NICK DE GENNARO is the winner of the 1999 Pac-10 Pigskin Pundits Pool. With first and fifth place finishes the last two weeks, he held off Bryan Butcher for the championship. Nick and Bryan tied for the best winning percentage (52-20, 72.2%), but Nick's total of 1226 (17.0 ppg) won by 20 points. Last year's winning numbers (the first year with the current scoring system) were 56-16 (77.8%) and 1165 (16.2 ppg).
Nick is a 1981 graduate of Arizona and is a business owner and partner in a company developing an internet shopping site (who isn't?). His strategy was to wait for the Arizona-Penn State game and as a result of that game, he correctly deduced that not only would Arizona be worse than expected, but the entire Pac-10.
Here are some contest facts and figures:
Ten tied with 5 exact picks of the margins.
There were 32 exact picks of the score. Charles DeMartini, Kev Hayashida, and Michael Piken had two each.
The first ten to send in their entries averaged 977 points. The last ten averaged 1028.
Barry Beck finished 7th for the second consecutive year.
Past Champions:
People with initials "BB":
Old-Timers (there are others who didn't admit it):
Team standings (total of top three from each school and top scorer):
Here are the final standings. All ties in points were broken by (a) won-lost record (w-l) and (b) exact margin picks (E). If you finished in the top 30, you have done quite well, especially if it was your first time in the contest. This was by far the most entrants ever.
Thanks to everyone who entered. I haven't heard from many of you, mainly since I don't make mistakes and get the results out in a timely fashion (unlike many of the pools I enter). Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. If you are planning to enter the basketball contest, please do not wait until the last minute to send in your entry. Although it might be the best strategy, a large flood of late entries makes it difficult for me (80% of the work is done before any games are played). Standings become official 12/3, so if you think there is a mistake in your total, you must notify me right away.
| # | NAME | W-L | (E) | TOTAL | 1 | Nick de Gennaro (Arizona) | 52-20 | 4 | 1226 | 2 | Bryan Butcher (Oregon) | 52-20 | 4 | 1206 | 3 | Mark Maffett (GoDucks) | 51-21 | 4 | 1170 | 4 | Joe Pundit (Consensus) | 47-25 | 3 | 1157 | 5 | Joe Mitchner (Stanford '83) | 47-25 | 5 | 1143 | 6 | Kev Hayashida (UCLA '87) | 47-25 | 2 | 1143 | 7 | Barry Beck (UCLAFAN) | 46-26 | 5 | 1129 | 8 | William Bold (Cal '90/Qualcomm) | 49-23 | 3 | 1124 | 9 | Joe Fennimore (Valsetz Beaver) | 50-22 | 5 | 1121 | 10 | Rich Flanigan (WSU `91) | 48-24 | 1 | 1119 | 11 | Greg Sumner (Washington) | 45-25 | 1 | 1109 | 12 | Rob Donald (cal 89) | 47-25 | 2 | 1106 | 13 | Edmund Johnson (UC Berkeley) | 48-24 | 4 | 1093 | 14 | Joe Ptak (Cleveland State Univ) | 50-22 | 2 | 1088 | 15 | Charles DeMartini (California) | 42-30 | 4 | 1084 | 16 | Rick Smith (WSU 94/WSECU) | 47-25 | 1 | 1083 | 17 | Preston Kauk (Cal '81) | 46-26 | 4 | 1080 | 18 | Tom Walsh (USC Track & Field) | 46-26 | 2 | 1080 | 19 | Scott Whittum (University of Washington) | 47-25 | 3 | 1079 | 20 | Tom Haire (USC '94) | 49-23 | 2 | 1076 | 21 | Aaron (oregon) | 48-24 | 2 | 1075 | 22 | Sean (golden bears) | 47-25 | 5 | 1073 | 23 | Ernie Rozell (Oregon Ducks) | 47-25 | 2 | 1071 | 24 | A. Lau (UCLA) | 44-28 | 1 | 1071 | 25 | Brian Jepperson (USC & Arizona) | 48-24 | 4 | 1069 | 26 | Robert Willers (ON Semiconductor) | 45-27 | 2 | 1069 | 27 | Raghava Kondepudy (UCI) | 44-28 | 1 | 1069 | 28 | G. M. Finniss (Michigan State) | 47-25 | 0 | 1067 | 29 | Roger (OregonDuckFan) | 46-26 | 4 | 1062 | 30 | Jeff Albright (Oregon State '96) | 47-25 | 1 | 1061 | 31 | Jordan Stradling (ASU-dEVIL87) | 40-32 | 4 | 1061 | 32 | Josh Balsam (ASU) | 45-27 | 2 | 1060 | 33 | Russ Kaufman (Oregon State 86) | 45-27 | 3 | 1059 | 34 | Ken Tomlinson (UCLA 84/Baker&Botts) | 43-29 | 4 | 1059 | 35 | Kevin Mullally (Bruin 85) | 45-27 | 1 | 1058 | 36 | Randy Stewart (Oregon) | 43-29 | 1 | 1053 | 37 | William Buckley (UCLA) | 42-29 | 4 | 1053 | 38 | Ben Browdy (UCLA) | 49-23 | 0 | 1052 | 39 | Steve Steinhart (Stanford Indians) | 43-29 | 1 | 1048 | 40 | Robert Enriquez (USC) | 45-27 | 3 | 1047 | 41 | Nesto Gradillas (Arizona '96) | 44-28 | 1 | 1046 | 42 | Jerry Riedel (GoDucks) | 45-27 | 3 | 1045 | 43 | Antin (Ucla) | 40-32 | 2 | 1045 | 44 | David Shoop (go gators) | 46-26 | 4 | 1044 | 45 | Erik Mandelblatt (OREGON '92) | 47-25 | 1 | 1043 | 46 | Doug Slaton (Cal 84, Michigan 88) | 47-25 | 5 | 1041 | 47 | Greg Harris (UofA'96) | 48-24 | 0 | 1039 | 48 | Quentin Daniels (USC Trojans) | 46-26 | 0 | 1039 | 49 | Jerry Klein (UCLA '67) | 44-28 | 1 | 1038 | 50 | Jafar Jefferson (Stanford / HP) | 47-25 | 1 | 1037 | 51 | Alan Grover (Oregon State) | 45-27 | 0 | 1037 | 52 | Blake Woodhall (USC '93) | 47-25 | 1 | 1036 | 53 | Kyle Draper (Ducks/NYC) | 44-28 | 1 | 1036 | 54 | Usman Mohammed (Cal) | 42-30 | 3 | 1033 | 55 | Mike Tuohy (ASU 88) | 45-26 | 3 | 1032 | 56 | Brooks Bono (Arizona State University) | 44-28 | 4 | 1032 | 57 | Jeff Black (University of Oregon) | 45-27 | 4 | 1031 | 58 | Richard Lee (Cal) | 44-28 | 5 | 1031 | 59 | Ed Cronshagen (UCLA 70) | 44-28 | 5 | 1029 | 60 | John Knowlton (U of O) | 44-28 | 1 | 1029 | 61 | David Dobrikin (UW '87, UCLA '89) | 42-30 | 1 | 1026 | 62 | Jon McCormick (UO '94) | 46-26 | 2 | 1020 | 63 | Les Canterbury (University of Arizona) | 45-27 | 2 | 1020 | 64 | Grant Moore (IBP) | 43-29 | 1 | 1019 | 65 | Max Waugh (UW) | 47-25 | 0 | 1018 | 66 | Shawna Nomura (Oregon Ducks) | 45-27 | 1 | 1017 | 67 | Suleman (***USC Trojans***) | 41-31 | 1 | 1015 | 68 | Bob Clemens (U of Texas Alum) | 47-25 | 1 | 1012 | 69 | Rob Chabot (OHIO STATE!!!!!) | 47-25 | 1 | 1010 | 70 | Rich Gregor (Berkeley) | 46-26 | 1 | 1010 | 71 | Michael Piken (California) | 46-26 | 2 | 1009 | 72 | Jeff Ferren (UCLA '91) | 43-29 | 3 | 1009 | 73 | Jeff Heidman (Arizona) | 47-25 | 3 | 1008 | 74 | Josh Hobson (ScOregon Ducks) | 44-28 | 4 | 1008 | 75 | Kevin Yin (California) | 47-25 | 5 | 1006 | 76 | Ken Menard (GoDucks) | 45-27 | 1 | 1002 | 77 | Ted Lin (Stanford '94) | 42-30 | 1 | 1001 | 78 | Kenny Lehmer (Ucla '83) | 40-32 | 5 | 1001 | 79 | Barry Abel (Ucla) | 45-26 | 2 | 998 | 80 | Alex Hall (UCLA) | 42-30 | 3 | 998 | 81 | So Cal Duck '88 (University of Oregon) | 46-26 | 2 | 997 | 82 | Michael Kendall (Fox Sports) | 45-27 | 2 | 997 | 83 | Dave Ansnes (Oregon) | 44-27 | 1 | 996 | 84 | Les Deuell (WOU/HP-Corvallis) | 46-26 | 2 | 995 | 85 | Dave Zorn (Arizona State Fan) | 48-24 | 1 | 994 | 86 | Bob Mungovan (Arizona '95) | 46-26 | 3 | 994 | 87 | Pete Liedtke (Oregon Ducks) | 44-28 | 1 | 992 | 88 | Brian A. Kowal (So Cal Trojans) | 45-27 | 4 | 991 | 89 | Jeff Edgeworth (ASU) | 41-31 | 1 | 988 | 90 | Mike Sprouse (Washington '84) | 44-28 | 4 | 985 | 91 | Bill Fleenor (Washington74) | 43-29 | 1 | 985 | 92 | Phil Youker (Univ or Oregon '66) | 42-30 | 3 | 982 | 93 | Paul Muller (WSU Alum) | 40-32 | 4 | 982 | 94 | John Kutch (WSU) | 40-32 | 0 | 982 | 95 | Jeff Schloss (Oregon State '94) | 43-29 | 0 | 980 | 96 | Wes Tanac (Oregon) | 44-28 | 2 | 978 | 97 | Mike Holtzclaw (Central Ore CC) | 45-27 | 3 | 975 | 98 | Paul Baisted (USMA '89) | 47-25 | 1 | 973 | 99 | Philip Klaparda (U of A) | 42-30 | 2 | 972 | 100 | Brandon Huffman (UCLA) | 41-31 | 2 | 970 | 101 | Brian Foley (Cal) | 39-33 | 1 | 967 | 102 | Erik S Chen (Stanford 96/98) | 46-26 | 1 | 964 | 103 | Mike Mclaughlin (GoDUCKS) | 42-30 | 0 | 963 | 104 | Nicolas Osano (Cal2000) | 42-30 | 1 | 959 | 105 | Tony Yazzolino (Oregon) | 41-31 | 4 | 958 | 106 | Richard Brisacher (UCLA '88) | 38-34 | 1 | 958 | 107 | RMason (Cal'85) | 42-30 | 2 | 957 | 108 | Jeff Jordan (HUNTSMAN) | 45-27 | 2 | 956 | 109 | Richard Groper (USC) | 42-30 | 2 | 955 | 110 | Keith B (USC'90) | 41-31 | 3 | 954 | 111 | Chuck Zaepfel (CCS Direct Mail, Inc.) | 41-25 | 1 | 953 | 112 | Robert Giantonio (Wash. St. / Elan Pharm.) | 40-32 | 3 | 953 | 113 | L. A. Middleton (Oregon) | 39-33 | 0 | 953 | 