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Ladies and Gentlemen of the TSL Universe, we find ourselves at the turning point that every amazing TSL season comes to. Yes, Lenny and Rameer Day was a blast, but that was where the fun ends for the TSL Spring 2026 session. Now, it’s time to officially “lock in”. This Saturday, June 13th, in the Year of Our Lord 2026 represents the final week of the TSL Regular Season. At this point, you kind of already know who you are as a football team. If you’re not sure, you’re going to classify into one of five groups. Either you’re simply polished and ready to go as the Race for Social Co-Ed Football Immortality begins (Legends), you’re catching fire and things are clicking at the right time as “The Race” begins (Birds of War), your early season promise is starting to crumble beneath you as you start to panic to stop the bleeding (Cunning Stunts), you very clearly can tell that this most likely isn’t your year (Raw Milkers), or you’re coming to the conclusion that maybe football just isn’t your thing and you’re looking into knitting needles to find something you’re good at (SBG). 

 

The good news is that 85% of the league finds themselves somewhere between level 2 and level 4 there. And even if you’re in the “it’s most likely not it for you” tier, there’s still a glimmer of hope. Week 8 represents the last chance for you to get it together, and perhaps find something that works. Maybe you’ve lost some close games against some good teams but haven’t gotten over the hump? Maybe you’ve had inconsistency in your roster showing up for most games because someone got hurt, your girls are unreliable, or your best player that’s supposed to be a “game changer” only changes the game in favor of your opponents because he (or she) skips most of the games?  As much as those sound like general, common excuses (and they are), they’re also true for most teams. If you find yourself relating to one of those reasons, just know that many a #6 seed has won the Race For Social Co-Ed Immortality because they fixed those issues heading into the playoffs. Something clicks with one person, your star player shows up, the team realizes how defense works, etc. I’ve seen it a million times. So don’t you fret, Dear Reader, there’s still time for you to get it together. This is just the final dress rehearsal for you to get it right. 

 

As we approach Week 8, you might be wondering “Hey Godfather, how do the playoffs work, anyway?”. Well, allow me to tell you. 

 

D1: #1 seed gets a bye for Playoff Saturday, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 for the rest of them. 

 

D2: Top 3 seeds get a bye for Playoff Saturday, 4 and 5 seeds will play. 

 

D3: The 8th and 9th seeded teams will play, with the winner playing the #1 seed right after. 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 also play. 

 

D4: 7v10 and 8v9 will battle in the first round on Playoff Saturday. There is no reseeding here (in order to keep the games/fields on schedule and moving) so the winner of 7v10 will play the #2 seed right after, and the same goes for the 8v9 winner playing the #1 seed. 3v6 and 4v5 will also play. I’m excited for the #10 seed to pull the upset, so that the #1 seed can complain. 

 

D5: 6v11, 7v10, 8v9 all play. The winners meet the #1, #2, and #3 seeds right after. Again, in an effort to keep fields and games on time and moving, there won’t be reseeding here. 8v9 winner plays the #1 seed, 7v10 winner plays the #2 seed, and 6v11 winner plays the #3 seed. When the #3 v #11 matchup happens, again, if it's good enough for your March Madness pools, it’s good enough for Playoff Saturday. 

 

D6: Top 2 seeds get a bye, 3v6 and 4v5. Pretty standard stuff here. 

 

So there you have it, the path to Immortality for each division. Yes, some divisions are more insane than others, but that’s the foundation this league has been built on and that isn’t changing anytime soon. If you possess the ability for reading comprehension (The TSC has computed that approximately 72% of the league does not after it has read Topper and Jeff’s email history), then you’ll realize that there are some important things at stake for this week’s games. There are bye weeks available to be won, and there are also teams that can get into a better seeding so that they don’t have to play a “first round” type of “play-in” game, which in a one game playoff, anything can happen, so it’s best to not have another game that could cause you to lose your chance at Immortality with an upset. Let’s take a look at what fun Week 8 brings us…




D1

LAST WEEK'S GAMES

STICKY BANDITS 27, FREEBALLERS 16

EYES DOWNTOWN 31, THE MALONES 29

WHAT A DUMP 29, MAVERICKS 18

EYES DOWNTOWN 22, MAVERICKS 16

LEGENDS 33, WHAT A DUMP 6 (x2)

