2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 5 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Players wanted to quickly forget the Week 4 outcome as I was bombarded with picks before I even sent out the Tuesday Board…This week should be either Really Good or Really Bad as we are all on only a handful of games…5 players jumped on the early line where New England was getting 2½ at the Hilton…3 plays are on the Saints (with the over)…Double Shots on Kansas City, Seattle, and Atlanta…and Hunter got Kevin to jump in with him on his Lock of the Week – Ohio State…We normally do not allow late entries…but Hernandez just found out about the contest and insisted we let him play…he’s a fellow Dol-Fan and backs his picks up by taking them to the local STIB…so I allowed it…The virtual piggy bank needs all the help it can get…

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Statistically Speaking – 2013 Week 04

Statistically Speaking

Here we are Thursday again just before kickoff…Monday Night action almost delivers a Saints 3-fer…our 1st repeat award winner…Thrashers go Back-2-Back…The Giants find their lone bright spot…It takes 8 if you want in on this contest…The Jaguars suck…Thrashers goes Back-2-Back again…The M*A*S*H unit tents unravel…Chump Survivor…which brings us Streaking to a halt…

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2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 4 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Oh the poor virtual piggy bank…as the government shuts down…the VPG goes deeper into deficit spending…7-13-4 is only a 35% win rate and puts us another $840 in the hole to sit at -$2,160 on the season…yechh…Only Hunter and his NCAA picks went positive at 2-0-1…five other players managed 1 Win…the 3 other pushes came on both sides of the Houston/Seattle game…Here is the carnage…

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Statistically Speaking – 2013 Week 03

Statistically Speaking

Yeah we are late on Thursday again…but I was too busy to work on this at…you know…work…3 Weeks in and we have yet to repeat an award at any position…Another QB record…We are Stormed by Running Backs…We get crushed by a Hurricane of receiving…More Kicks = More Points…The Bubba M*A*S*H Unit has a big crutch…A first ever 3-Way…Some futility…We TIE things up…and a look at Cam Stats…lets go…

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2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 3 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Three weeks in and we are still waiting for a big weekend…12-11-1 is a 52.2% win rate…Over .500 on paper…but still -$140 to the virtual piggy bank when the vig is involved…Shawn is the leader with his third 2-1 weekend in a row…Shannon slides back while Gasper climbs up to 5-4 to stay in the BLACK…Huss finds a second Push to stay just ahead of Miller who is in our biggest hole…Everyone else sits at 4-5 with the surface just in sight…

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Statistically Speaking – 2013 Week 02

Statistically Speaking

Yes…I am a day late…but still in before the Thursday Kickoff…2 Weeks in a row with 5 Awards going to 3 teams…Man vs Machine…Forte gets Lynched…JJ wins a 3-legged race…More Kicks=More Points…Shawn sacrifices his own man…Team of the Week comes down to Monday Night…Who knows how to break a curse?…and Chump Survivor kicks off…lets get to it…

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2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 2 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Our degenerate heroes end 14-10-0 in Week 2…a 58.33% Win Rate…Good enough to stay in the BLACK +$160 after the vig…but we are still -$1,180 in the Virtual Piggy Bank…Hunter comes back from the 0-3 start getting our first 3-0 Weekend on the year with his NCAA plays…Shannon, Gasper, Shawn, and Kevin all go 2-1-0…and everyone else ends on 1-2-0…Shannon and Shawn still sit as the only players in the BLACK for the season after 2 Weeks at 66.7%…Gasper and Hunter have climbed back to 50% and are only down the vig on 6 games…Let’s get ready for Week 3…

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