Vandelay Surging Into The Playoffs!

One week left in the regular season and here is what we know: 

1. Three teams are in the playoffs: Vandelay Industries, First to Worst and Bubble Craps Bandits.  Vandelay has secured the top seed in the South division, so will receive a first round bye.  The other team to earn a bye has yet to be determined.  
2. Four teams control their own destiny, i.e. Win the final game and they are in the playoffs.  This applies to: Joe’s Pats, American BadAss, sprouts and Finders Keepers.  Finders Keepers and sprouts face each other in Week 13, so the winner of that one will get into the playoffs.  Should be a good one to keep an eye on!  
3. The Coors Light Drunk Guys still have an outside shot to get in, but it’s not easy.  Basically, Shawn needs to win and have losses by Joe’s Pats, American BadAss and Finders Keepers.  At that point there would be a three-way tie between the Drunks, BadAss and Joe’s Pats for the final two playoff spots.  This is where it gets interesting… in head-to-head matchups, the Drunks hold the edge over BadAss, BadAss holds the edge over Joe’s Pats, and Joe’s Pats holds the edge over the Drunks.  So it would come down to points scored, where Joe’s Pats has a significant advantage, so he’d likely claim the first playoff spot.  The Drunks and BadAss have amazingly scored the exact same amount of points through 12 weeks (839), so it would come down to the team which scores the most points in the final game to claim the second playoff spot.
4. Young Guns and Longshanks are out… only playing for the Weekly High Score Prizes at this point.

The big congrats this week go out once again to Vandelay Industries, posting a second high score in as many weeks, this time scoring an impressive 133 points!  Antonio Brown and Alvin Kamara dominated for Vandelay (33 and 30 points, respectively), plus a big performance from Kyle Rudolph (18 pts) and three other players scoring in double digits.  In the head-to-head matchup, Vandelay defeated sprouts by 88 points, which is the 3rd largest margin of defeat in Sacred Sundays history.  With the win, Vandelay Industries maintains the distinction as the highest scoring team in the league.  (Joe’s Pats is the second highest scoring team, trailing Vandelay by 56 points).  Suffice it to say, things are looking good in the latex industry!

The game of the week for Week 12 was Young Guns besting Joe’s Pats 122-118.  Only 11 teams have managed to scored over 100 this season, and this was just the 2nd time a team has scored 100 points in a loss.  Joe’s score also tied the record for the highest score in a loss in Sacred Sundays history.  (Back in 2013, Sofa King Good lost 149-118.)  Contrast that game to Finders Keepers vs. Bubble Craps Bandits, where the Keepers won 68-40, so both of those teams combined couldn’t even match one of the teams in the Guns vs. Pats.  Crazy!

Just a quick update this week as we get ready for the final push to the playoffs!


EVERYONE NEEDS MONEY, THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT MONEY
Here is an update on the prize money won so far this season, and a reminder of the prizes competing for in the playoffs:
Weekly High Score Prize = $50 (Weeks 1 – 16)
Weekly High Score Prizes won so far:
Joe’s Pats = 3 (Weeks 1, 3 & 9) $150
First to Worst = 3 (Weeks 4, 7 & 10) $150
Vandelay Industries = 2 (Weeks 11 & 12) $100
Coors Light Drunk Guys = 1 (Week 2) $50
sprouts = 1 (Week 5) $50
Longshanks = 1 (Week 6) $50
Young Guns = 1 (Week 8) $50

Playoff Prizes:
4th Place = $45
3rd Place = $67
Runner-up = $113
Champion = $225

BEST BENCH
There were quite a lot of points on the bench this week… American BadAss could’ve improved by +37, Coors Light Drunk Guys by +47 and sprouts by +53.  But none were better than this week’s winner who had a +60-point improvement possibility.  In a week of setting records, this was the 2nd highest Best Bench of the season.  Now, without further ado, the Week 12 Best Bench goes to… the Bubble Craps Bandits!  Timmy needed nearly an entire roster swap… 6 players!!  T. Coleman for D. Martin +18, NY Giants for Chiefs +11, H. Henry for T. Kelce +10, D. Adams for T. Hill +9, C. McCaffrey for K. Hunt +8 and C. Newton for A. Smith +4. 


The final week of the regular season is upon us!  Get those waivers in!