Final Standings

Congratulations to Mia LaCommare, who took down all these mighty, macho football geniuses to net herself the $500 prize.  From her dad, Rob (Robbie Walnuts) LaCommare:

"Btw, as always, Mia makes her pick according the college that she would rather attend and/or the state she would want to live it…second time she has been in the money as a result."

Whatever works, Mia.  Based on the selection method detailed above, I have serious concerns about your pick of Troy over Ohio University.  But 33 correct picks, impressive.  Pool average was just a hair under 23 correct.  And 738 points, 40 more than your closest competitor, 2.25 times more than our Angie Guidi Lack of Achievement Award winner, Mr. Ed Jones.

Ed Jones, let's analyze your bowl season a little bit.  42 confidence points on Alabama to win the National Championship.  39 on Louisville, 38 on Michigan, 37 on North Carolina, 36 on TCU, 34 on Texas A&M, 33 on Kentucky, 31 on West Virginia.  This is a historically poor performance, I'm very impressed.  15 correct picks, worsted only by Jeff Crouse whose 14 correct picks resulted in ONE more confidence point -- keeping him out of the annals of BBPEE lore.

Here are your payouts:

1st place - Mia LaCommare $500
2nd place - Chad Welty $210
3rd place - Lindsay Rice $140
4th place - Jason Jakubson $75
5th place - John Carter $50
Angie Guidi Lack of Achievement Award - Ed Jones

Thanks to anyone who donated jerseys to Jerseys of Hope, especially the Rev, Johnny Jenkins who boxed up quite a few brand new and gently used jerseys and sent them from Pennsylvania (you still live in Pennsylvania, right?).  We're not changing the world overnight, but your generosity will surely create some joy in a few lives -- and that makes the endeavor worthwhile.  I'm proud to be able to use a stupid college football pool as a conduit for creating that joy.  Thank you.

One last shout-out.  I've been doing this pool for eleven years now.  This is the first time since the inaugural season that I've had 100% of the participants submit their $10 entry fees -- and that first season only had 36 entries.  This time we had 103.  Usually I end up eating $20-40 to avoid adjusting the payouts.  So I appreciate everyone being diligent about payment.

Final Standings:

