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2008 Week 14 Recap & Lots of Records Info [Jessica Alba]

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Post Mortem

After trying to wrap my head around a bunch of total points tiebreakers last week, y’all did me a favor. The teams with the easiest path to the playoffs won, and the tiebreakers all worked out pretty simply. Congratulations to the 8 teams who were able to finish the season with 7 or more wins to move into the postseason. Congratulations also to our 2008 High Point, High Point Against and Survivor winners.

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Week 14 Highlights

DDT prevented Kramerica from winning the East division, ending a three-game losing streak to KI and earning a season split of their divisional series. DDT leads the career matchup, 5-4.
SIAP earned the split in the season series with TKD, a win which also moved them into the playoffs, ended a three-game losing streak to the Keggers and gives them a one-game lead in the all-time series, 8-7.
For the second straight year, Camel Toe beat Post Mortem to end the regular season. Of course, this win is only by 0.51 point, and we’ve seen how that can come back to haunt Camel before. CT leads this series, 2-1.
Hedfullalicker ended The Hip’s postseason hopes by earning a season sweep and cutting into The Hip’s overall series lead, which now stands at 9-7.
Turd Ferguson erased any possibility of getting locked out of the postseason with a win over Double D. Turd has won 5 of the last 6 meetings with DD and leads all-time, 7-2.
The Jedi Masters earned high points for the week, but didn’t get the SIAP loss they needed to make the playoffs. Their season sweep earning win over CSPJ does give them a 4-2 all-time matchup lead, however. So, there’s that.
SaaBB beat Winning Beer Money to earn a season sweep and an 11-3 record on the year. This is their 3rd straight win over WBM and moves SaaBB into a 6-5-1 series advantage.

PFFL Survivor

CSPJ recovered from their pitiful week 13 performance to put up over 100 points this week. It wasn’t enough to catch SaaBB, however, as the Bowling Ballers win Survivor 2008, 187.51 – 155.69.

SaaBB gets $100 for the win, while CSPJ gets $40 for making it this far.

View the final Survivor Standings

Postseason Qualifiers

1. West Division Champ: Post Mortem — earns the #1 seed based on a head-to-head win over SaaBB

2. Central Division Champ: Sharp as a Bowling Ball

3. East Division Champ: Tappa Kegga Day — wins a three-way tiebreak with DDT and Kramerica due to a 3-1 head-to-head record within this group (DDT was 2-2, KI was 1-3)

Wild Cards:

4. Hedfullalicker — at 9-5, the third best record in the league

5. Turd Ferguson — DDT is the higher ranked team in the East due to a better division record than Kramerica, so this came down to Turd vs DDT. The two did not play each other this season, so the next criteria was total points, which Turd wins by just under 7.

6. Duany Duany Tanning — beating Kramerica based on better division record

7. Kramerica Industries — best remaining record

8. SIAP — at 7-7, the best remaining record

Single Game Record Watch

For the second time this season, Camel Toe was involved in a game that makes the list of top 10 closest games in PFFL history. Last time, it started out as the closest, then flipped to 4th closest after a stat change gave DD the win. This week, Camel beat Post Mortem by .51 points (pending another change) in the 7th closest game ever.

Season Record Watch

Post Mortem and SaaBB join 8 other teams in a tie for 4th best regular season record with 11 wins.
Camel Toe’s 11 losses ranks them with 10 other teams in 3rd on the most losses in a season list.
The Jedi Masters’ season point total of 1438.61 is the 8th best season total in league history. This is the second consecutive season that has seen the Jedis score the most points in the league.
Camel Toe’s 950.28 point total is the 9th lowest all-time and the fewest points scored in a season since Hedfullalicker’s 938 in 2001.
As mentioned last week, Post Mortem and SIAP both finished the year with 5-1 non-division records, tied with a slew of other teams for 7th best non-division performance.
The Jedi Masters’ 3rd high point week of the season ties them for 10th most HP weeks in a season with 6 other teams. It is also the most HP weeks by one team in a season since TKD had 4 in 2006.
Hedfullalicker and SaaBB both closed the regular season with 4-game win streaks. That is tied for 8th most wins to end a season with 5 other franchises.

