Week 15 SHOCKER!!! DSVP loses to the “former” champ TBIAC 122-87.  Shocking part was how close this one was.  DSVP goes to the Sacko Bowl and Glass escapes the horrible shame and name-calling of playing in the loser championship game.

Ceiling Cats 108-84.  This would knock Pigg out of the winners division if……. About a thousand things happened. Cats move into the top spot if Grid loses or Second in the East if Grid wins. Deangelo with 20 and AJ with 19 and trade-rape Alshon 16 was just too much for Cam’s 22 and Marshall’s 18.  Let’s see how this played out….

 

  In the “game that doesn’t matter” LO takes out DSVP in the fashion he deserved 129-61. LO is in DSVP has been “out” since week 3!

  In the Big D Bro-down, and a chance at the playoffs for the second highest scoring team in the league, TBIAC goes “down” on, I mean, to, Grid, 134-86, the highest scoring team in the league this year.  Grid takes the dangerous #1 spot into the playoffs while TBIAC will spend his first of-season in losers hell, the consolation bracket.  Wilson continues to dominate, Gurley had 26 and ODB may be the greatest WR in history.  Upside, Stewart got injured. Hopefully that’s enough for someone to derail this FFL machine!

   

 And in the game that would decide it all in the West, aka dumpster-fire, Division, TSMYTD’S took on DFUN.  If both TSMYTD’S and Pigg won or lost and Pigg out scored TSMYTD’S by 31 pts he was in. Anything else and Tanner took the division.  Lucky for TSMYTD’S that he played DFUN who ended his season as we all knew he would. With a L, 58-55.  Nothing to break down on this game, they both sucked, TSMYTD’S just sucked less this week. Tanner wins the East!!

                     PF.         PA.      Record

Grid.             1537.    1227.      10-4

TBIAC.          1401.    1396.      5-9

Cats.             1368.    1191.     10-4

LO.                1364.    1431.      7-7

DSVP.           1274.     1357.      5-9

TSMYTD’S    1201.     1351.     7-7

Pigg.             1197.     1295.     6-8

DFUN.           1196.     1290.     6-8

   

    These numbers prove one thing and one thing only. Nothing. How can you score the second most points and be tied for dead last (TBIAC)? How can you get oust scored by 150pts and be in the winners brackets (TSMYTD’S)? How can one team get scored against 240pts less than the highest team (Cats)?  I for one lost to LO 158-157 and lost to TSMYTD’S 65-51. So this intrepid reporter has no clue?  It’s one of the reason we all loves us sum FFL! That and when Grid loses he fires his entire FFL analytics staff. That’s always fun!!

    Playoffs-

Grid v LO

Cats v TSMYTD’S 

    Projections

None. Let’s see how this season plays out!!!

     A couple things we all knew coming into week 13. TBIAC had to win for any chance at controlling the EAST Div winners bracket entry.  Grid and Cats were in.  LO looked like a lock due to her enormous points lead over the hapless DFUN but, not a done deal.  TSMYTD’S and PIGG held their destiny in their own hands. And the one “for sure, no brainier, done-deal”, DSVP is OOOUUUUTTTT!!!  In this do-or-die week, some stepped up, some slipped and fell and some (DSVP) just continued to suck.

    In the Family Fued, DFUN v PIGG, both teams desperately needed a win. Pigg to get to first place and DFUN to have an outside chance of overtaking LO. 99-67 Pigg.  DFUNs dreams are once again crushed by the cruel, fickle gods of the FFL.  Pigg somehow is tied for 1st place in the super competitive East ( notice I didn’t say “good” or “strong” or “mediocre” East Divison, cause it ain’t!). AP with 1, Jones 1, Benjamin 4…… You see where this is going.  Pigg rode Cam’s 35 all over his kinfolk, much like his Yankee forefathers ran roughshod over the South.

    Cats 95-82 over DSVP.  End of DSVP.  From winners bracket to first team out. Sad.

    Grid against TSMYTD’S in a battle between the top teams in both divisions. Some reporters were calling this a championship preview and it lived up to all the hype.  Grid slips past 114-11. Great games from both teams, with a season ending injury to M Ingram maybe being the difference.  Tanner now has to regroup and hit the waiver wire hard to replace is RB stud.  Grid continues to roll (keep praying for injury).

    And in the showcase game of the week, LO v TBIAC.  LO looking to grab her first seat at the “big-boys” table and TBIAC trying to stay in contention in what can only be described as “the worst division in FFL history” (quote from ESPN Matthew Berry (( don’t actually have proof of this quote)).  LO is victorious again, 121-108.  Brady and Robinson, 30 and 33 made up for Lacey’s 0. Panthers D (I think the Cats USED to have them) let down TBIAC and put him in a deep, deep, deep fantasy hole!!!

