LeaderBoard through Week #13
Well, Week #13 has ended with a firm leader in the race: Fucktard by 2 lengths. But there is one week of regular season play left to go. It's unknown at this time how many games Week #14 will give us. Only BamaBoy knows that. But one thing is for sure. This race ain't over until the first pony crosses that old finish line and trots over to the winner's circle. And that won't happen until Week #14 comes to a close. So don't rip up your wagering tickets quite yet.
Big news this week is that our Pick 'Em Moderator BamaBoy kicked ass with a 12-6 score. It moved him up a full 2 percentage points past White Trash into 5th and only a percentage point behind Pale Horse. Congrats, BamaBoy!
White Trash went for broke and crashed. All the other 5 ponies did quite well for the week. All well above .500 which is a real group accomplishment. Nice going, ponies!
Week #14 is it for the regular season. Whoever wins will be awarded the Silver King or Queen's crown. We will have a little ceremony after the final game is played. Dress is business casual. Open bar. Leave your attitudes at home. Whoever wins will get a champion's welcome. Auld lang syne.
Remember, we have 3 crowns this season. The Gold crown goes to the overall King or Queen who has the highest percentage of correct picks for the regular season and the bowl season combined. The Silver crown, of course, goes to the King or Queen of the regular season. And the Bronze crown goes to the King or Queen of the bowl season.
All those players who did not complete the regular season (NTL and Breaking News) - or new players who want to try and strut their stuff at No-Spread Bonanza Bowl Pick 'Em are welcomed to compete for the Bronze crown.
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1. FUCKTARD: (77-68) + (11-7) = (88-75) (55%) (89%) [Well Fucktard, my little pretty, don't get too cocky yet. We still have one week to go. And a lot can happen in one week. You could pull a hamstring in the final 100 yards and Tinker is not far behind. It ain't over 'til it's over. But you had a good week and it gave you a nice comfort zone. Keep your eye on that finish wire and don't blow it now.]
2. TINKRBELLE: (84-76) + (10-8) = (94-84) (52.8%) (98.9%) [Tink, now is the time you give it all you got left. Bust hump. Fucktard could slip up in all her cockiness and you could edge her out by a nose at the wire. Don't give up, old girl. Where there's a will there's a way!]
3. BRONCOBOY: (81-81) + (11-7) = (92-88) (51.1%) (100%) [Bronco ran well in Week #13 and gained over a percentage point. The problem is that Fuckie and Tinker ran well too so Bronco didn't gain much ground. It's not going to be easy to catch Fuckie or Tink in Week #14. But Bronco will do what he can.]
4. PALE HORSE: (58-63) + (10-7) = (68-70) (49.3%) (76.7%) [Pale had a good week and jumped over White Trash into 4th position. With a good score in Week #14 Pale could reach that elusive 50% mark. Can Pale still catch the BroncoBoy. Yes, but it's a remote possibility. Bronco would really have to fuck up. But bring it if you can, Pale.]
5. BAMABOY: (75-87) + (12-6) = (87-93) (48.3%) (100%) [BamaBoy is this week's golden boy with a 12-6 score. I knew we couldn't count him out. Bama leaped into 5th position. Unfortunately Bama got a late start. But Bama can still catch Pale and take 4th position with only a percentage point separating them. The bookies have BamaBoy as the 2-1 favorite in No-Spread Bonanza Bowl Pick 'em for the Bronze crown tho. Let's see if the bookies know their stuff.]
6. WHITE TRASH: (61-65) + (7-11) = (68-76) (47.2%) (80%) [Damn, White Trash. All the white folk on the wrong side of the railroad tracks were cheering you on in Week #13 and you let them down. You coulda been somebody, man. But you went for broke and lost. Oh well, you can still get a piece of that Bronze crown for the bowl games and become a hero to white trash everywhere from coast to coast. You'll be famous in every shantytown in America!
7. BREAKING NEWS: (29-48) + (NP) = (29-48) (37.6%) (42.8%) [Breaking News was scratched from the race for undisclosed reasons. Rumor has it that he hooked up with NTL at the local watering hole and the rest is history. We sure hope that Breaking News returns for the No-Spread Bonanza Bowl Pick-'Em race in December though. However, just a head's up, Breaking. We do BAC testing 2 hours prior to race time.]
8. NIGHT TRAIN LANE: (2-8) + (NP) = (2-8) (25%) (5.5%) [NTL, don't be a bad influence on Breaking News. He's just a kid. Throw him out of that watering hole a couple days before No-Spread race day and tell him not to come back without a win. Better yet. Why don't you bring him down to the track yourself in December and both of you can run with the rest of us ponies. Deal? A Bronze crown is up for grabs. You could start the new year a damn hero.]
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* First percentage is % of correct picks of total picks by each player.
* Second percentage is % of games each picker has played of the total 180 games that have been posted in Week #1 through Week #11. Those who have not picked at least 75% of the total 180 games are in the sub-premium category and are not qualified to be on top of the leaderboard. However, sub-premium players can join the premium group by picking all the games from this point on, as long as they raise their % of total games picked to 75% or more.