Career Performance Record Watch

Post Mortem ended the season with 97 career regular season wins, 7 ahead of SIAP, who sits in 2nd with 90.
The Hip has 87 career regular season losses, also 7 ahead of their nearest competitor, SaaBB, who has 80.
Post Mortem gained ground this year on High Life’s 2-season career winning pct mark of .589. At .580, this difficult-to-beat record is becoming a possibility.
Post Mortem leads the all-time regular season scoring list with 15,446.22 career points. The Hip remains in second place with 14,911.16 but is being pressured by Hedfullalicker’s 14,861.29.
Post Mortem also has a 1-point lead in the regular season Points Per Game category, with 91.9, one better than DDT’s 90.9 and The Jedi Masters’ 90.7 per game averages.
The Jedi Masters have a .585 winning percentage in division games, slightly better than DDT’s .581
Post Mortem and SIAP are the only teams in PFFL history to have recorded 50 division wins
Hedfullalicker has lost the most division games, with 45.
Despite recording none this year, Post Mortem still has the most high point weeks in PFFL history, with 18.5

Postseason Record Watch

Post Mortem and SaaBB are each making their league-leading 9th playoff appearance
Hedfullalicker and SIAP are next in line, making their 8th visit to the postseason, while TKD and Turd are in for the 7th time and DDT makes it for the 6th.
In terms of frequency, other than the two teams that made the playoffs in the only season in the league, DDT (6/8), Post Mortem (9/12) and SaaBB (9/12) have the best appearance frequency at 75%.
Tappa Kegga Day won their 4th division title, good for second most in league history to TJM’s 5. For Post Mortem and SaaBB, it was their 3rd division crown each.
Hedfullalicker and Turd are tied for the league lead in wild card appearances with 6.
Post Mortem and TKD are in the postseason for the fourth consecutive season, the longest active streaks in the league.

Milestone Watch

A recap of Milestones reached in 2008:

DDT scored their 10,000th regular season point in week 13, tying Post Mortem as the fastest teams to that mark
Post Mortem scored its 15,000th regular season point in week 9, after 163 regular season matchups.
In week 2, DDT scored their 10,000th point overall (including regular season and playoffs), the fastest team ever to this mark.
DDT recorded their 5,000th division point in week 1
DDT achieved their 50th win overall (regular + post- season) in week 3, fastest to this mark.
Two teams recorded their 100th win overall (regular + post-season). Post Mortem did it in week 9, and SIAP hit this milestone in week 14.
Post Mortem and SIAP also became the first teams to record 50 division wins, in weeks 11 and 14, respectively.
CSPJ’s week 14 loss was their 50th overall PFFL loss (regular + post-season), making them the second fastest team to this milestone, behind Kramerica. In comparison, DDT hit this mark in week 5, after 112 games — 25 more than CSPJ took.
In week 8, DDT suffered its 25th division loss, taking the second longest time to hit the mark.
TKD’s 95-point victory over DDT in week 12 is only the 5th 90+ point win in PFFL history

