Bring Me Week 10!
Three-peat. The very word sends a chill up the spine of every ROFFL owner. One of those chills is a pleasant chill,
like a cool, Florida breeze; 13 of those chills are awful, nasty, paralyzing sensations that leave you drenched in a
cold sweat, writhing in your own bed night after night due to the unending nightmares of Steve Smith and Larry
Johnson running through porous defenses while you are left standing in front of a large crowd of people (sans
podium) wearing nothing but your underwear, for no apparent reason whatsoever. Or maybe that’s just me. I do live
with him, for crying out loud! I can’t escape! Please someone beat him. Oh the horror! The horror!
While you may think the only repeat performance of the year will be everyone’s favorite Navid, put down the chisel,
return the tombstone and just listen for a bit, okay? Granted it is true, his team looks good and this year is shaping
up much the same as last year. Example: last year going into Week 10, six teams had exactly the same record as
they do today. Those teams are: Nomads, Bandits, 5SS, Blue Crabs, Worms and Born. Spot of trivia…The Blue
Crabs had the same record going into Week 10 for the past 3 years; unfortunately that record was not 9-0, but 4-5.
So while these consistent standings might make one think that the championship is also a predetermined bummer,
consider this: no one has ever won three years in a row. Right? Right? So why would it happen now? See? No
chance. Worry not fellow owners. A coup is underway.
As in my past premiere playoff articles, the same rule will apply in week 10. When it comes to qualifying for the
playoffs: eight wins and you are in. So only one team can make it in; and lucky for some, no one can be eliminated.
Even with a loss this week, London is still alive. At the same time no one is assured a spot. Even Mr. 7-Wins can
miss the playoffs if he loses out and the remaining games fall a certain way.
Since we’ve already gone over all the playoff scenarios this week here are a few friendly reminders:
• While Nick is not eliminated with a loss, history shows that the highest a 5-win team has ever finished the
season is 9th and that was done just once, last year by Five Second Stare.
• No team finishing the year with seven wins has missed the playoffs. I was impressed to find out that only five
teams have finished the season with a 7-6 record. Two teams finished with a record of 7-6 last year (Gregg and
Dave).
Three-peat. The very word sends a chill up the spine of every ROFFL owner. One of those chills is a pleasant chill,
like a cool, Florida breeze; 13 of those chills are awful, nasty, paralyzing sensations that leave you drenched in a
cold sweat, writhing in your own bed night after night due to the unending nightmares of Steve Smith and Larry
Johnson running through porous defenses while you are left standing in front of a large crowd of people (sans
podium) wearing nothing but your underwear, for no apparent reason whatsoever. Or maybe that’s just me. I do live
with him, for crying out loud! I can’t escape! Please someone beat him. Oh the horror! The horror!
While you may think the only repeat performance of the year will be everyone’s favorite Navid, put down the chisel,
return the tombstone and just listen for a bit, okay? Granted it is true, his team looks good and this year is shaping
up much the same as last year. Example: last year going into Week 10, six teams had exactly the same record as
they do today. Those teams are: Nomads, Bandits, 5SS, Blue Crabs, Worms and Born. Spot of trivia…The Blue
Crabs had the same record going into Week 10 for the past 3 years; unfortunately that record was not 9-0, but 4-5.
So while these consistent standings might make one think that the championship is also a predetermined bummer,
consider this: no one has ever won three years in a row. Right? Right? So why would it happen now? See? No
chance. Worry not fellow owners. A coup is underway.
As in my past premiere playoff articles, the same rule will apply in week 10. When it comes to qualifying for the
playoffs: eight wins and you are in. So only one team can make it in; and lucky for some, no one can be eliminated.
Even with a loss this week, London is still alive. At the same time no one is assured a spot. Even Mr. 7-Wins can
miss the playoffs if he loses out and the remaining games fall a certain way.
Since we’ve already gone over all the playoff scenarios this week here are a few friendly reminders:
• While Nick is not eliminated with a loss, history shows that the highest a 5-win team has ever finished the
season is 9th and that was done just once, last year by Five Second Stare.
• No team finishing the year with seven wins has missed the playoffs. I was impressed to find out that only five
teams have finished the season with a 7-6 record. Two teams finished with a record of 7-6 last year (Gregg and
Dave).
