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Cowchip MVP: L. Tomlinson

The Cowchip Regular Season ended this week and your regular season recap is here:

The 2006 Cowchip Player of the Year:  LaDainian Tomlinson.  Tomlinson scored 100 more points than the next closest player in the league, but amazingly his owner Dan Marks was only able to win 3 games with LT on his roster this year.  That was a contender for story of the year.  The 8 teams in the Cowchip playoffs are probably pretty happy that none of them have to worry about LT.

The 2006 Cowchip Team of the Year:  Moo Juice.  According to the All Play Standings, Moo Juice would have been 103-51 on the year.  That is 9 games better than any other team this year and shows Moo Juice's consistency.  Moo Juice ended the year with a 9-5 record and missed being the top scoring team in the league by 1 point.  Two shrewd trades they made this year have the Moo Juice as legit contenders for the title.  Before the season started, they traded Aaron Brooks, Steven Jackson, and Edgerrin James to B&S for Marc Bulger, Larry Johnson, and Deuce McAllister.  Then in mid-October they traded Frank Gore, Derrick Mason, Hines Ward, and Heath Miller to Cap N Cheese for Shaun Alexander, Maurice Morris, Amani Toomer, and Antonio Gates.  They upgraded at positions they needed to and traded players away at their highest value and took risks. 

The 2006 Draft Pick Steal of the Year:  Drew Brees, $1 by Chili Crashers.  To get the 4th highest scoring player overall in the league for $1 is quite a heist.  Compare Brees to Peyton Manning at $23.  Brees has 282 points on the year and Manning has 264.

The 2006 Free Agent Pick Up of the Year:  Maurice Jones-Drew.  Drew is the 11th highest scoring RB in the league this year and he was picked up by the Sweat Hawgs on a Blind Bid Waiver in Week 4 for $26.  Well worth that investment.  In fact, the Sweat Hawgs picked up all three of their RB's currently on their roster via the Blind Bid Waiver wire (Jones-Drew, Ladell Betts, and Travis Henry)...Those three are ranked #11, #18, and #19 overall for RB's this year.

The 2006 Streak of the Year:  H-Town Ruff Riders winning 6 in a row from Weeks 5-10.  This sealed the division and one of the top seeds in the league for the Ruff Riders.  They rode the play of Donovan McNabb and Brian Westbrook during the impressive run.

The 2006 Story of the Year:  League Dominance.  8 of the 12 teams in the Cowchip league finished at .500 or better this year.  As the top of the league just dominated on a week to week basis this year.  Both the Poison Sluts and sLimz sLeeperz were 3-11 and were the whipping boys most of the year.  Going into the final week or so of the season all 8 playoff spots were up for grabs which is just insane.  5 of the top 15 overall top scoring players this year will not be in the playoffs including the #1 overall player, LT.  The regular season is over and the 3 week tournament to crown the King Cowchip is now here.

Good luck to everyone in the playoffs...

Brian

Playoffs?

Short and sweet here is the playoff picture:

#1:  H-Town Ruff Riders (Division Champ)
#2:  Sweat Hawgs (Division Champ)
#3:  Chili Crashers (Division Champ)
#4:  Moo Juice (8-4, Top Wild Card)
#5:  The Mean Machine (7-5, Wild Card)

Then the mess starts...There are three spots remaining and three teams tied at 6-6.  When you factor in their H2H matchups, they all are 1-1, so they have all between one of the other teams, but lost to one of the other three.  So then it goes to total points. 

#6:  Shortcake Delight
#7:  Cap N Cheese
#8:  Bob & Steve's Stars

On the outside looking in are:

Bull 1983, at 5-7 and Socko's Revenge at 5-7...Let's see how these guys tie-breakers go between each other and the last three wild cards

Bull 1983:  Lost to Socko's Revenge, Lost to Bob & Steve's Stars, Lost once to Cap N Cheese (play again this week), Lost to Shortcake Delight.  So basically on any tiebreaker, Dirtbag is going to be screwed because he lost Head to Head to all of the competition.

Socko's Revenge:  Beat Bull 1983, Lost to Cap N Cheese, Beat Shortcake Delight once (play again this week), Beat Bob & Steve's Stars.  Socko's has the tiebreaker advantage over everyone, except Cap N Cheese, but is a game back.

So here's the English version of this:

Bull and Socko's Revenge desperately need wins this week over Cap N Cheese/Shortcake Delight.  If not, they are in no man's land as far as the playoffs go.
H-Town Ruff Riders have basically clinched the division
Chili Crashers and Cap N Cheese are tied for the division and play each other heads up in the final week.  Bull could also possibly get in the mix for the division but needs a lot of help
Moo Juice and Sweat Hawgs play this week and according to my calculations the winner will win the division.  If Sweat Hawgs win they will be a game up and will have beaten Moo Juice twice, so they will have the tie breaker.  If Moo Juice wins, they will be a game up and the H2H will be even, and they've scored a ton more points.  The other team is guaranteed a wild card spot.
The Mean Machine would need a total collapse to not make the playoffs.

Fun, fun fun...good luck everyone
Brian

Remember that playoff spots and standings are based on:

#1: Winning %
#2: Head to Head Record
#3: Total Points
#4: Division Record
#5: Total points scored the last 3 weeks

The playoffs are a simple 8 team tournament as shown:

Team 1 vs Team 8
Team 4 vs Team 5

Team 2 vs Team 7
Team 3 vs Team 6

The winners then advance. The Toilet Bowl playoffs is a simple 4 team tournament.

So for example...Bull has a 5-6 record and is tied with Cap N Cheese and Shortcake Delight.  There are only two spots left for 5-6 teams.  Cap N Cheese and Shortcake Delight would both be in and Bull would be out even though he has more points scored.  Bull lost to both Cap N Cheese and Shortcake Delight this year.  Shortcake Delight beat Cap N Cheese straight up so they would have the tie-breaker over them and be the higher of the two.

Thanks
Brian

Colston paces the Ruff Riders to the top

News and Notes:  So check this out, MFL has a new feature to include lead articles, which is where I will post each leagues recaps.  So with all of the screwy scoring this weekend, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few scoring changes.  The Sweat Hawgs and Bob & Steve's Stars locked up in a real close one this week.  There were a couple of really big scores this week and some really shitty scores.  Bull dropped 163 points on his nephew Chili Crashers to win his second in a row.  Bull is quietly moving up the standings.  The Crashers on the other hand are in a free fall.  They have lost 4 in a row and are now at 5-5 after a 5-1 start.  The hottest team in the league?  That would be the H-Town Ruff Riders, the top team in the league and the highest scoring team in the league with 6 wins in a row.  The Ruff Riders are looking to lock up that top seed for the playoffs.  The Ruff Riders knocked off Socko's Revenge who have now lost 3 in a row and need to get it turned around in a hurry.  sLimz sLeeperz are also in a free fall with 3 losses in a row, and having only scored 53 points this week in a loss to Cap N Cheese.  The Bull Shit Division has turned into a real race, with two 5-5 teams, a 4-6 team and a 3-7 team.  Remember guys, 8 teams make the playoffs in this league and there are 4 weeks left to go to make a statement. 

Good luck to everyone this week.

Brian Kreklau