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Scenarios | Super Trifecta Bowl IX | Divisional Round

Super Trifecta Bowl IX

Slate of Games

The column labeled “Division” in the middle shows the seed and short name of the teams. Analysts will be Picking Three from these four games.

Analysts with No Claim AND Analysts whose Home Team has been eliminated from the playoffs may Pick Three from any of the 8 teams.

Analysts with a Claim may NOT Pick against his or her Home Team, but such Analysts can elect not to Pick his or her Home Team to Win (in other words, Pick Three from the other three games). The cost is that the Analyst will not be eligible for PC-Fecta points (3 possible) if his or her Home Team wins the game in the Division Round, but will nonetheless receive the Playoff Victory points (+2).

Bonus Points for Each Team (Lowest to Highest Seed)

By conference, the highest seed plays the lowest seed and the two in the middle play each other. NOTE: Analysts whose Home Team lost in the Wildcard Round are NOT now Analysts with No Claim.

NFC

#6 NYG — Player Haters (2 points) PLUS Seeder Redux (5 points) PLUS Ex-Claimation (3 points to Analysts with No Claim only) EQUALS 7 points total or 10 points total (Analysts with No Claim).
#5 DAL — Seeder Redux (3 points) PLUS Playoff Victory (2 points, Big Tuna only) PLUS PC-Fecta points (0-3, Big Tuna only and only if he Picks his Home Team to win) EQUALS 3 points total or 5-8 points total (Big Tuna only).
#2 SF — Playoff Victory (2 points, Bookie only) PLUS PC-Fecta points (0-3, Bookie only and only if she Picks her Home Team to win) EQUALS 0 points total or 2-5 points total (Bookie only).
#1 PHI – Playoff Victory (2 points, Roxy Trot only) PLUS PC-Fecta points (0-3, Roxy Trot only and only if she Picks her Home Team to win) EQUALS 0 points total or 2-5 points total (Roxy Trot only).

AFC

#4 JAX — Seeder Redux (3 points) PLUS Playoff Victory (2 points, Mo Money only) PLUS PC-Fecta points (0-3, Mo Money only and only if she Picks her Home Team to win) EQUALS 3 points total or 5-8 points total (Mo Money only).
#3 CIN — Seeder Redux (1 point) PLUS Playoff Victory (2 points, Wreck It Ralph only) PLUS PC-Fecta points (0-3, Wreck It Ralph only and only if he Picks his Home Team to win) EQUALS 1 points total or 3-6 points total (Wreck It Ralph only).
#2 BUF — Playoff Victory (2 points, The Strategist only) PLUS PC-Fecta points (0-3, The Strategist only and only if she Picks her Home Team to win) EQUALS 0 points total or 2-5 points total (The Strategist only).
#1 KC — Playoff Victory (2 points, Boo Boo only) PLUS PC-Fecta points (0-3, Boo Boo only and only if she Picks her Home Team to win) EQUALS 0 points total or 2-5 points total (Boo Boo only).

Analyst Head-to-Head Competitions

Standings | Super Trifecta Bowl IX | Wildcard Round

In the Division Round 3 to 4 Analysts will have Claim to a Home Team that loses. Only 3 or 4 Analysts will have a Claim to start the Championship Round. The head-to-head competitions are (in order of current Standings point totals):

Big Tuna (10 points; DAL) facing Bookie (12 points; SF)
Wreck It Ralph (7 points; CIN) testing strength vs. wits with The Strategist (7 points; BUF)
Mo Money (7 points; JAX) challenging Boo Boo (6 points; KC)
Roxy Trot (6 points) hosts an Un-Claimed team (NYG)

In the Championship Round, the 3 to 4 Analysts with a Claim to a Home Team MUST Pick his or her Home Team to win (per the WFTL’s most cherished Rule!).