As you can see from this chart, having
only two 7-6 records ruins our bell
curve. But since two teams finished
last year with a 7-6 record, perhaps
this is being corrected.
only two 7-6 records ruins our bell
curve. But since two teams finished
last year with a 7-6 record, perhaps
this is being corrected.
• Six win teams clearly are the vogue. Of the 12 teams to finish the season with six wins, seven of them made the
playoffs.
• Only one team since 2003 that entered week 10 with a 3-6 record (there have been 10) has made the playoffs.
Gregg did it in 2003 finishing the season with a 3-1 record and making the playoffs by 2 points.
• On the same theme, only one team with a record of 5-4 going into week 10 (there have been 5) missed the
playoffs. Cantor holds that dubious honor from last year after he went winless post-week 10.
• There have been 10 teams with a 4-5 record going into week 10 and half of them ended up making the playoffs.
• Going into week 10, no 6-win team has missed the playoffs since 2003. All nine teams qualified. Brian did his
best to mess up that trend in 2004 when he lost all his games, but still managed to finish the season in 6th place.
OC Beach Ballers’ Playoff Predictions
I really like all of the 4-5 teams and predict a logjam come week 13. I also predict that no 6-win team makes the
playoffs, which would be the first year for that to happen.
Looking at the three 5-4 and three 4-5 teams. Shermtanks has the toughest schedule, followed closely by the Blue
Crabs. They both play the Bandits, Nomads and Canton FC, three teams most likely headed to the playoffs. The
other game, Shermtanks plays the Jacobins and the Blue Crabs play Born. If the Blue Crabs drop this week’s game
against Born, do not count on the playoffs this year. The Tools and Nose probably have the easiest remaining
games, no offense to those teams they play. Week 12 will be a deciding game for them as they face each other with
one week left in the regular season. That could prove to be a very important game if they win their first two games.
In terms of the strength of these teams’ rosters, I like the Tools and the Tanks the best. The teams with the most
question marks are 5SS and Nose, fortunately both of these teams currently on the good side of .500.
So considering the remaining schedule and current roster, here is my Week 9 prediction of playoff bound teams, in no
particular order:
1) Nomads in the Deep
2) Canton FC
3) OC Beach Ballers
4) Brock’s Bandits
5) Shermtanks
6) Nose
7) Baltimore Tools
8) Fighting Blue Crabs
Good luck to everyone in Week 10!
Ballers. Out.
playoffs.
• Only one team since 2003 that entered week 10 with a 3-6 record (there have been 10) has made the playoffs.
Gregg did it in 2003 finishing the season with a 3-1 record and making the playoffs by 2 points.
• On the same theme, only one team with a record of 5-4 going into week 10 (there have been 5) missed the
playoffs. Cantor holds that dubious honor from last year after he went winless post-week 10.
• There have been 10 teams with a 4-5 record going into week 10 and half of them ended up making the playoffs.
• Going into week 10, no 6-win team has missed the playoffs since 2003. All nine teams qualified. Brian did his
best to mess up that trend in 2004 when he lost all his games, but still managed to finish the season in 6th place.
OC Beach Ballers’ Playoff Predictions
I really like all of the 4-5 teams and predict a logjam come week 13. I also predict that no 6-win team makes the
playoffs, which would be the first year for that to happen.
Looking at the three 5-4 and three 4-5 teams. Shermtanks has the toughest schedule, followed closely by the Blue
Crabs. They both play the Bandits, Nomads and Canton FC, three teams most likely headed to the playoffs. The
other game, Shermtanks plays the Jacobins and the Blue Crabs play Born. If the Blue Crabs drop this week’s game
against Born, do not count on the playoffs this year. The Tools and Nose probably have the easiest remaining
games, no offense to those teams they play. Week 12 will be a deciding game for them as they face each other with
one week left in the regular season. That could prove to be a very important game if they win their first two games.
In terms of the strength of these teams’ rosters, I like the Tools and the Tanks the best. The teams with the most
question marks are 5SS and Nose, fortunately both of these teams currently on the good side of .500.
So considering the remaining schedule and current roster, here is my Week 9 prediction of playoff bound teams, in no
particular order:
1) Nomads in the Deep
2) Canton FC
3) OC Beach Ballers
4) Brock’s Bandits
5) Shermtanks
6) Nose
7) Baltimore Tools
8) Fighting Blue Crabs
Good luck to everyone in Week 10!
Ballers. Out.