     So with one game to play it breaks down like this-

IN- Grid, Cats, LO 

OUT- DSVP, DFUN

?- TSMYTD’S, Pigg, TBIAC 

 

The Lucky Bastard Scoring

                          PF.                        PA

Grid-                  1403.                   1141

TBIAC-               1315.                   1262

LO-                    1303.                   1302

Cats-                 1260.                    1107

DSVP-               1145.                    1296

TSMYTD’S-       1143.                    1296

DFUN-               1141.                    1232

PIGG-                1113.                    1187

So far the ” Lucky Bastard” is PIGG with The lowest points scored and 2nd lowest points against but tied for 1st.  The “big loser” is TBIAC with 2nd highest points yet a 5-8 record.  Cats are 4th in points scored but absolute last in points scored against.  DSVP gets the “screwed award” for 5th in points for but first to be out of the winners bracket. LO gets the “even” award at 1303 PF and 1302 PA. This just proves what we all know, the FFL Gods are CRAZY!!!!!

     Week 14- if TSMYTD’S wins he is in as long as PIGG doesn’t win and out score him by  31pts. PIGG is in he if wins and outscores TSMYTDs by 31pts and TSMYTD’S loses. TBIAC is in if TSMYTD’S and PIGG lose. So it’s perfectly clear!!

   TBIAC, former champion, is looking the Losers Bracket in the face. He must beat Grid this week and hope for losses to TSMYTD’S and PIGG to get to the dance despite the fact he has out scored every team but the current champ Grid. That has got to HURT!!!!!

week 11-12
   Shockingly this FFL season is quickly coming to an end.  Some are fighting to get into the winners bracket for a chance at the “Lucky Bastard” and some are just being losers (you know who you are). Just Kidding, according to my math, after week 12, everyone still has a chance. (I doubt this is true, DSVP sucks, and DFUN will find a way to blow it again, and my math skills are HIGHLY questionable). More on playoff predictions later….
   DFUN takes out TBIAC 101-96.  This looks like the first year TBIAC will be the favorite in the playoffs. In the losers bracket.  DFUN is still fighting back from their EPIC mid-season collapse.
   GRID crushes DSVP 135-49. 49? Every position filled?.  No injuries?  49 pts? WTF??
    PIGG 91-65 over the slumping LO.  Without her “black stallion” LO has been struggling.  PIGG, who has scored in the 40’s twice this year, is still viable in the dumpster-fire of the WEST division.  LO is fighting for the fourth spot in the winners bracket with a chance to move up, or fall completely out.
    CATS allowed TSMYTDS to win 65-51.  This was completelya strategic move by the Cats head coach/waiver wire genius/GM of the year.  The masses will understand when the Cats master plan is revealed.  Or it was just a really bad week?

Week 12-
   TBIAC fighting to make the playoffs…. Have to win….Must win game…..Loss to Cats 110-88 despite being a 8.5pt fav.  Great pickups by the Cats (see above awards/titles/declarations) Ware 17pts in place of JC who blew out a knee, who was replaced by West who pulled a hammy.  The Cats team has been described as a “combination of Fergie and Jesus.”  This writer agrees.
   Grid continues to look like the first “Lucky Bastard” back-to-back winner, crushing team Pigg. 108-86.  GRID starters are an awesome group! Hopefully there will be injuries, because his bench is as scary as DSVP’s starters (not scary).  Pigg is still in this at one game back with two to go (predictions to follow).
     LO continues to sliiiiiiiddeee, losing 82-100 to surging TSMYTDs.  Despite a -2 from Romo, TSMYTDS takes the W with great games from Megatron and the Bengals D.   LO continues to struggle at RB with various injuries. This victory and the TBIAC loss puts Tanner in sole possession of first place in the “short bus” division.
    DSVP 74- DFUN 82.  29 from AP puts DFUN in the lottery of the “winners bracket”.  4-8 puts DSVP as the biggest long shot for the winners bracket this year.  I’d do the math but, seriously, why waste the time!!
    The Commish and the humble writer of this Pulitzer Prize Blog nominee sat down with NASA and MIT Mathematics Dept and came up with a rock-solid prediction for the last two weeks leading into the playoffs.  Warning- this could be shocking news to some teams (DSVP).  Please look at it responsibly……

   This would put the Cats at #1 vs. DFUN and TBIAC vs Grid in a back to back rematch. Losers division goes like this… Losers, no one cares.