Well the season came to a close this week and it felt like we were just drafting in August. Now the season is over and 8 have survived for the playoffs. 8 will be sitting home. And this year probably saw the more parity than any other year.
Week 14 Results:
Wrecking Crew 32 Animals 7 - The Crew finished with a victory despite a very disappointing season. The Animals even with the loss were able to back into the playoffs thanks to losses by the Mayhem and Bums.
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| Burkhead scores game winner! |
Killers 36 Sinistars 19 - In the battle for the West the winner would be King of the West. And the Killers if they didn't win, would have sat home for the playoffs. Jarvis Landry caught two late TDs to put salt in the wound of the Sinistars. Might not be wise as these two teams meet again in the first round of the playoffs.
Dragons 28 Bees 24 - In probably the best game of the week, these two teams were locked at 16 going into Monday Night. Surprisingly Jay Cutler managed to win the game for the Dragons scoring 12 points and giving the South Crown to the Dragons. In perhaps the first time in CFFL history the worst offense in the league (Dragons) have made the playoffs.
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| Dragons finally got some decent production from their QBs |
Titans 27 Mayhem 26 - In another great game the Titans looked like they were in trouble trailing 26-23 late in the game with Good Old Tom just looking plain old. But Brady was able to manage one TD pass to give the Titans the 27-26 lead and secure their spot in the playoffs.
Juggernauts 50 Cocktails 32 - When you play against DeShone Kizer and he scores 12 points including a 10 point connection to Corey "Dog" Coleman you know you are in trouble. That's what happened to the Cocktails as their bid for a playoff berth came to a close at the hands of Kizer. Wait what?
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| Kizer won it for the Juggs |
Roulette 54 Krauts 32 - The Krauts slide continues as they dropped their 4th in a row and this time it cost them the East Division Crown. Are the Roulette peaking just at the right time? Hundley, Rod Smith (who?), Adams and Coons (who again?) scored 12 points a piece.
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| This Rod Smith? |
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| No, this Rod Smith! |
Chislers 37 Ferrets 19 - And just playing out the season was the Ferrets and Chislers. Chislers with everything wrapped up and the Ferrets looking to next year's draft already. River's once again has lead the Chislers to another North title, their 13th.
First Round Playoffs:
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| Merry Christmas |
In the first time in history of the CFFL playoffs, each division winner will be playing their division wild card representative. So all these teams know each other very well. Here is your Playoff Tuk Preview Special:
Alex's Animals at Cherry's Chislers (-11)
This will be the Chislers' 24th playoff appearance. This is only the 7th playoff appearance for the Animals. The two teams split their season series with the first game going to the Animals 36-35 and the second to the Chislers 50-38 in a game that saw the Chislers get 3 scores from their Ravens D. The Chislers will rely on once again "Old Man" Rivers and Todd Gurley. The Animals have a QB controversy going into the playoffs as they benched Newton in favor of Alex Smith, who didn't do any better. Look to see Newton back in the lineup this week, but if not it will truly be Rivers vs Smith as the Chargers take on the Chiefs this week.
Prediction: Chislers 38-17
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| Chisler fans love Rivers in a tuk |
Toledo Titans at Monclova Dragons (-3)
The third installment of the Brother Battle of the South. This is the very first playoff appearance for the Titans who started the season red hot and looked like the team to beat early in the season. This is the 7th playoff appearance for the Dragons who come into the game with the leagues worst offense. They split their season series as well with the Dragons winning game one by one point and the Titans winning game two 24-13. The Dragons have been a shitshow at QB this year between Cutler and Manning. Titans still have a lot of big names (Brady, Julio Jones, Kareem Hunt) and if they can get them all going at same time should cruise.
Prediction: Titans 32-20
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| Good old Tom and his Tuk with a ball on top |
Kretz Krauts at Russian Roulette (-2)
In the first of two rematches from Week 14 the Roulette have to withstand one more attack from the Krauts. This is the Roulette's 4 playoff appearance since entering the league in 2009 and second in a row. This is the Krauts' 10th appearance since 2002. The Krauts beat them 31-7 in Week 1 but the Roulette got the best of them last week stealing the East Division title right out of Berlin. Biggest question surrounding this game is if Aaron Rodgers comes back or not. While Hundley did fine last week scoring 12 points, they were playing the Browns. With Wentz out for the year the Krauts will have to rely on Kirk Cousins. Can the Krauts stop their losing streak and advance to the second round? Not if Rodgers comes back. This could be best game of the week.
Prediction: Roulette 26-22
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| Rodgers hopes to trade in his tuk for his helmet |
Stamm's Sinistars (-7) at Cam's Killers
The second rematch from Week 14 has the expansion Killers who won the west division in their first year, trying to make it 2 in a row over the Sinistars. This is the Sinistars' 8th playoff appearance and 3rd in a row. The Sinistars came out flat last week getting only production from Wilson (12 points). In the first game of this series the Sinistars hammered the Killers 30-4 in Week 1. This is a different Killer team then Week 1. But so is this Sinistar team and I wouldn't count on another flat performance as Kamara returns to the line up after sustaining a concussion early in the game last week. With Kamara, Wilson and Graham, and Gordon, the Sinistars still have a lot of fire power. Killers will need another performance just like they had last week to have a chance.
Prediction: Sinistars 42-23
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| Wilson can wear headphones with a tuk with a ball on top! |
Kick out the bums. Starting AP week 14 is unacceptable. League needs new blood or contraction. Oh... and get off my lawn!
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