Tuesday Huddle

I was too busy watching the Rockettes, with the Uprising's season hanging by a thread, to publish a MMQB.

However, as it stands, before final stat tabulations and corrections, Phoenix has defeated Toronto 179.62 - 179.10 in the closest matchup of all time. If that score stands, it will be the second time the Uprising have won in the semifinals on a postgame defensive stat adjustment, as they defeated the Bristol Executioners in 2011 after an Aldon Smith sack on MNF was fully credited on Tuesday morning.

Barring a plausible adjustment affecting the outcome, the 2013 Larkspur Bowl Championship is set:

#1 Phoenix Uprising vs #2 Hill Valley McFlys

If this comes to pass, it will be the first time in Larkspur Bowl history that both of the top seeds made the finals. Previous Larkspur Bowls are listed below:

2012: #4 California Swag defeated #2 Hill Valley McFlys
2011: #2 Phoenix Uprising defeated #5 Orgrimmar Horde
2010: #1 Phoenix Uprising defeated #3 Oklahoma K-Club
2009: #2 Orgrimmar Horde defeated #4 New York's Finest

Even going pre-Larkspur Bowl, the championship game has never featured the top two seeds:

2008: #3 Phoenix Uprising defeated #1 Carolina Carnage
2007: #4 Alabama Green Gang defeated #2 Phoenix Uprising

Every Larkspur Bowl Championship has featured Phoenix, Orgrimmar, or Hill Valley; This will be Phoenix's third Larkspur Bowl Appearance (2-0) and fifth championship game (3-1) while Hill Valley will be playing in back-to-back Bowl games, after falling to California last year. Orgrimmar is 1-1 in their two appearances. No #6 seed has ever appeared in a Championship game.