Norfolk moves on

Norfolk moves on to the divisional round by defeating Darien 37-24. Norfolk will now play NFC Central Division Champion Oklahoma coached by Bill Hart. Bill Hart is the "comeback coach of the year". Oklahoma went from worst to first in their division. Putting up an 11-5 record after having the first pick in last year's draft. It should be an exciting game against Norfolk. Congratulations to Norfolk's coach George Torres on his first ASFLC Playoff victory!!

Wisconsin moves on

Wisconsin beats Eau Claire for the 3rd time this season. Like both other games, Wisconsin holds on to win by a touchdown, 31-24. Eau Claire finished the game at Wisconsin's 5 yard line but failed on downs to get the ball in the end zone. Wisconsin moves on to the divisional round to play #1 seed San Fran.

Rochester moves on

Rochester beats Chatham 14-13 in the wildcard round. Rochester moves on to play the DaGints in the divisional round. Oklahoma waits to play the winner of the Norfolk - Darien wildcard game.

Waunakee moves on!

The first wildcard game is in and it wasnt close!! Waunakee led by Daunte Culpepper knocked Pecatonica out of the playoffs with a 38-0 blowout. Waunakee moves on to play the Mashers in the divisional round. San Fran waits to play the winner of the Wisconsin -Eau Claire wildcard game.

Wildcard Week

We have what appears to be 4 good matchups for Wildcard Week!

In the AFC we have:
Pecatonica (7-9) at Waunakee (11-5)
This is a rematch of an earlier game this year. It was a low scoring affair with Waunakee winning 13-3. Neither team did alot on offense but that was early in the year. Expect this game to be much higher scoring. Waunakee has put up over 480 points this season, averaging 30 a game under first year head coach Dale Ripley. Waunakee (last year's Apex) won last year's wild card game vs. New York before losing a close divisional playoff game to the Mashers. Pecatonica surprisingly beat Vegas in week 16 to earn the final playoff spot. Pecatonica (last year's Antioch) did not make the playoffs a year ago.

Eau Claire (7-9) at Wisconsin (10-6)
This is also a rematch between two division teams. They just played each other in week 14 and Wisconsin won a low scoring game. Earlier this season Wisconsin won their other matchup. Wisconsin won both games by 7 points. Wisconsin has also put up approximately 30 points per game. Both Wisconsin and Eau Claire make the playoffs for the third straight year. Eau Claire and Wisconsin also played in last year's wildcard game with Wisconsin winning that game as well. Should be a good game between 2 division opponent coaches (Bob Stooges and Steve Brandvold) who know each other well.

In the NFC we have:
Rochester (9-7) at Chatham (9-7)
This is also a rematch from a game earlier this season. Rochester won that shootout over Chatham 36-30. Rochester, coached by Kenny Oberg, turned their season around after a 1-5 start. Last year Rochester won their wild-card game against Ann Arbor before losing a heartbreaker in the divisional playoff round to Bloomington. Chatham (last year's Seaside) had double digit losses and didnt come close to making the playoffs. This has been a good, quick turnaround by first year coach Sean Crawford. Should be another exciting high scoring affair.

Norfolk (9-7) at Darien (9-7)
This is the only game of the week that isnt a rematch from earlier in the season. Both teams finished 2nd in their divisions with a 9-7 record. Darien did not make the playoffs one year ago and have comeback nicely under head coach Ed Freimuth. Norfolk (last year's Guinness) missed last year's playoffs even though they had a solid 10-6 record. Both teams have the ability to put up alot of points and yet have solid defenses. Norfolk's coach George Torres has done a nice job in his first year. This should be another exciting game!

Good luck guys and looking forward to hearing the results!

ASFLC Playoffs

Everyone should have received the "final" league manager. After doing all the tiebreaker scenarios, here is how the playoffs look:

NFC
#1 seed - DaGints (won NFC East) 12-4
#2 seed - Oklahoma (won NFC Central) 11-5
#3 seed - Chatham (won NFC West) 9-7
#4 seed - Darien 9-7
#5 seed - Norfolk 9-7
#6 seed - Rochester 9-7

** Tiebreakers
The first 3 seeds were easy because they each won their division and had different records.
The 4-5-6 seeds all had the same records. According to NFL.com, if 2 of the teams are in the same division, you first find out which team earned 2nd place in their division. So, since Norfolk beat Rochester both times. Norfolk is awarded 2nd place in the division and Rochester is 3rd place in the NFC east. So, the 4th seed is only between Darien and Norfolk. The first step is head to head between the 2 teams. since they did not play, we move to the second step which is conference record. Darien's conference record was 7-5. Norfolk's conference record was 6-6. Therefore, Darien is awarded the 4th seed and Norfolk the 5th with Rochester taking the final 6th seed.


AFC
#1 seed - San Fran (won AFC west) 13-3
#2 seed - Mashers (won AFC central) 11-5
#3 seed - Waunakee (won AFC east) 11-5
#4 seed - Wisconsin 10-6
#5 seed - Eau Claire 7-9
#6 seed - Pecatonica 7-9

** Tiebreakers
This was obviously much more difficult. The #1 seed was easy with San Fran having the best record. The Mashers take the number 2 seed because of their overtime victory earlier in the season versus Waunakee. So, Waunakee then takes the 3rd seed. Wisconsin is the best record of all the wild-card teams so they take the 4th seed.

Now it gets really tricky. There were 4 teams with a 7-9 record. According to NFL.com the first thing we do is deal with any 2 teams who are in the same division. Which was Pecatonica and Vegas. In their head to head matchups, Pecatonica beat Vegas both times. This takes Vegas out of the tiebreaker. Now the three remaining teams (Long Island, Eau Claire, Pecatonica) go head to head to head. If any team won against both of the other opponents, then they would get the next seed. So the #5 seed goes to Eau Claire since they beat both Long Island and Pecatonica. So, the 6th seed comes down to Long Island or Pecatonica. We go back to head to head and Pecatonica beat Long Island, therefore eliminating Long Island and giving Pecatonica the #6th seed.

I hope this is clear. (You can check all the tiebreaker scenarios with the "tiebreaker rules" we sent out a few weeks ago.

So, here are the playoff matchups:

NFC Wildcard
Rochester (9-7) at Chatham (9-7)
Norfolk (9-7) at Darien (9-7)

DaGints and Oklahoma - byes


AFC Wildcard
Pecatonica (7-9) at Waunakee (11-5)
Eau Claire (7-9) at Wisconsin (10-6)

San Fran and Mashers - byes


I will send out the files for these games on Tuesday. You will then have 1 week to play your games.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at jcroyts@hotmail.com or jdc1169@aol.com

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