GINO B is the winner of the 2006 Pac-10 Pigskin Pundits Pool by 22 points, the largest winning margin since 2002. Gino, one point behind JDmohowski after the last week of the regular season, picked the bowl outcomes of six teams correctly while JD, who had the best overall winning percentage at 79.7% had only four.
Joe Pundit, the consensus picks, finished 66th after finishing 4th last year.
An example of the importance of accurate score predictions is that a 50-24 record placed as high as 2nd, while another 50-24 record was 212th.
Rick Albert was the winner of the Bowl Predictions , correctly predicting the bowl outcomes of all ten conference teams, setting the contest record.
WashingtonDuck had the most games picking the winner and exact margin, six. There were 44 picks of the exact score, with Garee, WashingtonDuck, Dave B, and Dan Melin having two each.
The Award for Continued Excellence goes to MBTrojan who has fnished in the top-30 three years in a row (2nd in 2004, 13th in 2005, 28th in 2006). Wally McCormick (16th last year, 33rd this year), Garee (25th, 9th), Kyle Doyel (31st, 34th), Erik Mandelblatt (39th, 30th) and Jerry K (24th,19th) have two consecutive top-40 finishes.
Biggest improvements were made by Brian Birgen (#184 to #15), Christian Moar (#198 to #36), Marcus Saxon (#174 to #21) and Kurt Loukkula (#211 to #58).
Several entrants had big drops including John Gahan (#15 to #210), Jerry K (#19 to #224) and Craig B (#10 to #225) and Ben Browdy (#17 to #250).
OTHER CONTEST FACTS AND FIGURES:
The first ten to send in their entries averaged 1352. The last ten to send in their entries averaged 1445.
Past champions:
Admitted Old-Timers:
Don't take them to Vegas:
Team Standings (total of top three from each school with top scorer):
None of the individual winners have won before.
Here are the final standings. All ties were broken by (a) w-l record and (b) exact margin picks (E). If you finished in the top-50, you have done quite well. Thanks to all for participating.
| # | NAME | W-L | (E) | TOTAL | 1 | Gino B (usc) | 54 - 20 | 2 | 1639 | 2 | EvilBeaver (Oregon State) | 50 - 24 | 2 | 1617 | 3 | JDmohowski (usc) | 59 - 15 | 3 | 1610 | 4 | Jason Du Fault (U. S. Postal Service) | 53 - 21 | 4 | 1603 | 5 | Doug Big Dog (UofA 87) | 54 - 20 | 2 | 1588 | 6 | Jim Halbrook (Oregon/USPS) | 53 - 21 | 4 | 1582 | 7 | Jerry Conner (W. Oregon/Olson Eng.) | 54 - 20 | 5 | 1577 | 8 | Leigh H. (ASU '09) | 54 - 20 | 4 | 1577 | 9 | Garee (UCLA) | 53 - 21 | 4 | 1573 | 10 | Patrick Thrapp (dawgman.com) | 52 - 22 | 2 | 1569 | 11 | Jim Goble (OSU fan) | 51 - 23 | 2 | 1565 | 12 | DAllgower (UCLA 1991) | 53 - 21 | 2 | 1561 | 13 | Ken Wallace (Oregon State 1996) | 55 - 19 | 2 | 1560 | 14 | Dick De Long () | 54 - 20 | 3 | 1556 | 15 | Brian Birgen (Wartburg/Cal) | 54 - 