2040 PLAYOFF PICTURE

WEEK 11

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

BYE
Crusaders (9-2/6-1) currently hold the #1 seed with the Heisenbergs (9-2/7-2) and Mud (9-2/6-2) with the same record. The Monarchs (8-3/6-2) and Mallards (8-3/5-3) sit 1 game behind. Overall and Conference records are in parenthesis.

The Crusaders have wins over the Heisenbergs, Mud & Monarchs under their belt with a rematch with the Monarchs in week 13.

The Heisenbergs have a win over the Mud and split with the Mallards.

The Mud play the Mallards in week 15.

The Monarchs have a win versus the Mallards and a rematch with the Crusaders in week 13.

The Mallards split with the Heisenbergs and play the Mud in week 15.

WEST
The Crusaders (9-2/4-0) have a 1 game lead over the Monarchs (8-3/3-1) and play the rematch with the Monarchs in week 13. The Treasure (6-5/1-2) are 3 games behind with 5 to go but have rematches with both the Monarchs and Crusaders in week 14 and 16 respectively. Overall and divional records are in parenthesis.

EAST
The Far East (7-4/2-1) sit tied with the Timbers (7-4/3-2) but have a win versus the Timbers in the bank with the rematch in week 14. Overall and divional records are in parenthesis.

NORTH
The Heisenbergs (9-2/3-1) have a 1 game lead over the Mallards (8-3/4-1) and they split the season series. Overall and divional records are in parenthesis.

SOUTH
The Mud (9-2/4-0) have essentially clinched the division with a 4½ game lead with 5 games remaining. They need just 1 win or 1 lose by both the Timberjacks and Rampage to clinch the division officially.

WILDCARD
The Monarchs (8-3), Mallards (8-3) and Timbers (7-4) currently hold the 3 wildcard spots. Only the Treasure (6-5) have a realistic shot to unseed one of them. The Timberjacks (4-6-1), Chips (4-7), Rampage (4-7), Thunderbolts (4-7) and Bakers (4-7) are all mathematically alive but need to basically win out plus get help to have any chance.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

BYE
The Mellotrons (10-1/9-0) currently hold the top spot with the Hammers (9-2/7-1) and Quicksilver (9-2/7-1) 1 game behind and the Dust Devils (8-3/6-3) 2 games behind. Overall and Conference records are in parenthesis.

The Mellotrons have a win over the Dust Devils but the rematch is in week 15 plus they play the Hammers in week 16.

The Hammers have a win over the Dust Devils and play the Quicksilver in week 12 then the Mellotrons in week 16.

The Quicksilver play the Hammers in week 12.

The Dust Devils have a chance to split with the Mellotrons in the week 15 rematch.

EAST
The Hammers (9-2) have a 4 game lead with 5 games remaining so they should win the division easily.

WEST
The Mellotrons (10-1/5-0) have a 2 game lead over the Dust Devils (8-2/1-2) and have officially clinched a playoff spot. The Mellotrons can sweep the division when they play the rematch with the Dust Devils in week 15

NORTH
The Foghorn Leghorns (8-3) have a 4 game lead with 5 games remaining and should easily clinch the division with a magic number of 2.

SOUTH
The Quicksilver (9-2/3-1) hold a 3 game lead over the Stars (6-5/4-2) and they split the season series. They have a magic number of 3.

WILDCARD
The Dust Devils (8-5), Cut Throat's (7-4) and Stars (6-5) currently hold the 3 wildcard spots. The Ravens (5-6), Black Sharks (5-6) and Corsairs (5-6) are 1 game behind. The Bullfrogs (4-7) and Cheesesteaks (4-7) are 2 games out.

Dust Devils
Wins over Ravens, Cut Throat's and Cheesesteaks. Lose to Black Sharks. They play the rematch with the Cut Throat's and Black Sharks in week 12 and 14 respectively.

Cut Throats
Wins over Cheesesteaks and Corsairs. Lose to Dust Devils. Play Dust Devils (week 12), Black Sharks (week 13), Ravens (week 14) and Black Sharks (week 16).

Stars
Win over Corsairs. Lose to Corsairs. Play Ravens in week 15.

