SIT 2013 (Season 5)

The fifth season of SIT Foolsball featured twelve teams competing in three divisions; ten of the twelve members are still active in the league. The league continued using Yahoo Sports as it's hosting site, allowing for commissioner control over division membership and scheduling, allowing a fair format with league continuity and ensuring the continuation of the rivalry week tradition. This was an expansion season, with ten returning teams and two brand new teams. The playoffs remained at six teams though, slightly increasing the difficulty in attaining a playoff berth.

Divisions
For the expansion to twelve teams, Red Division split up; the previous two season's champions founded Purple Division and Orange Division respectively, along with the other long-time Red members. Each of the new divisions also received a transfer from Green and one of the expansion teams. Green Division retained is previous division winner and wild card teams, as well as a transfer from Red.

Green Division

 * Dumbledore's Army | return
 * No-No Squares | return
 * Rocket Surgery | return
 * Team Orion | transfer red

Purple Division

 * Da Flash Gitz | split red
 * Pink Panthers | split red
 * Donkey Punchers | new team
 * The Wonderlic | transfer green

Orange Division

 * Crankiteers | split red
 * Mud City Maulers | split red
 * New Age Outlaws | new team
 * Thompson Tanker | transfer green

Regular Season
The fifth season of the league returned to a 3-8-3 schedule format last seen in season two prior to the contraction. The first three and last three weeks of the regular fourteen-week schedule are exclusively divisional games, and the middle eight weeks are devoted to inter-divisional games with Rivalry Week taking place in week seven. With the same six playoff spots being fought over by two additional teams, there is a slightly greater emphasis on the regular season than the previous two seasons; only the top two division winners will get byes to the semifinals, meaning that the lowest ranked division winner will have to play in the quarterfinals. No-No Squares won the Green Division title with an 11-3 record, Donkey Punchers won the Purple Division title with a 10-4 record, beating out Da Flash Gitz on divisional record tiebreaker, and Thompson Tanker won the Orange Division title with a 9-5 record.

Post Season
In addition to the three division winners, three Wild Card spots were awarded to Da Flash Gitz from Purple Division, Team Orion of Green Division, and Mud City Maulers of Orange Division. In the quarterfinals, Team Orion defeated Da Flash Gitz and Thompson Tanker successfully defended against Mud City Maulers. In the semifinals, No-No Squares were victorious over the threatening Team Orion and Thompson Tanker upset Donkey Punchers. In the championship game, Thompson Tanker upset No-No Squares to win their first league title.


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