It was the day that both the Muscular Mathletes and Jeff Fisher's Mullet -- the No. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively -- lost in the Royale with Cheese semifinals.
No. 3 iwishiwouldhaveplayedtuba (soon to be renamed whatever the heck the score of that Texas game was) and No. 4 Cant Be That Hard will meet in the third RWC championship game this week. The two have something in common: Their real names both start with "M." But, more importantly, they are both first year teams in the league.
I'm not sure what that says about them, this league or about the meaning of life, for that matter. (Insert cheesy line about how "It must not Be That Hard" here.)
tuba beat the Mullets in the first semifinal 101-80. All but two of tuba's players and his defense scored more than 10 points in the semifinal game. The Mullets were mediocre, at best. Andre Johnson had 1.8, the law firm had . 4 and Eric Decker had 4.2. And after scoring more than 30 points each of the past two weeks, Peyton Manning had just 17.
Here's the worst part. I considered starting DeAngelo Williams, since Jonathan Stewart was out for the Panthers. But he's been pretty mediocre all year; His highest score is 11.7, which he did in Weeks 3 and 6. Had I started him, his 22.8 points would have given me 102.56, barely beating tuba. But I didn't, so I'm in the third-place game.
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| Not even an early Christmas present could help the Mathletes. |
That Jamaal Charles performance is the best single-player performance in league history, beating Tampa Bay running back Doug Martin's 51.2 last season.
So, once again, we have tubas and Cant Be That Hard in the final. Early projections have Cant Be That Hard winning 123-119, but we all know how flimsy those projections can be. These two teams have met once before, but it gives us no insight because tubas benched all his players. I have a feeling he won't be doing that this week.
We won't be doing a video preview of the championship since Morgan is in Mexico drinking lots of fruity drinks with umbrellas. I would love to have a huge group Hangout at the end of the season, though. And maybe a league/Super Bowl party/awards ceremony? Watch out for details on that.
I was worried about having to play the Mathletes in the final and the tension that would cause in the house. I'm not worried about the third-place game causing any marital problems. Sure, it will be competitive, but not like the two of us in the championship would be. Early projections give the Mullets a 118-110 edge. When we played earlier this season, Andre Johnson scored a bunch of points to help me score a 122-103 come-from-behind win.
In the consolation bracket we have No. 8 Correctamundo taking on No. 7 The Reservoir Dogs in the final. Once again, the top two teams in that bracket lost in the semifinals. These two played in Week 7, when The Reservoir Dogs won 90-83.
Correctamundo beat Getting over the hump 76-69, getting 16 points from Reggie Bush and 9.8 from Calvin Johnson on Monday night.
The Reservoir Dogs beat Academic Probation in a high-scoring game 110-104. The Dogs got 21 points each from Kirk Cousins and Dez Bryant and another 19 from Rashard Mendenhall.
That leaves No. 5 Getting over the hump and No. 6 Academic Probation playing in the seventh-place game.
@RoyaleWCheeseFB @ppuuddggyy @MorganBeggs beginners' luck! Next year, I'll actually show up for the draft so I don't play for 7th-place.
— Sergio Tovar (@sergiotovar) December 18, 2013
@RoyaleWCheeseFB @ppuuddggyy @MorganBeggs ... and don't end up with Tony freaking Romo.
— Sergio Tovar (@sergiotovar) December 18, 2013
Cant Be That Hard, obviously, was the top scorer in the semifinal week with 133.The Sad Trombone goes to Getting over the hump for scoring a league-low 69 in Week 15, even though it should go to me and my lovely wife.
“@RoyaleWCheeseFB: This has not been a good day for the Inscoe household.” This weeks sad trombone???
— Mark Perry (@ppuuddggyy) December 16, 2013
And the You Got Lucky Award goes to Correctamundo, who is lucky enough to play in the consolation final! Dream big.I am glad that so many random people have covered this song on YouTube. This is the highlight of my week.
There is no Thursday night game this week, so you've got until Sunday to figure out your life. And there are no teams with a bye. Set those lineups if you're in the playoffs! Best of luck to our two finalists. I can't wait to see whose picture will grace the blog and Twitter account.
@RoyaleWCheeseFB this past year of #FantasyFootball was a "building year".
— Andy (@ajzarick) December 15, 2013
Poll results
Both proposals were voted down 6-4 this past week, meaning we will not be doing a keeper league or allowing the league champion to pick the draft order.
If there is anything you want to propose we change about the league next season, let me know via email (corey.inscoe@gmail.com), tweet, comment or text. I am always open to suggestions, Any proposals will be put up to a league vote.
Wishing everyone sure hands and strong ACLs,
Corey
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