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2 weeks ago (54) teams invaded the Angry Buffalo at the Rose Garden to play football

1 week ago (48) teams invaded the Angry Buffalo at the Rose Garden to play football

This week (24) teams will invade the Angry Buffalo at the Rose Garden not to just play football but to inch their way closer towards social co ed football immortality. With all due respect to the (30) teams that are now gone the best 24 teams in 6 divisions still remain.   If you have 1 of the last 24 tickets left you deserve to be here. You earned your right and punched your ticket. On Saturday 24 teams will have at it one more time for 6 precious titles. You know the stories, you know the players what you do not know is who will win each title.

Will a team full of aging vets take us on one more magical ride?

Will a team come from no where to shock a division and our universe and take home their first title?

Will a star in his or her prime show the world one more time why he/she is the best at her position and take her team to the promise land?

Will this be it for a few teams as they quietly wonder if their last game will be their best game?

Will the rivalries of championships past come back better than ever?

Will a man with a closet full of hardware shock the world one more time?

Will a team sneak up on a division one last time and take home the trophy?

Is the next big thing ready to emerge?

There are alot more questions than answers right now but know this.....

ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18TH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2017 (24) TEAMS WILL BATTLE ONE LAST TIME FOR THE CHANCE TO CALL THEMSELVES CHAMPIONS.

DIVISION #1

PUBLIC ENEMY +3 VS EYES DOWNTOWN: This is was and will always be one of the better rivalries in the history of the game between two of the leagues best teams. Both are former D1 Champs. Both have arguably the 2 best QBs in the game today, Both are smart both are fast both are good. So what gives? Well that right there is the question. PE is as smart as it gets while ED top to bottom probably has the best roster in the league. Each knows the other well. This game will come down to execution. The key to this game will be execution and if things start not going your way will one team be stubborn or smart enough to adjust before it's too late.  EYES DOWNTOWN BY 4

MARKETING MAYORS VS RACKS AND SACKS +6:  RAS looked very impressive last week in a big win. MM did what you expected them to do. MM seem to be dialed in right now on both sides of the ball. Their team boasts two of the better players in the game today and an evil genius who knows offense better than almost any person in this league. Cory Turner can read and attack a defense as good or better than almost anyone in this game today. He will see what RAS is doing very quickly and he will make sure his team is prepared. RAS have a very sold team top to bottom and will need a supreme effort against a team that looks like their time is finally now.  MARKETING MAYORS BY 4

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SO WHO WINS THE D1 TITLE: I have a feeling two epic semi finals are about to go down.  I see MM making it through. I just don't see on what planet can a team go through both Public Enemy and Marketing Mayors on the same day. If by some miracle Eyes Downtown can do it they instantly are in the conversation for greatest teams of all time. I think that would be a great story but something tells me Marketing Mayors will be ready for the winner of PE/ED. This championship reminds me alot of Top Line Solutions 1st D1 title. Dwiers and Green and Associates played a game in which many call the greatest game ever played in the D1 semi finals. After that war a tired and spent GNA got crushed by Topline. I see Eyes Down Town surviving PE but having so much taken out of them that Marketing Mayors runs over them in the finals. I am taking Marketing Mayors to take home their first D1 title. 

DIVISION #2

ANGRY BUFFALO VS THE REPLACEMENTS +8: TR is a great story and boast 2 of the best players in the division. The problem is AB is the class of D2 which has the best player in D2 on their sideline.  I expect a very solid game here but I just don't see TR being able to go toe to toe punch for punch with AB who looks like the class of the division. Nick Sooch just looks like he's playing a different game than everyone else. And yes to answer your next question yes I think he should be in D1 not D2 just like you do. But that matters not all that matters right now is the D2 title. TR are a unique match up.  They will only go as far as their QB takes them. If he can somehow muster the game of his life TR will have a chance a small chance but still a chance. ANGRY BUFFALO BY 7

NWO +1 VS TIGHT ENDS IN MOTION: I smell a possible upset here. NWO has been moving along showing well week after week. TEIM are a solid team top to bottom that boast one of the best players in the division as well as one of the best girls in the division. Their problem will be can their QB make the throws when they need him most and will stoner Dave appear ? If both these things happen then TEIM will carry but if they don't no one and I mean no one is better suited to rain on a parade than Joey Batts. He's a former D1 champion you know...if you didn't just ask him he will tell you. NWO  BY 1

