Blowouts abound in the TBFL Playoffs as History prepares to repeat itself…Money Inc is the Bay Area Thrashers of the Empire Cup as we get Deja Vu  again…

After averaging a 54 point margin of victory in Wildcard Weekend…Bay Area Thrashers continued that trend…awarding Husslers their 1st ever Playoff Loss…124 to 70…Thrashers remain undefeated against Husslers…now 5-0….(well 6-0 if you count the pre-draft trade that gave Thrashers Le’Veon Bell)…

Thrashers extend their own record with a 6th straight Playoff Win…where they have outscored their opponents 760-546 (35.7 points per game)…they are now the 1st team to appear in 5 straight Fantasy Bowls…and extend their own record with their 7th Overall Fantasy Bowl appearance…4 more than any other active team (3…BBA…& now RNT)…

After topping all possible point scorers in Week 14…Runs N Throses went back-2-back and did it again in the Semi-Finals…burying Buccaneer Division rival Warriors under a 77 point avalanche 152-75…it is a new Playoff Scoring Record for Runs N Throses (150…2008 Wildcard Weekend)…the largest margin of victory in the history of their series (74…2010 Week 11…WAR def. RNT 170-96)…and the Warriors worst defeat since their 1st ever loss to Throsers in Week 1 of 2001 (68…110-42)…

 
Runs N Throses ends their 3 game 1-&-Done Playoff Streak with their 1st Playoff Win since 2008…and advance to their 3rd ever Fantasy Bowl…Fantasy Bowl XVII will be a rematch of Fantasy Bowl VIII played between the same teams in 2005…only the Seedings are swapped…with Runs N Throses now the #1 Seed and Bay Area Thrashers the #2 Seed…

That was Thrashers 1st ever Fantasy Bowl win 106-86…Overall Thrashers hold a 10-9 advantage including winning their Week 8 head-2-head matchup 150-104…Throsers have outscored Thrashers 934-756 since then…gaining a head-2-head advantage in 5 of the following 7 weeks…including both Playoff Weeks…but Thrashers have a 3-1 advantage in their head-2-head Playoff History…

After splitting their head-2-head contests…Bandit Divison rivals Fudgie Whales and Money Inc faced off in a tie-breaker for their 2014 bragging rights…averaging only 3.6 points per game…and posting a -12 in Week 14 vs the Steelers…The Cincinnati Bengals shut out Johnny Football and the Browns for a 30 Point turnaround and delieverd the win 105-89 over the Whales…Money Inc is now 7-1 in Empire Cup play…they enter the Empire Cup Final for a record 3rd time…and are the 1st team to get there in back-2-back seasons…

On the other side of the bracket…the contest between Bubba Army and X-Factor came down to the result of the Cowboys and Eagles game…Dez Bryant and his 35 points was good enough to hold off the Eagles tandem of Jeremy Maclin and The Sanchise (23 points combined)…and Bubba Army gets their 3rd straight victory over X-Factor 110-85…It is The Army’s 2nd appearance in an Empire Cup Final…

The 2014 Final will be a rematch of the 1st ever Empire Cup Final held in 2009…In that game #1 Seed Money Inc defeated the #2 Seed Bubba Army 97-75…Money Inc holds the overall advantage in this series 17-11-1 including both head-2-head games this Season…The Army outscored Money Inc in Week 14…but has not managed to win 3 games in a row since 2012 (Weeks 5-7)…Either way it will be the 4th straight (and 5th out 6 played) Bandit Division team to claim the cup…(Yeah…)