Quick Playoff Picture Update

Happy December...a look at the many races taking place in the last two weeks.

Norwood Division
At this stage, Concannon (9-3) holds a one-game edge on TMac (8-4) for the division lead.  Ahead by nearly 250 points, Concannon also holds the tie-breaker, effectively making this a one and a half game lead.  For TMac to win the division, he would need to win the head-to-head match in week 13, beat Curran in week 14, and hope Thompson can pull off the upset over Concannon in their rivalry week showdown.  It seems very unlikely that Concannon, despite a handful of injuries, will not win the division.

Mustang Division
A little murkier here, Curran is ahead of DFlam at this moment by tie-breaker and is likely to retain this edge through the end of the season. Both teams sit at 9-3.  Lee, at 8-4, is one back but could compete with Curran in the event of a tie if he outscores Curran by 31 points over the last two weeks.  All three sides face opponents out of the race this week- Lee gets Brett, Curran faces Nemo, DFlam grapples with Thompson- but rivalry week sees slightly tougher competition.  At this point, Curran is the favorite thanks to the tie-breaker edge over DFlam and the one-game lead over Lee but he could slip up in week 14 to TMac, potentially giving the other two gentlemen an opening.

Number One Seed- League Championship
The race for the championship basically comes down to whether Concannon loses or not.  If he wins out, the points lead he holds will likely be enough to win any tie-breakers with the Mustang Division champion.  If he does manage to drop a game, the winner of the Mustang Division will likely be ahead on W-L record and take the spoils.

Wild Card Positions
DFlam is in at 9-3 while Lee edges TMac via the tie-breaker by nearly 150 points.  TMac's point total is very poor at this stage- he trails almost all competitors by at least sixty points- so he would likely need two wins in the last two to grab a wild card position.  One win would give him nine total for the season, not enough to edge Curran or DFlam, who are already on nine, so in that scenario Lee would need to lose twice.

Predictions?
The Commissioner boastfully predicts his own squad to take the #1 seed and the league championship while he likes Lee to get upset by Malinn in rivalry week but for it to be an ultimately moot point as Lee skates in via tie-breaker for the last wild card spot.  Curran fills in the other division championship, edging 11-3 DFlam on yet another tie-breaker.