Standings | Super Trifecta Bowl IX | Wildcard Round

Super Trifecta Bowl IX

And they are off on the ninth running of the Super Trifecta Bowl! It is a fast track with no less than 10 Analysts earning base Trifectas (6 points) and 5 Analysts earning lame Trifectas (3 points). Nevertheless, the early leaders are a handful of familiar faces from the Analyst of the Year. I the Wildcard Round…

At the front of the field, AoY Champion Bookie (12 Trifecta Points) earned a base Trifecta and 6 Super Trifecta bonus points (1 Victory, 1 Reverse PC-Fecta, 1 Player Haters, and 3 Seeder Redux points)! Following closely, Big Tuna (10 Trifecta Points) also took a base Trifecta and 4 Super Trifecta bonus points (1 Victory, 2 Reverse PC-Fecta, and 1 Seeder Redux point).

Third place is a dead heat between three Analysts who left the gates with base Trifectas and Victory points with Home Teams. The Strategist, Wreck It Ralph, and Mo Money share third with each receiving 7 Trifecta Points total.

Sixth position features another group of Analysts who earned base Trifectas but no bonus points in the first round. Roxy Trot, Boo Boo, Woody, Little Tuna and B-Reezy enter the back stretch with 6 Trifecta Points a piece.

Sharing the eleventh position, Jimmy V, Bug Bug, Sponge Mom, KateTDid, and Craft Brew capture lame Trifectas with no bonuses for 3 Trifecta Points each.

Wise Orangutan limps in sixteenth place with 1 Trifecta Point (no Trifecta and only 1 bonus point). Atwork continues to toil in the ruts left by the rest of the field…he has 0 Trifecta Points heading to the back stretch.

Standings with First Tiebreaker

Trifecta Points and First Tiebreaker (Base and Lame Trifecta Points)

Claimant Tiebreakers

Super Trifecta Bonus Points for Second and Third Tiebreakers (Require a Claim)

Non-Claimant Tiebreakers

Super Trifecta Bonus Points for Fourth and Fifth Tiebreakers (No Claim Required)

Total Super Trifecta Bonus Points

Total Super Trifecta Bonus Points from All Sources (Claim and Non-Claimant Tiebreakers)

Picks | Super Trifecta Bowl IX | Wildcard Round

Super Trifecta Bowl IX

Wildcard Round Results

Best Offense: SF (41), Bookie (+1)

Best Defense: DAL (14), Big Tuna (+2)

Wildcard Round Pick Results

Bookie – *49ers (+1 Victory and +1 PC-Fecta)/Giants (+1 Haters and +3 Seeders)/Bengals (6 Trifecta Points plus 6 Bonus Points)
The Strategist – Bills* (+1 Victory)/49ers/Bengals (6 Trifecta Points plus 1 Bonus Point)
Big Tuna – *Cowboys (+1 Victory and +2 PC-Fecta and +1 Seeder Redux)/Bills/Bengals (6 Trifecta Points plus 4 Bonus Points)
Roxy Trot – Bills/49ers/Bengals (6 Trifecta Points)
Jimmy V – 49ers/~~Vikings~~/Bengals (3 Trifecta Points)
Wreck It Ralph – *Bengals (+1 Victory)/Bills/49ers (6 Trifecta Points plus 1 Bonus Point)
Mo Money – *Jaguars (+1 Victory)/Bills/49ers (6 Trifecta Points plus 1 Bonus Point)
Bug Bug – Vikings*/Bengals/Bills (3 Trifecta Points)
Sponge Mom – 49ers/~~Vikings~~/Bills (3 Trifecta Points)
KateTDid – *Buccaneers/49ers/Bills (3 Trifecta Points)
Boo Boo – Bills/Bengals/49ers (6 Trifecta Points)
Wise Orangutan – *~~Seahawks/Chargers~~/Cowboys (+1 Seeder Redux) (0 Trifecta Points plus 1 Bonus Point)
Woody – 49ers/Bills/Bengals (6 Trifecta Points)
Craft Brew – ~~Chargers~~/Bills/Bengals (3 Trifecta Points)
Little Tuna – Bills/49ers/Bengals (6 Trifecta Points)
B-Reezy – 49ers/Jaguars/Bills (6 Trifecta Points)
Atwork – ~~Seahawks/Chargers~~/Bills (0 Trifecta Points)

