WNQ Playoffs Round 3: Travis Wins, and Other Stories

I am 100% positive Travis is going to win it all. And I couldn’t be happier about this.

You’d think that with the fact that I’m playing Travis, I would have more regret. But I don’t.

Let’s not joke around though. I should feel bummed about my inevitable defeat, since how many other times will I be this close to taking the championship? (The answer is likely: never again.) It should stress me out that I’m a dead man walking, a 30+ underdog with little to no hope.

But how can I be mad? I’m a #6 seed in the championship game. I barely managed a winning record and my roster essentially consists of Nick Foles and whoever on my lineup isn’t out for the season (that’s about seven players, +/- one). Also, I just passed my written EM boards, so I’m feeling pretty excited about that. I also took a job at the University of Michigan. So losing the championship game seems like small potatoes.

Oh, also: seeing as this league has essentially been a huge money pit in which I dump $50-$100 each year, it’s nice to know I’ll at least get my money back this year.

You know who should feel bad about Travis’ inevitable victory? Jason. Had Jason not lost in the first round, he would be in the playoffs right now. His 130.3 points as the tops of the second round, and if he keeps this up he should handily mop the floor with Dane in the 5^th place game.

Ryan Good and Peter shouldn’t feel bad, because they were terrible, and deserve their losses. Once again, the top two seeds meet a quick end. We are still waiting for the year that a top seed wins it all. I have no explanation for why this keeps happening. It makes no logical sense and there’s no statistic that I can use to try to explain it away. I’ll have to just call it the Curse of the Bye Week, to go along with the Curse of the WASP, which will soon be broken.

Some parting words for Ryan and Peter:

Ryan Good: You lost to me? Aren't you ashamed?

Peter: And all is right with the world.

That’s all for this week, folks. I’m hankering down for many posts over the next couple of weeks and need to get working on those. However! Send me an email with any proposed amendments/comments/concerns so I can include them in our voting documents.