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Standings | The Seeders’ Cup IX | Leg 2

The Seeders’ Cup IX

Down the back stretch, the Analysts are galloping at a blistering pace in The Seeders’ Cup IX!

Bookie (23 points) and Wise Orangutan (23 points) lead the field after Leg 2! Bookie has the first tiebreaker (!) after her Home Team defeated Wise O’s Home Team in Leg 1. Little Tuna (22 points) moves into sole possession of third place.

Roxy Trot moves into a tie with Woody at 20 points each. Both have 1 Correct Home Team Pick, but Woody has the edge for fourth place on third tiebreaker with 11 Seeder points to Roxy’s 8 Seeder points. The Strategist (19 points) emerges in sixth place.

In a contest for seventh place, Craft Brew, Big Tuna, and Bug Bug with 17 points each remain within one Trifecta of the leaders. Craft Brew and Big Tuna have the inside rail with 1 Correct Home Team Pick and Seeder points each, Bug Bug trails with 0 Correct Home Team Picks. Jimmy V and KateTDid vie for tenth position with 16 points each and in a dead heat on tiebreakers.

Sponge Mom (15 points) holds the twelfth position, followed by Mo Money (13 points) in thirteenth and Wreck It Ralph (10 points) moving up to fourteenth position. B-Reezy and Boo Boo (9 points each) outpace Atwork (7 points) at the back of the field…

Trifecta Points

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

Tiebreakers

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The Seeders’ Cup IX | Leg 2 Picks

The Picks Are In:

Jimmy V - Bills/Chiefs/49ers
Sponge Mom - Eagles/Bills/Ravens
Mo Money - Eagles/Chiefs/Buccaneers
Roxy Trot - Bills/Chiefs/Chargers
Woody - *Ravens/Bills/Eagles
B-Reezy - *Lions/Jets/Titans
Craft Brew - *Chargers/Bills/Chiefs
Little Tuna - *Vikings/Chiefs/Bills
Big Tuna - *Cowboys/Bills/49ers
The Strategist - *Bills/Chiefs/49ers
KateTDid - Chiefs/Bills/Eagles
Wise Orangutan - Bills/Bengals/Ravens
Bookie - *49ers/Bengals/Ravens
Atwork - Eagles/Bills/Ravens
Boo Boo - *Chiefs/Titans/Buccaneers
Bug Bug - Bengals/Chiefs/Vikings
Wreck It Ralph - *Bengals/Chiefs/Bills

* Home Team

The Results (Are Coming) In:

Jimmy V – Bills (3)/Chiefs/49ers (9 points)
Sponge Mom – Eagles/Bills (3)/Ravens (1) (7 points)
Mo Money – Eagles/Chiefs/Buccaneers (3 points)
Roxy Trot – Bills (3)/Chiefs/Chargers (1) (10 points)
Woody – *Ravens (1)/Bills (3)/Eagles (7 points)
B-Reezy – *Lions/Jets/Titans (0 points)
Craft Brew – *Chargers (1)/Bills (3)/Chiefs (10 points)
Little Tuna – *Vikings/Chiefs/Bills (3) (9 points)
Big Tuna – *Cowboys/Bills (3)/49ers (9 points)
The Strategist – *Bills (3)/Chiefs/49ers (9 points)
KateTDid – Chiefs/Bills (3)/Eagles (6 points)
Wise Orangutan – Bills (3)/Bengals (1)/Ravens (1) (11 points)
Bookie – *49ers/Bengals (1)/Ravens (1) (8 points)
Atwork – Eagles/Bills (3)/Ravens (1) (7 points)
Boo Boo – *Chiefs/Titans/Buccaneers (3 points)
Bug Bug – Bengals (1)/Chiefs/Vikings (7 points)
Wreck It Ralph – *Bengals (1)/Chiefs/Bills (3) (10 points)

*Home Team

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Scenarios | Analyst of the Year IX | Week 16

Super Trifecta Bowl Claims

We have not made enough noise about the STB Claims order, but it is the reverse of the Home Team Releases and Claims mid-season:

The top twelve Analysts from the regular season will have a Claim for ownership in this order: 1) Analyst of the Year, 2) Seeder’s Cup Winner, 3) Fibonacci Stakes Winner, 4) Player Haters Winner, 5) PC-Fecta Derby Winner, 6) Place in the Analyst of the Year, 7) Show in the Analyst of the Year, and 8) from 4th-12th position in the Analyst of the Year until twelve teams in total are Claimed by Analysts. When an Analyst has two or more Claims, the highest Claim is granted.

