It Is Now Semi Final
by smbrannan
The more things change, the more they …. you know the rest.
Richard H and Tony D are still tied in the top spot. Chris H is still defending his position at the bottom. In between, there were some slight changes but things are mostly unchanged.
Unfortunately for most of the leaders, their luck has run out. Only a few of them, and I’ll let you work out which ones, have a chance at snagging a prize. That’s mostly because so many of us picked FRA to win everything but, as we now know, ESP was clearly the superior side.
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard H | 143 |
| 1 | Tony D | 143 |
| 2 | Jim R | 141 |
| 2 | Jim T | 141 |
| 2 | Ozgur T | 141 |
| 3 | Phil A | 140 |
| 3 | Yukari S | 140 |
| 4 | John N | 139 |
| 4 | Rachel P | 139 |
| 4 | Russ P | 139 |
| 5 | Sherman H | 137 |
| 5 | Theo L | 137 |
| ⇣ | ⇣ | ⇣ |
| 27 | Chris H | 97 |
As for me, I have buyer’s remorse, big time. I paid for a one month subscription to Nate Silver’s fancy-dancy PELE model, and relied it for almost all of my picks. I only deviated to take a flyer on COL. For this, I am currently ranked in 20th position, with no hope of earning any more points.
I will post the final rankings for everyone after the final celebrations are complete.
The Newbies continue to impress. I think I must have single-handedly dragged down the Grizzled Vets by a point or two, or more. Sorry guys.
| Newbies | Grizzled Vets | Prodigals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg Score | 129.8 | 126.4 | 127.8 |
Enjoy the final Beautiful Pool weekend. It’s the last one ’till 2028.
Download the complete standings here:
The Beautiful Pool 
Hi Stu, How many points for calling the final winner ?
John
15.
And 7 for picking the winner of the match for 3rd place.