Standings | Player Haters Preakness VII | Leg 3

Player Haters Preakness VII

The Analysts get back on track in the third Leg of The Run of the Black-Eyed Analysts, and two Analysts earn the Player Hater x2 bonus!

Among a handful of Analysts who notched a Trifecta in Leg 3, Woody (15 points) heads into the home stretch in first place. She leads by a head (1 Correct Home Team Pick) over Wise O. (also 15 points) who climbs up the field with a Player Hater Trifecta.

B-Reezy (12 points) and The Strategist (12 points) score the *base* Trifecta to move into a tie with Atwork (12 points). By virtue of 2 Correct Home Team Picks [CHTP], The Strategist is alone in third place, followed by B-Reezy in fourth place (1 CHTP and 1.7 turnovers per game [tpg]) and Atwork in fifth place (1 CHTP and 0.5 tpg). Jimmy V moves into sixth place alone at 9 points following his first Trifecta of the Preakness.

In a crowded midfield for seventh place at 6 points each, Craft Brew, Roxy Trot, Sponge Mom, Big Tuna, and Little Tuna (on a 6-point Player Hater Trifecta) remain within striking distance of the Win if bold enough to go for the Player Hater Trifecta in Leg 4.

KateTDid almost rallied for a Correct Home Team Pick, but Gus-tkowsky-the-Mule shanked his game-tying field goal. She falls into twelfth place at 3 points, comfortably ahead of The Bookie, who has not yet left the starting gate (0 points)!

Trifecta Points

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

Tiebreakers

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

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Player Haters Preakness VII | Leg 3 Picks

The Analysts’ Picks are in:

Atwork: Packers*/Bills/Seahawks
Jimmy V: Bills/Saints/Chiefs
Craft Brew: Bills/Seahawks/Chiefs
B-Reezy: Packers/Chiefs/Browns
Roxy Trot: Bills/Seahawks/Chiefs
Sponge Mom: Saints*/Seahawks/Buccaneers 
The Bookie: Bills*/Bengals/Panthers
Big Tuna: Bills/Buccaneers/Chiefs
Woody: Bills/Buccaneers/Chiefs
The Strategist: Chiefs*/Saints/Packers
Wise Orangutan: Chiefs/Cardinals/Rams
KateTDid: Titans*/Buccaneers/Bears
Little Tuna: Rams/Cardinals/Texans
* Denotes home team

Spit Box:

1.  Think I jinxed the Packers last week. Now the Bears are leading the division!  Muahahaha. 
2. Packers and Bears on the road two weeks in a row…one will lose!
3. Hopefully the Packers don’t blow it again this week. 
4. How about a trifecta, football gods?

The Results Are (Coming) In:

Atwork: Packers*/Bills/Seahawks (3 points)
Jimmy V: Bills/Saints/Chiefs (6 points)
Craft Brew: Bills/Seahawks/Chiefs (3 points)
B-Reezy: Packers/Chiefs/Browns (6 points)
Roxy Trot: Bills/Seahawks/Chiefs (3 points)
Sponge Mom: Saints*/Seahawks/Buccaneers (3 points)
The Bookie: Bills*/Bengals/Panthers (0 points)
Big Tuna: Bills/Buccaneers/Chiefs (6 points)
Woody: Bills/Buccaneers/Chiefs (6 points)
The Strategist: Chiefs*/Saints/Packers (6 points)
Wise Orangutan: Chiefs/Cardinals**/Rams** (12 points)
KateTDid: Titans*/Buccaneers/Bears (0 points)
Little Tuna: Rams**/Cardinals**/Texans (6 points)

* Denotes home team

** Denotes Player Hater Pick bonus

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Standings | Analyst of the Year VII | Leg 6

Analyst of the Year VII

The back stretch of the Marathon of the Ass is proving to be a heavy track. Only three Trifectas in two weeks from our field of thirteen Analysts. After 6 weeks, the Trifecta rate (Total Trifectas divided by Possible Trifectas) has fallen to 42% — the WFTL average over the first six seasons! The more things change…

As the only Analyst with a Trifecta rate above 50%, Jimmy V leads by a length with 4 Trifectas and 15 Correct Picks. A streaker by disposition (he earned 7 of his 10 Trifectas in Season VI during an eight week stretch!), he may be in another slump…Fortunately for him, none of the competition seems to be getting close enough to see Jimmy V go streaking again!

Within striking distance of the lead with 3 Trifectas and (also) 15 Correct Picks, Atwork and The Strategist give no ground to the front runner, sharing second place.

At 3 Trifectas and 14 Correct Picks, Craft Brew moves up into a tie for fourth place with B-Reezy and Wise Orangutan. Big Tuna slips into seventh place at 3 Trifectas and 13 Correct Picks..