Individual Team Record Watch

Camel Toe’s 3-11 record continues a trend where they lose 2 more games with each new year (7 losses in 2006, 9 in 2007, 11 in ’08). I’m really not sure what’s going to happen in 2010.
CSPJ finished below .500 for the third straight year, and has now won 12 games in the last three seasons, combined.
Double D finished with the worst season record in franchise history, ending a streak of three consecutive postseason-making years.
DDT has finished 8-6 for the third time in the last three even numbered years.
Since 2000, Hedfullalicker is 5-for-5 in postseason qualifying in even years, but 0-4 in odd years. This season was the most points scored in Hedfullalicker franchise history, as well as the most points allowed.
For Kramerica, history shows that scoring more than 1200 points in a season gets them into the playoffs. Anything less? Toilet Bowl time.
Post Mortem has made the playoffs four straight years, and 8 of the last 9. This club has never finished the season with fewer than 6 wins. This year’s 1340 points is the third highest point total in franchise history, and the division title this season is the third in team history, all in the West.
SaaBB’s 11-3 record is the best in team history, as is their 1378.92 point total. This is the team’s 3rd division title (2nd in the Central with a West crown thrown in for good measure), and the 2nd seed matches their best ever playoff seeding.
This is SIAP’s first ever 8-seed in the postseason. The 7-7 record this year is very similar to 2002′s team performance. Points Scored: 1269.57 (2008) – 1258 (2002), Points Against: 1286.14 (2008) – 1295 (2002). The lone difference? In 2002, that record wasn’t good enough to make the playoffs.
TKD now has a .500 or better record in four straight seasons, and their 3rd East Divison title (plus one in the Central). This is the second time that TKD is seeded 3rd in the playoffs. They reached the championship game and lost last time, in 2005.
The Hip has not finished with at or above .500 since 2005, and that has continued a playoff drought for one of the most successful franchises in PFFL’s first decade.
The Jedi Masters miss out on postseason action after advancing in the last four seasons. On the bright side, this season was the 2nd highest scoring in club history.
Turd Ferguson rebounded from a brutal 2007 to return to the playoffs with an identical-to-2006 seed of 5. This is the 5th winning season in Turd’s 11-year franchise history.
Winning Beer Money struggled to the worst record in franchise history, including their 2nd lowest point output ever (second only to the 5-8-1 WBM team of 2001).

Season High Points

Congratulations to The Jedi Masters who locked up the highest point total in the league.

The Jedi Masters – 1438.61
Hedfullalicker – 1397.72
SaaBB – 1378.92
Post Mortem – 1340.98

Season High Points Against

Thanks to The Hip’s DeAngelo Williams, Hedfullalicker claimed the hard luck title with the most points scored against. Of course, it’s not really hard luck when you make the playoffs as the top wild card.

Hedfullalicker – 1357.14
The Jedi Masters – 1332.48
CSPJ – 1325.68

Recap Babe

Jessica Alba, post-pregnancy, in a photoshoot for Campari, which I had never heard of before. According to Wikipedia, Campari is an alcoholic (alcohol 20.5%, 21%, 25% and even 28% depending on which country it is purchased) aperitif obtained from the infusion of sixty ingredients, combined and macerated in a blend of distilled water and alcohol. Campari is a type of bitters.

Whatever, all I know is that Jessica looks fantastic.

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Logo Contest – West Division

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Post Mortem

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And now, the third and final set of division logos up for voting. Here’s the group of five entries from the West, which is pretty strong I think:

Who has the best logo in the West?

Post Mortem (67%, 2 Votes)
Camel Toe (33%, 1 Votes)
Hedfullalicker (0%, 0 Votes)
The Hip (0%, 0 Votes)
Turd Ferguson (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 3

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Camel Toe

Hedfullalicker

The Hip

Post Mortem

Turd Ferguson

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2008 Week 14 Preview [Carol Alt]

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Post Mortem

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Quick FYI: There were a few stat changes this week, but they had no impact on PFFL game scores, so no stat change update today.

Here we are at the end of another regular season. Following this week’s action, I’ll try to spend some time looking at the trends in the league this year. I’m not sure, but it seems like there’s been a little more parity scoring-wise, at least among the playoff contending teams. I don’t think any one team was completely dominant from the top to bottom of their roster. It’s weird, but it almost seems to mirror the NFL where there are a few not-so-good-at-all teams and then a bunch of decent-to-great teams depending on which week you look at them.