What a week in D1. Eyes Downtown went 2-0 and announced that everyone who forgot about them is going to pay for it, knocking off The Malones in the process. What A Dump got their first win of the season and let everyone know that they’re alive and well, until the Legends beat WAD 33-6 in a game that counts twice, which means they technically went 2-0 by playing one game, which is the most Legends thing imaginable. And the Sticky Bandits handled the Freeballers to quietly climb right back into the 2-seed conversation.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

The Legends have locked up the #1 seed and the first-round bye. Even if they lose both games Saturday, they hold the head-to-head over The Malones. The real fight is for #2: The Malones and Sticky Bandits are tied, and The Malones hold the head-to-head from their 40-39 thriller, and the Malones have two games to the Bandits' one. One Malones win locks up the 2-seed; an 0-2 Saturday plus a Sticky Nation win flips it. The Freeballers and Eyes Downtown are tied for the 4-seed, their head-to-head was the 21-21 rainout tie (rumors from the Freeballers camp was that Bobby was “ducking” them and forced the tie to happen), so it’ll come down to how the games play out this week. Points will matter. And just for kicks, the Mavericks can actually escape the 7-seed, but only by beating the Legends and the Freeballers in the same afternoon. If they pull that off, write the movie. John Stamos has already attempted to sign on to play “Jordan” just in case, but we’re worried he might be too short. 

 

THIS WEEK'S GAMES:

THE MALONES VS WHAT A DUMP (+13) - What’s worse than playing The Malones? Playing The Malones after they lose. THE MALONES BY 20

STICKY BANDITS VS WHAT A DUMP (+10) - What’s worse than playing The Malones? Playing a team that HAS to win because you just lost to The Malones. STICKY BANDITS BY 14

THE MALONES VS EYES DOWNTOWN (+4) - There is ZERO way The Malones group chat hasn’t had the following this week: poor spelling, a deep lack of proper punctuation, and absolute revenge chatter from last week’s loss. Eyes Downtown “caught ‘em lacking” as I’ve been told people say now. Not again. Right? THE MALONES BY 8

LEGENDS VS MAVERICKS (+8) - On the one hand, Legends have everything sewn up so this game doesn’t really mean anything to them. On the other hand, they definitely like beating the Mavericks. LEGENDS BY 10

LEGENDS VS FREEBALLERS (+6) - Through the miracle of scheduling, this is the only time these teams are going to face off this year. The “new look” Freeballers are a beast that the Legends haven’t tamed yet, and with a potential playoff game in the future, the Legends will want to make sure the Freeballers don’t walk away with a shred of hope that they can pull the upset. They do anyway. LEGENDS BY 3

FREEBALLERS VS MAVERICKS (+7) - These two teams get to play each other after being left for dead by the Legends earlier in the day. How lucky for them. Freeballers get the end of season pick me up. FREEBALLERS BY 7

 

D2

LAST WEEK'S GAMES

CAN'T TOUCH THIS 30, FRODO SWAGGINS 26

BUFFALO VICE 21, D-GENERATION XYZ 6

FRODO SWAGGINS 60, BUFFALO VICE 32

Can't Touch This finished their regular season a nearly perfect 7-0-1, but Frodo gave them everything they could handle in a close game. Then Frodo turned around and scored SIXTY on Buffalo Vice, because Frodo Swaggins is incapable of having a normal Saturday. Speaking of Vice, they got their first win of the season over DXYZ in the morning and allowed 60 in the afternoon, which is quite the feat. 

WHAT'S AT STAKE

Honestly? Nothing. The seeds are locked: CTT is the 1, the Jabronies are the 2, Frodo is the 3, and all three have the Playoff Saturday bye. DXYZ and Buffalo Vice are the 4 and 5, they play each other in the only D2 game on Playoff Saturday no matter what happens this week, and the winner gets Can't Touch This as a prize. Saturday in D2 is about tune-ups, pride, and not getting anyone who matters hurt before the real games begin.