In a tie for eighth place, Sponge Mom and KateTDid gain some separation from the back of the field with 2 Trifectas and 13 Correct Picks (+2) in Week 6. Woody gallops from the back of the field to take tenth place alone with 2 Trifectas and 12 Correct Picks.

The Bookie and Little Tuna struggle to add to their Correct Picks total, falling down the board into a tie for eleventh place 2 Trifectas and 11 Correct Picks. Roxy Trot (1 Trifecta and 10 Correct Picks) closes some of the Correct Pick deficit, but still trails in thirteenth position.

Trifectas

Analyst of the Year VII | Standings | Week 6
Standings after Week 6 of Analyst of the Year VII

Correct Picks

Analyst of the Year VII | Tiebreakers | Week 6
Tiebreakers after Week 6 of Analyst of the Year VII

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Standings | Player Haters Preakness VII | Leg 2

Player Haters Preakness VII

The Run of the Black-Eyed Analysts has been marred by an abundance of comity! In Leg 2, no Player Hater bonus was possible, and yet only one Analyst could eke out a Trifecta…Meh!

With the only Trifecta of Leg 2, Woody (9 points) surges into first place. She edges out Atwork (9 points) in second place by a head (1 Correct Home Team Pick).

In third place, B-Reezy (6 points, 1 Correct Home Team Pick) noses out The Strategist (6 points, 1 Correct Home Team Pick) by virtue of da Bears’ 2.0 forced turnovers per game (tpg) vs. the Chiefs’ 1.0 tpg.

In a crowded midfield for fifth place at 3 points each, Jimmy V, Craft Brew, Roxy Trot, Sponge Mom, Wise Orangutan and KateTDid jockey for the open rail. KateTDid has the advantage with 2 Correct Home Team Picks.

Heading into the near turn, a few Analysts can’t seem to gin up the animosity necessary to Win. At 0 points each, The Bookie, Big Tuna and Little Tuna misplace their hate in first two Legs of the Player Haters Preakness.

Trifecta Points

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

Tiebreakers

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

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Player Haters Preakness VII | Leg 2 Picks

The Analysts’ Picks are in:

Atwork: Packers*/Ravens/Chiefs
Jimmy V: Ravens/Packers/Titans
Craft Brew: Chiefs/Ravens/Packers
B-Reezy: Rams/Packers/Titans
Roxy Trot: Ravens/Packers/Chiefs
Sponge Mom: Ravens/Titans/Rams
The Bookie: Rams/Eagles/Texans
Big Tuna: Ravens*/Rams/Texans
Woody: Bears/Buccaneers/Chiefs
The Strategist: Chiefs*/Steelers/Rams
Wise Orangutan: Titans/Panthers/Rams
KateTDid: Titans*/Buccaneers/Rams
Little Tuna: Rams/Panthers/Texans

 * Denotes home team

Spit Box:

1.  Need those icky Packers to lose so da Bears can be number one in the division!!!
2. I would have taken the Browns if it counted as a Hater!
3. Hope this blind dog stumbles across a bone this week.
4. I'm going to be sweating it out with Craft Brew this week!!!
5. I really want to take my home team but I don't want to jinx them. 
6. Hoping to do better this week!
7. My fingers are crossed on all 3 games. Certainly Brady needs to prove he is the better quarterback. Haha
8. I'm going for it all!!!

The Results Are (Coming) In:

Atwork: Packers*/Ravens/Chiefs (3 points)
Jimmy V: Ravens/Packers/Titans (3 points)
Craft Brew: Chiefs/Ravens/Packers (3 points)
B-Reezy: Rams/Packers/Titans(0 points)
Roxy Trot: Ravens/Packers/Chiefs (3 points)
Sponge Mom: Ravens/Titans/Rams (3 points)
The Bookie: Rams/Eagles/Texans (0 points)
Big Tuna: Ravens*/Rams/Texans (0 points)
Woody: Bears/Buccaneers/Chiefs(6 points)
The Strategist: Chiefs*/Steelers/Rams (3 points)
Wise Orangutan: Titans/Panthers/Rams (0 points)
KateTDid: Titans*/Buccaneers/Rams (3 points)
Little Tuna: Rams/Panthers/Texans (0 points)

* Denotes home team

Player Haters Picks: 

Broncos only (no possible Player Hater combination in Leg 2).

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Standings | Player Haters Preakness VII | Leg 1

Player Haters Preakness VII

An amicable (and therefore unpleasant) start to the seventh running of the Black-Eyed Analysts! Only a handful of Analysts went for the sucker punch that separates leaders from also-rans out of the gates–and fewer earned a *base* Trifecta!

