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The Postseason Report
Gentlemen – The 2018 season had the usual ups and downs of any gambling year. However, it ended with a bang in Weeks 16 and 17, when the league surged to inflate year end totals, making the final playoff spot $1,600. Kimmy Gibbler tied the regular season record for highest total with $3,600, and Babe threatened the record for highest winning percentage.
Here’s a breakdown of how the league did as a whole each week:
Week 1: +$5,700
Week 2: -$6,500
Week 3: +$500
Week 4: $0
Week 5: -$4,100
Week 6: -$4,300
Week 7: -$400
Week 8: +$6,200
Week 9: +$9,500
Week 10: +300
Week 11: -$5,200
Week 12: +$600
Week 13: -$2,500
Week 14: +$3,200
Week 15: -$4,000
Week 16: +$3,700
Week 17: +$13,800
That’s an astounding cumulative total of +$16,500.
Disclaimer: The following is a completely biased report of the first nine weeks of the FMFL. The views, opinions, and observations that follow are those of the Executive Director and are completely subjective.
East Division
Bud Fox
Current Total: $900
Winning Percentage: 0.633
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 11 – Pittsburgh – Lost
Recap: Despite losing his wild card bet, Bud Fox was in it until the end. Not many franchises win 63% of their bets and miss the playoffs, so he can chalk up 2018 to being a season of missed opportunities and close calls.
Grade: B
Judge Smails
Current Total: $400
Winning Percentage: 0.487
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Week 8 – Philadelphia – Won
Recap: Smails made a strong move around mid-season but then had a few tough weeks which kept him out of the running for the division. He finished in the positive, so that’s something to build on for next year.
Grade: B-
Karl Farbman
Current Total: $400
Winning Percentage: 0.471
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 16 – Seattle – Won
Recap: After such a strong start, Karl eked over the line into positive money in the waning moments of the season, but was never a real threat for the division.
Grade: B-
Mr. Marbles
Current Total: -$1,600
Winning Percentage: 0.456
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Week 15 – LA Rams – Lost
Recap: Marbles lost $1,000 in Week 15 and $500 in Week 16, so the numbers don’t tell the story that he was still in the mix at the beginning of December. However, he closed poorly and will slide down the all-time standings as well.
Grade: D
Patrick Bateman
Current Total: $1,200
Winning Percentage: 0.526
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 17 – Atlanta – Won
Recap: Bateman was just shy of a Week 17 comeback to win the East, but needed some help. He ends this season disappointed, close but no cigar.
Grade: B+
Shecky
Current Total: -$1,500
Winning Percentage: 0.432
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Week 15 – New England – Lost
Recap: Shecky took a more aggressive path this year, and it was ultimately his downfall, including a lost wild card bet late in the year.
Grade: D
The Beard of Zeus
Current Total: -$800
Winning Percentage: 0.441
Fines: $200
Wild Card Bet: Week 14 – New Orleans – Won
Recap: Beard looked like he could have made a push after his Week 14 wild card win, but he had too many -$500 weeks this year to turn in a positive card.
Grade: C-
The People’s Champ
Current Total: $1,400
Winning Percentage: 0.564
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Week 16 – Washington – Won
Recap: In Week 16, The Champ barely won his wild card bet, then combed that with a backdoor cover on one of his other bets to rise to the top of the East. 2018 has been his year, with a lot of things going his way en route to the Division crown. He was +$2,200 over the last five weeks of the season.
Grade: A-
North Division
Blossom Russo
Current Total: $1,900
Winning Percentage: 0.621
Fines: $800
Wild Card Bet: Week 7 – Indianapolis – Won
Recap: Blossom made the playoffs, but her season could have been even better if you took away her $800 in fines.
Grade: A-
Chalky Studebaker
Current Total: -$800
Winning Percentage: 0.478
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 15 – LA Rams – Lost
Recap: Chalky was at $500 after Week 10, but it was all downhill after that, including a late season wild card bet loss.
Grade: C
Dr. Oge
Current Total: $0
Winning Percentage: 0.531
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 16 – Cleveland – Push
Recap: When your wild card bet is up 26-3 in the 4th quarter and it ends up being a push, you know it’s not your year. If it’s any consolation, Oge wouldn’t have made the playoffs anyways….
Grade: C+
Gordon Bombay
Current Total: $3,300
Winning Percentage: 0.627
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Week 15 – Indianapolis – Won
Recap: Bombay had a steady, consistent season and in most other years and in most divisions, he would have waltzed to the division title. But that wasn’t the case in the North (see below). He’s one of the favorites heading into the playoffs, for sure.
Grade: A
Kimmy Gibbler
Current Total: $3,600
Winning Percentage: 0.649
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 16 – Atlanta – Won
Recap: Gibbler turned it on midseason and never looked back, ending the season on a tear and pulling away in Week 17 to win the overall title. She was +$2,200 over the final six weeks of the season.