SO WHO WINS THE D2 TITLE:.I just have a sneaking suspicion Joey Batts is in for a big day this week. TEIM is solid but does anyone know if stoner Dave is still alive? If Dave is out TEIM will struggle to keep up. If NWO does pull the upset then it will be an interesting battle between two very good teams. I really don't think at this point anyone in D2 can go with Angry Buffalo right now. Their QB is playing like his hair is on fire and their WRS continue to be impressive. AB has an offense that really hasn't been stopped by anyone this year sans one game. Whoever makes the D2 final probably struggles as it looks like it will once again be the time of the Angry Buffalo. Win or lose your coming up to D1 Angry Buffalo so don't get any other ideas..... 

DIVISION #3

GRYFFINDOR VS MICKEY RATS +3: I know brother Nero was not in the Gryff lineup last week but I was not impressed with Gryffindor at all. They looked slow stale and they should have been beaten by PTP last week. They are catching a big break as it looks like MR will be short folks but has decided to play the game out. With that being said look for Gryffindor to beat up on a short Micky Rats and once again catch another break as they head to round #3. I think if Rats was at 100% this game would have upset written all over it. GRYFFINDOR BY 4

A&A VS COBBLESTONE +3: This game should be bedlam between two of the games biggest stars. None shines brighter than Darryl Carr QB Super Star who has Cobblestone one step from the title game. It was funny a certain Bullet Club member said Cobblestone was headed to D4 yet CS is still alive and the Club must sit back and watch. Matty Ice is money when the payoffs come kid has ice water in his veigns and this is when he kicks his game up and takes home titles. I expect a back and forth battle between two great teams but it just seems like A&A is destined to play one more game. This game shouldd be bedlam folks anything can happen.  A&A BY 1

SO WHO WINS THE D3 TITLE: I need to be honest of all the divisions this is the one that has me most perplexed. Every moral fiber in my body says take the Gryff as its the time of Joey Batts in D3. The problem is I looked at both Matty Ice and Joey Batts last Saturday. One had his trademark smile and the other had fire in his eyes. I usually do not pick A&A as I am a traditionalist. It is tough for me to understand that sand lot and plate of spaghetti can win a title. Where I come from you play to your strengths and you play the percentages. I still  am not sure but to be honest I keep going back to the 2 QB's one looked like he already won the title and the other looked like he was about to bring hell fire and brimstone with him to get that which he deserved.  I know it goes against every thing I know and every thing I think but for some reason at least to this writer A&A is about to shock the universe. Yes I am going against the perhaps the greatest player and person of modern times and I am taking A&A to win the D3 title. 

DIVISION #4

HK4 VS SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE GIRLS +4: This is the game to keep your eye on. HK4 came out of the gates hot as hell as they crushed and dis-mantled every team TSL trotted in front of them but then something happened. They lost to Ryan Puckett and this might have damaged their confidence. JZ was born for the playoffs. When playoffs happen JZ kicks his game up a nickel and will be ready to once again shock the world. He has done it before and can do it again. I am calling for the upset. I know HK4 is the favorite and should win this whole darn division but I am going with JZ on championship Saturday.  SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE GIRLS BY 4

RYAN PUCKETT MEMORIAL ALL STARS VS NO PUNT INTEDED +3: If you want feel good stories look no further than this one. Both teams are solid top to bottom. Both teams have worked their way up the ranks. Both teams are well liked and have good people on both sides of the ball. RPMAS has had success at every level and quietly went up a division. They now sit in D4 and look right at home. NPI has had a very solid season and they have a very solid squad themselves. RPMAS have one player that can take this game over and I expect him to. This is why I think RPMAS heads to round #3.  RYAN PUCKETT MEMORIAL ALL STARS BY 3

SO WHO WINS THE D4 TITLE: I am thinking RPMAS and JZ are heading to the final dance. SAFTG have very decent females who I think will be able to take this game over. RPMAS have a burner that JZ much account for on each and every play. This game should be a good one between two very solid teams. SAFTG will need to play their best game yet as RPMAS are good, damn good. I expect a close back and forth battle that will be won by the ladies of Saturdays are for the Girls.  Look for JZ to take home the D4 title...then move to D5. 