B-Reezy (6 points, 1 Correct Home Team Pick) jumps out of the gates for the early lead by a nose over Atwork (6 points, 0 Correct Home Team Picks).

In a contest for third place at 3 points each, Woody by virtue of 1 Correct Home Team Pick edges out Wise Orangutan in fourth (2 forced turnovers) and The Strategist in fifth place (1 forced turnover).

Over half of the field struggles on the heavy track and net 0 Trifecta points around the clubhouse turn. KateTDid has sixth place with 1 Correct Home Team Pick, while Jimmy V, Craft Brew, Roxy Trot, Sponge Mom, The Bookie, Big Tuna and Little Tuna are separated by the hairs of their horses’ nostrils [forced turnovers per game] from seventh to last place (not in the order mentioned above).

Trifecta Points

Player Haters Preakness VII | Standings | Leg 1
Standings after Leg 1 of Player Haters Preakness VII

Tiebreakers

Player Haters Preakness VII | Tiebreakers | Leg 1
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Standings | Analyst of the Year VII | Leg 5

Analyst of the Year VII

The back stretch of the Marathon of the Ass is proving to be a heavy track. Only three Trifectas in two weeks from our field of thirteen Analysts. After 6 weeks, the Trifecta rate (Total Trifectas divided by Possible Trifectas) has fallen to 42% — the WFTL average over the first six seasons! The more things change…

Jimmy V leads by a length with 4 Trifectas and 15 Correct Picks, the only Analyst with Trifecta rate at above 50%.

Within striking distance of the lead with 3 Trifectas and (also) 15 Correct Picks, Atwork and The Strategist give no ground to the front runner, sharing second place.

At 3 Trifectas and 14 Correct Picks, Craft Brew moves up into a tie for fourth place with B-Reezy and Wise Orangutan. Big Tuna slips into seventh place at 3 Trifectas and 13 Correct Picks..

In a tie for eighth place, Sponge Mom and KateTDid gain some separation from the back of the field with 2 Trifectas and 13 Correct Picks (+2) in Week 6. Woody gallops from the back of the field to take tenth place alone with 2 Trifectas and 12 Correct Picks.

The Bookie and Little Tuna struggle to add to their Correct Pick totals, falling down the board into a tie for eleventh place 2 Trifectas and 11 Correct Picks. Roxy Trot (1 Trifecta and 10 Correct Picks) closes some of the Correct Pick deficit, but trails in thirteenth position!

Trifectas

Analyst of the Year VII | Standings | Week 5
Standings after Week 5 of Analyst of the Year VII

Correct Picks

Analyst of the Year VII | Tiebreakers | Week 5
Tiebreakers after Week 5 of Analyst of the Year VII

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Player Haters Preakness VII | Leg 1 Picks

The Analysts’ Picks are in:

Atwork: Ravens/Saints/Seahawks
Jimmy V: 49ers/Chiefs/Ravens
Craft Brew: Bills/Chiefs/Ravens
B-Reezy: Bears*/Seahawks/Ravens
Roxy Trot: 49ers*/Bills/Chiefs
Sponge Mom: 49ers/Chiefs/Ravens
The Bookie: Bills*/Eagles/Dolphins
Big Tuna: Buccaneers/Dolphins/Colts
Woody: Seahawks*/49ers/Saints
The Strategist: Chiefs*/Ravens/Seahawks
Wise Orangutan: Ravens/Chiefs/Seahawks
KateTDid: Titans*/Colts/Chargers
Little Tuna: Buccaneers*/Dolphins/Colts
* Denotes home team

Spit Box:

1. Cursed Thursday night games or Covid games….crappy choices!!!!
2. No Go on Thursday Night Game.  Don’t need the Curse!!!
3. No one on the Bills will want to get too close to the Titans in case they still have covid.
4. Scary picks. 
5. I strive for 5!!!
6. Keeping my fingers crossed this week for a trifecta!!!
7. Boo…Woody gave up everyone’s easy hater pick!! 😉

The Results Are (Coming) In:

Atwork: Ravens/Saints/Seahawks (6 points)
Jimmy V: 49ers/Chiefs/Ravens (0 points)
Craft Brew: Bills/Chiefs/Ravens (0 points)
B-Reezy: Bears*/Seahawks/Ravens (6 points)
Roxy Trot: 49ers*/Bills/Chiefs (0 points)
Sponge Mom: 49ers/Chiefs/Ravens (0 points)
The Bookie: Bills*/Eagles/Dolphins (0 points)
Big Tuna: Buccaneers/Dolphins/Colts (0 points)
Woody: Seahawks*/49ers/Saints (3 points)
The Strategist: Chiefs*/Ravens/Seahawks (3 points)
Wise Orangutan: Ravens/Chiefs/Seahawks (3 points)
KateTDid: Titans*/Colts/Chargers (0 points)


Little Tuna: Buccaneers*/Dolphins/Colts (0 points)


* Denotes home team

Player Haters Picks:

Raiders and Dolphins.

