Schneider Cup 2011 Just About Decided

The drama over this years Schneider Cup is about over.  With the demise of Ohio State there is not a single person who has correctly chosen the eventual National Champion and four of the six participants are in the bottom 1/3 of all ESPN contestants.  Shame on everyone.

The only person who can hold their head even a bit high, is Susie, who going into the Elite eight has 530 points (72.5%) and leads Jeff who has 520 points.  Susie has the potential for 240 additional points while Jeff only 80 points remaining.  Tim and Tom are tied at 460 points and they share too many future picks with Susie to overtake her lead.  The two people who spent 9 months in Susie's womb are at the very bottom of the standings. Maybe it was all Susie's smoking during her pregnancies.
 
The Cup competition should be over by the end of the day and we can get the Cup engraved before the Final Four even begins.  We will let everyone know when the final decision takes place.

Schneider Cup 2010 Winner Announced

All questions about this year's Schneider Cup competition have been settled.  The cup sponsor (the Susan L.Schneider, trust)  has decided to jointly award The Cup to Joey Schneider and Tim ("I copied it all from the ESPN Predictor") Dunn.  This situation was brought about when the point total of the winners, although having taken very different paths, was exactly the same.  Tim had more overall wins, but Joey's picks went further into the competition. 
The decision was made to put both names on the Coveted Schneider Cup and to split the winnings.  At the next meeting of the Cup Overseeing Committee a decision will be made about any future ties.

Our congratulations to both Joey and Tim on their historic victory.  Now get ready for a Duke/Michigan State final in next March's, Final Four.

Schneider Cup 2010 Update

To all of you who are Friends of the Schneider Cup, there is great confusion about who will walk away with the money and bragging rights for 2010. If Michigan State goes all the way the cup belongs to Jeff. If Michigan State beats Butler, but loses the Championship game and West Virginia beats Duke, Joey wins. If Michigan State and West Virginia both lose their Final Four games, it is a tie between Joey and Tim “I just do what "the predictor says" Dunn. Stay tuned to see who gets the glory of having their name on the Coveted Cup and the cash.

And The Winner is.......

For the second time in nine years Susie has captured the Coveted Schneider Cup. This was the closest year ever and no decision was reached until the first night of the final four.

Only one person selected Kansas to win the tournament, Tom, but he placed himself in such a hole in the early part of the competition that he only finished third. Tim ("I really did not copy everything from USA Today") finished a close second. While there is nothing bad about finishing second, it gives you neither money or bragging rights.

On a personal note there has been a lot of talk about how late we are at posting the winner. We are attempting to achieve accuracy and not speed. We have looked at all the hanging chads and have now certified the final results. The final standing for the 2008 Schneider Cup are -

1 Susie Schneider 1080 points (85.7%)
2 Tim Dunn 1060 points (83.5%)
3 Tom Devendorf 1030 points (80.0%)
4 Diane Devendorf 880 points (54.7%)
5 Joey Schneider 820 points (42.3%)
6 Jeff Schneider 730 points (25.0%)
7 Alan Koblin 700 points (20.4%)
8 Barbara Heis 520 points (4.7%)

Welcome to the Final Four

Welcome to the final four. Of course by final four we mean Susie, Tim, Diane and Tom.

I know you all think that I should be working on my taxes, but I really have no interest in paying the government money. Since almost all of the Schneider cup participants have, in one way or another, lived off the government dollar I am sure you understand my reluctance to continue sending money to the IRS. Instead, I have been spending my time deciding what has to happen for our final four participants to win the coveted cup, in 2008.

As I see it the following scenarios are the final word:

• If North Carolina makes it to the finals and wins, it is Susie's cup
• If North Carolina goes to the finals, but loses to UCLA Diane gets her 5th cup in the last nine years. (How can this happen?)
• If UCLA wins it all and the final game is against Kansas, Tim wins.
• If Kansas beats UCLA in the final, Susie wins. Tom cannot get enough points from a Kansas win to overcome Susie's points going into the finals.
• If Kansas loses to Memphis in the finals, Susie wins.
• If Kansas beats Memphis in the finals, then Tom ("worst to first") gets his name on the cup for the first time.

Does anyone see it any differently.

Louisville Loss Hurts Joey

It was close, but so far no cigar for Joey who had Louisville beating North Carolina. Joe still has the chance of getting 3 of 4 picks into the final four and even winning the Coveted Cup, but a win by Louisville would have made his day. There would have been dancing in his drive way tonight. Good luck, Joe, on the rest of your picks it has been a long time since your last Cup victory.

Stay tuned for more

Ladies and Gentlemen we have a Horse Race

As we prepare for the Elite Eight, which begins this afternoon, what is developing is an epic battle of the titans. Leading the pack is Susie whose future is tied to the ability of North Carolina to knock off all its competitors. Susie is closely followed by Tim ("I just copy from the USA Today") who will own the Cup competition if UCLA emerges and he will become the first "Thanksgiving Dinner" winner of the cup. Joey has become a strong contender and if the Championship is won by Texas he could pull of an upset. The most interesting case is Tom who is currently in dead last, but has 640 points remaining and is the only person to select Kansas. While not mathematically eliminated (unlike Jeff, Alan, and Barbara) he could find himself having the winning team and still losing the cup on points. For Diane (who had Siena over Vanderbilt, Davidson over Georgetown, and West Virginia beating Duke) you had some unbelievable calls, but you cannot beat Susie or Tim - sorry.

OK, get yourself a cool brew and some nibbles, and get ready to determine the final four. Will they all be #1 seeds for the first time? We will know by Sunday night.