1997 WFFL Wildcard Playoffs
 
Maine Veins  55
Florida Keys  26
KEY LARGO- Once again, Barry Sanders steals the show. In his first really productive season ever as a WFFL fantasy back, Barry has carried the Maine Veins all the way to the Eastern Division Championship. Despite their losing record in the regular season, the Veins just barely made the playoffs, but now they're ready for prime time. The Florida Keys played a solid game, but had trouble scoring touchdowns in the red zone, settling for 3 field goals. The disappointed sellout crowd of 67,000 cheered in appreciation for their new team for bringing playoff football to Florida in their first year.  

Eastern Division Championship: Maine Veins at Sailisbury Steaks 
These teams split their regular season series, and the combined margin of victory was 4 points. Maine won the week 5 game 25-22, and Salisbury won a 43-42 shootout in week 13. Maine remains undefeated lifetime in the post-season, but this is Salisbury's third division championship game in 4 years. The Steaks have made the playoffs every year since Coach Loeffler took over, but haven't been able to get past this game. This could be their year.  

Wagner's Line: Salisbury by 6

  
Maine's Barry Sanders runs wild 
over the Florida Keys.
 
 
San Andreas fumbles away their 
opportunity to advance. 
San Andreas Faults  20
Idaho Bags  28
BOISE- It wasn't their best performance of the season, but the high scoring Idaho Bags were able to hold on and advance to their first Divisional Championship since 1992. San Andreas had some chances during the Monday Night game, but failed to score any TD's. The Green Bay D was very close to scoring a TD and Randall Cunningham threw a hail mary on the last play that bounced out of Cris Carter's hands. Had both TDs been scored, the Faults would've been saved. On an ugly note, The Idaho crowd stormed the field after the game, injuring 2 cheerleaders, and 3 ho-bags were arrested for soliciting sex to the referees.  

Western Division Championship: Idaho Bags at Hawaii Punch 
Hawaii won both regular season matchups by the scores 31-25 and 49-43. The Punch are playing in their third consecutive Division Championship and their forth in five years. They've only won once, in 1995 when they won the Super Bowl, and they want to avoid a repeat of last year when they won the division, got the bye week, then lost to Iowa. The last time Idaho advanced this far, they won it all in 1992. Playoff experience alone gives Hawaii the smallest of advantages.  

Wagner's Line: Hawaii by 1