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PEERLESS PURPLE PENGUIN PROGNOSTICATIONS (PPPP): WEEK SIXTEEN!!!

The Peerless Prognosticator rebounded last week and correctly Picked 7 out of 8 although the one he missed was such a great nip-and-tuck affair that it was as close a miss as can be had.

The big story, of course, is that conference play is over. This week is interconference week, and there are still significant questions left to be answered before the Playoffs begin in earnest. I tried to write out the Playoff Possibilities, but it got very unwieldy very quickly. Here are a few Pointers from my Preliminary Perusal of the Playoff Picture:

**If Louisville loses, Lincoln can vault to #3 with a win since the Freedom Warriors won the HTH.
**If Lincoln loses, they are at a disadvantage with regard to the tiebreakers with Red Bank as well as Appalachian and will lose their home playoff game (and the resultant revenue). This is well within the realm of possibility since the Freedom Warriors play the 11-5 Austin Breakers, while Appalachian draws a relative cupcake in Fresno (2-13) and Red Bank has a winnable game against 5-10 Visalia. Should both Red Bank AND Appalachian win while Lincoln loses, Lincoln would drop all the way to #6 and the Thundercats would travel to Appalachia for the first playoff game.
**If we assume Houston loses to the undefeated Oakland Nation and Lincoln wins its game, then Red Bank and Appalachian have a simple relationship. If one wins and the other loses, the winning team becomes #5 and the loser becomes #6. If both teams win OR lose, Appalachian becomes the #5 team by HTH tiebreaker and Red Bank settles in at #6.
**If Houston loses to Oakland then Texas has the opportunity to sneak into the #7 slot if the Domination can beat Chicago.

Scenarios if Houston wins its game:
--Red Bank and Appalachian both win, Houston is #7
--Either the Thundercats or the Lycans win, then HTH tiebreakers go into effect. Houston beat Appalachian, but lost to Red Bank.
--If BOTH Red Bank and Appalachian lose, then there’s a 3 way tie without a clear HTH winner and it will come down to pts scored. Currently, the three teams total points are HOU-446; APP-429;
RBK-376.

OK, hope that helped confuse the hell out of you. Before we get to the predictions, I have to remind folks that the Purple Predictor knows little about those teams from the West, so there’s little to go on for this week’s interconference matchups.


Season Results: 58-13-1
Week Fifteen Results: 7-1
Richmond at Houston Prediction: HOU 122-0 Actual: HOU 170-0
River City at Cleveland Prediction: CLV 23-14 Actual: CLV 30-20
Las Vegas at Appaplachian Prediction: APP 28-13 Actual: APP 29-10
South Bend at Roswell Prediction: ROS 16-10 Actual: SBD 23-22
Red Bank at Jax Beach Prediction: RBK 27-23 Actual: RBK 16-3
Lincoln at Saginaw Prediction: LIN 24-3 Actual: LIN 47-41
Niagara at Texas Prediction: NIA 34-13 Actual: NIA 20-15
Atlanta at Louisville Prediction: ATL 30-20 Actual: ATL 36-23


(16) Atlanta Purple Penguins (15-0) at Big Whiskey Assassins (0-15) -----Biggest mismatch of the day, but Atlanta has to be careful about expending too much energy before the playoffs. If they miscalculate, there could be a HUGE upset here…….. ATLANTA-40 BIG WHISKEY-12

(15) Fresno Anarchs (2-13) at Appalachian Lycans (10-5) -----Another mismatch as the Lycans enter the playoffs on a 5 game winning streak!……..APPALACHIAN-56 FRESNO-6

(14) Atlanta Ducks (2-13) at Richmond Empire (0-15) -----The Ducks have never seen a team like Richmond before, and they’ll wonder why someone put a junior high school marching band on their schedule……..DUCKS-45 RICHMOND-10

(13) The River City Ransom (1-14) at The Killer Rabbits of Caerbannog (6-9) -----They’re not used to Killer Rabbits on the old Mississip---all of Caerbannog celebrates another victory, but no one cares because they don’t know where it is ……..RABBITS-35 RIVER CITY-17

(12) Texas Tarheels (8-7) at Cleveland Buckeyes (3-12) -----Someone told Cleveland that BBB would be a bit easier for them after their demotion. Someone lied……..TEXAS-24 CLEVELAND-13

(11) Big Money Dynasty (4-11) at Jax Beach Juggernauts (6-8-1) -----Jax Beach has been a team that has fallen just a bit short in games with strong teams. Big Money doesn’t qualify for that category……..JAX BEACH-28 BIG MONEY-16

(10) Anchorage Vikings (12-3) at Saginaw Spirit (5-10) -----Anchorage has been a consistently strong team with great talent. The Saginaw Spirit have unfortunately become the Sagging Spirits this season. Oh well, wait til next year! ……..ANCHORAGE-36 SAGINAW-17

(9) Red Bank Thundercats (10-5) at Visalia Paraplegics (5-10) -----Dangerous game for the Thundercats, but they’ve been closing the season strongly. With the possibility of a home playoff game at stake, the Thundercats capitalize on the opportunity.……..RED BANK-32 VISALIA-9