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Player Haters Preakness VII | Slate of Games (REVISED)

The Entrants

The Analysts have submitted their papers and claimed their Home Teams. The Claim Box for Player Haters Preakness VII is:

Player Haters Preakness VII | Entrants
Entrants for Player Haters Preakness VII

Slate of Games

Player Haters Preakness VII | Slate of Games (Revised)
Revised Slate of Games for Player Haters Preakness VII

The Slate of Games for Player Haters Preakness VII includes ten (10!) eleven (11!) head-to-head competitions during the month (the first tiebreaker in the race). Leg 1 and Leg 3 (both have 10 games) may prove to be key for the Player Haters! And, Leg 2 has only 7 Games as three Home Teams take a bye and 6 Home Teams play each other. After rescheduling, Leg 1 features 9 games and Leg 2 only 8 games. Leg 3 offers 10 games to choose from, while Leg 4 again features 9 games with four head-to-head match-ups!

Leg 1, the clubhouse turn, features 8 7 un-Claimed teams on the road against Home Teams. The back stretch look challenging: Leg 2 presents only 5 un-Claimed teams against Home Teams. 3 of which are on the road. The most promising Player Haters opportunities appear to be in the near turn: Leg 3 has 8 un-Claimed Home Teams, seven of which host the game (at home). Leg 4 then again has only 5 un-Claimed teams facing Home Teams.

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: two one Thursday nights (TNF), three Sunday nights (SNF), and three four Monday nights (MNF), and a Tuesday night (rescheduled).

Seven Five Home Teams are on a bye-week during Player Haters Preakness VII!

Picks

Remember: Every Analyst has a bias for his or her Home Team and may NOT pick their Claimed team to lose. Analysts do not have to pick his or her Home Team to win, but *bonus* trifecta points are won only if Analysts include the Home Team in a *base* or *lame* Trifecta. See the Preakness Rules for more.

Email picks in private to The Bookie before each Leg (week) of the Race. Thursday Picks are due at 5pm EST / 2pm PST on Thursdays. All Sunday and Monday Picks are due on Saturdays at 5pm EST / 2pm PST. 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 | PC-Fecta Derby VII | Final Results

PC-Fecta Derby VII

After seven seasons, the WFTL has its first two-time Crown Champion of the PC-Fecta Derby. Was it Big Tuna (the man who put the PC in PC-Fecta!)? Jimmy V (the only colt or filly to Win since Season I)? Little Tuna (winning-est Analyst in WFTL history)? Craft Brew (Defending Champion)? Kal Krome (from out of retirement)? No. No. No. No. And. No.

Atwork led PC-Fecta Derby VII wire-to-wire on his green-and-yellow-hot thoroughbred rode by the “I-am-as-old-as-my-Wonderlic-score (35)” jock(ey)! With 25 Trifecta points and 24 Bonus points, he Wins with 49 points — and over one-quarter length of the track (+17 points) ahead of second place!!!

Wise Orangutan–who has asked The Clearinghouse to point out that he did not change any Derby rules this season!–started slow but closed strong with the offense bonus points. He Browns out the competition to Place with 31 points at the finish.

Big Tuna Shows with 27 points, oh so close to the Purse (and wondering how it is that Wise O. always snatches away his payouts!).

KateTDid, Craft Brew, The Stategist and Jimmy V can only ponder what might have been if not for The Equine Plague.

Jimmy V (26) finishes in fourth place on base Trifecta points. Craft Brew (24) edges out Little Tuna (24) for fifth place based on third tiebreaker (7.3 point differential per game [pdpg] vs. 7.0 pdpg).

The Strategist (23) trots to the line on a Monday in seventh place. In eighth place, The Bookie (22) on the inside rail handily pushes B-Reezy (22) to the outside rail for ninth place on second tiebreaker (4 Correct Home Team Picks to his 1 Correct Home Team Pick).

KateTDid (21) ends in tenth place, ahead of Sponge Mom in eleventh (20). Roxy Trot‘s (16) nag, plagued by injuries, drags her down to twelfth place. Woody (10) cowpokes to the finish in last place.

Trifecta Points

PC-Fecta Derby VII | Standings | Final Results
Final Results for Standings of PC-Fecta Derby VII

Tiebreakers

PC-Fecta Derby VII | Tiebreakers | Final Results
Tiebreakers after Final Results of PC-Fecta Derby VII

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