The table thought it knew where Jack Ries lived. Then came the closing pair: 14th at the World Cup on a 134-point pool, followed by 35th in golf at 477.1. Together they lifted him 43 places into a share of 29th.
The groundwork was already down. His Seahawks champ pick printed 110 in the NFL bracket for a 21st, and Ohio State's 69 anchored a 58th in the college regular season.
The wreckage he climbed past was his own, 204th in NFL Survivor at 36.5 and 176th on the NBA totals. Ries finished with 1594.5, proof that this season really did run to the final putt.