Tuesday, November 13, 2018

X: Week Ten Results

Ten games in the book for then tenth season of Larkspur Bowl Action! There was a great divide between winners and losers in nearly every matchup this round: Eight teams went over 200 points this week and seven of them won. Six teams scored under 170 this week, all of them lost.

We've got the trade deadline impending, and after a slow week on the market, the hot stove is blazing. Late season byes are wrecking havoc on depth charts, injuries are undermining the best laid plans, and total randos are coming from nowhere to put up double digits. FINAL THREE WEEKS, TIME FOR THE SEASON TO GO OFF THE RAILS!

The only team to punch a playoff ticket is the #1 South Park Cows, who hold a two game lead on the field and would need to screw up royally to not end up with a first round bye. On the other end of the spectrum, New York and Philadelphia join Mar-A-Lago at the bottom of the standings, all three teams sitting at 3-7 and incapable of a winning record. They are now competing against each other for a spot in the consolation bracket, and an opportunity to select a premium draft pick.

So for everyone else, there are five playoff spots and a bye week up fro grabs. Four teams sit in a dead heat at 6-4, (DVH, ORG, SAV, PHX) controlling their destinies but needing to win 2 of 3 to ensure their spot at the dance. Five teams squared at 5-5 are all hoping to win out, (HVM, PAW, BIN, HCM, MMC) which is, of course, mathematically impossible- but one or two should make the jump to the post season. And clinging to hope at 4-6 are the #11 Brew-tang Killa Beez, who will need to win out while scoring 240+ every week to make their first ever trip to the playoffs. 

SCOREBOARD
POWER OUTPUT
  1. SPC 264: The Cows have run roughshod over the competition this year; Even in their two losses they scored over 228 points. Anything but a second trophy will disappoint.
  2. PAW 250: Hitting on all cylinders, the Pride put back to back losses behind them, drop the defending champions handily, and move within spitting distance of the playoff race.
  3. DVH 244: The Van Halens scored 100 more points than last week and win again despite jettisoning their franchise quarterback. We'll see if the Fitzmagic continues.
  4. BKB 239: They sure didn't play like a team that had given up on their season in week 10. If Trubinsky can keep this up the rest of the way, they could Cinderella this thing after all.
  5. MAL: 223: Welcome back, David Johnson! Off the schneid, their franchise cornerstone dominated and may be auditioning to return as 2019's first round pick.
  6. ORG 220: The Horde have bounced back strong after every loss, and really shown the sort of steadiness that will make them a team nobody wants to face in the playoffs.
  7. PHX 215: In a season of good fortune, they take a hard luck loss here, playing well but running into a desperate Pawnee squad that lives to fight another day. So it goes.
  8. HCM 207: Don't look now but the Lead Farmers have won 4 of 6 and face three of the worst teams in the league down the stretch, as they seek a return ticket to the big game.
  9. NYF 169: The Finest have seen their opponent score 219 or more in 8 of 10 games this season, and gone 1-7 in those matchups, ruining their 2018 campaign. Sights set on 2019!
  10. HVM 168: With the chance to take control of their playoff destiny against a reeling squad on a seven game losing streak the McFlys crumpled and have five impending byes on the docket.
  11. PRH 165: The team's offense has been sound all year- save a depleted receiving corps that has never really improved. The squad's consolation play may yield an elite WR1 next time around.
  12. SAV 161: Losing by more than a hundred points was bad, but there is no reprieve from the byes: 11 to come. All but 4 players on the team had their byes in weeks 9-12.
  13. BIN 149: The offense was adequate, while the defense wilted and no one on the team could come up with an inspired performance against a lesser foe.  
  14. MMC 139: Without a big game from Odell Beckham, this might have ended up the league's worst performance of the season. Instead it was just, really, really, really bad.
TEAM OF THE WEEK
images are a pain. THAT I WILL ENDURE LATER.
QB MITCH TRUBINSKY - BKB (39.5 pts)
RB NICK CHUBB - PAW (44.0 pts)
WR TYREEK HILL - BKB (31.8 pts)
TE ZACH ERTZ - BKB (37.2 pts)
DL AARON DONALD - HVM (21.5 pts)
LB LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH - DVH (32.9 pts)
CB ELI APPLE - SPC (17.95 pts)
SS HASEAN CLINTON-DIX - MAL (18.0 pts)
K WILL LUTZ - ORG (18.5 pts)
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