Week 13
It came down to the wire for a few teams, but after all the dust settled, fittingly, the 6 highest scoring teams through 13 games were the final 6 that will advance to the CFFFL playoffs. However, there were some upsets, as neither of the 2 highest scoring teams, Draft King and the Russian Hackers, finished with the most league victories, so neither finished first in the league, nor did either receive a 1st round playoff BYE. And to add insult to injury, they will face off against each other in the 1st round, from which only 1 will advance. As they are both dangerous and high-scoring teams, this is good news for the rest of the playoff teams.
In what can best be called "Streaking into the Playoffs" the 6 CFFFL playoff teams each won their week 13 match up with the exception of the overall point leading Draft King, who, though they lost, still put up the 3rd best score of the week, and only lost to another playoff team, the runner up in points and CFFFL East Division Champion, Russian Hackers. Jerry "I'd have gotten away with winning this league if it wasn't for that meddling kid brother of mine!" Cook, having lost both regular season battles with his youngest brother will have a 3rd attempt to defeat David "I love a good Scooby Doo omage, don't you?" Cook when they meet for the 2nd consecutive week in this week's 1st round Wild Card Matchup.
Other playoff bound winners included number 1 seed Amanda "I don't know why everyone thinks being a Champion is so hard" Cook and No Punt Intended, who defeated former CFFFL Champion John "Why didn't you let me quit after my first year" Cook and Max 20 Characters in a blowout. The win propelled No Punt Intended to the overall top spot, and a 1st round BYE. They will await the winner of the Crazy/NotInPrison game in round 2.
Speaking of NotInPrison, also winning headed into the playoffs was Cindy "I don't mind playing pre-teens... unless they win" Cook and NFL-NIP(NotInPrison) had a close game with Asher "I'm still making roster moves after being eliminated, it's just what I do" Cook and The Cloudy Navigator, who both needed the win and a loss from another team to improve their final ranking. Only 1 got the win, but neither got the loss from the other team they needed, so neither moved in the rankings. The Cloudy Navigator will have to settle for being the best non-playoff team in their inaugural season, and NFL-NIP(NotInPrison) will face another pre-teen in the 1st round to try an advance to a match up with North Division foe No Punt Intended in round 2.
The pre-teen next up for NFL-NIP(NotInPrison) will be Cosette "If I knock her out of the playoffs, will that make our next Aunt Cindy Day awkward?" Cook and Coconutycrazy who defeated The Gamers, led by Durlon "The real question is - how did I actually win 2 whole games?" Bryant who finished dead last in the league and a full 2 games behind the next closest team, and was the only CFFFL team to not break the 1000 point benchmark in total points. As for Cocounutycrazy, their first year in the league was a surprising success, as they won 7 games, finished in the top six in scoring, won their division, made the playoffs, and were the only team that made 0 post draft acquisitions. Their 1st round match up with NFL-NIP(NotInPrison) will determine how many more surprises this team has up their sleeve.
Josh's Juggernauts made a statement to finish out the regular season by putting up their highest single game point total for the season in a defeat of Gary "Remember when I was a good team and leading my division - yeah, that was cool" St. John and Gary's Team. Juggernauts leader Josh "Remember when I lost to Motherboy - yeah, that was NOT cool" Cook has won 5 out of his last 6 games, and earned a #2 ranking and a BYE with the win. He will await the winner of the Hackers/King match up in round 2 of the CFFFL playoffs.
In the only week 13 game that didn't feature a playoff team, Motherboy faced off with Normans Playboy Team in a game that could have resulted in a playoff berth for the Playboys if their win had coincided with a Coconutycrazy loss. It didn't, but Norman "How 'Bout Dem Cowboys?!" Cook rallied from possibly the worst rated draft in CFFFL season to win 6 games, and come extremely close to a CFFFL West Division title and a trip to the playoffs. Motherboy chief, Gary "Remember when I beat the Hackers and the Juggernauts for 2 of my 4 wins - Yeah. Season. Made." Cook will have to wait yet another year to claim that elusive CFFFL championship trophy.
Final Standings
CFFFL Playoffs
Should be 2 great 1st round match ups. Obviously, those will be the WatchBlog Games of the Week. If you didn't know that, you should probably just stop reading this blog. WatchBlog out.
