Hola, I'm back to make another long winded post in reviewing my preseason rankings and how things should shake out as the playoffs approach us. First let's pull up my preseason rankings. The numbers in the parentheses are the team's record and current ranking by the standings. The teams are sorted by my original preseason rankings.
1. Naked Mole Rats (8-0, #2)
2. North Side Dream Killers (8-0, #3)
3. Alpine Golfers (8-0, #1)
4. Harrisburg Hawks (4-4, #7)
5. RU Scarlet Knights (5-3, #6)
6. Chicago Pterodactyls (5-3, #5)
7. New Hampshire Dragons (1-7, #14) - I fail.
8. Atchafalaya Swamp Voodoo (3-5, #10)
9. Cleveland Cardiac Kids (2-6, #12)
10. Miami Canes (5-3, #4) - I fail x2.
11. Miami Roadfrogs (3-5, #11) - SUCCESS.
12. Minnesota Ambush (4-4, #8)
13. Carolina Cardiac Cats (4-4, #9)
14. Carolina Wolf Pack (1-7, #13)
15. Orlando Ninjas (1-7, #15) - SUCCESS x2.
16. St. Cloud Dreaded Apneas (0-8, #16) - SUCCESS x3.
As you can see I failed miserably with placing the New Hampshire Dragons up at #7. The upside is somewhat bleak as they still have to play NSDK, Alpine Golfers, and Harrisburg. They should avoid relegation if they can pickup a victory against the Orlando Ninjas down the road on Aug 28.
My other horrible call was on the Miami Canes. They're currently 5-3 and are in very good shape for the playoffs. Their losses came against the Naked Mole Rats, NSDK, and the Alpine Golfers which was to put it blatantly...expected. The Canes still have to play both the Chicago Pterodactyls and the tough Harrisburg Hawks team, but they should cruise into the playoffs. I still question their depth in that o-line and they do give a hefty amount of plays to their starters. I wouldn't be surprised if they struggle late in games.
Now that I've amended for my major mistakes (I still cheated the Minnesota Ambush and the Carolina Cardiac Cats 4 spots each), I'm going to post how I think things will shape up. Wish me luck going against these crazy calculations that factor in strength of schedule, point differential, etc.
Ok starting things off is, you guessed it, Naked Mole Rats (you know damn well I'm a biased sob).
1. Naked Mole Rats - Call me crazy, but I just like the way things are turning out for the Nekkid Mole Rats. Things are going to get REALLY interesting come August 22. With games against NSDK and the Alpine Golfers the Mole Rats could either take control of the Eastern Conference or fall back to the #3 spot. The one thing that the Mole Rats have on both the Golfers and NSDK is their West opponent is the New Brunswick n00bs. The n00bs are currently sitting near the bottom of the Western Conference at 1-7.
2. Alpine Golfers - I told y'all this team was all that and a bag of chips in my preseason rankings. Some may of doubted me, but my inner Mole Rat told me that these Golfers know how to play football. The Golfers have a pretty tough schedule to finish things up. Even if they take victory on August 24th against the Mole Rats, they still have to square up with NSDK on the 30th and then the Silverymoon Elves on September 1st. (East > West, btw)
3. NSDK - I've got NSDK at #3, but they can still easily finish #1. Almost exactly like the Golfers, NSDK finishes with a brutal Western opponent in the Buffalo Rangers. BBB#14 just seems to produce solid teams. We've seen it in the East this season from the Naked Mole Rats and the Alpine Golfers. I think NSDK could lose 2-3 games, but they're definitely top 3. The top 3 teams are clear cut above the rest and can almost guarantee themselves a home playoff game.
4. Chicago Pterodactyls - Ok, so I'm finally cutting some more respect for the Pterodactyls after ranking them down at #6 in my preseason rankings. Granted by GLB they are currently 5th, but they have a fairly simple schedule the rest of the way. Chicago is 5-3 but very well could win out to finish 13-3. All 3 of their losses came against the Big 3 (Alpine Golfers, Naked Mole Rats, NSDK).
