The year's penultimate week of games concludes and we're all but settled on who is in the playoffs and who is out. The top seed will be Manitoba (10-2) who can look ahead to weeks fifteen and sixteen. Mar-A-Lago (9-3) faces the Moosecrew in week thirteen; with a win, they secure the second bye.
If they lose, that will open up the second bye week to a host of competitors: Deputy, Philadelphia*, and South Park are all 8-4 and the points race is close enough that each has a realistic shot at making it up to the #2 seed with a big week thirteen.
*ONE CAVEAT: The Rum Ham lost a seaworthy matchup to the Uprising in week twelve that will be subject to review through Thursday morning. If they end up getting that W, they rise up to 9-3 and actually have the edge over the Treason on points. That would mean that if both teams win, it will come down to either their head-to-head matchup (Mar-A-Lago won) or overall points, I am not really sure because Y! does not give full ownership of seeding tiebreaks. If one team wins and the other loses, the victor takes the two spot. If BOTH teams lose, then they enter a point tiebreaker with Deputy and/or South Park if either team wins.
The #6 seed will go to either Ohio (7-5) or Binghamton (7-5). If both can nab W's this week it will result in an 8-5 team missing the playoffs for the first time in Larkspur Bowl history. If both lose, theoretically Phoenix or HCM City could sneak in with a win... but the point differential is so extreme, it is almost impossible. If Y! reverted to head-to-head tiebreakers all hell could break loose, but otherwise, even with winning records, the Uprising and Lead Farmers are probably just playing for a consolation bracket bye and a top four draft slot heading into 2022's LBXIV.
For the eliminated teams, an elegy for what might have been:
- PHX 6-6: Back to back single digit losses in weeks 10 (SAV) & 11 (SPC) we too much to overcome; winning either puts them in the race while winning both would have clinched.
- HCM 6-6: Single digit losses in week 3 (SPC) & week 10 (OTB) broke a squad that came racing out of the gates but has stumbled down the stretch.
- JSC 4-8: Back-to-back monster performances in weeks 4 & 5 were the only time the defending champions really looked the part this season but have been okay in December.
- SAV 4-8: Losses piled up early, but the Petes did a commendable job of playing their best football in the late going and look poised for a run in the consolation bracket after all.
- HVM 3-9: A week 282 point outburst in week five over BIN was the only highlight in the McFly's worst ever season. Rumor abound that Coach was preoccupied with a wedding?
- PAW 2-10: Have the Pride turned into the Pumpkins? Probably not. Pawnee saw the most points against in the league this year and got buries early.
- CRT 2-10: After splitting their first four games the Rudy-Toos lost a tight week 5 game to DVH and just crumpled afterward- not a crash landing as they have not landed yet, 0-8.
Week 12 Matchups
TEAM OF THE WEEK TWELVE:
- QB DAK PRESCOTT (DVH) 29.10
- RB JOE MIXON (OTB) 35.40
- WR JAYLEN WADDLE (SPC) 29.18
- TE MARK ANDREWS (JSC) 20.20
- DL BRIAN BURNS (DVH) 19.00
- LB ALEX SINGLETON (SPC) 26.00
- CB DONTE JACKSON (OTB) 18.50
- SS RONNIE HARRISON (JSC) 27.00
- PK DANIEL CARLSON (HCM) 21.00
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