Sunday, April 6, 2014

We Have a Winner! And the Money is Headed to Wisconsin!

The Bracket Pool is essentially over, with little changes only with the final game.  Scott Munro takes the title in Ken Cooper's annual challenge.  Congrats to another Distance Corps veteran! You should also notice many PSU Track Alumni Golf Blog Officers among the leaders:
  • Co-blogger Matt Groves in tied for 3rd.
  • Morale and Laundry Officer Larry Mangan tied for 11th (and tied for 21st)
  • Director of Corporate Espionage Gary Black tied for 21st..
  • Official Meteorologist Tyler McCandless tied for 26th.
  • Son of  Holder of the Cup Holden Smith tied for 26th.
  • Other Son of Holder of the Cup Ian Smith tied for 32nd.
  • Holder of the Cup Harry Smith tied for 47th. (and 53rd)
  • Current Holder of the Golden Putter Che Arosemena tied for 47th.
  • My dog Spott Moskowitz tied for 53rd.
 Ken Cooper's report, with highlights from me:


Quote of the night?  At about half-time of the Wisconsin v. Kentucky game, Scott Munro emailed me asking if it was too late to pay his $10.

Why?  He was the only one in the entire pool to get either of the right teams in the championship game.  He correctly picked Kentucky to not only make it to the championship game, but to win it all.  He cites whiskey and cold beer as his influences.  Congrats to Scott as he wrapped up the title.  Now it is just a matter of how many points he will win by.

The 0.01 average of picks in the semi’s sets a new record, beating the 0.08 in 2006 when no one picked the champ (Florida) that year.  Florida played UCLA in the final.

There are still a number of tiebreakers in play:

The Mid-Distance title is between Kyle Wood and Matt Groves.  Kyle has 132 points in the champ game.  Groves has 150.  They will need to run an open 800 if the final score is 141 points. (I want to see that!)

For 3rd place, there are 5 people.  Darryl Jones #2 has 125 points.  Kyle Wood has 132 points.  Colin Heitzmann has 135 points.  Mike Golic has 139 points.  And Matt Groves has 150 points.

Michelle Lilienthal, former University of Wisconsin All-Big Ten distance ace, wrapped up the first Winner-Take-All Pool.  Michelle, let me know an address to send the check to. Shame on all of us Nittany Lions!

Interesting dyslexia – Coach Mike Morse currently in 69th.  His son, former Colgate and State College HS (2003 State AAAA Champ) guard Willie Morse, is in 96th place.

On to Championship Monday and One Shining Moment!

Coop    

Current

Total
Place
Name
Points
1
Munro, Scott
93
2
Lilienthal, Michelle
78
3
Wood, Kyle
77
4
Groves, Matt
77
5
Jones, Darryl #2
77
6
Heitzmann, Colin
77
7
Golic, Mike
77
8
Gross, Michael
76
9
Jim, Noisy
75
10
COOPER, KYLE
75
11
Watson, Luke
73
12
Mangan, Larry
73
13
Oliver, Steve
73
14
Hutz, M
73
15
Solo, Hope
73
16
Gifford, Bob
72
17
Johnson, Tim
72
18
Weaver, JudyLynn
72
19
Vitale, Dick
72
20
Sports Illustrated
72
21
Haywood, Mark
71
22
Black, Gary
71
23
Mangan, Larry 2
71
24
Cipro, Christopher
71
25
Prann, Richard
71
26
McCandless, Tyler
70
27
Barbella. John
70
28
Cain,Corey
70
29
Smith, Holden
70
30
Dadagian, Jen
70
31
Hardyk, Drew
70
32
Caldwell, Ryan
69
33
Angelo, Peter
69
34
Hall, Hartranft
69
35
Smith, Ian
69
36
Murphy, Patrick
69
37
Walter, Anne
68
38
Hall, Ricardo (Billion Dollar)
68
39
O'Brien, Kevin Kelly, Jr.
68
40
Hamer, Bob
68
41
Noballs, Uhaff
68
42
Cramer, Jim
68
43
Elliott, Lance
67
44
Obama, Barack
67
45
Cooper, Kevin
66
46
Wimmer, Mark
66
47
Smith, Harry #2
65
48
Arosemena, Che
65
49
O'Reilly, Aidan
65
50
Cole, Jason
65
51
Miller, Kristin
65
52
Bilas, Jay
65
53
Smith, Harry
64
54
O'Brien, Kevin Kelly
64
55
Moskowitz, Spott
64
56
Garrison, Chris
64
57
Roth, Andy
64
58
Huet, Thomas
64
59
Peterson, Adrian
64
60
Parker, Candace
64
61
Cooper, Kathleen
63
62
Smith, Janel
63
63
Cooper, Ken
62
64
Caldwell, R.B.
62
65
Licari, Danielle
62
66
Pruitt, Christopher
62
67
Anderson, Mark
62
68
Bisko, Matt
62
69
Morse, Coach Mike
62
70
Cannon, Mai
62
71
crash von crash
61
72
Will, Sean
61
73
Kletter, Ekaterina
61
74
Konzal, Sean (2)
60
75
Crescenzi, Noah
60
76
Ferguson, Bilé
60
77
Strandberg, David
60
78
Snake
60
79
Coach Groves
60
80
Whittaker, Bill
59
81
Miller, Keith
59
82
Cain,Corey #2
59
83
Dubya, G
58
84
Oppenheimer, Hank
58
85
Berseth, Kyle
58
86
Walter, Doug
57
87
Caldwell, Sean
57
88
Radzwich, Bob
57
89
Stewart, Zeb
57
90
Jackson, Jayson
57
91
Bisko III, Tom
57
92
Cooper, Maddie
57
93
Curry, Steph
56
94
Jones, Darryl
55
95
Bisko, Tom
55
96
Morse, Big Willie
55
97
Cannon, Marshall
54
98
Venne, Lisa
54
99
Boyer, Brian
54
100
Haushalter, David
54
101
McCarthy, Dennis
54
102
Kimmel, Jimmy
53
103
Hall, Ricardo
52
104
Adkins, Jeff
52
105
Wintersteen, Kyle
52
106
Garrison, Chris #2
52
107
Weaver, Carla
51
108
O'Reilly, Annalena
51
109
Kletter, Todd
50
110
Rupe, Mark
49
111
Konzal, Sean
49
112
Cooper, Lily
49
113
Clinton, Joe
47
114
Whitfield,Kim & Monterella ,Jennifer
47
115
Fraysier, Jason
47
116
Verhoeven, Nick
46
117
McCann, Ian
45
118
Riter, Christie
45
119
Novak, Jay
42
120
Ancharski, Frank
40
121
Marshall, Colin
32
122
Hall, Lauren
30
123
Radzwich, Maddi
29
124
Oliver, Owen
29
125
KUNETZ, DAN
7
126
Cooper, Avery
5


Ken Cooper



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