Likely Bid allocation by city:

Milwaukee 39-43
Twin Cities 5
Madison 2
Green Bay 1
St Louis 1


Due to countless rainouts and the impossible task of leveling the playing field, the tourney qualifiers at this point consists of teams who have met the following criteria;

-Division winners
-5+ wins AND 2 or less losses

An asterisk means teams have accepted or will accept a bid

Teams who have clinched bids:

*Superdudes (7-0) 5?, 105?
*Spankers (6-0) 6, 55
*Bear Balls (7-0) 11 RA, 91 RF
*Kickin Balls & Taken Names (Milwaukee) (5-0) 8, 54
*Got Gas? (8-0) 13, 70
*Shhhh (7-0) 13, 57
*Fresh (8-0) 15, 60
*Vandelay Valley State (7-0) 15, 55
*Ridiculously Good Looking (Madison) (7-0) 16, 70
*OB's Fun Machine (6-0) 14, 99
*Club G's (7-0) 17, 54
*Bottle Milwaukee (7-0) 20, 89
*Mischievous Badgers (7-0) 13?, 55?
*Mr Rogers Neighborhoodlums (8-0) 35, 115
*Magic Eightball (5-0) 29, 57
*Sex Panthers (6-0-1) 10, 75
*Afterschool Specials (7-0-1) 12, 73
*Kickin Balls & Taken Names (Minnesota) (7-1) 22, 59
*Tap That Ass (7-1) 28, 59
*Drunk Again & Looking to Score (7-0-1) 20, 71
*Prestige Worldwide (7-1) 9, 51
*Pour Me Another (7-1) 24, 107
*Greasy Cooter (6-1 13, 41
*RC's (6-1) 14, 57
*Who Needs A Pitcher? (6-1) 17, 61
*Suck My Kick (6-1) 19, 60
*Fisted (5-0-2) 22, 56
*Liver Damage (6-1) 24, 65
*Ballistic Bunters (6-1) 17? 68?
*Flying Burritos (6-1) 38, 68
*Liquor I Barely Know Her (5-1-1) 21, 21, 48
*Can't Quite Score Enough (5-1-1) 23, 62
*Nagma (5-1-1) 34, 76
*Overnite Celebrities (5-1) 18, 85
*Kickin Mules (5-1) 19, 54
*Blue Balls (6-2) 15, 55
*Mike Oxbig Foundation (6-2) 32, 63
*Toe Jobs (6-2) 49, 99
*Mr Simpson My Name Is Craig (5-2) 25, 44
*Donkey Punch (5-2) 29, 74
*Too Drunk To Kick (5-2) 42, 45
Brute Squad (5-2) 54, 67
*1 Big Motorboatin Inning (4-1-1) 36, 37 (won division)
*Sweet Tang (4-1) 30, 53 (won division)
*Smooth Criminals (4-1) 11, 45 (won division)
*St Louis Big Balls


46 teams have clinched bids, Green Bay would get the 47th bid, and any additional Madison and Minnesota teams are still eligible to take a few bids, however I dont expect more then 1-2 at the most. Brute Squad has yet to accept their bid out of the above teams.

The Fall 2009 Golden Lunchbox Tourney may expand to 52 teams based on everything said above. There are several teams who have played less then 7 games but could still get to 5 wins this week. These teams will be given the chance to play for one of the remaining bids. Look for an email with details.

The following teams this applies to is:
Toe Jammers
*Serenity Now
*American Strike Force
*Phat Kids
*Bad Boyz
We Like It Raw
*Kick Me In The Junk
*One Inning Demise
*Easy Out
*Brew City Boozers
Picked Last In Gym Class
*All Day
cRayolas
Harveys Ballbangers
Cornerstone Roofing
Kickball Jesus Would
*Swift Kick In The Grass

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Mark N,

Ok I'm a little confused by this. Serenity now has 2 regular season games left that we are willing to make up any day this week. Are you saying that if we win those two games we don't move up into the top list but that we have to win some type of play in game to get into the tourney?

In that case you would be in the tourney. Bascially ~4-2 teams who are unwilling to play this week at some point wont be considered.

Serenity Now technically has 3 games left I thought?

Dan will be sending out the email to sort out the above teams and the possible "play-in" scenerios.

If we even have to expand the tourney further we can probably do it, all it means is the bracket gets shifted back 45-90 mins to accommodate the additional teams. There is built in time later in the day for disasters like this.

It's all going to depend on who gets back to Dan to express interest in making up their games.

Yeah they cancelled the crossover so really we only have 2 left.

Well, someone had to get fucked and it turns out it's us (and other Friday night teams).

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Well, someone had to get fucked and it turns out it's us (and other Friday night teams).

Well, not really.