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A Crown Win secures a Claim. Unfortunately, the leaders of the AoY are also Winners of the first three Crowns. So, the only way for other Analysts to secure a Claim for STB IX is to Win The Seeders’ Cup! And, nobody with 4 or fewer Trifectas is safe at the moment. If two or more Analysts with 2 to 4 Trifectas go on a run, the mid-field could suddenly find themselves eating dust — and that prognostication includes several Analysts with 5 Trifectas if they do not add to their Trifecta totals!

Scenarios

To be in contention in Week 17, an Analyst has to be within 2 Trifectas of the leader after Week 16. Thus….

For the Win…

With a Trifecta in Week 16, Bookie (7 and 33 Correct Picks) can eliminate for the Win every Analyst with 4 Trifectas and any Analyst with 5 Trifectas who does not add a 6th Trifecta. If, however, Bookie busts, then every Analyst with 4 Trifectas can remain in contention for the Win at least one more week — if they earn a Trifecta!

Analysts’ current number of Correct Picks indicates the strength of surpassing Bookie. Even if The Strategist (30 Correct Picks) or Big Tuna (28 Correct Picks) ties Bookie on Trifectas in Week 18, Bookie will have to have had at least one week with zero Correct Picks to make up the difference. The challengers’ best bets are to surpass Bookie on Trifectas.

Unusually, for the Analysts with 5 Trifectas currently, Roxy Trot (33 Correct Picks), Mo Money (32 Correct Picks), or Sponge Mom (31 Correct Picks) can close out the season (Week 18) in a tie for the lead at 7 or 8 Trifectas and Win. The strength of their tiebreakers (Correct Picks) can elevate them over Bookie, The Strategist and Big Tuna in a tie. The leaders need 9 Trifectas to outright eliminate these three challengers.

Jimmy V (30 Correct Picks) and Wreck It Ralph (28 Correct Picks) need help…Both Analysts have to overcome the Correct Pick differential as well as the Trifecta differential, so both Analysts need those mentioned above to founder in the home stretch.

For Place or Show…

Analysts with 3 or more Trifectas entering Week 16 can Place or Show, but the season minimum for the Winner’s Circle is 6 Trifectas (The Strategist and Big Tuna) at the moment.

For the Claim…

Bug Bug at 4 Trifectas and 25 Correct Picks is the current cut for a Claim in Super Trifecta Bowl IX. She is on a roll with three straight Trifectas and a fourth in Week 16 will likely elevate her over one of the other Analysts with 4 Trifectas.

For the back half of the field at 4 or fewer Trifectas, the target is 5 Trifectas — and some help. Fourteen Analysts have 5 or fewer Trifectas after Week 15. So, even those in contention for the Win in Week 16 could suddenly find themselves among the five worst Analysts of the Year if they earn no Trifectas in the final three weeks!

The only Analyst with no hope of a Claim in Super Trifecta Bowl IX is Atwork. At 0 Trifectas on the season, the best he can do is tie B-Reezy in fourteenth place at 3 Trifectas.

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Standings | Analyst of the Year IX | Week 15

Analyst of the Year IX

We are in the home stretch of the Ninth Marathon of the Ass and we finally have a clear leader who is now on the verge of eliminating half of the field!

Bookie notches her fourth Trifecta in five Weeks to bring her Ass-leading totals to 7 Trifectas and 33 Correct Picks (both highs). Trailing by one length, The Strategist (6 Trifectas and 30 Correct Picks) adds to her Trifecta count in Week 15 to overtake Big Tuna (6 Trifectas and 28 Correct Picks) for second place. These three Analysts may soon have insurmountable leads on the rest of the field!

The biggest movers of the week are Roxy Trot and Mo Money who tied Jimmy V, Sponge Mom, and Wreck It Ralph at 5 Trifectas each. Roxy Trot (33 Correct Picks) jumps from seventh to fourth place while Mo Money (32 Correct Picks) surges from eighth to fifth place. Sponge Mom (31 Correct Picks) slides down to sixth place, followed by Jimmy V (30 Correct Picks) in seventh and Wreck It Ralph (28 Correct Picks) in eighth place. These five Analysts remain in strong contention for the Win, but will need a streak of 2 or 3 Trifectas to challenge the current leader!

On the cusp of elimination for the Win, Woody, KateTDid, Wise Orangutan, Boo Boo and Bug Bug lead the bottom half of the field with 4 Trifectas each. Boo Boo (30 Correct Picks) holds ninth position over KateTDid (29 Correct Picks) in tenth position. Woody and Wise Orangutan (28 Correct Picks each) continue to run feverishly in eleventh place to stay ahead of the five Analysts with No Claim during the Super Trifecta Bowl!

