The Official Page of the Wane McGarity Bowl: Week 12 Results: Playoff teams are set

Well, we now officially know what teams have made the playoffs. Congratulations to Ryan, Leland, Kenny, Albert, and Dad, who along with me, will compete for the Wayne McGarrity Bowl Championship. The only other threat was Matt, but after getting a beatdown from my dad, he was officially eliminated. Matt really had bad luck with untimely injuries to Adrian Peterson and Fred Jackson and had a brutal finish to his season (losing to Zach, almost losing to Cindy, blowout losses to Ryan and Dad). Very disappointing finish for Matt, especially becuase I really felt he had the team that could win it all. Cindy, Zach, and Mike all were elminated weeks ago and all share 3-9 records. This was a top heavy league, and unfortunately injuries hurt both Cindy (Andre Johnson, Darren McFadden) and Zach (a laundry list of guys, most notably Jamaal Charles, Vick, and Jeremy Maclin). Mike tried to shake up his team but it was a little too late after he had already lost like 5 straight. Week 13 still matters, as we now need to figure out the seeding. The only thing known is Ryan gets a bye, but will it be #1 or #2? Here are the results for this past week.

RuggedRaymontHarris (8-4) 83
Channel 4 News Team (7-5) 77

Overview- Not a great game for either one of us by any stretch of the imagination, but luckily for me I pulled it off, and I control my own destiny now for the bye. If I beat Matt next week, I'll lock up the 2nd bye, so next week is still crucial. Albert still makes the playoffs via the Matt loss to my dad, and surprisingly this is now a 2 game losing streak for him, and now he plays a tough matchup in Kenny. Tom Brady was basically the only one that went off (28 points) while the rest of his team underachieved. For me, I didn't have one standout, McCoy had a modest 12 points, and Romo was held in check to 15. Ray Rice only had 7 points, and Vincent Jackson again went cold with just 25 yards receiving. It was just a simple week of two teams that couldn't get things going, and one had to outscore the other. I just happened to be the winner.

Key Players

Tom Brady (Channel 4 News Team) 361 passing yards, 3 Passing TD's, 28 rushing yards, 28 points

Disappointing Players

Ray Rice (RuggedRaymontHarris) 59 rushing yards, 24 receiving yards, 7 points

Vincent Jackson (RuggedRaymontHarris) 25 receiving yards, 2 points

Dez Bryant (Channel 4 News Team) 35 receiving yards, 3 points

Sidney Rice (Channel 4 News Team) 3 rushing yards, 0 points

Jermichael Finley (Channel 4 News Team) 38 receiving yards, 3 points

Take Dat Wit Chu (7-4) 116
Salt & Vinegar Chips (3-9) 60

Overview: This was basically over by Thanksgiving, as even if Kenny didn't play anyone else Sunday, he still would've beaten Posey by 16 points. All of Kenny's plays had great games Thanksgiving Night (Rodgers, Laurent Robinson, Baltimore Defense, DeMarco Murray). How bout Cedric Benson? Over 100 and a score to basically seal the deal. Beanie Wells had a great performance...on Mike's bench (228 rushing yards and a score) and Mike unbelievably went with Chris Ogbonnaya which had to be the worst start decision in the league. 1 whole point is what he got him. Robbie Gould let Mike's team in scoring. It's obvious Mike was just taking gambles with nothing to lose here, and since he plays another playoff team in Twin Killers next week, he could be a major factor in who gets what seed for the playoffs.

Key Players

Aaron Rodgers (Take Dat Wit Chu) 307 passing yards, 2 passing TD's, -1 rushing yard, 20 points

Laurent Robinson (Take Dat Wit Chu) 79 receiving yards, 2 receiving TD's, 19 points

Cedric Benson (Take Dat With Chu) 106 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 24 receiving yards, 18 points

Baltimore Ravens Defense (Take Dat Wit Chu) 6 points allowed, 9 sacks, 1 INT, 18 points

Disappointing Players

Larry Fitzgerald (Take Dat Wit Chu) 55 receiving yards, 5 points

Chris Ogbonnaya (Salt & Vinegar Chips) 16 rushing yards, 1 receiving yard, 1 points (played over Beanie Wells and Darren Sproles)

Michael Turner (Salt & Vinegar Chips) 60 rushing yards, 4 receiving yards, 6 points

