Semifinals week

Starting from the bottom ---

Toilet Bowl:
Fittingly enough, Levi starts the playoffs squaring off against the team he named: Kapernick's Crusaders!!!  Here he has the chance not only to avoid completing the worst-to-first-to-worst trifecta, he might also avenge the two losses Aaron hung on him during the regular season.

Or --- taking a look at his roster --- not.

Then again, when I look at Jason's roster --- man.  Kareem Hunt was the only real stud he had, and we all know how that turned out.  On the other hand, he's going up against Kubicek, so he may stand a chance.

Here's a fun Kubicek fact.  Over in the Battlin' Sweethearts league, he had Derrick Henry on his bench.  In that league, Henry scored 49 points in a game Kubicek lost by 41.  And of course we all know that Kubicek got demolished by Derrick Henry in his matchup with Team Harbaughs.  And this happened to him right after he got done gloating about how his dumb tiebreaker rule screwed me out of the #2 seed.  Coincidence?

First Pick Bowl:
Harbaughs reward for demolishing Kubicek is a playoff matchup against the Orion River Horses, who scored enough points during the regular season to grab the #6 seed, but not enough points in week 14 to sneak past a decidedly lackluster Ninja squad.

The other matchup pits Merrill against Adam, two teams that are definitely better than their records indicate --- in Adam's case, MUCH better.  Unfortunately, only one of them can advance to the contest for 2019's first-round pick.

The Real Deal:
The Ninjas seem to be catching the Golden Graham's at the right time.  Despite gaining the #2 seed under dubious circumstances, the Graham's haven't surpassed 51 points in the past 3 weeks.  The Ninjas haven't exactly been world-beaters during that time frame, but they've managed to clear the 65-point hurdle each and every week.

And finally, the other semifinal matchup pairs the #1 seed AirMatt against Air Apparent --- which might more accurately be called Air Amari, as they wouldn't be in this semifinal without Amari Cooper and his 29 points.

I bet Taylor (85.9) joins me in wishing he had played Matt (81) in week 14.  But hey, maybe lighting can strike twice!  Here's hoping!