THIS WEEK'S GAMES:

JABRONIES VS BUFFALO VICE (+8) - The Jabronies look to get a quick pre-playoff refresher course in after having off last week. Buffalo Vice gets all the credit in the world for continuing to fight in D2. JABRONIES BY 8

FRODO SWAGGINS VS D-GENERATION XYZ (+7) - Frodo really looks to be coming around as the playoffs near, and what was once determined to be a two horse race looks to have a third contender for the crown. Meanwhile DXYZ is on cruise control a bit. FRODO SWAGGINS BY 13

D3

LAST WEEK'S GAMES

BULLET CLUB 24, PRACTICE SQUAD 15

LET'S GET RECCKED 20, WANDERERS 14

BULLET CLUB 33, CUNNING STUNTS 16

GREY HAIR - DON'T CARE 33, BQI 26

INTERSPACIAL SQUALLING HARRIERS 46, GREY HAIR - DON'T CARE 31

BQI 33, CUNNING STUNTS 26

PRACTICE SQUAD 31, TWO TUDDIES 17

ISH finished the regular season 7-0-1 and remains the final boss of this division. Bullet Club swept their doubleheader and finished 6-2. Grey Hair beat BQI and then ran into the ISH buzzsaw, BQI bounced back against the Stunts, Practice Squad FINALLY got their first win (and it took Jeremy Burr to dust off the cannon and play QB for them to do it), and the Wanderers lost by 6. Again. For the fourth straight game. Somebody check on the Wanderers.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

A lot, actually. ISH has the 1-seed locked, but the rest is up for grabs. Bullet Club's 2-seed is NOT safe. Their season is over and if BQI beats Two Tuddies on Saturday (which is becoming one of the easiest things for a D3 team to do this season), BQI also finishes 6-2,  and BQI holds the head-to-head from their 17-6 win. That would knock the Bullet Club down to 3 without them even playing. Grey Hair can potentially climb in the standings with a win, and if BQI loses, Grey Hair takes the 3-seed via THEIR head-to-head over BQI. Let's Get Reccked has two very winnable games against the Stunts and the Tud Buds that could cause a 3 way tie at 5-3 with BQI and Grey Hair if things fall a certain way for maximum fun. The middle of this bracket is a blender. And at the bottom, the 10am Practice Squad vs Wanderers game is essentially a play-in for the play-in: the loser is headed to the 8-9 game on Playoff Saturday, while the winner has to hope that the Tuddies don’t remember how football works again (they used to!) in order to avoid a rematch. 

The current percentages for who will play in the 8v9 game are as follows: 

Practice Squad - 57.4%

Wanderers - 67.3%

Two Tuddies - 75.3%

 

THIS WEEK'S GAMES:

WANDERERS VS PRACTICE SQUAD (+2) - Schedule makers probably had this pegged as more of a “potential 1st place game” than a “Let’s escape the play in” game back in April, but here we are. Two storied franchises sit at a combined 1-12-1 which felt unfathomable when we started. I can’t imagine the Wanderers winning zero games in a season. WANDERERS BY 3

CUNNING STUNTS VS LET'S GET RECCKED (EVEN) - The Stunts sit at 2-2-2 but the losses have come against better teams in the division. LGR is kind of one of those teams, I think. LET’S GET RECCKED BY 6

LET'S GET RECCKED VS TWO TUDDIES (+9) - The bill for the Tuddies selling their souls to move up a few divisions finally seems to be due after a season I’m sure they’d like to forget. LET’S GET RECCKED BY 12

CUNNING STUNTS VS GREY HAIR - DON'T CARE (+2) - Grey Hair has settled in nicely and with a shot at a better seed on the line, expect them to keep it going. GREY HAIR - DON’T CARE BY 12

BQI VS TWO TUDDIES (+12) - BQI has only struggled with the top teams in D3, losing to ISH and GHDC. They DID beat Bullet Club during the monsoon, and because of that they’ll have a path to the 2 seed with a win here. Shouldn’t be too hard. BQI BY 14

D4

LAST WEEK'S GAMES

TATER TOTS 54, SHOW ME YOUR TDS 0

MIKE'S DETAILING 31, PUCKETT 24

MIKE'S DETAILING 34, BALLS DEEP 20

NOT SO STICKY 30, FLYING BALLS 24

COOCHIE MONSTERS 45, POWERPUFF GIRLS 34

FLYING BALLS 25, COBBLESTONE 21

PUCKETT 42, COBBLESTONE 6

Mike’s Detailing beat Puckett. Let's just sit with that for a second. The first loss for Puckett all season, and Mike's did it while also sweeping a doubleheader. Puckett responded by beating Cobblestone 42-6 hours later, because of course they did. Elsewhere, the Tater Tots dropped 54 points on Show Me Your TDs in the regular season finale of statistical terrorism, the Coochies outlasted the PowerPuff Girls in a shootout, and the Flying Balls got their first win.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

