Ok guys and girls (are there any in CPL?), here are the midseason western conference rankings. I see that Queensland and Montreal have continued to dominate, and were 1st and 2nd in the 1st quarter rankings. They of course will remain there, with Dallas and St Johns still bringing up the rear. Queensland have beaten Montreal by 4, Dallas by 7, and St Johns by 59! 
SO here are the midseason rankings:
Tier 1: PO teams
1. Queensland Exiles: Unbeaten team with wins over the current 2-6 seeds. NObody runs on their defense, which gives up an average of 39 yards a game. This could be skewed due to all the passing teams are forced to do to catch up, but I dont believe it. They also lead the league in sacks with no 255 games. The strangest thing about all of this is their offense has been relatively stagnant. Again that may be skewed due to all the blowout wins other teams may have, whilst they have played most of the other PO contenders. Ben Jones is an MVP candidate with 22 TDs to just one interception, keeping the offense chugging while the defense puts the stops on.
2. Montreal Rulers: Recently beat Dallas on a long touchdown in the final minutes of a close game, and therefore squeeze over them in these rankings. Only close games they have played in Dallas and Queensland so far, and I see these guys working the 2 seed in the POs, they hold the tie breaker over Dallas and I see them kicking the dogs soon nuff to secure it. Their pass defense is second to nobody in the west. Their varied pass game led by QB Colt Brennan is dangerous, as they can get it to their scat back or two WOs at any time. Defenses are forced to focus hard when planning for these dudes.
3. Dallas Longhorns: This young team has surprised some with their Pro play, even their owner, despite his DC telling him to the contrary
. Dallas lost to both of the teams ahead of them in these rankings, but except for the Salty Dogs and Beantown, they should hold a home playoff game in round 1 this season. This is a team built to dominate in a season, but they are playing some excellent dotball right now. They lead the conference in rushing, with the next best rushing team (Kingston) clocking in 800 yards shy. Again, this value could be skewed a little due to a blowout win over the hawks, but im holding my ground here and saying that come end of season, they will remain top of the league. Add to that they lead the conference in pancakes, and they become a difficult team to stop. They lead the league in INTs on defense, and generally dont struggle to contain offenses.
4. St Johns Salty Dogs: WHat happened in the last game fellas? This team is middle of the pack in almost every category, but somehow are 6-2, go figure! Their QB is GLBs version of Jay Cutler, he must cut down on the INTs if they are to pull out close games against the top teams. I have them at 4 right now, but that could easily change. That big loss to Queensland has made me very skeptical about their big game potential. Maybe they are lol - regular seasoning?
5. .Beantown Bastards: Wow, where the hell did these guys come from? I had them ded in the water 4 weeks ago, but they have risen from the ashes with 4 straight and line up to face the longhorns with a possibility to overtake them to hop up to third. This week will be extremely tough for them, as will the following week. They have taken care of business with lesser teams and teams of the same stature, but the big teams are coming like Montreal after Dallas, so there is no sleep the next 4 days for these guys. HoBo has pulled his team back from the brink and has his sight set squarely on challenging for a home PO game. That loss to the Roadfrogs scares me a little however.
6. GET OFF LAWN!!! : These guys have stormed back too, up two places from last time out. SLZ has his old timers on the road to a road PO game, and a possible upset in the POs. Thye beat the Pyros and are on a nice 3 game winning streak. Look for these guys to continue their success against everyone left on their sched except STSD and Queensland. That would leave them somewhere in the 5-6 range, with a game against Dallas or SJSD waiting for them in the POs.
7. Pyros: Dangerously teetering on falling a tier here, they beat JetNation Pride, Miami and Quebec, and got the toughest interconference game in week 1, so 4-4 does not accurately portray their ranking. They had a chance to go 5-3 against LAWN, but were beaten relatively handily. They will need to tighten up that defense if they want to upset one of the home teams in the POs however.
8. Miami Roadfrogs: Have beaten Quebec and Beantown and only lost by 4 to SJSD. This team has tiebreakers, as does the Pyros, over teams surrounding them. I expect these two teams to hold the destiny of the two remaining PO spots. MIami has two big games against Queensland and Dallas, where they can tune up and try and see something they can exploit against Queensland or Dallas in the POs. Alas i cant see this team beating either of those teams, but that is why we play the game.
Tier 2: Try Hards
9-11:
(in no particular order)
Jet Nation Pride: Have called this team a pretender since the start, but they still have a chance to pull off a road PO game if they pull up their socks and beat some teams ahead of them. They need a few teams to lose more games however. A spanner in the works is that they will have to win every game they can win since they still play Dallas, Montreal and Queensland. I have them at 9-7 and barely missing the POs.
Houston Vikings: Despite the record, this team is on a 3 game losing streak against top teams and Beantown (sorry I just had to!). They will have to win a lot of games and try and not lose much more, but 9-7 is a possibility, which puts them squarely in the PO hunt.
Quebec War Eagles: Again this team gets into shootouts it cant seem to win. I still think they have a great shot at the POs, but they have to pull out those wins against Miami, Detroit and Kingston. If they won those games, we are looking at a no 3 seed right now. Have underacheived for their talent level this season, but again, still have a shot.
Tier 3: Twist the Fork in em
Kingston Birdmen: despite their 2 game winning streak, it might be too little too late for this squad
Originally posted by rehash
nice write up....
dont understand how my team that went to the playoffs fell to 13th, even though they beat the 7th seed.
but its glblogic so...
MOss Point tigers: disappointing season for the tigers, they had a chance the last few weeks to pull themselve up a few spots, but failed to beat the LAWN, which would have put them squarely in the race for the 8th spot.
