I'm likeing the dynamic this year. It was a 3 horse race last season, but I'm thinking there are 5-6 really solid squads this season.
Take a team like Louisville sitting at 12th... I really look for them to win 8 of thier last 9 games probably. Then you've got Pennsylvania in 6th, who could possibly lose thier last 7 games. They'll be 7-2... and then they play nothing but very good teams the rest of the way.
For our part, the Hippies know the next 5 weeks determine how our season will end up.
Here's how I'd rank the conference right now.
1. South Park - annihilating everyone right now that steps on the field. Tough games ahead though.
2. Kansas City - Has already won games against some solid competition. Beating everyone they play. Not quite as many style points as the Hippies, but getting the job done.
3. Ceara Panda - Also beat some good teams, but the loss to Kansas City places them right here.
4. Rhode Island Anteaters - Putting up some good numbers and some big scores, but has only faced one good team really so far, and they got blown out pretty handily. This is the wildcard of the rankings for now.
5. Chicago Warriors - Two losses, one badly to a championship contender from the western conference. The tigers loss hurts for now, but like mentioned above, the Tigers are going to finish the year alot higher than they're showing right now.
6. Demmit GodBaers - Record has taken a pounding, but all thier losses are against very quality competition. They played last seasons champs to within 7 points first game of the season. Loss to the Warriors is the only thing keeping them from the 5th spot.
7. Louisville Tigers - The tigers have played a hell of a schedule to start the season. Thier record is no indication of the fact that this team is better than current results. Big wins over the Stars and Warriors prove they belong up here, and has also salvaged a potentially disastrous start to the year. This team will make the playoffs.
8. Eastern Stars - 8 and 9 are really tough to rank. Both teams have incredibly similar resumes. The stars have been a bit more competitive in thier losses so far though, and actually played pretty well against Ceara. At least on the level as some teams ranked ahead of them have performed. They need a bigger win to move up the list though.
9. Pennsylvania Gunslingers - Another team searching for a quality win. Thier best win thus far is over Austin. Suffered a nasty loss to the western conference to start the season, and got blown out by Rhode Island.
10. The Greene Team 2 - Yep. A CPU team. However, the roster is filled mostly with players at the moment. Solid builds will carry this team a good ways, but the gameplanning will inevitably prevent them from being able to attain a playoff spot. All 5 losses are against very good teams. They played Pennsylvania tough, but lack of the ability to gameplan cost them the game.
11. Austin OrangeBloods - I may owe this team an apology later. They haven't beaten any quality opponents yet. Also have a nasty loss to the Greene Team 2. They'll get thier shot next game to prove me wrong by tackling Louisville.
12. Knoxville Knights - Close loss to Austin is the only thing that forces them down here. The roster is starting all player agents, so this team will be better than the CPU riddled teams at the bottom of the pile. There is potential here for a late season upswing, but they'll still miss the playoffs.
13. Pee-Wee's Playhouse - Now we get to the bottom 4. These teams are all filled with CPU players, and it kills thier ability to compete, but some of them do start a few agent players. Pee-Wee's huge win over San Antonio guarantees they'll finish better than last! They'll lose the next 4 games before facing the Lightning to determine who will be the best of the worst
14. Columbus Lightning - another CPU ran team. They won a big game last week to take this spot by force from San Antonio. There are two more possibilities for wins on the schedule. Pee-Wee's Playhouse will most likely win, simply due to the ability to gameplan + the fact that they do have some human players who will get significant level advantages by the time the game is played.
15. San Antonio Destroyers - This team has a few human controlled players in key spots. Thier big showdown of the season comes this week. San Antonio needs to beat canada to prevent an 0-16 campaign. They are guaranteed to lose every other game on thier schedule.
16. canada fallen angels - much like San Antonio, actually has some player agents running characters in key positions. They need to win badly this week. Unlike San Antonio, they will have a shot to get another win down the road against both Columbus and Pee-wee's Playhouse. However, they've been beaten by over 100 points in each game they've played this season, indicating some serious flaws in the gameplan. A good change to a solid plan could net them a couple of wins... but as it is now there isn't much encouraging to go from.