DIVISION #5

HUNG BUFFALO +7 VS UNCLE RICO'S TIME TRAVELERS:  URTT are the excellence of execution on offense. They have size speed and solid girls. They have scored pretty much at will. HB is a decent team with solid girls and are a vet savvy team top to bottom. They have decent size but sometimes their speed can hurt them. URTT have a huge speed edge which should be the key to this game. HB has won big games before I just don't know if they can hang if this game goes to the shoot out route. UNCLE RICO'S TIME TRAVELERS BY 6

COME FROM BEHIND VS ACE +7: ACE pretty much shocked the world last week. No one saw the upset coming except maybe Ronny K but he's like a genius and stuff. ACE is fast, ACE has solid girls, ACE has been there before but will it be enough? I am not sure. CFB is a vet savvy battle tested crew that checks all the boxes. They have size, they have speed they have decent girls and they have a QB or two that can just drop back and let it fly. I hate to say it but I just think for the first time all year ACE will not have the QB edge and this will cost them. I have to be honest I am cheering for ACE to take the title but about 4-5 weeks ago it just seemed like URTT and CFB were on a collision course with each other.   COME FROM BEHIND BY 8

SO WHO WINS THE D5 TITLE: CFB shocked Uncle Rico last time they played. That was then and this is now. CFB is battle tested as they have won and won big in this league before. They will be ready and will not be intimidated. URTT just seem to be dialed in right now and when a team is hot it is tough to go against them. I see a CFB/URTT final but I am not sure if CFB can go with URTT. This game should be bedlam and will be an instant classic but it just seems like URTT is the team of destiny here. I'm taking Uncle Rico's Time Travelers to win the D5 title. 

DIVISION #6

TOMMY HUGHES EXPERIENCE VS THE PRACTICE SQUAD +7: TPS shocked SSS last week but was it really a shock? They are young and they are fast but can they think? They will need their brains this week more than their brawn. For them to win they must man THE and force Hughes to make throws. On offense they need to spread the THE zone out wide and attack  the side lines with speed. TPS has the speed edge but THE has the vet edge. If TPS uses their speed and more importantly their brains they can shock THE.  TPS heed my words if you sit back in a soft 2 deep zone you will lose Saturday.  TOMMY HUGHES BY 4

UFO VS CELINO SEWER RATS +3: This is one of the better games on the schedule this week. CSR is very solid on offense while UFO is very solid on defense. The weather and the fields will be an advantage to UFO. Last time these 2 had at it the game ended in a draw. I expect a barn burner in this one. These teams will fight tooth and nail for this W. To be honest UFO has the better story. Who wouldn't cheer for the father/son duo who is one step away from the D6 title game? There are alot of nice folks also over on the CSR sidelines but this game could go either way. I hate to say it but when the game is on the line CSR has been there before that might come in handy as the clock ticks towards zero.   Celino Sewer Rats BY 1

SO WHO WINS THE D6 TITLE: Practice Squad can man and shut down THE but I just down know if they have the brains and the stones to try it. THE has gotten by just playing simple football against teams that are showing them way too much respect. If you want to win a title you need to get right in someones face and dare them to throw the ball over your FN head. If a team in D6 decides not to play afraid and attack THE they can win. Easier said than done. I fear TPS will back off and get picked apart. I see CSR winning over UFO after a close game then getting crushed by THE. I think the title game in D6 is being played at 2:00 between Tommy Hughes and Practice Squad to be honest.  Tommy Hughes Experience should take home the D6 title.  

QUESTIONS FOR SATURDAY

1. . Why football Gods why????? ACE held up their end of the bargain but Matty's Angels couldn't. We were one step away from perhaps the most highly anticipated game in league history. The world wanted ACE Matty's Angles II but alas it appears we won't get it now. I swear Matty's Angels and ACE better both show in the Spring and Topper better have those 2 play on field #1 at noon IN WEEK #1. THIS MUST HAPPEN!!!!!!

