuitous scheduling and despite a negative from the kicker, rallied behind 31 points from a guy named Kirk 27 more from some Shady fella to keep pace with the 6-5 crowd. Dewey isn't mathematically eliminated yet, but considering the chain of events that would need to happen in order for him to make the playoffs, don't bet on it. But hey, the Browns, even the Browns at 0-10, are STILL ALIVE in the playoff chase for 2017.
This week's other results:
JP (6-5) defeated Nick (6-5) 119-100. JP would have a conniption if I did not mention that he won this matchup despite a season-low -9 points from Dak Prescott.
Patrick (6-5) defeated Kent (3-8) 110-103. Patrick's alive. Kent is not.
Weekly pot winner: Jeff (153 points)
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Mashup! Don't forget that there are 3 games on Thursday this week, so set your lineups! And then you can eat.
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