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2008 Week 12 Stat Change

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Post Mortem

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There were three stat changes in week 12 that slightly modified a few final scores:

A 4-yard Chad Pennington rush was changed to a sack, adding .4 points back to Pennington’s (and WBM’s) score
That same play turned into a sack for the New England defense, which was also started by Winning Beer Money, adding 1 more point
A 7-yard passing play from Kyle Orton to Matt Forte was changed to a rushing play. The change did not impact Forte’s scoring day, but did result in .35 points being deducted from Orton’s total, dropping Camel Toe’s final score accordingly.

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Logo Contest – Central Division

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Post Mortem

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Next up in the logo voting. The Central.

Who has the best logo in the Central?

Chain Smoking Patch Junkies (86%, 6 Votes)
Winning Beer Money (14%, 1 Votes)
The Jedi Masters (0%, 0 Votes)
Sharp as a Bowling Ball (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 7

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Chain Smoking Patch Junkies

The Jedi Masters

Sharp as a Bowling Ball

Winning Beer Money

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2008 Week 13 Preview [Jessica Biel]

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Post Mortem

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Week 13 Matchups

DDT and SIAP meet for the tenth time in PFFL history and second time this year in a key East division battle. DDT beat SIAP, 105.55 – 98.31, back in week 1, has beaten SIAP in two straight, and leads the overall series, 6-3.
In another East division matchup, Kramerica takes on Double D. Kramerica beat DD by 25 back in week 7, but has been dominated by Double D in the career matchup, 6-2. Double D won their first three meetings, then dropped a game to KI. DD followed that with three more in a row before Kramerica beat them this season. Is this the start of another 3-game win streak for Double D, or does Kramerica turn the tide?
Tappa Kegga Day and Sharp as a Bowling Ball square off in an inter-divisional clash of division leaders. This one could have some seeding implications. TKD won the first two career meetings, then endured an 8-game losing streak to SaaBB from 1998-2004. Since then, however, TKD has won three in a row in this streaky series, but still trails overall, 8-5.
Post Mortem looks to keep their division record unblemished this week in a rematch with Hedfullalicker. Post beat Hed back in week 6, 109.89 – 78.67, and leads the all-time matchup, 12-5. Yes, this is the 18th meeting of these two clubs. The last time PM beat ‘licker twice in one season? 2002 — when they also met in weeks 6 and 13.
The Hip and Turd Ferguson will play a critical playoff pursuit game this week in a rematch of a week 8 win by Turd. Turd leads this career matchup, 8-4, and has won four of the last five.
Camel Toe and The Jedi Masters are playing for the third time in Camel’s three seasons. The Jedis have owned this matchup to-date, scoring 112 and 144 points in those two games while holding Toe to less than 80. The Jedis probably have some faint playoff hopes on the line here.
CSPJ and WBM play for the second time this year and eighth in PFFL history. CSPJ beat WBM 4 weeks ago by 9 points, ending a 4-game WBM win streak in the series. WBM leads all-time, 4-2-1 (Yes, Donovan, there are ties in PFFL too).

Record Watch

DDT hopes to avoid their 50th regular season loss
DDT is only 33.91 points away from 10,000 regular season points. Barring a performance like last week, they should reach that mark.
SIAP has a chance to become the second team in PFFL history to win 50 division games.
Post Mortem seeks to remain undefeated in division play this season

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Jessica Biel is here to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving full of good food, family/friends, and safe travels. Plus, you can print off 12 of these pictures and make your own 2009 calendar.

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2008 Rivalry Week 12 Recap [Rocio Guirao Diaz]

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Post Mortem

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Week 12 Highlights

Tappa Kegga Day destroyed DDT by 95 points. This was your classic high point week vs low point week matchup as nothing went right for DDT and everything feel into place for TKD. The win earns TKD a season split with DDT, but DDT still leads the all-time matchup, 7-4.
Post Mortem used every last bit of Aaron Rodgers’ Monday night performance to squeak by SIAP and lock up the top playoff seed. This career series is now tied at 7 wins each.
Kramerica Industries secured a spot in the playoffs with their second straight win over Winning Beer Money, extending their series lead to 6-4. WBM is now all but eliminated from playoff contention.
CSPJ had another big week, mathematically eliminating Double D from the playoff race with a 22 point win. This ends a three-game win streak for DD in the series, but DD still leads 3-2.
The Jedi Masters missed out on a chance to firmly insert themselves into the playoff hunt, falling to Hedfullalicker, 117.79 – 109.99. This all-time series is now all knotted up at 7 wins each.
Sharp as a Bowling Ball remained in the 2nd playoff slot with a victory over The Hip, who is still fighting to get into the postseason. SaaBB’s win ended a four-game Hip winning streak in this battle, and gives them an overall 9-8 lead.
Turd Ferguson completed a season sweep of Camel Toe, winning by 38 and extending their series lead to 3-1.

