Garrick Simmons built a top-third launchpad and still found the trapdoor. His Dodgers-backed October finished 33rd with 219 placement points, and Survivor followed at 32nd with 213.5.
Then came an NBA board with five misses in five tries. It returned 2.5 points and 249th, a result so severe that even a Hurricanes-led 66th in the NHL could not restore the shape of the season.
The World Cup stopped at 144th and the majors at 189th, completing the collapse. The result is strange: a share of 174th on 1154.5 points after a 42-place fall, with two early hits and one enormous invoice.