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Mia LaCommare	16-Dec	738	33	738	28
Chad Welty (1)	19-Dec	692	30	692	32
Lindsay Rice	14-Dec	689	27	689	29
Jason Jakubson (2)	16-Dec	658	29	658	28
John Carter (2)	14-Dec	637	26	637	32
Tim Smith (1)	27-Dec	623	28	623	31
Curtis Wininger	19-Dec	622	27	622	37
Rob Holub	15-Dec	620	27	620	27
Max P. Hofmeyer	17-Dec	617	27	617	35
Rodd Reinhart	19-Dec	610	26	610	38
Mike Melink	16-Dec	607	27	607	37
John Carter (1)	14-Dec	606	25	606	31
James Skidmore	21-Dec	604	25	604	37
Mike Lasko	15-Dec	603	28	603	36
Kyle Johnston	20-Dec	601	24	601	32
Jason Jakubson (1)	16-Dec	600	27	600	35
Dan Bialek	16-Dec	599	26	599	34
Bella LaCommare	16-Dec	598	24	598	29
Doug Beebe	13-Dec	597	25	597	37
James Hancock	16-Dec	597	24	597	32
Angie Guidi	21-Dec	593	28	593	21
Allan Guidi	19-Dec	592	27	592	31
John Biemer (2)	13-Dec	588	27	588	29
Chad Shinabargar	19-Dec	585	26	585	30
Brad Gmerek	16-Dec	585	25	585	35
Ben Widenmeyer	21-Dec	581	25	581	29
Tim Smith (3)	27-Dec	579	23	579	37
Chad Welty (2)	19-Dec	578	23	578	29
Randy Jacobs		578	25	578	33
Clay Korsan	31-Dec	577	24	577	38
Rob LaCommare	16-Dec	575	26	575	32
Paul Dale (2)	15-Dec	575	25	575	29
Eric Fox	27-Dec	573	25	573	35
Jason Walker (1)	19-Dec	573	23	573	35
Richard Tober	10-Dec	571	25	571	37
Robbie Walnuts	16-Dec	571	25	571	30
Jeff Zipp	15-Dec	570	23	570	29
Julie Carter	14-Dec	568	25	568	33
Kyle Robbins	17-Dec	567	22	567	28
Matt Neugebauer	6-Dec	563	25	563	37
Brian Kibler	15-Dec	563	23	563	33
Eric Cannon	16-Dec	562	24	562	36
Paul Dale (1)	15-Dec	560	24	560	34
Mike MacKim	18-Dec	558	26	558	36
Chris Duff (1)	21-Dec	558	23	558	33
Jeff Gilkey	23-Dec	556	26	556	32
Chris Duff (2)	21-Dec	551	24	551	34
Tom Ancelet	29-Dec	551	24	551	34
Ryan Mahoney	7-Dec	549	27	549	37
John Stromberg	20-Dec	548	22	548	30
Dan Harvey	23-Dec	547	24	547	32
Jason Walker (2)	19-Dec	546	23	546	31
Max J. Hofmeyer	17-Dec	545	21	545	25
Jake Hofmeyer	17-Dec	544	23	544	31
Mike McDonough	16-Dec	541	23	541	31
Andrew Guidi	3-Jan	541	21	541	33
Tom Nolan	16-Dec	533	22	533	34
Chris Gorfido	16-Dec	532	22	532	34
Paul Widenmeyer	2-Jan	532	21	532	31
Jimmy Norris	16-Dec	530	20	530	26
Noah LaCommare	16-Dec	519	22	519	34
Tim Smith (2)	27-Dec	518	24	518	34
Kevin Dietz (2)	15-Dec	517	24	517	32
Nick Francisco	16-Dec	517	24	517	28
Shane Borden	19-Dec	515	22	515	30
Seth Bancroft (1)	19-Dec	512	22	512	24
Eric Hostetter	15-Dec	512	23	512	31
Kurt Rosenwald	16-Dec	507	20	507	26
Jamison Hendricks	16-Dec	506	21	506	27
Johnny Jenkins (2)	14-Dec	505	21	505	23
Corey Ohalek	21-Dec	503	22	503	34
Ryan Stewart	15-Dec	503	23	503	37
David McDermott	7-Dec	503	22	503	23
Sean Davis	8-Dec	493	19	493	25
Kenon Carter	5-Dec	492	22	492	24
Jeremy Shedlock	16-Dec	491	21	491	25
Jim Dove	29-Dec	490	18	490	24
Doug Rice	14-Dec	484	19	484	29
Morgan Helmick	13-Dec	484	22	484	30
David Reinhart	19-Dec	480	20	480	26
Ryan Hannigan	7-Dec	473	21	473	23
Seth Bancroft (2)	19-Dec	470	23	470	29
John Biemer (1)	13-Dec	465	19	465	31
Kevin Dietz (1)	15-Dec	464	18	464	26
Stacy Carter	19-Dec	461	20	461	22
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	16-Dec	454	21	454	21
Jim Davis	18-Dec	453	22	453	34
Kade Rosenwald	16-Dec	452	23	452	23
Rudy Hofmeyer	17-Dec	444	17	444	29
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	16-Dec	437	19	437	25
Cole Rosenwald	16-Dec	435	21	435	19
Johnny Jenkins (1)	14-Dec	433	19	433	25
Jeff Crouse (2)	14-Dec	431	18	431	16
Dan Bailey	16-Dec	430	21	430	30
Mike Kerins	28-Dec	420	20	420	30
Matt Jones	21-Dec	413	18	413	28
Papi Ray	15-Dec	410	20	410	24
Dallas Hannigan	7-Dec	396	19	396	29
Bryan Hoenig	15-Dec	392	16	392	30
Chris Predieri	5-Dec	365	18	365	20
Chad Gorfido	14-Dec	359	18	359	22
Jeff Crouse (1)	14-Dec	328	14	328	24
Ed Jones	19-Dec	327	15	327	25

Updated Standings - thru January 2nd

Okay, folks.  Tiebreakers and confidence points made all the difference this year.  Here are our two scenarios.

