PRs make playoff push this weekend
October 28, 2009 at 5:38 pm Leave a comment
Tap, tap, tap… is this thing on? OK, I admit that I’ve been a slacker as far as posting to the blog. Maybe this exercise will give us a little playoff momentum… every little bit helps.
Last week the Pocket Rockets improved to 2-3 (yipes) with an impressive 40-34 victory over John Harvard’s Brew House. We started slow, allowing a touchdown on the first possession of the game. I didn’t help matters with two dogshit throws to start the game. But Uncle Ron bailed us out with a nice grab and from there we couldn’t be stopped. Mere for a TD. Mere for the extra-point. Game tied 7-7.
Stepha then turned in a red zone interception and we were off again. I think I called an audible and scored on a 5-yard run. The conversion (to Mike?) made it 14-7. On the subsequent possession we snatched another red-zone interception (me, this time). After returning it to midfield, I think I hit Steph on crosses. She took it to one-foot line. We scored again two plays later. 20-7. (I might have those two TDs backwards.) John Harvard’s scored at the end of the half as time ran out. We led 20-14 at the half.
The shootout continued. We scored every which way… deep tosses to high-steppin’ Uncle Ron and Daddy-Dman. I pulled an Uncle Ron when I ran across the 20, thinking it was the goal line. Cue Mere from the sideline: “Know where you are on the field, Jon!” Indeed. We scored there, too. Dman in the corner? Can’t remember.
With a few minutes to go we had a little fracas with our opponent, which I generally considered a likable bunch. Can’t say I know how it started or who started it… but does anyone who wasn’t there wanna guess which PR was in the middle of it? 
After some huffing and puffing we settled down, up 6 and marched the length of the field to run out the clock.
Game ball goes to Jackie. I know I didn’t mention her above, but she had several key catches (and no drops) that helped us keep on keepin’ on down the field. Great game by everyone, really.
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar’s Pride | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Mean Machine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Hip Hop… | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Stonehands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Pocket Rockets | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Hey That’s Not… | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| John Harvard’s… | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Beer Factor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| No Defense | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Playoff Scenarios
OK, this gave me a major headache… and I didn’t factor every conceivable outcome into this… but these two are the most likely scenarios that lead to a PR appearance in the gold playoffs:
Scenario 1: We beat Mean Machine. Hip Hop beats Beer Factor. Cougar’s Pride beats Stonehands. Hey That’s Not My Flag beats John Harvard’s AND Beer Factor. This would leave Cougar’s Pride as the No. 1 seed. Mean Machine at No. 2. Hip Hop at No. 3 and a 3-way tie for third. PRs, Stonehands and Hey That’s Not My Flag. The tiebreaker in this case is record vs. common opponents. Our common opponents are Hip Hop, Cougar’s Pride and Mean Machine. We’re 2-1 in that tiebreaker. The others are 0-3. PRs advance.
Scenario 2: We beat Mean Machine. Beer Factor beats Hip Hop AND Hey That’s Not My Flag. Then we have another 3-way tie for 4th. Could be a 4-way tie if Stonehands loses to Cougar’s Pride. In a 4-way tie, with no common opponents for all four teams, we’d go to strength of schedule. Because we played both Cougar’s Pride AND Mean Machine (a combined 10-2 in this scenario), AND two teams advance in this scenario, we’d be in good shape. In a 3-way tie with Hip Hop and Beer Factor (for one spot), it comes down to record vs. common opponents: Stonehands and John Harvard’s. We’re 1-1, Beer Factor is 0-2 and Hip Hop is 2-0. Hip Hop would advance.
Scenario 3: We beat Mean Machine. Cougar’s Pride beats Stonehands. John Harvard’s beats No Defense AND Hey That’s Not My Flag. This 3-way tie goes to common opponents: Hip Hop and No Defense. All teams are 1-1 here, so we go to strength of schedule. We might win this because we played Mean Machine and Stonehands didn’t. Will be a close call.
Phew. So that’s it. None of this means anything unless we win!
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