- WEEK EIGHT WINNER: Aaron Bowser. We had nine people go 6-0, which is the most we’ve had this year. Aaron’s 130 points were just enough to win the week.
- The group and lock winning percentages were great: 57.5% and 66.9%, respectively.
- This was easily the best week of the year. The overall winning percentage was 5.8% better than the next best week. The lock winninge percentage was 13.8% higher.
- The streak of having at least one 0-6 continues.
- 71 people scored 100+ points.
- Austin Browning has taken over the top spot in the rankings, thanks to back-to-back 5-1 weeks.
- The biggest mover inside the Top Ten was an unfortunate one. Cole G slipped from 3rd place to 24th because of a 1-5 week.
- Six people in the current Top Ten scored 100+ points in Week 8.
- Strangely, nobody that has won a week is ranked inside the Top 50.
- Pete Knopp has gone 6-0 in two of the last three weeks.
- Dusty Weatherly is still in the lock lead with a 7-0-1 record. Five people are at 7-1.
- Of the six people with a 6-1 lock record, three of them are ranked 223rd or worse overall.
- We have one person with an 0-8 lock record, and one at 0-7. Ten people are 1-7.
- Jason Gorsuch is only 20-28 overall, but he is 7-1 on his locks.
- The three most popular picks of the week (Oklahoma State, Oregon and Notre Dame) were ATS winners, hence the great week the group had overall.
- It might be a PP6 first that the two most popular picks of the week were underdogs.
- Oklahoma State was the most popular lock of the week, and the most popular lock we’ve seen this year. They covered the spread but lost the game.
- Only 4 of the 15 games earned bonus points, which is the lowest total of the year.
- Home underdogs were 3-1 ATS.
- Seven teams were locked at least 20 times. NC State was the only one of the seven that didn’t cover.
- In the bracket, Kevin Manning was the only top seed to advance.
- Austin Browning was eliminated despite scoring 103 points.
- Reid C advanced despite only scoring 43 points.
Month: October 2021
WEEK SEVEN RESULTS
- WEEK SIX WINNER: Bryce Cummings. Bryce and Craig A both went 6-0, but Bryce edged out Craig by a single point. To say Bryce was having a bad year would be an understatement. He was in 372nd place coming into the week. He is now in 296th place, which is nothing to write home about, but at least he laid claim to the weekly prize.
- The group and lock winning percentages were respectable again: 51.5% and 53.1%, respectively.
- For the first time this year, the lock winning percentage eclipsed the overall winning percentage.
- Only two people went 6-0 this week. However, only one person went 0-6, which is the lowest total of the year.
- John Mellish held on to the top spot for the second straight week.
- Nobody ranked 7th thru 10th was able to maintain their position in the Top Ten.
- The gap between 1st place and 10th place (62 points) is the same as the gap between 10th place and 55th place.
- Michael Patton has now strung together five consecutive 4-2 weeks.
- Dusty Weatherly is still in the lock lead with a 6-0-1 record. Six people are at 6-1.
- Of the six people with a 6-1 lock record, three of them are ranked 223rd or worse overall.
- 4 people have an 0-7 lock record.
- Home underdogs were on fire to begin the season, but have combined to go 4-7 over the last two weeks.
- Favorites have enjoyed their second straight winning week.
- Almost half of the PP6 participants picked Alabama to bounce back from their loss, making their game with MSU the biggest pick disparity of the year (178 picks to 19). Tide fans were rewarded with a blowout victory.
- The next two most popular picks, Arkansas and Iowa, were ATS losers.
- This might be a PP6 first: The exact same number of people picked a side in the Texas vs Oklahoma State (113 each) and the exact same number locked each side (16 each). OSU won the game outright as an underdog.
- Kentucky was the most popular underdog of the week. They scored a TD with 0:04 in the 4th quarter to cover the spread.
WEEK SIX RESULTS
- WEEK SIX WINNER: JSC1975. This marks the first time we’ve ever had a droid take home the weekly award. JSC1975 outscored six other people that chose the wrong week to go 6-0.
- The group and lock winning percentages were the best of the year: 53.0% and 51.3%, respectively.