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Week 14 Matchups

Duany Duany Tanning is looking for a split in their season series with Kramerica, after suffering an 11-point loss back in week 8. Kramerica has won three straight in this matchup, but DDT has won both week 14 meetings (in 2005 and 2006). The winner this week takes a one win lead in the 9-game all-time series.
TKD looks for the season sweep of SIAP this week. A sweep is a rare occurence when these two are in the same division. This is the sixth time they have shared a division home, and 5 of those times, the season series has been split. The only exception was SIAP’s sweep in 2000. This is the 15th career meeting between these two, with each currently holding 7 wins.
Post Mortem and Camel Toe meet for the second time this year and third since CT joined the league. In week 14 of last season, Camel defeated Post by 15, while Mortem crushed Toe by 29 7 weeks ago.
Hedfullalicker is looking for a fourth straight win to end the season when they take on The Hip. The Hip leads the career series, 9-6, but Hedfullalicker won their week 3 matchup by 30. This is the fifth time these two have been in the same division, and a Hip win would make them 5-for-5 in season splits in those seasons.
Double D and Turd Ferguson meet in the final week of the regular season for the third time. Turd beat DD in week 14 in 2005, while DD won last year. Turd leads the all-time matchup, 6-2.
The Jedi Masters and their faint playoff hopes meet up with the eliminated Chain Smokers this week. The Jedis beat CSPJ back in week 8 by 51 and lead the historical series, 3-2. Their in-season schedule matches the only other season in which they were in the same division — 2004, when the Jedis won the week 8 and 14 meetings.
Sharp as a Bowling Ball looks to complete the sweep of Winning Beer Money in their season series this week, and end the year on a 4-game win streak. SaaBB has beaten WBM two straight times, but the overall series is knotted up at 5-5-1. WBM’s last win over SaaBB came in their only other week 14 meeting, in 2006.

Playoff Races

I’m not going to repeat my insane ramblings from the week 13 recap, so if you’re interested in getting sort of an idea about this week’s playoff scenarios, check out this article.

Record Watch

Post Mortem and Tappa Kegga Day are both looking to go 7-1 in division play. This would put them into a tie for 4th on the list of best division winning percentages. TKD has finished 7-1 in division play twice, in 1997 and 2005. Post Mortem’s best only division record with more than 6 wins was in 1997 when they went 8-0.
SIAP and Post Mortem have already locked up spots in a tie for 7th best non-division win percentage with their 5-1 performances outside their respective divisions.
If Post Mortem defeats Camel Toe, it will mark only the 4th time that a team has won 12 or more games and the 3rd time a team has lost 12 or more.
The Jedi Masters need 105 points to crack the top 10 season point totals while Camel Toe needs to score less than 107 to get a spot on the 10 worst season point totals list.
The winner of the SIAP-TKD matchup will get their 90th regular season win and sit in 2nd place on the career regular season wins list. The winner also becomes only the 2nd team in PFFL history to hit 50 division wins. If SIAP wins, it will be their 100th win overall.

Preview Babe

Those of us who went through puberty in the 80′s remember Carol Alt from the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. Well, she just turned 48 and decided that now would be a good time to pose for Playboy. So, yeah, here she is. Naked. At 48 years old. Sure, there is probably a fair amount of image cleanup going on here, but she still looks pretty dang good.

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2008 Week 13 Recap [Jennifer Hawkins]

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Post Mortem

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Five teams have now locked up playoff spots, and four are definitely out. That leaves three playoff spots still in play for 5 teams. On top of that, just about every tiebreak scenario in week 14 could come down to total points, which should make the end of the regular season pretty interesting.

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Week 13 Highlights

DDT now leads SIAP 7-3 all-time after completing the season division sweep.
Double D owns a 7-2 advantage over Kramerica after splitting their season series.
SaaBB locked up the #2 seed in the playoffs with a win over TKD, extending their series lead to 9-5.
Hedfullalicker handed Post Mortem its first division loss of the season, earning a season split in their matchup and eating into PM’s overall matchup lead of 12-6.
The Hip earned a season split of its division series with Turd Ferguson but still trails the all-time matchup 8-5.
The Jedi Masters continued their dominance over Camel Toe, winning their third meeting in three tries. In those three games, they have outscored CT, 385.31-200.06.
WBM beat CSPJ in a squeaker, securing a season series split, and extending their career series lead to 5-2-1, but knocking both teams out of the playoffs.

