Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Playoff Picture Update- Final Week, plus news

Hi,

Please see Yahoo for the updated standings.

Week 14 is upon us which means a final flurry of rivalry week games before we begin the playoffs.  At this stage, the playoffs are set: Concannon is in as a division winner while Curran, DFlam, and Lee will all enter with one winning the division.  Given his points lead, Concannon will win the regular season championship if he defeats Thompson.  A loss or tie by Concannon opens the door for the winner of the other division- here are the scenarios:

-Curran wins with a win over TMac as he should maintain his points lead over DFlam
-DFlam wins if he defeats Brett and Curran loses or ties
-A loss by both teams would allow Lee a chance if he defeats Malinn as he holds a significant edge on points.  However, he would need to also overtake Concannon in this scenario.

The four teams will meet in week 15 for the semi-finals.  The top seed will select his opponent from the two wild-cards by Wednesday at noon and the remaining two teams will meet in the other game.  Ties are broken by seed so in the event of a tie the division winner will advance to the Superbowl.  A tie in the Superbowl will be broken by a replay in week 17 (full lineups).

The League Cup will begin in week 15.  Last year's two finalists will each receive the benefit of playing one opponent in the head-to-head quarterfinals.  Two teams will be drawn randomly to face those teams.  The remaining six teams will be divided into two groups of three with the high scorer in each menage-a-cup advancing to the semi-finals.  The semi-finals will be two head-to-head matchups.  As usual, three players per team up until the full roster Cup Final in week 17 with no overlaps allowed for those in the NFFL Playoffs.  Ties in the cup will be broken in order of the highest scorer for each team- if still tied, the bench is used (with, again, no overlaps).

The draw for the cup quarterfinals will take place later this week- perhaps Friday.  The semi-final draw will take place the Tuesday following the quarterfinal.

Prize money, as usual: $100 for the regular season champion, $100 for the League Cup, $200 for the Superbowl.  Superbowl participants can negotiate a split if they so choose prior to the game.

Any questions should be directed to the facebook thread.

Thanks,

Tim

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