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Player Haters Preakness III – Slate of Games

The Entrants

The Analysts have selected their Home Teams to start the third annual Player Haters Preakness. The entrants are:

Player Haters Preakness III | Slate of Analysts — Slate of Analysts and Home Teams for the Player Haters Preakness III

Slate of Games

The slate of games for the Player Haters Preakness III may prove to be a brutal test of Analyst’s acumen. With only 2 head-to-head competitions this month (first tiebreaker), most Analysts will have to win the Run of the Black-Eyed Analysts with wits alone.

In Leg 1, Wise Orangutan travels to face Big Tuna. Leg 4 pits the young stallions, B-Reezy and Atwork, against one another. layer Hater Bonus Points may not be earned from the two head-to-head Analyst match-ups.

Leg 3 may prove to be the difference as 5 of 7 Analysts’ Home Teams go on the road against notable challengers (one team on a bye week). In Leg 4, two teams go on bye weeks and limit the available choices to FIVE games total — a photo finish in the making!

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 a handful of featured games: two Thursday nights, two Sunday nights, and one Monday games.

In total, five Home Teams enjoy a bye week during the Preakness.

Picks

Remember: Every Analyst has a bias for his or her Home Team and may not pick the sponsored team to lose. Analysts do not have to pick his or her Home Team to win a trifecta. *Bonus* trifecta points are earned for picking against other Analysts’ Home Teams in a winning trifecta. See the Preakness Rules for more.

Email three picks to The Bookie before each leg (week) of the Race. The first picks are due on Saturday, October 8.

World Football Trifecta Championship 2016-17

Player Haters Preakness III Preparations

New Home Team Selection Order

One race into the season, racing officials have learned a few Analysts are frustrated with the Home Teams that are not performing as expected.

According to the rules, the order of selection for new teams is by current playoff seeding, worst to first.

The order of picks will be:

1. The Bookie (13th seed AFC)
2. Little Tuna (12th seed NFC)
3. B-Reezy (11th seed NFC)
4. Wise Orangutan (11th seed AFC)
5. Kal Krome (6th seed NFC)
6. Big Tuna (5th seed AFC)
7. The Strategist (3rd seed NFC)
8. Atwork (1st seed NFC)

Home Team Swaps

Little Tuna chooses to release her team.

The new Home Teams are:

Little Tuna: Dallas Cowboys

Standings | Analyst of the Year III | Week 4

Analyst of the Year III

Coming out of the first turn in the annual contest for analytical bragging rights, Kal Krome, B-Reezy, and Atwork gallop into the lead with 2 Trifectas each. Kal (10 Correct Picks) holds a one head lead over B-Reezy and Atwork (9 Correct Picks) at the quarter mark.

The Strategist, Big Tuna, and Wise Orangutan continue to run neck and neck with 1 Trifecta each. The Strategist holds the inside rail for fourth place with 9 Correct Picks (vs. 8 Correct Picks for the fifth-place challengers).

The Bookie (6 Correct Picks) edges Little Tuna (5 Correct Picks) for seventh place in the Annual competition.

Minds Blank has been scratched from the Annual competition. A whistle blower informed The Clearinghouse that the first-ever Analyst of the Year has been conferring with all-powerful beings to gain an insight into future events following her disappointing second season in the World Football Trifecta League. Guido has been dispatched to ensure the integrity of the races and to work with local authorities to monitor the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) by the disgraced Analyst of the Pacific Northwest.

Trifectas

Standings | Analyst of the Year III | Week 4 — Standings after Leg 4 for the Analyst of the Year III

Correct Picks

Tiebreakers | Analyst of the Year III | Week 4 — Tiebreakers after Leg 4 for the Analyst of the Year III

Standings | PC-Fecta Derby III | Final Results

PC-Fecta Derby, 2016-17

Final Standings

At the finish, Kal Krome (5 trifecta points) holds off a late threat from The Strategist (4 trifecta points) to win the 2016-17 PC-Fecta Derby! Kal Krome earns his second Quaternary Crown and signals to the other Analysts that the Hawks are not to be trifled with this year — despite falling to the ~~lowly~~ first-place Rams!

