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The self #1 seed? SCANDAL?!? jk

We currently have 57 players registered, paid, and 100% complete on their entry into Tundra Bowl IV. We are further along in our registrations this year than we ever have been before at this time, and with our projections (based on registrations without payment, people paying at the door, walk-ins and people on the fence), we are looking to have close to 70-80 players for tournament day! While these are just projections, it is our hope we can reach that number this year through social media, word of mouth, and just an overall growing to our tournament. Each player will be guaranteed a minimum of 4 games in Tundra Bowl IV - and with our current participants and projections, we are looking at 10-15 groups this year. We are placing a #1 seeded, and #2 seeded player in each group to balance the level of talent, and come out with a phenomenal Tournament Bracket and Consolation Bracket. See top (page 1) post for the Number 1 and Number 2 seeds of each group.

I was recently watching my Midwest Tecmo games on the stream and was reading the comments from my CIN/T.B matchup call. The comments were consistent with what I hear a lot from folks. Even veteran players. Here's my breakdown on why I love it. I baited my man @manyo360 in the round of 32 in Madison some years back. Manyo, is this in the black book now? Tampa Bay's weaknesses are: OL, DL, LB and that's it. Throw in an All-Tecmo defender with a top 5 DB unit combined with a 31ms QB and a 94HP RB/TE. There's good value to eek out here in the right hands. Cincinnati's weaknesses are: DL, LB, and WR. In this matchup Cincy's impotent DL cancels out T.B's shitty OL (which is the fear, usually. no one wants Vinny running for his life with that low PS). Yeah, Francis has 69HP but coincidentally T.Bs best lineman is at OL4 sporting a healthy 50HP to keep Francis in check under average conditions. I call this the Paul Han(d)s Gruber effect. The shitty WR's of Cincy against a top DB squad in Tampa Bay make throwing into coverage very dangerous. Get up early with T.B in this matchup and it's very hard for the Bungles to come clawing back. If your opponent does not take the bait and picks T.B you still have the "better" team in the Bengals. Brooks, Boomer and Fo-Rock can always get it done in the right hands. Also, at a quick glance these teams are similar with mobile QBs and single stud DBs. So as far as playbooks go.... choose wisely. Watch it at 7:54 - I'm the Bengals. AJ didn't take the bait. I go on to win this tournament.

Tourney flier courtesy of @toolie

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