If Alabama wins:

1st place - Chad Welty $500
2nd place - Mia LaCommare $210
3rd place - Lindsay Rice $140
4th place - Jason Jakubson (via tiebreaker; 198 yards passing) $75
5th place - Mike Lasko (via tiebreaker; 370 yards passing) $50
Angie Guidi Lack of Achievement Award - Jeff Crouse

If Clemson wins:

1st place - Mia LaCommare $500
2nd place - Chad Welty $210
3rd place - Lindsay Rice $140
4th place - Jason Jakubson $75
5th place - John Carter $50
Angie Guidi Lack of Achievement Award - Ed Jones

Here are the standings entering the National Championship game:

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Mia LaCommare	16-Dec	708	32	738	28
Chad Welty (1)	19-Dec	692	30	726	32
Lindsay Rice	14-Dec	689	27	690	29
John Carter (2)	14-Dec	637	26	644	32
Jason Jakubson (2)	16-Dec	623	28	658	28
Curtis Wininger	19-Dec	622	27	628	37
Rob Holub	15-Dec	620	27	630	27
Max P. Hofmeyer	17-Dec	617	27	633	35
Rodd Reinhart	19-Dec	610	26	630	38
Mike Melink	16-Dec	607	27	608	37
John Carter (1)	14-Dec	606	25	607	31
James Skidmore	21-Dec	604	25	605	37
Mike Lasko	15-Dec	603	28	639	36
Kyle Johnston	20-Dec	601	24	602	32
Jason Jakubson (1)	16-Dec	600	27	639	35
Dan Bialek	16-Dec	599	26	612	34
Doug Beebe	13-Dec	597	25	624	37
James Hancock	16-Dec	597	24	599	32
Allan Guidi	19-Dec	592	27	633	31
John Biemer (2)	13-Dec	588	27	592	29
Angie Guidi	21-Dec	585	27	593	21
Chad Shinabargar	19-Dec	585	26	592	30
Brad Gmerek	16-Dec	585	25	586	35
Tim Smith (1)	27-Dec	581	27	623	31
Ben Widenmeyer	21-Dec	581	25	582	29
Tim Smith (3)	27-Dec	579	23	610	37
Chad Welty (2)	19-Dec	578	23	608	29
Randy Jacobs		578	25	579	33
Bella LaCommare	16-Dec	577	23	598	29
Clay Korsan	31-Dec	577	24	578	38
Rob LaCommare	16-Dec	575	26	615	32
Paul Dale (2)	15-Dec	575	25	600	29
Eric Fox	27-Dec	573	25	615	35
Jason Walker (1)	19-Dec	573	23	574	35
Richard Tober	10-Dec	571	25	572	37
Jeff Zipp	15-Dec	570	23	574	29
Julie Carter	14-Dec	568	25	582	33
Kyle Robbins	17-Dec	567	22	592	28
Robbie Walnuts	16-Dec	565	24	571	30
Matt Neugebauer	6-Dec	563	25	603	37
Brian Kibler	15-Dec	563	23	582	33
Eric Cannon	16-Dec	562	24	588	36
Paul Dale (1)	15-Dec	560	24	580	34
Mike MacKim	18-Dec	558	26	590	36
