QFBA Rag – 2007-8 Week Eighteen

Must Have Been Psychic

So, The Commish made a small error in last week’s standings and showed the Cruisers a game behind didi’s in the race for the final playoff spot. Actually, the Cruisers had moved into a tie for the final slot and they owned the tiebreaker, meaning that if the season had ended after Week Seventeen, it would have belonged to the Cruisers. Trust me, the Jr. Cap wasted no time in making Cap Sr. aware of his error.

Ironically, after all that, they scrape together a paltry 141 point performance and drop their Week Eighteen game to the SeaGals. For the Gals, they now have what is commonly referred to as a streak! Way to go Gals. This reporter is rooting for you to add to the streak in Week Nineteen against your mentor.

Rednicks Suck. Still win.

Rednicks benefited from Ming’s sudden demise and got a Dubya despite putting up the second lowest score of the week. If the Chief had any pride, and we all know he doesn’t, he’d throw this one back. ‘Nuff said.

Speaking of Lucky...

My only theory is that ‘Bus drove to the end of the rainbow and found the proverbial pot of gold. How else can you explain how he gets undeserved win after undeserved win? Last week I pointed out that if he had played Cap’n Powerhouse every week since the start of the season he’d be 4-13. Well, now he’d be 4-14. This week he puts up a lousy 158 points and gets a Dubya against J-Dubya.

All I can say is, watch out, ‘Bus. These things tend to even out over the course of a season and you are way past due.

FrontRunners Won’t Go Away

Runners follow last weeks’ stunning win with another one this week over Clutch the Tittie. Both teams needed this win to keep their playoff hopes alive but Runners pull it off and move into a three way tie for the last playoff berth.

The Fronters have had some bad luck this season to have wound up at 9-9 considering that only Cap’n Parrotdead has set the weekly high score more often than they have. The good news for this team is that they do own the tiebreaker against the other contenders. At this point it is highly unlikely that any of the other contenders will catch the Runners in total points so all they have to do to claim the prized slot is tie for forth.

Coach Hayduke made a huge blunder this week, however, when he turned down Cap’n Parrotdead’s generous offer of Boozer and Deng for Ginobili and Wallace. Wallace’s injury turned out to be season ending and possibly even career ending, meaning Coach Hayduke could have had Boozer and Deng for a bench player. Coach Timid says he wanted to dance with the one that burng him. Have it your way, Haypuke, Cap’s just gonna have to kick yer ass next week fer that.

Pissed off Parrotheads Drop didi’s

Sometimes a Coach has to give his players a good old fashioned tongue lashing. This Powerhouse Parrotdead team should be undefeated this season considering that they have the firepower to take the weekly high score more than any other team in the league. There simply was no excuse for last week’s loss to a team they would have beaten on virtually any other night and I can tell you Cap’n Parrotdead was having no part of any excuses for the lackluster performance. Let’s just say that the Parrotdead locker room was a place no one wanted to be last week. The players responded by clobbering their hapless opponent enroute to the weekly high score yet again.

didi’s had decent performances across the board except for a 20 from usual stalwart Camby. No matter, there was little they could have done to get this one. At this point in the season, it’s hard to keep saying that there’s always next week. The didi’s drop into a three way tie for that coveted 4th spot and will need to win that slot outright if they are going to live up to the expectations of their former Championship Coach.

The Playoff Chase

It’s a pretty safe bet that the final slot will belong to one of the three teams currently tied for that spot. While only Dubers and SeaGals have been mathematically eliminated, it would take a minor miracle for Clutch City, or Jitterbugs to sneak in. Both teams would need a bizarre collapse from three or four teams while being perfect themselves. A tie isn’t likely to get either team in so they are going to have to win it outright.

Frontunners look like the favorite but the Good Cap has every intention of squashing them like a jitterbug next week, which could put a real crimp in their plans. This is why we play ‘em, folks. Ain’t this fun?