PFFL Survivor

SIAP was only able to muster 75.36 points this week and missed out on the money in Survivor by the slimmest of margins — one week. This sets up a two-week finale between CSPJ and SaaBB. The winner gets $100, the loser $40.

No More Immunity

Eliminated: SIAP

Finals: SaaBB, CSPJ

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Postseason Races

East: The only division race that is actually still a race is led by TKD at 8-4. Kramerica is also 8-4, but was swept by TKD. SIAP cannot win the division, and neither can DDT. DDT could possibly enter into a three-way tie with TKD and Kramerica, but TKD would win based on a 3-1 record in their head-to-head matchups. So, this race is officially between TKD and Kramerica and TKD’s magic number is 2 — any combo of wins by TKD and losses by KI that equals or exceeds 2 will give TKD the division crown.

Central: Sharp as a Bowling Ball has won the division

West: Post Mortem has won the division and the #1 seed in the playoffs.

Wild Card: TKD and Kramerica have both locked up playoff spots regardless of how their division battle turns out. Hedfullalicker and Turd Ferguson qualify for the playoffs with one more win, or a Hip loss (interestingly, they each play The Hip head-to-head in the final two weeks). DDT and SIAP play each other this week. If Turd beats The Hip, the winner of the DDT-SIAP matchup is in. The Jedis, CSPJ and WBM are on life support, but do have a chance to get into a multi-team tie at 6-8 that could come down to total points (this is good news for The Jedi Masters). For this to happen, however, the loser of DDT-SIAP needs to also lose in week 14, and The Hip needs to go 1-1. Oh, and these 4-8 teams need to… like… win 2 games.

Seeds: Post Mortem has locked up the #1 seed. If SaaBB beats TKD this week, SaaBB will be the #2 seed. If TKD wins, they will be #2 with either a win in week 14 or a SaaBB loss. Seeds 4-8 are completely up in the air.

IN: Post Mortem (1), Sharp as a Bowling Ball, Tappa Kegga Day, Kramerica Industries
OUT: Camel Toe, Double D

Record Watch

DDT’s 31.9 points doesn’t make the top 10 lowest scores list, but it’s close. Tied for 9th on that list are two teams that scored 31.
TKD’s 95 point victory over DDT is the third largest victory margin in PFFL history.
Post Mortem became the 12th team in league history to win 11 games in a single season. It’s the second time in Post Mortem history (they won 12 in 1997).

Season High Points

SaaBB remained in the lead in the season high points race, but the big news this week is how much the Jedi Masters have closed the gap. There is now less than 1 point separating the top two teams in this race, with two other teams less than 40 points back.

SaaBB – 1191.41
The Jedi Masters – 1190.48 (0.93 PB)
Hedfullalicker – 1160.16 (31.25 PB)
Post Mortem – 1153.16 (38.25 PB)

Season High Points Against

The hard-luck award now looks like a three-team race, with The Jedis pulling a little farther ahead of Hedfullalicker this week, but needing high scoring weeks from Camel Toe (unlikely) and CSPJ (likely) in the next two weeks to stay on top. Hedfullalicker, meanwhile, takes on Post Mortem and The Hip, while CSPJ plays WBM and TJM.

The Jedi Masters – 1178.59
Hedfullalicker – 1170.07 (8.52 PB)
CSPJ – 1153.27 (25.32 PB)

Recap Babe

Rocio Guirao Diaz is a fashion model from Argentina. A lot of her photos seem to be from the back for some reason. She apparently also danced in the Argentine version of Dancing with the Stars.

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Logo Contest – East Division

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Post Mortem

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It’s time to determine which of the new PFFL logos is the best. We’ll start with three rounds of “Best Logo in the Division” voting, followed by a final vote among the top vote getters in each division. First up, the East:

Who has the best logo in the East?

Tappa Kegga Day (50%, 5 Votes)
SIAP (30%, 3 Votes)
Double D (10%, 1 Votes)
Kramerica Industries (10%, 1 Votes)
Duany Duany Tanning (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 10

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Double D

Duany Duany Tanning

Kramerica Industries

SIAP

Tappa Kegga Day

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2008 RIVALRY Week 12 Preview

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Post Mortem

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This week is the second of our two rivalry weeks for the season. Last time I named them all. This time, each team gets a mascot. Why? Well, I’d rather look for pictures of hot chicks than spend the day trying to think of some unique name for your rivalry. If any of you would like to name your rivalry games differently, however, feel free to let me know.

