The regular season is over, playoff teams are set, and there has been some shakeups in what we might have expected only a week or two ago.
The Frelinghuysen Froglickers (10-3) are your #1 seed by virtue of their 105½-91½ win over the Dallas Armadillos (10-3) in the final week of the regular season. Both teams will have a chance to relax for a week as they have earned first-round playoff byes. The Froglickers this year will hold the honor of selecting their opponent from the winners of the quarterfinal games.
Big Oregon Bang (7-6) is the other division winner and the #3 seed, despite a 2-point loss this week to Happy Valley.
All three wild card teams have 7 wins, but there is a shakeup here as well. The defending champion Chicago Mud (7-4-2) had already clinched and are the #4 seed, despite not making any reasonable effort to field a competitive team in the final regular season game. The Philadelphia Griffins were the beneficiary of the slumbering Mud, coasting to a 62½-29 win and capturing the #5 playoff seed.
The final playoff spot goes to the New Chester Thorobreds, who needed a win and got it in a 97-92½ thriller over Boxboro that went right down to the wire on Monday night.
The Blowfish faithful have got to be wondering what the heck just hit them these past two weeks. The defending points champions — who have been among the top 3 in points over most of this season — are on the outside looking in after losses to the Griffins and the Thorobreds over the past two weeks.
Points Race Outlook
We have 4 weeks remaining and Dallas continues to distance itself from the pack. The Armadillos (1232 points) currently hold a 108½-point lead in the overall points race. It appears the more competitive race here will be for second-place in overall points, where several teams still have a shot at the money.
- Armadillos – 1232
- Froglickers – 1123½
- Mustangs – 1111½
- Blowfish – 1104½
- Thorobreds – 1089
- Wildcats – 1059½
- Big Bang – 1054½
Week 15 Playoff Schedule:
#1 Frelinghuysen Froglickers (10-3) – BYE
#2 Dallas Armadillos (10-3) – BYE
#3 Big Oregon Bang (7-6) vs. #6 New Chester Thorobreds (7-6)
#4 Chicago Mud (7-4-2) vs. #5 Philadelphia Griffins (7-6)
Final records for non-playoff teams below. Reversing this order (minus any money winners for points) will give you the regular draft order for the first 7 teams.
Blowfish 7-6
Wildcats 6-6-1
Mustangs 6-7
Longfellows 5-7-1
Muffdivers 5-7-1
Violence 3-10
Beach Dudes 2-11
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