GI Joe Kung Fu Grips

There are now 20 weeks in the books and here is how we stand:

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	Div GB	OA GB	Playoff
*1	Bob's Aters	135-88-17	0.598	-	-	CLINCHED
3	MBHB	122-106-12	0.533	15.5	15.5	+11
4	UCCMA	120-108-12	0.525	17.5	17.5	+8.5
2	LesMoles	119-114-7	0.51	-	21	+5.5
5	BySs	111-111-18	0.5	2.5	23.5	+3
6	Zattack	113-116-11	0.494	4	25	+1.5
7	Dust Bunnies	110-116-14	0.488	26.5	26.5	-1.5
8	MTMTAS	102-121-17	0.46	12	33	-8
9	Huckleberries	101-123-16	0.454	34.5	34.5	-9.5
10	KIODL	101-131-8	0.438	17.5	38.5	-13.5

Bob has clinched the first ever Tater Tot playoff spot (Spud?) and MBHB and UCCMA are sitting on solid ground in 3rd and 4th, respectively.  UCCMA has been on a huge run over the last 2 weeks, taking out Kyler's BySs in a beatdown and following it up with a bashing of the Hitless ones this week.  The only team hotter than Jim's right now is Tom's Molesters who have jumped from out of the playoffs to leading the race for the second bye week in only 2 weeks.  The BySs have gone from virtual playoff lock to fighting for their seasons to continue.  Zach has remained relatively consistent and is hanging in 6th place while Dusty has fallen from 4th place 2 weeks ago to on the outside looking in.

The matchup with the highest potential to alter the standings this week is the BySs vs LesMoles matchup.  The pairing gives Kyler a chance to reclaim the bye heading into the final week of the regular season but it also give Tom the chance to solidify his lead while potentially knocking Kyler into 7th place purgatory.  The other matchup featuring teams that would be in the playoffs if they started today, features MBHB and ZAttack.  A good showing from MBHB means that I can relax in the final week, but also likely means that Zach falls from 6th to 7th, depending on how Dusty's matchup with Merry Tyler's Moor Traveleing All Stars ends. 

Tyler and Kevin are not eliminated yet, but are super long shots and would need to basically put up double digit wins this week, Kevin against Bob and Tyler against Dusty.  John...well...sorry John, hopefully next year the injury bug doesnt jump up and bite you over and over and over again like it did this year.  If John somehow makes the playoffs, we will likely be telling our kid's kids about it 35 years from now as the greatest comeback in the history of Totdom.

One of the things that has struck me about looking at these standings is the average weekly record of the teams (its much easier to see with 20 weeks in the books).  As the top team in the league, Bob's ATers is averaging a 6.75 - 4.4 - 0.85 record per week while last place KIODL is averaging a 5.05-6.55-0.4 one.  There is less than a 2 win/loss difference between the top and bottom teams...meaning that this has been a specatularly balanced league and that anything can and will happen in any given week.  Now that I have said that, the Hitless Bastards will probably go out and lose 10-2 this week and I will somehow end up missing the playoffs entirely.