If the playoffs were to start today (2009, wk 13)


Written on December 1, 2009 – 12:38 pm | by Post Mortem

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Going with this one first this week since playoff time is near.

Some shakeup in the playoff seedings this week as a couple of teams just can’t seem to seal the deal on their playoff hopes, while others are making a late season run. In addition, we will not have a repeat champion in 2009, as Tappa Kegga Day and The Hip are now officially out of the race.

You can check out the “Playoffs” tab on the myFantasyLeague site at any time to see how the seeds in PFFL would work out if the season ended today. Also, the old PFFL site has a page for the Division Race and Wild Card Race but tiebreakers are only mildly applied there (i.e., they are wrong).

Clinched

  • Post Mortem is still the only team to have clinched a playoff spot, and has clinched both the Central Division Title and the #1 overall seed. With all the parity in the league right now, the 4-game lead Mortem has over the next best record is fairly nutty.

OUT

  • Tappa Kegga Day, ending a run of four straight postseason appearances
  • The Hip

mila-kunis-blackbook-02If the playoffs started today, these would be your first round matchups:

(8) Winning Beer Money vs (1) Post Mortem
(7) Hedfullalicker vs (2) CSPJ
(6) SaaBB vs (3) SIAP
(5) Double D vs (4) Kramerica Industries

Changes from last week:

  • SIAP falls from a 2 to a 3 seed
  • CSPJ rises into the 2 seed
  • Kramerica improved to the #4 team, while Double D dropped one spot to #5
  • Hedfullalicker also slipped, going from a 5 seed to 7
  • SaaBB moved up from 7 to 6

Tiebreaker info:

  • CSPJ gets the 2 seed over SIAP due to total points
  • SIAP has a win over Kramerica, yielding them the division lead for the moment (a looming wk 13 matchup will be pretty big here)
  • Kramerica beat Double D, so they get the seeding advantage in the wild card section of the bracket
  • SaaBB, WBM and Turd Ferguson are all 6-6 in the West. SaaBB is 3-0 against the other two (with a final division game coming in week 14), so they are the first representative in tiebreakers against other division. WBM is 1-0 against Turd, with a rematch coming this week, and would be next. Turd’s awful division record means that they are likely to be the last team from the West to get a playoff spot in any tiebreaking scenarios.
  • SaaBB has the advantage over Hedfullalicker at the moment due to total points. However, they meet head-to-head in week 13 in a huge playoff implication matchup.
  • Hedfullalicker then holds a tiebreak advantage over WBM due to a head-to-head win
  • In the 5-7 group, Camel Toe has the advantage over The Jedi Masters because of a better division record. DDT beat Camel Toe, so they lead that particular tiebreaker. DDT also beat TJM, so they have the clear advantage over the East Division teams.

Playoff Scenarios – Week 13

These are the possible playoff spot/seed clinching scenarios that I’ve determined for this week. They may be incomplete, and they may be wrong.

  • Post Mortem has already clinched the #1 seed.
  • The Hip and Tappa Kegga Day have been eliminated from playoff contention.
  • SIAP and Kramerica meet with the West division crown on the line. If SIAP wins AND Turd wins AND SaaBB loses, SIAP clinches the division
  • I don’t believe Kramerica could clinch the division this week, but they could take a pretty good points lead over SIAP and would be in excellent shape if Turd loses.
  • CSPJ can clinch the East division with a win
  • Double D, Kramerica, CSPJ and SIAP can all clinch a playoff berth with a win
  • DDT, Camel Toe and The Jedi Masters should probably try to win and everything, but I don’t think they’d be totally eliminated with a loss.

Mila Kunis loves playoff races, and (apparently) kissing Natalie Portman.

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