Week 11 Results

Week 11 is over. With the first 11-10 final in NFL history (almost 13,000 games) 5687 has clinched the Delaware Division as the Steelers beat the Chargers on a snowy night. In other strange-but-true news the Eagles and Bengals scored 13 points each to end with a tie. What I'm not sure about is... is it stranger that the Eagles, of the big bad NFC East, couldn't dispose of the 1-8 Bengals, that the game actually ended in a tie, or that the on-field leader of the Eagles offense didn't know that a regular season NFL game COULD end in a tie? That's right, he thought he would go into a second overtime and get the chance to win the game. Wow. Just wow.
(Regarding the tie- This is the first tie in the history of the 3 Team Frenzy. As you probably noticed, there was no column for ties. In an effort to get the most accurate scoring up in the most expeditious manner, I made a tie worth half of a win and half of a loss. If you signed on last night after the Eagles game or this morning before lunch you noticed the 6.5-3.5 and 4.5-4.5 records posted by LRobbins and pirates respectively. Those represented the tie since both players picked the Eagles. At lunch time that changed. I added a "T" column representing ties. Now their records read 6-3-1 and 4-4-1. The Win % is still calculated in accordance with the NFL, where, for win% purposes, a tie counts as half of a win and half of a loss hence 6-3-1=6.5 wins out 10 total games, or a win % of .650.)

The Colts pushed andy73 closer to a division title with their 33-27 win over Texans and kerri78 won her 4th in a row to close in on the Kent Division leader, while Monica was able keep pace with a Panthers 31-22 win over the now 0-10 Detroit Lions. I just don't see a win in the Lions future this season. Tampa, Tennessee, Minnesota, Indianapolis, and New Orleans... that's their remaining schedule. If you see a win in there let me know. Although he's been eliminated from a chance at the New Castle Division, Eric continues to cling to his playoff hopes as the Broncos pulled out victory over the Falcons, 24-20. With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning over the Vikings, jwark has opened the door to the Kent Division, and now there are 2 standing tied at 6-3 with jwark holding the edge in points differential. Thanks to the Bills losing I am not part of that deadlocked Kent Division. With that Steelers win that I talked about earlier, cameron21 has won his third straight and is still holding on to hope for a wild card spot. The Giants 30-10 drubbing of my Ravens, coupled with the one point win by the Steelers, moved Mark Wood back into the top seed over 5687, and Jeff Gravatt kept pace with the Colts win. And playing for pride, aj9696 got his 3rd win in a row, although it's much too little, much too late.

As I mentioned before 5687 has clinched her division and, hence, a playoff berth... the first of the year. Only 5 remain and it's looking like 2 will go to Mark Wood and Jeff Gravatt as they only need to win one of their remaining two to get in, leaving three; which are all wide open.

With a win, and a loss by Monica, andy73 can clinch New Castle Division. That's only division clinching scenario available next week, but the rest of the playoff scenarios are up on the standings page.

Week 12 is open for picks and Pittsburgh takes on Cincinatti starting Thursday at 8:15 so make sure your picks are in by then. Good luck everyone.