Pro Bowl XVI Tournament 2019
Pro Bowl XVI Champs The Supernovas (8-7)
| First Round | Final Four | Pro Bowl |
|---|---|---|
| (6) The Black Pearl 55 | (5) The Supernovas 79 | |
| (3) Daddy & His Boys 60 | (1) Wild Animals 53 | (5) The Supernovas 86 |
| (5) The Supernovas 77 | (3) Daddy & His Boys 104 | (3) Daddy & His Boys 60 |
| (4) Alhambra 50 | (2) McTriple Play 67 |
(The Pro Bowl Tournament is a single elimination tournament. Win and your team moves on, lose and your team is eliminated. Higher seed means your team has home field advantage and advances in case of a tie.)
Team Information:
Alhambra (freespirit, Mr. T & Slick Chick)
The Black Pearl (Badwater Nessie, Captain Jack Sparrow & Rad Dad)
Daddy & His Boys (Drummer Boy, Hoosier Daddy & MJD Hogg)
McTriple Play (Bob Swerski, Nighthawk & Stinkerbell)
The Supernovas (Captain Insano, Fearless Tuna & Halibut J-Bird)
Wild Animals (The Cat, Double-Double & The Rickster)
Pro Bowl XVI Match (Week 16):
Two-time Champions – The Supernovas have stunned the club by defeating Daddy & His Boys to win their second career Pro Bowl team championship! And The Supernovas did this in dominant fashion, winning the match by a final score of 86-60. In fact, in looking back through the archives it is clear that The Supernovas had the most dominant Pro Bowl Tournament run in club history, as they won their three matches by scores of 27 Points, 26 Points, and 26 Points. Never before had a championship team won all of their matches by such large margins. To say that this was unexpected would be an understatement. The Supernovas struggled through the regular season and just never fully clicked as a team, ending with a losing record of 5 wins and 7 losses and the lowly #5 seed. But then the tournament began and The Supernovas transformed from burned out stars to bright supernovas. They began their tournament run by defeating rookie team #4 seed Alhambra 77-50. Next up in the Final Four, they knocked out the defending champs #1 seed Wild Animals 79-53. And they followed that up in the final by stunning Daddy & His Boys to become two-time champions. The Supernovas had won their only previous Pro Bowl team championship back in 2006, so they are no doubt thrilled to win their second title 13 years (or 8 club seasons) later. In breaking down how their team won the final, let’s take a closer look at each of the three teammates. Halibut J-Bird led the way last week by winning the Week 16 MVP Award and scoring 34 Points. Not far behind was Captain Insano, who won the Week 16 MVP Award Runner-Up with 31 Points. Fearless Tuna added a decent 21 Points of his own and thus you can see how they reached 86 Points. In having both the MVP and the MVP Runner-Up on their squad this week, The Supernovas borrowed a page from Daddy & His Boys, who had done the same in the previous week during the Final Four. When that happens, a team just cannot be stopped no matter what. Speaking of Daddy & His Boys, although they did not win their fourth title, they can hold their heads up high. Daddy & His Boys teammates Hoosier Daddy, MJD Hogg, and Drummer Boy had yet another outstanding run through the tournament and nearly won it all. They just happened to run into a team that experienced a stellar explosion and could not be stopped. Congratulations to The Supernovas on becoming the 2019 Pro Bowl Team Champions!
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(5) The Supernovas def. (3) Daddy & His Boys 86-60
What’s at stake: A spot in The Football Club Hall of Fame as the 2019 Pro Bowl Team Champions.
