Week 11 Results, Regular Seasons Winners, Playoffs!

Bon-Jovi!  

Announcements: 

-Tonight (Wednesday 11/23) there are no scheduled League games, but there is a hearty tradition of Pickup Tofurkey Ultimate.  If you call Asheville home or are sticking around for the gobbledays, come out from 7 - 10 to form teams and mingle with your opponents for a night of fun.  

-It is with great sadness that we offer our sincerest condolences for the passing of Dr. Whitton, the father of our own Dumptruck, a staple of the AUC community.  Please, if you're around, come by the fields tonight at 7.30, when we'll be taking a large group photo and sending it to Dumptruck and his family to show our support.  

-The playoff schedule is posted below.  We have two Wednesdays and a Saturday (12/10) of Double Elimination.  Do your best to clear that Saturday, as any team could win, and all teams will have scheduled games that day.  Afterwards there will be a AUC sponsored party at a local establishment, details forthcoming.  

But now, last week's results!

at 5.30

Gold Rush bested Baby Blue, 15-9.

Maroon Bonobos hopped early on Graphite in the dark before the lights came on, and won 15-9.

at 7.00

Graphite won the double header against B. Blu, whose stars' absences were noted, 15-8 Graphite.  and P.P.P.P.. settled into post-season mode against Green&Tonic, 15-7 Purple.

at 8.30

the Red Eye Rockets won a squeaker over Tighty Whites, just taking the lead before the lights went out, 11-10.  and the Scruffy Unicorns were all apparently Occupying Some Street somewhere and had to Forfeit! vs. N. Blue Magic.  Let's hope they're all feeling better for the post season.  

So, that leaves us with the following records after regular season play:

1.  Navy Blue Magic (12-1)

2.  P.P.P.P.... (11-2) (won head to head over Red)

3. Red Eye Rockets (11-2)

4.  Tighty Whites (7-6)

5.  Maroon Bonobos (6-7) (won head to head over Gold)

6.  Gold Rush (6-7)

7.  Graphite (4-9) (1-1 vs B.Blue, but +2 point differential!)

8.  Baby Blue Sky (4-9)

9.  Green & Tonic (3-10) (won head to head over Pink)

10.  Scruffy Unicorns (3-10) 

After much mulling, here's the double elimination bracket we're following:  

(I'm new to this blogging thing, but i'm pretty sure you can zoom in on this, print it out, etc..)  

Fall 2011 Bracket

Week 9 and 10 Results!

Sorry y'all, I've been slacking.  First a few announcements:
-Green and Tonic won the Costume Contest.  The panel of 6 judges mainly appraised the team shots on the blog, and the only judge in attendance was slightly trampled by the giant Pink Unicorn on the field.  G&T won a $75 gift card to Asheville Pizza and Brewing, and they used it wisely.
-Only one more week of regular season play!  Then, we break from league play for the week of Thanksgiving. Instead, we hold ToFurkey Pickup on Thanksgiving eve (Nov. 24th), for everyone and anyone in town.
-When we come back, it's playoffs.  The exact format is TBA, but we'll post regular season results soon.
-The finals of the playoffs will be held on Saturday December 10th, with a party that night that the whole league must attend.  Attend the party!
-I'm collecting quite the Lost and Found.  Find me if you've ever left stuff at the fields.  Also, stop leaving stuff.

Week 9 (November 11th) RESULTS:
At 5.30
Games started pretty late.
Red 8 - Green 3
Pink Forfeit (Lady-less!) - Graphite W


at 7.00
Green 11 - Pink 8
Navy Blue Magic 14 - Baby Blue 12


at 8.30
Purple P. P. P.... 13 - Maroon Bonobos 7
Gold Rush 15 - Tighty Whites 14


Week 10 (November 9th) RESULTS:
at 5.30
Maroon Bonobos kept the game close against the N. Blue Magic, it was 8-5 Magic at half.  But then Magic started to really perform, as usual.  Final  N. Blue 15-8.  
and
"The 'Yeah Baby Blue' vs 'Red Rockets' 5:30 game featured 'Yeah Baby' failing to complete a single throw on the first three possessions of the game which helped to enable the Red Rockets to take a quick 6-0 lead...'Yeah Baby Blue' finally made the decision to throw and catch but it was a bit too little and a bit too late as 'Red' took the win with the final official score 14-12...and then added one exhibition point after the hard cap."
-Andy Koenig   ...  Red 14-12.  

