Crew MNF: ZJ's first MWM win!

🍆 ZJ has won its first MWM game ever, and three Crew matchups are still undecided tonight.

🧪 CLI finished Sunday with nobody left. 🍆 ZJ is 5.2 ahead and still has Dameon Pierce to add, so the MWM Quarterfinal is 🍆 ZJ’s. It has now beaten 🧪 CLI two weeks running: 102.1 to 116.7 last week, and in the MWM this week.

It is 🍆 ZJ’s first MWM win. It was 0–2 in MWM games, losing in the 2022 MWM Quarterfinals to 💨 LTF and, as the top MWM seed, in the 2024 MWM Semifinal to ⚜️ K&G. It also ends 🧪 CLI’s run of five straight MWM wins. The MWM 5 seed has now won five of the seven MWM Quarterfinals.

Next week 🍆 ZJ plays 🎣 DTTW, the top MWM seed, in the MWM Semifinal. That series is level at 14–14. 🎣 DTTW is 2–0 in MWM games: it won the 2020 MWM as the top MWM seed, 133.3 to 123.8. The other MWM Semifinal is 🦞 Doug against ⏪ RTRO.

🍆 ZJ vs 👨‍🍳 M&R

🍆 ZJ trails by 7.7, Pierce is its last starter, and 👨‍🍳 M&R is done. Pierce has reached 7.7 in 15 of his 25 weeks in the record, and he scored 14.2 for 🍆 ZJ in week 6. He is projected for 6.5 tonight. A win would make it four straight for 🍆 ZJ.

These two have met eight times in the postseason, more than any other pair, and 👨‍🍳 M&R won six. One was the 2012 Championship, 107.4 to 162.3. Another was the 2018 consolation meeting, where 🍆 ZJ scored the lowest postseason score in Crew history, 51.3 to 161.2.

@BotHasStat: 40% chance of a 🍆 ZJ comeback

⚜️ K&G vs ⏪ RTRO

⚜️ K&G leads by 8.0, and the rest is all Cowboys. ⚜️ K&G has Javonte Williams. ⏪ RTRO has George Pickens and the Cowboys D/ST, so it needs Pickens and the defense to outscore Javonte by 8.0. In the four weeks the record has all three, they did it twice.

Thursday’s preview noted that ⏪ RTRO had alternated wins and losses all season, which made tonight a win. The rhythm now needs a comeback.

@BotHasStat: 34% chance of a ⏪ RTRO comeback

💨 LTF vs 🕳️ TBH

🕳️ TBH leads by 14.0. 💨 LTF has Dallas Goedert at tight end, and 🕳️ TBH has CeeDee Lamb at flex, on the other side of the same game. So 💨 LTF needs Goedert to outscore Lamb by 14.0. In the 67 weeks the record has both of them, Goedert did it twice.

@BotHasStat: 4% chance of an 💨 LTF comeback

⚽ TPC vs 🏎️ M&N

This one is over. 🏎️ M&N leads by 30.6, ⚽ TPC is done, and 🏎️ M&N still has Saquon Barkley to come. It ends 🏎️ M&N’s three-game losing streak, and it is 🏎️ M&N’s sixth straight win over ⚽ TPC.