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Heh, despite a 1-2 record (the loss to the Tigers looks bad, but they were a pre-season favorite) I think the Sloths had a good week given the competition. Are they top 5 material? nah. But now you have them too low. Grin

I'm tryina tank like the Rockets lol

I sold players to expand my tiny arena for once... regerts :`(

Power Rankings
The new rankings come out this week on Labor Day.
1. Pittsburgh Pressure, we are finally number 1, with JF loss to SM, the only problem is we play JF next game and they will not underestimate us, plus the injury to Aldino makes it worse
2. Jungle Fever, after avoiding a few close calls the Fever lost to SM, but can retake 1 by beating Pittsburgh
3. Green Gremlins, The Gremlins won 2 more games and look the 1 seed in the great 8
4. SM Lizards, They upset Jungle Fever on the road. Delgado looks better than ever and this team, I think is the most dangerous.
5. Boom is Art, two wins over Beachlife and Lion Rebels a good week, only to be outdone by SM
6. Beachlife, a loss to Boom is Art drops them to 6
7. Galloping Sloths, beat retired and Redbull this week results we all expected
8. Souljas, losses to Green Gremlins and more prominently West Side drops you to 8
9. Retired, retired has a tremendous second half of the season with another win this week over Illiniwek
10. Illiniwek, a victory over West Side but a loss to retired puts you exactly where you belong
11. West Side Tigers, a victory over the Soulja’s but a loss to Illiniwek puts you at 11
12. Monkeykid, the Maniacs lost two more this week although not for a lack of effort
13. Boilers25, losses to SM and Pittsburgh don’t look that bad on paper but compared to earlier this season it’s a drop
14. Lion Rebels, also two losses this week keeps you at 14
15. Redbull Lakers, the Lakers won the toilet bowl and move up to 15
16. Righteous Rebellion, the Rebellion lost the toilet bowl, but may still end playing in the relegation series.

Power Rankings
Week 12 Power Rankings are here
1. Pittsburgh Pressure, We won against Jungle Fever, and it would be time to party but two of my players are still hurt and we have to travel to a resurgent SM Lizards, do I have the guns to win that game? Only time will tell.
2. Jungle Fever, A loss to the Pressure in Pittsburgh was expected and the Fever look to prepare for a postseason run
3. Green Gremlins, A loss to the Sloths was a surprise, but the Gremlins have shown to be stable all season.
4. SM Lizards, despite sitting at #4 in the rankings, the lizards are outside of the playoff picture, and likely need a win against #1 Pittsburgh to make it.
5. Galloping Sloths, an upset of the Gremlins move you up to 5 sloths
6. Boom is Art, A loss to SM Lizards at home move you down to 6
7. Beachlife, another team that lost to SM and beat Boilers25 this week.
8. Retired, a victory over the souljas and they are only one game out of the playoffs
9. Illiniwek, Two wins for Illiniwek this week was good. I actually feel bad putting them at 9 they could be higher
10. West Side Tigers, The tigers beat the 2 bottom dwellers this week.
11. Soulja’s, a loss to retired and falling to sixth in the big 8 could be catastrophic
12. Monkeykid, hey at least you beat the Rebels
13. Boilers25, two close losses to Beachlife and Boom is Art keep you at the bottom
14. Lion Rebels, two losses for the Rebels all but dooms them to demotion
15. Redbull Lakers, still 8th place in the big 8, demotion is coming
16. Righteous Rebellion, Two more losses for the Rebellion, if there is any consolation prize, you get a home game send off the relegation series.

Yeah - I've resigned myself to demotion. Need to do some reconfiguring; hopefully I don't waste my boy Armstead's prime time!

Nothing standing between the Great 8 Winner, and Div II....

Talk an interesting development! This gives you Yakoska a major opportunity! The Great 8 winner will likely go though but you never know these things.

Injury to a starter makes beating Illini even less likely, plus they hold a 7-3 edge in head to head matchups. But it's interesting.

Here were the preseason rankings
1. SM Lizards
2. West Side Tigers
3. Green Gremlins
4. Pittsburgh Pressure
5. Beachlife
6. Jungle Fever
7. Illiniwek
8. Monkeykid
9. Boom is Art
10. Galloping Sloths
11. Righteous Rebellion
12. Lion Rebels
13. Red Bull Lakers
14. Boilers25
15. Souljas
16. Retired

Power Rankings
The end of the season’s rankings are here, denoted next to the teams are the number of spots they went up or down from the preseason rankings which have been posted. Also a percentage next to the playoff teams are the estimated odds they win the league.
1. Pittsburgh Pressure +3 36.5% At the beginning of the season, everyone doubted me after Steinwender was sold off, I proved you all wrong, and despite a lose to SM in the final week, we are still #1
2. Jungle Fever +4 29.7% another team who was doubted by most, (not by me) the Fever have shown great results all season and very well walk away with a title, if they get passed me.
3. Green Gremlins 0 0% a preseason favorite has not disappointed and finished where they started, but now they bot?!
4. SM Lizards -3 19.8% in my eyes, THE preseason favorite, started out rough falling all the way to 11, but rebounded up to 4 to finished. With wins over Pittsburgh and Jungle Fever in the process! They are scary and pose a major threat in the postseason.
5. Galloping Sloths +5 12% I admit I was off on the sloths. The sloths continued to contend despite selling Stars throughout the season. Excellent skill by the manager
6. Boom is Art +3 .2%, A good season for Boom is Art, making the playoffs despi the loss to Pittsburgh. Unfortunately for them their reward is a rematch in Pittsburgh
7. Beachlife -2, In the Great 8 there were 5 worthy playoff teams, someone had to be left out, in this case it was Beachlife. Expectations were high and they were not meet.
8. Retired +8 2% the team projected to finish dead last punched well above their weight. With 10 wins they made the playoffs, A contender for surprise of the season.
9. Illiniwek -2 0% a good season for Illiniwek, although it ends in the first round due a team sell off.
10. Soulja’s +5, A better season than I expected for them, I don’t know what Soulja’s is actually thinking, A relegation series is on against Monkeykid, one Soulja’s should be favored in
11. West Side Tigers -9, just missing the playoffs after losing a de facto playoff game at Retired, Projected at #2 to start the season, I would say they under performed
12. Boilers25 +2, The boilers25 started boiling hot (pun intended), but cooled rapidly, and have a relegation series battle to prepare for, will be tough without Ganchev
13. Monkeykid -5, Monkeykid like SM started out slow, but unlike them, they never pulled it together, they will play Soulja next
14. Lion Rebels -2, demotion is confirmed for the Rebels, they just never got enough talent around Armstead
15. Redbull Lakers -2, Won a few games as expected, but really didn’t do much, although no one expected them to.
16. Righteous Rebellion -5, A sell off in the end, they will be able to have a last stand against Beachlife

Well if there's a time to "finally pull it together", this Relegation Series would be it. Let's see how it goes.