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Season 9: Week 13

Sorry for missing the last few weeks. Luckily my rankings haven't changed much. With 4 games to go it looks like the top 8 teams are all going to make it to the playoffs. The order of course is still to be determined.

This weeks rankings:

1. (1) Luxembourg Lightning Bolts 12-0-0
2. (2) Red River Ruminants 11-1-0
3. (3) Whitechapel Rippers 10-2-0
4. (4) October Wildfire 10-2-0
5. (5) London Olympians 8-4-0
6. (6) Glasgow Cats 8-4-0
7. (7) Flint Hobo 7-5-0
8. (8) Reading Armed Centaurs 7-5-0
9. (9) Rome Ramblin' Thornites 4-8-0
10 (10) Leipzig Lions 4-8-0
11. (12) Barcelona Bisons 3-9-0
12. (13) Arlington Sandlot 3-9-0
13. (14) Honolulu Wave Riders 2-10-0
14. (15) Russian Strelets 2-10-0
15. (11) Mile High Hitmen 2-10-0
16. (16) St. George Javalinas 0-12-0

This weeks games:

1. (1) Luxembourg Lightning Bolts vs. (9) Rome Ramblin' Thornites
The Thornites are likely to be stuck in their 9th position as they have too much ground to make up. Luxembourg will win the game but may not put the kind of effort they are capable into it, as they are looking forward to the next 3 weeks.

Luxembourg Lightning Bolts 125 : Rome Ramblin' Thornites 10

2. (2) Red River Ruminants vs. (8) Reading Armed Centaurs
Even though the league changes were supposed to bring parity there is a wide difference between 2nd and 8th place in our Conference. RAC is a good team but RRR is a great team, and that will show this week.

Red River Ruminants 108 : Reading Armed Centaurs 3

3. (3) Whitechapel Rippers vs. (16) St. George Javalinas
Another Blow out game that won't mean much to anyone but the stat sheet.

Whitechapel Rippers 144: St. George Javalinas 6

4. (4) October Wildfire vs. (6) Glasgow Cats **** Game of the Week ****
This is the most interesting match up of the week, but it likely won't make much of a difference in the rankings win or lose. The Wildfire dropped an expected game against RRR last week, and the Glasgow Cats won an easy one. I think this game will end up being pretty close. I think it will come down to turnovers, and both teams have been pretty good at generating them. To me its a toss up, but I got to pull for my own team so the Cats by 3!

October Wildfire 21 : Glasgow Cats 24

5. (5) London Olympians vs. (7) Flint Hobo
The London Olympians have been biding their time waiting for the playoffs to really put the extra effort in, Flint on the other hand is still trying to clinch a playoff spot. I think the hunger of the Flint team will make this a closer than expected game, but the Olympians will still win.

London Olympians 54 : Flint Hobo 38

6. (10) Leipzig Lions vs. (13) Honolulu Wave Riders
The Lions are probably the better of these two teams, and should finish the season just out of the playoffs with a 7-9 record. Hopefully they will do better next year, but for now they will have to console themselves with a win this week.

Leipzig Lions 38 : Honolulu Wave Riders 17

7. (12) Arlington Sandlot vs. (15) Mile High Hitmen
I have no clue who is going to win this game. Both teams are so erratic that it could end up anywhere. I am going to stick with my rankings though and give Arlington the win.

Arlington Sandlot 35 : Mile High Hitmen 24

8. (11) Barcelona Bisons vs. (14) Russian Strelets
Barcelona should be able to pick up another win against the Strelets.

Barcelona Bisons 34 : Russian Strelets 15

Good Luck Everyone!

There is a huge difference between win and lose for wildfire actually. We can still win out and get 2nd by tiebreaker, or if we drop one more game we're in 4th.

