The winners: Marty and Kristin.
I coulda been a contender. Damn you, Scorcese! :) But congrats to Kristin, a Notre Dame 2L and Gonzaga alum, who won the 3rd annual BrendanLoy.com Oscar Pool thanks to The Departed’s Best Picture victory. Here are the Top 10:
1. Kristin West 70
2(t). Colin S. 65
2(t). Jeff Vaca 65
4(t). Chris Aemisegger 62
4(t). Marty West 62
6(t). kcatnd 60
6(t). V 60
8. NDLS2006 58
9(t). Angela Holder 57
9(t). Brendan Loy 57
Kristin’s 70 points (out of a possible 80) is just shy of Chris McLemore’s winning total of 72 last year, and well ahead of Jackie Domaingue’s 56 points two years ago.
Kristin got 16 of the 24 awards right, erring only on Editing, Animated Feature Film, Foreign Language Film, Documentary Short, Live Action Short and Animated Short (worth 1 point each) and Original Score and Song (worth 2 points each). She got all the “major” awards right, and half of the “minor” awards.
As noted below, I would have won the pool if Babel (or The Queen) had won Best Picture. Interestingly enough, Vicki from NJ would have been in my position if, much earlier in the night, Eddie Murphy had won Best Supporting Actor. If that had happened, it would have been the third straight year Vicki lost the Oscar Pool at the wire thanks to a plausible but incorrect Best Picture pick (like me, she picked Babel). But Alan Arkin’s upset win over Eddie Murphy mathemetically eliminated Vicki early in the evening, which is perhaps merciful. :) She finished 15th.
Also worth noting: Chris Aemisegger, a fellow Notre Dame 3L and my ex-roommate, finished in the Top 4 for the third consecutive year. He was second last year and third two years ago. This year he tied for fourth.
Full standings after the jump.
P.S. This is the second consecutive year the Oscar Pool has been won by a redhead! ;)
UPDATE: I’ve added this to the BrendanLoy.com contests Bloypedia page.
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February 26th, 2007 at 12:22:01 am
Vicki, it’s just as well you got Best Supporting Actor wrong. Otherwise, you would have been in the exact position I was, needing Babel to win, and you would have AGAIN been defeated on the very latest award, for the third straight year!
February 26th, 2007 at 12:23:44 am
I just couldn’t see Babel winning after Crash won last year.
February 26th, 2007 at 12:24:17 am
Maybe I should give a long acceptance speech thanking everyone under the sun….screw it, I’m going to bed. :)
February 26th, 2007 at 12:24:45 am
D’oh! I made a charge there at the end after a slow start.
Also, Eddie Murphy was robbed…what’s up with that?
- Colin S.
February 26th, 2007 at 12:24:52 am
I agree with kcatnd. Babel was too similar to Crash to actually win.
February 26th, 2007 at 12:27:34 am
CT, one word, Norbit ;-)
February 26th, 2007 at 12:30:09 am
Toooooo long.
February 26th, 2007 at 12:33:41 am
This was the all-timer in dreariness. By the end, DeGeneres was trying as desperately for laughs as a pre-Deano Jerry Lewis working the early show at Moe’s I-95 Supper Club. Wait–someone in the band smokes dope? Bob Hope wouldn’t have attempted that 35 years ago.
A movie I actually liked a lot won. One of the best six directors of the past hundred years FINALLY won. And yet the thing staggered toward the finish line and fell over face-first.
I saw Clint Eastwood yawning. He wasn’t alone.
February 26th, 2007 at 1:03:42 am
That Chris Aemisegger sure is S-M-R-T.
February 26th, 2007 at 1:07:43 am
Brendan, I have to tell you, I’m not that upset. Mostly because this year, I came in 2nd place in another pool (with a DVD as a prize no less), so I don’t feel like a complete failure anymore. Besides, there really is always next year… I just know that I will NEVER win one of your pools :)
And you’re right about Eddie Murphy losing, it was better to know that I was out of contention then to go down to the wire again…
February 26th, 2007 at 1:10:40 am
oh and I’m not upset because I actually LOVE The Departed, so how mad can I get? I thought Babel was dreadful and mean-spirited, so overall this was a good year for me (although I do feel a little bad for Eddie Murphy AND Pan’s Labyrinth - which should have won Best Foreign Film)
February 26th, 2007 at 2:22:06 am
My tailspin wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was! After my early Alan Arkin-supported surge to the top, I think I missed about 6 or 7 in a row before getting all of the big ones. Curse you muddled mix of nominees for best documentary/costume/makeup/whatever!
Brendan, the idea of putting a living person in the “death montage” made me laugh at loud.
February 26th, 2007 at 2:31:30 am
Can you give me Chris Aemisegger’s contact information? Any man with that kind of talent for picking Oscar winners must be gay.
February 26th, 2007 at 2:57:15 am
Ha ha ha. A gay ND student, now that is an oxy-moron.
February 26th, 2007 at 7:29:47 am
One night before Mass in Zahm they passed out little rainbow flag pins.
February 26th, 2007 at 8:27:09 am
Chris was in the top five for the last three years? Hel-lo??? That’s like saying Secretariat’s jockey was a triple crown winner. We did all the work, Chris was just along for the ride.
February 26th, 2007 at 9:11:49 am
I agree. Me whipping the horse :: Chris pounding away on his poor Dell.
-RT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Turcotte
February 26th, 2007 at 1:04:39 pm
Brendan, weren’t there any other more flattering photos of me? :)
February 26th, 2007 at 1:37:02 pm
I thought that was a cute picture…Congrats! :)
February 26th, 2007 at 2:00:54 pm
I agree with Vicki, I think you look nice in that picture. Admittedly, the white balance leaves something to be desired, but that’s a reflection on the photographer, not the subject. :)
February 26th, 2007 at 4:31:04 pm
yeah, Brendan is a TERRIBLE photographer… getting the white balance all screwed up… jeez, what an amature! ;)