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Databank: 2001
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Expert Factfile
Here are the "baseball cards" of our experts. In this factfile you will find complete statistics for all experts that have participated in at least one full season of the SJS Picks Contest. These cards will be updated at the end of each full season of picking activity.
The cards are arranged in alphabetical order, with one exception: Webmaestro and Dan, founders of the SJS Picks Contest, are given first.
Key: For career marks, two numbers are often given. For weeks won, the first number is the number of weeks won, the second is the number of seasons in which the expert participated, and during which weeks won was an official statistic (i.e., since 1998). For close scores and similar statistics, it is the number of close scores over the number of games picked in the era that close scores was an official stat (i.e., since 1998).
Records are listed for each season. The number in parentheses is the official ranking; an N/A indicates that the expert did not pick enough that year to earn an official rank (50% of total games). The exception is 1999, where Curtis and Matthias both have a 1*, indicating that they finished ahead of Kelly but were not awarded the championship (see 1999 databank for an explanation).
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b1llys1ms | boat | Chuck Taylor | CoconutHead | Consensus Curtis | Dale Helms | Dr. Defense | Heater14 | Homer | jayhusker | John | Keith | Kelly | Kevin | Master O | Matthias | Mr. Offense | Oz | Pony Boy | ROBERT | Saint Daddy | Schmookie | SIR CHAPS | The New H Man
| Webmaestro |
Dan |
 Handle: Webmaestro
Name: Steven St. John
Fav Team: Florida Gators
Career Numbers
Record: 1546-798 (65.96%)
Weeks Won: 16/6
Weeks Lost: 8/4
Close Scores: 159/1922 (8.27%)
Exact Scores: 2/1922 (0.10%)
Upset Index: 404/1922 (0.210)
Upset IQ: 160/404 (39.60%)
OOL Index: 26/1396 (0.019)
OOL IQ: 9/26 (34.62%)
Seasons
1996 124-62 (66.67%, 2)
1997 163-73 (69.07%, 6)
1998 171-75 (69.51%, 5)
1999 172-108 (61.43%, 15)
2000 213-118 (64.35%; 14)
2001 197-100 (66.33%; 7)
2002 242-130 (65.05%; 14)
2003 264-132 (66.67%; 10)
Awards
Expert To Watch (1997)
Pulitzer (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Tennessee Vols (1998)
Fall From Grace (1999)
Loyalty (2000)
Midwest Region Champion (2001)
Browbeater of the Year (2001)
Send Me To Vegas (2001)
Limb Walker (2001, 2002)
Dale Helms Award (2001)
SJS Black Ribbon (1996, 1997, 2002)
Notes
Began picking games with dan in 1989... Founded the SJS Home Page on November 13, 1996... Is the only member of the Hall Of Fame Committee (2000)... Had best picks season in 1998 but fell 2 correct picks short of Dan in a quest to finally beat his arch-rival... Finally broke through the "glass ceiling" in 2001 with an upset of arch-rival Dan, beating him by 2 games... was shut out of postseason awards for the first time in 2003
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 Handle: Dan
Name: Dan Wine
Fav Team: Florida Gators
Career Numbers
Record: 1595-735 (68.45%)
Weeks Won: 10/6
Weeks Lost: 6/4
Close Scores: 167/1922 (8.69%)
Exact Scores: 0/1922 (0%)
Upset Index: 332/1922 (0.173)
Upset IQ: 143/332 (43.07%)
OOL Index: 14/1396 (0.010)
OOL IQ: 4/14 (28.57%)
Seasons
1996 128-43 (74.85%, 1)
1997 171-66 (72.15%, 4)
1998 173-73 (70.33%, 3)
1999 183-97 (65.36%, 11)
2000 219-112 (66.16%, 7)
2001 195-102 (65.66%, 10)
2002 256-116 (68.82%, 6)
2003 270-126 (68.18%, 8)
Awards
Champion (1996)
Fall From Grace Award (1997)
Comeback Award (1998)
Expert To Watch (2000)