The #1 seed, and it's beautiful. Mike's Detailing and the Coochie Monsters are tied at 6-1, Puckett sits at 5-1 with TWO games Saturday, and here's the kicker: Mike's holds the head-to-head over BOTH of them with the 15-14 weather game against the Coochies and last week's 31-24 over Puckett. The math is so simple even B’s Brother can do it: if Mike's beats Not So Sticky, they're the 1-seed, period, no matter what happens in the Coochies-Puckett showdown. If Mike's loses, the winner of Coochies-Puckett has the inside track (Coochies are #1 if they win, Puckett would also need to beat Balls Deep later on to finish #1). Meanwhile Not So Sticky has the #4 seed nearly wrapped up, but watch Balls Deep as they have two games, and winning both gets them to 5-3 and could take the 4th spot if NSS loses to Mike’s. At the bottom, Cobblestone vs Show Me Your TDs at noon completes a three-way head-to-head round robin between them and the Flying Balls that will sort out seeds 8 through 10 and the play-in matchups on Playoff Saturday. Yes, the tiebreaker scenarios there require a whiteboard. No, I will not be drawing it. The fun part is seeing which of the middle teams end up as the 7 seed. The percentages of that happening for each team that could end up there: 

PowerPuff Girls - 4.0%

Tater Tots - 39.7%

Balls Deep - 56.3%

THIS WEEK'S GAMES:

PUCKETT VS COOCHIE MONSTERS (+4) - A coin flip of epic proportions. Both of these teams have been the cat’s ass all year, and it lines up to give us a hell of a battle for potentially the top seed in the division. Puckett’s defensive armor has shown some cracks in the last two weeks against the two best offenses they’ve faced all year. Coochie represents quite the challenge as well. COOCHIE MONSTERS BY 6

TATER TOTS VS BALLS DEEP (+3) - This is essentially a playoff game in the sense that the loser will more than likely end up the 7 seed. The only way that doesn’t happen is if the Tots win this one (good chance), PowerPuff loses to the Flying Balls (small chance), and then Balls Deep beats Puckett (medium to low chance). So yeah, this is probably a battle for “who doesn’t get the 7 seed”. Not sure Balls Deep can keep up with the Tots offense though. TATER TOTS BY 10.

POWERPUFF GIRLS VS FLYING BALLS (+7) - The Flying Balls need a statement win to salvage a tough season, the Girls need a win to make sure they don’t have to play a play-in game (an extra game could cost them players available with conflicts for their other teams). Girl power prevails. POWERPUFF GIRLS BY 16

COBBLESTONE VS SHOW ME YOUR TDS (+4) - Both teams are looking to go into the playoffs on a winning note. After a season that’s been rough for both squads, I’m sure this will be some epic showdown where Darryl Carr QB Superstar leads his team to victory like it’s 1997. COBBLESTONE BY 8

MIKE'S DETAILING VS NOT SO STICKY (+6) - Not So Sticky needs this game a little. MD needs this game a lot. Plus they’ve been playing a bit better. MIKE’S DETAILING BY 7

PUCKETT VS BALLS DEEP (+10) - Balls Deep’s 3 wins are against the bottom three teams in the league. They haven’t really been close in their games against the “cream of the crop”. Puckett represents the latter here. PUCKETT BY 10

D5

LAST WEEK'S GAMES

COME FROM BEHIND 18, WET BANDITS 13

MO' CHICKEN 22, BLUE BALLERS 18

SAUSAGE MCMUFFINS 30, PIT HARADE 25

BIRDS OF WAR 42, BLUE BALLERS 20

CALL THE DOCTOR 33, 716ERS 25

MO' CHICKEN 21, SBG 0 (FORFEIT)

MO' CHICKEN BEAT THE BLUE BALLERS. I've written a lot of sentences in this column over the years and that one might be in the top five least believable. The team with zero wins and two ties held the most explosive offense in the league to 18 points. Then the Birds of War beat the Blue Ballers by 22 in the afternoon, meaning the Ballers went from 5-0 and terrifying to 5-2 in roughly six hours. The Birds have now scored 58, 48, and 42 in their last three games and nobody wants any part of them as they’re the hottest team in the TSL. 

