Day: February 10, 2021

World Football Trifecta Championship 2020-21 | Season VII | End of Season Rules Review

Rules Revision for 2020-21 Claims Order

In a new Rule, we required all Analysts to release Claims from the prior season and select new Claims in order of their Analyst of the Year finish from the prior season. The Claims Order (with Wins noted) was:

  1. Little Tuna (Player Haters Preakness)
  2. KateTDid
  3. Wise Orangutan (Analyst of the Year)
  4. The Strategist
  5. Woody (The Seeders’ Cup)
  6. Big Tuna (Super Trifecta Bowl)
  7. The Bookie
  8. Sponge Mom
  9. Roxy Trot
  10. B-Reezy
  11. Craft Brew (Fibonacci Stakes)
  12. Jimmy V
  13. Atwork (PC-Fecta Derby)

The Analysts in italics Placed in at least one Crown Race or Trophy Race this year (three Analysts both Placed and Won). Overall, 8 of 13 Analysts collected Purse this year, including the first 6 in Claims Order. The new Rules for Claims Order seemed to have the desired outcome. Analysts with the fewest Trifectas last year had better showings (Purse-wise) this year.

We propose to incorporate this Rule or a variant of this Rule to start every season, in perpetuity.

Analyst with No Claim

The Analyst(s) with No Claim was introduced in Season V. In Season VI, the Super Trifecta Ex-Claimation! points were added to give the Analyst with No Claim an additional method to earn Super Trifecta Points (equivalent to Playoff Victory points). In Season VII, the Rules were revised to allow Claims for 12 of 14 postseason teams. In the past two seasons, two Analysts with No Claim have taken home Purse since the introduction of new Rules.

We have no plans to change this Rule.

Preliminary 2021-22 Rules Review

The one additional Analyst-initiated change to the Rules occurred in the Super Trifecta Bowl. We could add +3/+3 bonuses for the best offense/defense score predictions for Correct Picks in the TGWSNBN. If we had adopted this Rule in Season VII, it would have given the finalists an additional method to score points whether or not they had a Claim to a Home Team in TGWSNBN.

We will open Season VIII with a discussion of the merits of adding an additional *bonus* point system that will make the outcome of the Super Trifecta Bowl more volatile during the final game of the postseason.

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Standings | Super Trifecta Bowl VII | Final Results

Super Trifecta Bowl VII

A spectacular race! The highest scoring, most competitive chase for the most illustrious trophy in sports analysis! No less than three Analysts picked 8 of 9 games correctly, while two Analysts accurately rode the eventual Champion (Bucs) in every Leg of Super Trifecta Bowl VII. At the wire, it came down to a photo-finish between two Analysts. The Winner is…

Big Tuna (29 points)! Despite having lost his Home Team in the Wildcard Round, Big Tuna notched 15 of a possible 18 *base* Trifecta points (8 of 9 Picks Correct) to overtake the early leader in the home stretch. He also added 14 Super Trifecta points, including the only upset Pick for the Rams in the Wildcard Round. He wins by first tiebreaker (the closest STB ever!) over…

KateTDid (29 points) in Place! KateTDid jumped out to a big lead early on upset Picks in the Wildcard Round, then rode the Bucs in every other Leg for 20 Super Trifecta points. She came up only 1 Correct Pick (any Correct Pick) short of the Win. Nonetheless, KateTDid takes home Purse, the second ever Analyst with No Claim to do so!

Another Analyst who lost his Home Team in the Wildcard Round, Jimmy V (27 points) rounds out The Winner’s Circle in Show. He also finished with 8 of 9 Correct Picks and only 1 Correct Pick (or an upset Pick) short of the Win!

Just outside The Winner’s Circle, in fourth place, The Bookie (26 points) noses out Little Tuna (26 points) in fifth position based on first tiebreaker. Little Tuna swiped the Championship Round Reverse PC-Fecta points to outrun Roxy Trot (24 points, 6th place) down the home stretch. All three of these Analysts could have won if they had Picked the Rams in the Wildcard Round to keep pace with Big Tuna!

Wise O. (19 points) faded after the near turn after his Home Team brown’ed out in KC to finish in seventh position. Tied at 15 points each, Sponge Mom in eighth place edges Atwork in ninth position on first tiebreaker (the equivalent of 1 Correct Pick). Craft Brew (14 points) in tenth place overtakes The Strategist (13 points) in eleventh after she gives up 2 Reverse PC-Fecta points to Little Tuna in TGWSNBN.

B-Reezy (5 points) bears down…and down…and down some more…into twelfth place, leaving Woody (3 points) in thirteen place to ponder an eternal mystery…just what is a Seahawk?

Trifecta Points

Standings | Super Trifecta Bowl VII | Final Results
Standings after Final Results of Super Trifecta Bowl VII

Tiebreakers

Tiebreakers | Super Trifecta Bowl VII | Final Results
Tiebreakers after Final Results of Super Trifecta Bowl VII

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Super Trifecta Bowl VII | Championship Round Picks

The Analysts Picks:

Artwork: Chiefs 24-17
Jimmy V: Buccaneers 30-24
Craft Brew: Buccaneers 34-30
B-Reezy: Chiefs
Roxy Trot: Buccaneers 
Sponge Mom: Chiefs 31-24
The Bookie: Buccaneers 49-31
Big Tuna: Buccaneers 35-28
Woody: Chiefs 35-28
The Strategist: Chiefs*  31-28
Wise Orangutan: Chiefs 41-24
KateTDid: Buccaneers 28-24
Little Tuna: Buccaneers*  38-24

* Denotes home team

Spit Box:

1.  Thank You so much for a fun and great year.  I'm looking forward to next year. 
2. I worry picking them because it could be a curse. I guess I am going with age and experience over youth and speed. Haha
3. Enjoy the game!  It's been a fun year. 
4. Torn on this one this week!!!
5. I'm going to miss this every week.
6. Eff  you see Kay, I respect Tom Brady now...

Pick Results Are In:

Super Trifecta Bowl VII | Championship Round Pick Results
Pick Results after Championship Round of Super Trifecta Bowl VII

Slate of Games, Home Teams, and Picks:

Super Trifecta Bowl VII | Complete Slate of Games and Final Results
Complete Slate of Games and Final Results of Super Trifecta Bowl VII

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