Way back in the pre season, the TJRS outriders confidently predicted the final table standings of the regular season. How did they do?

For the Eastern conference, Phil correctly predicted the Free Jacks being #1 and Anthem being #6. In what will be a theme, he over rated NOLA and under rated OGDC. Diamond Dave had 3 correct picks - NEFJ, Chicago and Miami, gave Anthem a bit too much credit and also had NOLA too high and DC too low. The Clown Prince of MLR managed to get the closest. 4 correct, just needing to flip NOLA and OGDC for a perfect score.

Eastern standings predictions.

In the West, Bozo got San Diego correct at #5. Diamond Dave got Rugby LA in #3 and Phil also made predictions.

Western standings predictions.

In the outrider and guests way too early predictions, Coach Mathie, Diamond Dave and Bozo6 were the closest to the 11-5 regular season, guessing 12-4. Bozo6 correctly predicted 13 of the 16 matches way too early - he failed to predict OGDC crushing his dreams and final NOLA match. Uncle Phil’s got 12 right, and despite Diamond Dave predicting a 3-3 start to the season, his crystal ball clouded over and he ended up with 11 right on the season.

Outrider way too early.

In the Ranger Picks Way Too Early, Ranger Bunny stole the show - correctly predicting 11-5 and getting 14 correct - just being tripped up by the win at home against San Diego and the loss on the road in Miami.

3 other pickers also predicted 11-5. Ranger John and Tim Crowley each got 10 matches correct, Sabercat Diehard also managed to get 11-5 but only got 8 matches correct!

Special shout out to Hori Stylz who looked like they’d run away with this - 8 of the first 8 matches correctly predicted. But unfortunately fell in the 2nd half of the season landing on 13 correct with a “close, but no cigar” 10-6 predicted record.

Beside Hori Stylz and the aforementioned Bozo6, Ranger Erikk and yours truly also got 13 correct match predictions. Ranger Erikk close with a 12-4 prediction and my over enthusiastic 14-2 was not close enough.

Our Ranger Picks MLR 2025 Presented by TJRS Champion Freejack Fitzy had a 12-4 predicted record and got 11 correct. He must have improved week by week to have such a dominant win in the ranger picks main competition!

In terms of the dream away trip bonus question… Chicago was the clear winner, with Anthem and Miami tied for distant 2nd.

Way too early dream away.

For myself and my 3 kids - we all picked different trips - Anthem, LA, Miami and Chicago. It’ll be fun to find out which of us gets our dream away trip first!