Here is something that's true: the Bad News Bensons have won their division each of the last two seasons. Here's something else that's true: the Bad News Bensons have finished each of the last two regular seasons with losing records. Pretty crazy that both those facts can coexist, isn't it? And we didn't even need any warped mental alternative-facts-fake-news gymnastics bullshit to make it happen! It's just plain old-fashioned true. The Bensons won their division with a 6-7 record two years running.
Could they do it again?
Obviously, 6-7 records are a thing of the past thanks to the new 14-game schedule we've got. But the leader in the Winterfell clubhouse is the Millennium Falcons at a decidedly uninspiring 5-5, and in addition to their two divisional rivals, they've got games remaining against two of the league's strongest teams, in the Angry Monkeys (7-3) and IPP (7-3). The Bensons also get to play each Winterfell foe again, as well as a tough out against Team Hauloll, but they also get to play Football Jesus, who is dead last in points scored league-wide, and has scored under 100 in two of its last four games.
I don't know, guys...I'm smelling a 6-8 division title for the Lucky Break Bears.
Hauloll 138.5 | IPP 136.9
Had Rodgers just had a sorta bad day instead of a really bad day, IPP would have seized control of the West(ish) Coast. But he did not, so they did not.
Hornets 149.1 | Lanniesters 140.4
Good on you, Mountain Time.
Jesus 130.7 | Falcons 110.1
Also, someone check my sports math here, but I'm pretty sure Jesus could clinch a division title next week, even with a loss (if Odouls and Boom also lose). They've got a four-game lead with four to play, right? Goodness, how fucking bad is the Holy Trinity Division. (Real bad.)