5. Miami Canes - Man do things get hard trying to rank the rest of the playoff teams. I've got Miami at #5 and I'll tell you why. They beat RU Scarlet Knights in the very first game of the season. That alone gives me reason to push them to #5. I butchered them in my preseason rankings putting them at #10 and I may still be cutting them a little short at #5, but I think I've got them where they belong this time. I guess we'll find out.
6. RU Scarlet Knights - They've still got a couple tough games remaining (Golfers, Pterodactyls), but they've got the team to be in the playoffs. Sitting at 5-3 now, they've already beat the Minnesota Ambush and will probably get to the double digit win mark.
7. Carolina Cardiac Cats - The Ambush beat the Cardiac Cats but lost to the Hawks. The Hawks beat the Ambush but lost to the Cardiac Cats. The Cardiac Cats beat the Hawks but lost to the Ambush. The next 3 positions are a straight up coin flip (3 sided coin?). I give the edge to the Cardiac Cats based on their remaining opponents. (I originally had the Minnesota Ambush in the 7 spot, but decided to change my mind, let's see if it bites me.)
8. Minnesota Ambush - As I said above, I projected the Cardiac Cats above the Minnesota Ambush based on schedule. They still have to face the Chicago Pterodactyls, NSDK, and the Miami Canes. Not exactly a fun group of consecutive games.
9. Harrisburg Hawks - I hate putting the Hawks this far down, but after that embarrassing 26-7 loss to the Miami Roadfrogs I was almost compelled to drop them a little further. Perhaps it was just bad luck in the sim or good game planning by the Roadfrogs, but the Hawks really need to step it up. They've got a really rough finish. The Hawks could finish with 5-6 more losses and that's not good news. The Hawks may be left on the outside for the playoffs if they don't start to win.
10. Atchafalaya Swamp Voodoo - The Voodoo, *pokes Silverymoon Elves doll*, are another team that may be left on the outside. They've already amounted 5 losses, and a few more are likely on the way. The good news is that they have already faced the Big 3.
11. Cleveland Kardiac Kids - Now that we're starting to get into the muck of the Eastern Conference things start to get a little tougher. I put the Kardiac Kids at #11 but their schedule makes things look bleak. The only game that you can chalk down a win for is against the Orlando Ninjas (sorry Orlando, lol).
12. Miami Roadfrogs - Now I know MRojas is going to hop out of the corner and give me the ol' "Roadfrogs at 12?!! You're crazy!". Crazy maybe, but wrong in this ranking? I think not. Writing your name in caps apparently doesn't help you pickup victories in GLB. After falling to the Carolina Wolf Pack, I don't really have much confidence in the Roadfrogs playoff chances. They do square off against the Kardiac Kids on the 30th, so maybe they'll prove me wrong and take the #11 spot instead. Unfortunately, Frogger won't be hopping 2+ spaces by seasons end.
13. New Hampshire Dragons - Well I honestly just knocked the Carolina Wolf Pack down from 13 to 14 as I was writing these rankings. Looks like lorato got his team back and that's excellent news for everyone. Hopefully they will make me look like Einstein after they dismantle the Carolina Wolf Pack come Monday.
14. Carolina Wolf Pack - They still get to face the ever pitiful St. Cloud Dreaded Apneas, but that's all she wrote for the Wolf Pack. In their remaining 8 games, they play all of the Big 3 (Alpine Golfers, Naked Mole Rats, NSDK, if you didn't catch the abbreviation the 1st time). Finishing the season against the Oakland Wizards should be fun as well.
15. Orlando Ninjas - Y'all beat St. Cloud in the first game of the season but since then you're 0-7. Fending against relegation is never fun but show A#7 why you want to stay. All you guys need is a couple wins. Actually, looking at the schedule I think you guys are chop meat. PEACE, send us postcard pl0x
16. St. Cloud Apneas - A#7 is not the place for CPUs as starters. "Nuff said." 2BIG I know recruiting is hard but from my perspective it seems like you are trying to do everything yourself. With no GMs, things are going to be VERY overwhelming.
