After a wipe out in Leg 2 of the Fibonacci Stakes, The Bookie and Little Tuna hold their early lead. B-Reezy gains a tiebreaker advantage over The Strategist and leads the rest of the Analysts in third place with 2 Home Team selections.
The Bookie: Panthers*/Patriots*/Packers. 2*
The Big Tuna: Broncos*/Jets*/Green Bay*. 3*
The Little Tuna: Patriots*/Jets*/Panthers*. 3*
Wise Orangutan: Broncos*/Panthers/Packers. 1*
The Strategist: Rams*/Broncos*/Panthers*. 3*
Kal Krome: Sea Hawks/Packers*/Bears*. 2*
Minds Blank: Packers*/Bears*/Panthers. 2*
B-Reezy: Bears*/Panthers/Sea Hawks. 1*
* denotes same team as prior leg
The Bookie: Panthers*/Patriots*/Packers.
The Big Tuna: Broncos*/Jets*/Green Bay*.
The Little Tuna: Patriots*/Jets*/Panthers*.
Wise Orangutan: Broncos*/Panthers/Packers.
The Strategist: Rams*/Broncos*/Panthers*.
Kal Krome: Sea Hawks/Packers*/Bears*.
Minds Blank: Packers*/Bears*/Panthers.
B-Reezy: Bears*/Panthers/Sea Hawks.
Little Tuna stretches her lead over The Strategist to a full length, notching her fifth trifecta of the year. The Strategist holds onto second place by a length.
The Bookie is making her move with a new Home Team to reach 3 trifectas and fourth place, trailing Big Tuna in third place by a head (19 vs. 17 correct picks).
Wise Orangutan has fallen to the back of the pack, winded after two trifectas in the first month of the race. Minds Blank and B-Reezy continue to run stride-for stride in sixth place with one trifecta.
Has anyone seen Kal Krome? Kal? Kal?
The Bookie and Little Tuna take an early lead out of the gates in the Fibonacci Stakes. The Bookie also gains the tiebreaker advantage over Minds Blank after the Panthers hold off the Packers.
The Bookie: Panthers/Jets/Patriots
The Big Tuna: Broncos/Jets/Green Bay
The Little Tuna: Patriots/Jets/Panthers
Wise Orangutan: Jets/Broncos/Chargers
The Strategist: Rams/Broncos/Panthers
Kal Krome: Packers/Broncos/Bears
Minds Blank: Packers/Jets/Bears
B-Reezy: Bears/Broncos/Patriots
The Bookie: Panthers/Jets/Patriots (1 point)
The Big Tuna: Broncos/Jets/Green Bay
The Little Tuna: Patriots/Jets/Panthers (1 point)
Wise Orangutan: Jets/Broncos/Chargers
The Strategist: Rams/Broncos/Panthers
Kal Krome: Packers/Broncos/Bears
Minds Blank: Packers/Jets/Bears
B-Reezy: Bears/Broncos/Patriots
The Bookie and Wise Orangutan have decided to release their original Home Teams before the 2015-16 Fibonacci Stakes. With the new additions, Jets and Panthers, the entrants are:
The slate of games for the Fibonacci Stakes II includes five head-to-head contests this month (again, the first tiebreaker). The feature contest is the clash of Big and Little Tuna’s currently undefeated Home Teams in Leg 4 of the race. In Leg 1, The Bookie’s new steed, Panthers, host Minds Blank’s Packers for the position in the NFC playoff race. Lastly, beginning in Leg 2, B-Reezy’s Bears challenge The Strategist’s Rams, Big Tuna’s Broncos, and Minds Blank’s Packers in successive weeks.
B-Reezy has long odds to win the Stakes but the string of games in the mid-week of the season could break other Analysts’ hopes.
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 (now subject to broadcast flexing): four Thursday night games including two on Thanksgiving, one Sunday night game, and two Monday night games. The Seahawks are on a bye in Leg 1, the final Bye of the season for the Analysts’ Home Teams.
The Bills in Leg 3 are the only un-owned opponent that appears two weeks in a row. The Bills may be taken for the Fibonacci bonus if picked in both Leg 2 and Leg 3.
Analysts have at least 6 games to select from each week and 8 games in the final week of the Fibonacci Stakes, likely insuring that the race will be wide open through the final stretch!
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, but the second tiebreaker remains the number of correct Home Team selections. See the Fibonacci Stakes rules for more.