Ravens
Win over Black Sharks. Loses to Dust Devils and Cheesesteaks. Play Cheesesteaks (week 12), Cut Throats (week 14), Stars (week 15) and Cheesesteaks (week 16).

Black Sharks
Win over Dust Devils. Lose to Ravens. Play Bullfrogs (week 12), Cut Throat's (week 13), Dust Devils (week 14), Cheesesteaks (week 15) and Cut Throat's (week 16)

Corsairs
Win over Stars. Loses to Bullfrogs, Stars and Cut Throat's.

Bullfrogs
Wins over Corsairs and Cheesesteaks. Lose to Stars. Play Black Sharks (week 12).

Cheesesteaks
Loses to Cut Throat's, Dust Devils and Bullfrogs. Play Ravens (week 12), Black Stars (week 15) and Ravens (week 16)

2040 Playoff Picture

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

1. Crusaders 10-2

2. Mud 10-2
3. Mallards 9-3
4. Far East 8-4

5. Heisenbergs 9-3
6. Monarchs 9-3
7. Timbers 8-4

8. Treasure 7-5
9. Timberjacks 5-6-1

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

1. Mellotrons 10-2

2. Hammers 10-2
3. Quicksilver 9-3
4. Foghorn Leghorns 9-3

5. Dust Devils 9-3
6. Stars 7-5
7. Cut Throats 7-5

8. Ravens 6-6
9. Black Sharks 6-6
10. Corsairs 5-7

11. Billy Goats 4-8
12. Cheesesteaks 4-8
13. Bullfrogs 4-8

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Week 13

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Major shakeup in the seeding as last week's 5th, 6th & 7th seeds moved up to 2nd, 3rd & 4th!

1. Mud 11-2 (2)

2. Heisenbergs 10-3 (5)
3. Monarchs 10-3 (6)
4. Timbers 9-4 (7)

5. Crusaders 10-3 (1)
6. Mallards 10-3 (3)
7. Far East 8-5 (4)

8. Treasure 7-6 (8)
9. Timberjacks 6-6-1(9)

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

This Conference remains mostly unchanged except the Ravens move to the 7th spot while the Cut Throat's fall out of a playoff spot.

1. Mellotrons 11-2 (1)

2. Hammers 11-2 (2)
3. Quicksilver 10-3 (3)
4. Foghorn Leghorns 9-4 (4)

5. Dust Devils 9-4 (5)
6. Stars 8-5 (6)
7. Ravens 7-6 (8)

8. Black Sharks 7-6 (9)
9. Cut Throats 7-6 (7)
10. Corsairs 5-8 (10)
11. Cheesesteaks 5-8 (12)

2040 Playoff Picture
Week 14

AMERICAN CONFERENCE


1. #6 Heisenbergs 11-3 (2)

2. #7 Mud 11-3 (1)
3. #12 Crusaders 10-4 (5)
4. #8 Timbers 10-4 (4)

5. #2 Mallards 11-3 (6)
6. #10 Monarchs 10-4 (3)
7. #16 Far East 8-6 (7)

8. #9 Treasure 8-6 (8)
9. #11 Timberjacks 7-6-1(9)

BYE
The Heisenbergs (11-3/8-2) currently hold the #1 seed with the Mud (11-3/8-3) and Mallards (11-3/7-3) tied with the same record. The Timbers (10-4/7-3), Crusaders (10-4/7-3) and Monarchs (10-4/7-3) are 1 game back. Overall & Conference records are in parenthesis.

This thing will come down to week 16 games but the Heisenbergs control their own destiny and if they win out versus the Autobots (4-10) and Thunderbolts (4-10), they lock up the bye!

WEST
The Crusaders (10-4/4-1) and Monarchs (10-4/4-2) sit tied for the Division Title. The 2 teams split their season series but the Crusaders control their own destiny and clinch the division if they win out versus the Timbers (10-4) and Treasure (8-6). Overall and divisional records are in parenthesis. The Treasure (8-6/3-2) are mathematically still alive to win the division but need to win out and have both the Crusaders and Monarchs lose out to create a 3-way tie at 10-6/4-2...If that happens, I have no idea who wins the division!

