Again, Charlie and co. hosted a great tournament. UTC tournaments are always the most fun tournaments to go to. Bad luck abounded for our Athens State team, but we still had a very enjoyable tournament. One thing that was questionable: Div. II was split into two pools due to the fact that there were 20 teams. However, all the teams that wrote packets were put into one pool and all those that did not write packets were in the other pool. I know that this was to help in scheduling, but it made for HIGHLY uneven pool play. Generally speaking, the teams that write packets are the better, more experienced teams. Therefore, the pools were a bit lopsided. This is evident by the fact that only one of the "Samuel Bracket" teams made it past the "Thomas a' Bracket" teams in the first round of the play-offs. As for questions, the packets ranged from the Seth Kendall packet (a bit on the touch side) to the Stephen Webb packet (not so hard). A little bit more consistency on the difficulty level would have been nice, but that is the nature of packet submission. The packets overall were good, with great editing. The only atrocious packet that stands out was the one by Furman, which no amount of editing could save. I believe there were at least three mentions of "EMO bands" in this one packet. Anyway, all sour grapes aside, it was another success for UTC. I can't wait for the next UTC tournament (ACF Regionals, I think). Charlie rules supreme as tournament director. Congrats to Florida for winning Div. I and to Ga. Tech for winning Div. II. Looking forward to ACF Fall in a couple of weeks... -Lee Henry Athens State University
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