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Here are the current rankings, back after a 1 game layover

WEST
1) Mentone Beach Assault looking more mortal lately but body of work is impressive
2) Corpus Christi Illegal Aliens have looked much stronger over the past few games
3a) Bakersfield Nanananas trounced by CCIA last game by 43 points
3b) Long Beach Dub All-Stars with impressive performances of late, pushing Bakersfield for the #3 spot
5) Mighty Chihuahuas Good team fully capable of finishing with a home playoff spot, but not as hot as Long Beach lately
6) Virginia George Washingtons very nice showings the past 3 outings
7a) Saginaw Supernovas likely playoff team, but not shown the same upside as the higher-ranked teams
7b/8a) Beantown Bastards too inconsistent lately to give only one ranking to
8b) Dallas Hitmen beat Beantown by 10 three games ago - lost to Saginaw by 14 last game - the whole season seems to be like this
10) Big Bear Avalanche beat Steel City by 10 last game, but still not doing enough to expect them to make the playoffs
11) Steel City Sentinels five losses in a row has left them reeling
12) Idaho Rex much better than the 4 teams below them
13) Los Angeles Cobras CPU
14) Eugene SLUGs
15) Pittsburgh Stillers
16) Washington Bow Chicka Brown Cows

EAST
1) Boston Bears yea, they lost to Tennessee two games ago, by 1 point - still the toughest opponent to face week in and week out in the East
2) Tennessee Fury undefeated, but not the most powerful opponent every week, as they have played down to their opposition a couple of times in the past five games
3a) Louisiana State Tighas have shown recent improvement in a Conference desperate for a 3rd team to assert itself and stand out from the pack
3b) Phoenix Scorpions probably has performed the 3rd most powerfully over the entire season, but the 2 point loss to Enghave last game is typical of their letdowns
3c) Sleepy Hollow Horsemen have shown sustained improvement the past 3 games
6a) Dirty Cheetahs fading a bit
6b) Saint Paul Vulcans hard to rank fairly since 3 of the past 4 games have been against bottom-tier teams
8) Enghave Evolution Should round off the playoff group, if they keep it up
9a) Houston Toxins seem to be free-falling less than lower-ranked teams
9b) Texas Wrecking Crew that 2 point win over the Tighas is starting to be further and further in the past
9c) New Jersey Mobsters five losses in a row have left them reeling
12) NJ Hitmen yea they lost to the Clowns by 6 two games ago, but they're a bit tougher opponent week in and week out
13) Los Angeles Bicycle Clowns celebrated beating the Hitmen two games ago by losing to the powerful Houston Toxins by 54 last game
14) Philadelphia Birds
15) Atlantic City Aces
16) Iowa Hogeyes CPU

INTER-CONFERENCE TOP 8 - in my opinion, here's how teams would perform if everyone was in one conference

1) Mentone Beach Assault
2) Corpus Christi Illegal Aliens
3) Boston Bears
4) Tennessee Fury
5a) Bakersfield Nanananas
5b) Long Beach Dub All-Stars
7) Mighty Chihuahuas
8) Virginia George Washingtons

There really is no team close to these top 8, and there are 5 teams all in a pack that could easily by the 9th best: Saginaw, Beantown, Louisiana State, Phoenix and Sleepy Hollow

Originally posted by Sly

1) Boston Bears yea, they lost to Tennessee two games ago, by 1 point - still the toughest opponent to face week in and week out in the East
2) Tennessee Fury undefeated, but not the most powerful opponent every week, as they have played down to their opposition a couple of times in the past five games

Sorry but, lol.

It should be pretty clear that Tennessee is Number 1. Boston and Tennessee are 1 & 2 and Tennessee beat Boston even with 5 lost fumbles.

Louisiana is 1-5 against the top 8 and they have only 1 win against a .500 plus team, if they win this week against Sleepy Hollow its still hard to have them at 3.

Engave has wins against 2 teams that are currently ranked 3rd, are 7-3 and you have them at 8?

I am not sure what kind of pills you have been on but send some my way.

Originally posted by Lewk57
It should be pretty clear that Tennessee is Number 1. Boston and Tennessee are 1 & 2 and Tennessee beat Boston even with 5 lost fumbles.

Louisiana is 1-5 against the top 8 and they have only 1 win against a .500 plus team, if they win this week against Sleepy Hollow its still hard to have them at 3.

