God, I hope this one gets through .... Sorry about last week for some ...
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Trying to play the role of the Dark Horse, the Anarchists tried to derail the
Airballers, but fell just short 23-20.  The win puts the Airballer's in the
driver's seat for the final playoff spot.

In a battle for the NoTrump title, the Hot Death finally clinched it with a
convincing 36-17 romp of the Cloggers.  Both teams play for playoff position next
week.

The Bastards have held the lead in the Spade division only one week, but have
already CLINCHED it with a 58-24 drubbing of the Linemen.  The 58 points is
the most in RAFFLE history EVER and puts the Bastards in command of the top
seed in the playoffs!! Not bad for a team that was 0-2.  The loss drops the
Linemen to 10th place.

The Bombers and lightning clashed for playoff positioning and pride.  The
Bombers won again 34-24.  The win puts the Bombers within one game, but the
Bastards own the points lead...  The loss drops lightning to the 6th seed.

The Steeler's clinched their division first, but the Trouncers did not seem to
notice as they avenged their earlier defeat 27-26.  The Steeler loss makes it
a 3-way tie for the top seed while the Trouncers improve their playoff
standing.

With both teams trying to stave off elimination, the Wildcats won it in style
43-18.  The loss drops the Bombjacks to 11th place, while the Wildcats may
still get to the playoffs with an AIRBALLER loss...

RAFFLE standings and stats for week # 13:
                                     
  NoTrump Division      | #| W  | L  | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst |
  ----------------      |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------|
x-Hot Death             | 4|  9 |  4 | 0 | -- | W 2 |   351   |   300     |
p-Clydestown Cloggers   | 2|  6 |  6 | 1 | 2.5| L 1 |   366   |   354     |
  Allen's Airballers    | 1|  6 |  7 | 0 |  3 | W 1 |   371   |   374     |
z-Eastern Anarchists    | 3|  2 | 11 | 0 |  7 | L 9 |   266   |   389     |

  Spade Division        | #| W  | L  | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst |
  --------------        |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------|
x-Drunken Bastards      | 7|  9 |  4 | 0 | -- | W 4 |   441!  |   323     |
p-Ch. Bay Bombers       | 6|  8 |  5 | 0 |  1 | W 2 |   307   |   339     |
p-Lightning             | 8|  7 |  5 | 1 | 1.5| L 2 |   372   |   330     |
z-Witchita Linemen      | 5|  4 |  9 | 0 |  5 | L 3 |   312   |   441!    |

  Club Division         | #| W  | L  | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst |
  -------------         |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------|
x-Pischke Steelers      |11|  9 |  4 | 0 | -- | L 1 |   400   |   298     |
p-Troan's Trouncers     | 9|  8 |  5 | 0 |  1 | W 2 |   374   |   297     |
  Atlanta Wildcats      |12|  5 |  8 | 0 |  4 | W 1 |   416   |   395     |
z-Worcester Bombjacks   |10|  4 |  9 | 0 |  5 | L 2 |   240   |   376     |

x: Clinched Division     p:  Clinched playoff spot        z: eliminated

*** Play-off To-Do List ***

Only the Airballers and Wildcats remain for the last playoff spot:
If the Airballers WIN, they get it.
If the Wildcats lose, the AIRBALLERS get it.
If the Airballers LOSE AND the Wildcats WIN, the WILDCATS get it by 
virtue of POINTS!

See next post for possible SHIFTS in the play-off seeds ...

Trades and transactions: (Last week)

| # | Released               |pos| Acquired               |pos|
|---|------------------------|---|------------------------|---|
| 7 | N. O'Donnell, PITTS    | qb| J. Novacek, DALL       | te|**
|11 | J. Novacek, DALL       | te| N. O'Donnell, PITTS    | qb|**
| 9 | B. Muster, CHI         | rb| S. Mitchell, MIA       | qb|
|11 | G. Davis, PHX          |  k| K. McKeller, BUFF      | te|

** = trade made late last saturday

Next week's contests: (Home Team listed first)

 #1 vs #4    #2 vs #3   #5 vs #8   #6 vs #7   #9 vs #12   #10 vs #11

Game of the week: The Airballers and Hot Death ; The Wildcats and Trouncers ;
The winners determine the final seeding for the playoffs !!!

Trade Order:

     Order  1: Team # 3     7 am Wednesday  (eliminated)
     Order  2: Team # 10    8 am Wednesday  (Sorry, Charlie)
     Order  3: Team # 5     9 am Wednesday  

     Order  4: Team # 12   10 am Wednesday  (points count)
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     Order  5: Team # 1    11 am Wednesday  (better win...)

     Order  6: Team # 2    NOON  Wednesday  (Tie better than a loss...) 

     Order  7: Team # 8     1 pm Wednesday  (Whoops!  fell down some!)

     Order  8: Team # 6     2 pm Wednesday  (8-5 teams)
     Order  9: Team # 9     3 pm Wednesday  


     Order 10: Team # 4     4 pm Wednesday  (9-4 teams - all conference
     Order 11: Team # 11    5 pm Wednesday   winners ...)
     Order 12: Team # 7     6 pm Wednesday  (Points, DAMMIT) 

Special notes: ALL NFL TEAMS DO PLAY NEXT WEEK, DAMMIT!!  Playoffs start after
this week, so start playing your best people now!!
BE AWARE:

Week 14 starts on Thursday - AGAIN!!  Any teams fielding any players from
                     Atlanta, New Orleans 
need to have lineups in by 5:00PM Eastern Time on Thursday ... 

If you're fielding no one from ANY of the above teams, lineups are due by 1PM ET
on Sunday as usual.  Official lineups will be posted then.