1) Carthage...I damn near dropped them out of this spot, barely out, but then you look at their tourney record. Sure, some teams treat tourney games like scrims (see D9, mainly due to lack of time on my part), but you look at how these guys have been chewing through team after team after team after team, and I just don't see how I can bump them
2) and the Hogs were who I was considering bumping them for. their D has giving up 31 points on the ssn?! Are you @#!$ing kidding meThe really scary thing is that their dots are getting better with every single day that passes.
3) Oh, my beloved mutant alien shrimpies. Sure, we are a run team. Sure, we have 3 HBs that could start on most teams. Sure, we are leading APL in cakes by over 100, but guess what? Having climbed from the bottom to a middle of the pack team in passing yds over the past few weeks, I'm starting to figure out how to pass in this sim Add in that I've been massively strapped for time for the last 2+ weeks, but am about to have a bit more on my hands and all that just aint good news for the rest of APL
4) This is a tough spot. There are 2 6-0 teams and 4 5-1 teams that I believe deserve serious consideration for this spot. Still, I've always believed that you have to give the nod to records. So, I'm going to put RR here, since I truly believe Ele is the tougher conf (but not by as much as I'm sure the Ele guys believe it is). Forbin better put on his game face, though. He has 2 put up or shut up games in a row. RR comes out undefeated and they move up. If not, their stay in the always sought after, tremendously coveted APL Top 5 may be brief
5) It hasn't always been in OMG fashion, but you can't take anything away from the Zambezi Silverbacks' 6-0 record. There are 27 teams in APL that wish they were perfect. They also face a put up or shut up game this week....Despite the fact that they never talk in the forum