34 points by a defense is rigoddamndiculous.

Damn it Matt. You jinxed me.

 

Sorry Ryan. When I was running the numbers, I didn't figure the Seahawks defense could get to 18, much less 34. That's just insane!

Apparently, my calling should have been sports statistician - I'm having fun crunching the numbers on the playoff seeding. Seeds 1-4 look pretty well locked up:

1) Minnesota Muskies
2) The Famine
3) SGC Airmen
4) The Mathematicians

The only way these change is with a massive Yahoo stats change or with Seattle's Defense/Special Teams scoring 18 or more points (if that happens, the Airmen drop somewhere to 4-6).

Mathematically eliminated are Nerfherders (by record), THE CUSPIDS (by record), and the Golden Girls (by virtue of season points at a record of 6-7).

Dressel's Vengeance looks like the 7 seed and prime for a rematch with Kevin, unless both The Zods and the Capital Land Cats make up enough points to pass Dressel for the season (which looks extremely unlikely, given the amount of points needed and the fact Dressel has a couple of players Monday anyway).

5 & 6 look like they will go to the winners of the Capital Land Cats/Zods and
the Nameless/Canuckleheads game (barring the aforementioned Seattle DEF/Special Teams getting 18+ points).  Season point totals will determine which winner gets which seed, with the bunching up of the Capital Land Cats, The Zods and the Nameless leaving it too close to call at this point.

Whichever loser of these 2 games has the higher point total on the season looks to be the 8 seed and the pleasure of facing Scott. Brent doesn't have enough points to lose this weekend and grab the 8 seed.

Whew - good stuff.

Wahoo! After that Gates TD, if I can get ~4 more points, I can steal the 3rd seed from Ryan....  

Edit: Well, after Zod's last post, that may or may not be accurate. 

I don't know if I agree that the days of the bargains is over. High-quality MOC stuff has been pretty hot and highly valued for a few years now, even before AFA came along.

Sure, the much of the nice stuff is being sent to be graded, but AFA 75 and 80's are nice pieces that can be had without the premium that 85's and 90+'s get. In fact, I've seen some examples that have been graded 75 or 80 have gone for less than pretty much equivalent condition, ungraded figures have in the past 6-8 months or so.

I can understand your frustration, Dressel. I'm looking at the standings and realizing that I'd better keep winning if I want to get into the playoffs, 'cause I'm sure not going to have more points than most folks if it comes down to the tiebreaker for the same record.

That being said, I've never been in a fantasy league with this much of a logjam in the standings. It's amazing how many teams are between 6-4 and 4-6.

Go Peyton, Go! No more James!

Edit: Dammit! I think James just got enough on those last few plays to push Scott on top.

Hi all,

I have a 65-back Return of the Jedi Darth Vader Proof card that is up for sale. It's a standard proof card -  2 square corners at the bottom, 2 rounded corners at the top, with a punch tab. It is in fine condition with no creases or tears- it has been graded an AFA 85. Vader proof cards rarely come up for sale, especially publicly.


I'm asking $550 for the proof. The AFA number on it is 04384057.

You can either drop me a PM (preferred) or email me at carrollm@colorado.edu if you are interested or have questions.

Thanks,
Matt

Edit to fix picture link

Just a note to anyone who has yet to figure out lineups for this weekend - the Kansas City-Miami game has moved to Friday night to avoid the hurricane.

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