Championship Time 2022 - Joe's Pats vs. Young Guns

Will it be the Pats?...

Or the Young Guns?

So it all comes down to this… the 2022 championship will be between the top two seeds going into the playoffs – Joe’s Pats and Young Guns!  In the semi-final games, Joe’s Pats managed to hold on for a 104-102 victory over Attack of Mahomes, while Young Guns won convincingly, 119-67, over sprouts.  The victory was extra sweet for Young Guns, as the 119 points also won the Weekly High Score prize!  For Joe, this will be the 6^th time playing in the championship game (record of 4-1) and for John it is his 2^nd (record of 0-1).  Congratulations to both of you and good luck!

In the battle for 5^th, American BadAss topped Bad Beat 85-80, mostly thanks to George Kittle scoring 21 points. 

Several weeks to get caught up on, so probably the best thing to do is to show the current Weekly High Score Prize tally:

                 

Timmy’s Attack of Mahomes still leads the way with three High Score prizes this season, with one more week left.

Speaking of that… next season I’m thinking we extend the regular season by 1 game and have the playoffs run in Weeks 15, 16 and 17.  That will mean an extra Weekly High Score prize next year, so entry fees will go up.  I’ll work out the details and let everyone know.  As a reminder for this season here are the payouts: 

Weekly High Scores prizes are $50/week, 5th = $50, 4th = $75, 3rd = $100, 2nd = $150, 1st = $325.

BEST BENCH(ES)

The one area where my Scottish Rebels have been competitive on a weekly basis is for Best Bench.  In Week 14, Young Guns took it with a 49-point improvement possibility, but my Rebels were in the hunt with 41.  This week, I managed to rack up a 33-point point improvement, coming just shy of winner.  But with a 34-point improvement possibility, the Week 15 Best Bench goes to… the Coors Light Drunk Guys!  Shawn needed three roster moves to get there:  Indianapolis for Arizona +21, T. Higbee for D. Schultz +7 and A. Dillon for E. Elliott +6.  This was Shawn’s first Best Bench this season, and his first since exactly one year ago, Week 15 of 2021.  The Drunk Guys are the 6th different team to claim a Best Bench.

Four teams have avoided being the Best Bench this season:  Bad Beat, sprouts, Attack of Mahomes and Joe’s Pats.  The longest active streak for avoiding the Best Bench belongs to sprouts, who has gone 31 weeks since last snagging one.

Hard to believe another season has already nearly come to a close... Nineteen seasons of Sacred Sundays, and six with the current group of owners.  Truly amazing!  Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!