Week
#8
LET THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN! The
regular season came to a close and the final undetermined playoff spot went
to........drum roll pleeezzee..........The Death! yes, the Commish bounces back
from last year's abysmal showing to find his way to the playoffs. Amazing at
that sounds, how inconceivable is the possibility the Death could sneak away
with the B Division title? Well, that happened as well. Unfortunately the
Commish can not lay claim to winning it alone, it took a little help from the
Contributors to get the division crown. Many thanks to Mr. McSwain for not
giving up on his team. Enough with the Cinderella season for the Death, let's
talk about the true heavyweights in the league.......the Cows and Elephants.
These two top teams faced off and it was all the fans could hope for, two
powerhouses slugging it out, posting the top two scores as they seem to do every
week. The Cows magical regular season was still in tact in the end, as Mr.
Driver puts up a perfect 8-0 season. Mr. Tom Brady and his Elephants still
earned the round #1 bye as well, so these two teams will be well rested come
round two. The Cossacks and the Q-Dogs will face off in one round #1 match-up,
which should mean lots of bulletin board activity this week from Maze and Russ.
Mike and his struggling Maulers get their chance at revenge against the Death
for somehow taking the B Division title away from them. Mike will be out to
prove how much of a fraud this Death team is, a point the Commish would have a
hard time discounting, but HEY, I am in the Playoffs baby! Stranger things have
happened, but not many!
Not every team will be advancing on
to the playoffs unfortunately. The Scrub Bowl this year will consist of the
Titans, Contributors, Christians, Redhawks, Stingrays and Pride. Good luck to
all the next 3 weeks, some prize money is better than none!
Many thanks to everyone for a great
regular season. Except for just a few problems, rosters/lineups/scores were
turned in at the deadlines and really made my job easier. I thank everyone once
again for all the cooperation.
Now lets look at the final week of the regular season results.....
Contributors
53 Maulers 35
Break up the Contributors!
McSwain has finally found the right mix and his Contributors make it two in a
row with a solid win over the Maulers. Texas QB leads the way with 29 points,
and McSwain gives the Commish the break (make that yet another break) he needed
to win the B Division. The Contributors are a mighty confident group these days,
visions of a three week sweep of the Scrub Bowl are dancing through their suddenly ballooned
heads! Mike and his Maulers struggled mightily the last few weeks, but a win
over the once pathetic Contributors would wrap up the division. All the early
season flashes of excellence could not be found and the Maulers put up the
league low point total for the 2nd week in a row. Mike is not dealing with the
whole drastic turn of events very well, but redemption is just a few days away,
as the Maulers get the Cinderella Death team in round one of the playoffs. The
question in everyone's mind these days regarding this match up is....who the
heck is the favorite??????? Hmmm, that will be answered a little later in the
report.
Redhawks
57 Christians 52
Two in a row for the
Redhawks, as Carey deals yet another playoff contender a crushing blow to their
playoff dreams. Led by Scobey's 21 points, the Redhawks look to make it 3 in a
row in the scrub bowl. The Christians let Dave down yet again, in a game that
was very winable. Leaving stud WR Reed and top draft pick Nebraska QB on the
bench for the deciding game, may be a decision that haunts Rusch for quite some
time. It was insignificant anyways, but one has to wonder.......
Cows
116 Elephants 85
What did you expect? The
two top teams, the two high scores for the week. The Cows reward Mr. Driver with
a perfect 8-0 regular season with yet another strong performance. Lead by Luke
"Cooking class is fun" Staley with 31 points, and fellow stud RB Henry
with 27 were just to much for even the mighty Elephants. Mr. Tom Brady and his
Elephants suffer their 2nd loss of the year, but were the only team in the
league to finish in the top 6 every week of the season. YES, these are the two
teams to beat!!!!!! They both get byes in round one. Mr. Driver will spend the
week again explaining what a pinch of basil is to Luke, while Mr. Tom Brady will
study game films trying to figure out how he threw 4 INT's against the sorry Donkeys
last Sunday. Enjoy the time off boyz, you both earned it on the field!
