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Well, I won't be throwing either of the games, no. And since I'm not in the cup, I don't have to worry about saving any of my better players for that third game of the week. My roster rotation is based primarily on training, a little bit on match-ups and experimentation.

But I don't feel that I'm clearly a better team than either of you, so I won't be going into either game feeling that I "should" win it. Might win it, yes, but I suspect both to be competitive games. I'm not really treating those games as particularly more important than others. Well, I guess the game against JFro is a little more important, as it's a TV game, but I only have one home game between it and my next TV game, so even that one isn't as important as some TV games are. And I haven't beaten you since season 20.

Personally, I'd actually prefer not to bot promote, as not getting that attendance boost the next season would suck. Especially with a team that may be very likely to relegate back down right away. I'd take it if it happens, but it isn't something I'd ever be actively planning for. I am liking how things have started out; just don't see my 7-0 record as really pulling me away from any of the 6-1 or even 5-2 teams in our league.

Home court advantage in the play-offs is important, so trying to hold on to that is certainly something I'm working for. Which really means I am concerned about both of you beating GS_Warriors, Crusadersx and Red Pandas as much as I'm looking at my own games against you. I'm actually rooting for both of you to go 7-1 against the Big 8. And if you beat me, 8-0.

Im actually making money with the roster I have. Ill wait to see what you do... Maybe add someone too.:)

Yes PD is off because of that. I played normal. It made me play tie the next week on the road vs DHS and that was my loss

I agree that one of the fun things about the league has been that it's largely been teams competing within their means rather than a lot of "arms race" teams. I can't really think of any team who has really loaded up down the stretch in ay attempt to "win now". Sure, there have been teams which have added key players down the stretch of a season, but it's generally been something that makes sense rather than a desperate attempt to "buy" a promotion and then fall apart.

Btw, looks like my undefeated season will be ending tonight. Apparently Ted Eller doesn't like to play 3-2 defense so decided to foul his way to the bench early. Very unusual given he averages less than a foul per game.

Last edited by Alec Burke at 10/15/2013 8:47:05 PM

I knew wearing my Crazy Brewers hat during the game would be lucky!:)

Woohoo I took out the last unbeaten team! I think that was the first time I played anything other then take it easy this season and the only reason I did was because there were talks of a perfect season... now that I look at it the talks of a perfect season weren't from him. Ha oh well.

lol. Yeah, I never expected this team to go undefeated. But even if I wasn't the one saying it, simply having that record did make my team a target.

My record against you isn't good (6-11 in league games dating back to IV) so I knew this was a strong possibility for my first loss. Having just gone normal against Crusadersx (because I was certain he would), there really wasn't any way I was going to do it again. I was hoping you'd be going TIE, but even then expected it to be close. With the extra effort and the unexpected foul trouble of one of my key guys, I was probably lucky it wasn't an even bigger blowout.

A rather ridiculous ending to a game.