News: Didn’t we have us a time? Were you not entertained? I know I was. Three contests in Clan McDonald with play-off implications came down to the wire. The thrill of victory (maybe even the surprise of victory?) and most definitely the bitter sting of defeat. Dispassionately, we know Thursday night counts the same as what happens Monday night. There is no “in the lead” or “coming from behind” but it’s impossible to resist the allure of that artificial drama….
News: Pretty robust scoring in Clan McDonald this week on the whole! In the standings, the eye-catching update is that Archie has officially locked up a play-off spot and while I don’t keep records on that sort of thing, it would seem to me Week 11 is pretty early to reach that milestone. With the best win-loss record, being tops in points scored and not having a lot of Qs to deal with, I think it’s safe to say it’s…
News: We have four weeks left in our regular season and the deadline to complete trades is Saturday. With those milestones in mind it seems like an appropriate time to take a quick look beyond Week 14. No doubt there’s an odds calculator online somewhere but I’m just going to “eyeball it” based on past seasons. I think it’s going to take eight wins to get in or maybe it would be more accurate to say there’s little chance that…
News: We definitely have ourselves a Bell curve in the standings now. Teams Rosstitutes and Titans have juggernaut winning streaks going and have all but locked up play-off spots (albeit pretty unofficially). At the other end, Jay and Piper are fighting to avoid relegation to the children’s table at Christmas dinner and the rest of us are locked in an epic battle for what is likely those last four spots. Still we have a lot of football left. In the…