Picks and Standings

Player Haters Preakness V | Leg 4 Picks

The Analysts picks are in:

Atwork: Vikings**/Bills**/Jets**
B-Reezy: Bears/Rams/Lions**
Big Tuna: Patriots/Bears/Eagles
Little Tuna: Saints/Rams/Patriots
Craft Brew: Rams*/Bears/Patriots
Roxy Trot: Eagles*/Patriots/Bears
Jimmy V: Patriots*/Rams/Bears
Sponge Mom: Bears*/Patriots/Rams
Wise Orangutan: Seahawks*/Ravens**/Vikings**
The Strategist: Bears/Rams/Eagles
The Bookie: Bears/Lions**/Vikings**

* denotes home team
** denotes Players Haters

Spit Box:

(1) Craft Brew gives up their Steelers Team. And Look they are winning and getting trifecta’s. Imagine that.
(2) Keeping my fingers and toes crossed this week for another trifecta!
(3) Hope this is the week!
(4) Can’t do any worse than I have done!😩
(5) Breaking my own rule by picking a London game but I’m feeling like the Eagles are stinging from their loss last week and will want redemption.
(6) I think 3 correct picks is too easy. We should try 4!!! Who’s with me?!?!?

The Results Are In:

Atwork: Vikings**/Bills**/Jets**
B-Reezy: Bears/Rams/Lions**
Big Tuna: Patriots/Bears/Eagles (1 point)
Little Tuna: Saints/Rams/Patriots (1 point)
Craft Brew: Rams*/Bears/Patriots (1 point)
Roxy Trot: Eagles*/Patriots/Bears (1 point)
Jimmy V: Patriots*/Rams/Bears (1 point)
Sponge Mom: Bears*/Patriots/Rams (1 point)
Wise Orangutan: Seahawks*/Ravens**/Vikings**
The Strategist: Bears/Rams/Eagles (1 point)
The Bookie: Bears/Lions**/Vikings**

Perfect Player Hater Pick:

None. No haters won.

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Scenarios | Player Haters Preakness V | Leg 4

Current Standings | PC-Fecta Derby V

Player Haters Preakness V | Standings | Leg 3
Standings after Leg 3 of Player Haters Preakness V

Into the homestretch, Big Tuna has a two length lead over Craft Brew and Wise Orangutan. Analysts with 1 Trifecta point can catch Big with a perfect Player Haters Trifecta. Analysts with 0 points are not able to catch Big Tuna.

Scenarios

For the Win:

Big Tuna will eliminate all Analysts with a 2 point Trifecta (two Player Haters). A 1 point Trifecta eliminates all but Craft Brew and Wise Orangutan. He can also strengthen his position against most Analysts with a Correct Home Team Pick.

With 3 Correct Home Team Picks, Craft Brew is in position to best Big Tuna if he can tie Big Tuna at 4 or 5 points. Most Analysts will need Craft Brew to falter in the homestretch to clinch the Win.

Wise O. can force a photo finish on tiebreakers with a 2-point Trifecta. The Strategist, Roxy Trot, and B-Reezy will need to play for a Perfect Player Haters Trifecta to Win.

For the Place:

All Analysts are still in contention to place if no Analysts tie Big Tuna on points, but most Analysts must avoid a tiebreaker with Craft Brew. If Craft Brew earns points, then he strengthens his position. If Big Tuna holds onto his lead (and does not fall to second place) and Craft Brew falters, then:

The two exceptions are 1) Atwork whose Home Team can beat Craft Brew’s in a head-to-head competition this week so he only needs a 2-point Trifecta with a Packers victory and 2) The Strategist who can play for a tie with Craft Brew if she earns one more Correct Home Team Pick with the Panthers and Craft Brew does not.

All other Analysts must outscore Craft Brew with 3 or more points to Place over Craft Brew.