2.  What must Sticky Bandits and the Topper be thinking right now? SB was 5-0-1 down the stretch then produced a clunker. Team Topper was the #2 seed and had things on cruise control before being shocked by the Micky Rats A squad. I am not one to talk so you didn't hear this from me but doesn't it almost make you "wonder" why Drew wasn't in the line up this Saturday. I mean he has threatened to leave before and he has claimed to be "disgruntled" it just kind of makes you wonder...doesn't it?

3. Will The Practice Squad have the balls to man Tommy Hughes Experience? This Ladies and Gentlemen is the question of the day in D6.

4. Can JZ shock the world one more time and take home the D4 title? If he can run through HK4 and RPMAS that would be one tremendous feat. 

5. Will stoner Dave show or is he lost for the season? I hate to say it but TEIM's fortunes this playoff hang in the balance. If he shows they can win the title. If he doesn't they could get upset early. 

10 FINAL THOUGHTS FOR SATURDAY

1. WW3 is heading our way on field #2 at 10 am sharp when Eyes Downtown and Public Enemy renew one of the greatest rivalries in the game ever. This game should be epic between two teams that know the other well. There really isn't anything left to say. Each team can read the other like a book. This game will come down to execution. 

2. It appears A&A sent a message to this writer, Bullet Club and basically each and every soul in D3 that they are coming for the title. They literally stole Bullet Club's will to live in a 74-15 thug like beat down. Yes that score is correct they threw 74 points on the Club. It just dawned on me but name me 5 players in this league that show up in the playoffs better than Matty Ice. Dude has a room full of TSL hardware and could once again shock the world this Saturday. Gryffindor looks very beatable and Cobblestone is up and down. I am very curious to see who takes home the D3 title. 

3. It looks like alot of us took a ride on the hype train and forgot that Racks and Sacks are really good as they have now beat New Gods not once but twice. Marketing Mayors are about to have one tough battle looming Saturday morning. It was nice to see Travis return. 

4.. It's unfortunate but it turns out Santa's Secret Sauce really wasn't that good after all. They will need to circle the wagons in  the off season. The Practice Squad continues to impress as they are getting better and better week after week. I keep saying this but their time is coming. Eventually Practice makes perfect.........

5.  I know ACE and Hung Buffalo might disagree but Uncle Rico's and Come From Behind played a gem earlier in the season and if both hold serve we could have another instant classic on our hands. CFB/Uncle Rico II could be an offensive battle for the ages . Bet the over if it comes to pass. 

6. I think it sucks The Replacements have to face Angry Buffalo as I so think they could have upset TEIM or NWO but I just don't see a team beating Angry Buffalo this season. 

7. It's funny but age is just a number. Four of the oldest TSLers are still in the playoff hunt. UFO, Come From Behind, ACE and Cobblestone are still in the hunt and all have four of our oldest TSLers. Like fine whine it appears TSLers can also get better with age. Except Topper he faded down the stretch and was not good at all. He is not included on this list.

8.  Joey Battaglia gets all the pub but after watching games last week I am beginning to wonder if Anthony Battalgia might be this years most under rated player winner. Things just looked different with out Anthony playing this week. 

9. Ladies and Gentlemen make sure all sub request are in 24 hours prior to your game and make sure you follow playoff sub rules. There will be no massaging of rules on this subject. You either follow the rules or you will suffer the consequences. We have had a tremendous 9 weeks and look forward to a tremendous playoff but will not allow teams to get un-fair advantages on each other. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your sub request only. If you email Topper your request will be denied. 

10. This has been a tremendous season for all of us. I would like to take this time to thank Joe David/Scott and the staff at Angry Buffalo for being such gracious hosts. Thank you to Rameer Green who has done a tremendous job as head of our officiating. Thank you to each and every person male and female who has volunteered to be an official. Thank you to DJ Jimmy and DJ Tommy of 5 Star Productions for their time and letting us use their studio for our podcasts. Thanks to Joe K and Emily Curry for hosting said podcasts and thanks to each and every TSLer who has participated in a podcast in the past and who will into the future. 

Lastly thank you to the hundreds and hundreds of TSLers in our universe.  I can say with out a shadow of a doubt that we have as much running this league as you do playing in it.  I of course have no affiliation to this league as I am a free lance writer who lives in Des Moines Iowa but I am pretty sure that's what Topper and Lenny would say if they could.

The banquet will be coming soon we will have a firm date place etc sometime this week.............