Region VI Predictions

• From: thewraith78
• Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 14:49:12 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T8M2R8.001DT9HGM.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

The contenders in Starkeville are
(alphabetically) Berry College, Florida State University,
University of Florida, University of Georgia. USF has shown
improvement down south, but isn't ready yet. Georgia State
has been competitive as recently has last year, but
seems to have dropped off the face of the earth this
year - I haven't seen them anywhere.
Berry College:
The 1999 Region VI winner, an already strong Berry
team has been boosted by the return of Chris and
Andrew. Judging by NAQT and ACF Regionals this year, they
are much better than Berry's very good team of a year
ago, perhaps even better than the team that won the
region two years ago.
FSU: This team will live or die
with Luke Tully. His improved performance has kept the
team in tournaments (67 ppg at NAQT IFT this year),
but he hasn't received much support from the rest of
his team. CBI isn't his strongest format, but the
team will make some noise in the playoffs.
UGA: Hit
hard by the graduation of one of their better CBI
players, UGA should be led by Victoria and Brian. Both are
strong players and I would not be surprised to see them
in the finals again this year.
UF: Region VI
winners last year, UF returns its top three players in
Kevin, Mark, and Dan - losing Jeff to eligibility
restrictions. He is replaced by John Allan, an enthusiastic
sophomore who has led our B teams the past two years and
saw limited duty as CBI alternate last year. If the
team can mesh before regionals, they could do very
well.
I guess we'll find out soon.
-Daniel
Nordby
Communications Director, UF College Bowl