Week 12 Rivalry Matchups

Duany Duany Tanning vs Tappa Kegga Day
Olsen Twins vs Shania Twain

This is the 11th meeting between these two clubs in a series that has seen games played in every year since DDT joined the league. DDT beat TKD, 91.5 – 59.6, back in week 6 and hopes to their overall series advantage to 8-3. A win would also put DDT right back in the mix for the East division crown. DDT is represented by the Olsen twins in a photo that is more than likely fake, but that I’m sure DDT will enjoy. TKD is being cheered on by Shania Twain. I have no idea if she’s still performing or even alive, but she’s probably still on Steck’s list.

Sken’s Irish Alley Pissers vs Post Mortem
Krista Allen vs Keeley Hazell

This battle features the two winningest teams in PFFL history. Post Mortem leads all teams with 101overall wins and 96 regular season victories. SIAP is right behind with 89 in the regular season and is seeking their 100th win overall this week. This series is just as close, tied at six wins each in the regular season (although SIAP holds the overall lead, 7-6, due to a playoff win). SIAP won the last meeting, in week 7 last season. This is the 4th week 12 meeting in the career matchup, with SIAP ahead 2-1 in week 12 games. Krista Allen and Keeley Hazell share a special spot in many dreams…

Kramerica Industries vs Winning Beer Money
Brooke Burns vs Brooke Burke

This is the 10th meeting between Kramerica and WBM in a series that dates back to 2002. 2002 might also be when these two Brookes were both popular. Kramerica is currently 7-4 and riding a two-game win streak. WBM is 4-7 after losing last week. In the career series, Kramerica holds the lead, 5-4, and won the last meeting, 117.89 – 76.2, in week 8 of the 2007 season. This is the latest in the season these two teams have ever met.

Double D vs Chain Smoking Patch Junkies
Big Boobs vs Smoking Chick

Yeah, so these pictures were just team name based. It seemed appropriate. And really, when you’re both 3-8? Well, it’s not like I’m going to try extra hard. This game is probably going to be quite meaningful, though, as the loser is gonna be out of the playoff picture. I’m not saying the winner will get in, but they might at least still be alive. Since CSPJ won the first meeting in 2004, Double D has dominated this series, leading 3-1.

Hedfullalicker vs The Jedi Masters
Katherine McPhee vs Carrie Underwood

The babe matchup is two former American Idol hotties. The game matchup is a good one. TJM leads the all-time series over Hedfullalicker, 7-6, has won the last two meetings, and desperately needs a victory this week if they want to have any chance at a playoff berth. Hedfullalicker has won both of the previous two week 12 matchups between these clubs. Interestingly, since the Jedi’s entry into the league in 1998, these two teams have played every season except 2000.

The Hip vs Sharp as a Bowling Ball
Pamela Anderson vs Yasmine Bleeth

In a battle of original PFFL franchises, SaaBB and The Hip square off for the 17th time. The overall series is all tied up at 8 wins each. This is the fourth time these teams have met in week 12, with The Hip holding a 2-1 advantage. SaaBB has already locked up a playoff spot with the Central division title, while The Hip, at 5-6, is fighting for survival in their quest for the postseason.

Camel Toe vs Turd Ferguson
Erica Durance vs Scarlett Johansson

This young rivalry is being represented this week by Lois Lane (Smallville version) and the star of way too many Woody Allen movies. Turd leads this series, 2-1, winning in both 2006 and back in week 2 this season. Camel Toe took down Turd last year. These two teams have never before met after week 8. Camel Toe is out of playoff contention, but Turd Ferguson is right in the mix at 6-5.

Record Watch

SIAP seeks their 100th overall win this week
Turd Ferguson is looking for their 75th regular season win
Post Mortem can lock up their first ever #1 seed this week with a win or SaaBB loss

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2008 Week 11 Stat Change [Marisa Miller]

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Post Mortem

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A small stat change this week as a 4 yard pass from Jake Delhomme to Steve Smith was added to the official record book.

The Jedi Masters, who started Steve Smith, get 0.4 more points.

