← 2008 standings & weekly recaps
Week 8, settled.
Final scores, weekly indignities, and the standings after the dust cleared.
This recap is rebuilt from the recovered ESPN team-level scoreboard. Scores, opponents, standings, awards, power, luck and all-play are on file; weekly player ownership, starts, optimal lineups and bench decisions begin in 2018 and are intentionally omitted here.
Awards
| Highest score | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 122.0 |
| Lowest score | Big Gay Al | 67.0 |
| Biggest blowout | The Penthouse Panda Bear | +36.0 |
| Heartbreaking loss | P RIVERS NAS NAS | −1.0 |
Standings after week 8
| 1 | New York Bubbs | 7-1 | 890.0 |
| 2 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 6-2 | 869.0 |
| 3 | Boston Baked Beans | 5-3 | 857.0 |
| 4 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 5-3 | 838.0 |
| 5 | 99% Domination | 5-3 | 727.0 |
| 6 | Your Worst Nightmares | 3-5 | 778.0 |
| 7 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 3-5 | 706.0 |
| 8 | Run and Hide | 3-5 | 631.0 |
| 9 | The Penguins | 2-6 | 717.0 |
| 10 | Big Gay Al | 1-7 | 573.0 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 8
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Bubbs | 0.8031 | +1.33 | 5.7-2.3 |
| 2 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.7809 | +0.22 | 5.8-2.2 |
| 3 | Boston Baked Beans | 0.7423 | -0.54 | 5.6-2.4 |
| 4 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.6960 | +0.08 | 4.9-3.1 |
| 5 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.6098 | -1.40 | 4.4-3.6 |
| 6 | 99% Domination | 0.5862 | +1.54 | 3.4-4.6 |
| 7 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.5400 | -0.47 | 3.5-4.5 |
| 8 | The Penguins | 0.5236 | -1.56 | 3.6-4.4 |
| 9 | Run and Hide | 0.4120 | +1.60 | 1.4-6.6 |
| 10 | Big Gay Al | 0.3576 | -0.67 | 1.7-6.3 |
These are reconstructed from team scores and opponents only. Power uses the same model as every other season; luck compares actual wins with schedule-neutral expected wins; all-play is scaled to the number of games actually played.
Old business
The week’s most-established manager matchup. Through this game, the series stood 3-3 from Ben Wildfire’s side across 6 meetings. In 2008, the teams were The Penthouse Panda Bear and Your Worst Nightmares.
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