2011 Season - Week 17 (Cont)

And so we begin our knock-out game and the road to BUMSBowl XVII starts this weekend. There are no rule changes so to refresh your memory here’s how our knock-out tournament works. It’s a head-to-head contest with the highest scorer in each game going through. You must select 1 QB, 1 kicker and any 4 outfield players to play within a budget of $7.5 million using the same player prices as the regular season. (See attached spreadsheet). You can change all players between each round and in each game no more than 2 players can appear in both teams. Get your teams back to me by 10am on Saturday so we can sort out any swaps needed. Whoever gets their team to me first gets first pick of players to swap, if necessary, so a speedy reply is key. If the scores are tied at the end of the games the tie-breaker is the Momentum Rule where the player that scored latest in any game is ruled to have “Mo” and wins. The second tie-breaker is total yards rushing and receiving by your outfield players. As always top scoring owner plays lowest and so on, so here are the Wildcard match ups. Daz will play Dave G, Chief v Marcus, Johnnie v John, Ron v Craig, Wayne v Mark, George v David S, Aaron v AP and Andy H v Cheryl. (George & Aaron’s position decided by Coin Toss). NFL Play-offs In the AFC the champs are Denver (West 13-3) and New England (East 12-4) with bye weeks & Houston (South 12-4) and Baltimore (North 10-6) playing in the wildcard games at home to Cincinnati (10-6) and Indianapolis (11-5) respectively. In the NFC the champs are Atlanta (South 13-3) & San Francisco (West 11-4-1) with bye weeks & Green Bay (North 11-5) and Washington (East 10-6) playing at home to Minnesota (10-6) and Seattle (11-5) respectively. BUMS on Seats. We will meet at HQ from 9:30pm on Saturday night for Cincinnati’s visit to Houston. The second game (Minnesota @ Green Bay) kicks off at 1am Sunday morning & we will watch this on Sunday from 5pm at BUMS HQ followed at around 7pm by Indianapolis @ Baltimore. We will be at Johnnies on Monday from 6:30pm for the second Sunday game Seattle @ Washington. The viewing plan for the Divisional games (at Denver & San Francisco) on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th January (at Atlanta & at New England) should be the same. As always all are welcome just let the hosts know. DON’T FORGET TO SEND YOUR WILDCARD TEAM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!! And a Happy New Year to one and all.