TSB IX

TSB IX

My 9th Tecmo Super Bowl tournament took place on Sunday afternoon. There were 11 participants. We added the computer as a 12th team to make 3 divisions with 4 teams each.

Division 1: Matt R, Jeff S, Jon W, Computer
Division 2: Jordan R, Steve C, Owen H, Dominic H
Division 3: Joe W, Nick W, Cayvon H, Leo C

Each participant chose a random NFL team helmet to find out what team they would be for each game of the round robin stage.

Results after round robin:

Division 1
Matt R 3-0 (+66)
Computer 2-1 (+53)
Jon W 1-2 (-33)
Jeff S 0-3 (-86)

Division 2
Jordan 2-1 (+36)
Steve 2-1 (+4)
Owen 1-2 (+0)
Dominic 1-2 (-27)

Division 3
Joe 3-0 (+71)
Cayvon 2-1 (-22)
Nick 1-2 (-13)
Leo 0-3 (-22)

The 3 division winners received automatic bids to the playoffs. Originally, we were going to award 1 wild card position to the team with the best remaining record (With point differential tie breaker), but when we realized this would be the computer (the new ROM definitely seemed to increase the computer's quality!), we decided to have a play-in game between the computer and the next best participant.

Playoff team selection was made via a snake draft with the highest seed picking first.

Playoff results:

Play-in game:
Steve (Buffalo) defeats Computer (KC) 10-8
#2 Matt (Baltimore) defeated #3 Jordan (Detroit) 28-7
#1 Joe (SF) defeated #4 Steve (Cincinnati) 27-24

Bronze Medal Game
#3 Jordan (Minnesota) defeated #4 Steve (LAC) 20-7

Gold Medal Game
#2 Matt (Washington) defeated #1 Joe (Philadelphia) 14-7

It was a great time to hang out! Thanks for all who participated or just came to watch! And thanks for all who brought food and helped to clean up! Already looking forward to TSB X next February! ...

Round robin scores

D1
Matt defeated Jeff 45-0, Jon 31-17, Computer 17-10
Computer defeated Jon 34-14, Jeff 47-7
Jon defeated Jeff 7-6

D2 Jordan defeated Steve 21-3, Owen 21-13
Steve defeated Dom 28-10, Owen 18-14
Owen defeated Dom 38-26
Dom defeated Jordan 31-28

D3 Joe defeated Nick 35-14, Cayvon 42-0, Leo 22-14
Cayvon defeated Leo 21-7, Nick 13-7
Nick defeated Leo by forfeit