Real life bowl season? Pretty boring. Who wants to watch LSU and Alabama play again? Anybody outside of either one of those states? Even the rest of the SEC thinks they're cheaters.. and that's saying something.. right, Cam? Errr... Cam's dad, you know, since Cam had "no idea" what was going on. The fact remains, the $EC is the minor league's for the NFL.. it's like the NBDL, except they make way more in the $EC than minor league baseball players and the NBDL do. Oh well. Regardless, our fantasy league isn't the SEC. Sure, we have guys that love speed and are obsessed with it (Cherns), we have constant rebuilding (Me), and we have teams that sell out the farm but win.. unlike the Brewers (Bill). So, where does that leave us this year? How about 2 teams that have never battled for the title in this slug fest.. but first.. lets start with the Toilet Bowl.
These bowl games will be brought to you by God's Hammer, Tim Tebow.
Toilet Bowl:
#12 Fat Joe (2-11) vs. #11 Zach (2-11).
2 rookies. 2 rough starts to the season, but both teams have SOME talent. Zach is loaded at the RB position with Eddy Lacy, Marcus Coker, and some clowns from West Virginia. If Osweiler comes back, he could be a tough out next year. Fat Joe's roster is a bit less interesting, but he has Ray Graham and Henry Josey. He'll need major help at QB and WR to compete. So what does that mean for this year? Well... not a whole lot other than Joe will finish the season ranked where he is now and Zach has a chance to jump a spot to 10th.
Zach wins 96-84 in a slopfest.
#10 Perrins (2-11) vs. #9 Chad (4-9)
Well, talk about a letdown on both teams. Last year they both thought they were money consideration, this year they thought the same.. what are these two idiots playing for now? How about 9th place? Even if Chad wins, he'll finish 9th.. losses? Still may finish 9th. Wow, sounds fun. Perrins is playing for draft position here, a win would pretty much guarantee 10th.. a loss and he could finish 12th. Some say that he's the most corrupt, dishonest player in the league, so it'll be interesting to see what he does.
Chad's team has lost 3 straight games heading into the bowl. Neat. He thinks he has some of the best QBs in the game and has solid RBs, yet, Defense and WRs kill his program year in and year out. This year was no different. Perrins has Matt Barkley... and.... not much else. At least not this year, next year he could be a surprise with James White, but it's not next year.
Chad gets just enough with a 102-87 win over Perrins.
#8 Billy (7-6) vs. #7 Cherns (8-5)
How the mighty have fallen. Billy won it all (again) last year, but like his job.. it's gone down in flames. As the economy goes, so Billy goes. Right now, it's not good.. Cherns? Usually, he's good for a few zingers every year but this year something happened. He disappeared. Not just his team (like usual) but he actually is gone. Nobody knows if he's alive or if it's just a ghost running his body. The league would like his spirit and fire back, but to do that he has to not let himself get totally sucked in by his job. In fact, I almost promise he'll send an email shortly saying, "Thanks for the rankings, I just looked to see who I was going to beat.. I didn't have time to read the write up." Then he'll add, "I actually have a real job, not like the rest of you bums." He'll do this while sitting at home when he could be totally reading this article, playing video games and chewing.. but instead, he'll force himself to work. And he calls me the loser.
I actually think Bill wins a boring game... because I don't know if Cherns can get a full starting line-up in for the bowl games. Final score? Who cares.. (Ironic how Alabama celebrates and Tim Tebow calling them classy. Funny)
#6 Joe-Dub (8-5) vs. #5 Crass (8-5)
Should be a really fun game, don't know if either team has a shot at money or not.. but it's going to be a good contest. Joe has been getting better year by year and Crass is near the top of the league every season. Not a big deal to him, it's just what he does. Joe is consistent, he has guys that just play the game the right way.. really reminds me of the Badgers basketball team or the Packers WRs. Crass has a few stars on his team and gets just enough production from elsewhere. I think Crass lucked out having Oklahoma State 3rd and not facing LSU in the title game. This propels him to a win with Brandon Weeden doing his thing.
#4 Scuba (9-4.. 4 straight Ws) vs. #3 Josh (9-4)
This could be a huge game, winner COULD potentially jump to 2nd.. Brian would have to lose for that to happen. I suppose T-Raz could lose and drop to 3rd.. but I have a harder time seeing that happen. Scuba has turned a terrible program into a potential knocking on the door to a league championship. Thanks to a stupid trade last year by Chad (sending Griffin to Scuba) he's used that to jump near the top. Miller, Bernard, and Pead do just enough in the backfield to get Scuba over the top. Josh gets points from Landry Jones (been bad down the stretch), Montee Ball, Justin Blackmon, and the LSU defense. Any off weeks from these guys and it's a loss.. which makes it interesting because they all have good match-ups in the bowl games. I have a hard time seeing any of them slowed down and that's why I think they do just enough to win.
Josh 123-Scuba 113.
#2 Brian (9-4, 2 straight Ws) vs. #1 T-Raz (10-3, 3 straight Ws)
Same division. Maybe this fantasy league is like the SEC. If you can't win your division, do you deserve to play for the title? Will this title game form a rule change that automatically makes it best team from one division play the other or if the 2 best teams are in the same division can they continue to face each other in the title game? Interesting dilemma here in fantasyland. I wouldn't be surprised if Brian gets the W here.. T-Raz has an interesting situation with some QBs that can play, but RB and WR worry me. Brian gets a good QB match-up but loses out with Trent Richardson vs. LSU and his WRs can be hit or miss despite their good per game averages. This should be a very good game, but I don't think it'll be as entertaining as the #3 vs. #4 game but that's just me.
T-Raz 117-Brian 107
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