Army Cadet Cross (2001)
SJS Blue Ribbon (1996, 1997)
Renegade Award (2003)
Notes
Began picking games with Webmaestro in 1989... Has picked the second most games all-time... Ran the pool for a couple of weeks by email when the web site was relocating... Had beaten arch-rival Webmaestro every year 1990-2000... Was overall champion in 1996 and unofficial champion every complete year since 1989... Earned Army Cadet Cross in 2001 as he failed to compete for title and lost to arch-rival Webmaestro for the first time... Earned first Renegade in 2003 and picked 46.4% of upsets correct that year
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| b1llys1ms |
boat sidious |
 Handle: b1llys1ms
Name: Chris Lemon
Fav Team: Oklahoma Sooners
Career Numbers
Record: 224-112 (66.67%)
Weeks Won: 1/2
Weeks Lost: 1/2
Close Scores: 28/336 (8.33%)
Exact Scores: 2/336 (0.60%)
Upset Index: 64/336 (0.190)
Upset IQ: 28/64 (43.75%)
OOL Index: 11/336 (0.033)
OOL IQ: 5/11 (45.45%)
Seasons
2000 189-100 (65.40%, 11)
2002 35-12 (74.47%, N/A)
Awards
Rookie Of The Year (2000)
Limb Walker (2000)
POW (2000)
Misplaced Priorities Award (2002)
Notes
Joined the contest in 2000 and established himself as an accurate OOL picker... Favorite team won
the national title that year (Oklahoma)... Rejoined us briefly in 2002 before an impending move to Memphis (which did not derail boat sidious or SIR CHAPS) caused him to leave us again... In 2002, was retroactively awarded the POW for his excellence that season in picking correct OOL and exact scores
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 Handle: boat sidious
Name: John Boughter, Jr.
Fav Team: Florida State Seminoles
Career Numbers
Record: 1372-670 (67.20%)
Weeks Won: 14/6
Weeks Lost: 4/4
Close Scores: 169/1787 (9.46%)
Exact Scores: 5/1787 (0.28%)
Upset Index: 263/1787 (0.147)
Upset IQ: 100/263 (38.02%)
OOL Index: 10/1261 (0.008)
OOL IQ: 3/10 (30%)
Seasons
1996 19-12 (61.29%, N/A)
1997 168-56 (75.00%, 1)
1998 166-80 (67.48%, 9)
1999 182-98 (65.00%, 12)
2000 212-119 (64.05%, 15)
2001 197-100 (66.33%, 7)
2002 239-109 (68.68%, 8)
2003 189-96 (66.32%, 11)
Awards
Champion (1997)
Fall From Grace (1998, 2003)
Army Cadets Cross (2000)
Browbeater Of The Year (2001, 2003)
Send Me To Vegas (2002)
Misplaced Priorities (2003)
Notes
Saw some playing time in 1996 before claiming the title in his first full season of picking in 1997... Contributes significantly to browbeating, muckraking, mailing lists... Had a short-lived 1999 feature on the page called "Boughter's Bluster"... One of the leading recruiters for the page (Chuck Taylor, Keith Harmon, We Are In Trouble.... among his signees)... regular correspondant of nationally recognized sportswriters like Tony Kornheiser and Dan Lebatard... Won the Browbeater Of The Year in 2001 for meritorious efforts to draw Kelly into mailing list discussions... Rebounded in 2001 after some disappointing seasons... Renamed himself "boat sidious" (nee boat, nee John), partially stealing a one-time Webmaestro name (saint sidious)... seemed to lose interest in 2003 with frequent nickname changes and missed weeks... failed to win any weeks in 2003 (first time since 2000)
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| Chuck Taylor |
CoconutHead |
Handle: Chuck Taylor
Name: Chuck Taylor
Fav Team: Florida State Seminoles
Career Numbers
Record: 139-77 (64.35%)
Weeks Won: 3/1
Close Scores: 12/216 (5.56%)
Exact Scores: 0/216 (0%)
Upset Index: 59/216 (0.273)
Upset IQ: 21/59 (35.59%)
Seasons
1998 139-77 (64.35%, 13)
Awards
Renegade Award (1998)
Notes
Known for picking daring upsets and going out on a limb... Runs his own college picks page on the web... Our "Deep Throat"; blew the whistle on Jackass-gate in 1998
