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Holy smokes Batman! The regular season is over! For teams like 3^rd & Schlong, Ultimate Warriors, Shattered Dreams and Blitzkrieg that means football is over, at least until next year. Scott Keller Jr. announced there will be no next year for 3&S which is sad news for us all. There were some shake ups this week that altered the standings in a major way. Teams that were sitting pretty in the middle of their division slipped down while others made significant leaps up, giving them much better match ups. No D2 team won their crossover game this season which was disappointing. Looking at the standings, Slytherin That End Zone managed to finish in 4^th place despite winning only 3 games. En Fuego didn’t surpass them but took away Overcompensator’s chance at a perfect season. Puckett All Stars look like they are trying their strategy from last season finishing in 8^th place and taking a win over the #1 seed. Let’s see if lightning can strike twice. This week the weather was not as kind as in weeks’ past but at least it didn’t rain all day. Here’s what I saw on the fields…

At 9:00 am, Hofbrauhaus Buffalo took on the Dilfs in a make up game from earlier in the season. The weather sucked and everyone looked miserable. The Dilfs continued to look miserable throughout the game as HB basically did whatever they wanted to do. Topper and Co didn’t need to run complicated plays to beat the Dilfs defense who quite frankly looked lost. Travis was in at QB but could not get on the same page as his receivers resulting in multiple picks, some directly to the opposition. Tommy Hughes was there but looked defeated by half time. The females on both teams played well and HB utilized all 4 of their females often, leading them to a 40-22 win.

Eyes Downtown took on Public Enemy once again with several missing players on both team. Bobby McConnell missed the beginning of the game so Chadwick filled in to throw until he got there. Jeff Farr was also a notable absence. PE was missing Osika and Pauly J. It was a close game possibly because of the absent personnel. The demeanor of PE was always that of complete confidence and they were able to pull away with a 34-20 win. ED however, took their 3 game series this season 2-1. Playoffs are now upon us, however, and both of these teams earned themselves a first round bye (along with everyone else in D1 besides Gryffindor and Marketing Mayors).

Hofbrauhaus Buffalo played again at 10 against A&A in a clash of the D2 titans. All warmed up from their early game, HB came out hot. Unfortunately so did A&A who had a return of their players from last week. Jamy Stammel made her return from being injured all season and Shelley was also back in the lineup. A&A came out to a big lead in the first half but HB fought their way back into it and took the lead. It was a shootout game from there that stayed close right until the end. Basically it came down to Topper not being able to convert the extra points and A&A punching them in. In a strange turn of events, Peachy Platoon took over the #1 spot of D2 in the final week of the season and earned themselves a first round bye. HB will now have to beat Energy Buff to move on to championship weekend.

The Dilfs also had another game later in the day against Bullet Club, who they beat in the last seconds of their previous meeting. Once again, Travis was in at QB and struggled hard. Numerous more picks were thrown, his females were hardly utilized and his receivers never seemed to be running the routes he was looking for. Tommy Hughes was put in at QB for a while but that made no difference. Offensively the Dilfs could not do a thing. On the other side of the ball, Good Ricky showed up in spades. He was dropping dimes and using his females to do damage to the Dilfs spirits. BC rallied around him and walked away with a 26-6 win. Remember how I said there were some shake ups in the standings? This was one of them. With the result of this win BC jumped ahead of the Dilfs, giving them STEZ in the playoffs while the Dilfs will now take on A&A. If there was ever a time for Good Ricky to make his appearance this game was definitely one of the best times. Also, if you were curious about how tie breakers works, listen to the podcast this week. Joe K explains it succinctly. Spoiler: point differential has very little to do with it.

Full Throttle continued their decline from Week 2 of the season losing 6-35 to Mountain Dew Me. This was the 3^rd time these teams faced each other, as will happen in a division with 6 teams. FT won the first game but MDM bested them in the subsequent two. I’m not sure if attendance is their Achilles Heel or if they just don’t have the talent to keep up but when a veteran team loses twice to brand spankin’ newbies, something’s up. MDM have had a rough go of it and could be in the talks of moving down a division next season but they have come out with their heads high and played their game. They’ve been quiet but could be big if given the opportunity to play against more evenly matched competition. I did catch a glimpse of a not-so-newbie on their team this week. Sarah Barnes also made a comeback from a long term injury and brought some veteran experience to MDM in their win. They could use her next week against Buffalo Solar Solutions in the first round of playoffs.

