BL History: Playoff Anomalies

by danrain12345 | 3 years ago | 1 Comments

There has been some discussion about simming the playoffs after the unfortunate event of last night, because the season is therefore "tainted" and there will be a gigantic asterisk on the eventual champion's forehead.

While our history may seem pretty well-structured from above, a closer inspection will find that in fact numerous times an event occured that left a sour taste in the league for the playoffs and years to come.

Season 15

The first major burner incident in the league happened when Matty made it all the way to the Super Bowl with the Rams under an alias. He was promptly removed from the league and never allowed back, and not only did it put a damper on Austin’s incredible perfect season, but also our entire SB history. With the Rams, he beat Chase’s Cowboys, Wohzi’s Eagles, and Kiing’s Saints.

Season 19

Now I wasn’t here for 19 but all I know was that it was a pretty dormant league especially in the late-cycle stages. The only time a team made it to the postseason without a user attached to its name was this season, when Samoan’s Rams defeated the CPU Saints 20-10 in a force win.

Season 21

Austin made the playoffs controversially after taking over the Cardinals in Week 17. Because there were dissenters saying he didn’t deserve to make it, he quit his WC game against Caiden’s Seahawks. However, since it was a second half concession and he was winning, the game certified an Austin win. Austin felt terrible about it and elected to take a FL against Slander’s Vikings in the Divisional Round.

Season 23

 

Perhaps the greatest scandal of BL history quietly began this season as Ocho joined the Bengals under the alias “Hoot Hoot Hike”. While it was not known to put a damper on these playoffs at the time, in retrospect, you can only feel for Cloud’s Colts and Chase’s Chiefs who fell to him in the playoffs respectively.

 

Season 24
Morty was gone for a week during the playoffs so he elected to give Chase’s Chiefs a FW over his Pats.

 

Season 26

On the eve of the playoffs, the Ocho scandal unraveled before our eyes. Although he wasn’t outright booted at the time, he was disallowed from competing in this season’s playoffs with his Buccaneers as well as his burner’s Titans. Ben (who defeated Steel in a “play-in game”) and Jesse, who were the 7-seeded teams in the NFC and AFC respectively, were given the right to play for those teams. Jesse went on to defeat Wohzi’s Jets and Ben went on to beat Justin’s Packers and CMass’s Cardinals to make the Super Bowl.
Another side story from this playoffs was Cody taking a FL against Justin which also puts a damper on the entire postseason. 

 

I’m sure there are more incidents like these not mentioned, but should Austin, Samoan, Alex, Cody, Ben, and Myself have asterisks on our titles for these seasons?