Day: November 30, 2016

Standings | Analyst of the Year III | Week 12

Analyst of the Year III

Round the final arc of the the second turn, B-Reezy presses the field into sudden death after adding his 6th Trifecta and 26th Correct Pick for the season. Analysts face elimination in the Analyst of the Year competition beginning next week!

Big Tuna holds onto second with 3 Trifectas and 24 Correct Picks, followed closely by Wise Orangutan (3 Trifectas and 22 Correct Picks) and Atwork (3 Trifectas and 21 Correct Picks).

Kal Krome falters as his effort stalls with 2 Trifecta Points and 22 Correct Picks. The Bookie closes by one head 21st Correct Pick (2 Trifecta Points).

Little Tuna (1 Trifecta, 19 Correct Picks) and The Strategist (1 Trifecta, 18 Correct Picks) may have to be fitted with blinkers to hold focus and come from behind in the final five legs of the Analyst of the Year.

Trifectas

Standings | Analyst of the Year III | Week 12
Standings after Leg 12 for the Analyst of the Year III

Correct Picks

Tiebreakers | Analyst of the Year III | Week 12
Tiebreakers after Leg 12 for the Analyst of the Year III

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Standings | Fibonacci Stakes III | Leg 4

Fibonacci Stakes III

Trifecta Points

In the far turn, B-Reezy re-establishes his dominance over the field. With the sole trifecta of the week, he gains 4 lengths with 3 base trifecta points and 1 bonus trifecta point.

The Bookie and Atwork (each 5 trifecta points) slip into 2nd and 3rd respectively as the Norsemen’s assault rounds aground the shores of the Detroit River.

Big Tuna controls 4th with 4 trifecta points, followed closely by Wise Orangutan in 5th (3 trifecta points).

Little Tuna, Kal Krome, and The Strategist now look to be long shots to finish the Fibonacci Stakes in the Winners’ Circle…

Standings | Fibonacci Stakes III | Leg 4
Standings after Leg 4 of Fibonacci Stakes III

Tiebreakers

The Bookie continues to control inside rail on most Analysts. She claims the head-to-head tiebreaker over Wise Orangutan and The Strategist. With 4 Correct Home Team Selections and 6 Correct Fibonacci Bonus Picks, she leads all other Analysts but one by a head or more with tiebreakers.

Little Tuna gains her fourth Correct Home Teams Selection and 6th Fibonacci Bonus Pick. Kal Krome pulls up around the second turn as his Seahawks stumble, but still has 3 Correct Home Team Selections and 5 Fibonacci Bonus Picks.

Wise Orangutan adds to his Correct Home Team Selections (2) and distances himself every so slightly from former-front runner Atwork (1) and the qb hand-riding Strategist (1).

Big Tuna and B-Reezy must take the outside rail to win as neither has a Correct Home Team Selection headed into the homestretch.

Tiebreakers | Fibonacci Stakes III | Leg 4
Tiebreakers after Leg 4 of Fibonacci Stakes III

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Fibonacci Stakes III | Week 12 Picks

The Analysts picks are in:

The Bookie: Dolphins*/Cowboys*/Vikings*
Big Tuna: Cowboys*/Seahawks*/Rams*
Little Tuna: Cowboys*/Seahawks*/Bears*
Wise Orangutan: Chargers/Seahawks*/Cowboys*
The Strategist: Rams*/Cowboys*/Vikings*
Kal Krome: Seahawks*/Cowboys*/49ers
B-Reezy: Cowboys*/Dolphins/Lions
Atwork: *Vikings/Cowboys*/Seahawks*

Base trifecta is worth 3 points in this leg of the Fibonacci Stakes.

* Denotes Fibonacci bonus picks (none possible in Leg 1).

Race Day Notes:

Thank you all for the privilege I have had to interview each and everyone of you. Your candidness has been appreciated.

For the next 8 weeks I will ask each of you to reflect on your strategies and how they are working.

Our second muse will be from Little Tuna!

Little Tuna: Ahhh. Little Tuna. As I take this time to reflect on this years football season, I am not sad. Not sad about the stupid Bears. Not sad about the damn Vikings. Not sad about the pathetic Panthers. I feel only joy. Joy because even if Romo were to return, God help us, I am the only one who has won BOTH TROPHIES and 120 DOLLARS!!

The Clearinghouse: “120 DOLLARS” is a euphemism for 3 regular season races and implies no actual exchange of monies.

The Results Are In!

The Bookie: Dolphins*/Cowboys*/Vikings*
Big Tuna: Cowboys*/Seahawks*/Rams*
Little Tuna: Cowboys*/Seahawks*/Bears*
Wise Orangutan: Chargers/Seahawks*/Cowboys*
The Strategist: Rams*/Cowboys*/Vikings*
Kal Krome: Seahawks*/Cowboys*/49ers
B-Reezy: Cowboys*/Dolphins/Lions (4 points)
Atwork: *Vikings/Cowboys*/Seahawks*

Around the final turn, B-Reezy once again show the lead with the sole trifecta of the week for 4 points.

Wise Orangutan and The Bookie stumble on their third pick in the far turn.

The rest of the field notches only a single correct pick after the Seahawks and Vikings encounter a “bad trip” just before entering the home stretch to determine the pretenders and contenders of November.

** Trip: The course followed by a horse and rider during the running of a race and describes the “trouble” encountered. A horse that had a “good trip” did not encounter any unusual difficulty. A “bad trip” might involve racing wide, or being boxed in by other horses.

Mathematically speaking…

The Cowboys, Dolphins, and Raiders offered the only option to maximize Fibonacci bonus points in the 4th leg of the Fibonacci Stakes. Three picks two weeks in a row with a selection of those teams would have yielded 3 *base* trifecta points and 3 *bonus* trifecta points, for a total of 6 trifecta points and the lead.

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