Blizzard, Legends Advance To Semi-Finals In (More Or Less) Easy Fashion!

It was a weekend of upsets...or was it? The Blizzard's win over the Holes was unexpected, if you ignore their big Week 14 revival. Mike's crew scored early and often in a 44+ point Wildcard victory over the favored Holes. But if you look closer at the Blizzard's season, you'll see that they were 7-0 at one point and seemingly unstoppable. So the talent was there. What followed that hot streak was a series of bad breaks/close losses/player slumps/unlucky matchups. They now appear to be back in 'first half' form and have definitely earned their way to the place they are in, the Semi-final round.

They now face the #1-seeded Sticks. You'd usually expect a clear favorite in a #1 versus a #5 matchup. But this one is more intriguing. The Sticks' two 'horses', McCaffery and Taylor, have looked somewhat human the last couple of weeks. The gap between the two clubs may be back to where it was early in the season. I'm out of the prediction business, just let me say that this one bears watching.

On the other side of the bracket, we saw one of those games where one club jumped to a huge start and then applied the brakes. The Heroes led the Legends 70-something to 6 after the early window on Sunday. Then James' guys got cranked up, and by the time the Sunday night game started, the Heroes were done, and the Legends were within range. JJ McCarthy (of all people) supplied the winning points, and Darren Waller used Monday night to rub salt in the Heroes' wound.

So, hey, Nats and Legends...Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you. This one hinges on which version of the Legends shows up this week, the mid-season crew that vaulted from the depths of the Lombardi Division's mediocrity to take command, or the early- and late-season bunch that struggled for points? Either way, they will have their hands full with the steady Nationals, who have their eyes on a return trip to fantasy football's biggest stage, The Hughes Bowl.

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I mentioned this in an email, but it bears repeating...I was hearing from other commissioners that SOME league sites are being hit with pop-up ads on the scoring page. They don't appear to be anything malicious; they are simply the ones being fed by MFL that are normally seen by owners in leagues without custom coding to avoid them. They are displayed on the lineup page when a user attempts to close the page, as well as a white, opaque bar at the bottom of the page with ad content. If you see them on our site, I'd appreciate a heads-up.

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Raul Malo died last week after a battle with colon cancer. I've mentioned previously that he was our favorite artist. We saw him perform countless times and were looking forward to shows in October and on NYE in Austin. But we've decided that we will watch a recorded Mavericks show and raise a glass to RM instead. His voice, songwriting, and showmanship will not soon be replaced.

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