CFFL Week 13

Here we go.  Week 13 action and a look at the final week of the regular season and the playoff picture!

Game of the Week:  Bees 44  Titans 43
The Bees fighting for their playoff lives needed this win to keep them in the hunt.  Playing the Titans they figured it would be no problem.  Well the Titans had other ideas.  This was a dog fight from the beginning.  A regular barn burner!  The Titans got 12 points from Baldwin and a rare Dolphin D score along with 8 points from long time Titan Ingram.  The Bees would come back with 12 points from Ginn Jr. later in the day.  The score was 43-38 in favor of the Titans.  It came down to Martavis Bryant for the Bees vs. Andre Johnson for the Titans on Sunday Night.  Bees would get a TD from Bryant while Johnson came up empty and so did the Titans. 

Bryant scores game winner!

Mafia 41 Bums 14 - The Mafia took care of business Sunday taking a game lead in the West be easily defeating the Bums.  Roethlisberger scored 17 points while Stewart, Johnson and Evans all scored TDs. 

Sinistars 46 Crush 24 - Sinistars victory has give them a shot at a Wild Card spot, albeit slim.  The Sinistar wide outs exploded in this game with Maclin getting 12 and one of the Allen Brothers (Robinson) hauling in 3 TDs!

This Allen brother scored 3 times!

Mayhem 41 Dragons 34 - Dragons playoff hopes were extinguished despite Dragon QB Newton's 20 points.  They had this game won, if it wasn't for the Mayhem D/ST Eagles who had 18 points!  The Mayhem always seem to find a defense that scores a ton of points (read Ravens of old). A disappointing end for the Dragons, who currently have the 2nd ranked offense with 430 points and will miss the playoffs. 

Juggernauts 37 Roulette 11 - The Juggs won their 6th in a row after starting 1-6 and now are in the driver seat for a wild card spot.  "Malachi" Dalton has been solid for the Juggs scoring 14 points this week to go along with kicker Catanzaro's 9 points.  The Roulette's Ryan and Jones scored  only 4 points.  A theme this second half of the year for the Roulette unfortunately.

Super Ginger

Krauts 43 Cocktails 15 - The Krauts won a very key game in the East, defeating the Cocktails to close within only 1 game of the East and completing the Sweep of the Cocktails.  The Krauts started out fast getting 14 points from Rodgers Thursday and never looked back.

Wrecking Crew 40 Chislers 9 - The Crew won their second in a row surprisingly, defeating their Brother Rival.  The Carr and Crabtree experiment continued to be successful connecting for another 10 point connection.  The Chislers would appear to have ridden the Chargers and Rivers one year too long.

The Crew 10 point Connection

Animals 49 Ferrets 37 - With the Crew winning, the Ferrets didn't need to win this game to win the North, but would have been nice.  The game was tied at 37 going into Sunday night, but Animals would get not one but two TDs from Antonio Brown to defeat the Ferrets and keep their playoff hopes alive. 

Brown celebrates the Animals win!

With one week let in the regular season there is still a lot to shake out as it relates to the playoffs.  I am sure there is a multitude of combinations, but I will do my best to at least summarize what to expect this week.

Division Winners:

North:  Ferrets have clinched. 

South: Mayhem have clinched and have clinched #1 seed in Playoffs (even lose and Cocktails win, they beat Cocktails 19-16 in Week 10)

East:  Cocktails clinch with win or if Krauts lose. 
          Krauts clinch with win and Cocktails loss. (Krauts swept Cocktails)

West: Mafia clinch with win or Crush loss.
          Crush clinch if win and Mafia lose.

Wildcard:  Okay, so here is where it gets complicated.  But I will make it pretty simple. Or at least try.  1 wildcard spot will belong to either the Krauts or Cocktails.  The other to Mafia or Crush if Crush win and Mafia win.  If Crush win division then Mafia get the other Wildcard spot. 

Other than Crush, The Bees and Juggs are 7-6.  If they win, they are in the playoffs at 8-6.  That would be it.  The 8 teams would be: Ferrets, Mayhem, Cocktails, Mafia, Crush, Krauts, Bees and Jugsgs.

Then there is 4 teams at 6-7 that if go to 7-7 could make the playoffs.  These are Chislers, Animals, Roulette and Sinistars.  They need either the Juggs, Crush or Bums to lose to have a chance.  Animals are in the driver seat with the most points scored at 413, 30 more than the Crush.  Crush then would be next if they would lose with 383 points, 14 more than the Bees.  The rest of the teams (Chiz, Roulette and Sinistars) will need some help.

Got it?  Clear as mud right?  Well let the fun begin!!