The Seventh Annual Montgomery Burns Tournament for Outstanding Achievement in the Area of Popular Culture was held on the Central Campus of the University of Michigan on 6 August 2005. Twelve players decided to test their trash mettle: Standings (Player Record Points): Craig Barker 11-0 3227 Greg Sorenson 9-2 3047* Rob Flaxman 9-2 2693 Mike Burger 8-3 1811 Brian Hight 7-4 2079 Phil Castagna 6-5 1732 Jeremy White 5-6 1703 Stan Jastrzebski 4-7 1597 Jason Keller 3-8 1235 Matt Ottinger 2-9 1353 Rob Long 1-10 861* Alma Molino 1-10 871 *Won respective tiebreaker games Craig won his third title in a row, where he won Paint It Blue: A Bluegrass Tribute to The Rolling Stones. I would like to thank David Rappaport, Adam Kemezis, Kevin Olmstead, Anne Mitchell, Steve Traicoff, Dave Thorsley, Emily Moore, Colby Burnett, Allison Manzuk and Dave Wallace for giving up a fine Saturday to help us out. For those of you in the planning mood, the next tournament will be 5 August 2006. Packet Metrics (PacketWriter PointsOffAverage Upsets): Craig 73.90 0 Mike 60.58 0 Robert F. 40.88 0 Brian 18.22 1 Matt 16.50 1 Rob L. 5.93 1 Jeremy 3.06 0 UTC1 -1.67 1 Jason -10.74 0 Alma -23.94 1 Stan -48.65 0 Greg -52.42 0 Phil -81.33 0 PointsOffAverage = Sum of the difference between the points the player scored on this packet vs. their average for the tournament. Upsets = Number of matches where a player in the lower slot in the final standings won the game. All rounds had five games except the UTC1 round, which had six games. --Mike
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