Post Oscarem

Anyone who watched the Oscars Sunday knows, and heard repeatedly during the broadcast, how wildly unpredictable this year's awards were, full of more than a little surprising upsets. The evidence of that can be seen on the winning ballot in this year's pool. Usually, in our group, the loser is lucky to walk away from the evening having guessed only 12 correct; this year, 12 correct was enough to win the night. Unfortunately for me, those 12 were picked by my father and when the ballots were filed away, they went into storage without the requisite dollar bills still attached.

The tallies ran thus, consecutive in the reverse:

Dad, with 12 correct, won the pot.
I followed, with 11 correct
Chris had 10
Kenny, 9
Becca, 8
Mom, 7
Orrick, 6
Jake, choosing to vote against the favorites (which could have worked with different picks!), 5

Thanks, everyone, for playing. Here's hoping for better luck next year. In the meantime, keep those ballot-picking darts at the ready -- March Madness is just around the corner!