What a game!! Sprouts squeaked out a 1-point victory (109-108) over the Midnight Maulers to claim the high score for the week! Sprouts was able to overcome the 30 points that Ricky Williams scored for the Maulers, and with big games from Matt Schaub, Wes Welker and Chris Johnson, sprouts has now amassed the best record in the league (7-4). Well done Russ!! That match-up just goes to show how important schedules are, because the Midnight Maulers outscored everyone else in the league this week, yet lost. Ouch...

In other news this week, we have only two more regular season games until its playoff time so I'm going to dedicate the majority of this week's column to playoff scenarios.


Playoff Rules:
-Six teams will qualify for the playoffs.
-Playoffs will run in Week 14, 15 and 16.
-The top two teams in each division automatically qualify, and two additional wild card spots are awarded.
-The top team in each division will receive a bye in the first round.
-Wild cards are not division dependent (i.e. Both wild card teams can come from the same division).
-During the playoffs, all teams are still eligible to win the Weekly High Score Prize.

Tiebreakers for Division Playoff Spots:
1. Overall record
2. Division record
3. Head-to-Head record
4. Points scored
5. Coin flip (initiated by Commissioner)

Tiebreakers for Wild Card Spots:
1. Overall record
2. Head-to-Head record
3. Points scored
4. Coin flip (initiated by Commissioner)

Team-by-Team Playoff Scenarios
Remarkably, with only 2 weeks to go no team has been eliminated from playoff contention. Because of that, the wild card spots are still completely up for grabs, so the scenarios spelled out below apply only for divisional playoff spots.

- Sprouts - Win one of two remaining games, OR two losses from Tailgate Approved PLUS one loss from each of Lords of Lumberg, Midnight Maulers and Coors Light Drunk Guys.

- Frito Pie - Win one of two remaining games.

- SOFA KING GOOD - Win one of two remaining games.

- Tailgate Approved - Win both remaining games, OR win one remaining game PLUS one loss from Lords of Lumberg.

- Lords of Lumberg - Win both remaining games, OR win one remaining game PLUS two losses from Tailgate Approved PLUS one loss from Midnight Maulers.

- Midnight Maulers - Win both remaining games PLUS two losses from Tailgate Approved PLUS one loss from Lords of Lumberg.

- Coors Light Drunk Guys - Win both remaining games PLUS two losses from Tailgate Approved PLUS one loss from Lords of Lumberg PLUS one loss from Midnight Maulers.

- American Bad Ass - Win both remaining games PLUS two losses from Frito Pie PLUS two losses from SOFA KING GOOD.

- Scottish Rebels - Win both remaining games PLUS two losses from Frito Pie PLUS two losses from SOFA KING GOOD PLUS one loss from American Bad Ass.

- Joe's Pats - Win both remaining games PLUS two losses from Frito Pie PLUS two losses from SOFA KING GOOD PLUS one loss from American Bad Ass PLUS one loss from Scottish Rebels.

As mentioned before these scenarios only apply to qualifying for one of the two divisional playoff spots in each division. There are multiple scenarios for each team to grab one of the wild card spots. So it is extra important in these next two weeks to make sure you have your best line-up in the game.


BEST BENCH
Speaking of having your best line-up in the game, I seem to have a real aversion to doing this... For the second week in a row, the Best Bench goes to -- My Scottish Rebels! With three roster moves this week, I could have improved my point total by a very nice 45 points... Eli Manning for Tony Romo (20 pts), Greg Jennings for Roy Williams (18 pts), and New Orleans for Dallas (7 pts). By the way - If anyone wants Roy Williams, he will be on the waiver wire Wednesday morning...


Two more weeks! Let's do this!!