EAST
The Timbers (10-4/4-2) have a 2 game lead with 1 games remaining so 1 win versus the Crusaders (10-4) and Timberjacks (7-6-1) or 1 Far East lose to either the Chips (5-9) or Dust Devils (10-4) clinches them the division crown.

NORTH
The Heisenbergs (11-3/4-1) and Mallards (11-3/4-1) sit tied atop the division. Overall and divisional records are in parenthesis. They split so if they both win out then it depends on the division tiebreaker used after division records and common opponents...if it's Conference record then the Heisenbergs win but if it's points (?) then the Mallards will win!

SOUTH
The Mud have clinched the division title!

WILDCARD
The Mallards (11-3/7-3) currently hold the 5th seed and have clinched a playoff spot.

The Monarchs (10-6/7-3) currently hold the 6th seed and have clinched a playoff spot.

The Far East (8-6/6-5) currently hold the 7th seed. If they win out versus the Chips (5-9) and Dust Devils (10-4) they secure the final playoff spot.

The Treasure (8-6/7-4) are on the outside looking in but have the same record as the Far East. The problem is they lost head to head with the Far East and have the Muskies (0-14) and Crusaders (10-4) remaining.

The Timberjacks (7-6-1/6-4-1) sit a ½ game behind the final playoff spot but have the Quicksilver (11-3) and Timbers (10-4) remaining.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE


1. #4 Mellotrons 12-2 (1)

2. #1 Hammers 12-2 (2)
3. #5 Quicksilver 11-3 (3)
4. #13 Foghorn Leghorns 9-5 (4)

5. #3 Dust Devils 10-4 (5)
6. #17 Stars 8-6 (6)
7. #14 Ravens 8-6 (7)

8. #18 Black Sharks 7-7 (8)
9. #19 Cut Throats 7-7 (9)


BYE
The Mellotrons (12-2/10-0) currently are the top seed but the Crusaders (12-2/10-1) are right on their heels. The 2 teams play each other in week 16 which should decide which team gets the bye.

WEST/b]
The Hammers have clinched the division!

[b]EAST
The Mellotrons have a 2 game lead with 2 games remaining but play the Dust Devils in week 15. If the Mellotrons win they clinch the division. If the Dust Devils win then it opens the door for the Dust Devils to beat the Far East (8-6) plus have the Mellotrons lose to the Hammers (12-2) in week 16 which gives the Dust Devils the division.

NORTH
The Foghorn Leghorns have clinched the division.

SOUTH
The Quicksilver have clinched the division.

WILDCARD
The Dust Devils have clinched a playoff spot and currently hold the 5th seed.

The Stars (8-6/7-4) currently hold the 6th seed. The Stars play the Ravens in week 15 and a win clinches them a playoff spot, if they lose in opems the door to being elimated. They play the Autobots (4-10) in week 16.

The Ravens (8-6/6-4) currently hold the 7th seed. The Ravens play the Stars in week 15 and clinch a playoff spot with a win. They play the Cheesesteaks (5-9) in week 16. The Ravens have wins versus the Black Sharks and Cut Throats under their belt

The Black Sharks (7-7/5-5) sit 1 game out of the playoffs. They need to win out versus the Cheesesteaks (5-9) and Cut Throat's (7-7) to have a chance and hope the loser of the week 15 game between the Stars & Ravens, loses in week 16.

The Cut Throat's (7-7/4-7) sit 1 game out of the playoffs. They need to win out versus the Bakers (4-9-1) and Black Sharks (7-7) to have a chance and hope the loser of the week 15 game between the Stars & Ravens, loses in week 16.

2040 Playoff Picture
Week 15

AMERICAN CONFERENCE


1. #6 Heisenbergs 12-3 (1)

2. #2 Mud 12-3 (2)
3. #5 Monarchs 11-4 (6)
4. #7 Timbers 11-4 (4)

5. #8 Mallards 11-4 (5)
6. #11 Crusaders 10-5 (3)
7. #13 Far East 9-6 (7)

8. #10 Treasure 9-6 (8)

BYE
The Heisenbergs (12-3/9-2) currently hold the #1 seed with the Mud (12-3/9-3) tied with the same record. The Timbers (11-4/8-3), Mallards (11-4/7-4) and Monarchs (11-4/8-3) are 1 game back. Overall & Conference records are in parenthesis.