by Andy Koenig.  Nice Boombox!

at 7.00
Purple P.P.P... squared off against the procacious Scruffy Pink Unicorns. Although Pink's new female recruits played admirably and are most welcome, PPPPP took half 8-3 and closed it with a solid "force flick" style defense. Purple 15-7.
and
the Red-Eye Rockets rubbed up against Maroon Bonobos. The Rockets stayed mostly in control, taking half 8-5 and closing out Red 15-9.

at 8.30
Gold Rush, suffering from some attendance issues, took on Green:
"It was a dark stormy night, and the rain came relentlessly as Green & Tonic took the field against Yellow and their all star pickups.  After a quick lead of 3 was gained, Green and Yellow battled it out until the lights went out and Green emerged victorious 13-8.  And there was much rejoicing."  - E.T.  Green 13-8
and 
Tighty Whites fought Graphite.  A hard fought game, featuring uncanny attendance by most of White's players, including the return of their valiant co-captain.  Some of graphite's players were playing exceptionally well as they struggled to rally in the deadly drizzle.  But the depth of White's talent should be feared in the playoffs, as they ended it at 15-10.  




See you all next week for the last week of regular season!   

Week 8 Results

A splendid Halloween showing last week.  So glad everyone jumped early into the Holiday.  And, the fact that everyone was dressed rather silly did not stop folks from playing some really hard, good ultimate!
The RESULTS:

at 5.30
The Maroon Bonobos, on this night dressed rather hick-ly, faced off against the Navy Blue Magic.  The game started and ended tight, as multiple shots went up to Magic's favorite receiver, but he was just less than completely open this evening.  Bonobos took half 7-5, but Magic came out on three point streak to make it 8-7 and eventually closed it out in the cap, 12-10 N. Blue.
and Gold Rush went against the Red-Eye Rockets.  Both teams featured some potent offenses, and Gold looked ready to take half before pulling out the zone to slow down Red's cutters.  Red took half 8-7, and when the hard cap went off, Gold had two chances to tie it up.  Alack, they did not; Final: 15-13, Red.  


at 7.00
Green and Tonic amassed on the sidelines early, looking extremely intimidating in their battlegear (see last post).  They faced Tighty-Whiteys, who were dressed as their favorite Nickolodeon alter-ego.  Cartoons defeat Cardboard, evidently, though Green was not visibly disheartened.  12-6, Whiteys.  
and The Red-Eye Rockets sparred Navy Blue Magic, the night's anticipated double-header.  A very competitive game, Red took half and held the lead until the soft cap went on at 12-11, game to 14.  Navy Blue stepped up once more to snatch the W, however, 14-12 Navy Blue.

and at 8.30
Team P.P.P.P... met the arcade heroes of Graphite.  Although Purple felt they were in control, they were clearly having trouble against the zone, and found themselves at Universe point, 14-14.  Strazzler put destiny in Mr. Stagg's hands and launched the game winner deep over a bidding Manget/Raiden.  15-14 Purple.
and The Scruffy Pink Unicorns pranced with the Baby-Blue Babies.  Another close game, but Pink was clearly elevated by the appearance of their anthropomorphic deity at half-time (see video below), replete with 28 legs and wings.  They dispatched the infants, 12-10 Pink.

Check out all the great pictures!  Huge thanks to Forrest Samuels, Cathy Jones, and whomever grabbed my camera and took other pictures.  (Forrest has been contributing heavily to an AUC Flickr group that anyone can add to.)  And be sure to check out the team photos from Sunday's post.

See you tomorrow night!