(8) South Bend ShamRockers (4-11) at DLF Gods (11-4) ----- DLF is a rags to riches story of a team renewing itself from a disappointing season last year. Next year, South Bend may do the same, but this year belongs to DLF……..DLF-23 SOUTH BEND-20

(7) Malibu Mels (7-8) at Roswell Invaders (6-9) -----An outside chance Malibu could reach the playoffs, although they need Cleveland to beat the Texas Tarheels to do it. Sorry, Mels, but I think you’re gonna have to fire up the old recliner until next year….….MALIBU-16 ROSWELL-14

(6) Las Vegas Outlaws (6-9) at Austin Alcoholics (13-2) -----Austin is one of the strongest teams in the League. Las Vegas has shown flashes of brilliance, but is not the consistent force that Alcoholism, uh, I mean the Alcoholics are ……..AUSTIN-42 LAS VEGAS-20

(5) Niagara Rapids (13-2) at Texas Two Step (8-7) -----Niagara is probably the best team in the East, records notwithstanding. Texas gets an illustration of why this week and end up tied with the Mels but squeak by into the playoffs on the basis of a HTH tiebreaker……..NIAGARA-40 TEXAS-

(4) Chicago Whodats (6-9) at The State of Texas Domination (8-6-1) -----The Domination are hard to figure. Great talent, and some dominating (pun intended) performances, interspersed with some lackluster ones. It’s almost playoff time. Time for the Domination to dust off the mental miscues and, uh, dominate….….. TEXAS-34 CHICAGO-12

(3) Houston Armageddon (9-6) at Oakland Nation (15-0) -----Houston is a solid club but they run up against a SUPER club in Oakland. It’s a tough draw for the Armageddon as they head into the playoffs.……..OAKLAND-27 HOUSTON-17

(2) LA Chupacabras (10-5) at Louisville Baby Kittens (12-3) -----Louisville has been stung by three of the top teams in the East. Now they face a top western team. The passing game is the key here, and the Kittens own the top aerial attack in the league..……..LOUISVILLE-28 LA-21

(1) GAME OF THE WEEK: Lincoln Freedom Warriors (11-4) at Austin Breakers (11-4) ---Two outstanding clubs that have had terrific seasons. Gotta go with the Freedom Warriors, though, primarily because they threatened to drop kick my head earlier this season.……..LINCOLN-24 AUSTIN-20

Well, there are my wild guesses for the week. Not a lot of confidence in these since I have little knowledge of the Western teams, but the show must go on!!! Next time----PLAYOFFS!!!!!!

Hey leave my guys alone. We lost quite a few good players due to people wanting to go to their own teams and I was willing to let them go. Otherwise I'd have a better QB, a better HB, and a few other good players. LoL Next Year we're going to pull a NY GIants on yall.

You're right. In reading over it this morning, there's a bit more "bite" to it than is usual. I put it on the fact that I was dog tired last night so I was probably in a pretty cranky mood when I wrote it.

So to all that I may have unwittingly disparaged this week, a Preemptive Purple Penguin apology....I'll try to get more sleep before the playoff edition!

And specifically to you, Raves, no disrespect intended.

It's all good. We are actually doing better here than we did in USA A#4. But losing those players really cut into our competitiveness. We would've had nearly a lvl 20 Center, as well as nearly lvl 20 HB and QB.

Also with everyone reaching lvl 20's soon for all the teams its goig to get a lot more competitive overall as it's harder to level so we should be catching up faster though a good number of my guys don't really boost. That's the difference between a USA BBB team and a USA Pro team though... the guys that do and don't boost.

Also at least you are giving us some respect by thinking we'll make at least a somewhat close game gotta thank you for that

I dunno Knight, the Dynasty has given a few teams a good game this year. Not so much the elite teams (Breakers especially), but we've been in several nailbiters.

That said, tomorrow won't be one of them though. Jax is probably going 50 easy. We will be playiing several backups (who will be next season's starters) in starting roles to get an exp bump.

Originally posted by Raves
It's all good. We are actually doing better here than we did in USA A#4. But losing those players really cut into our competitiveness. We would've had nearly a lvl 20 Center, as well as nearly lvl 20 HB and QB.

Also with everyone reaching lvl 20's soon for all the teams its goig to get a lot more competitive overall as it's harder to level so we should be catching up faster though a good number of my guys don't really boost. That's the difference between a USA BBB team and a USA Pro team though... the guys that do and don't boost.

Also at least you are giving us some respect by thinking we'll make at least a somewhat close game gotta thank you for that

He's right. USA A #4 is a tough division. The playoff situation is turning to a huge tiebreaker, with nearly evenly matched teams fighting for spots 2-6. Wins all over the place... it's an ugly playoff picture. It's the kind of place where you can go 11-5 and walk into the playoffs as the 8th seed.

man blown out how awful... the sim didn't even come close to following my game plan either. But of course Texas did the opposite of what I had thought they would do.

knightman im glad to see that your using that avatar i sent you, did you use it all season or are you busting it out for the playoffs?

Playoffs deserve something a little special, so I broke it out.

And once again, thanks for designing it for me!