Wise Orangutan is a wildcard in both Win and Place scenarios. He can hold win, place, or show with a 3-point Trifecta or with a 2-point Trifecta and tiebreakers if the current leaders falter. Analysts seeking to come from behind for the Place also must hope that Wise O. does not earn a 1-point Trifecta with a Correct Home Team Pick.

And, of Course, Beware the Box Out!

 

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Standings | Analyst of the Year V | Week 7

Analyst of the Year V

The Strategist is unable to keep up her blistering pace for the second straight week and finds herself in a tighter race. She still leads by a length (3 Trifectas and 15 Correct Picks), but now has three close challengers.

Big Tuna (2 Trifectas and 14 Correct Picks) clings by a head to second place. In third, Craft Brew (2 Trifectas and 13 Correct Picks) trails only by one head. B-Reezy (2 Trifectas and 12 Correct Picks) aspires to retake the AoY crown.

Among the Analyst with 1 Trifecta, Roxy Trot (14 Correct Picks) in fifth and Jimmy V (13 Correct Picks) in sixth continue to perform as well as the frontrunners.

Little Tuna is finding her stride mid-season with 11 Correct Picks and seventh place. Wise Orangutan moves in spurts with 10 Correct Picks and eighth place.

Three Analysts are staring the poo-flinging Monkey in the face: 0 Trifectas in the first seven weeks. Which one will earn at least one Trifecta (12.5% accuracy) in Week 8 ?!!?

Analyst of the Year V | Standings | Leg 7
Standings for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 7

Correct Picks

Analyst of the Year V | Tiebreaker | Leg 7
Tiebreaker for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 7

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Standings | Player Haters Preakness V | Leg 3

Player Haters Preakness V

Trifecta Points

Around the far turn, Big Tuna (4 Trifecta points) solidifies his position with a two length lead over his closest contenders and an insurmountable 4 length lead over the five Analysts with no Trifecta points in the Trifecta.

On a steady pace in the past two legs, Craft Brew adds a second (2) Trifecta point and moves into second place over Wise Orangutan (2 Trifecta points) in third by virtue of the first tiebreaker (Home Team head-to-head win). Craft Brew also has 3 Correct Home Team Picks, the most of any Analyst in the Preakness, a secure position to defend Place during the final Leg.

In fourth, The Strategist (1 Trifecta point, 2 Correct Home Team Picks) edges Roxy Trot (1 Trifecta point, 1 Correct Home Team Pick) by a head. B-Reezy (1 Trifecta point, 0 Correct Home Team Picks) gives chase in sixth place.

The rest of the field will not be able to close the distance with Big Tuna in the final stretch, but can still Place with a Perfect Player Haters Trifecta (3 points).

In seventh, Jimmy V holds a first tiebreaker over Sponge Mom and second tiebreaker (1 Correct Home Team Pick) over the rest of the field.

Eighth through eleventh places are separate only by their noses (third tiebreaker).  Sponge Mom, with 3 turnovers per game, is in the strongest position.

Player Haters Preakness V | Standings | Leg 3
Standings after Leg 3 of Player Haters Preakness V

Tiebreakers

Player Haters Preakness V | Tiebreakers | Leg 3
Tiebreakers after Leg 3 of Player Haters Preakness V

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Player Haters Preakness V | Leg 3 Picks

The Analysts picks are in:

Atwork: Ravens**/49ers**/Giants**
B-Reezy: Saints/Rams/Falcons
Big Tuna: Falcons/Eagles/Chargers**
Little Tuna: Titans*/Patriots/Rams
Craft Brew: Rams*/Falcons/Chargers**
Roxy Trot: Eagles*/Rams/Chargers**
Jimmy V: Jaguars/Rams/Saints
Sponge Mom: Bears*/Rams/Chargers**
Wise Orangutan: Rams/Ravens**/Chargers**
The Strategist: Panthers*/Jaguars/Falcons
The Bookie: Rams/Ravens**/Chargers**

* denotes home team
** denotes Players Haters

Spit Box:

(1) Let’s see how this week goes for me. Happy I got my first trifecta last week! Woot! Woot!
(2) Good Luck (I sure need it)
(3) I have nothing to lose!!!
(4) OK going with the kitties again! Had to throw a figurative bird in there after my poor performance last week!
(5) If I lose to my husband I’ll never hear the end of it…..
(6) Hell no! I don’t want to spit. I don’t want to look like an ass if I lose!
(7) All I can eat fish fry!

