Western Conference

#1 The Holy Seehawks vs #4 Salt City

Season Stats Offense Defense THS OGASP Caps Hold THS DGASP Returns Prevent ccga4 10.00 77 93:14 gh0st 10.00 558 102:47 mnp 9.86 55 69:46 teddybear 9.38 405 76:00 NACL OGASP Caps Hold NACL DGASP Returns Prevent Carp 8.97 31 73:50 haybunny 9.59 395 88:16 DobisPR 8.70 32 46:55 OSL 9.52 405 71:39

Previous Matchups Week 4 Week 10 G1H1 4-1 THS G1H1 5-1 THS G1H2 3-0 THS G1H2 6-3 THS FINAL 7-1 THS FINAL 11-4 THS G2H1 4-2 THS G2H1 7-1 THS G2H2 5-1 THS G2H2 4-0 THS FINAL 9-3 THS FINAL 11-1 THS

The Holy SeeHawks haven't lost a half to Salt City this season, outscoring them 38-9. Obviously, they are the favorites in this match up, and healthy ones at that. Carp’s team isn't equipped to slow down the THS offense, though they have been very good this season. Wormy in week 10 went to THS 11-4 and I expect the exact same starters. There isn't anyone that Carp can turn to that will help them win at this point, unless Spherecules is able to play for some reason. I'm not sure that's an upgrade though, the way OSL has played this season.

Look for a 3 game series here in round 1, a clean sweep for THS 3-0. They'll control powerups at a 60% rate and dominate in playmaking ability. The 10 OGASP and DGASP holders will prevail and continue their run to the Nuperball.

#2 Warden and the Inmates vs #3 Insane Cap Posse

Season Stats Offense Defense WAI OGASP Caps Hold WAI DGASP Returns Prevent Renegade 8.63 28 2316 Warden 9.66 437 4995 Skwid 8.84 35 2729 Creo 7.81 179 1984 ICP OGASP Caps Hold ICP DGASP Returns Prevent 2P1S 9.52 38 4462 Brainiac 9.86 558 4808 Chancho 8.90 31 4181 Krieger 9.11 342 5173

Previous Matchup Week 8 G1H1 3-0 WAI G1H2 5-2 WAI FINAL 8-2 WAI G2H1 2-1 WAI G2H2 4-1 WAI FINAL 6-2 WAI

I'm not quite sure who is going to play this time around, but the four I listed stats for are my picks for the start. For Warden, those are the four players that surprisingly swept away ICP during their week 8 matchup. As for the Cap Posse, I'm absolutely sure that Brainiac, Krieger and 2P1S will play, but I can't tell if Spjork or Chancho will get the minutes opposite 2P. Chancho missed some time that Spjork took, and did very well with. Week 10 saw Chancho and Dr Juke paired up while 2P was away, which is why I lean towards him.

Warden has the most minutes on his team by far at 383 and his D partner Creo has the least (out of the projected starters) with 160. Skwid and Renegade come in at 260 and 176, respectively. After a lot of struggling to begin the season, Warden really shuffled his supporting cast around until he found the one that worked, having another 6 players with A-Team minutes. The stats are impressive for this team with respect to their minutes.

This matchup is hard to figure. Both teams performed well on Wormy in week 10 while losing on it in week 9. I can see a 5 game series here that has some sort of overtime to decide who moves on. I’m going to lean towards Warden’s team in this one, giving them a date with THS in round 2.