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 Handle: CoconutHead
Name: David Pittman
Fav Team: Florida State Seminoles
Career Numbers
Record: 697-390 (64.12%)
Weeks Won: 7/4
Weeks Lost: 6/4
Close Scores: 96/1087 (8.83%)
Exact Scores: 6/1087 (0.55%)
Upset Index: 192/1087 (0.177)
Upset IQ: 69/192 (35.94%)
OOL Index: 10/1087 (0.009)
OOL IQ: 4/10 (40%)
Seasons
2000 202-107 (65.37,12)
2001 133-72 (64.88, 13)
2002 244-128 (65.59, 11)
2003 118-83 (58.71, 17)
Awards
Rookie Of The Year (2000)
Loyalty Award (2001)
POW (2002)
Bottom Feeder(2003)
Notes
Joined the pool in 2000 and was co-recipient of Rookie of the Year that season... Narrowly dodged the 2001 Misplaced Priorities Awards for allowing his newborn baby and new job to get in the way of picks... in 2003, earned the ignomious distinction of beating out Homer for the Bottom Feeder Award; the first time that award has gone to a human expert
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| Consensus Curtis |
Dale Helms |
 Handle: Consensus Curtis
Name: Ned Flanders
Fav Team: Wants everyone to do well
Career Numbers
Record: 1342-578 (69.90%)
Weeks Won: 15/6
Weeks Lost: 2/4
Close Scores: N/A
Exact Scores: N/A
Upset Index: N/A
Upset IQ: N/A
OOL Index: N/A
OOL IQ: N/A
Seasons
1998 175-71 (71.14%, 2)
1999 192-86 (69.06%, 1*)
2000 221-110 (66.77%, 5)
2001 209-88 (70.37, 2)
2002 268-104 (72.04, 1*)
2003 277-119 (69.94%, 2)
Awards
Good Neighbor Award (1998, 1999)
Notes
Began play in 1998 against his better judgement... Nonhuman expert who picks whichever team the majority of experts thinks will win... asterisks indicate he finished first but was ineligible for the picks championship
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 Handle: Dale Helms
Name: Dale Helms
Fav Team: Florida Gators
Career Numbers
Record: 181-73 (71.26%)
Weeks Won: --
Close Scores: --
Exact Scores: --
Upset Index: --
Upset IQ: --
Seasons
1996 13-4 (76.47%, N/A)
1997 168-69 (70.89%, 5)
Awards
Dale Helms Award (1997)
Notes
Won the Lawrence Phillips Award in 1997 for starting out with much promise before flaming out... Upon his retirement after the 1997 season, the Lawerence Phillips Award was renamed in his honor
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| Dr. Defense |
Heater14 |
 Handle: Dr. Defense
Name: Dr. Defense
Fav Team:
Career Numbers
Record: 243-155 (61.06%)
Weeks Won: 3/2
Weeks Lost: 3/2
Close Scores: 27/398 (6.78%)
Exact Scores: 0/398 (0%)
Upset Index: 124/398 (0.312)
Upset IQ: 47/124 (37.90%)
OOL Index: 2/398 (0.005)
OOL IQ: 0/2 (0%)
Seasons
2000 177-111 (61.46%, 18)
2001 66-44 (60.00%, N/A)
Awards
Notes
Entered pool in 2000 and picks scores based on average points allowed. Begins picking the fourth week of the season... Disbanded midway through 2001 season
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 Handle: Heater14
Name: Chris Hansen
Fav Team: Florida Gators
Career Numbers
Record: 1300-605 (68.24%)
Weeks Won: 21/6
Weeks Lost: 1/4
Close Scores: 169/1905 (8.87%)
Exact Scores: 2/1905 (0.10%)
Upset Index: 267/1905 (0.140)
Upset IQ: 123/267 (46.07%)
OOL Index: 11/1379 (0.008)
OOL IQ: 4/11 (36.36%)
Seasons
1998 176-70 (71.54%, 1)
1999 188-92 (67.14%, 5)
2000 224-107 (67.67%, 2)
2001 201-96 (67.68%, 5)
2002 256-116 (68.82%, 6)
2003 255-124 (67.28%, 9)
Awards
Champion (1998)
Steady Freddie Award (1999, 2000, 2001)
Freddie Favorite Certificate (2000)
SJS Blue Ribbon (1998, 2001)
Properly Placed Priorities (2002, 2003)
Army Cadet Cross (2003)
Notes
