Emmanuel Classic - Week 13 Recap

The regular season is over, and eight teams remain in the hunt for the Charlie Cup. I'm not going to pen recaps for every single this past week, but just couple that had major bearing on the playoff picture.

Cooler than Baptists over Team Singletary. Coach Fehringer's Cooler than Baptists team was one of two who had the "win and they're in" playoff scenario, and to absolutely nobody's surprise, they beat Team Singletary handily, despite a decent effort from the 49ers (there's the "Baptist Bump" again. This is awful news for me, because with the 'Baptists ascension to the 5th spot, guess who my Mustangs get to face off with in the quarterfinals?

HE HATE ME over Pablo. Coach Song's HE HATE ME squad was the other "win and they're in" team, and this was, at least at some point last week, an intriguing toss up which could've led to a miraculous comeback and playoff berth for Coach Huang's Pablo. Unfortunately for Coach Huang, his team decided to pick an inopportune time to have their worst performance of the year, putting up a meager 74 points and going out with a whimper. HE HATE ME's prize - a matchup against undefeated Punch in the Face.

ANSKY over Don't Tread on Me. This was a surprisingly controversial game due to a surprising benching of Drew Brees, with incorrect claims of tanking made and retracted. At the end of the day, Coach Lee's ANSKY narrowly beat out Coach Cummings' Don't Tread on Me, ending 'Tread's playoff hope and solidifying ANSKY in the three spot. I still don't understand why tanking would make sense. With due respect to Beginner's Luck and No Yankees, Cooler than Baptists is easily the most dangerous quarterfinal matchup, so there's absolutely no incentive to drop to the 4 spot. That fate has now fallen on my team, unfortunately for us.

Here's the final regular season standings (* playoff-bound):

*1. Punch in the Face (Lee) 13-0-0

*2. Hamsters (Cheng) 9-4-0

*3. ANSKY (Lee) 9-4-0

*4. Millburn Mustangs (Kuo) 9-4-0

*5. Cooler than Baptists (Fehringer) 7-6-0

*6. No Yankees (Tae) 7-6-0

*7. Beginner's Luck? (Kwon) 7-6-0

*8. HE HATE ME (Song) 7-6-0

9 Don't Tread on Me (Cummings) 5-8-0

10 Trail Mix (Yeoh) 5-8-0

11 Pablo (Huang) 5-8-0

12 Go Yankees (Beenken) 5-8-0

13 Midgets (Kang) 3-10-0

14 Team Singletary (Lin) 1-12-0

Playoffs start next week! Should be fun.