WHAT'S AT STAKE

Blitzkrieg controls the #1 seed: they hold the head-to-head over Call the Doctor, so one win Saturday locks it up. But their first game is against those white hot Birds of War, and here's where it gets fun: the Birds can finish anywhere from the 1 seed to the 3 seed depending on Saturday. Beat Blitzkrieg and get a Call the Doctor loss, and there's a genuine three-way tiebreaker scenario at the top that the Birds actually win, I think, considering that Topper’s magical tie breaker machine still runs that portion of the league. The Blue Ballers are done, as they’ve had to forfeit against the 716ers and are locked into the #4 seed (the Birds hold the head-to-head). In the middle, Come From Behind, the 716ers, and the Wet Bandits are sorting out seeds 5 through 7,  which matters here, because seeds 6 through 11 are all in play-in games on Playoff Saturday, and your seed determines whether your reward for surviving is Blitzkrieg, Call the Doctor, or the Birds. Mo' Chicken, fresh off the upset of the spring, scared the McMuffins into a forfeit this week.  In this mess of a division, Saturday is musical chairs and the music is very loud. It’ll be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

THIS WEEK'S GAMES:

BLITZKRIEG VS BIRDS OF WAR (+4) - Game of the Day Potential here. The hottest team in the division all year against the hottest team in the division of the last few weeks. BOW has their sights set on the division crown, but Blitzkrieg has been on cruise control all season. This should be a good one. BIRDS OF WAR BY 3

COME FROM BEHIND VS SBG (+14) - The 716ers forfeit win over Blue Ballers makes this game matter even more for CFB. Come From Behind needs to win this game, and I’m pretty sure they need to score a decent amount of points in order to pass the 716ers for the final “non play-in” slot for the playoffs. COME FROM BEHIND BY 20

CALL THE DOCTOR VS WET BANDITS (+8) - This game matters a bit for both teams, potentially. Wet Bandits could use the win to perhaps sneak into the 5 seed. CTD, meanwhile could need this win to finish as the #1 seed in the division if the Birds of War beat Blitzkrieg earlier in the day. If that happens, CTD would have to pray that Pit Harade pulls off an upset too. CALL THE DOCTOR BY 13

BLITZKRIEG VS PIT HARADE (+12) - This game either really matters for Blitzkrieg, or it won’t matter at all. If BK wins against BOW, they clinch first overall and can mail this one in and have “fun”. If they lose to BOW, then they HAVE to win this game, which doesn’t bode well for a Pit Harade team that’s been close to a few wins but haven’t quite gotten there yet. BLITZKRIEG BY 14

D6

LAST WEEK'S GAMES

TMA 34, INTENTIONAL CLOWNING 6

SELECT 26, RAW MILKERS 0

In Week 2, Intentional Clowning beat TMA 33-10. On Saturday, TMA beat Intentional Clowning 34-6. That is a 51-point swing between meetings of the same two teams, and it instantly handed TMA the division lead and turned the D6 title picture upside down. Quietly, Select also pitched a shutout for their second win in three weeks. D6 has spent all season being the league's strangest division and it's finishing strong.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

The top two seeds get the Playoff Saturday bye, and only one of them is settled, sort of. TMA has a bye locked, but the #1 seed itself is live: if TMA beats Select and IC sweeps their doubleheader, both finish at 7-1 with losses against each other, and then Topper Magic takes over yet again. Which means Saturday's games matter for points for those teams in D6, not just the results. And if TMA somehow loses to Select while IC goes 2-0, Intentional Clowning steals the #1 seed outright. The second bye could come down to the Intentional Clowning vs Irish Giants game where the Giants need to win out and have Sticky Laces beat IC. It stands to be an interesting Saturday in D6.

