Pennsylvania and NIKEtown stage rematch;
Syracuse meets Wisconsin for first time in ’97;
New York vs. Carolina and Mercer vs. Miami

The Syracuse Blizzard captured the final playoff spot by securing the Wildcard position for the 1997 Fantasy Bowl playoffs with a 58-44 win over Carolina. Syracuse will face Wisconsin, the #2 seed, in the first round of the playoffs. Pennsylvania and NIKEtown will tee it up again this week in the playoffs, as the #1 and #3 seeds will meet. The Wildcats knocked the Knights back into the #3 seed with a 80-64 win this past weekend.

All 4 franchises in the Fantasy Bowl playoffs have appeared in a previous Fantasy Bowl game. Wisconsin won the Fantasy Bowl in 1994 and 1995. NIKEtown (as LA Riot!) won the Fantasy Bowl in 1993 and 1996. Syracuse (as BR Blowfish) lost the 1992 Fantasy Bowl, and Pennsylvania lost the 1994 Fantasy Bowl.

New York beat Mercer 46-31 and captures the #5 seed, which is the top spot in the consolation bracket. New York will face Carolina, who finishes with the #8 seed after their loss to Syracuse.

Miami makes the consolation playoffs as the #7 seed, after a 72-36 drubbing of Keystone. Miami is also keeping the heat on in the points race, keeping pace with PA and distancing themselves from NY, who remains third.

Carolina nabs the final spot in the consolation round by virtue of a head-to-head win against Dallas in Week 6. Dallas and Carolina ended the year with identical 6-8 records.

Wisconsin secured the #2 seed after a 43-38 comeback win over Mission Viejo this weekend. Wisconsin and NIKEtown finished the season with identical 10-4 records, but Wisconsin held the tiebreaker edge by virtue of a head-to-head win against the Knights in Week 4.

In other games without playoff implications, Dallas defeated New Denver by a 67-44 count, and Richmond defeated Newport Beach 62-53, ensuring that Newport will finish the season with the worst record in the league, at 3-11.

The playoff schedule for Week 15:

Fantasy Bowl VI Playoffs:
#1 seed PA Wildcats vs. #3 seed NK Knights
#2 seed WN Cheeseheads vs. #4 seed SY Blizzard

Consolation bracket:
#5 seed NY Griffons vs. #8 seed Big CL Bang
#6 seed MR Mustangs vs. #7 seed MI Muffdivers

 

 

Lottery Draft Tracker

The order for the first round of the 1998 draft for the non-money winners will be determined by lottery. This lottery will detemine who gets a shot at players such as Peyton Manning or, perhaps, Curtis Enis. Joe Jurevicius, anyone?

The lottery chances are determined in 2 portions: 1) record up to and including Week 11; and 2) total points weeks 11-15.

We’ll keep a running tab here on the total lottery chances each team may receive.

The first portion is record through week 11. The worse the record, the MORE chances.

Records through week 11:

Richmond 2-9 – 6 CHANCES

Newport Beach 3-8 – 5 CHANCES

New Denver 4-7 (287 pts) – 4 CHANCES

Keystone 4-7 (382 pts) – 3 CHANCES

Mission Viejo 4-7 (393 pts) – 2 CHANCES

Dallas 5-6 – 1 CHANCE

If one of these teams receives the prize for top point getter of all remaining teams, remove that team from the above list and then re-number sequentially from 5 down to 1. These will be the number of lottery chances each team receives for the record portion of the lottery.

In addition, each team will receive chances based on the total points accumulated during weeks 11-15. The more points, the MORE chances each team will receive. Here are current points standings:

Newport Beach – 159

Richmond – 152

Mission Viejo – 141

Dallas – 137

Keystone – 121

New Denver – 109

These teams will be numbered sequentially from 6 down to 1 after week 15. These will be the number of lottery chances each team receives for the points portion of the lottery. And again, if one of these teams receives the prize for top point getter of all remaining teams, remove that team from the above list and then re-number sequentially from 5 down to 1.