If the Heisenbergs beat the Thunderbolts (4-11) in week 16, they clinch the bye.

If the Heisenbergs lose then the Mud can clinch the bye with a win over the Voodoo (4-11)

If both the Heisenbergs and the Mud lose in week 16 then things get complicated as the Timbers, Mallards and Monarchs could all win and create anywhere from a 3-5 team tie. I'm not even gonna try to figure that all out because the odds both teams lose to 4-11 teams is small and honestly I have a headache even thinking about it.


WEST
The Monarchs (11-4/4-2) sit atop the division with a 1 game lead over the Crusaders (10-5/4-1). The 2 teams split their season series. Overall and divisional records are in parenthesis.

The Monarchs clinch the division with a win over the Bakers (5-9-1) in week 16 or a Crusaders lose to the Treasure (9-6).

If the Monarchs lose then the Crusaders can clinch the division with a win over the Treasure (9-6).

EAST
The Timbers have clinched the division title.

NORTH
The Heisenbergs (12-3/4-1) sit atop the division with a 1 game lead over the Mallards (11-4/4-1). Overall and divisional records are in parenthesis.

The Heisenbergs clinch the division with a win versus the Thunderbolts (4-11) or a Mallards lose to the Butcherz (2-12-1).

If the Heisenbergs lose then the Mallards clinch the division with a win versus the Butcherz (2-12-1)

SOUTH
The Mud have clinched the division title!

WILDCARD
The Mallards (11-3/7-3) currently hold the 5th seed and have clinched a playoff spot.

The Crusaders (10-5/7-4) currently hold the 6th seed. If the Crusaders beat the Treasure (9-6) in week 16 they clinch a playoff spot. If the Crusaders lose, they need the Far East to lose to the Dust Devils (10-5) to hold on to a playoff spot.

The Far East (9-6/7-5) currently hold the 7th seed. They need to beat the Dust Devils (10-5) to clinch a playoff spot. If they lose, they need the Treasure to lose to the Crusaders (10-5) to retain the 7th seed.

The Treasure (9-6/7-4) are on the outside looking in but have the same record as the Far East. The problem is they lost head to head with the Far East.
The Treasure need to beat the Crusaders (10-5) in week 16 to clinch a playoff spot.



NATIONAL CONFERENCE


1. #1 Mellotrons 13-2 (1)

2. #3 Hammers 13-2 (2)
3. #4 Quicksilver 12-3 (3)
4. #14 Foghorn Leghorns 9-6 (4)

5. #9 Dust Devils 10-5 (5)
6. #12 Stars 9-6 (6)
7. #18 Ravens 8-7 (7)

8. #16 Black Sharks 8-7 (8)


BYE
The Mellotrons (13-2/11-0) currently are the top seed but the Crusaders (13-2/10-1) are right on their heels. The 2 teams play each other in week 16 which will decide which team gets the bye.

WEST/b]
The Hammers have clinched the division!

[b]EAST
The Mellotrons have clinched the division

NORTH
The Foghorn Leghorns have clinched the division.

SOUTH
The Quicksilver have clinched the division.

WILDCARD
The Dust Devils have clinched a playoff spot and currently hold the 5th seed.

The Stars currently hold the 6th seed and clinched a playoff spot.

The Ravens (8-7/6-5) currently hold the 7th seed. They clinch a playoff spot with a win versus the Cheesesteaks (5-10) in week 16. The Ravens have a win versus the Black Sharks under their belt

The Black Sharks (8-7/6-5) sit tied for the last playoff spot but lost head to head with the Ravens. They need to beat the Cut Throat's (7-8) and have the Ravens lose to the Cheesesteaks (5-10) to clinch the playoffs.

2040 Playoff Picture
Week 16 Final

AMERICAN CONFERENCE


1. #6 Heisenbergs 13-3 (1)

2. #2 Mud 13-3 (2)
3. #5 Monarchs 12-4 (3)
4. #7 Timbers 12-4 (4)

5. #8 Mallards 12-4 (5)
6. #10 Treasure 10-6 (8)
7. #11 Crusaders 10-6 (6)

8. #13 Far East 9-7 (7)



WRAP
The Heisenbergs handled business and beat the Thunderbolts 26-3 to clinch the bye..

