Statistically Speaking – 2012 Week 07

Statistically Speaking

Yes I am a day late…but hopefully nothing short on knowledge and entertainment…It’s a clean sweep for the Storm Division…Armed N Dangerous may be using some Lance Armstrong deviant on his whole squad…Another spin on the kicker roulette wheel…a Defensive 3 way…Another team doubles up on awards…A giant sized fall from grace…and Chump Survivor…all in this week’s late edition…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 7 Results

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

18-6-0 Again!…Vegas will be moving lines after we hit the windows…another +$960 weekend bringing the virtual bankroll to $2,520…4 Perfect Weekends including Riley (Now ‘Perfect’ 6 Weeks in a Row…3 positive and 3 negative….to the good 2 weeks in a  row)…Miller hits his 2nd 3-0 in a row to move into first place by a ½ game…Shannon goes 3-0 to move into a tie for 2nd…and Gasper goes 3-0 to redeem himself for last weekend…Burgess continues his streak of 7 straight weeks of 2-1 or better…3 Players are over 70% on the year…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 7 Picks

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

Trying to get these up before Thursday action because some people took early week games…The Over is the most popular again with 6 Plays…New Orleans laying 2½ against the Bucs is the most popular single wager with 5 separate plays…5 total plays on the Green Bay game with 3 laying the points and 2 on The Over…Dallas sees the next most plays with 3….those 3 games could make or break us in Week 7…Full plays below…

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Statistically Speaking – 2012 Week 06

Statistically Speaking

A familiar face reclaims the Quarterback throne…A Running Back shows us what we can do with our PPR scoring…A 3-horse race is run for the Wide Receiver honors…We get our first repeat Player of the Week winner (it only took 6 weeks)…Another Free Agent Defense is thrown into the fire…only to emerge on top…A new TBFL scoring record…Someone can’t count to 10…Chump Survivor…And another Century Mark is reached…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 6 Results

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

We took Vegas to the woodshed in Week 6…18-6-0 as a group (75.0%) with only Gasper on the wrong side of the ledger…We added $960 to the virtual bankroll…86-56-2 on the year is a 60.6%  win rate for the group…but it was just barely that way…5 games were won on underdogs who made the cover by 1½ points or less…Hunter gets 2 of those gifts (South Carolina by 1, Stanford by 1½) to go 3-0 on his NCAA picks for the first time since Week 1…bringing himself to only out the vig on the year…Miller gets 2 more (St Louis by ½, Dallas by 1½) to also go perfect on the weekend and move up to alone in 2nd place…Burgess gets the last gift with the ½ point hook from St Louis to keep his streak of no losing weekends on the year…he remains the leader with a ridiculous 72.2% win rate…Riley stays on his streak of 5 ‘perfect weekends’…this time going to the positive side of things…full results are below…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 6 Picks

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

Was originally posted at the MFL Message Board on Thursday October 11…just posting to the blog now for posterity…

Making a special effort to get these up in a timely manner…even if they won’t be on the blog till I get home (fucking Web Nazi’s at work)…The Over is the most popular play this week with 5 wagers…Hunter of course takes 3 NCAA plays…3 plays involving the Packers…Both sides of the NYG/SF game see action (a 44 will middle Vegas and let them both win)…Pairs on the Lions and Rams…then single action after that…Good Luck everybody…

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Statistically Speaking – 2012 Week 05

Statistically Speaking

Does Miller load shotgun shells with breast milk?…What cog fits best into the Giants Offense?…Bubba Army has never been happier to have 2 40’s…Another Kicker you’ve never heard of…The 3rd Best Position Player in the League right now….is a Defense…our 1st 2 Time Team of the Week…Shawn’s season of madness continues…Lots of charts full of data…and Chump Survivor…it all awaits you in this week’s ramblings…

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

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

13-11-0 on the weekend is technically on the right side of the tally sheet…but still a -$40 loser after the vig…Atlanta and Chicago were the biggest successes followed by The Over that went 80% as the most played with 5 wagers…Burgess continues his amazing streak with no losing weeks…He now sits at 11-4-0 for +$550 and the overall lead…Shannon and Shawn are a game back at 10-5-0…Miller and Gasper sit another ½ game back at 9-5-1…Gasper has the 2nd best streak running…going 6-2-1 over the last 3 Weeks…On the other end…Riley runs another perfect 0-3 and is 3-9 the last 4 Weeks…Betting against him would have paid out $480 over that stretch…full results after the break…

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