Reminder: The five Analysts with worst records in the Analyst of the Year are at risk of losing Claim to a Home Team during Super Trifecta Bowl IX.

Despite a streak of three Trifecta in a row (!), Bug Bug (4 Trifectas and 25 Correct Picks) remains among the bottom five Analysts. She is followed by B-Reezy (3 Trifectas and 28 Correct Picks) in fourteenth place.

Craft Brew (2 Trifectas and 30 Correct Picks) in the fifteenth spot and Little Tuna (2 Trifectas and 25 Correct Picks) in the sixteenth spot have been eliminated from Win, Place and Show. Atwork (0 Trifectas) is in dire straits of setting the record for worst season on record (The Strategist – 1 Trifecta in a 17 Week Season!!!).

Trifectas

Analyst of the Year IX | Standings | Week 15
Standings after Week 15 of Analyst of the Year IX

Correct Picks

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Standings | The Seeders’ Cup IX | Leg 1

The Seeders’ Cup IX

A solid start to the ninth running of The Seeders’ Cup! Fifteen Analysts earn Trifecta Points, including nine with double-digit scores out of the gates!

Bookie (15 points) again takes an early lead for the Crown with a *base* Trifecta and 9 *bonus* Seeder points — the maximum possible in Leg 1! Woody and Little Tuna (13 points each) keep it close with *base* Trifectas and 7 Seeder points of their own. In fourth place, Wise Orangutan (12 points) nets a *base* Trifecta with 6 Seeder points.

In a contest for fifth place, five Analysts notch *base* Trifectas and 4 Seeder points score 10 total out of the gates: Mo Money, Roxy Trot, The Strategist, KateTDid, and Bug Bug. Roxy Trot and The Strategist have the inside rail with 1 Correct Home Team Pick each (second tiebreaker) over Mo Money, KateTDid, and Bug Bug.

B-Reezy (9 points) is in tenth place, as Sponge Mom and Big Tuna (8 points each) vie for eleventh position. They are trailed closely by Jimmy V and Craft Brew in a tie for thirteenth position at 7 points each. Boo Boo (6 points) holds the fifteenth position.

Atwork and Wreck It Ralph (0 points each) ate the seeds instead of scoring the Seeds…

Trifecta Points

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Standings after Leg 1 of The Seeders’ Cup IX

Tiebreakers

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The Seeders’ Cup IX | Leg 1 Picks

The Picks are In:

Jimmy V - Eagles/Chiefs/Cowboys
Sponge Mom - Bills/Chiefs/Cowboys
Mo Money - Bills/Chiefs/Eagles
Roxy Trot - *Eagles/Chiefs/Bills
Woody - Bills/Chiefs/Vikings
B-Reezy - *Lions/Vikings/Packers
Craft Brew - Cowboys/Chiefs/Eagles
Little Tuna - *Vikings/Chiefs/Bills
Big Tuna - *Cowboys/Chiefs/Bills
The Strategist - *Bills/Chiefs/Eagles
KateTDid - Bills/Chiefs/Eagles
Wise Orangutan - Chiefs/Vikings/Eagles
Bookie - *49ers/Vikings/Chiefs
Atwork - *Packers/Ravens/Buccaneers
Boo Boo - *Chiefs/Ravens/Bengals
Bug Bug - Bills/Chiefs/Bengals
Wreck It Ralph - Cowboys/Eagles/Ravens


* Home Team

The Results (Are Coming) In:

Jimmy V – Eagles/Chiefs (3)/Cowboys (1) (7 points)
Sponge Mom – Bills (1)/Chiefs (3)/Cowboys (1) (8 points)
Mo Money – Bills (1)/Chiefs (3)/Eagles (10 points)
Roxy Trot – *Eagles/Chiefs (3)/Bills (1) (10 points)
Woody – Bills (1)/Chiefs (3)/Vikings (3) (13 points)
B-Reezy – *Lions/Vikings (3)/Packers (9 points)
Craft Brew – Cowboys (1)/Chiefs (3)/Eagles (7 points)
Little Tuna – *Vikings (3)/Chiefs (3)/Bills (1) (13 points)
Big Tuna – *Cowboys (1)/Chiefs (3)/Bills (1) (8 points)
The Strategist – *Bills (1)/Chiefs (3)/Eagles (10 points)
KateTDid – Bills (1)/Chiefs (3)/Eagles (10 points)
Wise Orangutan – Chiefs (3)/Vikings (3)/Eagles (12 points)
Bookie – *49ers (3)/Vikings (3)/Chiefs (3) (15 points)
Atwork – *Packers/Ravens/Buccaneers (0 points)
Boo Boo – *Chiefs (3)/Ravens/Bengals (6 points)
Bug Bug – Bills (1)/Chiefs (3)/Bengals (10 points)
Wreck It Ralph – Cowboys (1)/Eagles/Ravens (0 points)

