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.
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