Just a quick recap of Wildcard Weekend and a look at the games coming up…
Bubba Army survived missing the last minute change of Reggie Bush’s status to get their 1st Playoff Win since claiming their 2nd Fantasy Bowl Championship in 2003 over the Warriors…In 15 Season of TBFL play…Runs N Throses have made the Playoffs in 12 of those years…and have now gone 0-1 for the Post Season in 8 of those years…The Army will travel to Bay Area Thrashers who are celebrating their 11th straight Playoff appearance…these 2 teams have never played in the Post Season before…and are 6-6 lifetime as opponents…Thrashers will be looking to avenge their Week 1 loss…
Fudgie Whales overcame a 41 point deficit on Monday Night on the back of Matt Forte…the only player the Whales accepted a trade for all season just prior to Week 1 games being played…Armed N Dangerous had won 6 straight against the Whales by an average of 40 points…including their only prior Post Season meeting in 2009…the only other Win in the series by Fudgie was also by 2 points in their 1st ever TBFL game…Gasper’s crew will travel to Hurricanes…The 2 have never played against each other in the Post Season…Hurricanes lead the series 3-2…but Fudgie Whales won their last meeting in Week 7 (Also by 2 points)…and Hurricanes has been ousted from the Playoffs the last 2 Seasons by the Bandit Division…
UO Grandmasters finally snapped their 9 game losing streak with the highest score of any Active team…they also benefited from playing the lowest scoring Active team in Warriors…who had any advantage Josh Gordon provided with his 3rd straight Week as the highest scoring Wide Receiver stripped away by the Colts Defense scoring 19 points under their season average…They will travel to Division Rival Playground Legends who posted the highest score among Non-Active teams…The Grandmasters lead the series 11-6 overall…but The Legends won their only Post Season meeting in 2006…and won both of their head-2-head contests in the Regular Season…
X-Factor only averaged 89½ points per game for the Regular Season…and Husslers had comfortably reached that mark before the 4pm Kick-offs had completed…Alshon Jeffery was coming off the greatest game of his career going into Monday Night for Josh…but ultimately fell 8 points short…Husslers will continue their quest for their 2nd Empire Cup by travelling to Bandit Division rival Money Inc…the 2 teams have split their 6 contests 3-3…but Husslers won the last meeting in Week 11 98-75…