20 | 2 | 1555 | 16 | Dave B (Cal '84) | 54 - 20 | 5 | 1553 | 17 | Jim S (USC '91) | 54 - 20 | 2 | 1547 | 18 | Dan Brager (Washington) | 50 - 24 | 3 | 1544 | 19 | Mark Weller (UW/CWU '97) | 55 - 19 | 3 | 1540 | 20 | Kelly Sutherland (OSU) | 52 - 22 | 5 | 1537 | 21 | Marcus A Saxon (WSU (Class of 1999)) | 52 - 22 | 4 | 1537 | 22 | Derek M (ASU 96) | 53 - 21 | 2 | 1533 | 23 | Eric K. (Arizona State) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1530 | 24 | Dennis Larson (UW) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1527 | 25 | David Str (Oregon 1960) | 55 - 19 | 1 | 1525 | 26 | Matt Shaw (PLU'92) | 55 - 19 | 3 | 1523 | 27 | Ososdeoro (Cal '84) | 54 - 20 | 1 | 1523 | 28 | Mbtrojan (USC) | 55 - 19 | 1 | 1521 | 29 | Tom Tracewell (Oregon State) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1519 | 30 | Erik Mandelblatt (Oregon '92) | 55 - 19 | 1 | 1516 | 31 | Robrazo (Oregon) | 51 - 23 | 3 | 1515 | 32 | Cabrini Jackson (Wazzu) | 55 - 19 | 3 | 1514 | 33 | Wally McCormick (Oregon) | 53 - 21 | 2 | 1511 | 34 | Kyle Doyel (TennesseeBeaver) | 52 - 22 | 2 | 1510 | 35 | Jim Urquhart (UCLA) | 52 - 22 | 4 | 1507 | 36 | Christian Moar (UW) | 54 - 20 | 1 | 1506 | 37 | Rodney Rice (Oregon 2003/US Govt) | 52 - 22 | 0 | 1506 | 38 | Geoffrey P (Oregon Ducks) | 51 - 23 | 2 | 1506 | 39 | Joey Sesock (OREGON DUCKS) | 55 - 19 | 1 | 1504 | 40 | Rich & Carol Gregor (Berkeley) | 53 - 21 | 0 | 1503 | 41 | Ron Johnson (UW '62) | 53 - 21 | 3 | 1502 | 42 | Kenny Lehmer (UCLA '83) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1500 | 43 | Charles DeMartini (California) | 54 - 20 | 5 | 1497 | 44 | Kev Hayashida (ucla 87) | 52 - 22 | 0 | 1496 | 45 | Scott Hussell (WSU 1997) | 51 - 23 | 3 | 1495 | CDR Tony Deaville (Cal Bears '90) | 51 - 23 | 3 | 1495 | 47 | Jeff Stern (UCLA '10) | 51 - 23 | 1 | 1495 | 48 | Paul Alexander (ASU) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1494 | 49 | Jim Coats (Oregon State) | 50 - 24 | 2 | 1491 | 50 | DaBruins (UCLA) | 54 - 20 | 1 | 1490 | 51 | DankDevil (Arizona State) | 53 - 21 | 2 | 1490 | 52 | Jimmy N (Oregon State) | 52 - 22 | 3 | 1490 | 53 | Thomas Graf (Oregon State) | 53 - 21 | 4 | 1487 | 54 | Robert Lee (WSU) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1487 | 55 | Richard Hudson (UW Huskies) | 51 - 23 | 1 | 1485 | 56 | Chris Black (Fan) | 50 - 23 | 4 | 1483 | 57 | Terrific Tommy (USC 70) | 54 - 20 | 3 | 1482 | 58 | Kurt Loukkula (The OSU Beavs) | 50 - 24 | 0 | 1482 | 59 | Andrew Mayon (USC - '98 Champ) | 52 - 22 | 2 | 1480 | 60 | Sean Shanahan (Honey Buckit) | 51 - 23 | 1 | 1478 | 61 | Kaptn35 (Stanford) | 46 - 28 | 0 | 1478 | 62 | David B (ASU 2002) | 52 - 22 | 0 | 1477 | 63 | Raphael Aglietti (Cal) | 51 - 23 | 3 | 1476 | 64 | Mrpoopers (OSU) | 48 - 26 | 3 | 1475 | 65 | Steve McCanse (Arizona) | 53 - 