The week of Ties proved to be uneventful yet discerning. Three games ended in a tie this week; of which, minor notable mention to Elm and Lantz, as their tie was not enough for Elm to leap in the standings, but was hindering enough to drop Lantz out of the bubble by 1 point.
Draper seized his opportunity to loot credits from Wes, snagging a cool 17 points and 12.8 Elo (highest of the week, 3rd highest of the season) spitting on Shitty Predictor during the Post Game Scrum. The boost was not enough for Jon to catch Elm in the standings on his uneventful week, but lessened the gap to 7 for first blood. Draper still sits 17 points out of a playoff spot.
Surely the only notable match this week, Jim held his breath to a 6-3 victory over Evan, taking Blocks by 1 and tying at 9 PPP a piece. Jim extends his winning streak to 7, decisively taking 2nd place chair – 1 point out of first, playing a hollow third to TK as he sits in the Evens Conference.
TK, Zander, and Evan all dropped one spot in the rankings this week, only by breaking their standings ties from last week.
Shout out to Zapf for posting the #1 spot in the power rankings this week. Zarg likes to point out that anytime he has a positive accolade I seemingly throw in more context to show why it ain’t-no-thang-doe. Znarf’s First Place Flex came with a 78 index, not a score to scoff at, and yet, it’s the second lowest power ranking to take the first place spot this season. The first: Zekiel with an index of 77 in Week 3. He is surely a volcanic rock in a sea of coal. Praise Be: Jaromiracle. You should all pander to his accomplishments.
Week 10
The battle for mediocrity continues as Barbs and Caruso lock arms on the bubble. Caruso is looking to set a foothold beneath the juggernauts, while Barbs hopes to cushion himself from danger. SP favoring Tom 6-4 could spell danger for the Barbarian hordes.
Speaking of raping and looting, Radical is scouting for some major pointage this week as he sets his sights on Wes. Rad sits 7 points out of a playoff spot and could make up a large margin of that this week. SP of 8-2 could socket him securely in bubble conversation pending a natural disaster.
Draper’s Cinderella story exposition meets its first real conflict in Turd Furg. Although he should be happy with his take from last week, Jon did so only with an index of 45 over Wes’s 0, the worst performance of the year. Although Lantz sits securely on the bubble, he boasts a season Index of 83, the #1 spot. Draper will surely need some puck luck this week. If Draper can’t hold him off, it could be an extended denouement for Draper’s season.
Matchup Spotlight on the Sako Her Pitties duel. The two square off, both sitting atop their respective conferences. A TK loss could jeopardize his standings, with only a 4 point buffer over Caruso, while a Jay loss would almost certainly precipitate Jim to king of the castle, only one point off his heels. SP spells disaster for TK, with Jason a 7-2 favorite.
Jim presses on his Croatian Inquisition to our resident engineer in Professor Elm. While passive at a glance, I want to point out that Elmathan is silently Power Ranked 3rd this season, seemingly unable to capitalize as he runs into teams on their strong weeks. Will Elm catch Jimbob off guard? SP thinks so with a marginal 5-4 favorite.