And I'm back from my weekend of college football revelry. Apologies EMAW fans. This is TCU's year.
To the matchups!
1. Romo's Walking Dead vs 10. Harrisonburg Bulldogs
- Romo's indifferent about stuff this season. Tdiddy is not. The bulldogs are playing Hawaii tough, and I suspect have the model on defense to handle what the #1 team does. The dead men don't break tackles as well as Taurus does. I also think Harry will move the ball well offensively. Give me Harrisonburg in an upset.
2. New Jersey Generals vs 4. Hawaii Bulls
- New Jersey's among the better actively coordinated teams around, and their rank reflects that. Hawaii's got a HB that doesn't particularly care about how well you've schemed though. If I were New Jersey, I'd probably shift around my high contracts to the guys that'll be taking punishment from Taurus. Not that it will matter. Hawaii wins again. Best team in the game right now, and they might not lose all year.
3. Portland Ronin vs 5. Brisbane Bogans
- Games against Brisbane are all about scheme. I don't think DD changes his defense to deny the Bogan's offense, so give me the Bogans.
6. Tampa Piranhas vs 19. Mongolian Horde
- Tampa gets a bit of a break here finally after having gotten brutalized of late. Mongolian's probably at their ceiling, and I think Tampa will continue to drop a bit as the season progresses to the 10-15 ranks, but not this week. Give me Tampa. Less confident than I probably should be though.
7. The Salty Runback vs 25. Northwest Storms
- Salty gets a breather this week. Dropped a tough one to Rusty. TSR dominated the Season 2 tier on the way up the ladder, but they've appeared to have leveled off early a bit. They still remain a competitive top 10 caliber team, but probably not going to threaten to get into the top 5 at this point as currently constructed. They'll win this game though, and could benefit from any slip-up by Tampa to move up to 6.
8. Rusty's Ruins vs 20. Ministry of Dotball
- Ministry's got a who's who lolgm list, but the team doesn't really perform up to that list. Rusty rebounded nicely to snag a win against Salty, then they squeaked one out against an OffTopica team you'd probably expect them to handle. Rusty's hard to get a handle on this season. I'm going to pick them to beat Ministry because they should, but an upset here wouldn't be mind-blowing like the Dookie win a couple weeks ago over New Jersey.
9. Detroit Foreclosures vs 29. Andes Chinchillas
- Welcome to the discussion Detroit. The unfortunate homeowners have been able to climb on the strength of an unblemished record in a competitive league. They've only lost 4 games thus far, and a couple of those were nasty losses, but they're here and they're playing a tricky opponent in Andes. Andes is probably destined for the top 20 this season, and thus this dip down to the bottom of the target pool is less than ideal for Detroit. If you're going to play an opponent that's not offering much elo to steal, you'd prefer it not be a team that's climbing the ladder. Andes gets a nice opportunity to swipe a chunk of value from Detroit and take a ladder leap. I'm going to gamble on the Season 2 team to upset the Season 1 team. Give me Andes. USC, PaulM, and company better not disappoint me!
Bonus self-serving Pick!
11. Air Raid vs 13. Louisiana Screaming Pelicans
- We've played a bunch of games against Louisiana in the past. Both teams have dropped league games recently, ending their perfect records this season. That said, I view Louisiana as "Air Raid lite". My passing attack should be able to outgun them. I suspect they'll use thick quarters type coverage to attempt to slow us down, but the real killer will be the remodeled Air Raid defense devastating Cajun Cannon. Give me Air Raid, and finally a top 10 slot for our squad.
To the matchups!
1. Romo's Walking Dead vs 10. Harrisonburg Bulldogs
- Romo's indifferent about stuff this season. Tdiddy is not. The bulldogs are playing Hawaii tough, and I suspect have the model on defense to handle what the #1 team does. The dead men don't break tackles as well as Taurus does. I also think Harry will move the ball well offensively. Give me Harrisonburg in an upset.
2. New Jersey Generals vs 4. Hawaii Bulls
- New Jersey's among the better actively coordinated teams around, and their rank reflects that. Hawaii's got a HB that doesn't particularly care about how well you've schemed though. If I were New Jersey, I'd probably shift around my high contracts to the guys that'll be taking punishment from Taurus. Not that it will matter. Hawaii wins again. Best team in the game right now, and they might not lose all year.
3. Portland Ronin vs 5. Brisbane Bogans
- Games against Brisbane are all about scheme. I don't think DD changes his defense to deny the Bogan's offense, so give me the Bogans.
6. Tampa Piranhas vs 19. Mongolian Horde
- Tampa gets a bit of a break here finally after having gotten brutalized of late. Mongolian's probably at their ceiling, and I think Tampa will continue to drop a bit as the season progresses to the 10-15 ranks, but not this week. Give me Tampa. Less confident than I probably should be though.
7. The Salty Runback vs 25. Northwest Storms
- Salty gets a breather this week. Dropped a tough one to Rusty. TSR dominated the Season 2 tier on the way up the ladder, but they've appeared to have leveled off early a bit. They still remain a competitive top 10 caliber team, but probably not going to threaten to get into the top 5 at this point as currently constructed. They'll win this game though, and could benefit from any slip-up by Tampa to move up to 6.
8. Rusty's Ruins vs 20. Ministry of Dotball
- Ministry's got a who's who lolgm list, but the team doesn't really perform up to that list. Rusty rebounded nicely to snag a win against Salty, then they squeaked one out against an OffTopica team you'd probably expect them to handle. Rusty's hard to get a handle on this season. I'm going to pick them to beat Ministry because they should, but an upset here wouldn't be mind-blowing like the Dookie win a couple weeks ago over New Jersey.
9. Detroit Foreclosures vs 29. Andes Chinchillas
- Welcome to the discussion Detroit. The unfortunate homeowners have been able to climb on the strength of an unblemished record in a competitive league. They've only lost 4 games thus far, and a couple of those were nasty losses, but they're here and they're playing a tricky opponent in Andes. Andes is probably destined for the top 20 this season, and thus this dip down to the bottom of the target pool is less than ideal for Detroit. If you're going to play an opponent that's not offering much elo to steal, you'd prefer it not be a team that's climbing the ladder. Andes gets a nice opportunity to swipe a chunk of value from Detroit and take a ladder leap. I'm going to gamble on the Season 2 team to upset the Season 1 team. Give me Andes. USC, PaulM, and company better not disappoint me!
Bonus self-serving Pick!
11. Air Raid vs 13. Louisiana Screaming Pelicans
- We've played a bunch of games against Louisiana in the past. Both teams have dropped league games recently, ending their perfect records this season. That said, I view Louisiana as "Air Raid lite". My passing attack should be able to outgun them. I suspect they'll use thick quarters type coverage to attempt to slow us down, but the real killer will be the remodeled Air Raid defense devastating Cajun Cannon. Give me Air Raid, and finally a top 10 slot for our squad.
Edited by Galithor on Nov 10, 2014 08:27:36
Edited by Galithor on Nov 10, 2014 08:25:06
