Tampa Bay Fantasy League

These things usually just fall into my stream of conciousness as I figure it out so here goes…

Bandit Division

South Park Cows hold a two game lead over Fudgie Whales in this division with two games to play…technically not a lock yet, but the Magic Number is 1 – one loss by the Whales or one win for the Cows will secure the Division Title. If Cows lose out and Whales win out, Whales can claim the Division by way of Division Record tiebreaker.

Storm Division

The situation is identical here – Playground Legends playing spoiler this week has given UO Grandmasters a two game lead over Bay Area Thrashers with two to play….Thrashers must win the head-to-head matchup this week to stay in it, but the Magic Number would still be 1 for UO in week 13….UO losing out and Thrashers wining out would give the title here to Thrashers on Division Record tiebreaker.

Buccaneer Division

Runs N Throses and Hurricanes are tied up in record, they split head-to-head, and Runs N Throses holds the lead by way of Division Record tiebreaker….The surging XFactor team trails by only two games with two to play as well and faces both of these teams to close out the season….technically if they sweep and Warriors can sweep their remining two games, XFactor can still win the division…but a single win by RNT or Hurricanes will take them out of title contention…If RNT and the Canes remain tied at 9 or 10 wins, RNT will take the title on Division Record tiebreaker, Hurricanes must end with a better record than RNT to take the crown.

OVERALL
Four teams have 8 wins, but three other teams can still get there so none of them have technically locked up a playoff spot yet…..a single loss going forward by either XFactor, Bay Area Thrashers, or Fudgie Whales guarantees that any team with 8 wins is in the playoffs…..

At the other end of the spectrum – if those three teams were to lose out and stay at 6 wins – they would open the door for Armed N Dangerous and Marauders….Armed N Dangerous can throw a monkey wrench into things due to not playing XFactor, causing a tiebreak at Division Record. This could allow a 6-7 Marauders team to get in on a 5-1 Division Record and then AND to get in on a 3-3 Division Record. If AND misses the 6 win mark, XFactor will have swept the remaining 6 win teams, taking Seed #5, and Marauders again could get in with Division Record tiebreaks over the rest of the field…..

So technically at this point only Warriors, Playground Legends, and Money Inc are officially eliminated.

If The Playoffs Started Today:
South Park Cows would now be the #1 Seed holding an ass whooping on UO Grandmasters and a four point victory over Runs N Throses.
Runs N Throses comes down to the #2 Seed holding a five point Week 4 victory over UO Grandmasters.
UO Grandmasters as the remaining Division Champ would hold the #3 Seed adn host a Wildcard Game.
Hurricanes with the best at large record would be the #4 Seed and host the other Wildcard Game.
XFactor by virtue of four point victories over Thrashers and Fudgie Whales is the #5 Seed.
Fudgie Whales by virtue of a four point victory over Thrashers in Week 4 would take the #6 Seed.

First, the trade deadline has passed, some teams may start dropping players drafted in the first three rounds of the draft to replace them with future keepers….remember as this happens that those players are considered locked till next year’s draft….If you waste your waiver moves on them, they will be removed from your roster and you won’t get your pick priority back.

Congrats to Fudgie Whales who claim their first ever TBFL Team-of-the-Week award passing up yours truly who got no production from old man Bruce on Monday Night….

The Playoff Picture

With three weeks to play all against your own division rivals….Marauders joins the list of those officially eliminated from winning their division….With currently at least six wins required to make the playoff field, Playground Legends and Money Inc are officially out….Marauders and Warriors are next on the cusp requiring themselves to win out while six win teams lose out to have a shot….AND would have to win out and have UO lose to Thrashers to stay in the Wildcard race….XFactor cannot afford a single loss if they want to try and win the Buccaneer Division, but they are still deep in the Wildcard hunt….

If the Playoffs started today:
Runs N Throses would still retain the #1 seed and a Week One Bye.
South Park Cows would still hold the #2 seed and Bye over UO by way of head-to-head record.
UO Grandmasters would host a Wildcard Round game against Bay Area Thrashers who are now the #6 seed due to a four point loss to Fudgie Whales in Week 4.
Hurricanes would host the other Wildcard Round game against the Fudgie Whales who refuse to go away and are now the #5 seed.