Grade: A+
Larisa Oleynik
Current Total: -$1,100
Winning Percentage: 0.438
Fines: $600
Wild Card Bet: Week 10 – New Orleans – Won
Recap: Where have you gone, 2010 Larisa? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
Grade: D+
OJ
Current Total: $1,800
Winning Percentage: 0.558
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 16 – Atlanta – Won
Recap: OJ got into the postseason, overcoming a rough Week 15 to close strongly in the final fortnight.
Grade: A-
T-Ferg
Current Total: $1,600
Winning Percentage: 0.598
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 11 – Carolina – Lost
Recap: T-Ferg’s solid winning percentage came in handy, as it was his ticket to the postseason after ending the year deadlocked for the final playoff spot. This was despite him losing his wild card bet.
Grade: A-
South Division
Boss Hardigan
Current Total: $500
Winning Percentage: 0.486
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 14 – Detroit – Won
Recap: The Boss won $1,000 in Week 14 and looked like he was angling for a wild card berth. Then he lost $500 the following week and ultimately sunk his season.
Grade: B-
Donnie Jeffcoat
Current Total: -$1,700
Winning Percentage: 0.457
Fines: $200
Wild Card Bet: Week 14 – Kansas City – Lost
Recap: It was a challenging 2018 campaign for Donnie in the end, but he had a glimmer of hope rising up to $400 as late as Week 11 before folding it up.
Grade: D-
Face
Current Total: -$5,000
Winning Percentage: 0.356
Fines: $1,300
Wild Card Bet: Week 6 – Cleveland – Lost
Recap: Face did his best to set the record for worst season total and worst winning percentage, but he couldn’t even get that right, racking up some December wins to avoid both distinctions.
Grade: F
Neon Boudeaux
Current Total: -$200
Winning Percentage: 0.535
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Week 7 – LA Chargers – Lost
Recap: Neon talks a big game, but couldn’t back it up this year. He won 53% of his bets, but poor money management held him back in 2018.
Grade: C+
Rick Moranis
Current Total: $1,500
Winning Percentage: 0.565
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 17 – Buffalo – Won
Recap: Rick seemed to go up or down $100 each week for most of the second half of the season, and a final spike in Week 17 was too little, too late.
Grade: A-
Thine
Current Total: $1,800
Winning Percentage: 0.525
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 8 – Washington – Won
Recap: No other South franchises really challenged Thine this year, and once he broke away from the division that was all she wrote.
Grade: A
Waldo Geraldo Faldo
Current Total: $300
Winning Percentage: 0.477
Fines: $200
Wild Card Bet: Week 9 – Houston – Won
Recap: Waldo never bottomed out this year, but never got on a roll either, so he hovered around even money for most of the year.
Grade: B-
Yaz
Current Total: -$300
Winning Percentage: 0.426
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 12 – Chicago – Won
Recap: With just winning 42% of the time, it’s amazing Yaz got this close to positive dollars this year.
Grade: C+
West Division
Babe
Current Total: $3,300
Winning Percentage: 0.691
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Did Not Use
Recap: Babe all-around terrific season is only marred by not winning the overall title. He took the lead post-Thanksgiving and had a nice cushion during the final weeks.
Grade: A+
Bayonnaise
Current Total: -$1,100
Winning Percentage: 0.500
Fines: $600
Wild Card Bet: Week 6 – Jacksonville – Lost
Recap: After an early wild card loss, Bayonnaise could never recapture any momentum, despite winning half of his bets.
Grade: D+
Chris B. Corey
Current Total: $2,300
Winning Percentage: 0.678
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Did Not Use
Recap: Chris slipped up and lost his chance at the division, but will enter the playoffs as a dangerous franchise that has yet to revel in FMFL postseason glory.
Grade: A
Don Mattingly
Current Total: -$300
Winning Percentage: 0.452
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 17 – Chicago – Won
Recap: The final total might look good, but Donnie spent most of the year in the basement of the West.
Grade: C+
Kenny Powers
Current Total: -$800
Winning Percentage: 0.475
Fines: $200
Wild Card Bet: Week 11 – Pittsburgh – Lost
Recap: It was an uncharacteristically poor season for Kenny, who will try to pick up the pieces in the offseason.
Grade: C-
Kiko Garcia
Current Total: $2,800
Winning Percentage: 0.639
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 7 – Indianapolis – Won
Recap: Kiko is another former champ that will be tough in the playoffs, as he’s on a roll, winning $500 each of the last two weeks.
Grade: A
The Big Hurt
Current Total: $1,600
Winning Percentage: 0.573
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 15 – Baltimore – Push
Recap: The Hurt was as low as -$1,100 this year and steadily climbed the ranks the entire second half of the year. But it wasn’t enough, as he was edged out via tiebreaker for the final playoff spot. A push on his wild card bet is was a retroactive nail in his coffin. But hey, great season.
Grade: A-
The Notorious ABT
Current Total: $1,100
Winning Percentage: 0.521
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 16 – Atlanta – Won
Recap: The ABT slumped midseason, and it proved to be too much to overcome in the end.
Grade: B+
Final Season Total Wagers
Final Season Winning Percentages
Wild Card Standings