21 | 1 | 1474 | 66 | Joe Pundit (CONSENSUS) | 54 - 20 | 3 | 1473 | 67 | Don L Duck (Go Ducks) | 50 - 24 | 0 | 1473 | 68 | True_Bruin (Alum) | 56 - 18 | 0 | 1471 | 69 | John Vrsalovich () | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1470 | 70 | Bryan-EastCoastCalFan (Cal Golden Bears!) | 51 - 23 | 0 | 1468 | 71 | Nate Tofte (University of Oregon) | 53 - 21 | 2 | 1467 | 72 | Dan Rummel (ASU) | 51 - 23 | 2 | 1466 | 73 | Paul Clayton (retired) | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1466 | 74 | Sc4me (USC) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1464 | 75 | Andrew Nilsson (Oregon) | 53 - 21 | 3 | 1462 | James Critchfield (CALiforniALUM) | 53 - 21 | 3 | 1462 | 77 | AJTovar (Bruins / Germany) | 52 - 22 | 0 | 1462 | 78 | Phil Lackaff (Oregon) | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1462 | 79 | Homer Noguts (Golden Bears) | 46 - 28 | 1 | 1459 | 80 | David Hirschman (USC) | 52 - 22 | 2 | 1458 | 81 | Catlax9 (Zona) | 49 - 25 | 2 | 1457 | 82 | Cal88 (uhm...CAL) | 52 - 22 | 4 | 1456 | 83 | Dan L (ASU) | 50 - 24 | 3 | 1455 | 84 | Shawna (Oregon Ducks) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1454 | 85 | Randy Enders (Oregon) | 53 - 21 | 1 | 1451 | 86 | Pat Gammill (Arizona State) | 53 - 21 | 2 | 1448 | 87 | Paul F. (Cal Bear '88) | 51 - 23 | 2 | 1448 | 88 | Sambear (Cal 74) | 50 - 24 | 2 | 1445 | 89 | Scott Cassman (ASU- Class of '02) | 50 - 24 | 1 | 1445 | 90 | Randy Duncan (BEAV STUCK IN TX) | 47 - 27 | 4 | 1445 | 91 | Rwcducks (Oregon '89) | 54 - 20 | 2 | 1442 | 92 | Scott Mason (Oregon '01) | 52 - 22 | 4 | 1442 | 93 | Russ Kaufman (OSU '86) | 53 - 21 | 1 | 1441 | 94 | Steve Melin (WAZZU) | 53 - 21 | 3 | 1437 | 95 | Dan Melin (WSU - 99) | 52 - 22 | 3 | 1436 | 96 | Michael Gray (WSU) | 48 - 26 | 3 | 1436 | 97 | Barry Swanson (WAZZU) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1434 | 98 | B. Beck (UCLA) | 50 - 24 | 2 | 1434 | 99 | Tom Walsh (USC Track and Field) | 50 - 24 | 0 | 1430 | 100 | Jim Vermeer (SC) | 49 - 25 | 4 | 1430 | 101 | A. Calvo (UCLA '87) | 49 - 24 | 1 | 1429 | 102 | Mike Magee (Oregon Ducks) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1428 | 103 | Bearzila (CAL) | 48 - 26 | 4 | 1426 | 104 | Morgan R. (ASU Alum) | 51 - 23 | 1 | 1423 | 105 | Michael Bishop (SDSundevil) | 51 - 23 | 2 | 1422 | Alan Schlaerth (USC Alumni) | 51 - 23 | 2 | 1422 | 107 | BruinME (FB Season Tkt Holder) | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1422 | 108 | Darin Bass (UCLA) | 53 - 21 | 3 | 1420 | 109 | G Meyer (Oregon) | 52 - 22 | 3 | 1420 | 110 | Kegan T. (Metlife) | 51 - 23 | 5 | 1419 | 111 | Kevin Yin (California) | 52 - 22 | 2 | 1417 | 112 | Trevor Vallow (USC) | 50 - 24 | 4 | 1415 | 113 | Daniel Medina (USC Student) | 49 - 25 | 0 | 1414 | 114 | Josh Balsam (ASU) | 52 - 22 | 4 | 