Late November means the end of the regular season. Normally, it should mean some of the best games of the year, as games are seeded (based on the previous year's standings), meaning that we will see #1 vs #2, #3 vs #4, and so on in the last game.
While none of the games on Saturday turned out to be close, the final games are important, as the top two finishers in each Division II block will play the bottom two teams in their respective Division I blocks with a chance to move up and take their place.
While KCFA Division II B block teams were squaring off in Kawasaki, the top 6 teams of A block met at Aminovital.
In both divisions, the top ranked teams (Komazawa in A, Kanagawa in B) repeated as champions, with the #3 and #5 teams filling in the next spots.
In B block, Kanagawa finshed their regular season by shutting out Tokyo Gakuin 21-0, and will face the Teikyo Assasins on December 20th. 3rd seed Aoyama Gakuin, whose only loss was a forfeit to Kanagawa on November 14th, defeated the Tsukuba Excaliburs 42-17. They will face the Senshu Green Machine on the replacement/relegation/up-down game.
Meanwhile, in A Block the Obirin (count 'em) Three Nails Crown (4-2-1) scored 21 unanswered points in the 2nd half to defeat the Komazawa Blue Tide 21-6, but Komazawa (5-2) had already clinched the division title, and will play Yokohama Kokuritsu to try to reach the first division. In the middle game, the T.I.T. Buffaloes (5-2) dominated the Self Defense Force Academy Cadets (1-5-1) who dropped to 7th place, 31-0. DT/P/K Daisuke Izumihara continued to impress with booming kicks and a long FG for the Buffaloes, and sophomore QB Tatsuya Tokunaga had an effective day passing, and senior QB Mamoru Saitoh doubled as TB. The Buffaloes' final score came as the result of a Saitoh to Tokunaga throwback pass for a touchdown.
Unfortunately for them, Buffaloes will not make it to the playoff games on December 19th, as the surprising 5th seed Tokyo City U. Helios (5-2) defeated winless Utsunomiya by a 35-6 score. The Helios are scheduled to face Ichinohashi U. for their Division I spot.