THIS WEEK'S GAMES:

TMA VS SELECT (+8) - TMA has one of the byes wrapped up, but more importantly, they’ve been on a tear since they lost their first game and nothing seems to slow them down. Select has great defense, and they’re improving, but they aren’t yet on the TMA level. TMA BY 6

STICKY LACES VS RAW MILKERS (+6) - The Raw Milkers are just a half step behind all of the teams in D6. They compete, but they just aren’t quite there overall yet. The Sticky Laces have been pretty consistent and are arguably a bit better than their record shows. STICKY LACES BY 8

INTENTIONAL CLOWNING VS STICKY LACES (+7) - IC needs this one, they can’t chance potentially missing out on the bye. INTENTIONAL CLOWNING BY 13

IRISH GIANTS VS RAW MILKERS (+9) - The Giants have an outside shot at the bye, and they’ve been pretty good all season. And I don’t even think they’ve been playing their best football yet. IRISH GIANTS BY 12

INTENTIONAL CLOWNING VS IRISH GIANTS (+3) - This more than likely isn’t anything other than a future playoff preview, but these teams are pretty evenly matched. I just give a slight nod to the IC. INTENTIONAL CLOWNING BY 2

 

GF vs GPT

WEEK 7

AGAINST THE SPREAD

Topper's Super Computer: 15-14-1

The Godfather: 15-14-1

STRAIGHT UP

Topper's Super Computer: 19-11

The Godfather: 18-12

OVERALL SEASON

AGAINST THE SPREAD

Topper's Super Computer: 90-64-5

The Godfather: 82-72-5

STRAIGHT UP

Topper's Super Computer: 107-45-7

The Godfather: 100-52-7

The cold and calculated Skynet wannabe has a decent lead here, which is disappointing. Here’s hoping I make up some ground here. 

 

THE TSC’S PICKS: 

 

