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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 | Run and Hide | 127.8 |
| Lowest score | Taco MacArthur | 75.7 |
| Biggest blowout | The Penguins | +38.8 |
| Heartbreaking loss | The Penthouse Panda Bear | −1.0 |
Standings after week 8
| 1 | Austin Bubbs | 7-1 | 883.5 |
| 2 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 6-2 | 885.9 |
| 3 | The Penguins | 5-3 | 956.1 |
| 4 | Run and Hide | 5-3 | 886.7 |
| 5 | Taco MacArthur | 4-4 | 858.6 |
| 6 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 4-4 | 800.1 |
| 7 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 3-5 | 807.9 |
| 8 | Your Worst Nightmares | 3-5 | 776.3 |
| 9 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 2-6 | 829.9 |
| 10 | Boston Double Rainbows | 1-7 | 828.8 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 8
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Penguins | 0.7387 | -0.33 | 5.3-2.7 |
| 2 | Austin Bubbs | 0.7270 | +2.44 | 4.6-3.4 |
| 3 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.7210 | +1.11 | 4.9-3.1 |
| 4 | Run and Hide | 0.6709 | +0.67 | 4.3-3.7 |
| 5 | Taco MacArthur | 0.6376 | -0.33 | 4.3-3.7 |
| 6 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.5997 | 0.00 | 4.0-4.0 |
| 7 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.5295 | 0.00 | 3.0-5.0 |
| 8 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 0.5288 | -1.33 | 3.3-4.7 |
| 9 | Boston Double Rainbows | 0.5146 | -2.56 | 3.6-4.4 |
| 10 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.5035 | +0.33 | 2.7-5.3 |
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 5-13 from Ben Wildfire’s side across 18 meetings. In 2016, the teams were The Penthouse Panda Bear and Austin Bubbs.
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