Week 16: Semifinal previews

Hurricane Quags (8-7) at Just a Fantasy (9-6)

at Warren High School Field, Gurnee, Ill. 

Playoff records: Quags 5-9; Fantasy's Newton 9-9

Head to head: Fantasy 46, Quags 42 (Week 13)

The skinny: Fantasy, the Sabol Division champions, clinched their fifth division championship in Finks League play with a Week 15 win over the Brawlers. Both teams in that final week battle advanced to the playoffs. Fantasy finished in third place in 2020 and won back-to-back division titles for the first time since 2003-04. Fantasy won only two games in 2019 and won its only Finger Bowl in 2016. ... Quags has reached the playoffs for the fifth time in the last eight years. The Canes seek their first Finger Bowl championship since 2007. 

Projected starters: Quags -- Mahomes, Gibson, Jav. Williams, Kelce, Jefferson, Bass; Fantasy -- Herbert, Chubb, Swift, D. Samuel, Waddle, Carlson.

The pick: Fantasy 52, Quags 42

Dublin Brawlers (8-6-1) at Ham N Eggers (8-7)

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh

Playoff records: Brawlers' Herigodt 7-3; Eggers' Miazga 8-10-1

Head to head: Brawlers 65, Eggers 58 (Week 5)

The skinny: Featuring the husband-and-wife brawl for supremacy on Pine Street in Elmhurst. The first couple of Finks League fame meet for the second time in playoff history since the 2016 semifinal. The Eggers won 89-32 behind RB D. Johnson AZ 21 points and QB Cousins WAS 20 points. ... Husband Mike and wife Kris have competed in the Finks League together since 2008. Once again, the duo will be unable to compete in a Finger Bowl against each other. Both the Eggers and Brawlers made the playoffs in 2015 together, but did not meet. ... The Brawlers are the defending Finks League champs. ... The Eggers won the Tagliabue Division this season and won their fourth division title in Finks play. 

Projected starters: Brawlers -- Brady, A. Jones, Jacobs, Evans, Diggs, Succop; Eggers -- Rodgers, Taylor, Sanders, Adams, AJ Brown, Zuerlein. 

The pick: Eggers 40, Brawlers 35