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Standings | Analyst of the Year V | Week 15

Analyst of the Year V

The Strategist again lets slip an opportunity to close out the Marathon of the Ass and a fourth Analyst moves into position to Win in the final two weeks!

The Strategist (6 Trifectas and 32 Correct Picks) now clings to first place by one length over Roxy Trot (5 Trifectas and 32 Correct Picks) who gallops into second place with the only Trifecta for the week.

B-Reezy (5 Trifectas and 30 Correct Picks) falls into third place, but now leads Craft Brew (5 Trifectas and 29 Correct Picks) in fourth place by a head.

Big Tuna (4 Trifectas and 30 Correct Picks) and Little Tuna (4 Trifectas and 27 Correct Picks) are two lengths behind the leader with only two weeks remaining. Both must pull within 1 Trifecta and 3 Correct Picks of the leader to remain in contention for the Win.

Wise O. (4 Trifectas and 25 Correct Picks) and Jimmy V (3 Trifectas and 27 Correct Picks) join Sponge Mom, The Bookie and Atwork on the also-ran sheet. Both have an outside chance at Place.

Analyst of the Year V | Standings | Leg 15
Standings for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 15

Correct Picks

Analyst of the Year V | Tiebreaker | Leg 15
Tiebreaker for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 15

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Standings | The Seeders’ Cup V | Leg 2

The Seeders’ Cup V

Trifecta Points

The back stretch proves to be more brutal than anticipated as the front-running Home Teams fail to clinch top seeding and only one Analyst nets a Trifecta. The Cup remains wide open as no team has yet to earn a bye week for the playoffs.

The leader board nonetheless changes on tiebreakers!

B-Reezy moves into sole possession of first place on third tiebreaker. With 5 Seeder points, he noses ahead of Wise Orangutan (3 Seeder points). Both have 4 Trifecta points and 1 Correct Home Team Pick.

Roxy Trot (4 Seeder points) noses out Big Tuna (2 Seeder points) for third place on third tiebreaker as well.  Both have 3 Trifecta points, 1 Correct Home Team Pick.

Atwork drops one place  to fifth place (1 Trifecta point), one length lead over the rest of the field.

At the back, Sponge Mom has two head-to-head wins and 5 seeder points, while Little Tuna is the sole Analyst to gain 2 Correct Home Team Picks. The Strategist and Jimmy V have 4 Seeder points to after two legs.

The Seeders' Cup V | Standings | Leg 2
Standings after Leg 2 of The Seeders’ Cup V

Tiebreakers

The Seeders' Cup V | Tiebreakers | Leg 2
Tiebreakers after Leg 2 of The Seeders’ Cup V

Seeder points possible:

Bears: Division title (2 points)

Chargers: Playoff berth (1 point)

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The Seeders’ Cup V | Leg 2 Picks

The Analysts picks are in:

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

*Denotes Home Team

* denotes Home Team

Spit Box:

(1) Tis the season for the NFL to intervene on behalf of the Chea-triots for reasons we will only know after the fix scandal is uncovered by investigative journalism following Bill’s and Tom’s retirements. In the meantime, I predict suspicious flags and replay officiating out of New York to help the Chargers/Patriots/Jets to win.
(2) Let’s see what this week brings me hopefully a Trifecta!!! Have a great weekend😃
(3) Here’s the other two losing picks for this week!
(4) At this point I’m just letting the cat pick them cuz I don’t have a monkey! Throw that kitty litter, George!!!

The Results Are (Coming) In:

Atwork: Packers*/Rams/Patriots
B-Reezy: Bears (2)/Rams/Saints
Big Tuna: Chiefs/Seahawks/Texans
Little Tuna: Chargers* (1)/Rams/Saints
Craft Brew: Rams*/Seahawks/Texans
Roxy Trot: Texans*/Saints/Bears (2) (3 Trifecta points)
Bears (2)Jimmy V: Patriots*/Chiefs/Bears (2)
Sponge Mom: Bears* (2)/Chiefs/Patriots
Wise Orangutan: Seahawks*/Chiefs/Rams
The Strategist: Panthers*/Bears (2)/Rams
The Bookie: Steelers*/Rams/Saints

Clinched Playoff Seed:

Bears: Division Title (2 points)

Chargers: Playoff berth (1 point)

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Standings | Analyst of the Year V | Week 14

Analyst of the Year V

The Strategist has returned to normalcy during the past four weeks and remains at 6 Trifectas (31 Correct Picks). She now must fend off Craft Brew and B-Reezy only one length behind (5 Trifectas and 28 Correct Picks each) if she hopes to hold her lead in the Marathon of the Ass!