In fact, the top 4 seeds all won and stayed put at 1-4 with the Monarchs & Heisenbergs finally clinching division crowns.

The Mallards won a meaningless game as they were locked in at the 5th seed.

The Treasure beat the Crusaders to clinch the 6 seed and the Crusaders backed into the playoffs because the Far East lost to the Dust Devils 22-10 which handed them the 7 seed.

The Far East fall short by 1 game and they have to be kicking themselves because a week 7 lose to the Bakers (5-10-1) cost them.



NATIONAL CONFERENCE


1. #1 Mellotrons 14-2 (1)

2. #3 Hammers 13-3 (2)
3. #4 Quicksilver 13-3 (3)
4. #14 Foghorn Leghorns 10-6 (4)

5. #9 Dust Devils 11-5 (5)
6. #12 Stars 10-6 (6)
7. #18 Ravens 8-8 (7)

8. #16 Black Sharks 8-8 (8)


WRAP
The Mellotrons beat the Hammers 16-3 and clinched the Bye in a winner take all scenario.

Other then that, there wasn't much drama as the top 6 seeds all win minus the Hammers and retained their same seeding.

The Ravens needed a win to get in but lost to the Cheesesteaks 23-20 in overtime which opened the door for the Black Sharks but it was slammed in their face when the division rival Cut Throat's came to Hawaii and beat them 28-13.

The Black Sharks have to be kicking themselves because they went to Colorado in week 13 and won 21-11 plus they lost a week 6 matchup with the Ravens 13-10 in overtime which was the ultimate tiebreaker!

2040 PLAYOFFS

WILDCARD WEEKEND

American Conference

#5 Galanta Mallards
@
#4 Duluth Timbers (-5)

They last played in week 2 of 2039 where the Mallards traveled to Duluth and won 16-0

#6 Oak Island Treasure
@
#3 Kansas City Monarchs (-8)

These division rivals split the season series with both teams winning on the road. Monarchs won at Oak Island 34-7 while the Treasure won at Kansas City 20-16.

#7 Chesapeake Bay Crusaders
@
#2 Mississippi Mud (-4)

The Crusaders traveled to Mississippi in week 8 and won a defensive battle 9-6.

National Conference

#5 Deadwood Dust Devil
@
#4 Chicken Wing Foghorn Leghorns (E)

The Dust Devils won at home in week 5, 28-7.

#6 Hollywood Stars
@
#3 Great Falls Quicksilver (-7)

These division rivals split this season with each team winning at home. The Quicksilver won 29-10 at home in week 1 while tge Stars gained the split at home in week 8, 26-13 in overtime.

#7 London Ravens
@
#2 Charleston Hammers (-14)

The Hammers swept the season series with London winning 30-3 at home in week 3 and 30-0 on the road in week 5.

2040 PLAYOFFS

WILDCARD WEEKEND

5 of the 6 home teams advanced and 4 of the 5 favorites covered the spread. We had 1 mild upset with the Mallards going on the road and beating the Timbers.

American Conference

#5 Galanta Mallards 30
@
#4 Duluth Timbers 20

#6 Oak Island Treasure 17
@
#3 Kansas City Monarchs 34

#7 Chesapeake Bay Crusaders 13
@
#2 Mississippi Mud 20


National Conference

#5 Deadwood Dust Devil 9
@
#4 Chicken Wing Foghorn Leghorns 12

#6 Hollywood Stars 6
@
#3 Great Falls Quicksilver 27

#7 London Ravens 0
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#2 Charleston Hammers 25


DIVISIONAL ROUND

American Conference

#5 Galanta Mallards
@
#1 Blue Rock Heisenbergs (-3)

These division rivals split during the regular season with both teams winning at home. The Heisenbergs won at home in week 1, 17-10. The Mallards won at home in week 10, 10-9.

