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| Though DTA (above) and the Cambridge Animals lead the Jorge division by a game, they could still finish at the bottom of the league. |
By R.E. Porter
Associated Web Press
It would involve a serious rally this evening, but believe it or not, the London Bakers, the league's last-place and lowest-scoring team, could still finish in a tie for the Jorge division title. Never mind they wouldn't win the title because they wouldn't win the tiebreakers. Considering all the adversity they have had to overcome this season, it would represent a miracle finish and the closest the franchise has ever come to winning the division. Maybe even more surprising is the fact the division-leading Cambridge Animals could still finish in the league cellar.
Here's how the above outcome could unfold: First of all, the Bakers need RB Chris Carson to score 29 points tonight to edge the West Nashville Beelzebubbas. They would also need the East Nashville Black Dogs to rally from a 26.6-point deficit tonight against the Animals. That would give the Bakers and Beelzebubbas 5-8 records and the Animals and Black Dogs records of 6-7. Then the Bakers would need to beat the Animals next weekend and for the 'Bubbas to knock off the Black Dogs. In that scenario, all four teams would finish 6-8, and the 'Bubbas would win the division and become the first division winner in NFFA history with a losing record, and although they would have an identical won-loss record, the Animals would finish last in not only the division, but the entire league.
When reached for comment at the One Eyed Pig in London, Bakers owner QCurl Sharif said, “Hope springs eternal.”
Black Dogs GM Cash Money told the AWP the team plans to file a lawsuit against the league tomorrow to overturn the outcome of the week eight contest between the Animals and Atlanta Smack Daddies. “Because the commissioner monkeyed with the Animals lineup after the fact, the Animals got a win they didn't earn and didn't deserve,” Money said. “It’s a gross miscarriage of justice that affects not just the Smack Daddies, but the entire league, and especially all the teams in the Jorge division. We’re hoping the Daddies, ’Bubbas, and Bakers will join us in this action.”
Money went on to say the team would be filing the suit in the court of Judge Naomi Morningstar and requesting the earliest possible court date for the case that could upend the seedings in the upcoming championship playoffs.
More on this story as it develops.