The middle of the field is still fighting for a share of the Purse!

Big Tuna and Roxy Trot share fourth place with 4 Trifectas: with 29 Correct Picks, both are poised to overtake second or third place with a Trifecta in the coming week.

Wise O. and Little Tuna labor to stay in contention in spurts: the two have 4 Trifectas but only 25 Correct Picks, so they need a string of Trifectas to remain relevant in the coming weeks.

Suffering from flesh wounds inflicted by the Dolphins, Titans, and Lions, oh my!, Jimmy V is on the cusp of elimination with 3 Trifectas and 26 Correct Picks. The agony of defeat has him in its sights!

Sponge Mom joins The Bookie and Atwork in the also-ran sheet. With 2 Trifectas on the season, she is unable to catch the leader in the final three weeks.

Analyst of the Year V | Standings | Leg 14
Standings for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 14

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Analyst of the Year V | Tiebreaker | Leg 14
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Standings | The Seeders’ Cup V | Leg 1

The Seeders’ Cup V

Trifecta Points

And they are off!

Going into the clubhouse turn, B-Reezy and Wise Orangutan are running neck-n-neck with 4 Trifecta points, 1 Correct Home Team Pick, and 3 Seeder points — each!

Big Tuna in third follows closely with 3 Trifecta points, 1 Correct Home Team Pick, and 2 Seeder points. Atwork gives chase in fourth place with 1 Trifecta point and 1 Correct Home Team Pick.

As far as Bad Beats(tm ESPN) can go, Jimmy V’s Home Team squandered a 99.9% chance of winning in Miami:

Patriots at Miami 2018
Patriots Win Likelihood at Miami 2018

Definitely, the most unlikely turn of events in WFTL Race history.

Six Analysts trip on the Miami hook and ladder out of the gate, while The Strategist slips on the Oakland baseball turf to start The Seeders’ Cup.

The Seeders' Cup V | Standings | Leg 1
Standings after Leg 1 of The Seeders’ Cup V

Tiebreakers

The Seeders' Cup V | Tiebreakers | Leg 1
Tiebreakers after Leg 1 of The Seeders’ Cup V

Seeder points possible:

Saints: Division title (2 points)

Chiefs: Playoff berth (1 point)

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The Seeders’ Cup V | Leg 1 Picks

The Analysts picks are in:

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

* denotes Home Team

Spit Box:

(1) Hopefully my new team will bring me some good luck!
(2) Sadly didn’t get to pick the teams I wanted but I need a trifecta!!!
(3) Wait!!! Wait!!! We don’t know what we’re doing. 😳
(4) I got three wrong last week. That’s a trifecta!!! I want my point!!!
(5) Haha, hopefully I get 3 of anything too, predicting losses is just as impressive as wins.
(6) We survived the Fibonacci people!!!!!

The Results Are (Coming) In:

Atwork: Packers*/Bears/Chargers (1 point)
B-Reezy: Chiefs* (1)/Saints (2)/Bears (4 points)
Big Tuna: Saints* (2)/Chargers/Seahawks (3 points)
Little Tuna: Chargers*/Patriots/Steelers
Craft Brew: Rams*/Patriots/Chargers
Roxy Trot: Texans*/Patriots/Saints (2)
Jimmy V: Patriots*/Rams/Saints (2)
Sponge Mom: Saints (2)/Patriots/Chiefs (1)
Wise Orangutan: Seahawks*/Saints (2)/Chiefs (1) (4 points)
The Strategist: Saints (2)/Chargers/Steelers
The Bookie: Steelers*/Saints (2)/Patriots

Clinched Playoff Seed:

Saints: Division title (2 points)

Chiefs: Playoff berth (1 point)

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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
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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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