playoff semifinals

Cat Success vs. Taxmen.

Winehausfrau vs. Cavalry.

Good luck to all (especially moi).

Remember, there's a Thursday and a Saturday game this week.

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playoffs are set

#1 seed -- Catastrophic Success

#2 seed -- Winehausfrau

#3 seed -- 9th Mississippi Cavalry

#4 seed -- Taxmen

#5 seed -- Shiners

#6 seed -- Steel Curtain

Week one:

Cat Success, Winehausfrau have byes.

Cavalry (3) vs. Steel Curtain (6). Winner gets Winehausfrau.

Taxmen (4) vs. Shiners (5). Winner gets Cat Success.

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about that quarterback rating nonsense

If you saw the Monday night game, you heard them go on and on about Drew Brees' perfect passing rating of 158.3. Bet you're wondering what that number means. Here's an equation for it, where C is completions, Y is yards, T is touchdowns, I is interceptions and A is attempts.

You can read more about the history of the passer rating at www.nytimes.com/2004/01/14/sports/pro-football-the-nfl-s-passer-rating-arcane-and-misunderstood.html.

Silly me. I always thought the best measures of a QB were a) making the plays when it matters and b) winning. Especially b).

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the saints and all dat

You won't hear the commish gloating about the Saints' perfect record -- 42 years of mostly putrid play will do that to a person. Besides, the commish married into a family that has a collective 15 Super Bowl rings (Steelers 6, Cowboys 5, Patriots 3, Jets 1). Still, it's somewhat salivating to think about New Orleans hosting a NFC championship game against Brett Favre and the Vikings, and then -- dare we dream? -- a Super Bowl matchup against the Colts and Peyton Manning, New Orleans-born and son of a beloved Saint.

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playoff picture

Just one more regular-season week, and then the playoffs get going. Here's how it'll work:

6 teams in playoffs.

Top two seeds (division winners) get byes.

3 seed plays 6 seed. Winner plays 2 seed.

4 seed plays 5 seed. Winner plays 1 seed.

As things stand right now, the playoff teams would be: Cat Success, Winehaus, Cavalry, Taxmen, Steel Curtain and Weapons. The only other team with a chance to get are the Shiners.

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