PFFL Survivor

Sharp as a Bowling Ball took a huge lead in the Survivor finale. They now lead CSPJ, 103.25 – 51.35.

View the current Survivor Standings

Postseason Races

East:This division race has become much simpler. If Tappa Kegga Day wins in week 14, the division is theirs. If TKD loses, and Kramerica wins, then Kramerica wins the division in the last week of the season for the second straight year. If TKD loses and Kramerica loses to DDT, the division crown still belongs to TKD based on a tiebreaker advantage over KI and DDT in that three-way scenario.

Central: Sharp as a Bowling Ball has won the division

West: Post Mortem has won the division

Wild Card: Things are interesting here, and I could be wrong, but here’s what I’m pretty sure of:

In with a win: DDT and Turd Ferguson. 8 wins gets you mathematically in in 2008.

MUST win and get help: The Jedi Masters. The Jedis have one scenario that gets them into the postseason: Jedis beat CSPJ, SIAP loses to TKD and The Hip loses to Hedfullalicker. This would create a three-way tie between TJM, The Hip and SIAP. Since they did not all face each other, it would come down to total points, where the Jedis have a huge advantage. A win by either The Hip or SIAP and the Jedis are toast.

Probably in, but should focus on winning to avoid this scenario: Duany Duany Tanning. DDT has one scenario which would put them in a tiebreaker situation that they could lose. If DDT loses, Turd loses, and SIAP and The Hip both win, all four of those teams would be 7-7. DDT would lead SIAP based on a season sweep, but in the next step, vs The Hip and Turd, The Hip would likely move into the playoffs on points, and Turd currently leads DDT by 9 points. If DDT can make up that 9 this week, they would get in in this scenario, if not, The Hip and Turd would be in. This scenario is obviously pretty bad for SIAP too.

Another team probably in, but is better off just winning: Turd Ferguson. In addition to potentially being involved in that tiebreaker with DDT, a Turd loss combined with wins by The Hip and SIAP would create a three-way tie even if DDT wins their game. In this three-way tie, Turd vs The Hip in the West would come to points, and Turd currently trails The Hip by 32. If they don’t make that up, either The Hip or SIAP gets the final spot (SIAP leads The Hip by 28)

If one wins and the other loses: The Hip and SIAP hold a lot of control over the final playoff spots. If one of the two wins and the other loses this week, then things are clear, the winner is in, the loser is out.

Key tiebreaker considerations:

SIAP currently leads The Hip by 28 points
SIAP currently leads Turd Ferguson by 60 points
The Hip currently leads Turd Ferguson by 32 points
Turd Ferguson currently leads DDT by 9 points
The Jedis beat everyone in points tiebreakers
Winning Beer Money loses to everyone in points tiebreakers (which is why they’re out despite being able to partake in some 6-8 tie madness)
The Hip beat DDT head-to-head and DDT beat SIAP head-to-head

I’m not even considering trying to figure out all the wild card seed implications…

IN: Post Mortem, Sharp as a Bowling Ball, Tappa Kegga Day, Kramerica, Hedfullalicker
OUT: Camel Toe, Double D, CSPJ, Winning Beer Money

Record Watch

DDT hit the 10,000 regular season point milestone this week. It took them 111 games, tying Post Mortem as the fastest two teams to this mark.
WBM’s 53.01 points is the 8th lowest point total in a winning effort
The Jedi Masters’ record 13 wins in a season is now safe
Camel Toe’s 11 losses ties them for third most ever
Hedfullalicker secured their 15th high point week all-time

Season High Points

The Jedi Masters soared back into the season high points race lead this week, in what is, in all likelihood, a three-team race now:

The Jedi Masters – 1319.21
Hedfullalicker – 1296.82 (22.39 PB)
Sharp as a Bowling Ball – 1294.66 (24.55 PB)

Season High Points Against

Camel Toe did the Jedis no favors scoring so low this week while Post Mortem’s 100+ point total helped Hedfull. Interestinly, the Jedis face CSPJ this week, so those two teams are in position to help each other, with the loser being in the best position.