{"id":3501,"date":"2010-09-30T22:49:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T02:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2011-06-01T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T19:27:52","slug":"playoff-preview-opening-round-part-ii-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/playoff-preview-opening-round-part-ii-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Preview: Opening Round (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Is Not Pleased With His Sandwich<\/h4>\n

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#18 Butchers (4-8-0-4) at #15 Mathematics (6-8-0-2)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins East, 2:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> First Meeting
\n2010 Result:<\/strong> Week 15 – Game canceled due to “rain fears.”
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> It is no secret that there is bad blood between these two Schumacher Conference teams.\u00a0 Tensions began in the offseason when Mathematics stalwarts\u00a0 Georgine “Mulva” Paulin and Jeff “Hawk” Hawkins defected to the newly established Butchers after captain Ben Bloom promised each of them a goody bag filled with various meats and a free haircut from Amanda Jenkins (Hawk did not receive his as of yet).\u00a0 The animosity continued when Butchers agitator Ellen notched an extremely controversial win over Mathematics redneck Mike Smith in the 2010 Sharif Corinaldi Memorial Hot Legs Competition.\u00a0 With their lone matchup of the season canceled due to “rain fears,” these intense rivals have had to wait until this opening round playoff game to settle their differences.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 3.5 Hawkeyes.\u00a0 Although both teams have lost their last three games, they each have a solid core of players that is capable of scoring a lot of goals.<\/p>\n

Coop Just Changed His Name To “Pie”<\/h4>\n

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#17 Mega Touch (6-9-1) at #16 Poutine Machine (6-9-0-1)<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Tompkins West, 3:00 PM
\nAll-Time Series:<\/strong> Tied 1-1
\n2010 Result:<\/strong> Week 7 – Poutine Machine 1, Mega Touch 0; Week 14 – Mega Touch 2, Poutine Machine 1 (OT)
\nGame Notes:<\/strong> This is the only playoff game this weekend that features two teams from the same division.\u00a0 Thus, Mega Touch and Poutine Machine will face off for the third time this season on Sunday.\u00a0 Although both teams did notch a win against the other in their previous contests, Poutine Machine enters the playoffs with a slight edge, as its loss to Mega Touch came in overtime.\u00a0 That result ultimately gave the Machine a higher seed and home court advantage for this game. Already, numerous preparations have been made in the Larsen Civic Centre in anticipation of this new franchise’s first playoff game.\u00a0 Most notably, a pre-game ceremony will honor captain Patrick “Sven” Larsen for his outstanding work as the face of this franchise.\u00a0 Additionally, perennially injured veteran Tim “(S)crappy” Gray will drop the ceremonial first ball.\u00a0 Despite these planned festivities, Mega Touch defender Eric Devlin does not see the point in any of them and questions their necessity.
\nEli\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Poutine Machine.\u00a0 These teams are evenly matched.\u00a0 When in doubt, take the home team.
\nDerek\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Mega Touch.\u00a0 These teams are evenly matched.\u00a0 When in doubt, take the team with more experience.
\nWatchability:<\/strong> 3 Jewetts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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