Week 11 kicks off from Saint Arnold Stadium, where the Anderson Brewmeisters and Naughty Figs look to take care of some unfinished business left over from Week 1. (Namely, a decision, following that 21-21 tie.) Both clubs have had rough years. Having both reached Championship Week in 2008, the Figs and Brew are currently on the outside looking in at the 2009 playoff picture. The Figs played a great game last week, only to have the Raze stage a rather remarkable comeback on Monday Night to push the Naughties back below the .500 line. The Brewmeisters, meanwhile, snapped a thee-game skid in convincing fashion, routing the C.W.O.T. behind the week's best team effort. Still, Anderson would need to win out to avoid missing the playoffs for the first time since 2003.

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The first of three interdivisional games comes to us from Purgatory Field, where two backsliding teams are desperately looking for traction. At 7-3, the Irwin Hellions continue to have the best record in the lead, but their current three-game losing streak has allowed the rest of the West to pull within two games and make a race of it. Thankfully, the bye weeks are complete and the Hellions – who have only three receivers on their roster – will not have to play a man down this week.The visiting Stereco have dropped two straight and three of four to fall off pace with the playoff field. At 4-6, Sims needs to win two of its last three games to become playoff eligible, but its final three opponents are the teams with the current three best records: Irwin, Jody (6-4), and Pirk (6-4). Quarterback Drew Brees hasn't scored above 8 points since Week 6, but sophomore halfback Chris Johnson is making up the slack, averaging 16.7 ppg over the past three weeks.

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This year's Battle of Acronyms pits a pair of 6-4 teams that are coming off divisional losses in Week 10. Jody's Colossal Waste of Time has been in the Eastern Division driver's seat all season long. Even after being blown out by Anderson, they maintain a game-and-a-half lead over the Figs with only three games to go. Pirk's Wicked Oil Profiteer$, in contrast, sport the same record but are only in second place in the West. Both Jody and Pirk are actually chasing the same team. P.W.O.P. wants to catch Irwin in the division race while Jody wants to pass Irwin for the No. 1 overall seed. Someone is going to emerge from this game with a distinct advantage over the other in realizing their respective quest. History says it will be Jody, who has won a staggering 12 of 16 games all-time with the Profiteer$.

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For the second straight week, the Piana Raze face off with a club sporting their exact same record, and the smell of playoff implications is once again thick in the air. After escaping with a win over the FIgs last week, the Raze now welcome the 5-4-1Thomas' Bock Boys into En Fuego Field. With these two teams battling to a tie in Week 6, this game has become a winner-take-all for the season series and potential seeding tiebreaker. Since their last meeting, both have gone 3-1-1 to position themselves squarely in the postseason race. The winner here – assuming there is one this time – will become playoff eligible and retain relevancy in the Western Division race.

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The Game of the Week is the last of three intervisional contests and features two winners from a week ago, including the hottest team in the land. Indeed, the Abstract Machines have turned their season around in dramatic fashion, having won four straight to land on the cusp of playoff eligibility. A big reason for their resurgence has been the play of quarterbacks Tom Brady and Brett Favre and their Saints defense. Lining up against the Mechanical Ones this week are The Pimps, who are coming off their best win of the year, a dramatic 45-43 victory over the Sims Stereco. At 3-7, The Pimps would need to win out to even be in the playoff discussion, but such runs are certainly possible. (Just ask the 2008 Machines, who won their final three to secure a playoff spot.) Plus, any team fielding Kurt Warner, Adrian Peterson, and Randy Moss has the potential to outgun any opponent, any week (just ask Sims).

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