Atwork (3 trifecta points) edges past Big Tuna (3 trifecta points) to take 3rd place based on the third tiebreaker: point differentials by the Home Team (9.3 vs. 0.5). The Vikings and Raiders look capable of sacking other Analysts in the coming months.

In fifth with two trifectas, B-Reezy whips his gimpy Bears around the final turn to upset the listless cavalry sponsored by Wise Orangutan (1 trifecta point) .

In seventh, Little Tuna (0 trifecta points) purrs just ahead of The Bookie’s fishy horse (0 trifecta points) based on the third tiebreaker (point differentials, -2.3 > -4.5).

Minds Blank’s trifecta points are under review after submitting Leg 4 picks through unofficial channels. Guido is headed to Washington to investigate what insiders are calling, L’affaire des brownies. Minds Blank is a scratch until further notice.

Trifecta Points

PC-Fecta Derby III | Standings | Final Results — Final Results for PC-Fecta Derby III (2016-17)

Tiebreakers

PC-Fecta Derby III | Week 4 Picks

The Analysts picks are in:

The Bookie: Seahawks/Cardinals/Chargers
Big Tuna: Raiders/Cardinals/Bengals
LittleTuna: Cardinals /Giants/Bengals
Wise Orangutan: Chargers/Ravens/Bengals
The Strategist: Rams/Vikings/Chargers
Kal Krome: Seahawks/Cardinals/Saints
B-Reezy: Raiders/Seahawks/Vikings
Atwork: Vikings/Panthers/Seahawks

Race Day Notes:

Each week the Bookie will interview one analysts. This week the Bookie interviewed the Big Tuna. I was welcomed into his home by his lovely wife Little Tuna. She said he’d see me in his man cave where he prepares by watching ESPN before the race. I asked him how he felt about seeing the finish line with two horses in front of him and another beside him and 2 horses coming up from the rear, I said you must be nervous being in the middle of this pack?

Big Tuna leaned back in his recliner, took a swig of some foul looking green liquid from his glass and said, “Give up, y’all. There is no point trying. This was named in my honor after all.🐷”
So there you have it. Big Tuna predicts a repeat of PC-FECTA Derby I.

The Results Are In!

The Bookie: Seahawks/~~Cardinals/Chargers~~
Big Tuna: Raiders/~~Cardinals~~/Bengals
Little Tuna: ~~Cardinals /Giants~~/Bengals
Wise Orangutan: ~~Chargers/Ravens~~/Bengals
The Strategist: Rams/Vikings/~~Chargers~~
Kal Krome: Seahawks/~~Cardinals~~/Saints
B-Reezy: Raiders/Seahawks/Vikings (1 point)
Atwork: Vikings/~~Panthers~~/Seahawks

In the final stretch, B-Reezy un-bears down for the sole trifecta for 1 point.

The Strategist, Kal Krome, and Atwork eat B-Reezy’s dust with only two Correct Picks, while The Bookie, Big Tuna, Little Tuna, and Wise Orangutan limp across the finish line with a single Correct Pick.

Standings | Analyst of the Year III | Week 3

Analyst of the Year III

In Week 3 of the annual contest, Kal Krome and Atwork separate themselves from the pack (2 Trifectas). Kal (8 Correct Picks) holds a one head lead over Atwork (7 Correct Picks).

The Strategist, Big Tuna, and Wise Orangutan run neck and neck with 1 Trifecta and 7 Correct Picks. On their tails, B-Reezy gives chase with 1 Trifecta and 6 Correct Picks.

The Bookie (5 Correct Picks) edges Little Tuna (4 Correct Picks) and Minds Blank (1 Correct Pick) at the back of the pack. The trophy curse continues!