Won the pool in 1998 in his first season... Has made sports on the web a profession, not just a hobby... Heater14 claims to have won the title in 1998 by relying on teams' historic records rather than recent performance... Won the Blue Ribbon in 1998 along with the championship (total wins and percentage) and captured another Blue Ribbon in 2001 when he finished fifth overall... in 2003, earned the Army Cadet Cross after turning in his worst picks percentage since 1999 and his worst finish ever
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| Homer |
jayhusker |
 Handle: Homer
Name: Homer Simpson
Fav Team: Springfield University Nittany Tide
Career Numbers
Record: 1030-697 (59.64%)
Weeks Won: 5/6
Weeks Lost: 20/4
Close Scores: --
Exact Scores: --
Upset Index: --
Upset IQ: --
OOL Index: --
OOL IQ: --
Seasons
1998 137-78 (63.72%, 15)
1999 146-105 (58.17%, 17)
2000 173-123 (58.44%, 20)
2001 157-111 (58.58%, 17)
2002 197-138 (58.81%, 18)
2003 220-142 (60.78%, 16)
Awards
Bottom Feeder (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Notes
The Nittany Tide joke is not mine but from an actual episode of the Simpsons featuring the game between Springfield U and Springfield A&M... Homer is a nonhuman expert who always picks the home team... finished last each year but does better than 50%... turned in his best season since 1998 in 2003 and avoided the Bottom Feeder Award for the first time ever
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Handle: jayhusker
Name: Larry Anderson
Fav Team: Nebraska Cornhuskers
Career Numbers
Record: 188-92 (67.14%)
Weeks Won: 1/1
Close Scores: 24/280 (8.57%)
Exact Scores: 3/280 (1.07%)
Upset Index: 30/280 (0.107)
Upset IQ: 12/30 (40.00%)
Seasons
1999 188-92 (67.14%, 5)
Awards
Rookie Of The Year (1999)
Freddie Favorite Certificate (1999)
Notes
Rookie of the year in 1999... set an all-time high for exact scores in a season... first Big 12 fan in the pool
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| Keith |
Kelly |
Handle: Keith
Name: Keith Harmon
Fav Team: Florida Gators
Career Numbers
Record: 967-511 (65.43%)
Weeks Won: 7/5
Weeks Lost: 4/4
Close Scores: 102/1478 (6.90%)
Exact Scores: 4/1478 (0.27%)
Upset Index: 260/1478 (0.176)
Upset IQ: 101/260 (38.85%)
OOL Index: 15/1198 (0.013)
OOL IQ: 4/15 (26.67%)
Seasons
1999 186-94 (66.43%, 7)
2000 217-114 (65.56%, 10)
2001 171-81 (67.86%, 4)
2002 229-123 (65.06%, 13)
2003 164-99 (62.34%, 15)
Awards
Loyalty Award (1999)
John Cooper Trophy (2000)
Most Improved Expert (2001)
Notes
Saw first action in 1999 and established himself as a frequent out on a limb picker... faith in Florida and SEC homerism on the top 25 earned him the Loyalty Award by a slam-dunk vote... Buckled down from renegade picking status to surge to fourth place in 2001... pulled out of the pool early in 2003 after a slow start
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 Handle: Kelly
Name: Kelly Ciombor
Fav Team: Miami Hurricanes
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Career Numbers
Record: 1456-636 (69.60%)
Weeks Won: 18/6
Weeks Lost: 2/4
Close Scores: 190/1885 (10.08%)
Exact Scores: 8/1885 (0.42%)
Upset Index: 230/1885 (0.122)
Upset IQ: 115/230 (50%)
OOL Index: 4/1354 (0.003)
OOL IQ: 2/4 (50%)
Seasons
1997 144-68 (67.92%, 7)
1998 169-77 (68.70%, 6)
1999 191-89 (68.21%, 1)
2000 224-107 (67.67%, 2)
2001 180-75 (70.59%, 1)
2002 261-111 (70.16%, 3)
2003 287-109 (72.47%, 1)
Awards
Champion (1999, 2001, 2003)
Loyalty Award (1997)
Most Improved (1998)
Expert To Watch (1998)
Browbeater Of The Year (1999)
Misplaced Priorities (2000)
Freddie Favorite Certificate (2001, 2003)
SJS Blue Ribbon (1999, 2003)
Steady Freddie (2002, 2003)
Properly Place Priorities (2002)
Send Me To Vegas (2003)
