Who's who in the Football Pool
Just so that you can assocaite something with a name, here are the
people in the pool. If you want me to include a web page for you,
or modify your entry, let me know. Those listed as students may
well have graduated.
- bobharris: Bob Harris -- nitlion@mindspring.com. A
former grad student here at UTK. Bob lives in
Atlanta, and as you can tell by the email address,
Bob is a Penn State fanatic.
- brian: Brian Dablow -- Brian_Dablow@tcsmgmt.com. A
former grad student here at UTK. I'm not sure where
Brian lives.
- bvz:
Brad Vander Zanden -- bvz@cs.utk.edu.
A professor here at UTK.
Brad has an illustrious pool history, having won the
1995 TSSAA playoff pool, the 1996 PGA Championship pool,
the 1997 British Open pool, and the 2000 NCAA/NFL pool.
Brad was also a vital
member of our championship
IM basketball team.
- bstallion: Justin Hunte -- bstallion22@yahoo.com.
I believe Justin is a student at Wofford, who was
introduced to the pool through Watts.
- ckrintz: Chandra Krintzckrintz@cs.ucsd.edu. Our
good friend Chandra -- currently finishing her PhD
at UCSD.
- consensus: These are the consensus picks.
- Dan: Dan Gilbert -- dpgilbert@bkb.com. He's a friend
of Matt's. Dan lives in Boston.
- darnold:
Dorian Arnold -- darnold@cs.utk.edu.
Dorian is an ex-grad student of
mine, and now works as a programmer in Dongarra-land.
- Dave: Dave Plank -- dplank@delanet.com. My Father.
Dad tied for winner in the 1996 Masters pool.
Dad lives in Wilmington, De.
- derek: Derek Martin -- dmartin@ea.oac.uci.edu. A
former grad student in sociology here at UTK. More
importantly, Derek was an important cog on our championship
IM basketball team.
- edmonson:
Brad Edmonson -- edmonson@cs.utk.edu. An
undergraduate here at UTK.
- ellis:
Brett Ellis -- ellis@cs.utk.edu. UTK
graduate student and core Dongarra-land systems man.
- fbond: Leon Bond -- FBondutk@aol.com. Our good friend
Leon. Living in Maryland, and finishing his masters
here at UTK in the exciting field of
sports management.
Leon was MVP of our IM basketball championship game.
- hecht:
Matt Hecht -- hecht@snmp.com. Ex-UTK
graduate student, working at SNMP research.
- hudgens: Watts Hudgens -- hudgens@cs.utk.edu. Watts
was a grad student here at UTK.
Watts teaches at Wofford, these days.
Watts is a Notre Dame graduate and thus makes horrible
football picks.
- jrmike: Kevin's cousin. I'm afraid I don't know much more
about jrmike than that.
- jturner:
Jeromy Turner -- jturner@cs.utk.edu. An
undergraduate here at UTK.
- kallen: Karl Allen --
kallen@cs.utk.edu.
Karl was a grad student here at UTK who now works
at SNMP research.
- kconway: Kelly Conway -- kconway@cardinalsolutions.com.
A friend of Mike Puening's. Kelly lives in Cincinnati.
- Kevin: Kevin Wilsongrypho@earthlink.net. Kevin is
a businessman / geology student / bridge expert.
Kevin won the 1999 NCAA/NFL football pool.
- larose: Brian Larose --
larose@cs.utk.edu.
Ex-UT student and basketball player (not to mention
labstaff member par excellence). Looks like Brian
works for HP now.
- leroy:
Adam Buchsbaum -- alb@research.att.com.
Adam is a friend from grad school
who takes responsibility for ``leroy,''
the random entry in all pools.
Adam lives in Cranford, NJ.
- matt: Matt Crozier -- mcrozier@rms1.com. Matt is a
friend from college. Matt lives in Boston.
- mcgreger: James McGreger mcgreger@cs.utk.edu. A
grad student here at UTK.
- MikeW: Mike WatersMikeWaters@mikesmail.com.
Mike works for Rocky Top News, and is another bridge expert.
- mmiller: Michael Miller mmiller@cs.utk.edu. A
student here at UTK.
- nr:
Norman Ramsey -- nr@eecs.harvard.edu.
Norman is a friend from grad school who is now a
professor at Harvard.
- olesen:
Soeren Olesen
-- olesen@mathcs.emory.edu. Soeren received his
PhD from UTK and is now a postdoc at Emory in Atlanta. Soeren
won the 1997 BGA golf pool.
- Peg: Peg Plank -- dplank@delanet.com. My Mother.
Mom has been a demon in these pools, having won
the 1996 Football pool, then 1997 PGA Championship pool,
the 1997 US Open pool, and the overall 1997 golf pool.
Mom lives in Wilmington, De.
- plank: me --
plank@cs.utk.edu.
- puening: Michael Puening
-- mpuening@cardinalsolutions.com. Mike received his
Masters thesis here at UTK (under the supervision of the esteemed
Dr. Plank) and now works in Cincinnati. Mike won
the 1996 US Open golf pool and the 1997 Masters pool.
- qbrowne:
Quentin Browne --
qbrowne@cs.utk.edu. A graduate student here at UTK.
Quentin stomped the field in the 1995 NCAA/NFL football pool
with a 76.3 average.
- rikki: Rikki Hall -- rikki@gar.net. Rikki works
for gar.net (a Martin Swany production), plays some
bridge, and has gotten quite a few people into the pool.
- Rusty: Rusty Sullivan -- RSullivan@linkage-inc.com.
A friend from college, and relevantly, former sports
editor of the Yale Daily News, who was
singlehandedly responsible for me winning ``Budweiser
Athlete of the Week,'' an award for which I am still
very proud.. Rusty lives in Boston.
- Shark: J. D. Sharkey -- jdsharkey@bkb.com. He's a
friend of Matt's. Shark lives in Boston.
- slade:
Slade Foster -- slade@vertex.com. Slade used to be
my student and TA, but went to Austin TX to make more money.
Slade tied as winner of the 1996 Masters pool.
- SteveB: Steve Bilafer -- SBilafer@aol.com. He's
a friend of Matt's. Steve won the 1997 US Open golf
pool. Steve lives in Boston.
- theerath:
Bobby Theerathorn --
theerath@cs.utk.edu. Bob T is an undergraduate here
at UTK. Bob won the 1997 NCAA/NBA basketball pool, murdered
the field in the 1996 TSSAA playoff pool and then turned in a
repeat performance in the 1997 TSSAA pool.
- turner:
Mark Turner --
turner@cs.utk.edu. A former graduate student at UTK.
- vaughn:
Michael Vaughn -- vaughn@cs.utk.edu. A graduate student
here at UTK.
- ward:
Bob Ward --
ward@cs.utk.edu. Bob is the department head of
our computer science department. Bob won the
1995 TSSAA pool and tied for winner in the 1996 Masters pool.
- apannu: Amndeep Pannu apannu@acs.ryerson.ca: from Toronto Ontario studying at
Ryerson Polytechnic University.