The 2011 Pride of Detroit Fantasy Football League will have a champion crowned on Monday night after the Saints and Falcons wrap up Week 16. The championship game is set and matches up myself and lions_sucker. This is my third consecutive trip to the championship game in this league, and if I win, it will be my third consecutive championship. I'm not going to start printing up shirts or anything, but I may need to change my team name from "Better Than Mayhew" to "Dynasty" if I am once again victorious.
"Backus That Thang Up," which is lions_sucker's team, had the best record in the league during the regular season. He went 10-3, and nine of those victories came during a winning streak after a 1-2 start to the season (that one win was against me and had a score of 120.62-89.00). Interestingly enough, my team ended his winning streak in the final week of the regular season. I won by a score of 106.38-55.90. I think it's safe to say the championship game will be a bit closer.
For those interested, after the jump you can check out the standings from the regular season, the results from the first two weeks of the playoffs and a rundown of the rosters for the two teams in the championship game.
Standings (numbers represent overall seed; italics represent playoff teams)
Division 1
1. Backus That Thang Up (lions_sucker) - 10-3
3. Better Than Mayhew (Sean Yuille) - 8-5
7. Ndominators (sgdbw90) - 7-6
12. West Coast Cruizers (JCruize) - 3-10
Division 2
2. The Blue Suh Crew (DrewsLions) - 9-4
4. Logan's Shakehouse (Enforcer) - 8-5
5. LoJack Sack Pack (The Profiler) - 8-5
10. Detroit Lions (Latif Masud) - 5-8
Division 3
6. Epic Beardmen (Nate D.) - 6-7
8. Fairley Suh-perb (Hyperion Ecta) - 5-8
9. Delmas Demolition (CapitolLions) - 5-8
11. Motown Madmen (Jettero2112) - 4-9
Playoff Results
Quarterfinals
Byes: (1) Backus That Thang Up, (2) The Blue Suh Crew
(5) LoJack Sack Pack defeated (4) Logan's Shakehouse, 131.20-126.48
(3) Better Than Mayhew defeated (6) Epic Beardmen, 127.34-100.70
Fifth-Place Game
(4) Logan's Shakehouse defeated (6) Epic Beardmen, 91.20-67.78
Semifinals
(1) Backus That Thang Up defeated (5) LoJack Sack Pack, 105.42-66.36
(3) Better Than Mayhew defeated (2) The Blue Suh Crew, 94.06-91.50
3rd-Place Game
(2) The Blue Suh Crew vs. (5) LoJack Sack Pack
Championship
(1) Backus That Thang Up vs. (3) Better Than Mayhew
Rosters
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Current Starting Lineups |
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Better Than Mayhew QB Tim Tebow |
Backus That Thang Up QB Josh Freeman |
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Current Benches |
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Better Than Mayhew QB Alex Smith |
Backus That Thang Up RB C.J. Spiller |
To answer this question before it's asked, yes, my quarterback is Tim Tebow. I originally had Matt Schaub, but he went down right as Tebow was starting to heat up. I figured I might as well give him a shot and he has been my starter ever since (he actually put up 27.06 points last week). Also, yes, I have been pretty relaxed in terms of making a ton of changes to my roster, hence why guys like Alex Smith and Earl Bennett are still on the team. I got hot at the end of the regular season with four straight wins and haven't made many changes to my starting lineup, so I haven't had many reasons to make changes to my overall roster.
To lions_sucker, I say good luck. It should be a good matchup this week, and I'm hoping that when the games are finished I will be able to brag about a three-peat in the POD FFL. If not, then it was a good run.