{"id":11566,"date":"2015-10-08T23:13:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T03:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=11566"},"modified":"2015-10-08T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T03:36:00","slug":"playoff-round-of-16-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/playoff-round-of-16-previews\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Round of 16 Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Let The Tournament Begin!<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_11572\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kumite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kumite.jpg\" alt=\"asdfasdafsdf\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11572\" height=\"311\" width=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kumite.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kumite-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spoiler: Dude in the blue wins this fight, but eventually gets his leg bone broken by Chong Li.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><br \/>Editor&#8217;s Note: The following was written by everyone&#8217;s favorite Denim Demon (which isn&#8217;t saying much), Jennifer Popack.\u00a0 Although we at The ORG helped with her with some of the spreads to ensure accuracy, you can attribute all uses of the first person to her.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because my football team and I broke up, I needed to fill a void, and the best solution is to become a complete degenerate and gamble on BTSH playoff games&#8230;which I\u2019m now going to share with all of you!\u00a0 You were obviously going to stick around and watch all the games on Sunday anyway, but now you have an even better reason to heckle teams and give a crap.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rules: we will generate a spread for each of the games throughout the playoffs. You have to make your selections each week in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BTSH-Hockey-Playoff-Grids.xlsx\">attached excel grid<\/a> and email it to me by Saturday afternoon. The person with the highest number of correct picks at the end of the playoffs will be the winner. If there\u2019s a tie, the tiebreak will be your guess of total number of goals scored throughout the playoffs (closest total will win).\u00a0 It\u2019s just $5 to play, and the size of the pot will depend on how many people decide to join \u2013 so spread the word!!\u00a0 (Venmo, PayPal, and cold hard cash are all acceptable forms of payment \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:jpopack@gmail.com\">jpopack &lt;at&gt; gmail<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here are this week\u2019s spreads (playoff seed in parentheses):<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Denim Demons vs. Gremlins<\/strong><br \/>Denim Demons (9): -2.5<br \/>Gremlins (8): +2.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Filthier vs. Tompkins Square Riots<\/strong><br \/>Filthier (1): -5.5<br \/>Tompkins Square Riots (19): +5.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sky Fighters vs. Gut Rot<\/strong><br \/>Sky Fighters (5): -2.5<br \/>Gut Rot (12): +2.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corlears Hookers vs. LBS, Inc.<\/strong><br \/>Corlears Hookers (13): PICK<br \/>LBS, Inc. (4): PICK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rehabs vs. Instant Karma<\/strong><br \/>Rehabs (3): -1.5<br \/>Instant Karma (16): +1.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mathematics vs. Butchers<\/strong><br \/>Mathematics (6): -1.5<br \/>Butchers (11): +1.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cobra Kai vs. Gouging Anklebiters<\/strong><br \/>Cobra Kai (10): PICK<br \/>Gouging Anklebiters (7): PICK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fresh Kills vs. Dark Rainbows<\/strong><br \/>Fresh Kills (2): -4.5<br \/>Dark Rainbows (18): +4.5<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we\u2019ll also predict things for the other two games, but just like the Fairy Tale Cup really only exists in Rich\u2019s head, so too, these picks are meaningless\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Little Elves vs. What The Puck<\/strong> <br \/>Over\/Under on the number of female Elves in attendance: 0<br \/>Over\/Under on the number of people anyone actually recognizes on WTP (not including Corey): 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mega Touch vs Poutine Machine<\/strong><br \/>Over\/Under on how many pairs of jorts will be present on the court: 4<br \/>Over\/Under on the number of French expletives shouted by Jo-Ann mid-game: 11<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11574\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/411_money.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11574\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/411_money.gif\" alt=\"adfasdfsdf\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11574\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will this be you at the end of the playoffs?<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let The Tournament Begin! Editor&#8217;s Note: The following was written by everyone&#8217;s favorite Denim Demon (which isn&#8217;t saying much), Jennifer Popack.\u00a0 Although we at The ORG helped with her with some of the spreads to ensure accuracy, you can attribute all uses of the first person to her. Because my football team and I broke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[239,244,308],"class_list":["post-11566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-previews","tag-2015-season","tag-kumite","tag-weekly-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11566"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11576,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11566\/revisions\/11576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}