KELLY SUTHERLAND is the winner of the 2007 Pac-10 Pigskin Pundits Pool by 82 points, the largest winning margin in the history of the contest. He is also a two-time winner of the Bowl-Pundits Pool and is the most recent inductee in the Contest Hall of Fame. However, until his 20th place last year, he went six years finishing no higher than 96th.
The runner-up was perennial bridesmaid, Shawna Nomura, with her third second place finish (two football, one basketball).
Joe Pundit, the consensus picks, finished 20th after finishing 66th last year.
An example of the importance of accurate score predictions is that a 54-22 record placed as high as 7th, while another 54-22 record was 139th.
Sean Jensen , Charles Demartini, Brian Birgen, Matt Broback and NJ Trojan were the winners of the Bowl Predictions , correctly predicting the bowl outcomes of all ten conference teams.
Benjamin Gilmore had the most games picking the winner and exact margin, seven. There were 37 picks of the exact score, with duckmoney having two.
The Award for Continued Excellence goes to Wally McCormick (16th in 2005, 33rd in 2006 and 19th in 2007) and Kyle Doyel (31st, 34th, 12th). Also, with two consecutive top-30 finshes, Gino B (1st, 24th), Patrick Thrapp (10th, 29th) and Jim Halbrook (6th, 21st).
Biggest improvements were made by Rick Kemp (249th to 7th), J Betts (#217 to #17) Brian Dick (247th to 48th) and Kevin Brager (#159 to #4).
Entrants with big drops included DAllgower (12th to 185th), and Dennis Larson (24th to 171st).
OTHER CONTEST FACTS AND FIGURES:
The first ten to send in their entries averaged 1453. The last ten to send in their entries averaged 1437.
Past champions:
Admitted Old-Timers:
Don't take them to Vegas:
Team Standings (total of top three from each school with top scorer):
* = Won in 1999.
** = Won in 2004.
** = Won in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
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 | Kelly Sutherland (Oregon State) | 59 - 17 | 3 | 1728 | 2 | Shawna Nomura (Oregon) | 56 - 20 | 3 | 1646 | 3 | Mark Lucht (ASU) | 58 - 18 | 3 | 1645 | 4 | Kevin Brager (Washington) | 56 - 20 | 3 | 1644 | 5 | Pat Gammill (Arizona State) | 56 - 20 | 1 | 1643 | 6 | Frank Wu (Oregon State) | 59 - 17 | 0 | 1626 | 7 | Rick Kemp (Devils) | 54 - 22 | 3 | 1626 | 8 | Jason Squardo (ASU) | 58 - 18 | 1 | 1625 | 9 | kev hayashida (ucla '87) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1618 | 10 | Dan L (Arizona State) | 56 - 19 | 1 | 1611 | 11 | Charles DeMartini (California) | 56 - 20 | 1 | 1609 | 12 | Kyle Doyel (TennesseeBeaver) | 56 - 20 | 0 | 1607 | 13 | Trevor Vallow (USC) | 54 - 22 | 2 | 1605 | 14 | Mrpoopers (OSU) | 53 - 23 | 4 | 1605 | 15 | Korri Anderson (WSU/Alaska Anchorage) | 51 - 25 | 1 | 1604 | 16 | NJ Trojan (USC) | 53 - 23 | 1 | 1603 | 17 | JBetts (Oregon Ducks) | 53 - 23 | 4 | 1598 | 18 | Jeff Schloss (OSU '94) | 58 - 18 | 2 | 1595 | 19 | Wally McCormick (Oregon) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1594 | 20 | Joe Pundit (CONSENSUS) | 55 - 21 | 1 | 1591 | 21 | Jim Halbrook (Oregon/USPS) | 54 - 22 | 3 | 1587 | 22 | Sean Jensen (USC/Marchex) | 53 - 23 | 2 | 1585 | 23 | Jim R (Bruins '62) | 54 - 22 | 2 | 1581 | 24 | gino b (usc) | 53 - 23 | 3 | 1574 | 25 | Kurt Loukkula (Oregon State) | 54 - 22 | 3 | 1567 | 26 | DBass (UCLA) | 53 - 23 | 2 | 1562 | 27 | cal chris (go bears) | 52 - 24 | 4 | 1562 | 28 | Brian I (UW '99) | 56 - 20 | 0 | 1560 | 29 | Patrick Thrapp (dawgman.com) | 54 - 22 | 0 | 1555 | 30 | Jeff Matson (Oregon State) | 53 - 23 | 4 | 1555 | 31 | Geoff G. (OSU '99) | 54 - 22 | 6 | 1554 | 32 | Eric K. (Arizona State) | 56 - 20 | 3 | 1550 | 33 | Beavermobile (Oregon State) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1550 | Dan Melin (WSU - 99) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1550 | 35 | Josh Balsam (ASU) | 54 - 22 | 3 | 1546 | 36 | L. Rish (ASU) | 53 - 22 | 0 | 1546 | 37 | Charlie T. (Western PA ASU) | 54 - 22 | 3 | 1544 | 38 | Benjamin Gilmore (Cal) | 52 - 24 | 7 | 1538 | 39 | Rex Christensen (ASU 94 & 98) | 53 - 23 | 6 | 1536 | 40 | PalousePuma (CF.C) | 56 - 20 | 1 | 1534 | 41 | Craig B. (Phoenix Five/Cal '02) | 54 - 22 | 4 | 1534 | 42 | Kevin Yin (California) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1530 | 43 | KODY4SC (U S C) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1529 | 44 | J. Anderson (JayDuck's Picks) | 52 - 24 | 4 | 1529 | 45 | Tony Marble (Teacher - Bellevue HS) | 51 - 25 | 6 | 1529 | 46 | Ron Y (ASU SUN DEVILS) | 54 - 22 | 0 | 1528 | 47 | Tom Walsh (USC Track & Field) | 52 - 24 | 3 | 1524 | 48 | Brian Dick (ASU FAN) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1522 | 49 | Michael Bishop (SDSundevil) | 56 - 20 | 4 | 1520 | 50 | Brent S. (UCLA '93) | 50 - 26 | 1 | 1519 | 51 | *Suleman* (USC) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1518 | 52 | Jeffro95 (Go Sundevils!) | 57 - 19 | 3 | 1517 | 53 | Barry Swanson (WSU / Go Cougs!!) | 50 - 26 | 3 | 1517 | 54 | Kirby H (Aliso Beaver) | 55 - 21 | 3 | 1514 | 55 | Mark W (oregon85) | 54 - 22 | 2 | 1511 | 56 | BJW4USC | 53 - 23 | 4 | 1511 | 57 | Bob M (Cal) | 51 - 25 | 0 | 1510 | 58 | Kelly Martinez (Arizona State Chick) | 53 - 23 | 2 | 1508 | 59 | Andrew Zhang (Cal 07) | 53 - 23 | 4 | 1506 | 60 | James Passannanti (BEAR DOWN ARIZONA) | 53 - 23 | 2 | 1506 | 61 | Edmund Johnson (UC Berkeley) | 52 - 24 | 2 | 1506 | 62 | Wes F. (CSUN) | 51 - 25 | 5 | 1506 | 63 | Gordon P. (WSU) | 54 - 22 | 2 | 1503 | 64 | Matt Shaw (UW) | 55 - 21 | 0 | 1502 | 65 | Matt Owens (USC) | 55 - 21 | 4 | 1501 | 66 | Justin Brill (Oregon State) | 52 - 24 | 2 | 1501 | 67 | Steve G (Oregon State) | 51 - 25 | 3 | 1501 | 68 | Bill G (Oregon State) | 51 - 25 | 3 | 1498 | 69 | J Aiken (Goducks) | 53 - 23 | 3 | 1496 | 70 | J Gilbertson (UO Ducks) | 52 - 24 | 4 | 1496 | 71 | Sean Shanahan (Honey Buckit) | 52 - 24 | 2 | 1496 | 72 | JerryK (Kelps/bruins) | 52 - 24 | 1 | 1493 | 73 | mbtrojan (USC) | 54 - 22 | 3 | 1489 | 74 | chad speers (osu beavers) | 52 - 24 | 6 | 1489 | 75 | Tom M (ex Illini) | 55 - 21 | 4 | 1486 | 76 | Ben Browdy (UCLA) | 55 - 21 | 2 | 1485 | 77 | Jonathan D (Arizona) | 50 - 26 | 1 | 