The TRASH Times and Other Stuff

Friday, December 30, 2005:

With a report on the TRASH Mid-South Regional, here's Charlie Steinhice...

Congratulations again to My Chemical Romanson Williams, winners of
TRASH Regionals Midsouth on Sat. 11/12/05. Results follow below, but
first some gratitude. Thanks to our house readers, only one of whom
did not have the first name James: James Dinan, James Quintong, James
Washick, (James) Keith Hudson, and Seth Kendall. Thanks to Shannon
Edmondson, UTC's self-proclaimed Stats Bitch, for handling stats for
most of the day, and to Stats Demigod Emeritus Wally Edmondson for
helping me out after Shannon had to leave. Thanks to John Kilby for
taking charge of room and buzzer setup. And of course thanks to
TRASH for providing so many tasty trash questions for our buzzing
pleasure.

Now, those promised results...

Teams played a full round robin, after which they were divided into
an upper division of 4 teams and a lower division of 5 teams. They
then played three rounds of modified Swiss pairings. Final standings
were:

Team Name (affiliation) Win - Loss Points Opp Pts Diff/GM
UPPER DIVISION:
My Chemical Romanson Williams (mixed) 11 - 0 4340 1475 260.45
George's Political Cronies (Ga. Perimeter) 8 - 3 2460 2220 21.82
The Ron Burgundy Jazz Flute Experience (Berry alums)
7 - 4 2695 2110 53.18
Get Wet or Dry Tryin' (UTC etc.) 5 - 6 2365 2265 9.09
LOWER DIVISION:
2 Live Crew: thanks for everything, Luther Campbell (UGA alums?)
7 - 4 2695 1880 74.09
Four Non Blond Bonds (UGA) 6 - 5 2295 1810 44.09
Three Honks and a Negro (Shorter) 2 - 8 1115 2265 -115.00
Macho Man Fred Savage Garden State (Rhodes) 2 - 8 1110 2440 -133.00
Game Piece Council (Ga. Perimeter) 0 - 10 490 3100 -261.00

For their achievements, members of the top four teams got their
choice of albums -- four by Barbra Streisand, four by Donna Summer,
four by Christopher Cross, and four by Loggins and Messina... well,
actually, two by Kenny Loggins, one by Jimmy Messina, and one by
*Dave* Loggins.

I'll post some stuff on bragging rights, speed buzzes, and gloriously
wrong answers once we can break radio silence on question content,
but I can offer a few other points of recognition.

The John Drennen Wiley Rollins Award for Outstanding Achievement in
Buzzer Aggression went to John Drennen Wiley Rollins, who withstood
fierce competition to rack up 20 negs. Dren was awarded the Hall and
Oates album "Big Bam Boom," which aptly enough features "Out of
Touch, Out of Time."

Competition was also fierce for Title IX All-Star, with Catherine
Bloom and Christine Adams swapping the lead all day long. In the
end, we decided to award Helen Reddy albums to both, though Catherine
got "I Am Woman."

Owing to your genial quizmaster's inability to count at the end of a
long day, All-Star recognition was given to the top eleven individual
scorers. They chose Chinese auction-style from albums by the likes
of Wang Chung, Engelbert Humperdinck, Night Ranger, and Neil Diamond
(specifically "The Jazz Singer.") Full individual results were:

Player (nom de buzzer) Team 10 -5 Points Rounds PPG
Anthony Bush (Third Blossom) George's... 82 9 775 11 70.45
Dren Rollins (Ron Burgundy) Ron Burgundy... 73 20 630 11 57.27
Mark Franklin (Coked-Up Werewolf) 2 Live Crew… 56 4 540 11 49.09
Michael Kearney (Chachi) My Chemical... 50 10 450 11 40.91
Joseph Dion (Potsie) My Chemical... 49 8 450 11 40.91
Chuck Pearson (Pete Marino) 3 Honks… 42 12 360 10 36.00
John Kilby Get Wet… 36 10 310 11 28.18
Robin Richards (Sean Connery) 4 Non Blond... 35 15 275 11 25.00
Stacey Helton Get Wet… 27 6 240 11 21.82
Arlo Lyle (George Lazenby) 4 Non Blond... 26 4 240 11 21.82
Al Przygocki My Chemical... 25 6 220 11 20.00
Catherine Bloom (Lefty) Macho… 15 1 145 8 18.13
Christine Adams (Joey Bishop) Game… 24 13 175 10 17.50
Bronson Messer Get Wet… 25 12 190 11 17.27
Chris Hendry (Dren) My Chemical... 21 4 190 11 17.27
Andrew Swallom (Brick Tamland) Ron B... 21 9 165 11 15.00
Shley Mitchem (Mail Order Bride) Macho… 12 0 120 9 13.33
Mike Staley (Freddie Mercury's Mustache) 2 Live… 22 16 140 11 12.73
Jad Johnson (Peter Griffin's Side Boob) 2 Live… 14 1 135 11 12.27
Andrew Willey (Frylock) Macho… 10 1 95 8 11.88
Alex Rice (Roger Moore) 4 Non Blond... 20 16 120 11 10.91
Matt Hicks 2 Live Crew… 12 1 115 11 10.45
Matt Smith (Timothy Dalton) 4 Non... 12 3 105 11 9.55
Jay Jordon (Master Shake) Macho… 8 1 75 8 9.38
Scott Sherman (Tits McGee) Ron Burgundy... 10 0 100 11 9.09
Grady Hobdy (Allbaugh) George's... 8 2 70 11 6.36
Clint Higginbotham (Mitch Hedberg) 3 Honks… 8 7 45 10 4.50
Benny Watts (Andrew Dice Clay) Game… 5 1 45 10 4.50
Adam Teer (Carl) Macho… 3 0 30 7 4.29
Hal McClesky (Tito Maas) 3 Honks… 5 2 40 10 4.00
Dalice Sheffield (Work Wife) George's... 2 0 20 11 1.82
Scott Erb (Wedge Antilles) Game… 3 3 15 10 1.50
Harley White (Sex Panther) Ron B... 1 0 10 11 0.91
Wally Edmondson Get Wet… 2 2 10 11 0.91
Gladimy St. Louis (Nelson Mandela) 3 Honks… 2 5 -5 10 -0.50

James // 2:38 PM
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