THE MALONES VS WHAT A DUMP (+13) - THE MALONES BY 16

STICKY BANDITS VS WHAT A DUMP (+10) - STICKY BANDITS BY 12

THE MALONES VS EYES DOWNTOWN (+4) - THE MALONES BY 5

LEGENDS VS MAVERICKS (+8) - LEGENDS BY 10

LEGENDS VS FREEBALLERS (+6) - LEGENDS BY 7

FREEBALLERS VS MAVERICKS (+7) - FREEBALLERS BY 9

JABRONIES VS BUFFALO VICE (+8) - JABRONIES BY 11

FRODO SWAGGINS VS D-GENERATION XYZ (+7) - FRODO SWAGGINS BY 10

WANDERERS VS PRACTICE SQUAD (+2) - WANDERERS BY 6

CUNNING STUNTS VS LET'S GET RECCKED (EVEN) - LET'S GET RECCKED BY 2

LET'S GET RECCKED VS TWO TUDDIES (+9) - LET'S GET RECCKED BY 12

CUNNING STUNTS VS GREY HAIR - DON'T CARE (+2) - GREY HAIR - DON'T CARE BY 3

BQI VS TWO TUDDIES (+12) - BQI BY 15

PUCKETT VS COOCHIE MONSTERS (+4) - PUCKETT BY 7

TATER TOTS VS BALLS DEEP (+3) - BALLS DEEP BY 2

POWERPUFF GIRLS VS FLYING BALLS (+7) - POWERPUFF GIRLS BY 9

COBBLESTONE VS SHOW ME YOUR TDS (+4) - COBBLESTONE BY 6

MIKE'S DETAILING VS NOT SO STICKY (+6) - MIKE'S DETAILING BY 8

PUCKETT VS BALLS DEEP (+10) - PUCKETT BY 14

BLITZKRIEG VS BIRDS OF WAR (+4) - BLITZKRIEG BY 6

COME FROM BEHIND VS SBG (+14) - COME FROM BEHIND BY 17

CALL THE DOCTOR VS WET BANDITS (+8) - CALL THE DOCTOR BY 10

BLITZKRIEG VS PIT HARADE (+12) - BLITZKRIEG BY 15

TMA VS SELECT (+8) - TMA BY 12

STICKY LACES VS RAW MILKERS (+6) - STICKY LACES BY 8

INTENTIONAL CLOWNING VS STICKY LACES (+7) - INTENTIONAL CLOWNING BY 9

IRISH GIANTS VS RAW MILKERS (+9) - IRISH GIANTS BY 11

INTENTIONAL CLOWNING VS IRISH GIANTS (+3) - INTENTIONAL CLOWNING BY 4



FIVE QUESTIONS FOR SATURDAY

  1. Mike's Detailing can lock up the D4 1-seed by simply beating Not So Sticky but the Puckett vs Coochie Monsters game might be the best matchup of the regular season anyway. Puckett's defense allowed 24 or fewer in every game until Mike's hung 31 on them last week. Who survives the D4 gauntlet holding the top seed?  I do think Puckett wins both of their games this week, but it will be all for naught as Mike’s Detailing will beat NSS to take the top seed. 
  2. The Freeballers get the Legends in the final chance for anyone in D1 to ruin a perfect season. The Legends' closest game this year was a 4-point win over the Sticky Bandits. Can the Freeballers do it? Can they? Yes, there IS a world where they can. It’s just highly unlikely. The Legends have a habit of “getting up” for games against teams they haven’t played yet, and they have yet to play THIS season’s version of the Freeballers. 
  3. The Tater Tots and Balls Deep have somehow never played each other, they're separated by nothing in the standings, and the winner of their game gets the 6-seed and dodges the play-in round entirely. The Tots just scored 54. Balls Deep allows 16 a game. Which identity holds up? I think the Tots ability to score points holds up better than the Balls Deep defense. Look no further than the Tots dropping 31 on Puckett’s killer defense two weeks ago. The Tots are really good. 
  4. Eyes Downtown beat The Malones 31-29 six days ago, and the schedule immediately runs it back with the 2-seed hanging over the rematch. Was last week the wake-up call The Malones needed, or did ED expose something real? Can it be a little of both? The Malones learned they need to be a little bit better under pressure, instead of doing the whole “yell at each other a lot” thing that they tend to do in close games. I don’t think Eyes Downtown exposed them in any way, I just think ED reminded everyone who they are. Pretty good timing for that. 
  5. Blitzkrieg has allowed 41 points all season. The Birds of War have scored 148 in their last three games.  Saturday, one of those numbers stops being true. Which one? Birds of War are going to score on Blitzkrieg. They might even surpass 41 points, but I don’t think that will be the case. BK has been lucky in the sense that they missed out on playing both Come From Behind and the Blue Ballers completely this season, and they haven’t played BOW yet, obviously. In other words, they’ve had an easier schedule. Not to say they’re frauds, just saying that their defense might have had it easy for 7 weeks. BOW is a real test here. 



TEN FINAL THOUGHTS FOR SATURDAY

 

-From the Rose Garden: This week there will be a wedding at the Rose Garden at 5:00. While they aren’t asking everyone to leave, they’d like people to move to the inside bar starting around 4:30pm please. 

 

-Breakfast Club playoffs start this week. Paige proved to be a more than capable captain as she led her team to a 5-0-1 record and the top seed. Team Carly takes the other bye. This week we get #3 Fittsmagic vs #6 Megoonsta’s and #4 Water Under The Bridget vs #5 Steph Infection. 

 

 

 

-GAMES OF THE DAY: 

10:00 - Practice Squad vs Wanderers

11:00 - Eyes Downtown vs The Malones

12:00 - Flying Balls vs PowerPuff Girls

1:00 - Birds Of War vs Blitzkrieg

2:00 - Freeballers vs Legends

3:00 - Cunning Stunts vs Grey Hair - Don’t Care

 

-The weather for Buffalo this week is going to be 80 degrees and sunny. Perfect football weather. But stay hydrated and wear sunscreen. 

 

-Legends and Blitzkrieg are the only two teams still available to win every game this season. ISH and CTT both went 7-0-1. Probably should’ve toughed out the rain. 

 

-Andrew Kicak sent me an email and talked about boring things about how great Alexander Lee has been, or that Ellory Harpst leads the team in touchdowns this season after being more known for her defense over the years. And also that she’s a great Physical Therapist for all of you TSLers that could use one after a long season! 

 

-He also asked Jeff Krol to make a “UFC ring on that gravel lot” so he can challenge Bobby to a duel, presumably. Lenny would make it so. Just saying. 

 

-Winless teams remaining: Mavericks, Wanderers, Pit Harade, SBG. Last chance you guys. 

 

-The wine tournament is a go! It will once again be at the Black Willow Winery, and it will take place a little earlier than usual this year, on Saturday, August 1st. If you want to get ahead of the game and sign up asap, you can do so here: 

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1urBLH44_96Fkih8OhD4IkAFZUKmKdAs0vxERt0bC7x0/edit

 

-Finally, with the season coming to an end, tensions will start to rise and tempers will start to flare. Keep your composure, and if you notice a teammate struggling to keep theirs, help them out with it. Don’t let someone get suspended for the playoffs because they lost their mind from the pressure that comes with chasing down Immortality. 

 

-GF OUT