Pro Bowl Tournament history: The 2019 Pro Bowl Team Championship match is an unlikely showdown between a long forgotten powerhouse with The Supernovas and one of the greatest Pro Bowl teams of all time with Daddy & His Boys. For those unfamiliar with the club history of The Supernovas, let me share a brief recap. The Supernovas were formed in 2006 by original members The Rickster (playing as Eastside Brewer), Halibut J-Bird (playing as Generation J-Bird) & Fearless Tuna (playing as Stop the Clocks). The Supernovas went on to have a golden season that was the most dominant of all time in route to winning the 2006 Pro Bowl Team Championship. In fact, The Supernovas earned a spot in the Hall of Fame for Best Pro Bowl Champions Record with 13 wins and 2 losses. That record has never been beaten or equaled ever since. The very next season, The Supernovas disbanded despite being the defending champions. Their original lineup reformed in 2009, 3 years after winning their only title in the club. That season, they made it all the way back to the Pro Bowl Final before losing to Victorious Secret 64-46. They played together once again in 2010, this time being eliminated in the Final Four. The next season in 2011, The Rickster joined Wild Animals and helped lead them to 2 of the next 3 Pro Bowl titles. And that leads us to this season. With Halibut J-Bird returning to the club after a long absence, he and Fearless Tuna brought back The Supernovas. In need of a third teammate, they drafted strong player Captain Insano to their squad. However, their 2019 regular season did not go that well, as they ended with a 5-7 record and were seeded a lowly #5 in the tournament. Now, let’s take a moment to reflect on the much longer history of Daddy & His Boys. Daddy & His Boys were formed in the year 2000 by Hoosier Daddy and Drummer Boy (along with Tommy Boy). But even before that, Hoosier Daddy and MJD Hogg had formed Dukes of Hazzard (along with Double-Double playing as Notorious) and they won the original Pro Bowl Team Championship in 1998. So it wasn’t surprising at all when Daddy & His Boys also ended up winning the 2000 Pro Bowl Team Championship during their rookie season together as a team. The lineup shifted around over the next few years. But Hoosier Daddy re-signed Drummer Boy in 2007 and added MJD Hogg in 2009. To date, Daddy & His Boys have won 3 Pro Bowl team titles – in 2000, 2007, and 2010. Thus, they are currently tied with Wild Animals for the most team titles in club history. And now they have a chance to break that tie and set themselves apart as the best team ever. But what about the history between these two teams? Suprisingly, these two teams have actually met all three times that The Supernovas have played in past Pro Bowl Tournament matches. And all three matches took place in the Final Four:
The Supernovas def. Daddy & His Boys 73-71 (2006 Final Four)
The Supernovas def. Daddy & His Boys 70-57 (2009 Final Four)
Daddy & His Boys def. The Supernovas 88-87 (2010 Final Four)
As you can see in the above recap, The Supernovas and Daddy & His Boys have had some tremendous showdowns in past Pro Bowl tournaments. In the 2006 match, The Supernovas barely won by 2 Points during their historic 13-2 season. In the 2009 match, The Supernovas won fairly easily by almost two touchdowns. But, in the 2010 match, Daddy & His Boys finally got revenge and knocked The Supernovas out of the tournament by one single Point. Still think that the Over/Under doesn’t really matter? So what will this historic fourth match hold when these two teams square off once again, this time with a Pro Bowl Team Championship on the line? This season, they ended up playing three times in the regular season. In Week 3, Daddy & His Boys def. The Supernovas 43-42. In Week 8, The Supernovas def. Daddy & His Boys 104-95. And in Week 13, Daddy & His Boys def. The Supernovas 73-56. Thus, Daddy & His Boys won 2 of the 3 matches this season, which will give them a mental edge going into the final. In addition, Daddy & His Boys are playing absolutely lights-out right now. A stunning result to take note of comes from last week’s first Final Four match when (3) Daddy & His Boys def. (2) McTriple Play 104-67. That was a 37-Point victory over a very good team which was the #2 seed. But in addition, it is even more stunning when you realize that the three teammates on Daddy & His Boys had the three highest scores in the club last week! MVP Drummer Boy had 36 Points, MVP Runner-Up MJD Hogg had 35 Points, and 3rd best scorer Hoosier Daddy had 33 Points. When a team is playing that well together and they are all at their best, they are unstoppable. So does that mean all hope is lost for The Supernovas? Not at all. The Supernovas pulled off an absolute stunner in last week’s second Final Four match when (5) The Supernovas def. (1) Wild Animals 79-53 with a winning margin of 26 Points. Having beaten #1 seed Wild Animals 3 out of the 4 times they played them this season, The Supernovas are also brimming with confidence. This match will be an epic showdown and there can only be one winner. Which team will raise the trophy next week and be the 2019 Pro Bowl Team Champions? We will soon find out.
Final Four Matches (Week 15):
(5) The Supernovas def. (1) Wild Animals 79-53
(3) Daddy & His Boys def. (2) McTriple Play 104-67
First Round Matches (Week 14):
(3) Daddy & His Boys def. (6) The Black Pearl 60-55
(5) The Supernovas def. (4) Alhambra 77-50
First Round Bye Weeks (Week 14):
(1) Wild Animals (9-3)
(2) McTriple Play (8-4)
Tournament Seedings:
(1) Wild Animals (9-3)
(2) McTriple Play (8-4)
(3) Daddy & His Boys (6-5-1)
(4) Alhambra (5-7) (tiebreaker #1 over The Supernovas)
(5) The Supernovas (5-7)
(6) The Black Pearl (2-9-1)