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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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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thursday game this week

Not that anyone's roster is littered with Jets and/or Bills, but just a heads-up that they're playing early.

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standings update

The balance of power is definitely with the Wily Veterans division this year, with 5 of the 6 teams having winning records. Compare that to the Brash Upstarts division, where only Winehausfrau has managed to win more than she's lost.

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playoff update

If I'm remembering right, 6 teams will make the playoffs -- the top 3 in each division, with teams seeded 1 through 6 and the division winners getting a first-round bye. Playoffs start in week 14, just a couple of games from now.

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thursday games

There are 3 of them. Set lineups accordingly:

   * Green Bay at Detroit

   * Oakland at Dallas

  * N.Y. Giants at Denver

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about the Patriots going for it on 4th down ...

... The commish loved the call. NFL coaches are too conservative way too often (punting from the oppponent's 35-yard line, for instance). Yeah, it cost the Pats the game, but it sure made it that much more exciting, didn't it?

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quote of the weekend

"Sorry to my fantasy owners."

-- RB Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jaguars, after he intentionallly took a knee at the 1-year-line late in the Jags-Jets game. He could have waltzed into the end zone, but the Jags were trying to run the clock down to kick a game-winning field goal. (It worked.)

The non-score did not affect the outcome of the Cat Success-Shiners game; Shiners won by 11.

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standings through 10 weeks

The Wily Veterans division is turning into a real horse race -- Cat Success at 7-3, followed by 4 teams at 6-4. Over in the Brash Upstarts division, Winehausfrau is one game up on the fast-charging Shiners. 

Reminder: There's a Thursday game this week (Panthers-Dolphins).

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hurtin' all over

Redskins TE Chris Cooley (Winehausfrau) has a broken ankle. Out.
Jets RB Leon Washington (Winehausfrau) has a broken leg. Out.
Eagles RB Brian Westbrook (Shiners) suffered a concussion Monday night. Day to day.
Texans WR Andre Johnson (Cavalry) has a bruised lung. Day to day.

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unnatural phenomena

After narrow victories, Winehausfrau and the 9th Mississippi Cavalry are leading their respective divisions.

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how does this tie look?

Depends on your perspective. The Monday night game left Weapons-Cavalry and Steel Curtain-Taxmen all knotted up. You know what happens after that.

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battle of the benches

The two leading receivers for the week -- Miles Austin (24 points) and Roddy White (22) -- could only sit and watch as their owners (Flaming Chickens and Shiners) did battle. Adding further insult to injury was that the Chickens' bench outscored the starters, 57-56.

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brett favre man-crush club gets another member

That would be the Taxmen, who, having acquired the QB in the days prior, sat back and watched as the Purple Sage carried the Taxmen to a tiebreaking victory over Babs.

And so Brett Favre divides yet another happy household. Sigh.

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parity rears its ugly head

Of the 12 teams in the league, 7 have records of 2-1.

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these are the ties that try women's souls

First tie of the season, between the Shiners and Winehausfrau. Tiebreaker: Bench points. Edge: Winehausfrau.

The commish is considering a new tiebreaker next year. Click here for a preview.

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week 2: burning up the bench

Babs' win over Steel Curtain is all the more impressive when you consider that she had Tennessee RB Chris Johnson (31 points) on the bench.

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week 2: at war with themselves

* Montana's bench outscored the starters, 31-27.
* Cat Success' bench outscored the starters, 40-31.

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somebody get Jeff George on the line

In his last two games (last season's playoff loss and this season's home opener), Carolina QB Jake Delhomme has 9 intereceptions and 2 fumbles.

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