1485 | 78 | Peter Symonds (CAL) | 52 - 24 | 1 | 1484 | 79 | Scott S (none) | 55 - 21 | 1 | 1483 | 80 | DevilsRule95 (Arizona State) | 53 - 23 | 4 | 1482 | 81 | Matt Corbett (ASU '01) | 52 - 24 | 0 | 1481 | 82 | Ed Comer (MiamiBabyWooWoo) | 53 - 23 | 2 | 1477 | 83 | James Critchfield (CAL Bears) | 52 - 24 | 1 | 1477 | 84 | Matt Broback (Cal 92) | 50 - 26 | 3 | 1477 | 85 | Mark Weller (UW/CWU '97) | 54 - 22 | 1 | 1476 | 86 | Thomas Graf (Oregon State) | 53 - 23 | 2 | 1472 | 87 | Bryan Winfrey (Arizona State) | 52 - 24 | 3 | 1471 | 88 | Ed Cronshagen (UCLA 70) | 50 - 26 | 3 | 1471 | 89 | Russ Kaufman (OSU '86) | 50 - 26 | 1 | 1471 | 90 | duckmoney (Ducks) | 50 - 26 | 3 | 1470 | Mike Stewart (Oregon) | 50 - 26 | 3 | 1470 | 92 | Jimmy N (OSU) | 50 - 26 | 4 | 1469 | 93 | ScottT (OSU) | 49 - 27 | 4 | 1466 | 94 | Marc Blagg (ASU 2002) | 54 - 22 | 3 | 1464 | 95 | R.A. Pennington (Oregon State) | 49 - 27 | 3 | 1464 | 96 | David U (ASU '92) | 49 - 27 | 2 | 1464 | 97 | Dave T (Arizona) | 52 - 24 | 3 | 1463 | 98 | rwcducks (Oregon '89) | 52 - 23 | 1 | 1462 | 99 | P Pascal (USC) | 50 - 26 | 2 | 1461 | 100 | Kenny H. (Cal) | 52 - 24 | 3 | 1460 | 101 | ColMukMuk (UW) | 49 - 27 | 6 | 1460 | 102 | Salt Lake Coug (WSU) | 52 - 24 | 1 | 1459 | 103 | Robrazo (Oregon) | 51 - 25 | 1 | 1458 | 104 | meathead (go ducks) | 50 - 26 | 2 | 1457 | 105 | Ty LeRoy (UOP) | 56 - 20 | 3 | 1455 | 106 | Dave Goble (OSU) | 52 - 24 | 5 | 1455 | 107 | Brian Birgen (Wartburg/Cal) | 50 - 26 | 4 | 1455 | 108 | Juan P (UCLA) | 50 - 26 | 6 | 1454 | 109 | Kane T. (The 16ers) | 52 - 24 | 5 | 1451 | 110 | Stoke Cat (OSU) | 51 - 25 | 4 | 1451 | 111 | Rich & Carol Gregor (Berkeley) | 48 - 28 | 2 | 1451 | 112 | Corey Crowley-Hall (WSU/Linfield) | 52 - 24 | 2 | 1450 | 113 | Gary D'Angelo (USC) | 51 - 24 | 2 | 1450 | 114 | Marcus A Saxon (WSU '99) | 51 - 25 | 1 | 1450 | 115 | Raphael Aglietti (Cal) | 52 - 24 | 2 | 1443 | 116 | NJ Coug (Wazzu) | 51 - 25 | 1 | 1443 | 117 | Travis Breedlove (Arizona State) | 53 - 23 | 1 | 1441 | 118 | Rich D (UCLA) | 49 - 27 | 3 | 1440 | 119 | Jack C. (Santa Clara/Oregon) | 50 - 26 | 1 | 1439 | 120 | Jim Goble (OSU Fan) | 51 - 25 | 3 | 1438 | 121 | Don Crowley (WSU/UI) | 51 - 25 | 2 | 1438 | 122 | depo (osu) | 50 - 26 | 3 | 1438 | 123 | Amy Matson (ASU) | 50 - 26 | 1 | 1438 | 124 | Sad Stan (Stanford) | 50 - 26 | 2 | 1434 | 125 | Garrett W (ASU '02/BYU '05) | 51 - 25 | 2 | 1433 | 126 | EvilBeaver Thompson (Oregon State) | 48 - 28 | 2 | 1429 | 127 | Art Marine (Oregon State) | 51 - 25 | 3 | 1425 | 128 | Dobie Devil (Arizona State) | 51 - 25 | 0 | 1425 | 129 | Palookas (UCLA) | 55 - 21 | 0 | 1424 | 130 | Darrin Frey (UCLA/Guitar Center) | 49 - 27 | 4 | 1424 | 131 | Kevin S. (Boston College '06) | 52 - 24 | 1 | 1418 | 132 | ted house (wsu) | 51 - 25 | 0 | 1418 | 133 | Randy Duncan (BEAV IN TEXAS) | 52 - 24 | 1 | 1417 | 134 | Andrew Stein-Mayon (USC - 1998 Champ) | 48 - 28 | 2 | 1416 | 135 | Valsetz (Beavers) | 49 - 27 | 2 | 1415 | 136 | Dan Brager (Washington) | 48 - 28 | 2 | 1415 | 137 | Michael Gray (WSU) | 51 - 25 | 2 | 1409 | 138 | Peter