Cossacks
82 Stingrays 59
Maze and his Cossacks
squad get the win and move into the top wildcard spot by virtue of the Q-Dogs
loss to the Death. The Cossacks are playing real well these days and Maze has to
like his chances to even give the top two teams a run for the money. Then
again......this is Maze, I am guessing BYU will be down to their 5th string QB
by halftime and Anderson will have "eligibility questions" that need
to be resolved before he can play again. That is luck Maze seems to have come
playoff time in recent years. The regular season mercifully comes to a close for
Merv and his Stingrays. Merv is a true competitor, and a win or 2 in the Scrub
Bowls will be just the medicine the Doctor ordered for his beat up team.
Pride
64 Titans 61
Larry/Harry get the win,
get the top 6 finish, but couldn't get the needed help to advance on to the
playoffs. Tough year for the Pride, they showed signs of being a top team, but
struggled for consistency all year long. The week #1 injury to top draft pick
Suggs wasn't the disaster it seemed to be, as Brunell picked up right where Lee
left off. The Pride not making the playoffs means there will be a new champion
this year, much to the chagrin of Larry/Harry who would have loved to defend the
title on the field come playoff time. NEWS FLASH.....NEWS FLASH...... a team DID
NOT score 90+ against the Titans!!!!!!! But the results were still pretty much
the same for Jeff and his Titans. Jeff finishes the regular season with just two
wins, but FIVE top 6 finishes. Combine all this with the league high 88.0 points
against average, and it is easy to see why Jeff has pulled out more than a few
hairs this season. Snakebitten is the term I think applies the most. The Scrub
Bowl is where both the Pride and Titans are now headed, maybe a little pocket
money will make up for the disappointment of the regular season for all of them.
Death
59 Q-Dogs 52
Almost as exciting as a
Tino Martinez at bat in the bottom of the 9th, The Commish and his Death team
send the Death fans after the goalposts as the team somehow finds a way to win
the game against the superior Q-Dogs team, and with the win and the top 6
finish, the Death walk away with the B Division crown. How did the Commish do
it? One word....... SCHEDULE! No hiding the obvious here, the Death caught many
a break along the way with schedule match ups, but come playoff time there
should be no where for the Commish to hide. Hey, I am still wearing my champagne
soaked shirt from Saturday night, I'll enjoy the party as long as I can! The
Al/Russ twosome fall victim to that magical spell the Death seem to have over
their opponents each week. The Q-Dogs already had a playoff spot clinched, but
with this loss gave up home field advantage to the Cossacks in their first round
match up. Somewhere deep in Tibet, Al was heard saying, "We don't need no
stinking home field advantage". Hmmm, could this mean Al has completed his
soul searching adventure and is ready to get back to the daily fantasy grind?
Stay in Tibet Al, enjoy the peace & quiet and leave the headaches of who to
play to Russ, you need to be ready for basketball, it is a pretty even playing
field this year!
Weekly
Awards
QB of the
Week: Texas, Contributors 29 Points
Two in a row for the dare we
say...... Red Hot Contributors?
RB
of the Week: Staley, Cows 31 Points
1 Cup of flour, a pinch of
basil, a teaspoon of sugar and 3 TD runs. Yup, that is the winning recipe!
WR
of the Week: Gardner, Christians 30 Points
Top WR week for the Christians, but it wasn't enough to help them get the win.
Playoff
Week #1 Lines:
Maulers
@ Death -1
Q-Dogs
@ Cossacks -3 (If Al picks the lineup)
Q-Dogs
@ Cossacks -7 (If Russ picks the
lineup)
Scrub
Bowl Favorite: Titans (they are due baby!)
Commish's
Lock of the Week: Take the Cossack and give either the 3 or 7 Points
Season Record:
4-3
Commish's
Underdog of the Week: Take the Maulers and the 1 Point
Season Record:
2-5
Just a reminder, Georgia Tech, BYU and CSU play on Thursday this week. Please get all your scores in by Monday evening at 8pm.
Good
luck to everyone this week!
The
Commish
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