We'll see how close it is, probably pretty close if you can replicate that performance against RRR. Though if you put as much effort into this game as you did against RRR, I guess that would be expected, as Wildfire camp is pretty calm this week

Originally posted by Octowned
There is a huge difference between win and lose for wildfire actually. We can still win out and get 2nd by tiebreaker, or if we drop one more game we're in 4th.

We'll see how close it is, probably pretty close if you can replicate that performance against RRR. Though if you put as much effort into this game as you did against RRR, I guess that would be expected, as Wildfire camp is pretty calm this week

Heh, you ARE in 4th. If you win out you can possibly get into a 3 way tie provided RRR beats Luxembourg as well, if the Cats don't beat them.

RRR will have to go 15-1
Whitechappel will win out and get to 14-2
October can win out and be 14-2 But Whitechappel owns the tiebreaker.
and Luxembourg will be 14-2 (RRR and October beating them)

So you need RRR to beat Luxembourg (as well as you beating them) to force the 3 way tie. In the 3 way tie where You beat Luxembourg, Luxembourg beat Whitechappel, and Whitechappel beat you, then the seeds will be based on total points scored.

So its a pretty big longshot, but it IS possible. Of course Glasgow could spoil that by beating Luxembourg as well making them 13-3 and 4th seed while Whitechappel gets 2nd and Oct gets 3rd.

The Cats unfortunately would have to not only have to win out, but have London loose one of its 4 remaining games to move up a position(not very likely), but they can't get higher than 5th. All we can realistically do is play spoiler.

Damn stop looking so far ahead with the schedule and making these big expectations for RRR, lol. We've never been in a situation where we can host a playoff game, and Texas is seriously looking at the season one game at a time to make sure we get at least one.

Nothingmuch TO look forward to BUT the playoffs for the Bolts. GO LLB!!!

When Crypt does this I lose all interest in my final games. Ah, it's all fate. I can't win. Oh well.

What he doesn't mention, though, is that winning for the Cats is more important because it means we may be able to win in the play-offs first round. That means money.

Originally posted by Cryptotich
Originally posted by Octowned

There is a huge difference between win and lose for wildfire actually. We can still win out and get 2nd by tiebreaker, or if we drop one more game we're in 4th.

We'll see how close it is, probably pretty close if you can replicate that performance against RRR. Though if you put as much effort into this game as you did against RRR, I guess that would be expected, as Wildfire camp is pretty calm this week

Heh, you ARE in 4th. If you win out you can possibly get into a 3 way tie provided RRR beats Luxembourg as well, if the Cats don't beat them.

RRR will have to go 15-1
Whitechappel will win out and get to 14-2
October can win out and be 14-2 But Whitechappel owns the tiebreaker.
and Luxembourg will be 14-2 (RRR and October beating them)

So you need RRR to beat Luxembourg (as well as you beating them) to force the 3 way tie. In the 3 way tie where You beat Luxembourg, Luxembourg beat Whitechappel, and Whitechappel beat you, then the seeds will be based on total points scored.

So its a pretty big longshot, but it IS possible. Of course Glasgow could spoil that by beating Luxembourg as well making them 13-3 and 4th seed while Whitechappel gets 2nd and Oct gets 3rd.

The Cats unfortunately would have to not only have to win out, but have London loose one of its 4 remaining games to move up a position(not very likely), but they can't get higher than 5th. All we can realistically do is play spoiler.




ROFLMAL
God I love being underestimated. Game plan like we dont matter to, I mean seriouslly if we are that much of an afterthought.

Originally posted by Cryptotich

So you need RRR to beat Luxembourg (as well as you beating them) to force the 3 way tie. In the 3 way tie where You beat Luxembourg, Luxembourg beat Whitechappel, and Whitechappel beat you, then the seeds will be based on total points scored.


right, so technically, any of the top 4 teams COULD finish 14-2, in which case points scored will be the first tie breaker assuming everybody went 1-1 against the tied teams (although, i think luxembourg would have to lose 2 against the top 4 to get to 14-2). based on opponents remaining, anybody could win it.. whitechapel is last right now, but i don't expect it to be that way after tonight's game. of course luxembourg and red river could avoid the whole mess by winning the rest of their games.

