Little movement in the third week of the Analyst of the Year competition.
B-Reezy extends his lead by a head (2 Trifectas and 8 Correct Picks), while Little Tuna draws even with four other Analysts at 1 Trifecta and 6 Correct Picks.
The Bookie clings to 8th position (4 Correct Picks), just ahead of Kal Krome at the back of the pack (3 Correct Picks).
The Analysts have cleared the front stretch and are entering the clubhouse turn!
B-Reezy continues his blistering pace to earn his second Trifecta of the season. He leads alone by a full length over the next closest contenders.
Vying for second place, Atwork, Big Tuna, Craft Brew, The Strategist, and Wise Orangutan look for room as each Analyst has 1 Trifecta and 5 Correct Picks heading into the first turn. The pack is closely followed by Little Tuna with 1 Trifecta and 4 Correct Picks.
The Bookie holds the eighth position (0 Trifecta, 4 Correct Picks) by two heads as Kal Krome struggles along the outside rail (0 Trifectas, 2 Correct Picks).
A close race headed into the far turn! All the Analysts are within 3 lengths of the front runner.
Big Tuna (3 points) fends off Wise Orangutan (3 points) as the Analysts head into the far turn. Big Tuna holds the lead by a head after picking his Home Team correctly twice (Wise O., 1 Correct Home Team selection).
Surging from the back, The Strategist (2 points) squeezes past Little Tuna (2 points) and the feisty B-Reezy (2 points) to hold a one head lead. The Strategist has two Correct Home Team selections to Little Tuna’s one and B-Reezy’s none.
Craft Brew and Atwork are running neck and neck (1 Trifecta Point, 1 Correct Home Team Selection each), with Craft Brew leading by a nose in sixth by virtue of +10 point scoring differential per game (Atwork, -1.5 per game).
Kal Krome edges out The Bunglin’ Bookie at the back with one Correct Home Team Selection.
Strength of tiebreakers:
Atwork has a head-to-head tiebreaker over Kal Krome.
Big Tuna and The Strategist both have two Correct Home Team Selections.
Big Tuna (17.5), The Strategist (13), and Craft Brew (10) have the only Home Teams with positive point differentials per game!
The Big Tuna (3 points) surges around the first turn to take the lead by one length over Little Tuna (2 points). Running hard, Atwork (1 point) holds third by half a length over B-Reezy (1 point) by virtue of picking his Home Team to win.
In the back half, by tiebreakers, The Strategist (20 point win) edges Craft Brew (16 point win) for the fourth position. In sixth, Kal Krome (-8 point loss) noses out Wise Orangutan (12 point loss). The Bookie *bungles* the start of the race with a 20 point loss.
Out of the gates, B-Reezy, Big Tuna, Atwork, and Little Tuna get a jump on the rest of the field with the first trifectas of the year!
Wise Orangutan, The Bookie, The Strategist and Craft Brew trail by a length after picking only two games before the opening stretch.
Kal Krome trails out of the gates with a single correct pick.
The three Analysts with new Home Team selections to start the postseason control their destinies headed into the Championship Round of the Super Trifecta Bowl.
The Strategist (14) makes her move down the backstretch with a trifecta, Home Team win, 2 Reverse PC-Fecta points, and 4 Seeder Redux points! She takes a one-point lead into the far turn.
The Bookie (13) continues her sprint with a trifecta, (unlikely) Home Team win with 3 Seeder Redux points.
Atwork (7) gives chase in third with a Home Team win and 1 Reverse PC-Fecta point. He can take the Super Trifecta Bowl with an unlikely professional football championship by his Home Team in Atlanta!
The rest of the field is in dire straights headed into the final turn. Big Tuna (4), with 3 Base trifecta points, is in the best position provided he can end in a points tie with Atwork.
The Clearinghouse is still calculating win scenarios to determine if Wise Orangutan, Kal Krome, B-Reezy, and Little Tuna remain in the competition at the final stretch.
No un-owned teams played an Analyst’s Home Team so there were no Player Hater points to be won in the divisional round. The Patriots progressed, however, and can score 6 Player Hater points in the Championship Round.
The Bookie (6) enters the far stretch with a two length lead over The Strategist (4). Only one length behind her (3), Big Tuna, Kal Krome, and Atwork give chase. B-Reezy and Wise O. (1 each) struggle to make the first turn. Little Tuna (0) has not noticed the gates have opened!