This change does not resurrect TJM’s Survivor status, but it does pull them a little closer in one race:

Season High Points (corrected)

Sharp as a Bowling Ball used their head-to-head matchup against the #2 overall scorer to extend their lead this week:

SaaBB – 1098.66
The Jedi Masters – 1080.49 (18.17 PB)
Post Mortem – 1071.75 (26.91 PB)
Hedfullalicker – 1042.37 (56.29 PB)
SIAP – 1038.83 (59.83 PB)

Stat Change Babe

Marisa Miller modeled at a Victoria’s Secret fashion show this week in support of stat changes.

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2008 Week 11 Recap [Olga Kurylenko]

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Post Mortem

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Two division winners were crowned in week 11, while one division still has a ways to go before the coronation ceremony. Elsewhere, Survivor is down to three teams, the “High Points Against” race is even tighter than the “High Points For” race, and Post Mortem sets another milestone. Plus, boobs. Read on…

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Week 11 Highlights

Hedfullalicker took care of business in a non-division matchup with DDT, winning by 10. This evens the all-time series at 5 wins each and both teams now have matching 6-5 records.
Kramerica kept pace in the East by completing the season sweep of SIAP. The two wins this season are KI’s only 2 in 8 tries against SIAP all-time.
Tappa Kegga Day continued its dominance in division play with a win over Double D. TKD is now 7-4 overall, 5-1 in the division, including 2 wins over 7-4 Kramerica. My point? The division is TKD’s to lose. Despite being swept in two games by TKD this year, Double D still leads the career series 7-3.
Post Mortem stayed perfect in West division play, completing a sweep of Turd Ferguson in a thrilling Monday night comeback. The win also locked up the West division for PM. Post leads this matchup, 9-6.
Sharp as a Bowling Ball completed a division-clinching season sweep of their own, beating The Jedi Masters by 16. SaaBB now leads this matchup 10-6.
The Hip beat CSPJ in a high-scoring affair, 109.21 – 106.29, between two teams fighting to stay alive in the playoff chase. This game ties the all-time series at three wins each.
Camel Toe picked up their second victory of the season, beating WBM for the second time in three tries since CT joined the league. By winning by 39, Camel Toe also greatly reduced the chance that a stat change will wipe this win away.

PFFL Survivor

CSPJ scored 106.29 points to pace the remaining four Survivors, despite losing their game against The Hip. SaaBB did just fine with 90.95. The bottom two made things interesting though, as SIAP remained alive by only 2.4 points over The Jedi Masters, who were eliminated. Next week is the final elimination week before the grandiose two-week finale.

No More Immunity

Eliminated: The Jedi Masters

Final Three: SaaBB, SIAP, CSPJ

View the current Survivor Standings

Postseason Races

East: Tappa Kegga Day is now firmly in control of their own destiny in the East. Win out and the division title is theirs. DDT, however, also controls their fortunes. Three wins to close out the season will give them the division title. Kramerica needs to win out and get a little help in the form of a TKD loss. SIAP? Well, they still have a chance, but with a 1-5 division mark and a sweep at the hands of Kramerica, they definitely need to win out and then get some help (an additional TKD loss and two losses by Kramerica to be exact). Double D has been eliminated from division contention.

Central: Sharp as a Bowling Ball has clinched the Central division title. To claim the #1 playoff seed, SaaBB needs to win three and have Post Mortem lose three.

West: Post Mortem has claimed the West division title, and needs only 1 more win or a single SaaBB loss to lock up the top seed and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.

Wild Card: As it stands right now, 3 teams from the East and 2 from the West would make the playoffs as Wild Cards. While the line between playoff qualifier and Toilet Bowl entrant is starting to become clearer, there is still hope for a number of teams currently on the outside looking in. The Hip is likely in control of their own fate and would probably make the playoffs by winning out. The Jedi Masters and Winning Beer Money likely must win all three of their remaining games, and get a little help along the way, but still have at least a decent shot at getting that help given the number of head-to-head division games forthcoming in the East and West. CSPJ and Double D are not yet mathematically eliminated, but either of them making it to the postseason would be miracle-esque. Camel Toe is now officially a Toilet Bowl contender.