Email three picks to The Bookie before each leg (week) of the Race. The first picks are due on Saturday, November 7.
Check the current playoff standing of Home Teams.
Check the ELO predictive model win strength of Home Teams.
Week 1 of the Fibonacci Stakes may look unimportant, but which teams Analysts pick in week 1 determines directly how many points Analysts may earn in Week 2. The number of points possible in the first two weeks (max = 5) is based on the number of the same teams taken in both weeks. Then, those choices in week 2 may influence week 3 and so on — so do not be fooled by the first week’s point value!
Of course, Analysts may pick any three teams each week and there is NO additional benefit for holding a team three weeks in a row. Since the base value of a trifecta goes up each week, *bonus* points are more valuable in the early weeks than in the final weeks.
Since 8 to 14 points are possible in the final two weeks, no Analyst will be eliminated before the fourth week. Analysts who earn any points in weeks 2, 3, or 4 will most likely be in a position to win in the final week.
Analysts will be looking behind to their prior week’s picks to maximize *bonus* points and may want to look ahead to the next’s week’s games to see which teams are likely to win two weeks in a row or the next week.
The schedule for the month will also matter as Bye weeks and head-to-head competition will interrupt consecutive picks and win streaks.
Two races into the season, racing officials have learned a few Analysts are frustrated with the Home Teams that are not playing up to expectations.
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. B-Reezy (14th seed NFC)
2. Wise Orangutan (13th seed AFC)
3. Kal Krome (8th seed NFC)
4. The Strategist (7th seed NFC)
5. The Bookie (4th seed AFC)
6. Minds Blank (2nd seed NFC, 1 loss)
7. Little Tuna (2nd seed AFC, 0 losses)
8. Big Tuna (1st seed AFC)
Wise Orangutan and The Bookie have chosen to release their teams.
The new Home Teams are:
Wise Orangutan: New York Jets
The Bookie: Carolina Panthers
No movement on the leader board during week 8 of the second Analyst of the Year Award, but the current leaders separate themselves further from the pack.
The Strategist and Little Tuna continue to run nose-to-nose for first place (4 trifectas). Behind by a length (3 trifectas), Big Tuna is poised to overtake the leaders with one solid week.
Wise Orangutan and The Bookie are contesting fourth place (2 trifectas). Early reports are that the two Analysts are sending their Home Teams out to graze for the rest of the racing season.
In competition with newcomer, B-Reezy, for sixth place, Minds Blank will be shining and shipping the Analyst of the Year Trophy to its new owner by mid-December at her current trifecta pace. To add to Blank’s misery, Kal Krome is snake-bitten in 2015-16 and she may have to put him down.
A classic photo finish in the 2015-16 Player Haters Preakness. The Big Tuna came out of nowhere to earn the only perfect hater picks of 2015-16 and earn 3 trifecta points for the show (3rd). The Little Tuna tried to sneak around the outside with her buggy pony and earned two trifecta points to place (2nd).
In Monday’s game, The Bookie and The Strategist battled for first place pole-to-pole. The Colts overtime defeat to the Panthers caused The Bookie to stumble at the very end and end in fourth place. The Strategist, riding the Rams, took first place by a full length with the Panthers win. The Rams also ended the Preakness with the most turnovers per game, proving to be the players haters MVT (most valuable team).
Four Analysts suffered four Black Eyes during the Preakness, earning zero trifectas in the month.
The Bookie: Colts/Vikings*/Ravens* +1
The Big Tuna: Vikings*/Ravens*/Panthers* +2
Little Tuna: Patriots/Ravens* /Panthers* +1
Wise Orangutang: Dolphins*/ Vikings*/Panthers* +2
The Strategist: Rams/Vikings*/Panthers* +1
Kal Krome: Sea Hawks/Packers/Panthers*
Minds Blank : Packers/Viking*/Panthers* +1
B-Reezy: Bears/Patriots/Packers
The Bookie: Colts/Vikings*/Ravens*
The Big Tuna: Vikings*/Ravens*/Panthers* (3 points)
Little Tuna: Patriots/Ravens* /Panthers* (2 points)
Wise Orangutang: Dolphins*/ Vikings*/Panthers*
The Strategist: Rams/Vikings*/Panthers* (2 points)
Kal Krome: Seahawks/Packers/Panthers*
Minds Blank : Packers/Viking*/Panthers*
B-Reezy: Bears/Patriots/Packers