Chris Duff (1)	21-Dec	558	23	587	33
Jeff Gilkey	23-Dec	556	26	598	32
Chris Duff (2)	21-Dec	551	24	583	34
Tom Ancelet	29-Dec	551	24	582	34
Ryan Mahoney	7-Dec	549	27	559	37
John Stromberg	20-Dec	548	22	549	30
Dan Harvey	23-Dec	547	24	571	32
Jason Walker (2)	19-Dec	546	23	561	31
Max J. Hofmeyer	17-Dec	545	21	555	25
Jake Hofmeyer	17-Dec	544	23	574	31
Mike McDonough	16-Dec	541	23	542	31
Andrew Guidi		541	21	542	33
Tom Nolan	16-Dec	533	22	564	34
Chris Gorfido	16-Dec	532	22	565	34
Paul Widenmeyer	2-Jan	532	21	563	31
Jimmy Norris	16-Dec	530	20	535	26
Noah LaCommare	16-Dec	519	22	561	34
Tim Smith (2)	27-Dec	518	24	546	34
Kevin Dietz (2)	15-Dec	517	24	551	32
Nick Francisco	16-Dec	517	24	541	28
Shane Borden	19-Dec	515	22	516	30
Seth Bancroft (1)	19-Dec	512	22	554	24
Eric Hostetter	15-Dec	512	23	514	31
Kurt Rosenwald	16-Dec	507	20	549	26
Jamison Hendricks	16-Dec	506	21	512	27
Johnny Jenkins (2)	14-Dec	505	21	506	23
Corey Ohalek	21-Dec	503	22	541	34
Ryan Stewart	15-Dec	503	23	504	37
David McDermott	7-Dec	494	21	503	23
Sean Davis	8-Dec	493	19	520	25
Kenon Carter	5-Dec	492	22	503	24
Jeremy Shedlock	16-Dec	491	21	511	25
Jim Dove	29-Dec	490	18	491	24
Doug Rice	14-Dec	484	19	485	29
Morgan Helmick	13-Dec	484	22	485	30
David Reinhart	19-Dec	480	20	503	26
Ryan Hannigan	7-Dec	473	21	508	23
Seth Bancroft (2)	19-Dec	470	23	471	29
John Biemer (1)	13-Dec	465	19	469	31
Kevin Dietz (1)	15-Dec	464	18	494	26
Stacy Carter	19-Dec	461	20	501	22
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	16-Dec	454	21	473	21
Jim Davis	18-Dec	453	22	482	34
Kade Rosenwald	16-Dec	452	23	494	23
Rudy Hofmeyer	17-Dec	444	17	452	29
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	16-Dec	437	19	456	25
Cole Rosenwald	16-Dec	435	21	477	19
Johnny Jenkins (1)	14-Dec	433	19	434	25
Jeff Crouse (2)	14-Dec	431	18	432	16
Dan Bailey	16-Dec	429	20	430	30
Mike Kerins	28-Dec	420	20	423	30
Matt Jones	21-Dec	413	18	427	28
Papi Ray	15-Dec	410	20	411	24
Dallas Hannigan	7-Dec	396	19	398	29
Bryan Hoenig	15-Dec	392	16	407	30
Chris Predieri	5-Dec	365	18	368	20
Chad Gorfido	14-Dec	359	18	383	22
Jeff Crouse (1)	14-Dec	328	14	329	24
Ed Jones	19-Dec	327	15	369	25