Red River - 1049 with the 1st, 6th, 8th, 16th teams to play
Luxembourg - 1038 with the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 9th place teams to play.
October - 941 with the 1st, 8th, 12th, 13th place teams to play.
Whitechapel - 906 with the 7th, 11th, 15th, and 16th teams to play.

Originally posted by Mosez
Originally posted by Cryptotich

Originally posted by Octowned


There is a huge difference between win and lose for wildfire actually. We can still win out and get 2nd by tiebreaker, or if we drop one more game we're in 4th.

We'll see how close it is, probably pretty close if you can replicate that performance against RRR. Though if you put as much effort into this game as you did against RRR, I guess that would be expected, as Wildfire camp is pretty calm this week

Heh, you ARE in 4th. If you win out you can possibly get into a 3 way tie provided RRR beats Luxembourg as well, if the Cats don't beat them.

RRR will have to go 15-1
Whitechappel will win out and get to 14-2
October can win out and be 14-2 But Whitechappel owns the tiebreaker.
and Luxembourg will be 14-2 (RRR and October beating them)

So you need RRR to beat Luxembourg (as well as you beating them) to force the 3 way tie. In the 3 way tie where You beat Luxembourg, Luxembourg beat Whitechappel, and Whitechappel beat you, then the seeds will be based on total points scored.

So its a pretty big longshot, but it IS possible. Of course Glasgow could spoil that by beating Luxembourg as well making them 13-3 and 4th seed while Whitechappel gets 2nd and Oct gets 3rd.

The Cats unfortunately would have to not only have to win out, but have London loose one of its 4 remaining games to move up a position(not very likely), but they can't get higher than 5th. All we can realistically do is play spoiler.




ROFLMAL
God I love being underestimated. Game plan like we dont matter to, I mean seriouslly if we are that much of an afterthought.


trust me, not everyone is overlooking your team

I haven't even LOOKED at their team, don't play until week 16

Plus today's Glasgow game is a tossup, guaranteed they put in 10X more work than we did, lol. Gameplanning week in and week out is a bit tough for a 2-man team, married and finishing a Master's degree

Originally posted by Octowned
I haven't even LOOKED at their team, don't play until week 16

Plus today's Glasgow game is a tossup, guaranteed they put in 10X more work than we did, lol. Gameplanning week in and week out is a bit tough for a 2-man team, married and finishing a Master's degree

You might be right on the 10X thing. Neo is in the same situation as you are with the time constraints, but I spend quite a bit of time looking at game film just as a regular part of doing my weekly predictions.

Originally posted by Mosez


ROFLMAL
God I love being underestimated. Game plan like we dont matter to, I mean seriouslly if we are that much of an afterthought.


Naw, your not being underemoosetimated. Just it all falls apart if we don't make the assumption that you loose. I mean what fun would the speculations be if we assumed you won all your final games, then everything would stay exactly the same, and it would be boring!

Let us have our speculative fun! I would call you a party pooper, but its clear that your moose is having trouble with that, and I wouldn't want to bring up a sore subject.

I'm pretty sure our game film is meaningless, but who knows maybe we are easy to scout I figure if all I can do is tweak week to week might as well make it a bitch for somebody else. Our numbers look like we're predictable, but I doubt it =)

What's fun about this game is having the top two MVPs going at it! Rutler is 1st in HB and lower global rank, yet still 2nd in the overall MVP.

I think it's funny though, because as far as I can tell, neither of our offense's are actually modeled for that player.

Originally posted by neoliminal
When Crypt does this I lose all interest in my final games. Ah, it's all fate. I can't win. Oh well.

What he doesn't mention, though, is that winning for the Cats is more important because it means we may be able to win in the play-offs first round. That means money.

and it means a cake walk for LLB fo' jeezy!