40 days and 40 nights: yep 40 days and 40 nights of tortous blowouts.
Highland and Alabama: GUT
SO here are the midseason rankings:Tier 1: PO teams
1. Queensland Exiles: Unbeaten team with wins over the current 2-6 seeds. NObody runs on their defense, which gives up an average of 39 yards a game. This could be skewed due to all the passing teams are forced to do to catch up, but I dont believe it. They also lead the league in sacks with no 255 games. The strangest thing about all of this is their offense has been relatively stagnant. Again that may be skewed due to all the blowout wins other teams may have, whilst they have played most of the other PO contenders. Ben Jones is an MVP candidate with 22 TDs to just one interception, keeping the offense chugging while the defense puts the stops on.
2. Montreal Rulers: Recently beat Dallas on a long touchdown in the final minutes of a close game, and therefore squeeze over them in these rankings. Only close games they have played in Dallas and Queensland so far, and I see these guys working the 2 seed in the POs, they hold the tie breaker over Dallas and I see them kicking the dogs soon nuff to secure it. Their pass defense is second to nobody in the west. Their varied pass game led by QB Colt Brennan is dangerous, as they can get it to their scat back or two WOs at any time. Defenses are forced to focus hard when planning for these dudes.
3. Dallas Longhorns: This young team has surprised some with their Pro play, even their owner, despite his DC telling him to the contrary
. Dallas lost to both of the teams ahead of them in these rankings, but except for the Salty Dogs and Beantown, they should hold a home playoff game in round 1 this season. This is a team built to dominate in a season, but they are playing some excellent dotball right now. They lead the conference in rushing, with the next best rushing team (Kingston) clocking in 800 yards shy. Again, this value could be skewed a little due to a blowout win over the hawks, but im holding my ground here and saying that come end of season, they will remain top of the league. Add to that they lead the conference in pancakes, and they become a difficult team to stop. They lead the league in INTs on defense, and generally dont struggle to contain offenses. 4. St Johns Salty Dogs: WHat happened in the last game fellas? This team is middle of the pack in almost every category, but somehow are 6-2, go figure! Their QB is GLBs version of Jay Cutler, he must cut down on the INTs if they are to pull out close games against the top teams. I have them at 4 right now, but that could easily change. That big loss to Queensland has made me very skeptical about their big game potential. Maybe they are lol - regular seasoning?
5. .Beantown Bastards: Wow, where the hell did these guys come from? I had them ded in the water 4 weeks ago, but they have risen from the ashes with 4 straight and line up to face the longhorns with a possibility to overtake them to hop up to third. This week will be extremely tough for them, as will the following week. They have taken care of business with lesser teams and teams of the same stature, but the big teams are coming like Montreal after Dallas, so there is no sleep the next 4 days for these guys. HoBo has pulled his team back from the brink and has his sight set squarely on challenging for a home PO game. That loss to the Roadfrogs scares me a little however.
6. GET OFF LAWN!!! : These guys have stormed back too, up two places from last time out. SLZ has his old timers on the road to a road PO game, and a possible upset in the POs. Thye beat the Pyros and are on a nice 3 game winning streak. Look for these guys to continue their success against everyone left on their sched except STSD and Queensland. That would leave them somewhere in the 5-6 range, with a game against Dallas or SJSD waiting for them in the POs.
7. Pyros: Dangerously teetering on falling a tier here, they beat JetNation Pride, Miami and Quebec, and got the toughest interconference game in week 1, so 4-4 does not accurately portray their ranking. They had a chance to go 5-3 against LAWN, but were beaten relatively handily. They will need to tighten up that defense if they want to upset one of the home teams in the POs however.
8. Miami Roadfrogs: Have beaten Quebec and Beantown and only lost by 4 to SJSD. This team has tiebreakers, as does the Pyros, over teams surrounding them. I expect these two teams to hold the destiny of the two remaining PO spots. MIami has two big games against Queensland and Dallas, where they can tune up and try and see something they can exploit against Queensland or Dallas in the POs. Alas i cant see this team beating either of those teams, but that is why we play the game.
Tier 2: Try Hards
9-11:
(in no particular order)
Jet Nation Pride: Have called this team a pretender since the start, but they still have a chance to pull off a road PO game if they pull up their socks and beat some teams ahead of them. They need a few teams to lose more games however. A spanner in the works is that they will have to win every game they can win since they still play Dallas, Montreal and Queensland. I have them at 9-7 and barely missing the POs.
Houston Vikings: Despite the record, this team is on a 3 game losing streak against top teams and Beantown (sorry I just had to!). They will have to win a lot of games and try and not lose much more, but 9-7 is a possibility, which puts them squarely in the PO hunt.
Quebec War Eagles: Again this team gets into shootouts it cant seem to win. I still think they have a great shot at the POs, but they have to pull out those wins against Miami, Detroit and Kingston. If they won those games, we are looking at a no 3 seed right now. Have underacheived for their talent level this season, but again, still have a shot.
Tier 3: Twist the Fork in em
Kingston Birdmen: despite their 2 game winning streak, it might be too little too late for this squad
Originally posted by rehash
nice write up....
dont understand how my team that went to the playoffs fell to 13th, even though they beat the 7th seed.
but its glblogic so...
MOss Point tigers: disappointing season for the tigers, they had a chance the last few weeks to pull themselve up a few spots, but failed to beat the LAWN, which would have put them squarely in the race for the 8th spot.
40 days and 40 nights: yep 40 days and 40 nights of tortous blowouts.
Highland and Alabama: GUT
Edited by Moondog22 on Feb 4, 2011 04:42:40