1412 | 115 | Big Jim (Santa Clara) | 46 - 28 | 3 | 1411 | 116 | Jeff Gilbertson (Oregon 04') | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1410 | 117 | Frank G. (arizona) | 51 - 23 | 4 | 1408 | 118 | ColMukMuk (UW) | 50 - 24 | 4 | 1408 | 119 | Joe Valsetz (Valsetz Beaver) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1406 | 120 | Jerry B. (self) | 51 - 23 | 2 | 1405 | 121 | Richard Brisacher (UCLA '88) | 50 - 24 | 1 | 1405 | 122 | WoodinvilleBruin (UCLA) | 54 - 20 | 2 | 1404 | 123 | PalousePuma (Wazzu '92) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1404 | 124 | J Norris (Fightin Bronco) | 48 - 26 | 0 | 1403 | 125 | Derek Rogers (OSU) | 49 - 25 | 3 | 1402 | 126 | Jay Michael (Oregon State) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1402 | 127 | Stuart Spafford (Oregon) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1398 | 128 | P Pascal (USC) | 50 - 24 | 3 | 1396 | 129 | Craig T Kwas (asu) | 51 - 23 | 3 | 1394 | 130 | R. A. Pennington (Oregon State) | 47 - 27 | 1 | 1394 | 131 | Jason Marsh (Sun Devil PRIDE!!!!) | 46 - 28 | 0 | 1393 | 132 | Derek Johnson (Washington) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1392 | 133 | Paul Muller (WSU) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1391 | 134 | Ken C (Cal Fan) | 48 - 26 | 4 | 1390 | 135 | Richard Lee (Cal) | 48 - 26 | 2 | 1390 | 136 | Jeff Schloss (OSU '94) | 52 - 22 | 2 | 1389 | 137 | Hoppypaa (Oregon Ducks) | 51 - 23 | 0 | 1389 | 138 | Gary L Donaldson (arizona state) | 46 - 28 | 1 | 1389 | 139 | Vance Bowman (Oregon) | 53 - 21 | 3 | 1388 | 140 | Kevin McPartland (WSU Guardian) | 48 - 26 | 3 | 1387 | 141 | Preston Miller (Army) | 50 - 24 | 4 | 1386 | 142 | Loren Rothman (Cal '03) | 50 - 24 | 0 | 1386 | 143 | Dirk Richard (University of Oregon) | 49 - 25 | 2 | 1385 | 144 | Zack Mandelblatt (Oregon 2018) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1385 | 145 | Marinerwes (Oregon) | 52 - 22 | 1 | 1384 | 146 | AtomicDuck (Oregon) | 50 - 24 | 2 | 1384 | 147 | John NNeal (WSU) | 49 - 25 | 3 | 1383 | 148 | Rf_dawg16 (Washington) | 49 - 25 | 2 | 1383 | 149 | Karen M (ASU Fan) | 48 - 26 | 4 | 1383 | 150 | Quentin Daniels (NJ Trojan) | 49 - 25 | 0 | 1379 | 151 | Judy De Long () | 45 - 28 | 0 | 1378 | 152 | Don Crowley (UI/WSU) | 51 - 23 | 3 | 1377 | 153 | Scott Neal (Line-X) | 46 - 28 | 2 | 1377 | 154 | Bob F. (Oregon) | 49 - 25 | 3 | 1376 | 155 | Nick de Gennaro (Arizona) | 49 - 25 | 2 | 1376 | 156 | Jeffro95 (ASU/Go Devils!) