World Cup Final

What a surprise, and what an exercise. Who would have guessed when we all sat around the table in Huntsville that science would prevail! At the end of the World Cup, I guess section A, Geoffrey pulled out all the stops and picked the right teams to win, with the right scores. He scored 96 points, edging dada by one point. Next came Brian Tyson and Alicia and Brian tied at 83 and I had a notion that the leaders were in trouble. Poor sweetheart Rosana was last with 71. We had all decided that we would give points for picking the teams that advanced from that first meeting, to aswage the defeats in choosing winners as the tournament progressed. So, I gave 2 points for picking a team to the Round of 16, 4 points for the quarterfinals, 6 points for the semi-finals, 8 points for the third place match, and 10 points for the finals. Who would have thunk that Brian Tyson and Alicia and Brian would end up with having picked the most advancing teams (certainly not I)...we they tied with 153 points each...but the Grand Winner is .... Alicia and Brian Green due to the fact that they are the only ones who picked Italy to win it all! Congrats (lucky duo). The rest of the field went this way: dada 149; Geoffrey 138; Rosana 107. It was a lot of fun...just wait until, ah, 2010!