1. Naked Mole Rats (8-0, #2)
2. North Side Dream Killers (8-0, #3)
3. Alpine Golfers (8-0, #1)
4. Harrisburg Hawks (4-4, #7)
5. RU Scarlet Knights (5-3, #6)
6. Chicago Pterodactyls (5-3, #5)
7. New Hampshire Dragons (1-7, #14) - I fail.
8. Atchafalaya Swamp Voodoo (3-5, #10)
9. Cleveland Cardiac Kids (2-6, #12)
10. Miami Canes (5-3, #4) - I fail x2.
11. Miami Roadfrogs (3-5, #11) - SUCCESS.
12. Minnesota Ambush (4-4, #8)
13. Carolina Cardiac Cats (4-4, #9)
14. Carolina Wolf Pack (1-7, #13)
15. Orlando Ninjas (1-7, #15) - SUCCESS x2.
16. St. Cloud Dreaded Apneas (0-8, #16) - SUCCESS x3.
As you can see I failed miserably with placing the New Hampshire Dragons up at #7. The upside is somewhat bleak as they still have to play NSDK, Alpine Golfers, and Harrisburg. They should avoid relegation if they can pickup a victory against the Orlando Ninjas down the road on Aug 28.
My other horrible call was on the Miami Canes. They're currently 5-3 and are in very good shape for the playoffs. Their losses came against the Naked Mole Rats, NSDK, and the Alpine Golfers which was to put it blatantly...expected. The Canes still have to play both the Chicago Pterodactyls and the tough Harrisburg Hawks team, but they should cruise into the playoffs. I still question their depth in that o-line and they do give a hefty amount of plays to their starters. I wouldn't be surprised if they struggle late in games.
Now that I've amended for my major mistakes (I still cheated the Minnesota Ambush and the Carolina Cardiac Cats 4 spots each), I'm going to post how I think things will shape up. Wish me luck going against these crazy calculations that factor in strength of schedule, point differential, etc.
Ok starting things off is, you guessed it, Naked Mole Rats (you know damn well I'm a biased sob).
1. Naked Mole Rats - Call me crazy, but I just like the way things are turning out for the Nekkid Mole Rats. Things are going to get REALLY interesting come August 22. With games against NSDK and the Alpine Golfers the Mole Rats could either take control of the Eastern Conference or fall back to the #3 spot. The one thing that the Mole Rats have on both the Golfers and NSDK is their West opponent is the New Brunswick n00bs. The n00bs are currently sitting near the bottom of the Western Conference at 1-7.
2. Alpine Golfers - I told y'all this team was all that and a bag of chips in my preseason rankings. Some may of doubted me, but my inner Mole Rat told me that these Golfers know how to play football. The Golfers have a pretty tough schedule to finish things up. Even if they take victory on August 24th against the Mole Rats, they still have to square up with NSDK on the 30th and then the Silverymoon Elves on September 1st. (East > West, btw)
3. NSDK - I've got NSDK at #3, but they can still easily finish #1. Almost exactly like the Golfers, NSDK finishes with a brutal Western opponent in the Buffalo Rangers. BBB#14 just seems to produce solid teams. We've seen it in the East this season from the Naked Mole Rats and the Alpine Golfers. I think NSDK could lose 2-3 games, but they're definitely top 3. The top 3 teams are clear cut above the rest and can almost guarantee themselves a home playoff game.
4. Chicago Pterodactyls - Ok, so I'm finally cutting some more respect for the Pterodactyls after ranking them down at #6 in my preseason rankings. Granted by GLB they are currently 5th, but they have a fairly simple schedule the rest of the way. Chicago is 5-3 but very well could win out to finish 13-3. All 3 of their losses came against the Big 3 (Alpine Golfers, Naked Mole Rats, NSDK).
