Tuesday, December 7, 2021

CFFL 2021 Week 13


 We are down the to the final week of the regular season in the CFFL.  Hard to believe that we are at the end.  We wait all Winter, Spring and Summer for the season to start and it feels like in a blink of an eye it's over.  Well 6 teams have locked in playoff spots, but only the North Division has been decided.  Playoff teams that have clinched are the Crew, Killers, Cocktails, Animals, Krauts, and Whales.  Killer Bees, Legion, Sinistars Chislers and Titans battle for the final two spots.  

Full playoff picture below, but first, what happened in Week 13 of the 2021 CFFL season...

Wrecking Crew 45  Chislers 38 - The Crew hang on against the Chislers who had about as well
rounded scoring effort form his team as you can.  Every single player on the Chislers' team scored a TD, unfortunately, Josh Allen and Tyler Bass both only had 4 points.  With the score 45-38 the Chislers really just needed an Allen TD run and with an XP would have tied the game.  But with the windy conditions it would not happen.  Crew got their starting QB Kyler Murray back and he did not disappoint scoring 20 points.

Murray is back for the Crew!

Animals 44  Ferrets 34 - The Animals clinched a wild card spot with their win against the Ferrets, fighting off 14 points from Ferret QB Herbert.  They got the scoring started with a pick 6 from their Cowboy defense and then followed that up with 12 points from Gronkowski.  "Mrs Sue" Higgins also scored for the Animals in the win.

Gronk score 2 TD, Gronk spike ball...

Warbirds 28  Dragons 21 - The Warbirds played spoilers this week defeating the Dragons and ending their playoff hopes.  The Warbirds got 12 big points from Dionte "Rocket" Johnson who has quietly scored 6 times this season.  Lamar Jackson had another disappointing week, scoring only 4 points.  He was the Warbirds top pick but hasn't really lived up to expectations.  

Johnson for the Warbirds scores twice!

Killer Bees 9  Titans 7 - If we hadn't had a 7-6 game earlier, this might have been the record for the lowest scoring game in CFFL history.  It's like no one wants to win the South.  Dragons lose to the Warbirds and the Titans, needing just a win to capture the south can't manage to beat the Bees who only scored 9 points (all from his kicker).  In fact the only players to score in this game was their kickers.  Brutal.

Somehow the Bees came out on top...

Juggernauts 38  Sinistars 33 - The Juggernauts dealt a big blow to the playoff hopes of the Sinistars in the upset.  Sinistars are now on the outside looking in and need help to get in the playoffs.  The Juggernauts got 13 points from Kennan Allen in the win, while QBs continued to be a thorn in the Sinistars side as Carr came up empty but back up Mac Jones was no better.

Allen's 13 points helped Juggs upset the Sinistars!

Cocktails 35  Krauts 29 - In a huge game in the East, the Cocktails came away victorious and now are in the driver seat to win the East.  The Krauts could have clinched the East with a win but, per usual, the long march into Russia from Berlin proved to be too much.  Cocktails got 12 points from Stafford and 2 more TDs from Taylor who now has 18 TDs on the year after going scoreless in the first three weeks of the season!  He is making his case for CFFL MVP.

Taylor has 18 TDs on the season!

Killers 37  Iron Legion 23 - The Killers won their 7th game in a row, longest current streak, but still haven't clinched the West as the Whales won again.  It was a Tom Brady and kicker Jake Elliott show for the Killers.  Brady threw for 16 points and Elliott kicked 15 points.  

Good Ole Tom!

Whales 17  Crush 14 - Whales kept pace with the Killers by beating the Crush lining up a big game next week against the Killers.  Mahomes had a mediocre week with only 6 points but seems like its only a matter of time before he starts scoring double digits consistently, in time for the playoffs.  

Mahomes leading the Whales to the playoffs


Player of the Week:  Kyler Murray, QB, Wrecking Crew - 20 points


Playoff Picture:

Division Leaders                  Wildcard
x-1. Wrecking Crew 11-2    y-5. Animals 8-5 (456)
y-2. Killers 9-4                    y-6. Krauts 8-5 (425)
y-3. Cocktails 8-5                y-7. Whales 8-5 (404)
4. Killer Bees 6-7                8. Iron Legion 7-6 (388)

In the Hunt
Sinistars 7-6 (316)
Chislers 6-7 (433)
Titans 6-7 (302)

Here is how the final week shapes up and how teams can clinch...

South
- Bees can clinch the South with a win over the the Dragons or a Titan loss
- Titans need to win and have the Bees lose to the Dragons to win the South
- Either way only one team will make playoffs, Bees or Titans by winning division.

East
- Cocktails just need to a win against the Juggernauts, or a Kraut loss to clinch the East
- Krauts need a win but also a Cocktail loss.  Krauts really had this division but are letting it slip through their fingers.

West
- In the game of the week the winner of the Killers vs. Whales games are champions of the West.  If Whales win, they tie the Killers but hold tie breaker as they beat them in Week 1 39-31. 

Final Wildcard Spot
- Legion are in with a win over the Crush.  If they lose they need Sinistars and Chislers to lose.
- Sinistars are in with a win over Krauts and a Legion loss.
- Chislers need to win against Ferrets but also losses by the Legion and Sinistars to get in.

Good luck to all in the final week of the 2021 CFFL season!



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