{"id":222,"date":"2014-12-31T03:56:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T03:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roi2partners.com\/wftl\/?p=222"},"modified":"2015-10-07T05:19:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T05:19:54","slug":"recap-season-i-analyst-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roi2partners.com\/wftl\/recap-season-i-analyst-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Season I – Analyst of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heading into the Final Week of the Racing Season…<\/h2>\n

Four Analysts remained in contention for the Analyst of the Year Award in the final week of the racing season.<\/p>\n

Kal Krome, the only Analyst to earn Trifecta Points in every Race of the Quaternary Crown, held sole position of the lead with six trifectas. Minds Blank, Big Tuna, and The Orangutan tied with five trifectas. Minds Blank, who had never selected less than two correct winners each week, held the tiebreaker over the other two Analysts for second place. Big Tuna held the tiebreaker over The Orangutan for third place. Kal Krome held the inside position – if all contending Analysts failed to earn trifectas, then Kal held onto his lead.<\/div>\n
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Otherwise, the scenarios were:<\/div>\n
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Final Week Scenarios for Season I – Analyst of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Note:<\/strong> The Clearinghouse made an error. If Kal Krome missed his trifecta in Week 17, the other Analysts had their opportunity according to overall pick standings.<\/div>\n

And, the Winner of the First Analyst of the Year Award Goes to…<\/h2>\n
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Minds Blank!<\/div>\n
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Minds Blank, winner of the Seeders’ Cup, never picked less than two teams correctly over the course of the racing season. In a three way trifecta tie with Big Tuna and Kal Krome, she finishes in first place by a nose (38 correct picks). Big Tuna with 35 picks, and winner of the PC-Fecta Derby, edges Kal Krome with 34 picks to take second place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Orangutan, winner of the Player Haters Preakness, finishes in fourth place with 5 trifectas. The Strategist, winner of the Fibonacci Stakes, finishes in fifth with 4 trifectas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Bookie and Little Tuna finish in a tie for sixth place.<\/p>\n

Final Results<\/h2>\n
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Final Results for Season I – Analyst of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the record:<\/strong> Week 1 was not included in the Analyst of the Year standings. Kal Krome and Minds Blank entered the competition in Week 2. This is not without some controversy since Big Tuna correctly picked the most trifectas (7) over the entire 17 weeks. Perhaps there may be some bad blood between Big Tuna and Minds Blank heading into Season II…<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t