Report on CUT 11, November 15, 2008

Our champion, who went 10-1 on the day, was Old Possum's Book of Practical Carls, consisting of Carleton's Austin Bell and Ted Kuhn. In the finals they defeated 'Tis Pity She's a Carl, consisting of Carleton's Michael Servis and Andreas Stoehr, 390-270. A "third place" game was also played between an Iowa team and another Carleton team, with the Iowans winning a close one, but as the Iowa team was playing with pre-approval as an ineligible team (being a four-person squad with two members who were limited to being on a two-person team under our regular criteria), third place technically went to Ode on the Death of a Favorite Carl, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, consisting of Emily Barter, Frank Firke, Scott Fox, and Anna Swanson.

Ladder-style playoffs were preceded by round robins in two divisions, with these results:

KABUKI DIVISION:
1. 'Tis Pity She's a Carl, 9-0
2. To His Coy Wisconsin Mistress, 8-1
3. The Country of the Pointed Carls, 7-2
4. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ole, 5-4
5. Ten Days That Shook Iowa State, 4-5
6. Six Characters in Search of Grinnell, 4-5
7. To Lucasta, on Going to Wisconsin, 3-6
8. Drake2D2, 3-6
9. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Wisconsin, 1-8
10. I Know Why the Caged Ole Sings, 1-8

BUNRAKU DIVISION:
1. Old Possum's Book of Practical Carls, 8-1
2. Goedel, Escher, Iowa: An Eternal Golden Braid, 8-1
3. Ode on the Death of a Favorite Carl, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, 7-2
4. A Streetcar Named Grinnell, 6-3
5. Let Us Now Praise Famous Oles, 6-3
6. To Althea, from Wisconsin, 4-5
7. The Importance of Being Grinnell, 3-6
8. Parallel Lives of Greeks and Oles, 2-7
9. The Economic Consequences of St. Thomas, 1-8
10. Drake3PO, 0-9

Playoffs consisted of two "ladder" rounds beginning with games against opposite numbers from the other division, followed by a third place game and a championship game. The final standings were as follows:

1. Old Possum's Book of Practical Carls (Austin Bell, Ted Kuhn)
2. 'Tis Pity She's a Carl (Michael Servis, Andreas Stoehr)
-. Goedel, Escher, Iowa: An Eternal Golden Braid (Dan Hogan, Peter Montag, Ellen Rozek, Taryn Giese)
3. Ode on the Death of a Favorite Carl, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes (Emily Barter, Frank Firke, Scott Fox, Anna Swanson)
4. To His Coy Wisconsin Mistress (Paul Baker, Devin West)
5. The Country of the Pointed Carls (Tom Sullivan)
6. A Streetcar Named Grinnell (Tyrone Greenfield, Benjy Greenberg)
7. Let Us Now Praise Famous Oles (Danny Able, Nik Giaquinto)
8. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ole (Stefan Poikonen, Joe Jarrell)
9. To Althea, from Wisconsin (Alex Gawenda, Prateek Jain)
10. Ten Days That Shook Iowa State (Eric Harrington, Logan McDonald, Michael Bruner)
11. The Importance of Being Grinnell (David Damtoft)
12. Six Characters in Search of Grinnell (Ben Brewer, Ravi Chande)
13. Parallel Lives of Greeks and Oles (Michael Kraemer, Erik Belsaas)
14. To Lucasta, on Going to Wisconsin (Andy Dibble, Robin Karlin)
15. (tie) Drake2D2 (Derek Olson, Levi Farrell)
15. (tie) The Economic Consequences of St. Thomas (Jack Westman, James Heaney, Brett Brakefield, Katelyn Childs, Jessica McDonald)
17. I Know Why the Caged Ole Sings (Daniel White, Stu Olsen)
18. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Wisconsin (Edward Cheng, Jon Hull)
19. Drake3PO (Anna Dieterman, Brooke Saline, Tiesha Boeker)

My special thanks to all who helped as moderators: Peter Berry, Courtney Colby, R. Robert Hentzel, Meredith Johnson, Stephen Neil, Mike Olson, Garrett Ryan, Ted Salk, Wasif from St. Olaf, and Nathan White.