[EddieMcD]

Coco Koko Bowl Qualification
Team THRUST (#4) d. Nor Cal Crushers (#1)
85-80
I should start with how awesome Nor Cal looked over the weekend. Especially with Terrence McGee taking 30. Chicago’s 14 and Jeremiah Trotter’s 9 would bring the defensive grand total to an unheard of 53 points. Add the Cadillac’s 13 and Plummer’s 8, and the game would be over. I mean, all Team THRUST could muster up was twin 14s from Torry Holt and Ricky Williams plus a 9 from Elam. But, I suppose that’s why they play on Monday: to make fantasy football more exciting (seriously, I can’t think of any other reason). Team THRUST got two huge scores from that game. It was New England’s 11 and Jonathan Vilma’s 14 that would plop them into the Coco Koko Bowl.

Coco Koko Bowl Qualification
Rhode Island Voltaic (#3) d. Your Ad Here (#7)
72-48
This is a game that was probably better fought on the bench. For instance, the usually reliable Peyton Manning didn’t do anything for Rhode Island; they’d have been better off playing Chris Simms with his 8. And imagine the look on the face of YAH when they discover Julius Jones scored 21 from the bench. Oh, and there was McNair’s -4 in the QB spot; YAH would have been better off playing the benched Kyle Orton. Back to the actual game though, and it was all Santana Moss for the Voltaic, scoring 26. A defensive 23 finished the job, giving Rhode Island the win.

Kamen Bowl Semifinals
IwillCrushYou (#8) d. The Tacoites (#5)
93-52
Wow… this wasn’t even close. The Tacoites had a sub par week to begin with, with only a 15 from Briggs, Chad Johnson’s gift of an 11, and Brady’s 9 being the only things of note from them. The only things of note from IWCY were a 20 from Larry Johnson, 18 from Vrabel, Portis’s 15, three 10s from Detroit, Fitzgerald, & Hasselbeck, and a 9 from Darren Sharper. ::catches breath:: Okay, perhaps using the word “only” was misleading. IWCY easily secures themselves a spot in the championship game.

Kamen Bowl Semifinals
FIRSTforce (#2) d. Feisty Klowns (#6)
71-50
There was some form of falter from both teams in this one. For the Klowns, only half the offense really played. A combined 30 came from the other half though (Stover, Toomer, & Palmer), so it wasn’t all bad. Unfortunately, the defense also wasn’t there. For FIRSTforce, their offense was slightly worse than the Klowns’ (the same thing with half not really playing; only a combined 27 from Garrard, Anderson, & Rackers), but their defense was excellent. Carolina and Brooking both put up 14s (and lets give props Bulluck’s 7), making this the difference in FIRSTforce’s victory.

Playoff Picture: Here comes Bowl Week!

Dunedain Bowl
Nor Cal Crushers (#1) vs. Your Ad Here (#7)
Another opponent who YAH just recently lost to (they lost by 11 to Nor Cal in Week XIV). YAH lost to both FIRSTforce and Rhode Island in the regular season, and then lost to them in the post season. Will the correlation hold?

Coco Koko Bowl
Team THRUST (#4) vs. Rhode Island Voltaic (#3)
Two teams who haven't faced yet. Rhode Island had a slight slump coming into the playoffs, but has wound up in this game. Team THRUST's only slump came midseason. Can they hold on long enough to take a bowl game?

Valley Bowl
The Tacoites (#5) vs. Feisty Klowns (#6)
The Tacoites won this one earlier against the Klowns in Week XII during their big second-half hot streak. Also, the Klowns have been pretty hit-or-miss the second half. Will they hit or miss this time?

Kamen Bowl
IwillCrushYou (#8) vs. FIRSTforce (#2)
This is the game everybody strives to be in at the beginning of the season. Of course, only two can make it. And these are the two. IWCY hasn't lost since Week X, and FIRSTforce was among their late-season victims. So it's simple: can IWCY finish their streak for the championship, or will FIRSTforce snap it for the title?

I'll be back next week for the final analysis.