Road to the Super Bowl XV

How did we get here? Let’s do a quick recap since we missed all the action from rounds one and two. With Chunky Monkeys and Gang Green taking a well deserved break from the action, Athena Nike and Dirty Birds faced off for the right to face off against #1 seed Evan. Frank and Jon had been on friendly terms all season, discussing trades and pickups, but all that niceness was put on hold as Eli Manning and Odell Beckham teamed up to throw up 30+ points each and blow out Nike, who only had Aaron Rodgers and Panthers defense show up to the battle.

During the next round, Dirty Birds faced a much tougher challenge versus the slumping Chunky Monkeys. By the end of Sunday night, it looked like Jon would be down for the count after leaving Kirk Cousins and Ted Ginn Jr. on the bench, but somehow Eli and Odell had a brief (and controversy filled) comeback and then when Calvin Johnson and Tim Hightower could only muster a combined 12.4 pts on MNF, that sealed Evan’s collapse.

For Fat Jubas, the path was much easier as they found themselves peaking at just the right time and dispatched the higher ranked Philadelphia Phreaks and then Gang Green in easy fashion. David Johnson exploded for 42.9 pts in the conference finals and Johnson’s one of the only sure things in a lineup that GM Eric has been juggling in recent weeks to get the best production. If he can strike for magic once again Jubas could pull off a tremendous Super Bowl win as a losing team, and on a four game winning streak to boot.

Both the Birds and Jubas are looking for their third titles, with Jubas’ two coming in 2005 and 2012 and the Birds’ coming in 2002 and 2007. On paper, Jon’s team has the bigger names, and are 8-1 heading into the Super Bowl, but they’ve also been very mercurial, with a defense that has scored zero and negative two points in recent weeks. Plus, Odell Beckham is facing a one game suspension at the worst possible time, so Jubas is going to be in prime position to have his WR heavy team — Mike Evans, Alshon Jeffery, Emmanuel Sanders, and Allen Robinson are the top four scorers — bomb their way to an upset victory. Which coach will pilot their team to history? Let’s find out!

ROUND ONE

• Dirty Birds (7-6) def Athena Nike (9-4), 128.6 - 84.4
• Fat Jubas (5-8) def Philadelphia Phreaks (8-5), 100.1 - 76.1
• Byes: Chunky Monkeys, Gang Green

CONFERENCE FINALS

• Dirty Birds (7-6) def Chunky Monkeys (10-3), 101.4 - 94.8
• Fat Jubas (5-8) def Gang Green (9-4), 127.8 - 95.4