The Results Are In:

Atwork: Ravens**/49ers**/Giants**
B-Reezy: Saints/Rams/Falcons (1 point)
Big Tuna: Falcons/Eagles/Chargers**
Little Tuna: Titans*/Patriots/Rams
Craft Brew: Rams*/Falcons/Chargers** (1 point)
Roxy Trot: Eagles/Rams/Chargers**
Jimmy V: Jaguars/Rams/Saints
Sponge Mom: Bears*/Rams/Chargers**
Wise Orangutan: Rams/Ravens**/Chargers**
The Strategist: Panthers*/Jaguars/Falcons
The Bookie: Rams/Ravens**/Chargers**

Perfect Player Hater Pick:

None. The only Player Haters Picks were Chargers and Texans.

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Scenarios | Player Haters Preakness V | Leg 3

Current Standings | PC-Fecta Derby V

Player Haters Preakness V | Standings | Leg 2
Standings after Leg 2 of Player Haters Preakness V

Entering the backstretch, Big Tuna has a commanding lead over rest of the field. With only two legs left, he will begin eliminate Analysts from contention for the win.

Scenarios

Since a perfect Player Haters Trifecta earns 3 points, Analysts have to be within 3 points of the win or place to earn Purse in Leg 4. Thus:

For the Win:

Big Tuna will eliminate any Analysts who fall 4 or more points behind him. Currently, six Analysts are in must-Trifecta situations in Leg 3. Big Tuna can eliminate all Analysts if he extends his lead over the second place Analysts (currently 2 points) in Leg 3.

For the Place:

Place is wide open right now! However, if one of the Analysts with 1 or 2 points opens up a 4 point lead over other Analysts, both win and place will be out of reach for some Analysts.

Beware the Box Out!

 

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Standings | Analyst of the Year V | Week 6

Analyst of the Year V

The Marathon of the Ass is starting to shape up!

The Strategist misses her stride but holds onto first place by a length (3 Trifectas and 13 Correct Picks). In second place, Big Tuna closes the lead to 1 length with his 2nd Trifecta and 12th Correct Pick. Roxy Trot moves into third place with 1 Trifecta and 12 Correct Picks on the year.

Jimmy V is fourth with 1 Trifecta and 11 Correct Picks, now followed closely by Craft Brew with his 1st Trifecta and 10 Correct Picks on the season.

B-Reezy and Little Tuna share sixth place at 1 Trifecta and 9 Correct Picks, while Wise O. clings to eighth place (1 Trifecta and 8 Correct Picks).

Only three Analysts still seek their first Trifecta of the season: The Bookie, Atwork, and the Bear-bitten Sponge Mom. All three have 8 Correct Picks after 6 weeks.

 

Analyst of the Year V | Standings | Leg 6
Standings for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 6

Correct Picks

Analyst of the Year V | Tiebreaker | Leg 6
Tiebreaker for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 6

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Standings | Player Haters Preakness V | Leg 2

Player Haters Preakness V

Trifecta Points

Down the backstretch, Big Tuna (4 points) extends his lead to two lengths over Wise O. (2 points).

Craft Brew and Roxy Trot move into a neck-and-neck race for third place with The Strategist. Each with 1 Trifecta point, Craft Brew holds third place by a head due to 2 Correct Home Team Picks. The Strategist noses out Roxy Trot for fourth place on third tiebreakers (1.5 forced turnover per game vs. 1 forced turnover per game).

The rest of the field trail with 0 Trifecta points, with Jimmy V is alone in sixth place with 1 Correct Home Team Pick.

The remainder of the Analysts are only separated by third tiebreaker (forced turnovers) entering the backstretch.

