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Round Three of the 2010 pick ’em is over, with “Club ED” and “winner winner chicken dinner” tied for the lead, with “Capitan Jack & his Torchwood” just a couple points behind. The games during the Elite Eight (the next two days) are worth five points each, so it’s still anybody’s game (except mine — there’s no chance there).

The various upsets during the tournament has made the spreadsheet very interesting.

Scores for the next two days will be combined and posted on Sunday, when the Final Four has been set.

The SOBA Noodle punch card, provided by BOR, will be going to the “haven’t a clue” bracket. The two last place people aren’t even remotely local — one out of the country and one out of the state — and after talking to them, they said to pass it on to the next worse person. I know that person is local, so I’ll be sending them the card later this week.

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.