Rivalry Week- Playoff Picture

Hi all,

Your bed-ridden commissioner has staggered out into the kitchen to stuff his face and try to fix his iTunes (which is occasionally not updating the 'play count'- anyone have ideas???).  In the meantime, let's talk some playoffs.

By this point we should all know the matchups...standings:

Norwood Division
Malinn, 10-3
Nemo, 9-4
Concannon, 5-8
DFlam, 3-10
TMac, 2-11

Mustang Division
Tighe, 9-4
Lee, 9-4
Curran, 8-5
Brett, 6-7
Thompson, 4-9

The big news is that both Tighe and Malinn control their own destiny, so to speak, with regard to winning the division- the only way I could be wrong is if Tighe and Lee both win while Lee makes up ONE HUNDRED POINTS.  Good luck, Lee.

The race for the top seed is down to these two- Malinn, if he wins, will clinch.   Tighe, with a win and a Malinn loss, should gain the crown given his own large points lead over Malinn.

Curran, #2 in points, has found himself on the outside after a crushing loss to...Thompson?  The good news is that Curran needs someone above him to lose and with Malinn facing Lee and Nemo facing Tighe, the only way he could be totally locked out is with a Lee win or tie AND a Tighe-Nemo TIE.  That is it...otherwise, Curran can get to 9-5 with a win and climb past either Lee, if he loses, and/or the loser of Tighe-Nemo.

The trickiest part is that Curran is up nine on Nemo and down thirty to Tighe so getting level with the loser of that matchup does not guarantee anything.  The simplest path is through Lee, provided he falls to Malinn.

On the other end, both Brett and Thompson, heroically forging on, will not be permitted further spoiler status as they face down and out DFlam and Concannon, respectively.  The latter pair were 9-10 in points last week- nice work.

TMac- I did not forget you.

Good luck, all.

Tim