The league's two highest scoring teams will play in the Super Bowl matchup this week, while three teams still have a shot at the overall season championship.
Heading into the final week, Big Czeck is in the driver's seat. With a win. Czeck will sweep both the playoff championship and overall regular season crown, earning 60 percent of the pot. They also have a shot at the scoring title.
Big Czeck will play the league's hottest and highest scoring team, Keltner's Bucking Broncos, in the Super Bowl. The Broncos have won three straight playoff games and surged to the scoring lead, where they have a 34-point lead over Big Czeck. Nobody else has a realistic shot at the scoring title besides those two teams. If the Broncos win, they take the 20 percent for the Super Bowl title, and have a chance to third place overall, but could be left out of the money in the overall standings, depending on what else happens.
In other games, it's power seeding with the top remaining seeds facing each other. That means it's second place OG Cardinals vs. third place Trojan Roosters. The Cardinals can win the season championship with a win and a loss by Big Czeck. But both the Cardinals and Big Czeck are guaranteed no worse than third place even if they lose. In fact, Big Czeck is guaranteed a spot in the top two no matter what, and can still win the overall championship even if it loses in the Super Bowl if the Cardinals also lose, and Big Czeck holds its point lead over the Roosters.
The Roosters can guarantee second place with a win over the Cardinals, and could have a shot at first place if it outscores Big Czeck by 34 points -- a long shot, but possible.The Roosters lose and likely fall out of the money altogether.
The St. Louis Browns can finish in third place with a win and a loss by both the Roosters and Broncos. Every other team has been eliminated. The Broncos take third with a win and a loss by the Roosters.
The Weemsters hold a two-game lead in the pick'em contest, but there are still two weeks to go in that contest, as that goes through the final NFL game of the regular season. Everything else, including the scoring title, concludes this week.
A crazy week in the playoffs last week and a shakeup in the standings. Was a big week for Big Czech who won their playoff game and also moved into first place in the standings. The Czech control their destiny now. Win out and they can sweep the overall championship and playoff title both.
Meanwhile, the former first place OG Cardinals got shutout 50-0 in the playoffs. Yes, a few shutouts have happened over the 45-year history, but I don't think ever in the playoffs before. Despite the loss, the Cardinals are still in good shape in the overall standings, tied with the Czeck but behind them in points. They can still win the season's championship by winning out, and Czeck losing once.
The cinderella this year is the defending champion Winged Warriors, who at 5-10 are out of the overall picture but moving on to the semifinals in the playoffs. The Bucking Broncos also won their second playoff game in a row and are the leading scorer in the league. They could still have a shot at first place if they win out and they get a lot of help. The Madd Dogs, who were the dominant team the first half of the season, are back in the thick of it with a playoff win. They face the Broncos in what will be an elimination game in the playoffs, and likely for a money spot in the season standings. Six teams are within a game-and-a-half of first in the overall standings with two weeks to go, so this week will likely knock out a few contenders and elevate some others.
Thanks again Steve. Matchups fixed now. Seeding is 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, etc.
Scoreboard has the Big Czech playing a double-header this weekend.
The Broncos and Winged Warriors advanced in the first-round of the playoffs and earned a spot In the eight-team bracket this week. The Hurricanes and Weemsters are eliminated. Meanwhile we have a new leader atop the standings with the OG Cardinals at 10-4 and three teams just a game back. Huge week coming up!
Not sure the scoreboard has the correct matchups for this week.
The season has reached the crossroads. It's Week 14 -- the time to test our mettle. Every team is still alive, even those buried in the dredges of the standings still have hope. But we've reached the breaking point for some, maybe a turning point for others. There's just four weeks left in the season and it's time to separate the wheat from the chaff.
The first round of the playoffs begin this week and the field is set. The Bucking Broncos play the Hurricanes and the Weemsters take on the Wichita Winged Warriors, our defending champion. The two winners will advance to the 8-team bracket the following week while the losers say good night and good luck.
The outcomes are just as important for teams with a first-round bye. The championship crown is up for grabs. There are six contenders within two games of the lead, and don't count out the Bucking Broncos, who are seventh 2.5 back, but have arguably the best team so far this year as evidenced by the most points scored. A points advantage will rule any tiebreakers, and that's good news also for Big Czeck, who sit a few points back of the Broncos but ahead of all others. Everything to this point has just been setting the stage. Cue the music. Now, let the games begin! (loud applause).
Congrats once again to the Weemsters! For the second year in a row, and third time in the last four years, the Weemsters are the sole survivor. All three remaining contestants had different picks, and while the OG Cardinals and Broncos were knocked out in upset losses, the Weemsters got it right with Detroit. The Weemsters win $50.
All three Survivors -- Broncos, Weemsters and Cardinals -- still win this week behind the Rams, and are still alive heading to week 10.