* Home Team

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The Seeders’ Cup IX | Slate of Games

The Entrants

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

The Seeders' Cup IX | Entrants
The Seeders’ Cup IX | Entrants

Slate of Games

The Seeders' Cup IX | Slate of Games
The Seeders’ Cup IX | Slate of Games

The Seeders’ Cup is a four Leg competition!

The Slate of Games for The Seeders Cup IX includes seventeen head-to-head competitions — six in Leg 1, three in Leg 2, four in Leg 3 and four in Leg 4! Head-to-head competitions limit options since Analysts may not Pick against their own Home Teams!

Seeders’ Cup *bonus* points can be earned from both Home Teams and un-Claimed Teams if Picked during a week a playoff seeding is clinched:

  • Playoff berth = 1 point
  • Division title = 3 points
  • First-round bye = 7 points

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 are several featured games: three Thursday games (TNF), two Sunday night (SNF), and three Monday nights (MNF). Flex scheduling may change prime time line-ups. In addition, most Week 16 games are played on Saturday, Dec. 24, and all Week 18 games are TBD for start times.

Picks

Remember: Every Analyst has a bias for his or her Home Team and may NOT pick the his or her Home Team to lose. Analysts do NOT have to pick their Home Teams to win Fibonacci *bonus* points. Analysts must Pick Three games from the official Slate of Games. See the The Seeders’ Cup rules for more.

Email picks in private to The Bookie before each Leg (week) of the Race. Thursday games are due by 4pm EST on Thursdays (flexible per The Bookie’s communications). All Sunday and Monday Picks are due on Saturdays at 8pm EST (flexible per The Bookie’s communications). No Picks for games after kickoffs are accepted.

No revisions (Re-Picks) are possible after the Picks have been released to all Analysts by The Bookie.

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Standings | Analyst of the Year IX | Week 14

Analyst of the Year IX

Around the near turn, the Analysts have reached a blistering pace! Two Analysts have a streaks of 4 straight Trifectas and six Analysts have 3 Trifectas in the past four weeks! The Trifecta accuracy has increased to 25.6% and Pick Accuracy to 62.9% during the Fibonacci Stakes!!!

Still holding slim leads, Bookie and Big Tuna add their 6th Trifectas in Week 14. Bookie has first place by virtue of 30 Correct Picks to Big Tuna’s 26 Correct Picks.

Third place remains hotly contested by four Analysts with 5 Trifectas each. By Correct Picks, Sponge Mom moves into third place with 29 Correct Picks. Jimmy V owns fourth place with 28 Correct Picks while The Strategist and Wreck It Ralph share fifth position with 27 Correct Picks.

Mo Money falters in Week 14 and falls into a tie at 4 Trifectas each with Roxy Trot and Boo Boo. Roxy Trot has the inside rail for seventh place with 30 Correct Picks, followed by Mo Money with 29 Correct Picks in eighth and Boo Boo with 28 Correct Picks in ninth place.

The back half of the field begins with a handful of Analysts with 3 Trifectas each: Woody, KateTDid, Wise Orangutan, and Bug Bug. KateTDid has the advantage for tenth position with 26 Correct Picks, followed by Woody and Wise Orangutan tied for eleventh with 25 Correct Picks.

Reminder: The last five Analysts in the Analyst of the Year IX competition will lose Claim to a Home Team during Super Trifecta Bowl IX!

Bug Bug in thirteenth with 3 Trifectas and 22 Correct Picks leads the bottom five Analysts. She is followed by B-Reezy and Craft Brew with 2 Trifectas each. Little Tuna (1 Trifecta), and Atwork (0 Trifectas) are in dire straits to end the season!

Trifectas

Analyst of the Year IX | Standings | Week 14
Standings after Week 14 of Analyst of the Year IX

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Standings | Fibonacci Stakes IX | Final Results

Fibonacci Stakes IX

The Analysts honed their computational skills this season as six of 17 Analysts score more than 50 points! One Analyst stood out from the class as he earned all 12 Fibonacci bonuses in the final four Legs! And the Winner is…

Big Tuna! He stuck with the same three Picks for the entire competition and was rewarded with 4 straight wins by each team in Legs 2 to 5 — totaling 57 points for first place. Wreck It Ralph scored in all five rounds, tinkering with his Picks in Legs 2 and 4. But he also earned *base* Trifectas in four straight weeks to finish with 54 points and sole possession of second place!