Home Teams Remaining

Home Teams | Super Trifecta Bowl IX | Remaining Claims

Standings | Analyst of the Year IX | Final Results

Analyst of the Year IX

After nine years of toiling in the bottom half of the Analyst of the Year, a first time Winner emerges in the most difficult season in five years! That Winner is…

Bookie (8 Trifectas and 40 Correct Picks)! Co-founder and generous annual donor to the Purse, Bookie takes her first Analyst of the Year accolade! She was challenged to the end by Big Tuna, but the Cowboys roped the competition. The Strategist (8 Trifectas and 38 Correct Picks) outran Big Tuna (8 Trifectas and 36 Correct Pick) in the final stretch. The Strategist Places and Big Tuna Shows.

Roxy Trot closes out the season with a strong finish – six Trifectas in 8 Weeks — and takes fourth place with 7 Trifectas and 41 Correct Picks (best on the season). Jimmy V (7 Trifectas and 38 Correct Picks) made a valiant effort to defend his Crown but finishes in fifth place on the season. First-time Analyst Wreck It Ralph (7 Trifectas and 36 Correct Picks) finishes in a respectable sixth place.

In the middle of the field, the following Analysts will retain a Claim to a Home Team during the Super Trifecta Bowl…

Mo Money (6 Trifectas and 35 Correct Picks) takes seventh place. Bug Bug (6 Trifectas and 32 Correct Picks) moves into eighth place. Sponge Mom (5 Trifectas and 37 Correct Picks) soaks up ninth place. KateTDid and Boo Boo (5 Trifectas and 36 Correct Picks) share tenth place. Wise Orangutan (5 Trifectas and 35 Correct Picks) clings to twelfth place.

At the back of the field, the five Analysts at or below 13th place in the Analyst of the Year will lose Claim to their Home Teams at the start of Super Trifecta Bowl IX…

In 13th place, Woody (5 Trifectas and 33 Correct Picks) is forced to release the Ravens. In fourteenth place, Craft Brew (4 Trifectas and 38 Correct Picks) must relinquish the Chargers. In fifteenth place, Little Tuna (4 Trifectas and 32 Correct Picks) releases the Vikings. In sixteenth position, B-Reezy (3 Trifectas and 31 Correct Picks) dumps the Lions and Atwork (0 Trifectas) packs up the Packers.

Trifectas

Analyst of the Year IX | Standings | Week 18 — Standings after Week 18 of Analyst of the Year IX

Correct Picks

Analyst of the Year IX | Tiebreakers | Week 18 — Tiebreakers after Week 18 of Analyst of the Year IX

Picks | The Seeders’ Cup IX | Leg 4

The Results Are In:

Jimmy V – 49er s/Chiefs (7)/Eagles (7) (20 points)
Sponge Mom – ~~Cowboys/~~Eagles (7)/Chiefs (7) (17 points)
Mo Money – *Jaguars (3)/Eagles (7)//Chiefs (7) (23 points)
Roxy Trot – *Eagles (7) /Chiefs (7)/49ers (20 points)
Woody – Jaguars (3)/Eagles (7)/Chiefs (7) (23 points)
B-Reezy – *Lions/~~Cowboys~~/Jaguars (3) (6 points)
Craft Brew – Chiefs (7)/~~Cowboys~~/Bills (10 points)
Little Tuna – *Vikings/Bills/Chiefs (7) (13 points)
Big Tuna – *Cowboys/Eagles (7) /Chiefs (7) (17 points)
The Strategist – Chiefs (7)/ Eagles (7)/49ers (20 points)
KateTDid – Chiefs (7)/Vikings/49ers (13 points)
Wise Orangutan – Eagles (7)/49ers/~~Packers~~ (10 points)
Bookie – *49ers/Chiefs (7)/~~Cowboys~~ (10 points)
Atwork – *Packers/Bills/Eagles (7) (10 points)
Boo Boo – *Chiefs (7)/ Eagles (7) /Vikings (20 points)
Bug Bug – Eagles (7)/Chiefs (7)/Jaguars (3) (23 points)
Wreck It Ralph – Vikings/~~Cowboys~~/Eagles (7) (10 points)

