Category: Jake

So somehow after the first round of the pick ’em, I’m in a tie for the lead with yesterday’s leader Canadian Invader “Andrew”. However, just a single point behind are a bunch of folks who include my dad, a high school classmate, my sister’s boyfriend, Mr. Dahl, one of Bend’s nicest people, a prize winner from a couple years back, among some other folks — eight in total. With the rest of the weekend’s games worth two points each, it’s still anybody’s tournament (and remember, if I somehow win this whole thing — which is unlikely — I’m not claiming any of the prizes).

For the last place prizes, Go Hogs! “Kyle” has wrapped up one of those places, as he can’t score enough to overtake anything beyond second-to-last. If somehow “haven’t a clue” misses the rest of her picks, and perpetual-loser Dren actually makes one or two (he still has a few teams alive, thanks to all the upsets), Dren might get knocked off. Hell, even monkey has a chance to claim a bottom-feeder prize, but he has quite a few more teams left so the likelihood of that happening is pretty slim.

We have our largest pool of folks ever in the pick ’em this year, even after thining off some of the folks who didn’t fill out their brackets. Through the 13th game of the day, “Randal D” had picked all 13 games correct — even all the upsets. But after incorrectly picking the last three games of the day, he’s in second place behind our Canadian Invader “Andrew” who picked 14 of the day’s games properly. I managed to somehow pick 12 of them right (how, I have no idea), and sit in third place right now, ahead of my boss and co-workers (which is all that matters to me, really). Dren is still bringing up the rear, just barely behind Kyle, who is trying to upend Dren from his perpetual loser spot. Thanks to today’s lower-seeds winning, they both actually put points on the board.

The full spreadsheet for the day has been updated.

• Don’t forget, the pick ’em is now open for registration, with our best-ever prize haul.
• The aforementioned Cascades Winds concert is this weekend and I hope to see a few of your there.
• I like bullet points. In case you didn’t know that.

I’m in the process of getting everything setup on Yahoo! and getting my prize list all compiled (it’s going to be a great one this year — best list of prizes we’ve ever had, by far). If you participated last year, you should have already gotten your invite to join the group. If not, I’ll be posting sign up information, official rules, and the full detailed prize list sometime over the weekend. Stay tuned!