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+1 Rag for the work.

PS - Delroy is/has/was/always will and forever be 'bot-Sauce'. Darlington and them will zap in the next few weeks. I'm going to go for their SF. XD

Last edited by Mix at 4/30/2014 5:40:35 PM

Thanks bro. I think the Big 8 can be won by 4 different teams, with Big Big Gulps the favorite, but I agree the Great 8 is a two horse race. And which SF?

I was scoping out Driscoll but Delroy logged in again so that plan is scrapped. If Del gets serious about GS then I would say his team is in the driver's seat.

We got the win but it took a normal with 11 ENT versus his garbage GS. Other than that, we would've got buried. If he stays auto I'd say it's smooth sailing for you to D3.

So i noticed something that i thought would make for some good discussion. I was analyzing the stats from each conference over the past couple seasons, and i noticed a trend. The most prolific offenses always seem to be from the Big 8 and the toughest defenses always seem to be from the Great 8. I looked at the stats over the past 4 season in IV.10 and came up with these results: out of the 4 seasons i looked at, the best defense team was in the great 8 3 out of the 4 seasons, and the best offense came from the big 8 all 4 seasons.
But i goes further than that. I took the 3 highest scoring offenses from each season and ranked them, which equaled to 12 total spots for my study. Out of the 12 spots, 11 of the 12 spots belonged to teams from the big 8. I did the same thing for defense and out of the 12 spots, 9 out of the 12 spots belonged to teams from the great 8.
But the next stat seems to contradict my theory. I added up all the points scored and points allowed for each season, and found the difference between the two conference:
Season 24: Big 8 allowed 906 points more than Great 8
Great 8 scored 510 points more than Big 8
Season 25: Big 8 allowed 1523 points more than Great 8
Great 8 scored 133 points more than Big 8
Season 26: Great 8 allowed 611 points more than Big 8
Great 8 scored 527 points more than Big 8
Season 27: Great 8 allowed 331 points more than Big 8
Big 8 scored 453 points more than Great 8

So it seems from this data that while the best teams seem to fit my initial model, the bottom half of these conferences seem to overpower the effect and reveres the model.

Any other thought?

Wow what a race for the final playoff spot in the Big 8! i wonder who is going to be the last one standing.

Definitely one for the ages, Raggety. All teams have been active within the past 10 days, that has to be some sort of record.

Not Too Late In G8: Rat Brigade goes toe-to-toe with ATL after suffering consecutive losses. ATL obliges and builds their red hot win streak to 9 in a row with a TIE/Normal victory at home.

ATL leapfrogs 2 positions to lock in the #4 spot this week while Rat Brigade drops to the #5 "safety" spot. DreamTeam has been inactive for 10+ days so it's likely they'll drop into the RL series if Rat Brigade can hold out the last few games.

Battle in the B8 Elite1 (Arkansas Kings) moves up to #5 as Kansas PHOG and Get Every Doller each take their medicine. The final playoff spot is still on the line as each of these teams finish out the home stretch of their respective seasons.

It may all come down to PD as PHOG complete their season against top ranked Bull Knights after a head-to-head against Get Every Doller. Arkansas Kings will need to blowout the Bedroom Ballers and pull the upset in the final game of the season versus NWO to sneak in. In the likely event that Doller drops visiting PHOG next week and sends them on a 2 game slide to end their season then it would come down to PD between PHOG/Ark Kings for the remaining slot.

Last edited by Mix at 6/14/2014 10:32:33 PM

No mention of me...tears. (U) :`( :`-(

Sorry about that, bro. Most of the drama is in the bottom of the brackets. It's pretty much a given you're in the post.

If you handle Big Big then you move up to #2, possibly putting Delroy in the position to face back-to-back against the streaking ATL. In any scenario, it's pretty much you against Big Big, only uncertain is who has HCA.

Though going too hard for HCA could lead to an injury leaving you vulnerable in the first round. I was planning on doing a writeup once the seeding is locked.

Last edited by Mix at 6/14/2014 11:45:28 PM

with the schedule i have left, pretty much checking out until next season. this season was alot of fun though.

Predicted rankings for each conference:

Big 8
#1 Delroy Wolfpack
#2 Big Big Gulps
#3 Boots and Boys
#4 Atlanta Thunder
#5 Rat Brigade
#6 Dream Team3
#7 B.I.GBallers
#8 Billings Blue Sox

The #2 spot goes to Big Big Gulps because of PD, and the Atlanta Thunder take the final playoff spot as they limit the damage against Delroy and put up more points on Dream Team3 than will Rat Brigade. Dream Team3 will have HCA against the reeling B.I.GBallers.

Great 8

#1 Bull Knights
#2 IXLOS Sabers
#3 NEW WORLD ORDER
#4 Arkansas Kings
#5 Get Every Dollar
#6 Ten Jaguars
#7 Kansas PHOG
#8 Bedroom Ballers

Bull Knights gets HCA advantage because of PD, and IXLOS Sabers will take on NEW WORLD ORDER in the first round. Kansas PHOG drops 2 straight to finish the season as Arkansas Kings get the final spot due to PD with Get every dollar, with each team splitting their last two games. Ten Jaguars makes a last second surge, winning both of their last games to take HCA in the relegation series.

Well healthy and ready to go for the playoffs, we'll see how this plays out. Should be interesting. Good luck to everyone.