Week 13, or The Clear As Mud Scenarios

Ho. Lee. Crap.

With the league standings as they sit, we're in for a wild Week 14.

Rank	Team	Wins	Losses	Points
1	Hardcore Sacks*	8	5	1481
2	Pedro Pickles*	8	5	1354
3	Hooked On A Thielen	7	6	1459.5
4	Death Valley Driver	7	6	1424.5
5	Released Dix On Boobies	7	6	1371.5
6	Hamilton Rod and Gun	6	7	1410

*Hardcore and Pickles have clinched playoff spots.


Here's the Week 14 schedule:
Hardcore vs. HRG
Pickles vs. Boobies (heh)
Hooked vs. DVD
Out of playoff team vs. another out of playoff team
A different out of playoff team vs. the fourth out of playoff team

The Game of the Week: easily the DVD/Hooked pairing. The winner will be 8-6 and clinch a playoff spot. The loser will need some help (more on that further on).

- Hardcore is in, and has the best shot at the top seed, with 21.5 points more than the second most. All that matters for him is seeding.

- The same is true of Pedro Pickles. With the schedule set up as it is, we could have a maximum of four teams that are 8-6, so he'd get in, even though he has the fewest points of the current top 6.

- We'll skip DVD/Hooked for now, other than to say "winner gets in."

- If Boobies (heh) wins, he's in. If he loses, he's likely out. He trails Hooked by 88 points, and DVD by 53. A Boobies (heh) loss puts him and whoever loses DVD/Hooked at 7-7,  (at least) 53 points is a lot to make up.

- In order for HRG to get in: he needs to win, Boobies (heh) to lose, AND make up the point differential between him and the loser of the DVD/Hooked matchup; he trails DVD by 14.5 points, but Hooked by 49.5. He'll be hoping for a Hooked victory there, and a big week from his team (read: The Cowboys offense).

- The winner of the DVD/Hooked matchup will be 8-6, and will get in.

- The loser of the DVD/Hooked matchup will need Boobies (heh) to lose. As discussed a little higher, DVD and Hooked have the second and third highest point total in the league, so they will likely win any tiebreaker.

- OK, I guess I'd be remiss to mention that Iron Ryan and Jeff Fisher Effect are "technically" still alive for a playoff spot. However, if I-Ry makes it to 7-7, he'd need to make up (at minimum) 90 points; JFE would have to make up 190 points. So, yeah, that ain't happening.

I think it's absolutely great that the teams fighting for playoff spots all play each other, and that the four bottom teams basically get to start the Loser Bowl early. No one gets an "easy road" to the playoffs.

So good luck in Week 14 guys! It's basically playoff time already!!