Player Haters Preakness V | Standings | Leg 2
Standings after Leg 2 of Player Haters Preakness V

Tiebreakers

Player Haters Preakness V | Tiebreakers | Leg 2
Tiebreakers after Leg 2 of Player Haters Preakness V

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Player Haters Preakness V | Leg 2 Picks

The Analysts picks are in:

Atwork: Ravens**/Broncos**/Buccaneers**
B-Reezy: Jaguars*/Bears/Rams
Big Tuna: Rams/Packers/Seahawks
Little Tuna: Titans*/Dolphins**/Chiefs**
Craft Brew: Rams*/Packers/Ravens**
Roxy Trot: Eagles*/Rams/Packers
Jimmy V: Packers/Ravens**/Raiders**
Sponge Mom: Bears*/Chiefs**/Ravens**
Wise Orangutan: Packers/Ravens**/Chiefs**
The Strategist: Panthers* /Bears/Packers
The Bookie: Packers/Chiefs**/Ravens**

* denotes home team
** denotes Players Haters

More of the Interview with Jimmy V. Winner of the PC-Fecta Derby V

The Bookie: This is your first year in the WFTL. You’ve had a remarkable start. What was your strategy in this race?
Jimmy V: Well Bookie I just wanted to set back and see the pace at first. After leg one I knew that running up front was the way to go. It helped when wise O held up the field with his disinformation strategy. Although I have to come from behind in this race, I have confidence that the other horses will falter down the stretch. To my fellow runners good luck!!! You’ll need it!!!

Spit Box:

(1) Roxy’s got Moxie
(2) Life is like a Box of Chocolate!!! You never know whatcha going to Get!
(3) Shenanigans! I know the NFL referees will do what they must to get the Patriots a win in this game.
(4) Going to spit in the box this week and roll the dice
(5) Let’s see if I can finally get a trifecta this week. Would be nice to get at least one.
(6) You’d think it would be easy to pick three teams!!!
(7) i burst outta of the gate and ya’ll are eating my dust!!
(8) Not a lock amongst them.

The Results Are In:

Atwork: Ravens**/Broncos**/Buccaneers**
B-Reezy: Jaguars*/Bears/Rams
Big Tuna: Rams/Packers/Seahawks (1 point)
Little Tuna: Titans*/Dolphins**/Chiefs**
Craft Brew: Rams*/Packers/Ravens** (1 point)
Roxy Trot: Eagles*/Rams/Packers (1 point)
Jimmy V: Packers/Ravens**/Raiders**
Sponge Mom: Bears*/Chiefs**/Ravens**
Wise Orangutan: Packers/Ravens**/Chiefs**
The Strategist: Panthers* /Bears/Packers
The Bookie: Packers/Chiefs**/Ravens**

Perfect Player Hater Pick:
A combination of Turkeys, Dolphins, Cowboys, and Ravens…

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Standings | Analyst of the Year V | Week 5

Analyst of the Year V

The Strategist builds on her early lead with a 3rd Trifecta in five weeks! With 12 Correct Picks overall, she leads the rest of the field by more than 2 lengths in the clubhouse turn.

With  1 Trifecta and 9 Correct Picks, Big Tuna and Jimmy V are running neck-and-neck in second place.

B-Reezy and Little Tuna are contesting fourth place with 1 Trifecta and 8 Correct Picks, trailed by Wise Orangutan lumbering alone in sixth place ( 1 Trifecta and 6 Correct Picks).

Roxy Trot continues her string of 2 Correct Picks to hold seventh place (9 Correct Picks).

Craft Brew, Atwork, and Sponge Mom play for eighth place with 7 Correct Picks.

Bringing up the rear, The Bookie has 6 Correct Picks — just at little more than one Correct Pick per week!

Analyst of the Year V | Standings | Leg 5
Standings for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 5

Correct Picks

Analyst of the Year V | Tiebreaker | Leg 5
Tiebreaker for Analyst of the Year V after Leg 5

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