Week 17 - PFFL Total Point Championships: The final week of the PFFL season determines the Total Point Champions. The three teams with the most points in each conference win their individual Conference Total Point Title. The individual team with the most points of the three wins the 2009 PFFL League Total Point Title. The second and third place finishers in each Conference also receive considerations.
 

Championship Game Results
	West Conference #2 Knockout Kings 152		East Conference #2 TD's 128		Central Conference #2 SS Stoggies 126
All the ingredients were there for a dramatic finish as all three teams had a player going on Monday night and the game was close enough that any of the three could win. At the start of the game the TD's had 125 points with Minnesota's defense; the Knockout Kings were second with 124 and AP; the SS Stoggies trailed with 118 but had a chance with Harvin. As soon as the game kicked off the TD's took an eleven point lead with Minnesota's 10 defensive points 135-124-118. For a while anyway the TD's had a chance to be the first team ever to win a second PFFL Championship!      The odds makers made the Stoggies the underdogs by predicting a third place finish. Harvin was without a point at halftime so a third place finish looked inevitable. Harvin actually came close to scoring twice but the near misses and a final point count of just 8 made the odds makers look good.      The same prognosticators indicated the TD's would finish second and again they were right. At the start of the Monday night game the TD's looked like they had a chance to prove them wrong with an 11 point lead and a defense playing against a QB not only with the most interceptions in the league, but very prone to getting sacked. In fact the odds were high on at least one defensive TD. But to everyone's surprise and the TD's dismay, Cutler and the entire Bear team actually played great. Their scoring slowly but surely erased the entire 10 defensive points each team starts with leaving the TD's with just three total points on the night and actually lucky to finish second.      All the pre-game indicators pointed to a Knockout Kings championship but through the first half of the Monday night game anyway those indicators were still pointing up in the air. AP was doing very little but then again so was Harvin and the Bears scoring was bringing the TD's back down to them. But you can't hold a good man or a good team down long. AP came to life in the second half scoring twice and finished with 28 points. Even without the touchdowns he did enough to win it for the Kings but his scores meant no dramatic finish and no chance for the other two. Not always does the best team or the most deserving team win a head to head championship. Single game elimination tournaments are as much about timing and getting hot at the right time as they are about the better team winning. In this case we can say the Kings were not only the best team considering they have the most points in the league, but with a league high 150 point postseason average and a first place weekly finish in all three of their postseason victories, they were most definitely also the hottest team at the right time. The victory makes them the 18th champion of the PFFL.
Consolation Tournament Championship Game Results
	Central #6 Cleantown 137*		West #6 J&J 137		East Conference #3 IC Lightning 131
* Note: The first tiebreaker in postseason games is team rank. Since both Cleantown and J&J tied in both score and rank, the champion was decided by the second tiebreaker which is game potential points: Cleantown PP 166 - J&J PP 146

 

EAST	CENTRAL	WEST
East Standings Franchise PF 1 Justice 2115 2 TD's 2079 3 IC Lightning 2065 4 Downtowners 2037 7 Syndicate 2026 5 T Bones 1965 11 Twisted Helmets 1881 10 Legion of Doom 1790 9 Aggravators 1777 6 Commish East 1720 8 Darryls 1666 Average 1920	Central Standings Franchise PF 2 SS Stoggies 2109 3 TnT 2079 1 Reno 1993 10 Smiley's Snipers 1978 6 Cleantown 1946 4 Pretty Kitty Central 1901 8 Nasty Aggravators 1841 9 Little Johnny's 1827 5 Boys of Autumn 1809 7 JR's Boys 1776 11 Weekend Warriors 1744 Average 1909	West Standings Franchise PF 2 Knockout Kings 2266 3 Archie's 2099 1 MNE 2089 4 French River 1963 6 J&J 1887 5 Irish Talbots 1876 7 Brookline 1823 8 Rounder 17 1784 9 Pretty Kitty West 1768 10 B&B 1757 11 Commish West 1590 Average 1898
Note the final top three in each conference receive consideration
PFFL: There was at least some drama in the championship game won by the Knockout Kings by 24; there won't be any here! The Kings enter the final week of the season with a 151 point lead over the East leader and 157 ahead of the West leader. Even if they match their worst effort of the year which was 100 in week 3, it would still take a 251 point effort by Justice to surpass them. EAST: In the closest race of the three conferences, there are five teams mathematically within range of the top spot but practically there are three. Justice holds a 36 point lead over second and a 50 point lead over third, both numbers anything but insurmountable. For the fourth and fifth teams to win at 78 and 89 back respectively, it would take a monster effort on their part and a total collapse by Justice but it is in the realm of possibility. One reason we mention the fourth and fifth teams is the nature of week 17 as the most unpredictable week of the year. CENTRAL: Although the gap between first and second is actually the smallest of the three at 30, the fact that the third place team is 116 back makes this just a two horse race. The SS Stoggies are the team that knocked TnT out of the playoffs and now TnT has a chance to return the favor. WEST: The Knockout Kings will not only win the West Point Championship but the overall PFFL Championship as well. But the final week of the Point Championship won't be completely devoid of any drama. The largest margin of victory was 180 by the Imitators South in 2006. The Kings have a chance to surpass that mark going in the final week with a 151 point lead over Justice. Considering they have averaged 174 in their last three games I'd say a very good chance.