Engave has wins against 2 teams that are currently ranked 3rd, are 7-3 and you have them at 8?

I am not sure what kind of pills you have been on but send some my way.

I'm not saying which team has the better record I'm saying which team has been the more powerful opponent over the course of the season, for whatever reason.

The problem with picking the #3 team in the East is that they're all so inconsistent there's a good chance none of them would be a playoff team in the West, so there's not a team I can put there that can't be criticized heavily.

Engave also lost to the Mobsters, and squeaked past the Hitmen by 1, and the Toxins by 3. These are not games which allow me to rank them higher than where they are.

You're just in a really weak Conference where everyone past the top 2 teams is a team that would be at best a borderline playoff team in the West. No matter how I rank them, I can't put a strong team at #3 in the East, unless Phoenix rebounds.

Originally posted by Sly

You're just in a really weak Conference where everyone past the top 2 teams is a team that would be at best a borderline playoff team in the West. No matter how I rank them, I can't put a strong team at #3 in the East, unless Phoenix rebounds.

The east is weak? That's laughable. Inconsistent maybe, but so is the middle of the West. So is the interconference top 8.

Hell, I'm a GM with Louisiana State and I think having us tied for 3rd is funny after that five game skid.

Sure gave everybody something to talk about with this comedy of errors.

Originally posted by Spectre170


The east is weak? That's laughable. Inconsistent maybe, but so is the middle of the West. So is the interconference top 8.

Hell, I'm a GM with Louisiana State and I think having us tied for 3rd is funny after that five game skid.

Sure gave everybody something to talk about with this comedy of errors.

Yea, the teams after the top 2 of the East are comparable to the teams after the top 6 of the West, so you are right, the 3rd best team of the East is comparable to a middle-tier team in the West.

You're focused only on your own team but the truth is no one outside the top 2 teams in the East has played all that well. Your team may have lost 5 games in a row, but the last 3 were fairly good efforts compared to the quality of play of other teams in the East, and the win 2 games ago was the best win of the week for a team in the East outside the top 2. Last game you beat up on a patsy, so no credit for that, but you are at least a team that has played all the past 5 games reasonably well (compared to other teams outside the top 2 in the East), showing improvement towards the end. Other teams may have more wins but they have less going for them in terms of quality of play. Since any East team outside the top 2 would be ranked outside the top 8 in the West this week (though not by far), any kind of reasonably competitive play can vault a team to #3 in the East - even yours. Additionally, your team has an 8 point win over Phoenix to it's credit, which is most of the reason you ended up 3a instead of 3b or 3c.

Its crazy that Sly puts us under the Boston Bears.

Its even crazier (no offense to you guys- you do have a better team than your record indicates) that Sly puts Louisiana at #3.

Its absolutely insane to have only two East teams in the top 8 interconference.

Thanks for the laughs. Get well soon.

Originally posted by Sly
You're just in a really weak Conference where everyone past the top 2 teams is a team that would be at best a borderline playoff team in the West. No matter how I rank them, I can't put a strong team at #3 in the East, unless Phoenix rebounds.

Phoenix nearly beat you. Phoenix, whom you say isn't in the top 8 inter-conference, is an opponent that had you up until the final 8th of the game. That was when Phoenix was struggling to fix their AI and tactics. I'd love to see a rematch of that game (and am quite nervous of our next meeting).

Bakersfield, the #5a interconference team, barely beat the Iowa Hogeyes by one point. Yes, they are a CPU team now, but even then were not regarded as a strong team in the East. Before they gutted, the Mobsters (yes, a quite weak team in the East as you say) destroyed them. Sleepy Hollow also smashed them, though they may have lost a couple players (gutting was around that time). Had Iowa not gutted, they'd probably be the #8-#11 team in the East.

Mighty destroyed Enghave, but as you say they are a middle of the pack East team. Not surprising according to your rankings.

Virginia did beat the Bears. That is an impressive win. I'm thinking it could be all about matchups though. We've only played Virginia in the preseason (or postseason) but have had no problems with them (neither team gameplans, I suppose). The Boston Bears lost to them in the pre (or post) season. Virginia strikes me as a team that is really good against a certain opponent, but they have huge weaknesses when facing an opponent with a certain kind of strength.