The Mallards are making their 2nd straight playoff appearance and 4th overall after 11 straight seasons missing the playoffs. They are 6-3 ALLTIME in the postseason and the defending Conference Championship.

The Heisenbergs are making their 7th straight playoff appearance and 19th overall. They are 17-17 ALLTIME in the postseason and the 2020, 2028 & 2031 American Conference Champs plus the 2034 League Champion.

The Mallards beat the Heisenbergs 27-10 in last seasons Conference Championship game in their only postseason meeting.

#3 Kansas City Monarchs (-1)
@
#2 Mississippi Mud

The Monarchs are making their 5th straight playoff appearance and 11 overall after 8 straight years missing the postseason. They are 10-10 ALLTIME in the postseason and the 2026 & 2037 American Conference Champs.

The Mud are making their 2nd straight postseason and 5th overall after a 6 year run missing the postseason. They are 1-4 ALLTIME in the postseason with the only win coming last week.

These 2 teams have never met in the postseason.

National Conference

#4 Chicken Wing Foghorn Leghorns
@
#1 Bratislava Mellotrons (-8)

The Foghorn Leghorns are making their 5th straight postseason and 13th overall. They are 4-11 ALLTIME in the playoffs.

The Mellotrons are making their 3rd straight postseason and 11th overall. They are 7-10 ALLTIME in the playoffs.

These 2 teams have never met in the postseason.

#3 Great Falls Quicksilver
@
#2 Charleston Hammers (-4)

The Quicksilver are making a record 23rd straight playoff appearance. They are 49-12 ALLTIME in the postseason. They are the 2019, 2025, 2029, 2030, 2032, 2033 & 2034 National Conference Champs plus the 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2027, 2031 & 2036 League Champs.

The Hammers are making their 8th straight playoff appearance and 16th overall. They are 24-10 ALLTIME in the postseason. They are the 2028, 2037, 2038 & 2039 League Champs.

These 2 teams represent 21 of the 22 previous Confernce Champs and 14 of the 22 League Champs!

These 2 teams have met 8 times in the postseason and the Quicksilver are 6-2 ALLTIME versus the Hammers but the Hammers are 2-1 ALLTIME at home.

2022 Hammers @ Quicksilver 21-28
2023 Quicksilver @ Hammers 38-13
2024 Hammers @ Quicksilver 6-24
2027 Hammers @ Quicksilver 9-16
2029 Quicksilver @ Hammers 54-10
2034 Hammers @ Quicksilver 10-24
2036 Hammers @ Quicksilver 7-26
2037 Quicksilver @ Hammers 21-30

2040 PLAYOFFS


DIVISIONAL ROUND

American Conference

#5 Galanta Mallards 20
@
#1 Blue Rock Heisenbergs 9

The Mallards win the rubber match on the road and make it 2 straight years they ended Blue Rock's season.

The Heisenbergs took a 6-0 lead into halftime and a 9-7 lead into the 4th quarter before the Mallards scored 13 unanswered, helped by 2 interceptions which gave them short fields and led to 10 points.

#3 Kansas City Monarchs 14
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#2 Mississippi Mud 3

The Mud struggled on offense all game and the Monarchs did just enough offensively to win this game. The Mud had 3 interceptions and 3 turnover on downs as the Monarchs defense nearly pitched a shutout.

National Conference

#4 Chicken Wing Foghorn Leghorns 16
@
#1 Bratislava Mellotrons 21

The Mellotrons took an 11-3 lead into halftime before the Foghorn Leghorns made it 11-10 late in the 3rd quarter. The game turned in the 4th quarter when the Foghorn Leghorns missed a fieldgoal which would have given them the lead and the Mellotrons responded with a TD drive to make it a 8 point game. The Mellotrons would tack on a fieldgoal to make it a 2 score game before a late Foghorn Leghorns TD made the final score close but they wouldn't get the ball back until their was 26 seconds remaining and no miracle happened.