POW Award (2003)
Notes
Won the pool in 1999... Heavily criticized for Freddie Favoritism and loyalty to Miami... Well-known muckraker... Member of the "Magnificent 7", the first group of experts to launch the popularity of the page (along with Webmaestro, Dan, John, Schmookie, Kevin, and Dale Helms)... Recipient of the Webmaestro's subtle browbeats with his season-ending photos (see above)... Became page's first two-time champion with a decisive win in 2001 over Consensus Curtis and all rivals... Pulled off the unusual daily double in 2001 when she won the championship and her team, the Miami Hurricanes, also won a decisive national title... wrestled the Steady Freddie Award from Heater's steady hands in 2002... took home a huge number of trophies in 2003 when she became the first 3-time winner of the contest... had the best percentage, best upset IQ, and most close scores in 2003 for the picks page trifecta... established herself as greatest expert ever in 2003... single-season records established in 2003: most correct picks (287), highest upset index (61.22%), most close scores (43), most exact scores (tie, 4)
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| Kevin |
Master O |
 Handle: Kevin
Name: Kevin St. John
Fav Team: Wisconsin Badgers
Career Numbers
Record: 1351-663 (67.08%)
Weeks Won: 9/6
Weeks Lost: 4/4
Close Scores: 155/1853 (8.36%)
Exact Scores: 8/1853 (0.43%)
Upset Index: 306/1853 (0.165)
Upset IQ: 120/306 (39.22%)
OOL Index: 22/1342 (0.016)
OOL IQ: 6/22 (27.27%)
Seasons
1997 117-44 (72.67%, 2)
1998 158-73 (68.40%, 8)
1999 186-94 (66.43%, 7)
2000 219-112 (66.16%, 7)
2001 195-102 (65.66%, 10)
2002 204-114 (64.15%, 15)
2003 272-124 (66.69%, 7)
Awards
Kindness To Animals (1997)
Midwest Region Champion (1997)
Rookie Of The Year (1997)
Public Health Threat Award (1998)
Loyalty Award (1998, 2003)
Expert To Watch (1999)
Properly Placed Priorities Commendation (2000)
Pulitzer Prize (2001, 2003)
Notes
Was the main rival of Schmookie in 1997 though he didn't know it... Awarded 1997 Rookie Of The Year and Midwest Region Champion prizes by a special "Veterans Committee" of the Hall Of Fame in 2000... Came very close in the 1999 balloting for Browbeater Of The Year thanks to his series of Florida-Florida State mailing list browbeats of the Webmaestro... holds an honorary record for furthest-flung balloting by submitting his picks from Europe for several weeks in 2000... Won the Pulitzer in 2001 despite, or because of, several well-written but controversial postings to the mailing list... won 2003 Pulitzer for Penn State vs. Wisconsin game story
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 Handle: Master O
Name: Obinna Ndubizu
Fav Team: Michigan Wolverines
Career Numbers
Record: 774-447 (63.39%)
Weeks Won: 3/6
Weeks Lost: 5/4
Close Scores: 130/1221 (10.65%)
Exact Scores: 8/1221 (0.66%)
Upset Index: 202/1221 (0.165)
Upset IQ: 65/202 (32.18%)
OOL Index: 14/894 (0.016)
OOL IQ: 2/14 (14.28%)
Seasons
1998 32-20 (61.54%, N/A)
1999 163-112 (59.27%, 16)
2000 222-109 (67.07%, 4)
2001 147-75 (66.22%, 9)
2002 185-106 (63.57%, 17)
2003 25-25 (50%, dnf)
Awards
Send Me To Vegas (2000)
Most Improved Expert (2000)
SJS Black Ribbon (1999)
Notes
First full season in 1999... Tends to browbeat more than he picks correctly... Received strong consideration for the Misplaced Priorities Award in 2001 for dropping out late in the season... Could've captured a second straight Send Me To Vegas Award had he completed 2001
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| Matthias |
Mr. Offense |
 Handle: Matthias
Name: Matt Valle
Fav Team: Minnesota Golden Gophers
Career Numbers
