The Seeders’ Cup V | Slate of Games

The Entrants

The Analysts have submitted their papers and claimed their Home Teams to start the race. The Claim Box for The Seeders’ Cup V is:

The Seeders' Cup V | Claim Box
Claim Box for The Seeders’ Cup V

Slate of Games

The Seeders' Cup V | Slate of Games
Slate of Games for The Seeders’ Cup V

The slate of games for The Seeders’  Cup V includes 8 head-to-head competitions this month (the first tiebreaker in the race).

In Leg 1, through the clubhouse turn, we kick off The Seeders’ Cup with one head-to-heads as Craft Brew confronts Sponge Mom at the Midway.

In Leg 2, the backstretch, may prove to be the most grueling part of the race with four head-to-head contests and only 7 games to Pick: Little Tuna charges B-Reezy on TNF, Atwork cleans house at Sponge Mom’s Midway, Jimmy V salutes The Bookie, and Big Tuna swims upstream to face The Strategist.

In Leg 3, the far turn, Craft Brew looks to collects beads from Big Tuna and B-Reezy flies high to Wise O.

in Leg 4, homestretch, The Strategist analyzes her chances against Big Tuna for the second time in the month.

Home teams owned by an Analyst are in bold. The team at the left is the visiting team; the team at the right is the host (playing at home). There is only one TNF game, one Saturday matinee, at least three SNF games (subject to flexes), and two MNF games.

Picks

Remember: Every Analyst has a bias for his or her Home Team and may NOT pick their Claimed team to lose. Analysts do not have to pick his or her Home Team to win, but Correct Home Team Picks remains the second tiebreaker. See the complete The Seeders’ Cup Rules for more detail.

Email picks in private to The Bookie before each leg (week) of the Race. Thursday games are due by 2pm local times on Thursdays (flexible per The Bookie’s time in special circumstances). All three Picks are due on Saturdays at 2pm local times. No Picks or Re-Picks are accepted after the weekly Picks are released to other Analysts by The Bookie.

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Standings | Analyst of the Year V | Week 13

Analyst of the Year V

The Marathon of the Ass has tightened up as the current leader struggles to maintain her blistering pace for three straight weeks.

The Strategist (6 Trifectas and 29 Correct Picks) continues to lead the field, but Craft Brew (5 Trifectas and 27 Correct Picks) pulls within one length around the far turn of the season competition.

All with 4 Trifectas, Roxy Trot adds to her Correct Picks total (28) to hold onto Show over B-Reezy (25 Correct Picks) and Little Tuna (24 Correct Picks) — the latter just outside of the Winner’s Circle.

Staring at elimination in the coming weeks with 3 Trifectas each, Big Tuna (26 Correct Picks), Jimmy V (25 Correct Picks, and Wise Orangutan (22 Correct Picks) fill out the middle of the field in sixth, seventh, and eighth place, respectively.

Sponge Mom clings to hope for the Win in ninth place with 2 Trifectas (23 Correct Picks).

In tenth place, The Bookie (1 Trifecta) sees her chances for a Win in the AoY fade behind the leader, and joins Atwork (0 Trifectas) on the also-ran sheet.

Analyst of the Year V | Standings | Leg 13
Standings for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 13

Correct Picks

Analyst of the Year V | Tiebreaker | Leg 13
Tiebreaker for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 13

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Standings | Fibonacci Stakes V | Final Results

Fibonacci Stakes V

Trifecta Points

Another nail-biter down the home stretch!

Heading out of the far turn, nine of 11 Analysts were within 3 Trifecta points of the leaders. TNF dashed the hopes of six Analysts, leaving five to compete on Sunday. One came up lame (illness) before the start of the race, and four sprinted for the finish line on what had been steady steeds during the Fibonacci Stakes. Then, all hell broke loose as five Home Teams stumbled in the final leg. The Winner of Fibonacci Stakes V is…

Craft Brew! Craft Brew breaks maiden in his second season and earns his sponsor a shot at the championship title. In ninth place coming out of the far turn, he nabbed the only Trifecta in a week in which two November contenders stumbled in final leg. With 10 points, he takes first place.

