Category: The Showdown
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs The Gambler, Week 17
Just when I thought this was heading for a photo finish, Joe turns in a five-win card and hands Nathan back two games. And now, just a week after trimming the margin to a manageable distance, Joe once again finds himself in need of a huge run. With this last set of games to decide [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs The Gambler, Week 16
That’s more like it. For this race to remain a race, Joe needed to capitalize if Nathan ever gave him an opportunity and we finally saw it in Week 15. Going just 5-11, Nathan fell into a funk and let Joe’s 9-7 week close the gap to just three games. With two weeks to go, [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs The Gambler, Week 15
With just three weeks of the regular season left, Joe made a small dent into Nathan’s lead, going one better at 8-8 last week. However with such little time left, will he be able to catch him or will his late season run prove futile? Season to date: Nathan: 99-96-10 (30-20-3 locks) Joe: 92-103-10 [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs. The Gambler, Week 14
With both of our guys finishing Week 13 8-8 (and 2-2 in the favorites), nothing has changed except the time remaining. Just four weeks of picks to go and Nathan refuses to slip up and open the door for Joe to get back in this thing. If they were brothers fighting in the backyard, Nathan [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs. The Gambler, Week 13
Nathan’s methodical march toward the crown continues. A fairly solid nine more wins last week created even more space between himself and Joe and has him feeling pretty safe as we enter the final five weeks. Unable to sustain any kind of momentum all season long – and not having many openings to take advantage [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs. The Gambler, Week 12
So Joe’s hurried pace to the front was slowed again in Week 11, dropping seven of 14 games and falling back into a six-game hole behind Nathan. Nate’s 7-6-1 week kept him out front with sights firmly set on the wire. Having staved-off the comeback attempt, one huge card on his part could put this [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs. The Gambler, Week 11
Refusing to concede the contest after last week’s down effort and a season spent looking up at his opponent, Joe turned in a strong 9-6 sheet in Week 10 (hitting on all four of his favorites, to boot). That, paired with Nathan’s season-worst showing (4-11), has once again made this a game. It’ll take another [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs. The Gambler, Week 10
A good week for Nathan, going 9-3-1, but going 1-2-1 with his favorites isn’t great. Joe meanwhile followed up last week’s great week with a bad week. Joe managed 2-2 on his favorites, but didn’t get close to .500, as he called just four games correctly and managed just 4-8-1. Nate now has a commanding [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs. The Gambler, Week 9
Despite an 8-4-1 week, Nathan dropped a game off of his lead as Joe posted his top card of the season so far. Picking nine winners in Week 8 (including all four of his favorites), Joe’s claim that he’ll climb back into this contest seems to be coming true. He trails Nate by just five [...]
Showdown: The Stat Guru vs. The Gambler, Week 8
While Joe appears to be settling in now and hitting .500 with ease, Nathan righted the ship after last week’s stumble to post wins in half of his games as well. With half of the season to go, Joe has ground to gain but this is shaping up to be a much better race than [...]
