WEEK NINE RESULTS

• WEEK NINE WINNER:  Michael Patton.  For the third time this year, exactly one person went 6-0.  Michael gets the glory this week.  He skyrocketed up the leaderboard, jumping from 217th place to 47th.
• The group and lock winning percentages were terrible, 39.7% and 33.4%, respectively:  the second worst week of the year.
• We had 14 people go 0-6, by far the biggest number of the year.
• As is typically the case, the group loses when underdogs cover.  Underdogs went 10-5 this week.  In the two worst weeks of the year (this week and Week 5, underdogs are a combined 20-10.  Home underdogs are a combined 11-3-1 in those weeks.  The hard part is picking the right week to take the dogs.
• The Majority 6 was only 1-5.
• Texas was the most popular pick of the year, receiving 308 picks in their game against TCU.  It surpassed the 279 picks OSU received in Week 3.  Their loss killed the group.
• Texas also received 141 of the lock selections, which is 31% of the total!
• Five of the six most popular picks were ATS losers.
• Underdogs received more locks than the favorite in six matchups.  They were 4-2 ATS in those games.
• We had 3 teams receive the maximum bonus points (KSU, UCF and Michigan) after not having any at all in Weeks 6, 7 or 8.
• 11 of the 14 games earned bonus points.
• Chad Capra is still king in the standings.
• We have three new names in the Top Ten.  Interestingly, they all entered Week 9 ranked 29th or worse.  Joe Garnand entered the Top Ten from the 57th place spot.
• Only two people still have an unblemished lock record:  Brandon Bains and Jason Sampson.
• Tyler Armstrong is 0-9.  In case you were wondering, which I’m sure you weren’t, Rice and New Mexico State are the only two FBS schools without a win.
• Five people advanced in the bracket while scoring only 21 points.
• The biggest blowout was 103-0 in Joe Garnand’s win over Cary Cox.
• 5 matchups went to a tiebreaker.
• The highest scoring person to lose was James Welin.  He lost as a #1 seed to Amberlea Smith, 68-67.