B-Reezy respectably takes Place with 7 points. Sponge Mom secures Show with 6 points, just ahead of Wise Orangutan in fourth place (by second tiebreaker).

Unable to capitalize on her early lead, Little Tuna fades to fifth place with 5 points, by a head or so over Roxy Trot with 5 points (second tiebreaker).

Each with 4 points, The Bookie is snake-bitten after a promising start, but takes seventh over Jimmy V (eighth, second tiebeaker) and The Strategist (ninth, first tiebeaker).

Big Tuna trails in tenth and Atwork convalesces in eleventh place.

Fibonacci Stakes V | Standings | Final Results
Final Results of Fibonacci Stakes V

Tiebreakers

Fibonacci Stakes V | Tiebreakers | Final Results
Final Results for Tiebreakers in Fibonacci Stakes V

Bye weeks for Home Teams are grayed out (Table 2).

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The Seeders’ Cup V | Home Team Claims Box

Seeders’ Cup V | Preparations

Releasing and claiming a new Home Team before the start of a new Crown Race is optional. Mid-season, the order of Claims is determined by current Home Team playoff strength. Analysts who currently own playoff-seeded Home Teams are in bold.

The order then is:

1. Atwork (Packers, 11th NFC)

2. Roxy Trot (Eagles, 8th NFC)

3. The Strategist (Panthers, 7th NFC)

4. Wise O. (Seahawks, 5th NFC)

5. Little Tuna (Chargers, 5th AFC )

6. The Bookie (Steelers, 4th AFC)

7. Sponge Mom (Bears, 3rd NFC)

8. Jimmy V (Patriots, 2nd AFC)*

9. Big Tuna (Saints, 2nd NFC)*

10. B-Reezy (Chiefs, 1st AFC)*

11. Craft Brew (Rams, 1st NFC)*

* The nfl.com playoff picture is operational: http://www.nfl.com/playoffs/playoff-picture. I applied tiebreaker rules when two Analysts have the same playoff seeding in the two different conferences. Patriots have a worse record than the Saints and Chiefs have a worse record than the Rams (and lost to them).

If you choose to release your Home Team, the Analysts listed above you will Claim before you from all available Home Teams (including those released).

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Fibonacci Stakes V | Leg 5 Picks

The Analysts picks are in:

Atwork:
B-Reezy: Saints**/Bears**/Eagles**
Big Tuna: Saints***/Steelers**/Patriots
Little Tuna: Chargers***/ Saints**/Chiefs
Craft Brew: Rams*/Chiefs/Patriots**
Roxy Trot: Saints**/Patriots**/Chiefs
Jimmy V: Saints**/Bears**/Chiefs
Sponge Mom: Bears***/Saints**/Chargers**
Wise Orangutan: Seahawks*/Chiefs/Vikings**
The Strategist: Packers/Seahawks/Chiefs
The Bookie: Steelers***/Bears**/Packers**

* denotes Home Team
** denotes Fibonacci Pick
***denotes Home Team and Fibonacci Pick

Spit Box:

(1) She has nothing to lose! Oh wait she has already lost a lot!!! Who knows what will happen! Need to try and get some points!
(2) No trifecta for me!!!😂
(3) The Viking fleet has been spotted on the coast of Maine headed for Boston Harbor!!!
(4) If you have a Thursday pick in question. Just treat it like a drug. JUST. SAY. NO.
(5) ⬆Ditto

The Results Are In:

Atwork: scratch
B-Reezy: Saints**/Bears**/Eagles**
Big Tuna: Saints***/Steelers**/Patriots
Little Tuna: Chargers***/ Saints**/Chiefs
Craft Brew: Rams*/Chiefs/Patriots** (6 points)
Roxy Trot: Saints**/Patriots**/Chiefs
Jimmy V: Saints**/Bears**/Chiefs
Sponge Mom: Bears***/Saints**/Chargers**
Wise Orangutan: Seahawks*/Chiefs/Vikings**
The Strategist: Packers/Seahawks/Chiefs
The Bookie: Steelers***/Bears**/Packers**

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