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So who's league has the better playoff race?

My money is on Osprey... 10 of the 12 teams are technically still in it.

Here is the writeup I just did for the league.

Division Leaders
Tampa Piranhas +3 ** CLINCHED DIVISION
Ministry of Dotball +2 ** CLINCHED DIVISION
American Hustlers +1

Wild Card Race
Helmand Pansies +1
Alpine +1
Rocky Mountain +1
Dookie Island +1
Sacramento BSquad E
Detroit Foreclosures E
Osprey Orphans E

Out of Playoffs
Nashville Ninjas
DeepRoute Allstars

Only Division up for grabs is Gamma and that will determine the wildcard race so I will try and spec it all out based on that setup.

Hustlers vs Dookie

Hustlers took the first game from Dookie, so if they win, they are Gamma champs and essentially Dookie is out of the playoffs unless ALL other 7-6 WC teams lose which in this situation none of them play each other so entirely possible.
If Dookie were to win, unless my logic is flawed on this with ties of division lead in combo with ties in wildcard race, they put all tied teams in a pool and higher team wins division. In this case Dookie would get the nod for Gamma as they have a 326 points against and Hustlers have a 378 points against.

So here are the wild card games: Bold wild card team

Helmand vs DeepRoute
Tampa vs Sacramento
Alpine vs Detroit
Rocky Mountain vs Ministry
Nashville vs Osprey
Hustlers vs Dookie - This game determines Gamma winner...

Since the tiebreaker is points against here is how the teams stand.

8-5 Hustlers 378 -64
7-6 Alpine 314
7-6 Dookie 326 -12
7-6 Helmand 329 -15
7-6 Reapers 363 -49
6-7 Sacramento 324 -10
6-7 Detroit 346 -32
6-7 Osprey 367 -53

Going down the list and each teams view.

Hustlers, win and in as division winner. Lose and pretty much out since they are so far out in point differentials.
Alpine win and they would need to have a dif of less than 15 to guarantee a spot as relative to other teams defense performances.
Dookie, win and in as division winner, lose and would require all other 7-6 teams to lose and Sacramento to lose and rely on other game defense stats.
Helmand, has to win to have a shot but they have the best matchup out of the 7-6 teams, so high chance they can make up ground on points against.
Reapers, has to win to have a shot but they are pretty far behind the 8 ball, and to make matters worse they have MoD.
Sacramento, has to win and have all 7-6 teams lose, and still rely on defensive points against for other teams.
Detroit, has to win and have all 7-6 teams lose, and pray for a miracle on other teams defensive points against.
Osprey, has to win and have all 7-6 teams lose, and pray for a miracle on other teams defensive points against.

All said and done, my predictions are as follows.

Tampa takes #1 seed
Ministry takes #2 seed
Dookie wins game and division and takes #3 seed
Helmand makes it as WC despite Alpine winning due to giving up less points defensively to make up the -15

Eagle's Gamma division is pretty nuts.

Three teams at 8-4 and the 4th place team at 7-5. And of course they all play each other to figure out who goes home.

http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/league/79

Taurus League race FTW, IMO.

Alpha has two 10-3 teams and a 9-4 team.
Beta has a 10-3 team.
Gamma has an 11-2 team and a 10-3 team.

All 6 of those teams are in the top 25 of their age in the ladder and three are in the top 10.

Originally posted by Time Trial
http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/league/79

Taurus League race FTW, IMO.

Alpha has two 10-3 teams and a 9-4 team.
Beta has a 10-3 team.
Gamma has an 11-2 team and a 10-3 team.

All 6 of those teams are in the top 25 of their age in the ladder and three are in the top 10.


So what your saying is that you have a very top heavy league? That is no surprise when you look through league after league. Despite my affiliation with that league with BCM, there have been many games I didn't plan, didn't look at anything as I knew they would win. I can't say that about Osprey because of the parity.

Lets say the same with Osprey here are some stats, since we are veteran we will compare to overall.

11 teams in top 50
7 teams in top 25
3 teams in top 15 with 3 more in top 20

League average ranking is 24

Now, I won't say that Osprey has the BEST overall teams but they do have the best parity as a league with almost any team can knock off another team in the league. Essentially no gimme games in league play. Find me another league like that in GLB?

I wish the leagues my teams were in were as competitive as Osprey! And the league is also named after my favorite bird (I'm an amatuer birder, go ahead and laugh i have no shame!)

Originally posted by mrm708
I wish the leagues my teams were in were as competitive as Osprey! And the league is also named after my favorite bird (I'm an amatuer birder, go ahead and laugh i have no shame!)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/

This is one of the most surprisingly good movies I have even seen. I didn't think that smashing Owen Wilson, Jack Black, and Steve Martin together in a movie would work, especially a movie about who can see the most species of birds in a year. But they treated the subject with great reverence instead of always going for the cheap laugh.

There is another league I am in where this actually makes it quite the decision.

Wild Card for sure comes from the division, but wildcard takes on league #1 team and division winner takes on #3 team.

#1 team 12-1 and #3 team is 8-5.

Both teams are tied at 11-2, they played each other twice and split the game, they both have the same points against, and are separated by 17 points for. Both have a cupcake game to close out the season.

This is the first time I have ever seen it go down to the 4th tiebreaker.

Originally posted by Stobie
There is another league I am in where this actually makes it quite the decision.

Wild Card for sure comes from the division, but wildcard takes on league #1 team and division winner takes on #3 team.

#1 team 12-1 and #3 team is 8-5.

Both teams are tied at 11-2, they played each other twice and split the game, they both have the same points against, and are separated by 17 points for. Both have a cupcake game to close out the season.

This is the first time I have ever seen it go down to the 4th tiebreaker.

Which league?

Originally posted by Stobie
There is another league I am in where this actually makes it quite the decision.

Wild Card for sure comes from the division, but wildcard takes on league #1 team and division winner takes on #3 team.

#1 team 12-1 and #3 team is 8-5.

Both teams are tied at 11-2, they played each other twice and split the game, they both have the same points against, and are separated by 17 points for. Both have a cupcake game to close out the season.

This is the first time I have ever seen it go down to the 4th tiebreaker.

Wow...wild card take on the Kiwi's. Ouch.

Originally posted by Stobie
There is another league I am in where this actually makes it quite the decision.

Wild Card for sure comes from the division, but wildcard takes on league #1 team and division winner takes on #3 team.

#1 team 12-1 and #3 team is 8-5.

Both teams are tied at 11-2, they played each other twice and split the game, they both have the same points against, and are separated by 17 points for. Both have a cupcake game to close out the season.

This is the first time I have ever seen it go down to the 4th tiebreaker.

Originally posted by Evil Sports Agent
Which league?

Okay found it: http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/league/91

But next question, what's the 4th tie breaker? I guess ladder rank or coin toss?

can't wait til Pro teams mix in with Vets next season to form new leagues... should make for some cool matchups

Originally posted by TDiddy8701
can't wait til Pro teams mix in with Vets next season to form new leagues... should make for some cool matchups

I didn't think they mixed unless a league folds?

please tell me this isn't true...

What's the point in having two tiers combining into one if they don't play each other in-league? That would be stupid

Leagues don't shuffle but teams will move as leagues fold as always. For sure there will be some teams moved around next season should see a lot of shuffling as players/teams retire.