All right, just a step away now -- just one more victory and you'll have earned yourself a spot in 1-On-1 Super Bowl VIII! A loss this week will still nab you 75 bucks, but no one is making that their goal. This week is all about making it to the big dance -- now let's take a look at the matches on tap:
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP:
AFC 1st Seed Brenda's Bulldogs vs. AFC 2nd Seed Vlad M:
Third time was the charm for Vlad M last week, as he converted his third trip to the Divisionals into his first Conference title game. Vlad M had a season packed with long winning streaks, and now he needs to keep another one going if he wants to make it to the Super Bowl. In his way is Brenda's Bulldogs, who will be itching to get another chance at bringing home the championship she fell just short of in her rookie year. These two shared a division in 2009 where they split their season series, while Vlad M broke the tie with a win the following year. Now it's time to see who can make the push to the title!
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP:
NFC 1st Seed Monster Rain vs. NFC 3rd Seed Rabid Ferrets:
They started the season playing against one another, and now their rematch will send one home and the other to the Super Bowl. As it happens, the last time these two met to open a season, that season ended with Rabid Ferrets in the Super Bowl. Now we'll see if Monster Rain can shore up his 1-3 record against Rabid Ferrets and make his way to his first Super Bowl berth. Monster Rain has really been on fire of late, having seen only one loss since the first week in November. For his part, Rabid Ferrets is trying to become the first player to make to three 1-On-1 Super Bowls. Having so far picked seven of the eight playoff games correctly is a nice plus, but he'll need to keep that streak going if he wants to have a shot at securing his second league title.
All right, that'll do it for the build-up -- now it's time to see who will be competing for the title of 1-On-1 Super Bowl Champion and the $650 prize that goes along with it! Get those picks submitted by 8:00pm Eastern on Friday. Brenda's Bulldogs and Monster Rain will be putting in "double picks" for the Ravens/Patriots game, Vlad M and Rabid Ferrets will be picking a single number.
And that's it for this part of the preview -- have a great week, everyone!
--Monster Rain vs. Rabid Ferrets: A simple dividing line here -- Rabid Ferrets will win with the Giants, Monster Rain with the Niners.
--Brenda's Bulldogs vs. Vlad M: These two will be coming down to total score. First will be Giants/Niners, with Brenda's Bulldogs winning with a total of 54 or more and Vlad M needing 52 or under. If the total is exactly 53, then we'll look back to the total of the Patriots/Ravens game where Brenda's Bulldogs again needs 54 or more while Vlad M will need 53 or under.
That's all there is for the preview. Once again, the site won't be updated until quite last Sunday as we'll be out celebrating the Giants making it to another Super Bowl -- enjoy, everyone!
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