Updated Standings - thru December 26th

So this year's pool has officially become one for the history books, as Mother Nature intervened at the First Responder's Bowl in Dallas yesterday. For those of you who failed to read the fine print (and by "fine print", I mean invisible print), in the event of a Force Majeure event, discretion relies solely in the hands of the pool master on how to handle. After much deliberation via text with a semi-inebriated Doug Rice, among others, I have opted to treat the game as the NCAA did and render it a "no contest". This means no points are awarded. I realize this favors those who had fewer confidence points riding on that game, but as the great wordsmith and former president Bush 43 once said,
"Dem's the breaks."

Look, Armando Galarraga once threw a perfect game but Jim Joyce blew a call at first base that turned it into a one-hitter. That's what makes a perfect game so special -- and why baseball (and haphazard bowl pools) are a reflection of life. Sometimes you do everything exactly right and you still get the shaft. Furthermore, who am I to say that someone like Curt Wininger, who only had two confidence points riding on that game, isn't a prolific meteorologist who knew there was a strong likelihood of the game being called? The conservative player was closer to being right on this one, and I'm comfortable with my decision to award no points.

To submit a formal protest regarding this decision, you can start by drafting your complaint in writing. You can then immediately blow your nose into it and deposit it into the nearest receptacle. Be sure you wash your hands before touching anything else.

Back in action today at 1:30, where Temple & Duke meet in the Independence Bowl. The forecast in Shreveport, Louisiana is 68 degrees with light rain.