5. Miami Canes - Man do things get hard trying to rank the rest of the playoff teams. I've got Miami at #5 and I'll tell you why. They beat RU Scarlet Knights in the very first game of the season. That alone gives me reason to push them to #5. I butchered them in my preseason rankings putting them at #10 and I may still be cutting them a little short at #5, but I think I've got them where they belong this time. I guess we'll find out.
6. RU Scarlet Knights - They've still got a couple tough games remaining (Golfers, Pterodactyls), but they've got the team to be in the playoffs. Sitting at 5-3 now, they've already beat the Minnesota Ambush and will probably get to the double digit win mark.
7. Carolina Cardiac Cats - The Ambush beat the Cardiac Cats but lost to the Hawks. The Hawks beat the Ambush but lost to the Cardiac Cats. The Cardiac Cats beat the Hawks but lost to the Ambush. The next 3 positions are a straight up coin flip (3 sided coin?). I give the edge to the Cardiac Cats based on their remaining opponents. (I originally had the Minnesota Ambush in the 7 spot, but decided to change my mind, let's see if it bites me.)
8. Minnesota Ambush - As I said above, I projected the Cardiac Cats above the Minnesota Ambush based on schedule. They still have to face the Chicago Pterodactyls, NSDK, and the Miami Canes. Not exactly a fun group of consecutive games.
9. Harrisburg Hawks - I hate putting the Hawks this far down, but after that embarrassing 26-7 loss to the Miami Roadfrogs I was almost compelled to drop them a little further. Perhaps it was just bad luck in the sim or good game planning by the Roadfrogs, but the Hawks really need to step it up. They've got a really rough finish. The Hawks could finish with 5-6 more losses and that's not good news. The Hawks may be left on the outside for the playoffs if they don't start to win.
10. Atchafalaya Swamp Voodoo - The Voodoo, *pokes Silverymoon Elves doll*, are another team that may be left on the outside. They've already amounted 5 losses, and a few more are likely on the way. The good news is that they have already faced the Big 3.
11. Cleveland Kardiac Kids - Now that we're starting to get into the muck of the Eastern Conference things start to get a little tougher. I put the Kardiac Kids at #11 but their schedule makes things look bleak. The only game that you can chalk down a win for is against the Orlando Ninjas (sorry Orlando, lol).
12. Miami Roadfrogs - Now I know MRojas is going to hop out of the corner and give me the ol' "Roadfrogs at 12?!! You're crazy!". Crazy maybe, but wrong in this ranking? I think not. Writing your name in caps apparently doesn't help you pickup victories in GLB. After falling to the Carolina Wolf Pack, I don't really have much confidence in the Roadfrogs playoff chances. They do square off against the Kardiac Kids on the 30th, so maybe they'll prove me wrong and take the #11 spot instead. Unfortunately, Frogger won't be hopping 2+ spaces by seasons end.
13. New Hampshire Dragons - Well I honestly just knocked the Carolina Wolf Pack down from 13 to 14 as I was writing these rankings. Looks like lorato got his team back and that's excellent news for everyone. Hopefully they will make me look like Einstein after they dismantle the Carolina Wolf Pack come Monday.
14. Carolina Wolf Pack - They still get to face the ever pitiful St. Cloud Dreaded Apneas, but that's all she wrote for the Wolf Pack. In their remaining 8 games, they play all of the Big 3 (Alpine Golfers, Naked Mole Rats, NSDK, if you didn't catch the abbreviation the 1st time). Finishing the season against the Oakland Wizards should be fun as well.
15. Orlando Ninjas - Y'all beat St. Cloud in the first game of the season but since then you're 0-7. Fending against relegation is never fun but show A#7 why you want to stay. All you guys need is a couple wins. Actually, looking at the schedule I think you guys are chop meat. PEACE, send us postcard pl0x
16. St. Cloud Apneas - A#7 is not the place for CPUs as starters. "Nuff said." 2BIG I know recruiting is hard but from my perspective it seems like you are trying to do everything yourself. With no GMs, things are going to be VERY overwhelming.
Last edited Aug 17, 2008 01:59:42