The Bad Robofies (8-4) 144
Dr. Wily's Robots (5-7) 87

Overview: Dad put an emphatic stamp on his playoff berth, just absolutely destroying Matt and ending his playoff hopes as well. It was a Monday night massacre as Dad's 3 plays of Drew Brees, Lance Moore, and Victor Cruz all had HUGE games, and helped finish Matt off and get Dad's his first playoff berth on his first try ever. Brees was brilliant with 363 passing yards, 4 passing TD's and a rushing TD to boot, giving him 36 for the day. Lance Moore was the recipient of two of those passing scores and holy crap did Victor Cruz go off. Granted it was all in garbage time, but there is no garbage time in fantasy football. Cruz ended up with 157 receiving yards, and 2 scores for 27 points. Chris Johnson had a great game as well with 190 rushing yards, the only position player who didn't have double digits was Jason Witten. Dad set a record for most touchdowns in a week with 11. Dad is a scary team, and there is a good shot he can end up with the bye. If not, he has a team that you can't sleep on, even though on paper it might not look too intimidating, his guys produce. You don't get to 8 wins by luck, so congrats to Dad on a successful fantasy debut. As for Matt, such high expectations that just didn't come together. It was the last stretch of games that really hurt Matt. Losing your two best running backs doesn't help either (though DeAngelo Williams filled in admirably). Brandon Marshall, Eli Manning, and DeAngelo did their best to fill in, but Frank Gore had a brutal matchup (3 pts) and the rest of Matt's team underperformed as well. Matt can still play spoiler against me, but a disappointing season for what looked like a legit contender to win it all.

Key Players

Drew Brees (The Bad Robofies) 363 passing yards, 4 passing TD's, 8 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 36 points

Victor Cruz (The Bad Robofies) 157 receiving yards, 2 receiving TD's, 27 points

Lance Moore (The Bad Robofies) 54 receiving yards, 2 receiving TD's, 17 points

Chris Johnson (The Bad Robofies) 190 rushing yards, 3 receiving yards, 1 fumble lost, 17 points

Eli Manning (Dr. Wily's Robots) 406 passing yards, 2 passing TD's, 1 INT, 4 rushing yards, 23 points

Brandon Marshall (Dr. Wily's Robots) 103 receiving yards, 1 receiving TD, 16 points

Deangelo Williams (Dr. Wily's Robots) 69 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD's, 18 points

Disappointing Players

Frank Gore (Dr. Wily's Robots) 39 rushing yards, 9 receiving yards, 3 points

Jason Witten (The Bad Robofies) 43 receiving yards,4 points

Hoosier Daddy (9-3) 96
Shredders (3-9) 79

Overview: This was semi-scary as Ryan was only up 4 points, with Jimmy Graham left and Zach had John Kasay, so it wouldn't be entirely crazy if Kasay outscored Graham. But alas, that didn't happen and two Jimmy Graham TD's later, Ryan picks up his league leading 9th win. Ryan all but has sealed up a bye, and now it's just a matter of if it will be a #1 seed or #2 seed. Cam Newton did his "not a real good game in real life, but good in fantasy line" with 200 passing yards 0 TD,s but a rushing TD and 50 yards rushing to boot. MJD was a beast again with 99 rushing yards, and 67 receiving yards. Mendenhall and Mike Wallace weren't great, especially Mike Wallace who only had 17 receiving yards. It wouldn't matter though becuase Zach was without Michael Vick and Maclin again, and he just didn't have enough firepower to stay in this game. Vince Young actually did a great job replacing Vick with 400 passing yards and a TD. He was really the only one who did anything of not on Zach's team.

Key Players

Vince Young (Shredders) 400 passing yards, 1 passing TD, 1 INT, 40 rushing yards, 23 points

Cam Newton (Hoosier Daddy) 208 passing yards, 53 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 19 pts

Maurice Jones-Drew (Hoosier Daddy) 99 rushing yards, 67 receiving yards, 15 points

Jimmy Graham (Hoosier Daddy) 84 receiving yards, 2 receiving TD's, 20 points

Disappointing Players

Rashard Mendenhall (Hoosier Daddy) 57 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 6 points

Mike Wallace (Hoosier Daddy) 17 receiving yards, 1 point

Jordy Nelson (Shredders) 26 receiving yards, 2 points

The_Twin_Killers (7-5) 96
Da Boyz (3-9) 80

Overview: The story of Cindy's season has been a couple a different plays could have resulted in a victory and that's the case here. Now to be fair, I would not have played the Packers D over the 49ers D because I thought the Lions-Packers was going to be shootout, but had she stuck with them and played Reggie Wayne over Pierre Garcon (if you're going to play a Colts receiver, you have to play Reggie Wayne) she would've beaten Leland, and indirectly Matt would've still had a shot to make the playoffs. She didn't, and despite great games from Matt Ryan and Wes Welker, it wouldn't be enough to compete with Leland's team. Roddy White did great, but Sebastian Janikowski was Leland's best player as he hit 6 field goals, for a total of 23 points to lead Leland's team. This score could've actually been worse as DeSean Jackson dropped two easy TD passes as well. Rob Gronkowski added to his TD totals and had 11 points overall, as Leland quietly wins his 7th game. Leland had an underrated team that no one really talks about, but he definitely has a championship caliber team and will be a force to be reckon with in the playoffs.

Key Players