(S25) - PT 5 - Playoffs? You Kidding Me?

[gucci]

The Honolulu Hahalua find themselves in a kinda precarious situation this year. As is tradition, the schedule shook out with a stretch of brutal road games to end the season. Honolulu currently sits at 7-6 heading into the last 3 road games. They play away to New Orleans who they’ve already hung 55 on this season, then go away to Orange County in what will be a very tough game, and finish their season in Arizona after already losing to the Outlaws at home this season. It’s a real gauntlet, especially considering the fact that Honolulu likely needs to win two of these games for a playoff birth.

Should they make the playoffs the Hahalua will pose a considerable challenge in the ASFC. They’ve proven they can win on the road, notching wins on the road against both Ultimus participants from last season. At various points in the season, Honolulu failed to capitalize on games that could’ve seen them take a commanding hold on the ASFC playoff spot. Losses at home against SJS and Baltimore showed that clearly. So their work is now cut out for them. Honolulu knows what’s required to get to the playoffs, and San Jose proved last year that sometimes just getting in is enough.

[treant]

I do not know the way that the playoff format works for the DSFL but it does not look like if the league were to finish today that there would be a place for the Portland Pythons! 

Of all the teams in the DSFL North conference the standings have ranked the Pythons in last place. If all of the teams make it into the playoffs then that isn’t a problem but I think it will annoy the team that we are tied with third place. 

The most interesting thing for the Pythons is that we are only one win away from catching up to second place in our conference! 

The biggest strength this season has been the teams scoring, they have scored the second most points in the whole league. I think that adding my player at tight end could help make this even better so the team should be very hard to handle!

I think if we are going to make it into the playoffs we need to keep scoring a lot, it is what the team does best and it has got us to where we are so far. I can’t wait to see how the next few games are played and to get to know whether the team will be playing in the playoffs or not!

[Sabremike]

Kita Chiasa was picked up off waivers by the Dallas Birddogs this season and he can tell at this point in the game for them they are taking everything game to game and focusing on improvement and having as much fun as they can for the remainder of the season.  The SFC bottom three teams are all bunched together and however unlikely it would be all three of them can push for that 2nd seed spot.  Keeping with the locker room's mentality of keeping everything simple and staying positive the team will get to where they want to be by the end of the season.  Kita's personal goals is to help out however the coaching staff sees fit he wants to be utilized in any way to help the team win.  Kita ultimately does want to be on a team that wins a championship but to start his career he is going to give it his all for his teammates and is going to lay it all on the line the next few games.

The next two games on the horizon for Dallas' push to the playoffs are gonna be tough being against Kansas City and Myrtle Beach, two of the top three teams in the league but with some youth added to the lineup the team is as excited as ever to get out there and show the league what they can do!

[Opera_Phantom]

The funny thing about the Arizona Outlaws is that you never know how their playoff run is gonna go. Sometimes they start the season very well, with their players on top of their game tpe wise, and then they miss the playoffs by a lot. Other possibility is that they can have a shaky start to the season, then pick up a few decent results, end the season on a high, get 3rd place in their conference, where 3 teams get to the playoffs... and still miss the playoffs. So, looking at the current situation, they sit 3rd, with a 7 - 6 record, coming out of 2 very important wins, with 3 games to go, 2 of those at home, which normally (due to the home field advantage being gigantic in DDSPF) would give them a very nice chance to finally take Jay Cue into the playoffs. But what this means is that probably the Outlaws will lose every game until the season ends and miss the postseason. Either that, or they manage to win a couple, and get knocked out due to some crazy tiebreaker.
What we can say is that it is going to be a crazy end of the regular season in the ASFC, as usual. Besides, the meme of the highest TPE QB ever on the league never playing a single playoff game is something golden.


