The boys just weren't good enough this season. There has to be root and branch clear out and a new approach to training.
I'm sitting down with The Boys' Big Book of Flegs (published 1983 - nothing much has changed since then, has it?) and this page on US state capitals.
Time to get serious.
Am I missing something on the firing squad rule? Won't you need to have picked the firing squad favourite to qualify for the bonus points? In which case you wouldn't be a zero-pointer any more anyway.