- It’s now been six straight weeks that the lock winning percentage was worse than the overall!
- Only two people went 0-6, which ties the low mark of the year.
- 45 people scored 100+ points, which set the season high.
- John Mellish moved by Kevin Manning to earn the current #1 ranking.
- We have four new faces in the Top Ten. Jake Harbaugh was the biggest mover. He jumped from 30th to 8th.
- Alan S and Michael Patton have gone 4-2 in four consecutive weeks.
- Despite an 0-5-1 lock record, Derek Holland is still in the Top 20.
- Despite a 5-1 lock record, Myron Martin is in 322nd place.
- Six weeks into the season, and nobody has a perfect lock record. Our current leader is Dusty Weatherly with a 5-0-1 record. 11 people are at 5-1.
- Despite an 0-5-1 lock record, Derek Holland is still in the Top 20.
- Despite a 5-1 lock record, Myron Martin is in 322nd place.
- 9 people have an 0-6 lock record.
- Even though the two most popular picks of the week (Alabama and Michigan) were losers, the group still had a winning record overall.
- Stanford and Arkansas were the only underdogs to receive more interest than the favorites. Arkansas covered, Stanford didn’t.
- Strangely, we had four teams receive exactly one lock: South Carolina, Auburn, Boise State and Texas A&M. Only Boise and A&M covered, and they both won outright.
- Only 20% of the locks went for the underdog.
- Favorites went 10-5 ATS this week.
- We had our least popular game of the year: Utah vs USC. Only 67 people made a selection in that game. It’s the third time this year that a PAC-12 game has been the least popular.
WEEK FIVE RESULTS
- WEEK FIVE WINNER: Robert Behnken. In another week without a 6-0, Robert took home the weekly prize with his 5-0-1 record. Four others finished half a game back at 5-1.
- The group and lock winning percentages were awful: 40.7% and 38.8%, respectively.
- In a season full of bad weeks, this one was by far the worst. It’s the worst week we’ve seen since Week 9 of 2019.
- It’s now been five straight weeks that the lock winning percentage was worse than the overall.
- For the fourth time in five weeks, the 0-6’s outpaced the 6-0’s. This time it was by a margin of 6 to 0.
- Earlier this year I told you that we’d had at least one person go 6-0 every week since Week 6 of 2016. Week one broke that streak. We’ve now seen it twice in five weeks.
- So far this year, we’ve had 1919 submissions and only 13 people go 6-0. That equates to odds of 148:1. To put it into perspective, Vegas will only pay you 40:1 for a six game parlay.
- The yearly total for 100+ point performances is 106, after only having 5 last week. Only 5! Through Week 5 of 2019, we’d had 333 people score 100+ points. In fact, 112 people scored 100+ points in Week 5 alone.
- Kevin Manning has taken over the top spot in the rankings.
- Another example of the poor start to the season: This year, 400 points is good enough for 12th place, Through Week 5 of 2019, you would’ve been in 61st place.
- Robert Cowart has defeated the odds by going 0-6 in back-to-back weeks. His winless streak actually extends into Week 3 and currently sits at 14 in a row. Let’s all take a moment of silence for our poor friend Robert.
- In brighter news, Cody Miller has put together a streak of three consecutive 100 point weeks. He was in 371st place after two weeks. He is now in 44th place.
- We are down to four people with a perfect lock record. Three people are only half a game back at 4-0-1.
- 13 people have an 0-5 lock record.
- The three most popular picks of the week (Arkansas, Texas and Notre Dame) were 0-2-1 ATS.
- The group’s favorite six picks only went 1-4-1.
- For the year, the 75% majority is only 6-15-3. In other words: when 75% of the picks are on one side, you want to be on the other.
- The TCU vs Texas game saw the highest number of locks (64 for Texas) and the lowest number of locks (0 for TCU), so naturally it ended in a push.
- Only two underdogs received more locks than the favorites (Arkansas and Notre Dame). They both failed to cover.
- Texas Tech was the least popular pick of the week, only receiving the trust of 10 people. They upset West Virginia.