#3 Great Falls Quicksilver 34
@
#2 Charleston Hammers 36

The Quicksilver looked like their old dynasty self in the 1st half and took a 10-3 lead into halftime and extended that lead to 20-3 then 27-11 in the 3rd quarter before the Hammers showed their Championship form and scored 3 straight TDs in the 4th quarter to make the score 33-27 in favor of the Hammers with 7:43 remaining. The Quicksilver showed their playoff experience and manged a 9 play, 75 yard touchdown drive to regain the lead with 34-33 with 2:45 remaining. The Hammers would answer with a methodical 10 play, 48 yard drive which ate the remaining clock and kicked a game winning 44 yard fieldgoal with 29 seconds on the clock. The Quicksilver would get the ball to their 47 yard line but without timeouts, the clock ran out on them.

AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Galanta Mallards
@
Kansas City Monarchs (-7)

The Mallards are looking to repeat as Conference Champion.

The Monarchs are looking to win their 3rd Conference Championship and 1st since 2037.

You have to go back to 2027 where the Mallards (Portland Pioneers) beat the Monarchs (Oklahoma City Cheetahs)in the postseason 12-6. The Monarchs QB Timothy Sutton is the only player remaining from that matchup and it was his rookie season as the backup QB.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Charleston Hammers
@
Bratislava Mellotrons (-3)

The Hammers are looking to make it 4 straight Conference Champions and 5th overall.

The Mellotrons are looking to win their 1st Conference Championship.

The Hammers have beaten the Mellotrons the last 2 seasons and are 3-1 Alltime including 3-0 at home. The Mellotrons did beat the Hammers when both teams played in different cities way back in 2021 at home and this year the Mellotrons are home once again!

2039 Mellotrons 10 @ Hammers 31
2038 Mellotrons 6 @ Hammers 17
2024 Mellotrons (Seattle) 13 @ Hammers (Niagara Falls) 30
2021 Hammers (Niagara Falls) 23 @ Mellotrons (Seattle) 26

2040 PLAYOFFS




AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Galanta Mallards 13
@
Kansas City Monarchs 18

The Monarchs knocked off tge defending Conference Champs and return to the Title game for the 3rd time and first since 2037.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Charleston Hammers 9
@
Bratislava Mellotrons 13

The Mellotrons win their 1st Conference Championship knocking off the 3× defending Champs to do it. It seems homefield advantage may have been the difference.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Kansas City Monarchs

Vs

Bratislava Mellotrons (-2)


We will be crowning a new Champion and they will become the 8th francise to be crowned League King!

The last time these 2 teams met was week 2 of last season where tge Monarchs traveled to Bratislava and won 24-18.

The game saw the Monarchs take a 24-7 lead with 8 minutes left in the 3rd quarter before the Mellotrons finally woke up and made it a game. They scored 11 unanswered and after the Monarchs missed a 48 yard fieldgoal which would have made it a 2 score game, the Mellotrons took over with 2:15 remaining at their own 11 yard line. After 3 straight completions, they had a 1st and 10 from the Monarchs 36 yard line when QB Drew Lock hit RB Aaron Sherwood in the flat for a 36 yard game tying touchdown with the extra point pending but OL Marvin Gordon was called for holding which negated the potential game winning touchdown and made it 1st and 20 from the Monarchs 46 yard line. Drew Lock wasn't daunted and hit WR Kirk Perez for 31 yards giving them another 1st down inside the redzone at the 15 yard line. After 2 passes were knocked down and a short completion, it set up 4th and 8 from the Monarchs 13 yard line with 1:18 left in regulation.

What happened next is still debated in Bratislava and the head coach just said "no comment" when questioned after the game about the play but on 4th and 8 from the Monarchs 13 yard line with the game on the line....they decided to run the ball on a counter play....they handed the ball to a run blocking FB who was 248 lbs and widely considered to be the slowest player on the team. FB Lewis Desrosiers is a run blocking back who is essentially a 6th offensive linemen. He has 100 career rushes for 209 yards while having over 1,000 run and pass blocks in his 5 year career.

Needless to say, the run resulted in a gain of mere inches...they turned the ball over on downs and the Monarchs took a knee. That play call may have been tge turning point for this francise as they would win 7 of their next 8 games and go on to make the playoffs.

In the Title game, decisions like that may go a long way in deciding who the next Champion will be and the question is has the Mellotrons learned their lesson or will another bad play call lead to the Monarchs hoisting the Trophy?

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