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1376 | 157 | Mike Hines (Wazzu) | 49 - 25 | 0 | 1376 | Ryan Jones (WSU Cougs) | 49 - 25 | 0 | 1376 | 159 | Kevin Brager (UW) | 51 - 23 | 0 | 1375 | 160 | Chris Hulett (Cal '92) | 49 - 25 | 4 | 1375 | 161 | MichelleB (USC '94) | 50 - 24 | 3 | 1374 | 162 | Jason S. (ASU) | 52 - 22 | 4 | 1373 | 163 | Korri Anderson (WSU) | 51 - 23 | 0 | 1372 | 164 | William S. (Trojan Fan) | 53 - 21 | 0 | 1371 | 165 | Greg Rush (Fan) | 48 - 26 | 3 | 1371 | 166 | Marc R (ASU Law) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1370 | 167 | Proudbruin (ucla) | 50 - 23 | 3 | 1368 | 168 | Chris Friden (Cal) | 48 - 26 | 5 | 1368 | 169 | Scott G (Oregon '96) | 53 - 21 | 2 | 1367 | 170 | Tom Calhoun (GoDucks!) | 49 - 25 | 2 | 1363 | 171 | Matt Enderle (Arizona State) | 43 - 31 | 3 | 1362 | 172 | Jack C. (Santa Clara/Oregon) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1360 | 173 | RKDevil (ASU) | 47 - 27 | 5 | 1359 | 174 | Cameron Bloch (University of Oregon) | 50 - 24 | 2 | 1355 | 175 | SfHawk | 49 - 23 | 2 | 1355 | 176 | Brandon F. (ASU Fan) | 50 - 24 | 3 | 1354 | 177 | Paul Panks (None except Earth) | 47 - 27 | 1 | 1354 | 178 | L. Rish (Arizona State) | 46 - 28 | 4 | 1353 | 179 | Kenny H. (Cal) | 51 - 23 | 1 | 1352 | 180 | Chris Lee (Arizona State) | 44 - 30 | 1 | 1352 | 181 | Michael Bartlett (UCLA 1990) | 47 - 27 | 3 | 1350 | 182 | Ron Y (asu sun devils) | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1349 | 183 | Rick Albert (Oregon State) | 46 - 28 | 0 | 1349 | 184 | Jordan S (ASU) | 49 - 25 | 2 | 1348 | 185 | James Schultz (Very Ducky) | 46 - 28 | 1 | 1346 | 186 | Mike O. (Oregon) | 50 - 24 | 1 | 1344 | 187 | Don Kramer (UCLA) | 51 - 22 | 2 | 1341 | 188 | James Passannanti (BEAR DOWN ARIZONA) | 48 - 26 | 2 | 1341 | 189 | Jim Aiken (Go Ducks) | 47 - 27 | 3 | 1341 | 190 | Ed La France (Arizona) | 50 - 24 | 0 | 1338 | 191 | Jason Brooks (Washington State) | 48 - 26 | 2 | 1338 | 192 | Tom Hallock (Oregon) | 47 - 27 | 1 | 1337 | 193 | Billy T (Oregon Ducks) | 45 - 29 | 0 | 1335 | 194 | James S. (Vanderbilt/CU) | 50 - 24 | 3 | 1331 | 195 | Boulder Trojan (USC) | 53 - 21 | 0 | 1329 | 196 | Andrew J (WSU 93) | 50 - 24 | 2 | 1328 | 197 | Nick Sauvie (Oregon) | 48 - 26 | 0 | 1328 | 198 | Determined Duck (Oregon!) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1327 | 199 | Justice Wolcott (WSU) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1327 | 200 | Mike Stewart (Oregon) | 47 - 27 | 1 | 1325 | 201 | Rex Christensen (ASU 94) | 46 - 28 | 2 | 1324 | 202 | Bob Mungovan (UofA '95/MCLD) | 50 - 24 | 0 | 1322 | 203 | Brian Strait (Oregon Baby!) | 44 - 30 | 1 | 1322 | 204 | WashingtonDuck (QuackQuackBitches) | 50 - 24 | 6 | 1321 | 205 | Wesley A (Cal '01) | 45 - 29 | 2 | 1320 | 206 | Travis Breedlove (Arizona State) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1318 | 207 | Charlie L (UCLA Since Birth) | 46 - 28 | 1 | 1317 | 208 | Ted House (wsu cougars) | 46 - 28 | 3 | 1313 | 209 | Peter Sullivan (bruin fan) | 50 - 24 | 0 | 1310 | 210 | John Gahan (Arizona State) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1307 | 211 | Larry Herman (Wash. St. Univ. Alum) | 46 - 28 | 2 | 1307 | 212 | Al Edwards (UCLA) | 50 - 24 | 1 | 1304 | 213 | James Wheeler (ASU) | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1304 | 214 | Jerry Riedel (goDucks) | 49 - 25 | 0 | 1303 | 215 | Corey Crowley-Hall (WSU/Linfield) | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1302 | 216 | Lauren B (Hot ASU Chick) | 46 - 28 | 2 | 1299 | 217 | Jeff Betts (Oregon Ducks) | 45 - 29 | 2 | 1296 | 218 | Bill Duck Maffett (Oregon Ducks) | 45 - 29 | 0 | 1293 | 219 | Corey Bonsen (WAZZU '98) | 46 - 28 | 3 | 1290 | 220 | 3rdGenerationDevil (Arizona State) | 42 - 32 | 1 | 1288 | 221 | Katrina "Kat" Templeton (Cal '00/'04) | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1287 | 222 | Kelly Martinez (Arizona State chick) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1285 | 223 | Scott T (OSU) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1282 | 224 | Jerry K (UCLA/Kelps) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1278 | 225 | Craig B. (Phoenix Five/Cal '02) | 46 - 28 | 2 | 1277 | 226 | Mitchell Brisacher (UCLA Class of 2016) | 45 - 29 | 2 | 1274 | 227 | Dave A. (Oregon) | 44 - 30 | 3 | 1274 | 228 | Spaldo (UCLA/EA) | 45 - 29 | 4 | 1272 | 229 | Pauly B (UA) | 43 - 31 | 3 | 1272 | 230 | Mike Nofal (UCLA/76RoseBowl) | 49 - 25 | 1 | 1271 | 231 | Gordon P. (WSU) | 48 - 26 | 0 | 1267 | 232 | Yonbret (ASU) | 43 - 31 | 2 | 1266 | 233 | Ronnie Mabry (ASU/Merrill) | 46 - 28 | 0 | 1264 | 234 | Greg Schweizer (WSU Cougars) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1263 | 235 | David Atkinson (UCLA) | 47 - 27 | 2 | 1259 | 236 | Rob Colichio (Ducks) | 47 - 27 | 1 | 1257 | 237 | Miles Michael Masog (OSU '03/On the Border) | 48 - 26 | 2 | 1256 | 238 | Kurtis Hingston (ASU) | 46 - 28 | 2 | 1256 | 239 | Juan P (UCLA '07) | 47 - 27 | 4 | 1255 | 240 | J. Anderson (Oregon (JayDuck)) | 48 - 26 | 1 | 1252 | 241 | John Fitz (sundevils) | 45 - 29 | 1 | 1252 | 242 | Chris Emery (United Kingdom) | 41 - 33 | 0 | 1249 | 243 | Brian Dick (ASU FAN) | 46 - 28 | 3 | 1241 | 244 | Brady Walker (Oregon) | 47 - 27 | 1 | 1232 | 245 | Scott Canfield (UW 2007) | 44 - 30 | 2 | 1229 | 246 | Tony Barreto (UCLA Baby!!!) | 48 - 26 | 2 | 1219 | 247 | Gordon Mallon (Oregon Ducks) | 48 - 26 | 2 | 1216 | 248 | Robin S (The O) | 46 - 28 | 2 | 1215 | 249 | Rick Kemp (Devils) | 45 - 29 | 0 | 1209 | 250 | Ben Browdy (UCLA) | 46 - 28 | 0 | 1200 | 251 | Nate Brantley (WSU '09) | 43 - 31 | 3 | 1198 | 252 | Han C (Stanford) | 39 - 35 | 2 | 1176 | 253 | Lucas Y (ASU Class of 2020) | 40 - 34 | 0 | 1126 | 254 | Nathan R (ASU) | 41 - 33 | 1 | 1103 | 255 | Steven Butler (GO DUCKS!) | 38 - 16 | 1 | 1054 | 256 | David Drumiller (Washington State) | 40 - 15 | 1 | 1020 |
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