You have the option to play this week to earn a bid. Not to mention, the assumption you would have beat the two powerhouses is a pretty big one...you guys are lucky you are even in this conversation as you would likely have been 4-3!

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Originally posted by Mark N:

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Well, someone had to get fucked and it turns out it's us (and other Friday night teams).

Well, not really.

You have the option to play this week to earn a bid. Not to mention, the assumption you would have beat the two powerhouses is a pretty big one...you guys are lucky you are even in this conversation as you would likely have been 4-3!

To expand upon this, the options are to play the regularly scheduled game as a make up by Wednesday or there will be a series of play in games Friday to break up the glut of 4-1, 4-2, and 3-2 teams. It is tough to determine who in these groups should be tourney eligible with differing games so having those teams get in that scheduled game or duke it out made the most sense when looking at where the numbers played out relative to current tourney format.

I can see a problem with make up games at this point in the season. We had 2 teams we didn't play. 1 team had 1 or 2 wins and wouldn't have been much of a challenge. That game would have given us our 5th win. The other team is Kickin Balls Taking names. Why would they want to play anyone now that they have secured their spot in the tournament? I don't think its fair to punish teams because of mother nature.

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Originally posted by ranger:
I can see a problem with make up games at this point in the season. We had 2 teams we didn't play. 1 team had 1 or 2 wins and wouldn't have been much of a challenge. That game would have given us our 5th win. The other team is Kickin Balls Taking names. Why would they want to play anyone now that they have secured their spot in the tournament? I don't think its fair to punish teams because of mother nature.

This is not a punishment, it is breaking up a jam of a lot of teams who are about the same in performance with limited games and allowing them to play for the slots of which there are more being added to accomodate the clusterfock from the weather this season.

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You have the option to play this week to earn a bid. Not to mention, the assumption you would have beat the two powerhouses is a pretty big one...you guys are lucky you are even in this conversation as you would likely have been 4-3!

All shit talking aside, we had All Day left on our schedule (not a powerhouse) and Kickin Balls Takin Names (who we beat in the spring). Sooo, what are you talking about?

We play on Friday nights because some of us can't play during the week. Why would I have volunteered to play games when I knew I would have to get a bunch of subs? I don't really appreciate being asked to jump through a bunch of hoops to act like you're doing us a favor.

I spent more time umping games for my team and others that didn't show up this season than I did actually playing. Now we're getting fucked on EOS too. Thanks for the 'superior' product.

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Originally posted by GameOver:

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You have the option to play this week to earn a bid. Not to mention, the assumption you would have beat the two powerhouses is a pretty big one...you guys are lucky you are even in this conversation as you would likely have been 4-3!

All shit talking aside, we had All Day left on our schedule (not a powerhouse) and Kickin Balls Takin Names (who we beat in the spring). Sooo, what are you talking about?

We play on Friday nights because some of us can't play during the week. Why would I have volunteered to play games when I knew I would have to get a bunch of subs? I don't really appreciate being asked to jump through a bunch of hoops to act like you're doing us a favor.

I spent more time umping games for my team and others that didn't show up this season than I did actually playing. Now we're getting fucked on EOS too. Thanks for the 'superior' product.

If the regular season match up cant be played, the play ins are on Friday. If you had to look at the numbers and make fair decisions I am not sure what conclusion you would have come to. The 'hoops' are simply a one game play off in your case on the night you were playing all season.

Sounds Good. Bad Boyz will play on Friday then..

Also on another note, part of the decision recognizes that some bubble teams may feel compelled based on records to not play their last game(s) as there is risk of losing potentially. The play in seeks to mitigate the possibility of that happening as well.

you guys act as if dan and joe have some sort of fault in the fact that mother nature totally screwed us this year... while it certainly sucks that A LOT of games were rained out, they're also doing what they can to try and make up for it. they can't work miracles.

The 'hoops' is in reference to us going from No. 20 on the bubble watch to out of the tournament based on us not being able to make up games during the week (which would have made us an auto qualifier).

Peaches, you are in rare form today - even for you. You would have went from #20 to completely off most likely, had you played your games.

You should be thankful the rain gave you a stay of execution until this Friday. You get 4 more days to complain. I know, everything sucks!!

One would think that the only reason to complain this much is if one had a serious shot to win it all. Which if one did they would not be a bubble team. I'm sure my logic is flawed though.

Oh and this just in, Balls Deep from Minnesota will be the 6th team to make the trip.

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Originally posted by Mark N:
Oh and this just in, Balls Deep from Minnesota will be the 6th team to make the trip.

This also just in, they suck.

I'd rather have half our registration back and not even bother with the tournament. Can that be arranged?

Since that's probably not happening, we'll give it the old college try on Friday night and see what we can do Saturday. After all, it was only last spring when we (Mr. Simpson) snuck in as the No. 48 seed and made the Final Four.