Record: 1075-544 (66.40%)
Weeks Won: 15/6
Weeks Lost: 5/4
Close Scores: 125/1619 (7.72%)
Exact Scores: 6/1619 (0.37%)
Upset Index: 313/1619 (0.193)
Upset IQ: 125/313 (39.94%)
OOL Index: 23/1217 (0.019)
OOL IQ: 5/23 (21.74%)
Seasons
1998 158-69 (69.60%, 4)
1999 150-66 (69.44%, 1*)
2000 190-101 (65.29%, 13)
2001 136-88 (60.71%, 16)
2002 228-111 (67.26%, 9)
2003 213-109 (66.15%, 12)
Awards
Midwest Region Champion (1998, 1999)
Misplaced Priorities (1999)
Browbeater Of The Year (2000)
Renegade Award (2001)
Army Cadet Cross (2002)
Most Improved (2002)
Notes
Matthias and I go back the longest of any two experts; both of us have archives of ridiculously intricate statistical analyses of pro and little league baseball from the early 1980s... Email exchanges during 2000 with eventual champion Oz brought to public light the browbeating capability all his midwestern buddies knew so well from back in the day... Captured first Renegade Award in 2001 but picking skills slipped dramatically after the millenium... was made eligible for the Army Cadet Cross by Special Action of the Hall Of Fame Committee in 2002... rebounded to respectability in 2002 and received Most Improved Expert... participated and performed reasonably well in 2003 considering the distracting nuptuals
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 Handle: Mr Offense
Name: Mr. Offense
Fav Team:
Career Numbers
Record: 249-149 (62.56%)
Weeks Won: 2/2
Weeks Lost: 4/2
Close Scores: 30/398 (7.54%)
Exact Scores: 0/398 (0%)
Upset Index: 120/398 (0.302)
Upset IQ: 48/120 (40.00%)
OOL Index: 0/398 (0.000)
OOL IQ: 0/0 (0%)
Seasons
2000 189-99 (65.63%, 9)
2001 60-50 (54.55%, N/A)
Awards
Notes
Entered pool in 2000 and picks scores based on average points scaored. Begins picking the fourth week of the season... Disbanded early in 2001
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| Oz |
Pony Boy |
 Handle: Oz
Name: Brent Osland
Fav Team: Minnesota Golden Gophers
Career Numbers
Record: 1293-603 (68.20%)
Weeks Won: 13/6
Weeks Lost: 4/4
Close Scores: 168/1892 (8.88%)
Exact Scores: 9/1892 (0.48%)
Upset Index: 215/1892 (0.114)
Upset IQ: 93/215 (43.26%)
OOL Index: 3/1366 (0.002)
OOL IQ: 2/3 (66.67%)
Seasons
1996 2-2 (50.00%, N/A)
1998 169-77 (68.70%, 6)
1999 184-96 (65.71%, 9)
2000 229-102 (69.18%, 1)
2001 191-106 (64.31%, 15)
2002 265-107 (71.24%, 1)
2003 253-113 (69.13%, 5)
Awards
Freddie Favorite Certificate (1998, 2002)
Rookie Of The Year (1998)
Picks Champion (2000, 2002)
Browbeater Of The Year (2000)
Midwest Region Champion (2000, 2002, 2003)
SJS Blue Ribbon (2000, 2002)
SJS Black Ribbon (2001)
Fall From Grace Award (2001)
Expert To Watch (2003)
Notes
One of the most conservative pickers the contest has ever known, but has a poor performance when he does pick an upset... earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1998 though he actually made 4 picks in 1996... Oz, like heater14, has been involved in professional sports working at both STATS, Inc. and ESPN, which led to some memorable insights during a 1999 mailing list discussion on announcers... Made good on the promise of his rookie year by winning the contest (by 5 games) in 2000... One of the most spectacular Fall From Grace stories ever, Oz captured the Blue Ribbon and Black Ribbon in back-to-back seasons... But in 2002, reversed the trick going from worst to first... set all-time low upset index in 2002 at 0.083... 71.24% in 2002 best percentage by a human since Heater14 in 1998... missed his first OOL pick ever in 2003... his St. John Johnnies won the Division III football title in 2003
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 Handle: Pony Boy