Updated Standings - thru December 31st

Wake me up when the Blue Jackets clinch a playoff berth.  I...I just...I just can't.

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Lindsay Rice	14-Dec	612	24	713	29
Mia LaCommare	16-Dec	610	29	756	28
Rob Holub	15-Dec	564	25	653	27
Chad Welty (1)	19-Dec	558	26	726	32
James Skidmore	21-Dec	557	22	608	37
Curtis Wininger	19-Dec	547	23	628	37
Ben Widenmeyer	21-Dec	543	24	630	29
James Hancock	16-Dec	542	21	620	32
Max P. Hofmeyer	17-Dec	541	24	638	35
John Biemer (2)	13-Dec	540	24	624	29
Rodd Reinhart	19-Dec	534	22	630	38
Allan Guidi	19-Dec	530	24	654	31
Tim Smith (3)	27-Dec	530	20	618	37
Mike Melink	16-Dec	530	23	608	37
Mike Lasko	15-Dec	528	24	639	36
John Carter (1)	14-Dec	523	22	630	31
Eric Fox	27-Dec	523	22	620	35
Jason Jakubson (2)	16-Dec	517	24	658	28
Paul Dale (2)	15-Dec	515	22	611	29
Tim Smith (2)	27-Dec	515	23	571	34
Doug Beebe	13-Dec	514	21	624	37
Jason Jakubson (1)	16-Dec	513	23	639	35
Richard Tober	10-Dec	513	22	589	37
Angie Guidi	21-Dec	511	24	595	21
Eric Cannon	16-Dec	510	21	623	36
Randy Jacobs		509	22	595	33
John Carter (2)	14-Dec	507	22	644	32
Chad Welty (2)	19-Dec	507	21	627	29
Jake Hofmeyer	17-Dec	507	21	603	31
Max J. Hofmeyer	17-Dec	502	19	576	25
Tim Smith (1)	27-Dec	500	25	700	31
Mike McDonough	16-Dec	499	21	547	31
Chris Duff (2)	21-Dec	495	20	583	34
Brad Gmerek	16-Dec	494	21	586	35
Chris Duff (1)	21-Dec	492	19	587	33
Paul Dale (1)	15-Dec	491	21	598	34
Clay Korsan		491	20	578	38
Kyle Johnston	20-Dec	488	21	641	32
Bella LaCommare	16-Dec	486	19	598	29
Dan Bialek	16-Dec	485	22	612	34
Julie Carter	14-Dec	483	21	582	33
Ryan Mahoney	7-Dec	483	24	581	37
Dan Harvey	23-Dec	482	21	578	32
Rob LaCommare	16-Dec	471	22	615	32
Brian Kibler	15-Dec	471	19	582	33
Kurt Rosenwald	16-Dec	470	19	620	26
Kyle Robbins	17-Dec	469	19	597	28
Jeremy Shedlock	16-Dec	468	20	569	25
Chad Shinabargar	19-Dec	467	23	597	30
Andrew Guidi		467	18	551	33
David Reinhart	19-Dec	467	18	520	26
Matt Neugebauer	6-Dec	465	21	603	37
Mike MacKim	18-Dec	461	22	590	36
David McDermott	7-Dec	460	20	574	23
Jimmy Norris	16-Dec	460	18	540	26
Morgan Helmick	13-Dec	459	20	522	30
Seth Bancroft (2)	19-Dec	459	20	474	29
Ryan Stewart	15-Dec	458	21	521	37
Sean Davis	8-Dec	456	18	546	25
Robbie Walnuts	16-Dec	454	21	583	30
Jason Walker (1)	19-Dec	448	19	574	35
John Stromberg	20-Dec	448	19	551	30
Shane Borden	19-Dec	445	20	531	30
Jeff Gilkey	23-Dec	443	22	598	32
Noah LaCommare	16-Dec	442	19	573	34
Seth Bancroft (1)	19-Dec	442	19	565	24
Johnny Jenkins (2)	14-Dec	435	18	527	23
Jim Dove	29-Dec	435	16	510	24
Paul Widenmeyer		433	17	563	31
Jeff Zipp	15-Dec	431	19	574	29
Eric Hostetter	15-Dec	430	20	521	31
Jamison Hendricks	16-Dec	428	19	523	27
John Biemer (1)	13-Dec	426	17	510	31
Kevin Dietz (2)	15-Dec	425	21	557	32
Chris Gorfido	16-Dec	422	18	565	34
Tom Ancelet	29-Dec	420	20	582	34
Jason Walker (2)	19-Dec	420	19	561	31
Nick Francisco	16-Dec	419	20	541	28
Kenon Carter	5-Dec	414	20	579	24
Tom Nolan	16-Dec	414	18	564	34
Doug Rice	14-Dec	413	17	515	29
Ryan Hannigan	7-Dec	411	19	554	23
Kade Rosenwald	16-Dec	402	20	514	23
Stacy Carter	19-Dec	396	18	578	22
Corey Ohalek	21-Dec	395	18	541	34
Cole Rosenwald	16-Dec	391	19	503	19
Jeff Crouse (2)	14-Dec	389	17	469	16
Rudy Hofmeyer	17-Dec	387	15	511	29
Dan Bailey	16-Dec	387	18	459	30
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	16-Dec	379	18	488	21
Matt Jones	21-Dec	371	15	429	28
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	16-Dec	365	16	474	25
Johnny Jenkins (1)	14-Dec	364	16	451	25
Mike Kerins	28-Dec	344	17	428	30
Kevin Dietz (1)	15-Dec	340	14	494	26
Jim Davis	18-Dec	330	18	482	34
Bryan Hoenig	15-Dec	330	14	418	30
Dallas Hannigan	7-Dec	328	16	402	29
Chris Predieri	5-Dec	303	15	406	20
Papi Ray	15-Dec	297	17	452	24
Jeff Crouse (1)	14-Dec	296	12	364	24
Ed Jones	19-Dec	261	13	408	25
Chad Gorfido	14-Dec	232	14	383	22