Here's this week's Divisional Round recap and some projections for the upcoming AFC and NFC Conference Championship games. Here are the Divisional Playoff Round games...
Bar Harbor Captains at Yukon Yeti
27 to 66
Mexico Bulls at Boston Liberty
9 to 35
Puerto Rico Piranhas at Carson City Comets
9 to 25
Kentucky Stallions at Madison Timberwolves
27 to 22
I wasn't too surprised with the results of this playoff round; there's only one game that really surprised me. Yukon steamrolled Bar Harbor with their powerful offense and it looks like their game is back in gear. However, I was impressed with the offense the Captains had; they could've beaten the Yeti if they had some better defense and more luck (which is it seems most teams need to stop Yukon from scoring more than 21 points in a game). I wasn't surprised at the outcome of the Mexico, Boston game. It seems clear to me that Boston will make it to the Super Bowl this year, although I didn't think the Timberwolves would be able to stop them last year and look what happened. Puerto Rico didn't stand a chance against Carson City, but Carson City has a very tough game ahead. The only game that really surprised me this week was the Kentucky, Madison game in which Kentucky beat out the Timberwolves. I didn't believe that Kentucky really had a defense to stop the T-Wolves. There's only two games left to play as the playoffs near their conclusion; here's the match up for the Conference Championship games...
Carson City Comets at Yukon Yeti
Kentucky Stallions at Boston Liberty
This first game is the AFC Conference Championship and a rematch of week 11 in which the Yeti destroyed the Comets 54 to 14. However, do not forget this is the playoffs and anything is liable to happen. Despite this, I expect Yukon to come out on top as they did back in week 11, but expect a narrower gap. The next game is the NFC Conference Championship and should also be somewhat predictable with the Liberty rolling over the Stallions and advancing to the Super Bowl. Kentucky just doesn't have the right stuff to face a team like Boston, but I've been wrong before. In any case these are the Conference Championship games, usually the most tightly contested game of the entire playoffs. I expect the Super Bowl to be the best one yet with Boston facing Yukon. During the first few years of this franchise it seems apparent that the same teams are consistently making the playoffs. This is to be expected, but I can't help but wonder when powerful teams like the Boston Liberty, Yukon Yeti, and Carson City Comets will disband. To me it seems that the Atlantic Tide are already on the way out and this year could prove to be their undoing in the long run. I'll report back as soon as the Conference Championship games are done.
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