* Home team

Standings | The Seeders’ Cup IX | Final Results

The Seeders’ Cup IX

Down the home stretch, six Analysts sprinted to 20 or more points! Two ended in a photo finish with 43 points! And the Winner is…

Roxy Trot! Her first Win! At 43 points, Roxy Trot noses out Woody on second tiebreaker: 2 Correct Home Team Picks vs. 1 Correct Home Team Pick. Despite her Perfect Seeders Trifecta for 23 points in Leg 4, Woody Places. The Strategist (42 points) Shows.

Big Tuna and Bug Bug finish at 40 points each in fourth place — Bug Bug demands that the Bengals and Bills finish their game!!! Wise Orangutan fades on the Packers and finishes in a tie with Jimmy V and Mo Money at 39 points in sixth place.

The back half of the field ends with 36 points or fewer…

Trifecta Points

The Seeders' Cup IX | Standings | Leg 4 — Standings after Leg 4 of The Seeders’ Cup IX

Tiebreakers

The Seeders' Cup IX | Tiebreakers 3 | Leg 4 — Third Tiebreakers after Leg 4 of The Seeders’ Cup IX

Scenarios | Analyst of the Year IX | Week 18

Scenarios

The Seeders’ Cup IX

The current Standings are:

The leaders (Wise O. at 29 points) needs 21 points (of the possible 23 points) to stay ahead of all other Analysts. If Wise O. earns a *lame* Trifecta with 7 Seeder bonus points (one Homefield prediction), the target score for a Win is 39 points. Analysts at 17 points or more can beat that score with a perfect Leg 4 Seeders Cup Trifecta (23 points). Analysts below 17 points need the leaders to bust Trifectas in Week 18 in order to steal the Win in the home stretch.

Analyst of the Year IX

For the Win

Bookie can secure the Championship with a Trifecta OR Big Tuna busts a Trifecta + she earns one Correct Pick.

Big Tuna must earn a Trifecta AND Bookie busts a Trifecta.

The Strategist must earn a Trifecta + Bookie earns 0 (zero) Correct Picks + Big Tuna busts a Trifecta – and that only ties Bookie to send the AoY to a playoff!!!

For a Claim to a Home Team in Super Trifecta Bowl IX (or To Avoid Relegation)

Currently, KateTDid and Boo Boo share 12th place at 4 Trifectas and 33 Correct Picks. B-Reezy, Little Tuna, and Atwork cannot surpass either with a Trifecta so theses three Analysts must Win The Seeders’ Cup to retain a avoid Relegation.

If KateTDid and Boo Boo earn Trifectas, the cut for a Claim / Relegation can become has high as 5 Trifectas and 36 Correct Picks. No Analyst at or below Mo Money (5 Trifectas and 36 Correct Picks) is safe. These Analysts face Relegation:

Mo Money (7th place)
Sponge Mom (8th place)
Wise Orangutan (9th place)
Bug Bug (10th place)
Craft Brew (11th place)
KateTDid (12th place, tie)
Boo Boo (12th place, tie)
Woody (14th place)

If an Analyst in this list busts a Trifecta and EVERY Analyst below that Analyst earns a Trifecta, that Analyst can finish in 13th place (Relegation).

For instance, Mo Money with 0 Correct Picks in Week 18 could finish in a tie with KateTDid and Boo Boo for 11th place at 5 Trifectas and 36 Correct Picks — one of the three will become the Analyst with No Claim by coin flip.