Shattered Dreams had a double header taking on Graves Bros and The Replacements. Their playoff dreams are as their name states but they still rallied enough people together to get their final 2 games in. The Universal sub list was in full force as this game trotted out Joe K and James Hearn to fill in spots then playing with 4 guys. Graves Bros also didn’t have their full roster. Noticeable absence: Gronk! You get all the hype last week of being put on the Non QB Top 20 list and how do you respond? By not showing up the next week! Media attention is a fickle thing and shenanigans like this will not get you the press everyone covets. Joe K threw for SD and led them to a 29-12 victory. Hearn stepped up taking over the role of WR1 with 2 TDs and 3 conversions. SD had a chance to knock out Wild Oak Beard Co and make the playoffs with a win against The Replacements. Still short on players, they called in Non Award Winning Tommy Hughes to replace Joe K and Harris to play receiver. It was a tight matchup that could have gone either way. TR were able to pull away and take the win 32-27. Replacement’s QB Moon still has a lot to learn but if these guys stick together I can see them making their way up the divisions. Their females are outstanding and they have weapons on offense with Payton Spinelli and Katie Swanson. They take on TMA in the first round of the playoffs so they have their work cut out for them.

Vaspian pulled off a 34-26 win over Pucket All Stars taking over the 7^th seed and knocking them down to 8^th. This win matches them up against Frodo Swaggins who have had some rough weeks and this game could be prime for an upset. PAS did not fare as well as they are now facing No Punt Intended who do not seem to be slowing down at all. Vaspian is beginning to learn to use the weapons they have. Their QB seems to change on the regular so I’m not sure who will be in for next week but if they can play like they did this week I’m giving them a shot. Heather and Gabe can match up against the females of FS so if they’re utilized properly and Drew does Drew things I wouldn’t be surprised to see an upset.

Hope N Ruin and Come From Behind played each other once again this week. HNR took the win last time and did so again this time, 48-37. CFB was able to put up more points on offense but continued to struggle coming up with defensive stops. They were missing QB Paul and some of their speedsters but Sean had a great game for them which contributed to a lot of their scoring. B was in at QB for HNR, who actually had 2 females the entire game this time! I didn’t see many long shots downfield while I was there but they didn’t need to when CFB gave up 10-15 yards. B picked apart their zone and came away with the win, giving HNR the 5^th seed and dropping CFB down to the 6^th. In this division those 2 positions were probably interchangeable as they will face Overcompensators and En Fuego, respectively. Neither of those would be a match up to envy.

Uncle Rico’s Time Travelers had a double header against Buffalo Solar Solutions and Cunning Stunts and WON THEM BOTH! If there was ever a team to pull a 180 half way through the season and completely redeem themselves its URTT. They were getting blown out in the first couple weeks of the season then got a win over Full Throttle and never took the foot off the gas. I should also note the turnaround was not a result of Chris Nelson officially joining the team. QB Tim has finally been able to find his receivers. Jackee and John Senn have stepped up and made some key catches and they have finally started to take the shorter yardage early and get themselves in better field position. BSS had their QB back but were missing their WR1 (sorry I don’t know your name). He appeared to be injured as he was on the sidelines during this game. The Stunts game was a close battle that came down to the wire. The Stunts had a 9 point lead with 30 seconds when UR took over. Jackee made an outstanding catch to drive them down the field and they get a gender TD. They decide to go for the win and Josh made a phenomenal catch over the heads of Brandy and Joey Batts and UR takes the win. Fun fact: both of URTT’s wins this week were by 1 point.

Slytherin That End Zone played Peachy Platoon twice this week and lost them both, scoring a collective 14 points to PP’s 86. I feel for STEZ, no one wants to play PP twice in a day even with an injured Dean. Added to that, STEZ beat PP in the championship last year so PP may have had a slight chip on their shoulder. Dean did end up throwing despite rumors that he would be out with a thumb injury. Gary threw for STEZ even though Newman was in attendance. When the schedule came out this year, they knew Newman would not be able to play in the playoffs. So this week, they had Gary play QB to get some reps in to prepare him for his call up in the playoffs. They were also missing their WR1 Dawson which did Gary no favors. Gary had a rough day at the office throwing picks in the first 5 straight possessions. As the collective points show, neither of these games were close but I did see an adorable golden retriever puppy hanging around STEZ so they have that going for them. Also, due to the aforementioned standings mix up, they end up in 4^th place and will face Bullet Club next week.

That’s all I’ve got for you this week. I am beyond excited for the upcoming playoffs this week. This first week is when most of the major upsets happen and I love to see those. Even better, it’s not the end of October so there is a chance the weather won’t be a huge factor. To those of you whose teams did not make the playoffs, it would still be cool of you to come out and cheer on your favorite team that isn’t yours. Everyone has a team they like, if not, pick one this week and bandwagon it up for the playoffs. Maybe take a page out of En Fuego’s book and play some TSL Fantasy Football during a game or two. To those who are still in it to win it, I wish you all the best this week. Bring your A game and remember, I’ll be watching…

~ courtesy of...The Sentinel

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