Name: Keith Herman
Fav Team: Florida Gators
Career Numbers
Record: 661-296 (69.07%)
Weeks Won: 6/3
Weeks Lost: 0/3
Close Scores: 82/957 (8.57%)
Exact Scores: 3/957 (0.31%)
Upset Index: 131/957 (0.137)
Upset IQ: 54/131 (41.22%)
OOL Index: 5/957 (0.005)
OOL IQ: 1/5 (20%)
Seasons
2001 187-90 (67.51%, 6)
2002 261-111 (70.16%, 3)
2003 213-95 (69.16%, 4)
Awards
Rookie Of The Year (2001)
Loyalty Award (2002)
Notes
Joined the pool in 2001 as one of only 2 west coast experts on the panel... Had early success and maintained his picking position throughout the season... rookie mark of 67.51% best for rookie of the year winner since Oz's 68.7% in 1998... nearly claimed championship in 2002 but was hurt by abysmal bowl picking (11-17)... still looking for that breakthrough season
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| Saint Daddy |
Schmookie |
 Handle: Saint Daddy/BioSaint/BioLeftHip
Name: Jim St. John
Fav Team: undisclosed
Career Numbers
Record: 1260-685 (64.78%)
Weeks Won: 10/6
Weeks Lost: 5/4
Close Scores: 159/1902 (8.36%)
Exact Scores: 4/1902 (0.21%)
Upset Index: 318/1902 (0.167)
Upset IQ: 113/318 (35.53%)
OOL Index: 9/1376 (0.007)
OOL IQ: 0/9 (0%)
Seasons
1996 12-11 (52.17%, N/A)
1997 13-7 (65.00%, N/A)
1998 166-80 (67.48%, 9)
1999 173-107 (61.79%, 13)
2000 210-121 (63.44%, 17)
2001 195-102 (65.66%, 10)
2002 249-123 (66.94%, 10)
2003 242-134 (64.36%, 14)
Awards
Vannez Gooch Award (1998)
Pulitzer Prize (1999)
Dale Helms (2000)
Properly Placed Priorities Award (2001)
Expert To Watch (2002)
SJS Black Ribbon (2003)
Notes
Played occasionally in 1996 and 1997 but really began competing in 1999... has made considerable literary contributions to the web page and mailing list including two winning pieces for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize... father of two of the experts (Kevin and Webmaestro)...Led the pool early in 2000 but plummeted by midyear... Received strong consideration for the Dale Helms Award in 2001 in exhibiting another midseason collapse... Won the Properly Placed Priorities Award in 2001 for submitting picks despite weeks of arduous hip surgery recovery... Went by the handle "BioSaint" beginning in 2002 after hip-replacement surgery... went 18-10 in the 2002 bowl season earning Expert To Watch honors... went by BioLeftHip in ill-fated 2003 campaign... still looking for first OOL pick correct as of 2003
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 Handle: Schmookie
Name: Dan Peterson
Fav Team:
Career Numbers
Record: 1229-607 (66.94%)
Weeks Won: 11/6
Weeks Lost: 2/4
Close Scores: 149/1675 (8.90%)
Exact Scores: 4/1675 (0.24%)
Upset Index: 264/1675 (0.158)
Upset IQ: 108/264 (40.91%)
OOL Index: 13/1170 (0.011)
OOL IQ: 8/13 (61.54%)
Seasons
1997 117-44 (72.67%, 2)
1998 162-83 (66.12, 12)
1999 160-100 (61.54%, 14)
2000 152-76 (66.67%, 6)
2001 176-83 (67.95%, 3)
2002 201-106 (65.47%, 12)
2003 261-115 (69.41%, 3)
Awards
Mr. Photogenic (1997)
Browbeater Of The Year (1997)
Rookie Of The Year (1997)
Misplaced Priorities (1998)
Expert To Watch (2001)
Fall From Grace (2002)
Most Improved Expert (2003)
Limb Walker (2003)
POW Award (2003)
Notes
A member of the Magnificent 7, earned a veterans committee nod as 1997's Browbeater Of The Year for stirring up more Monday morning trouble than anyone... famous for his unfathomable Tavian Banks propaganda... thinks he missed some "easy weeks" in early 1997 that cost him a shot at the title his rookie season... arch-rival is Kevin, but Kevin probably doesn't know it... missed the latter weeks of 2000 due to schoolwork, an excuse frowned upon here at the page... Made his best showing since 1997 in 2001 challenging champion Kelly late into the season and was named 2001's Expert To Watch... received Fall From Grace in 2002 after failing to capitalize on 2001's Expert To Watch... showed great comeback ability in 2003 and challenged arch-rival Kelly for crown... was OOL king in 2003, nailing 5/7