I might give you 5 of the top 8 teams. I definitely would have early in the season, but in the last couple of weeks, Enghave, Phoenix, the often overlooked Horsemen, and even Houston have really come alive (hard to say on the Vulcans as they've played easy games). I think these teams have become improved and more consistent of late. They are also all capable of putting up fairly incredible games (Houston does lack the depth to sustain it against a high opponent though), especially Enghave and Phoenix, which means they can be good enough on any given day to knock off anyone else.

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see which team emerges as the champions. Once Mentone and Fury have been eliminated in the 1st round by the #8 seeds, I think that leaves your team as the top dog in the tourney.

I'd rank the top 8 like this:
1) Mentone Beach (Yea, we beat them in the preseason, but neither team game planned. Generally, they whoop us in the pre or post season.)
2) Tennessee Fury - Undefeated, able to overcome horrible games, and has an insane defense. The offense is very good but can be inconsistent at times, but the defense is likely the best in A6. That, bolstered with an exceedingly good special teams system, puts them squarely at #2.
3) CCIA - Sly's crew returns to A6 as the #3 team in the league. I expect they would beat Fury 6 times in 10 in head to head matches, but Fury is the stronger team against similar opposition.
4) Boston Bears - Tough as nails, despite two nail biting finishes.
5) Bakersfield Nanananas - Despite the silly name, this team is not to be taken lightly. They aren't quite an elite team, but can overwhelm any opponent outside the top 4.
6) Phoenix Scorpions - The best pass attack in the league by far. Imagine the numbers they would put up if they were to play in the West against those gutted teams. Holes on defense put them at #6. Started horribly, but have gotten their act together.
7) Long Beach Dub Allstars - Consistently playing above their level and their depth. This is a team that might go all the way... next season.
8) Mighty Chihuahuas - Little dog though they may be at #8, I assure you that these dogs' bite is far worse than their bark.

edit:
Oh, and as for Sleepy Hollow (you guys are always being overlooked, though I assure you that we will not overlook you), I'd say you are #9.

Wow, you had 5 fumbles b/c you have a flawed gameplan so we put a gameplan in there that we KNEW would cause fumbles. You mention fumbles but we kick a 60 yard FG attempt when the i had the AI not to kick from past 57 yards. Lets you score a TD before the half and without that you don`t win. If the gameplan doesn`t f up at the end of the game it`s 33-31 more than likely and you lose. We play you again and it`s not close unless you seriously change your gameplan, i saw enough to blow you out like last year.

why so much love for Phoenix? They have only beaten 1 winning team so far this season. the 1 was against the Horsemen but all of their other 5 wins are against teams with .500 or losing records. I think if any team deserves to be there it is Engave, they have beaten some good teams, close games but the bottom line is that they won. They recently took down Phoenix in a shootout.

Damn, I would put my foot up your ass!! all of them! but hey happy f-ing Irish day ladies!

Originally posted by Lewk57
why so much love for Phoenix? They have only beaten 1 winning team so far this season. the 1 was against the Horsemen but all of their other 5 wins are against teams with .500 or losing records. I think if any team deserves to be there it is Engave, they have beaten some good teams, close games but the bottom line is that they won. They recently took down Phoenix in a shootout.

We appreciate the love and would love to live up to the hype.

The Enghave game was a heart breaker for sure, kudos to them, but I'm kind of a purest in the rankings myself. If they beat us and have the same or better record then us, then they should probably be ranked higher then us.

Thanks for the props from those involved, but I just want to get our shit straight by the playoffs, and win some stinking games then.

Originally posted by jp9183
Wow, you had 5 fumbles b/c you have a flawed gameplan so we put a gameplan in there that we KNEW would cause fumbles. You mention fumbles but we kick a 60 yard FG attempt when the i had the AI not to kick from past 57 yards. Lets you score a TD before the half and without that you don`t win. If the gameplan doesn`t f up at the end of the game it`s 33-31 more than likely and you lose. We play you again and it`s not close unless you seriously change your gameplan, i saw enough to blow you out like last year.

Lighten up Francis. Even if you would have punted at the end of the half you probably would have given up a TD. It was a 57 yard pass play and it could have just as easily been 80 yards. You lost the game even with your 5 forced fumbles. Take it like a man and get your revenge in the playoffs.

Anyone calls me Francis and I'll F-cking kill 'em!