Reiss II (ASU 98) | 50 - 24 | 0 | 1409 | 139 | ken wallace (osu1996) | 54 - 22 | 1 | 1408 | 140 | Damon W (SCNomad - USC MBA) | 49 - 27 | 0 | 1406 | 141 | DankDevil (ASU) | 49 - 27 | 2 | 1405 | 142 | goduckies (U of O) | 51 - 25 | 1 | 1403 | 143 | James Wheeler (ASU) | 50 - 26 | 3 | 1401 | 144 | MechBeav (pure-orange.net) | 48 - 27 | 2 | 1399 | 145 | Ken C (CAL) | 48 - 28 | 0 | 1396 | 146 | Jerry Riedel (goDUCKS) | 51 - 25 | 1 | 1394 | 147 | Alfonso (Bruin42) | 49 - 27 | 0 | 1390 | 148 | MichelleB (USC '94) | 52 - 24 | 3 | 1389 | 149 | Brett Bottenberg (WSU Cougs - '95) | 52 - 24 | 2 | 1389 | 150 | Nate Tofte (University of Oregon) | 51 - 25 | 0 | 1389 | 151 | Joe Saxon (husky/win) | 50 - 25 | 1 | 1389 | 152 | Ęsop (USC '86) | 46 - 30 | 2 | 1389 | 153 | PDX4USC (Cocktails) | 50 - 26 | 1 | 1387 | 154 | kaptn35 (stanford) | 47 - 29 | 1 | 1386 | 155 | sambear (California) | 51 - 25 | 3 | 1385 | 156 | Ryan Pistoresi (Washington '10) | 49 - 27 | 2 | 1385 | 157 | Vanny G (ASU) | 48 - 28 | 4 | 1384 | 158 | j fitz (devils) | 49 - 26 | 1 | 1383 | 159 | Michael Bartlett (UCLA 1990) | 46 - 30 | 1 | 1383 | 160 | Beck (UW) | 49 - 27 | 2 | 1382 | 161 | ArizonaBruin (UCLA Since Birth) | 47 - 29 | 1 | 1381 | 162 | Kyle Knox (UCLA) | 49 - 27 | 0 | 1373 | 163 | Matt Rasmussen (Another Dam Beaver) | 50 - 26 | 1 | 1371 | 164 | Tom "The Whap" Tracewell (Oregon State) | 53 - 23 | 0 | 1359 | 165 | yonbret (ASU Go Devils) | 49 - 26 | 0 | 1358 | 166 | Kyle Lauby (ASU '99 & UCLA Law 03) | 49 - 27 | 2 | 1356 | 167 | DSlaton (Cal 84/Michigan 88) | 48 - 28 | 1 | 1356 | 168 | Curt Walsh (UCLA) | 47 - 29 | 0 | 1355 | 169 | Alain D (Fielding Grad U) | 46 - 30 | 1 | 1353 | 170 | Brooks Bono (ASU) | 52 - 24 | 0 | 1347 | 171 | Dennis Larson (Washington) | 48 - 28 | 1 | 1345 | 172 | Dave Spuhler (ASU SUNDEVIL) | 52 - 24 | 2 | 1344 | 173 | Scott Eklund (Washington) | 49 - 27 | 4 | 1341 | 174 | Patrick E. (Washington State 93) | 49 - 27 | 1 | 1336 | 175 | Joe V (U of A) | 49 - 27 | 0 | 1332 | 176 | Scott Canfield (UW 2007) | 48 - 28 | 3 | 1323 | 177 | Wildcat Ben (Arizona) | 46 - 30 | 3 | 1322 | 178 | jeff lundgaard (wsu) | 49 - 27 | 2 | 1313 | 179 | MrWOOF! (UCLA) | 47 - 29 | 5 | 1313 | 180 | Scott G (Oregon '96) | 49 - 27 | 2 | 1306 | 181 | Bob Mungovan (UofA) | 51 - 25 | 6 | 1305 | 182 | Anthony (Tiger) Dickson (The 16ers) | 51 - 25 | 0 | 1295 | 183 | maryann callanan (washington state) | 52 - 24 | 2 | 1292 | 184 | R. Johnson (UW '62) | 45 - 31 | 0 | 1275 | 185 | DAllgower (UCLA 1991) | 44 - 32 | 0 | 1265 | 186 | SC4ME (USC) | 43 - 33 | 4 | 1262 | 187 | Christian Moar (Washington) | 45 - 31 | 0 | 1256 | 188 | Judy D (UCLA) | 47 - 29 | 1 | 1253 | 189 | Jimmy Jazz (Santa Clara) | 44 - 32 | 2 | 1242 | 190 | Matt Frey (Cal) | 42 - 32 | 1 | 1217 | 191 | Big Jim (Santa Clara) | 41 - 34 | 0 | 1212 | 192 | Jeff Bromwich (ASU '03) | 47 - 29 | 1 | 1211 | 193 | Bob Bitchen (none) | 45 - 31 | 3 | 1178 | 194 | Thomas O'Keefe (HCP) | 40 - 35 | 0 | 1173 | 195 | john ligda (Humboldt 90) | 34 - 42 | 0 | 942 |
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