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Kevin Kmetz (2)	15-Dec	378	11	654	33
Paul Widenmeyer	12-Dec	338	15	807	28
Dan Grendziak (2)	24-Dec	300	14	785	34
Tom Kaufman	14-Dec	294	9	579	21
James Hancock	15-Dec	281	12	808	28
David McDermott	11-Dec	275	12	756	27
Katie Robbins	12-Dec	275	11	697	21
Fred Blasing	14-Dec	267	9	683	18
Lindsay Rice	14-Dec	266	15	820	32
Chad Welty (2)	14-Dec	263	14	788	28
Kristy Kaufman	14-Dec	260	11	755	32
Ian Johnson	16-Dec	258	10	760	25
Theodore Carlin	17-Dec	255	13	796	29
Tom Lehman (1)	12-Dec	248	11	773	39
Dan Bialek	15-Dec	247	12	772	33
Jason Walker (1)	18-Dec	247	10	750	14
Jason Jakubson	12-Dec	246	14	786	29
Rodd Reinhart	20-Dec	242	10	730	31
Tom Lasko	19-Dec	242	9	722	23
Tom Lehman (2)	12-Dec	241	10	760	12
John Beimer	7-Dec	240	11	723	29
Mike Merwin (2)	6-Dec	238	10	792	25
Mike MacKim	14-Dec	236	12	744	35
Rob Holub (2)	14-Dec	234	12	785	36
James Skidmore	15-Dec	232	11	733	35
Mike McDonough	14-Dec	230	12	773	35
Kyle Burton		230	9	727	31
Jason Walker (2)	18-Dec	227	10	674	30
Eric Fox		225	10	737	32
Max P. Hofmeyer	12-Dec	221	13	797	32
Curt Wininger	19-Dec	218	10	761	31
Mike Merwin (1)	6-Dec	217	11	771	39
Kevin Dietz	12-Dec	216	10	643	27
Jim Dove	22-Dec	215	9	716	26
Chad Welty (1)	14-Dec	214	9	739	28
Kevin Kmetz (1)	15-Dec	213	11	740	33
Rob Holub (1)	14-Dec	210	12	784	39
Mike Melink	15-Dec	210	11	758	34
Frankie Hofmeyer	12-Dec	207	9	762	29
Angela Hofmeyer	12-Dec	205	15	801	30
Bryan Hoenig	12-Dec	205	9	729	29
Shaen Somerlot	21-Dec	204	12	745	33
Eli MacKim	14-Dec	200	11	772	34
Leo O'Keefe (2)	17-Dec	199	10	747	28
Tony Bolek	24-Dec	199	10	718	26
Michael Kerins	19-Dec	197	10	765	28
Mike Lasko	19-Dec	197	14	764	34
Eric Cannon	6-Dec	197	12	740	30
Morgan Helmick	9-Dec	193	9	745	20
Rick Tober	10-Dec	193	9	734	35
Julie Carter	10-Dec	192	9	725	25
Anthony Hofmeyer	12-Dec	191	8	670	23
Ed Purcell	14-Dec	189	9	774	32
Andrew Guidi	15-Dec	188	11	754	27
Dan Grendziak (1)	21-Dec	187	11	741	33
Jim Davis	15-Dec	186	10	724	32
Rudy Hofmeyer	12-Dec	186	9	723	27
John Stromberg	15-Dec	184	10	734	28
Bella LaCommare	12-Dec	179	8	656	30
Bridget Day Kozub	14-Dec	175	14	790	25
Corey Ohalek	17-Dec	175	11	759	22
Dan Bailey	14-Dec	170	8	693	26
Graham Hostetter	14-Dec	170	7	592	29
Brad Gmerek	15-Dec	169	10	741	26
Brian Jones	11-Dec	168	11	806	34
Chris Duff (2)	20-Dec	168	11	736	32
John Carter	10-Dec	162	7	730	27
Jake Hofmeyer	12-Dec	162	10	678	21
Matt Neugebauer	15-Dec	159	9	781	31
Marc Kellogg (1)	14-Dec	159	8	663	26
James Beckmann		154	9	733	28
Sheli Jones	11-Dec	152	12	779	33
Stacy Carter	14-Dec	152	8	640	24
Tom Ancelet	15-Dec	151	11	729	28
Chad Shinabargar (2)	14-Dec	149	8	619	17
Kyle Robbins	12-Dec	148	11	745	23
Mia LaCommare	12-Dec	147	9	672	23
Doug Rice	14-Dec	142	8	683	22
Isaac Hofmeyer	12-Dec	141	9	731	29
Eric Hostetter	11-Dec	140	7	739	29
Max J. Hofmeyer	12-Dec	139	8	731	24
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	12-Dec	139	7	658	19
Marc Kellogg (2)	14-Dec	139	9	654	25
Ed Jones	14-Dec	137	11	744	39
Kenon Carter	12-Dec	136	8	697	22
Tim Smith (2)		134	12	747	31
Robbie Walnuts	12-Dec	131	5	688	27
Noah LaCommare	12-Dec	131	7	590	16
Ryan Stewart	12-Dec	130	11	752	31
Chris Duff (1)	20-Dec	130	7	703	31
Nick Sianis	14-Dec	128	11	741	29
Chad Shinabargar (1)	14-Dec	125	8	674	33
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	12-Dec	123	8	715	21
Alan Jozefiak	11-Dec	122	9	744	27
Ben Cranston	14-Dec	121	7	709	30
Dallas Hannigan	12-Dec	118	7	657	28
Brian Reedy	14-Dec	117	8	696	32
Dave Adams	17-Dec	116	10	768	29
Tim Smith (1)		115	8	738	27
Rob LaCommare	12-Dec	115	8	711	28
Jason Walker (3)	18-Dec	113	5	644	28
Brian Kibler	14-Dec	112	10	760	31
Seth Bancroft (2)	15-Dec	111	7	705	22
Alex Athan		110	12	789	37
Tim Bolek	24-Dec	110	7	665	26
Ryan Hannigan	11-Dec	100	10	788	20
Tim Herold	14-Dec	100	9	744	28
Jeff Gilkey	20-Dec	98	10	777	31
Nicholas Carter	15-Dec	98	9	759	32
Tom Christy	15-Dec	96	7	756	31
Leo O'Keefe (1)	17-Dec	96	7	637	24
Kelly Winternheimer	14-Dec	93	9	680	29
Nic Ancelet	15-Dec	91	10	741	23
Hudson Pratt	11-Dec	90	9	780	18
Sean Davis	14-Dec	89	8	742	29
Kevin Kmetz (3)	15-Dec	84	11	774	33
Angie Guidi		84	5	608	20
Allan Guidi	15-Dec	83	9	765	26
Seth Bancroft (1)	15-Dec	79	8	769	26
George Neugebauer	15-Dec	73	8	755	18
Andy Scism	15-Dec	54	6	742	32