Well there ya go Eastern Conference, some completely biased power rankings of our side of the league based totally on how I see it playing out
Take a team like Louisville sitting at 12th... I really look for them to win 8 of thier last 9 games probably. Then you've got Pennsylvania in 6th, who could possibly lose thier last 7 games. They'll be 7-2... and then they play nothing but very good teams the rest of the way.
For our part, the Hippies know the next 5 weeks determine how our season will end up.
Here's how I'd rank the conference right now.
1. South Park - annihilating everyone right now that steps on the field. Tough games ahead though.
2. Kansas City - Has already won games against some solid competition. Beating everyone they play. Not quite as many style points as the Hippies, but getting the job done.
3. Ceara Panda - Also beat some good teams, but the loss to Kansas City places them right here.
4. Rhode Island Anteaters - Putting up some good numbers and some big scores, but has only faced one good team really so far, and they got blown out pretty handily. This is the wildcard of the rankings for now.
5. Chicago Warriors - Two losses, one badly to a championship contender from the western conference. The tigers loss hurts for now, but like mentioned above, the Tigers are going to finish the year alot higher than they're showing right now.
6. Demmit GodBaers - Record has taken a pounding, but all thier losses are against very quality competition. They played last seasons champs to within 7 points first game of the season. Loss to the Warriors is the only thing keeping them from the 5th spot.
7. Louisville Tigers - The tigers have played a hell of a schedule to start the season. Thier record is no indication of the fact that this team is better than current results. Big wins over the Stars and Warriors prove they belong up here, and has also salvaged a potentially disastrous start to the year. This team will make the playoffs.
8. Eastern Stars - 8 and 9 are really tough to rank. Both teams have incredibly similar resumes. The stars have been a bit more competitive in thier losses so far though, and actually played pretty well against Ceara. At least on the level as some teams ranked ahead of them have performed. They need a bigger win to move up the list though.
9. Pennsylvania Gunslingers - Another team searching for a quality win. Thier best win thus far is over Austin. Suffered a nasty loss to the western conference to start the season, and got blown out by Rhode Island.
10. The Greene Team 2 - Yep. A CPU team. However, the roster is filled mostly with players at the moment. Solid builds will carry this team a good ways, but the gameplanning will inevitably prevent them from being able to attain a playoff spot. All 5 losses are against very good teams. They played Pennsylvania tough, but lack of the ability to gameplan cost them the game.
11. Austin OrangeBloods - I may owe this team an apology later. They haven't beaten any quality opponents yet. Also have a nasty loss to the Greene Team 2. They'll get thier shot next game to prove me wrong by tackling Louisville.
12. Knoxville Knights - Close loss to Austin is the only thing that forces them down here. The roster is starting all player agents, so this team will be better than the CPU riddled teams at the bottom of the pile. There is potential here for a late season upswing, but they'll still miss the playoffs.
13. Pee-Wee's Playhouse - Now we get to the bottom 4. These teams are all filled with CPU players, and it kills thier ability to compete, but some of them do start a few agent players. Pee-Wee's huge win over San Antonio guarantees they'll finish better than last! They'll lose the next 4 games before facing the Lightning to determine who will be the best of the worst
14. Columbus Lightning - another CPU ran team. They won a big game last week to take this spot by force from San Antonio. There are two more possibilities for wins on the schedule. Pee-Wee's Playhouse will most likely win, simply due to the ability to gameplan + the fact that they do have some human players who will get significant level advantages by the time the game is played.
15. San Antonio Destroyers - This team has a few human controlled players in key spots. Thier big showdown of the season comes this week. San Antonio needs to beat canada to prevent an 0-16 campaign. They are guaranteed to lose every other game on thier schedule.
16. canada fallen angels - much like San Antonio, actually has some player agents running characters in key positions. They need to win badly this week. Unlike San Antonio, they will have a shot to get another win down the road against both Columbus and Pee-wee's Playhouse. However, they've been beaten by over 100 points in each game they've played this season, indicating some serious flaws in the gameplan. A good change to a solid plan could net them a couple of wins... but as it is now there isn't much encouraging to go from.
Well there ya go Eastern Conference, some completely biased power rankings of our side of the league based totally on how I see it playing out
