1) Hawaii Phoenixes – I refuse to type much more about Hawaii until they beat someone near their level of competition. Beat 1-5 Guam, joy. With Hamilton dropping out the top 8, they have yet to beat a playoff team, or even play one at this point. Although that’s not their fault and you can’t penalize them for it.
2) Gold Coast Vipers – 33-17 win over the Drillers. Gold Coast is for real. A very convincing win over TexAss. Hawaii, Sack, and Auckland better take notice if they haven’t already.
3) Auckland Titans – 3 straight playoff teams in a row, and 3 straight wins. Hard to argue against that kind of performance.
4) – Sack Sabbath –Another win for sack, increasing their win total for the season to 6, in 6. Orlando is next for Sack
5) Death Riders –Nice win over Geelong. Boosts them into the playoff hunt. Do I think they are #5? No. But everyone else between 5-10 just keeps getting their asses handed to them so I rewarded the winner of this weeks upset.
6) Orlando Lightning Bolts – Auckland handled them with a certain level of ease. Late 4th quarter clean up TD’s is about all they could muster. Sack Sabbath next doesn’t make life any easier.
7) Texas Drillers – The lights are going out in Texas as yet another loss get handed to them.
8) Geelong – Geelong can’t buy a break. In a huge slump that drops them a few spots. I did not expect the Death Riders to win this game, but they did.
9) Hamilton Hellcats – Did that just happen? I was shocked to be honest.
10) Melbourne Pred’s – Another big loss for Melbourne must have them searching for answers.
11) LOOK OUT ALERT ---- Sydney Sharks = Upset city this week, lets keep an eye on them.
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The breakdown of teams in the top 4 and wins against playoff opponents.
1) Auckland Titans – wins against Texas, Geelong, Orlando
2) Sack Sabbath – wins against Texas, Geelong
3) Gold Coast – Win against Texas
4) Hawaii – None
2) Gold Coast Vipers – 33-17 win over the Drillers. Gold Coast is for real. A very convincing win over TexAss. Hawaii, Sack, and Auckland better take notice if they haven’t already.
3) Auckland Titans – 3 straight playoff teams in a row, and 3 straight wins. Hard to argue against that kind of performance.
4) – Sack Sabbath –Another win for sack, increasing their win total for the season to 6, in 6. Orlando is next for Sack
5) Death Riders –Nice win over Geelong. Boosts them into the playoff hunt. Do I think they are #5? No. But everyone else between 5-10 just keeps getting their asses handed to them so I rewarded the winner of this weeks upset.
6) Orlando Lightning Bolts – Auckland handled them with a certain level of ease. Late 4th quarter clean up TD’s is about all they could muster. Sack Sabbath next doesn’t make life any easier.
7) Texas Drillers – The lights are going out in Texas as yet another loss get handed to them.
8) Geelong – Geelong can’t buy a break. In a huge slump that drops them a few spots. I did not expect the Death Riders to win this game, but they did.
9) Hamilton Hellcats – Did that just happen? I was shocked to be honest.
10) Melbourne Pred’s – Another big loss for Melbourne must have them searching for answers.
11) LOOK OUT ALERT ---- Sydney Sharks = Upset city this week, lets keep an eye on them.
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The breakdown of teams in the top 4 and wins against playoff opponents.
1) Auckland Titans – wins against Texas, Geelong, Orlando
2) Sack Sabbath – wins against Texas, Geelong
3) Gold Coast – Win against Texas
4) Hawaii – None