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 Handle: SIR CHAPS/ROBERT
Name: Robert Christy
Fav Team:
Career Numbers
Record: 868-441 (66.31%)
Weeks Won: 7/5
Weeks Lost: 2/3
Close Scores: 135/1314 (10.27%)
Exact Scores: 2/1314 (0.15%)
Upset Index: 178/1314 (0.135)
Upset IQ: 65/178 (36.52%)
OOL Index: 3/788 (0.004)
OOL IQ: 0/3 (0%)
Seasons
1998 166-80 (67.48%, 9)
1999 190-90 (67.86%, 4)
2000 197-129 (59.52%, 19)
2001 93-44 (67.88%, N/A)
2002 222-98 (69.38%, 5)
Awards
Browbeater Of The Year (1998)
Send Me To Vegas (1998, 1999)
Most Improved Expert (1999)
Fall From Grace (2000)
SJS Black Ribbon (2000)
Misplaced Priorities Award (2001)
Dale Helms Award (2002)
Notes
Redshirted in 1997 but participated fully in Monday morning browbeating... Calculates scores using a complicated and intensely guarded formula which has produced 69 close scores in two seasons... long string of consecutive weeks leading close scores list snapped in the third week of 2000... principal architect of jackass-gate in early 1999... major rival is Oz who he suspects spies long-distance on his picks... the Salvor Hardin (or Mark Twain) of the picks contest, whose witticisms ("Even a blind squirrel finds a nut", "You have to know when to get off the bandwagon") are as ubiquitous as his famous malpropisms ("Texas Aggies", "Michigan Spartans", "Louie Holt", "Virginia Hoke-eyes")...Experienced one of the hardest falls from grace in 2000 going from 4th to 19th and losing his Send Me To Vegas title after two years of domination... Looked to return to 1999 form in 2001 but became mired in Quake II and other ill-advised pursuits to earn instead the Misplaced Priorities Award... was in danger of failing to compete via the 80% rule but nonetheless competed for the championship in 2002, but instead won the Dale Helms Award... his dropping out of the mailing list may be a principal reason why the Hall Of Fame Committee "sent a message" with no 2002 Browbeater of the Year Award
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 Handle: The New H Man
Name: Howard Newman
Fav Team: Florida Gators
Career Numbers
Record: 1067-570 (65.18%)
Weeks Won: 13/6
Weeks Lost: 7/4
Close Scores: 138/1637 (8.43%)
Exact Scores: 0/1637 (0%)
Upset Index: 376/1637 (0.230)
Upset IQ: 140/376 (37.23%)
OOL Index: 24/1131 (0.021)
OOL IQ: 4/24 (16.67%)
Seasons
1998 157-89 (63.82%, 14)
1999 170-90 (65.38%, 10)
2000 171-96 (64.04%, 16)
2001 164-91 (64.31%, 14)
2002 204-114 (64.15%, 15)
2003 201-90 (69.07%, 6)
Awards
Dale Helms Award (1998, 2003)
Renegade Award (1999, 2000, 2002)
SJS Black Ribbon (1998)
John Cooper Award (2001)
Most Improved Expert (2003)
Notes
Actually held a job in college football taping Florida Gator games for Sunshine Network... provided several "from the booth" commentaries and previews of Florida games... career leader in upset picks... contender for half of 1998 before precipitously dropping to near last place... Won the John Cooper Award in 2001 for competing for the Renegade Award, the Expert To Watch (for outstanding bowl performance), and the Limb Walker... Had a tough season but a very strong 17-8 finish in the bowls to lead the week... won 3 of 4 Renegade Awards 1999-2002... had a career year in 2003 and challenged the leaders; two last place weeks cost him
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