Four Analysts ran neck-and-neck to a photo-finish for Show at 51 points each: Jimmy V, The Strategist, Bookie, and Boo Boo. Only Bookie and Jimmy V faced head-to-head. On second tiebreaker, The Strategist and Boo Boo had 4 Correct Home Team Picks to Bookie’s and Jimmy V’s 0 Correct Home Team Picks. Show then comes down to third tiebreaker, Fibonacci Picks, between The Strategist and Boo Boo — resulting in a tie for third place with 11 Fibonacci Picks each! Bookie takes fifth place with the first tiebreaker (49ers defeated Dolphins) over Jimmy V in sixth place.

After a strong start, Roxy Trot slides into a tie with Sponge Mom at 49 points. Roxy Trot takes seventh place with 4 Correct Home Team Picks to 2 for Sponge Mom in eighth place. Bug Bug (46 points) runs to ninth place, followed by Woody (45 points, 3 Correct Home Team Picks) in tenth and Wise Orangutan (45 points, 0 Correct Home Team Picks) in eleventh place.

Little Tuna (42 points) lopes into twelfth place. Mo Money, KateDid, and Atwork finish in a tie for thirteenth position with 37 points each, followed by Craft Brew (35 points) and B-Reezy (20 points) at the back of the field.

Trifecta Points

Fibonacci Stakes IX | Standings | Final Results
Standings after Final Results of Fibonacci Stakes IX

Tiebreakers

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Fibonacci Stakes IX | Leg 5 Picks

The Analysts’ Picks Are In:

Jimmy V - **Chiefs/**Eagles/**Bills
Sponge Mom - **Chiefs/**Eagles/**49ers
Mo Money - **Dolphins/**Cowboys/**Eagles
Roxy Trot - ***Eagles/**Chiefs/Bengals
Woody - ***Ravens/**Chiefs/**Eagles
B-Reezy - **Vikings/Chiefs/Cowboys
Craft Brew - **Cowboys/**Chiefs/Eagles
Little Tuna - ***Vikings/**Eagles/**Chiefs
Big Tuna - ***Cowboys/**Bills/**Eagles
The Strategist - ***Bills/**Chiefs/**Eagles
KateTDid - ***Buccaneers/**Bills/**Chiefs
Wise Orangutan - **Cowboys/**Chiefs/**Ravens
Bookie - **Bills/**Chiefs/**Eagles
Atwork - **Bills/**Chiefs/Buccaneers
Boo Boo - ***Chiefs/**Cowboys/**Eagles
Bug Bug - **Bills/**Eagles/**Ravens
Wreck It Ralph - ***Bengals/**Cowboys/**Eagles

 *denotes home team
 **denotes Fibonacci
 ***denotes home team Fibonacci

The Results (Are Coming) In:

Jimmy V – **Chiefs/**Eagles/**Bills (21 points)
Sponge Mom – **Chiefs/**Eagles/**49ers (21 points)
Mo Money – **Dolphins/**Cowboys/**Eagles (13 points)
Roxy Trot – ***Eagles/**Chiefs/Bengals (16 points)
Woody – ***Ravens/**Chiefs/**Eagles (21 points)
B-Reezy – **Vikings/Chiefs/Cowboys (3 points)
Craft Brew – **Cowboys/**Chiefs/Eagles (16 points)
Little Tuna – ***Vikings/**Eagles/**Chiefs (13 points)
Big Tuna – ***Cowboys/**Bills/**Eagles (21 points)
The Strategist – ***Bills/**Chiefs/**Eagles (21 points)
KateTDid – ***Buccaneers/**Bills/**Chiefs (13 points)
Wise Orangutan – **Cowboys/**Chiefs/**Ravens (21 points)
Bookie – **Bills/**Chiefs/**Eagles (21 points)
Atwork – **Bills/**Chiefs/Buccaneers (13 points)
Boo Boo – ***Chiefs/**Cowboys/**Eagles (21 points)
Bug Bug – **Bills/**Eagles/**Ravens (21 points)
Wreck It Ralph – ***Bengals/**Cowboys/**Eagles (21 points)

*denotes home team
**denotes Fibonacci
***denotes home team Fibonacci


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