AFFL Week 2: Facts on all Week 2 Match-ups
Raffi Lalazarian
There is nothing like having games mean more than just a game.
In the AFFL, rivalries run deep, and history has given punishing lessons to many of the teams in the most brutal ways. Who can forget the Bomba game of '10, when Michael Vick ripped off 63 points to close a forty point gap versus HBK? Or perhaps last season, when Hangin' and Bangin' managed to pull off a Monday night miracle with a Jordy Nelson catch on the last play of the game versus Awesomeness. Fantasy football is indeed a cruel mistress.
So lets rehash the past and give this weeks match-ups a little sizzle. Something extra to play for. Pride is on the line in many of these games, but revenge can be a factor as well. Below are some interesting facts about the current match-ups for week 2. Hopefully they'll make Sunday mean a little more.
Atomic Bomba v Vosgereechee Gyank
Match-up Facts
- Bomba is 6-1 lifetime vs. Vosgee
- The last time Vosgee defeated Bomba was week 6 of 2008. 92.10 - 79.44
- In those 6 losses, Vosgee has only managed to be within ten points once (2011). All other losses have been by 20,30,or 40+ points.
- Bomba has averaged 139 points in games against Gyank
- Gyank has averaged 92 points in games against Bomba
- Gyank's highest total when playing Bomba was 123 pts
- Bomba highest total when playing Gyank is 161 pts.
- Last season, Bomba came off a loss to HBK to defeat Gyank and begin a six game winning streak to end the season.
- In 2009, Gyank finished the season winning 4 of 6 games, with a loss coming at the hands of Bomba. This loss was the reason Gyank failed to make the playoffs.
HBK v Hartan
Match-up Facts
- Hartan has a 6-1 lifetime record vs HBK
- HBK ended a six year losing streak to Hartan last season, winning for the first time in the match-up week 9: 156.06-97.76
- In the six losses to Hartan, HBK has lost by nine points or less 4 times, with the closest loss coming in 2012 by .48 pts. (6,7,9,.48)
- Hartan has only blown out HBK once, by 53 points in 2008
- HBK's only win was a blow out of 59 pts.
- Hartan has averaged 117 points in games vs HBK, with a high game of 143 pts (2011)
- HBK has averaged 112 points in games vs Hartan, with a high game of 156 pts (2013)
- HBK's lowest score ever was against Hartan in 2008 (61 pts)
- In 2008, HBK won six of seven games during the season, with a lone loss coming against Hartan. In 2010, after starting the season with a four game win streak, a loss to Hartan week 5 sparked a four game losing streak that HBK could not recover from. In 2012, another three game win streak was snapped at the hands of Hartan.
Cobra Kai v Magnum Sev.i
Match-up Facts
Magnum has a 5-1 lifetime record vs Cobra Kai
Cobra broke a five game losing streak vs Magnum last season when he defeated Sev.i week 13: 109..2-134.88
Magnum's 5 wins have all been by 30 points or more, with the largest margin of victory being 41 points in 2012.
Cobra's lone win was by a margin of 25 pts
Magnum has averaged 131 points a game when playing Cobra, with the highest total being 166.62 points in 2011
Cobra has averaged 104 points per game when playing Magnum, with a high of 134 points in 2013.
Cobra has failed to clear 100 points in 4 of the six match-ups.
In 2011, Magnum lost six of seven games, but managed to have his only win during that span be against Cobra.
Cobra's loss to Magnum Sev.i in week 10 of the 2012 season was the reason he failed to make the playoffs, despite ending the season with a three game win streak.
Magnum's loss to Cobra during week 13 of last season eliminated him from the playoffs. Had he won, he would have made the post-season.
Jaj Cousteau v Grabbers United
Match-up Facts
- Jaj Cousteau has a perfect 5-0 lifetime record vs Grabbers
- Jaj has defeated Grabbers by an average of 25 points, with the closest margin of victory being 14 points in 2011
- Jaj has averaged 123 points per game when playing Grabbers, with a high of 127 points in 2009
- Grabbers has averaged 98 points per game when playing Jaj, with a high of 105 in 2011. He has only scored more than a hundred points twice.
- Jaj has twice bounced back from a loss the week before with a win against Grabbers
- Grabbers has lost to Jaj after winning the week before on three different occasions. During the 2010 season, Grabbers had won six of seven games, but a loss to Cousteau during week 8 sparked a three game losing streak and would lead to Grabbers missing the playoffs by one game.
BDiddy v Hangin' & Bangin'
Match-up Facts:
- Hangin' leads the lifetime record vs. BDiddy 4-2
- One of Hangin's four playoff losses has come a the hands of Diddy
- Hangin's victories have come by an average margin of 14 points
- BDiddy's victories have come by an average margin of 5.6 points
- Two games have been decided by less than half a point. (.44 in '09, .38 in '12)
- Hangin' has averaged 111 points a game vs DIddy, with a high of 154 points in 2013
- BDiddy has averaged 104 points a game vs Hangin', with a high of 143 points in 2013
- In 2008, despite losing six of their last seven games, Hangin' celebrated week 8 with a victory over BDiddy
- Hangin' got their first win of the 2013 season week 2 versus BDiddy (De ja vu?)
- In 2009, BDiddy finished the season winning 3 of 4 games, but losing to Hangin' week 12. The loss placed them as the sixth seed where they would eventually lose in the 2nd round of the playoffs. Had they beat Hangin', they would have been the 4th seed and made it to the finals.
- In 2010, BDiddy's win over Hangin' week 11 was one of two must wins to make the playoffs.
- BDiddy's loss to Hangin' week 2 of 2013 set off a four game losing streak for the team
Prime Time v Awesomeness
Match-up Facts
- Awesomeness has a lifetime record of 7-3 versus Prime Time
- The last time Prime Time defeated Awesomeness was week 10 of the 2011 season.
- Awesomeness has defeated Prime Time by an average margin of 23 points, with only one game having a difference of less than ten points (3 in '12). The highest margin of victory is 49 points in 2009.
- Prime Time has defeated Awesomeness by eight points twice, but holds the greatest margin of victory in the series with a 62 point blowout week 4 of the 2011 season.
- Prime Time's lowest point total ever in a game (58.96 pts) came versus Awesomeness during the 2013 season.
- Awesomeness has averaged 108 ppg in the series, with a high of 143 points in 2012
- Prime Time has averaged 98 ppg in the series, with a high of 153 points in 2011
- Prime Time has also failed to score 90 points in 5 of the 10 games.
- In 2010, Prime Time had a four game win streak snapped by Awesomeness week 9. The loss would force Prime Time to play Awesomeness in the second round of the playoffs, where he would be defeated again.
- In 2012, a loss to Awesomeness week 12 eliminated Prime Time from the playoffs.
- In 2013, Prime Time began the year winning 4 of 5 games, with a lone loss coming at the hands of Awesomeness.
- Awesomeness lost to Prime Time twice during the 2011 season. Winning one of those games would have gotten Awesomeness into the playoffs.