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If the playoffs were to start tomorrow, here is how it would look.
First Bracket:
#1 Margaritaville Fins vs. # 8 Atchafalaya Swamp Weretigers
These two teams met in week three with the Fins winning that game.

$4 Waco Green Puffers vs. #5 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
These two teams will meet in week 14 for the first time.

Second Bracket:
#2 North Side Dream Killers vs. # 7 Harrisburg Hawks
Theese teams met in week 7 with the Dream Killers winning the first match up.

#3 New Hampshire Dragons vs. #6 Chicago Pterodactyls
These teams also met up in week 7 with the Dragons on top of a very close 16-9 game.

ON THE BUBBLE:
#7 Harrisburg Hawks: currently at 6-5, 4 of thier remaining games are going to be tough, facing #5 Rutgers, #3 New Hampshire, #16 Elk Rapids, #8 Atchafalaya and a tough Western team, #6 Dallas. Average ranking of last 5 teams= 7.6

#8 Atchafalaya Swamp Weretigers: currently at 5-5-1, they have the easiest schedule of the bubble teams with #3 New Hampshire, #16 Elk Rapids, #13 Jacksonville, #7 Harrisburg, and the #10 western team Hartford. Average ranking of last 5 teams= 9.8

#9 Carolina Cardiac Cats: Currently sitting at 5-6-0 they need to finish strong in their last 5 games, which include games against, #14 Miami, #5 Rutgers, #3 New Hampshire, #16 Elk Rapids and west #7 Spicewood. Average ranking of last 5 teams= 9.0

#10 Washington Poison: Currently at 4-5-2, they have a very hard but yet possible road ahead of them. their remaining 5 games are: #2 North Side, #12 Pocono, #15 Cleveland, #6 Chicago and the western powerhouse #3 Bel-Air. Average ranking of last 5 teams= 7.6

Disclaimer, the above is merely my opinion and I am well aware of a sudden collaspe of any of the top 6 teams as well as a sudden surge from the bottom 6 teams, i just chose to focue on the middle four for the time being. As of week 11, no one has been mathmatically eliminated.

Also of note, last year's playoffs were known for one thing and that was a ton of upsets. Not many one or two seeds went to their league title game. The top four seeds will recieve a home game and will be able to sell tickets for their home games, highest seed will get home games in the following rounds. I believe last year you had two nights to sell tickets for your home games (first night price tickets high, second night lower to make sure you sell them all) and tickets were selling at a nice premium. Each home team can pull in an additional $1,000,000 or more for a home playoff game.

Discuss.

Damn, fanantics, you're out doing yourself today! I agree that us mid-tier teams don't have anything locked up. I got a feeling one or two mids are going to fall apart. I hope it doesn't happen. I hope it ain't us (Chicaago)! If play stays consitent, then we got a shot. Whatever happens, it's gonna be a hell of a ride for the division.

I'm just hoping not to have to play you(Fins) in the first round haha. I feel confident we are going to make it, I don't feel confident on where we might place.

That 1 Million per game comes in handy for the future. Every good owner knows that if they can manage to upgrade their stadium they will produce more money. As you can see in the forums now, many owners are in financial trouble. That playoff money will allow owners to resign players with the huge bonus at 16 and allow them to buy players by mid-season from teams in financial trouble.

There's probably gonna be a salary cap next season though...

I'd be stunned if they implemented a salary cap. Bort has already said he is against it. There are too many owners that can barely manage their teams without a salary cap and the little good it does (supposedly prevents team gutting somehow) doesn't out weigh all the harm. A salary cap will only limit the games functions. When you limit the game, it becomes less fun. When that happens, the game loses customers.

5-18-08 (after week 12) update

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TOMORROW

#1 Margaritaville 12-0 vs. #8 Carolina 6-6
Margaritaville won first matchup in week 5 (45-0)

#4 Rutgers 10-2 vs #5 Chicago 9-3
Rutgers won first matchup in week 6 (16-10)

#2 North Side 11-1 vs. #7 Harrisburg 6-6
North Side won first Match up in week 7 (40-7)

#3 New Hampshire 10-2 vs. #6 Waco 9-3
Meet for first time in week 15

Bubble teams:
#9 Atchafalaya Swamp 5-6-1 (next game vs. #16 Elk rapids)
#10 Washington 4-6-2 (next game vs. #13 Pocono)
#11 Orlando 3-8-1 (next game vs. #15 Cleveland)
#12 Jacksonville 3-9 (next game vs. #2 North Side)

Eliminated:
Pocono is 2-10, the best they can finish is with 6 wins and both 6 win teams hold the tie breaker over them.
Miami is 2-10, the best they can finish is with 6 wins and both 6 win teams hold the tie breaker over them.
Cleveland is 1-11, best they can finish is with 5 wins
Elk Rapids is 1-11 and best they can finish is with 5 wins

Clinched playoffs:

margaritaville at 12-0, worst possible finish is 12-4
North Side is 11-1, worst possible finish is 11-5
New Hampshire is 10-2, worst possible finish is 10-6
Rutgers is 10-2, worst possible finish is 10-6

Thanks for the breakdown fanatics! Are you going to try to keep this updated after every week? Either way, pat yourself on the back...OK that was a couple too many. Don't want you gettin' an ego on us!

GG to Waco! They scared me. And Ice Age needs his own EAS commercial instead of Brady Quinn.

It is going to be an interesting race for the homefield playoff games and the last spot in the playoffs. If you look at the schedule, the Cardiac Cats are going to have to pull off some upsets in the next 4 games to stay in the last spot in the playoffs. Three of the teams they face are very good teams. On the other hand the Hawks should split the next two, to stay in the playoff hunt. The Weretigers have got to scrap for their life. They can probably suffer one loss and still get into the playoffs, we will see.

Whoohoo! Not mathematically eliminated!

Nice. Might want to add a relegation section to see which teams are in danger of dropping down to the BBB leagues.

How many teams are relegated?

2 teams are promoted (the two which make the championship) and 2 are relegated (I assume the worst team in each division)

4 teams drop...2 in each conference

#5b
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=81987

My baddd I thought only two dropped.