Games Remaining: Achilles Boys (8-3), Wolf Packers (4-7), Orton Hears a Who (5-6)
Outlook: Tough one-point loss to an impressive Baxter Beasts prevented the Arsenal from clinching a playoff spot and separating from the pack. Huge game this week against the Boys as the winner will have the inside track for home-field advantage; meanwhile, the loser will be fighting out for a first-round bye.
Prediction: 11-3, #1 Seed
2. Achilles's Boys: (8-3)
Games Remaining: Aikman's Arsenal (8-3), Dr. Kenneth Noisewater (3-8), Old Brigade (5-4-2)
Outlook: The Boys took care of business in their first test by pounding Poppy's Irish Pride. If the Boys can defeat the Pride and Arsenal in back-to-back weeks, nobody can say they don't deserve to be the favorite heading into the GGW playoffs. However, we see a heartbreaking defeat to the Arsenal and a slip-up with one of the remaining two games (Noisewater is peaking and the Brigade could be a desperate bunch in that final week looking for a spot in the playoffs).
Prediction: 9-5, #3 seed
3. Irish Pride: (7-3-1)
Games Remaining: Wolf Packers (4-7), Old Brigade (5-4-2), Irish Bulldawgs (7-4)
Outlook: The Pride were sitting pretty two weeks ago, but a two-game slide and a tough closing stretch could see the Pride's playoff seed get lower. The GGW sees the Pride losing 4 of their last 5 games.
Prediction: 8-5-1, #5 seed
4. Irish Bulldawgs: (7-4)
Games Remaining: Vankirk's Bronson (2-9), Springsteen Groupies (5-5-1), Irish Pride (7-3-1)
Outlook: After starting the year off with four straight wins, the Bulldawgs dropped their next four and have now won three in a row. The Bulldawgs have somewhat of an easy schedule and we think they can pull three in a row to get to 10-4. That Bulldawgs and Pride game could be a huge game for a first-round bye.
Prediction: 10-4, #2 Seed
5. Old Brigade: (5-4-2)
Games Remaining: Springsteen Groupies (5-5-1), Irish Pride (7-3-1), Achilles's Boys (8-3)
Outlook: The Old Brigade continue to just hang around around .500. Never able to string a couple of wins together, but also keeping the L's one at a time. Very tough stretch to end the season and this week's match-up with the Groupies is huge. A win there and they are looking good for the playoffs, a loss and they join the muck of teams. We think the Brigade slip past the Groupies and then lose out.
Prediction: 6-6-2, #6 seed
6. Baxter Beasts: (6-5)
Games Remaining: Orton Hears a Who (5-6), Vankirk's Bronson (2-9), Show Me Your TD's (4-7)
Outlook: Huge win against the Arsenal to put the Beasts just in front of the the log jam of mediocre teams. Even nicer than the win over the Arsenal is the cupcake schedule to finish out the season. The Bronsons are a joke and Orton Hears a Who is playing terrible football. The Show Me's are playing pretty well, but the Beasts will have already locked up a spot by then anyways.
Prediction: 9-5, #4 seed (Just barely missing the Greek by total points for the #3 seed)
7. Springsteen Groupies: (5-5-1)
Games Remaining: Old Brigade (5-4-2), Irish Bulldawgs (7-4), Wolf Packers (4-7)
Outlook: A drastic improvement over last season's disaster, but the Groupies still don't have the firepower to advance to the playoffs. The Old Brigade game is a huge swing game, but like we said earlier we see the Brigade narrowly escaping. We don't see them beating the Bulldawgs or Packers.
Prediction: 5-8-1, #9 seed
8. Orton Hears a Who: (5-6)
Games Remaining: Baxter Beasts (6-5), Show Me Your TD's (4-7), Aikman's Arsenal (8-3)
Outlook: History repeating itself. What a disaster for this team to collapse two season in a row. This team was 4-1 and then 5-2, but now four consecutive losses have them looking outside of the playoffs. We see the slide closing out with a seven-game losing streak. However, an upset over the Beasts has the Who right back in the mix.
Prediction: 5-9, #11 seed
9. Wolf Packers: (4-7)
Games Remaining: Irish Pride (7-3-1), Aikman's Arsenal (8-3), Springsteen Groupies (5-5-1)
Outlook: Left for the dead and researching prices on the shipment of a 20lb trophy, but the champ would not go down without a fight. However, last night Rob Bironas might have put the final bullet in the champ. Might be time to sleep with the trophy every night for this last month. A sweep of the final three games could (and would probably) be enough to get the #6 seed. However, we see the Arsenal ending the repeat season in week 13.
Prediction: 6-8, #7 seed
10. Show Me Your TD's: (4-7)
Games Remaining: Dr. Noisewater (3-8), Orton Hears a Who (5-6), Baxter Beasts (6-5)
Outlook: The TD's started out 2-6 and rumors were swirling of a retirement announcement from the legendary Hampey Russell. However, the TD's rallied around him and have put themselves at least in position for a playoff run. We see the TD's slipping by the Noisewater, running over the roadkill Orton Hears a Who with his newly repaired pick-up truck to set-up a win and in match-up with the hot Baxter Beasts. Knock, knock...Hamp, that's William putting in the final nail in the coffin for the TD's season.
Prediction: 6-8, #8 seed
11. Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: (3-8)
Games Remaining: Show Me Your TD's (4-7), Achilles's Boys (8-3), Vankirk's Bronson (2-9)
Outlook: The Noise just never could get it going this season. While they could easily run the table here, we just don't think it is mathematically possible to advance to the playoffs at 6-8 (we aren't going to try and figure it out either, yet).
Prediction: 5-9, #10 seed
12. Vankirk's Bronson: (2-9)
Games Remaining: Irish Bulldawgs (7-4), Baxter Beasts (6-5), Dr. Kenneth Noisewater (3-8)
Outlook: Last season's semi-final win over the Arsenal was the biggest fluke of the GGW. Rumors of this team selling and relocating.
Prediction: 2-12, #12 seed
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