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Congratulations to Adam Sickmiller, this year's winner! Congratulations are also in order for Mark Hadley. He put in this year's worst bracket (and maybe the worst of all time).

As many of you are probably aware, I have a large stack of checks that I have yet to go through. I need to get all of that entered in to get the final payout calculated. So for those of you who are in the money, your final payout may be less than what it currently shows. This is because some people don't pay their entry fees. If you haven't paid yet, please send your money!

Also, please be sure to check over the scores of the games and your bracket. I had a lot of problems with the live scoring this year for some reason. I think I've got it all cleared up now, but please double check me!

With the proposed changes to the tournament that they are talking about, I'm not sure how brackets will be run. If they do end up changing the tournament, that will probably be the end of this pool. So in case this is our last year, I just want to say thanks to everyone for playing and especially to those of you who donated to help Brady, Alicia, and Kim and her family. Once I get all the payments processed, I'll post another update about the total that we raised for them.

The first game of the tournament to finish is an upset. Gotta love that. (Unless you picked ND.)

This year we've got 231 entries from 85 different people. Thanks everyone for playing again this year and inviting your friends. Please take the time to shoot me an email if you haven't already just to let me know that you're planning on paying.

Also, thanks to those of you who have already pledged your support to help Brady and Alicia and Kim in Guyana.

I want to thank Dave Silver, Danielle Silver, Myra Gebhart, and Alex Dunlap for sending in their payments already. You guys rock.

As for the rest of you: you have little time remaining! Get those checks in the mail! Kara has volunteered to be my enforcer this year. She's very pregnant and can get very unpleasant. My best advice to you is not to risk it.

Hi everyone. I wanted to take a moment to bring something to your attention that's really important to one of my oldest friends and one of our long time participants, Brady Swenson.

Those of you who know Brady already know this, I'm sure, but for those of you who don't, here's the short version:

Brady and Alicia devoted several years to service in the Peace Corps and were sent to Guyana where they lived in a small village. They did a lot of good work in the community and made a lot friends while they were there. Now, one of the families that they grew really close to is faced with losing their home. Brady and Alicia are trying to raise the money necessary to help out a single mother with two children. You can read the full details at http://twohandsworldshop.com/kimshouse.html and I encourage you to do so.

If anyone wants to help their cause by making a donation, that would be wonderful. And to make it easy for you to give, if you want to include your donation with your payment for the pool, I'll be glad to pass it on to Brady. That way you only have to send one payment and it's something you were already planning on doing. Any little bit helps, even if it's only $1! And whether or not you can help with money, you can always help by spreading the word.

Thanks!

Who knew? Not me!

I apologize if there are any problems this year. I decided to do the site again this year after the selection show came on. So I haven't had much time to get things up and running. If you spot any problems, let me know.

I'll post more later.