← 2012 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 | Your Worst Nightmares | 116.1 |
| Lowest score | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 78.5 |
| Biggest blowout | Brightleaf Yuppies | +21.1 |
| Heartbreaking loss | Boston Double Rainbows | −3.5 |
Standings after week 8
| 1 | New York Bubbs | 6-2 | 891.5 |
| 2 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 5-3 | 886.2 |
| 3 | The Brady Bunch | 5-3 | 834.1 |
| 4 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 5-3 | 811.1 |
| 5 | Boston Double Rainbows | 4-4 | 804.0 |
| 6 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 4-4 | 797.3 |
| 7 | Run and Hide | 3-5 | 914.0 |
| 8 | Your Worst Nightmares | 3-5 | 837.0 |
| 9 | The Penguins | 3-5 | 758.7 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 2-6 | 764.0 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 8
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Bubbs | 0.7516 | +0.78 | 5.2-2.8 |
| 2 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 0.6728 | +0.89 | 4.1-3.9 |
| 3 | Run and Hide | 0.6675 | -1.89 | 4.9-3.1 |
| 4 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.6589 | +0.67 | 4.3-3.7 |
| 5 | The Brady Bunch | 0.6522 | +0.89 | 4.1-3.9 |
| 6 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.6265 | -0.33 | 4.3-3.7 |
| 7 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.6013 | -1.00 | 4.0-4.0 |
| 8 | Boston Double Rainbows | 0.5653 | +1.00 | 3.0-5.0 |
| 9 | The Penguins | 0.5250 | 0.00 | 3.0-5.0 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.5023 | -1.00 | 3.0-5.0 |
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 5-4-1 from Michael Chepul’s side across 10 meetings. In 2012, the teams were The Penguins and P RIVERS NAS NAS.
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