A pair of 50+ Point victories starts off the 2014 Playoffs…Be care ful what you wish for…and someone will get Staind…
In the match-up that Armed N Dangerous WANTED to happen…they entered Monday Night in a huge deficit…and fell well short when Julio Jones set a new Falcons team record with the most Receiving Yards by any player in 2014 (259 yards)…Husslers 156 points sets the bar high as their initial Playoff scoring record…becoming the 10th TBFL team to get a WIN in their 1st Playoff Game…(Only BBA…HUR…UOG…& XFA among active teams)…Armed N Dangerous sets a record with a 4th consecutive Playoff Loss…Husslers will travel to Bay Area Thrashers for Week 15….Thrashers have never lost to Husslers (4-0)…and are looking to extend their record with a 6th consecutive Playoff Win…
In the battle between “Its Been A While” teams…Warriors key players all showed up…but Playground Legends suffered Manning’s worst TBFL start since 2008 (Week 13…15/21 125yds 0/2…4 points)…lost Brandon Marshall to injury…and gave back points with their Defense for the 5th time this season…It is Warriors 1st Playoff win since defeating the Legends (née Jedi Knights) in their only other Playoff match-up in 2005…ending the current longest Playoff Win drought…They will travel to Runs N Throses…who defeated Warriors in their only Playoff matchup also in the Semi Final Round of 2005…Throsers will be looking to not join Armed N Dangerous with their own 4th consecutive Playoff Loss after wasting what would have been a Franchise Record 181 points on the Bye Week…
After setting up for what appeared to be a solid Empire Cup run over the last weeks of the season…Hurricanes instead fell victim to Money Inc…the same team that defeated them in their only other Empire Cup in 2009…and the same team that knocked them out of the TBFL Playoffs in 2011 and 2012…Hurricanes will still have the 2nd position choice in the 2015 TBFL Draft…Money Inc travels to Bandit Division rival Fudgie Whales for Week 15…the 2 teams split their head-2-head match-ups this season…Fudgie Whales holds the overall series record 8-6…but posted only a Potential 78 points over the Bye Week…they will have to find some injured player relief to try and stop Money Inc’s march for a 3rd Empire Cup award…
And in our final match-up…Bubba Army’s squad of Rookie Wide Receivers survived taking a 0 from their Cardinal starter to defeat UO Grandmasters in their only head-2-head contest for 2014…The Army’s 82 points was the lowest score among the 4 winning teams…much like their wins in the Regular Season…It is the 5th straight loss for UO Grandmasters…their 3rd straight loss to Bubba Army…The Army will pack up camp and travel to X-Factor in Week 15…The 2 teams have never faced each other in a post-season…Their head-2-head record is locked up at 4-4 with Bubba Army winning the last 2 games…including a 109-100 victory in Week 5…