IN: Post Mortem, Sharp as a Bowling Ball
OUT: Camel Toe

Record Watch

In a season of milestones, Post Mortem reached another one this week, becoming the first team in PFFL history to record 50 division wins. Despite only having 39 division losses, it took PM 90 division games to reach this mark — they currently have an all-time division record of 50-39-1. (Note: SIAP has two more chances this season to get their 50th division win and TKD would also reach the mark if they win both of their remaining division matchups)
Sharp as a Bowling Ball and Post Mortem will both be making their 9th playoff appearances this year. That is a league record that cannot be tied by anyone else for at least one more season.
The division titles for SaaBB and Post Mortem are their third. This is currently tied for 2nd most division titles in PFFL history with three other teams. The Jedi Masters hold the record with 5 division wins, and if either TKD or DDT wins the East, they will move into second place alone with 4.
Matt Cassel’s 42.2 point performance on Thursday ties him for the 10th most points scored by a QB on a team’s roster in the player stats era (since 2004). Unfortunately, he was on Kramerica’s bench. This ranks him 5th on the list of highest scoring benched players at any position in PFFL player stat history. It’s also the third benching in the top 10 to have occurred this season. It’s almost like 2008 has been a year of up-and-down performances and very few clear-cut stud players or something.

Season High Points

Sharp as a Bowling Ball used their head-to-head matchup against the #2 overall scorer to extend their lead this week:

SaaBB – 1098.66
The Jedi Masters – 1080.09 (18.57 PB)
Post Mortem – 1071.75 (26.91 PB)
Hedfullalicker – 1042.37 (56.29 PB)
SIAP – 1038.83 (59.83 PB)

Season High Points Against

The “hard luck” award of PFFL fee interest annually goes to the team that has the most points scored against them. Despite the financial crisis going on, this is actually still a hefty sum (thank you internet banking!), and this race is shaping up to be worth the prize:

The Jedi Masters – 1060.80
Hedfullalicker – 1060.08 (0.72 PB)
CSPJ – 1055.28 (5.52 PB)
SIAP – 1015.46 (45.34 PB)

Given their relatively weak remaining schedules, this appears (on paper, at least) to be a tough race for TJM or CSPJ to win. Meanwhile, SIAP plays the toughest remaining schedule in the league, which might give them the chance to make up that large-ish looking deficit). Here’s one time when you actually want your opponents to score points.

Recap Babe

Quantum of Solace was the top grossing movie at the box office over the weekend, and the Bond Girl of the moment is Olga Kurylenko. For those of you who speak German, enjoy the magazine text below. For everyone else? Look, boobies!

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2008 Week 11 Preview [Lucy Pinder]

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Post Mortem

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Week 11 Matchups

Duany Duany Tanning and Hedfullalicker square off in a battle of playoff contenders. DDT leads this series 5-4 and has won the last two meetings. These two have played at least once per season every year since 2002.
In a matchup of 6-4 teams battling for the division lead in the East, SIAP plays Kramerica. Kramerica won the first meeting of the season, back in week 6, 116.26 – 104.04, but SIAP maintains the all-time series advantage, 6-1.
Tappa Kegga Day and Double D meet for the tenth time in PFFL history and the second time this season. TKD won back in week 1, 68.78 – 64.18. Double D leads the career series, however, 7-2. These two also met in week 11 last season, in a game that Double D won by 19.
Post Mortem can cinch the West division crown with a win over Turd Ferguson this week. Mortem beat Turd 78.02 – 71 in week 5. PM leads the overall series 8-6 and won two previous week 11 meetings with Turd, in 2001 and 2002.
Sharp as a Bowling Ball also has a chance to sew up their division this week when they take on The Jedi Masters. This is the 16th meeting between these clubs, with SaaBB holding a 9-6 series lead. SaaBB won their first meeting of the season, in week 7, 97.35 – 88.05. These two have one previous week 11 meeting, in 2006, a game won by SaaBB 79.47 – 74.95.
The Hip and CSPJ square off for the sixth time in league history. Both teams need this win to keep their playoff hopes alive. CSPJ won the last meeting, in week 7 last year, and leads the overall series, 3-2.
Camel Toe and Winning Beer Money meet for the third time in a series that is tied at one win each. They split a season series as division rivals in 2006.

Record Watch

Camel Toe hopes to end a 6-game losing streak. If they don’t, though, they will move up the charts a little on the single season losing streak record lists.
Both Post Mortem and SIAP have a chance to become the first team in PFFL history to win 50 division games.

Preview Babe

Lucy Pinder is another of the fine British Page 3 exports. She even brought along a couple friends for some of these pics.

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2008 Week 10 Stat Change [Danielle Lloyd]

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Post Mortem

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There was only one stat change this week that had an impact on scores in PFFL:

A 3-yard pass to Steve Breaston was originally credited to Larry Fitzgerald. This increased Breaston’s point total by 0.3 and dropped Fitzgerald’s by 0.3. The Fitzgerald stat change reduces Post Mortem’s final game score from 80.71 to 80.41.

Stat Change Babe

Danielle Lloyd returns to the PFFL blog to taunt Post Mortem’s loss of points.

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