In the tiebreakers, Big, Kal, Bookie, and Strategist get base trifectas (3). Kal, Bookie, and Strategist get Playoff Victories (1) with their Home Teams.
The Bookie takes the offensive PC-Fecta (1), while Kal takes the defensive PC-Fecta (2). B-Reezy, Wise O., and Bookie net a Player Hater (1).
NONE of the playoff road teams won in the wildcard round this year, so there were no Seeder Redux points to be won! Last year, all of the road teams won.
Ahead by multiple horse lengths, B-Reezy stops to graze (0 Correct Picks). With 7 Trifectas and 33 Correct Picks, his potentially record-setting season now hangs on next weeks Picks.
Big Tuna clings to second place with 4 Trifectas and 32 Correct Picks, leading Wise Orangutan by a head (4 Trifectas and 31 Correct Picks).
Atwork (3 Trifectas and 27 Correct Picks) falls out of the Winner’s Circle. He will be unable to close the distance in Leg 17 of the Analyst of the Year competition.
Kal Krome keeps pace with 2 Trifecta Points and 29 Correct Picks, followed closely by The Bookie (2 Trifecta Points and 28 Correct Picks) and Little Tuna (2 Trifecta Points and 26 Correct Picks).
The Strategist (1 Trifecta and 25 Correct Picks) returns to the greener pasture of Los Angeles for the final game of the season.
The Seeders’ Cup is testing a new trifecta point system that models the score of a football game. See the Slate of Games and the Playoff-Caliber Game Rules for more information.
Wise Orangutan scores a Touchdown (3 Correct Picks) with a two point conversion, and adds a field goal and safety for 13 points. With 22 points, he leads at the end of third quarter in the Playoff-Caliber Game (correct picks here).
Down by 6 at the end of the third quarter, Big Tuna makes a Field Goal (2 Correct Picks) to add to his first half scores for a total of 16 points.
Down by a touchdown and 2-point conversion, The Bookie, Kal Krome, and Atwork add a Field Goal (2 Correct Picks) and additional scores from the Cowboys and Steelers (Atwork only). All three have scored 14 points at the end of the third quarter.
Little Tuna also kicks a Field Goal and adds 5 points with her Home Team Dallas clinching home field advantage in the conference playoffs. She has 13 points to start the fourth quarter.
The Strategist, with 11 points total, and B-Reezy, 9 points total) are within two scores of the leader, but will need a strong fourth quarter to take the Seeders’ Cup Crown.
All 8 Analysts can win the Seeders’ Cup with a clutch drive in the fourth quarter!
If the Playoff-Caliber Game ends in a tie between two or more Analysts, overtime will be determined by the traditional Tiebreakers in The General Rules and The Seeders’ Cup.
In individual match-ups, Wise Orangutan secured a first tiebreaker over Big Tuna in the first quarter and Kal Krome secured a first tiebreaker over The Strategist. In the third quarter, Little Tuna secures a first tiebreaker over B-Reezy after the Cowboys gun down the Lions.
After three quarters, Little Tuna, Big Tuna, and Wise Orangutan have tallied two Correct Home Team picks for the second tiebreaker. All but The Strategist has at least one Correct Home Team pick.
In Week 16, Dallas earned home-field advantage in the playoffs (5 points), Pittsburgh earned a division title (3 points) and Kansas City clinched a playoff birth (2 points). Ten points were the maximum additional scores, and no Analysts earned all 10 points in the third tiebreaker.
The Bookie, Wise Orangutan, Kal Krome, and Atwork lead the third tiebreaker with 8 seeder points.
While B-Reezy begins his victory trot on the homestretch, Big Tuna decides to separate himself from the mediocrity in the rest of the field.
With 7 Trifectas and 33 Correct Picks, B-Reezy handily leads. Big Tuna nets his 4th Trifecta and 30th Correct Pick to move a full length ahead of the next closest challengers.
Wise Orangutan (3 Trifectas and 28 Correct Picks) and Atwork (3 Trifectas and 25 Correct Picks) are contesting the final post in the Winner’s Circle.
Kal Krome keeps pace with 2 Trifecta Points and 27 Correct Picks, followed closely by The Bookie (2 Trifecta Points and 26 Correct Picks) and Little Tuna (2 Trifecta Points and 24 Correct Picks).
The Strategist (1 Trifecta and 23 Correct Picks) was spotted grazing in Seattle.
