2015 Season - Week 17 (Cont 2)

As one would expect from such a vocal and active contributor to the BUMS (remember the 2 division system was his baby) he’s not going quietly, recently saying of the post season “I intend to go out with all guns blazing. Whoever I play will be in for a tough time & will know they've been in a match. I'll be competing for sure. Jb” So be wary Wayne, you have been warned. BUMS Play-offs And so we begin our knock-out game and the road to BUMSBowl XX starts this weekend. Again 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 spreadsheet attached). You can change all players between each round and in each game no more than 2 players can appear in both teams. Please get your teams back to me as soon as possible and no later than by 10pm on Friday (UK time) 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 “Momentum” and wins. The second tie-breaker is total yards rushing & receiving by your outfield players. As always top scoring owner plays lowest and so on, so here are the Wildcard match ups:- as already mentioned above Wayne will play John, it’s Ron v AP, Chief v George, Dave G v Daz, Johnnie v Craig, Marcus v David S, Andy H v Mark and Aaron v Cheryl. NFL Play-offs In the AFC the champs are Denver (West 12-4) and New England (East 12-4) with bye weeks & Cincinnati (North 12-4) and Houston (South 9-7) playing in the wildcard games at home against Pittsburgh (10-6) and Kansas City (11-5) respectively. In the NFC the champs are Carolina (South 15-1) and Arizona (West 13-3) with bye weeks & Minnesota (North 11-5) and Washington (East 9-7) and playing at home against Seattle (10-6) and Green Bay (10-6). BUMS on Seats We will be meeting at HQ on Saturday evening at 9:30pm to see Kansas City visit Houston live. The next game (Steelers @ Bengals) kicks off at 1.15am so we will be meeting at HQ at 4pm on Sunday to watch this followed live at 6pm with Seahawks @ Vikings. In the final wildcard game Washington host Green Bay kicking off at 9.40pm so we plan to meet at Johnnie’s at 7pm on Monday to see it. All are welcome as always just call the host if you are coming, for catering purposes. And another date for your diary, we will be getting together at HQ from 7pm next Tuesday (12th Jan) to watch the College Football National Championship Final as Clemson (1) play Alabama (2) (played on Monday morning UK time). DON’T FORGET TO SEND YOUR BUMS WILDCARD TEAM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!