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[Tylar]

The Chicago Butchers are currently sitting with a 7-6 record and are looking to make a push for the playoffs but they are in a bit of a battle. The Chicago Butchers are currently tied with the Baltimore Hawks and have the 6-7 Yellowknife Wraiths and Philadelphia Liberty close behind. It could come down to the last few weeks whether the Chicago Butchers make the playoffs or not. At first glance, you can see why they are going to make the playoffs as they have a perfect 6-0 record at home. Their road record on the other hand leaves a lot to worry about at 1-6. Another reason for their decent season so far and why they make the playoffs will be wide reciever O'Leary. O'Leary currently has 1042 receiving yards for 6 touchdowns which is pretty good. Offensive lineman Riposte has also been extremely good with 72 pancakes which has him third in the entire International Simulation Football League. Back to their schedule, one of the reasons I believe they will make the playoffs is that they have 2 home games remaining and one away game. If the Chicago Butchers continue their perfect home record they will be at minimum at a 8-6 record and all three games remaining are winnable with their away game being again the 3-10 New York Silverbacks.

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[ztarwarz]

Playoffs are going to be tough, entirely because we're playing in the dominant conference. At .500, the Pythons are right now in last in the NFC, whereas if they were in the SFC they'd be in second. The three game skid they suffered recently put them behind the 8 ball; however they do have an advantage. They hold the head to head tiebreaker against the 2nd place Coyotes. While they will need sim luck to favor them to make up for some poor luck in the middle of the season, managing a win over the Ducks away and taking their wins at home would be, while not necessarily clinching, quite a good start. If they go undefeated, which is a long shot considering they're facing the best team in the league away for the final game, they should be in extremely good shape as that will certainly knock the Ducks out of contention and all they'd need would be one loss from Kansas City or for London to lose at Myrtle Beach and to catch up on tiebreaker. It is an extreme long shot, however. Either way, the Pythons are searching for help from the league and a few balls to go their way in order to make the playoffs.

In contrast in the South they'd only need to hold off one team who they're facing head to head in their next game with home field advantage to basically wrap up a wild card spot.

[Jangorhino]

[thecanadiancanuck]

SHL affiliate PT

[negs]

The year for the Minnesota Grey Ducks has been an interesting one. There have been a lot of highs and lows to the season that I was not expecting as a rookie. As the season is wrapping up, I believe the Ducks are poised for a run at the playoffs. Sitting at 5-5, wear are one game behind the Kansas City Coyotes for a playoff spot. Our two final home games are against division rivals, Portland and Kansas City, and two away games. One of the away games will be tough against the league leading London Royals. However, we have a very winnable road game against the Norfolk Seawolves. Winning 3 out of 4 games has a chance to get us in. Win out, and we will most likely be in the playoffs. A strength of our team has been the run game and defense. Losing capped running back Vermillion hurt our chances a lot. However, RB Mike Rotchburns has been everything and more for the Ducks. With a new waiver wire RB coming in soon, the rush game looks to become stronger. The Ducks defense is nothing short of elite. They are allowing the second fewest points per game and also have been absolutely lockdown. NO FLY ZONE. In order to make the cut, we have to play well on offense. The new running back has to come in and be effective. I need to stop throwing interceptions and just protect the ball so our run game and defense can carry us to where we want to go. If we do not make the cut, we will need to work on our offense and replace elite contributors who will be called up next year. Go Ducks!

[Bandit239]

Being a new player on the Minnesota Grey Ducks and a new player to the league I cant pretend to know much of anything about the league. Everything I know comes from the index. What I can say is that I would not count Minnesota out of the playoffs yet. We have one really tough game ahead at London, but the other road game is against Norfolk which should be a winnable game. Portland and Kansas City at home should see us favored to win both of those games. Of course anything could happen but I think we have a chance. I will be trying to run hard when I get the chance, mostly just to let Rotchburns get a breather for a few plays to rest from his workhorse role. I am hoping to play well enough to make something happen in the few snaps I am likely to play, but with Rothcburns stellar play and my ability to come in and let him rest, alongside our top rated defense we should be able to make a really strong push for the playoffs and maybe even a championship. I think the conference runner up will come down to our week 14 matchup with Kansas City. I believe that game will determine who goes to the playoffs as I dont see Portland winning any more than us or KC. Still, anything could happen, I just hope Im able to make a play or two to swing things in our favor.