← 2017 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 | Taco MacArthur | 121.8 |
| Lowest score | Run and Hide | 89.8 |
| Biggest blowout | Taco MacArthur | +32.0 |
| Heartbreaking loss | Boston Double Rainbows | −0.5 |
Standings after week 8
| 1 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 7-1 | 844.1 |
| 2 | The Penguins | 6-2 | 906.1 |
| 3 | Taco MacArthur | 5-3 | 790.7 |
| 4 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 5-3 | 738.4 |
| 5 | Run and Hide | 4-4 | 820.8 |
| 6 | Boston Double Rainbows | 4-4 | 708.5 |
| 7 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 3-5 | 842.1 |
| 8 | Your Worst Nightmares | 2-6 | 669.2 |
| 9 | Austin Bubbs | 2-6 | 659.1 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 2-6 | 649.7 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 8
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.7918 | +1.22 | 5.8-2.2 |
| 2 | The Penguins | 0.7780 | +0.44 | 5.6-2.4 |
| 3 | Taco MacArthur | 0.6988 | -0.22 | 5.2-2.8 |
| 4 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.6474 | -1.89 | 4.9-3.1 |
| 5 | Run and Hide | 0.6398 | -0.33 | 4.3-3.7 |
| 6 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 0.6019 | +1.33 | 3.7-4.3 |
| 7 | Boston Double Rainbows | 0.5441 | +0.78 | 3.2-4.8 |
| 8 | Austin Bubbs | 0.4585 | -0.78 | 2.8-5.2 |
| 9 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.4384 | -0.33 | 2.3-5.7 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.4271 | -0.22 | 2.2-5.8 |
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 6-16 from Michael Chepul’s side across 22 meetings. In 2017, the teams were The Penguins and Brightleaf Yuppies.
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