In addition, if the Analyst that Wins The Seeders’ Cup finishes at 13th place or lower in the AoY rankings, that Analyst avoids Relegation and the Analyst at 12th place in the AoY rankings will face Relegation.

Ergo, every Analyst from 7th to 17th place still has something to play for in either The Seeders’ Cup Win or the Analyst of the Year Standings!

Standings | Analyst of the Year IX | Week 17

Results of Week 17 may be contingent on the official record for the Bills and Bengals game in Week 17. Currently, the game is postponed and neither team awards a Correct Pick for the win.*

Analyst of the Year IX

A wrinkle in timing has muddled the current Standings of the Ninth Marathon of the Ass! While some results are updated, several Analysts find themselves in a cloud of dust down the home stretch. What we do know is that three Analysts remain in contention for the Win.

Bookie (8 Trifectas and 38 Correct Picks) clings onto first place by a head. Big Tuna (8 Trifectas and 34 Correct Picks) adds to his season Trifecta total and moves into second place. The Strategist (7 Trifectas and 35 Correct Picks) falls into third place, barely within striking distance of the leader!

Jimmy V, Roxy Trot, and Wreck It Ralph entered Week 17 with mathematical possibilities for the Win. After adding a Trifecta on the season, Wreck It Ralph (7 Trifectas and 34 Correct Picks) moves into fourth place. Unfortunately, he trails the leader by 1 Trifecta and 4 Correct Picks, so his best hope is now Place. Roxy Trot (6 Trifectas and 38 Correct Picks) and Jimmy V (6 Trifectas and 35 Correct Picks) fall to fifth and sixth place, respectively, with their best hope becoming a Show at 7 Trifectas.

All other Analysts are eliminated from Win, Place, or Show at 7 Trifectas. The five Analysts with the worst records in the Analyst of the Year are at risk of losing Claim to a Home Team during Super Trifecta Bowl IX. All of the below Analysts have mathematical possibilities for relegation to the horseless.

At 5 Trifectas each, the following Analysts lead the list of Analysts who currently retain a Claim to a Home Team during the Super Trifecta Bowl. Mo Money (36 Correct Picks) is in seventh place, trailed by Sponge Mom (35 Correct Picks) in eighth place. Wise Orangutan (33 Correct Picks) remains in ninth position. These three Analysts appear to be safe from relegation. Bug Bug (29 Correct Picks) holds tenth place, but she needs at least 2 Correct Picks or The Seeders’ Cup Crown to remain safe from relegation.

Craft Brew (4 Trifectas and 36 Correct Picks) continues to move up the board and now is in eleventh place. Boo Boo and KateTDid (both with 4 Trifectas and 33 Correct Picks) are in a tie for twelfth place — if the season ended this week, a coin flip would determine which was relegated to an Analyst with No Claim. Woody (4 Trifectas and 30 Correct Picks) is in fourteenth place. To escape relegation, these four Analysts likely need a Trifecta or The Seeders’ Cup Crown to retain a Claim in the Super Trifecta Bowl — if three out of four earn Trifectas in Week 18, the fourth who remains at 4 Trifectas will be relegated to an Analyst with No Claim (also, see NOTE below).

B-Reezy (3 Trifectas and 29 Correct Picks) and Little Tuna (3 Trifectas and 29 Correct Picks) are tied for fifteenth position, while Atwork (0 Trifectas) in last place. All three need The Seeders’ Cup Crown in order to retain a Claim in the Super Trifecta Bowl.

*NOTE: Woody, Little Tuna, KateTDid, Atwork, and Bug Bug possibly have one more Correct Pick depending on the outcome of the Bills and Bengals game from Week 17. KateTDid has a Trifecta pending (with a Bills win) that would give her a 5th Trifecta, moving her up to 9th place and moving several others down one position (toward relegation). Woody (Bills) or Bug Bug (Bengals) have a Correct Pick pending that may affect relegation (13th place) at the end of the regular season. Little Tuna and Atwork (Bills) have Correct Picks pending that will not affect relegation.