114 | Brian P (UofA Brian) | 39-33 | 0 | 952 | 115 | Darin Gatto (CAL '96) | 45-27 | 2 | 950 | 116 | John Brizendine (UCLA 1967) | 42-30 | 3 | 950 | 117 | Jennifer Smith (UCSD/Globe/National Examin | 44-28 | 1 | 947 | 118 | Bruin Bill (Go Bruins) | 42-30 | 2 | 945 | 119 | Jim Aiken (GoDucks81) | 41-31 | 2 | 943 | 120 | John Knox (OSU Beavers) | 46-26 | 1 | 942 | 121 | DJ Durfey (none) | 46-26 | 0 | 942 | 122 | Trevor Vallow (USC) | 44-28 | 1 | 938 | 123 | Jason Ashley (Oregon '92) | 42-30 | 1 | 937 | 124 | Tony Robinson (Oregon Ducks) | 41-31 | 1 | 936 | 125 | Brad Moore (UW grad) | 46-26 | 2 | 932 | 126 | Carol Gregor (Cal) | 41-31 | 2 | 927 | 127 | Patrick Thrapp (Washington Huskies) | 40-32 | 0 | 927 | 128 | Jim Rowlands (UCLA '67 Geotech. Engr.) | 43-29 | 0 | 922 | 129 | John Poprac (UCLA '88) | 45-27 | 0 | 920 | 130 | Michael Levin (God, Country, Service) | 44-28 | 2 | 916 | 131 | Chris Adcock (USC) | 43-29 | 1 | 916 | 132 | Jorgen Iwersen (Novo Nordisk A/S) | 42-30 | 2 | 913 | 133 | Juan (UCLA '00) | 38-34 | 2 | 913 | 134 | sean whitman (UW HUSKIES) | 41-31 | 2 | 911 | 135 | Nathan Duke (GoDucks) | 41-31 | 4 | 907 | 136 | Sid Larsen (Oregon State - 76) | 45-27 | 1 | 906 | 137 | Bobby Kouretchian (USC) | 41-31 | 0 | 904 | 138 | Tony Kraft (wazzu 90) | 39-33 | 4 | 904 | 139 | Eddie Hill (Oregon) | 35-37 | 2 | 904 | 140 | John Kirke (Cal 90) | 38-34 | 1 | 902 | 141 | Toby Wills (ROSE BOWL WANNABES) | 41-31 | 5 | 901 | 142 | Ed Betanzos (Arizona) | 40-32 | 1 | 899 | 143 | Jim Stapleton (Santa Clara U. '84) | 39-33 | 1 | 899 | 144 | Jim Trenary (Oregon Ducks '83) | 42-30 | 2 | 896 | 145 | Andrew Mayon (Maui Trojan - 1998 CHAMP!) | 37-35 | 2 | 896 | 146 | Karl Griep (UW 91') | 40-30 | 3 | 894 | 147 | Brian Kier (Albany Crushers) | 37-35 | 1 | 892 | 148 | Chuck Vincent (ASU 99) | 43-29 | 2 | 890 | 149 | Eric Smith (Oregon/OTT) | 41-31 | 3 | 889 | 150 | Tom (Oregon Alum) | 43-29 | 1 | 886 | 151 | Craig Parker (ZOna) | 39-33 | 0 | 881 | 152 | Dan Melin (WSU99) | 38-34 | 2 | 881 | 153 | Jim Potter (ISS/Husky) | 39-33 | 2 | 879 | 154 | Eric Anderson (Oregon '92) | 40-32 | 0 | 864 | 155 | Rod Forsman (LC Coug/Go Wazzu) | 42-30 | 4 | 858 | 156 | Howie Ludwig (CAL '69) | 41-31 | 3 | 852 | 157 | Glen Knowlton (OREGON '58) | 39-32 | 1 | 852 | 158 | Trent Woodruff (Oregon State, Babeee!) | 38-34 | 1 | 842 | 159 | Brad Broadbeck (U of O Senior) | 41-31 | 2 | 840 | 160 | Nick Gregor (UC Berkeley) | 40-32 | 2 | 839 | 161 | Jeff Brown (U of O Foundation) | 41-31 | 0 | 837 | 162 | Jill Moore (UCLA'70 and Cal) | 38-34 | 3 | 816 | 163 | Bill Allen (Old Bruin '60) | 37-35 | 2 | 787 |
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