2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 16 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

And thanks to no Thursday games…I am back on schedule…With 2 Weeks to go Miller is our leader with a 1 game lead over Burgess and a 2½ game lead over Shannon…Everyone is over 50% on the season…but Shawn still needs a few more wins to climb back into the Black after the vig…Atlanta is the favorite play this weekend with 4 wagers…Texans and Saints both have 2 plays plus their overs…2 plays count on the Chargers and Jets under-performing…Good Luck everybody as we start to close this thing out…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 15 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Now that is the way to rebound…After a Week so bad we dare not say it’s name…we blast back with a 22-2 weekend that featured 6 players going 3-0…only Burgess and Gasper go 2-1 with plays on Pittsburgh and Jacksonville…91.7% Win rate is our best ever in the history of the contest and adds $1,760 back to our virtual bankroll which now sits at $5,500

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 15 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Week 14?…Rule #1…We do not talk about Week 14…Week 14 was so bad that my Excel file actually corrupted (Not Kidding…see empty season totals…) and I have to rebuild it…For this Week…Green Bay is the most popular (Thanks Wynn for the ½ pt Field Goal hook) with 5 plays…Denver gets 4…Seattle and New Orleans each get 3…Good Luck everybody…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 14 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Ohhh…The Carnage!…2 Plays on New England, 2 on San Fran, A Redskins, and an Over…That’s all the good news there is…6-18 on the weekend is now our worst ever in the history of the contest beating out the dismal 8-16 effort from Week 13 of 2011…We gave back a full Quarter of our bankroll…$1,440…leaving us at $3,940 on the season…Riley’s homer pick keeps him as the only player in the black…Burgess’s streak of winning weekends ends on 13…he falls into a tie for the lead with Miller with only 3 Weekends left to play…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 14 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

We may be in the Playoffs for TBFL action….but the 5-Star Contest still has 4 Weeks to go to crown our 2012 Handicapping Champion…The Falcons are the hot play this week with 5 units being wagered…The Colts are the next favorite with 3 plays…but we already start 1-1 with Miller and Riley going head-2-head on the Redskins/Ravens match-up…Hunter is on the hottest streak over the last 3 Weeks at 9-0 and now ventures into his 1st week with no NCAA action…Burgess continues to lead the season with no losing weekends on the year…Good Luck everybody…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 13 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

It’s the worst week we have had all year…and we finish right on .500 out only the $240 vig…leaving the virtual bankroll at $5,380…Hunter is streaking late as he goes 3-0 for the 3rd week in a row…Miller bounces back from last week with his own 3-0  weekend and moves back into 2nd place…Burgess continues his remarkable run of no losing weekends…After 13 Weeks he is the only player still on single digit losses (Yes, ties count as ½ losses so Miller has 10)…

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Statistically Speaking – 2012 Weeks 11 & 12

Statistically Speaking

Wow…I really fucked this up last week…so we get a sort of double sized issue this week…10 More POTW awards…Hurricanes are really good…at the really good time to be really good…Bubba Army continues to shoot themselves in the foot…at the wrong time to be shooting themselves in the foot…Chump Survivor finds our Final 2…And everybody’s favorite…The Playoff Scenario breakdown…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 12 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Not our best weekend…but 13-9-2 is still in the Black for the 4th week in a row…adding +$160 to the Virtual Piggybank which now sits at $5,620…Hunter’s NCAA picks are the only ones that go a perfect 3-0 for the second week in a row…Good enough to bring him back into the Black on the season with a 58.33% win rate…Shannon falls a Push behind perfection with a Lossless 2-0-1 and pulls a ½ game ahead of Miller for 2nd place behind Burgess…who continues his streak of 12 consecutive winning weeks…Shawn suffers a ½ and a 1½ pt loss on his OVER plays to go 0-3 and falls as the sole player in the Red Zone

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 12 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!  Falcons as a PickEm, Packers as a Road Dog, and Patriots by a Touchdown are the most popular choices with three wagers each…Only Shannon, Kevin, and Burgess take any actual Turkey Day action…all going against the home teams…Hunter lays it on the table with The Ohio State University challenge…but Riley did not accept this year and sticks with NFL action…Good Luck everybody…

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