World Cup 14 Pool

Live Link at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zacko-on-demand

Updated list 6/9/14:

1. Zack
2. Barb
3. Darren
4. Michelle
5. Jeff B
6. Michael Ras
7. Lindsay K
8. Brian Latimer
9. Andrew Parker
10. Mark Narain
11. James Costello
12. Vinny
13. Tedman
14. Troy
15. Nancy
16. Stan
17. Alex
18. Sara
19. Matilda
20. Ruby
21. Craig
22. David S
23. Rap
24. Raffi
25. Siobhan
26. Tim C
27. Wessel
28. Ken
29. Matt Gillis
30. Scott Wilkerson
31. Campbell
32. Casey

32.Australia = Andrew Parker
31. South Korea = Raffi
30. Cameroon = Vinny
29. Japan = Matilda
28. Nigeria = Michael Rasmussen
27. Iran = Steve Wessel
26. Ghana = James Campbell
25. Honduras = Craig
24. Costa Rica = Sara
23. Ecuador = Mark Narain
22. Ivory Coast = Brian Latimer
21. Algeria = Tim Carroll
20. Bosnia and Herzegovina = Siobhan Carroll
19. Mexico = Costello
18. Russia = Lindsay
17. Croatia = Alex
16. France = Ruby
15. Holland = Troy
14. Chile = Jeff Burson
13. USA = Matt Gillis
12. Greece = Ken
11. Belgian = Scott Wilkerson
10. England = Nancy
9. Italy = LA Dave
8. Columbia = Zach
7. Uruguay = Rap
6. Switzerland = Tedman
5. Argentina = Darren
4. Portugal = Michelle
3. Brazil = Barbara
2. Germany = Casey
1. Spain = Stan

World Cup Rankings:
Spain - world ranking 1st
Germany - world ranking 2nd
Brazil - world ranking 3rd
Portugal - world ranking 4th
Argentina - world ranking 5th
Switzerland - world ranking 6th
Uruguay - world ranking 7th
Colombia - world ranking 8th
Italy - world ranking 9th
England - world ranking 10th
Belgium - world ranking 11th
Greece - world ranking 12th
USA - world ranking 13th
Chile - world ranking 14th
Holland - world ranking 15th
France - world ranking 17th
Croatia - world ranking 18th
Russia - world ranking 19th
Mexico - world ranking 20th
Bosnia and Herzegovina - world ranking 21st
Algeria - world ranking 22nd
Ivory Coast - world ranking 23rd
Ecuador - world ranking 26th
Costa Rica - world ranking 27th
Honduras - world ranking 31st
Ghana - world ranking 37th
Iran - world ranking 43rd
Nigeria - world ranking 44th
Japan - world ranking 46th
Cameroon - world ranking 56th
South Korea - world ranking 57th
Australia - world ranking 61st

EuroCup entrants

Pool A
1.Russia - Tedman, Ladave
2.Greece - Darren, Sean
3.Czech - Leslie, Liliana
4.Poland - Bridget, Melanie

Pool B
1.Germany - Andrew, Zacko
2.Netherlands - Scott, Michelle
3.Portugal - Barb, Rap
4.Denmark - Siobhan, Casey

Pool C
1.Spain - Campbell, Norm
2.Italy - Fred, Christian
3.Croatia - Adele, Wessel
4.Ireland - Craig, Dobbs

Pool D
1.England - Troy, Stan
2.France - Jay, Wesley
3.Sweden - Tim, Scerra
4.Ukraine - Brandon, Chloe

Please paypal me $11 to zr10sw@yahoo.com or $10 in person.

EuroCup pool 2012!

Euro 2012 is here! It's here every four years! I just learned that.

This pool is in the same format as the world cup pool. Everyone's name in a hat and will draw one team. This year's tourney is going to be tighter than the World Cup with half the teams and more parity.

Entry is $10(or $11 to my paypal:zr10sw@yahoo.com). Payout is $100 to first, $40 to second and $20 to third(the semi-final loser to the Euro winner).

The draw will be held live either on the Wednesday or Thursday night after Memorial Day(Kings game pending).

NCAA Pool Live!

The Tourney is up. My spreadsheet is also online, so whenever I update, you can check in. If anyone can help me

Live Spreadsheet Here

If you want to watch the video, I saved in on my channel(http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zacko-on-demand).
Below are the results of the draw, and even below that are the current standings. I will try to update it nightly, but I'm just one man. I'll probably share a google docs spreadsheet, but for now:
SOUTH
1 Kentucky : Ted - Nancy
2 Duke : Costello - Friedman
3 Baylor : Leslie - Sharif
4 Indiana : Lindsay - Rap
5 Wichita St. : Casey - Scerra
6 UNLV : Bridget - Sean
7 Notre Dame : Jeff - Norm
8 Iowa St. : Brian - Wessel
9 Connecticut : Chinfoo - Campbell
10 Xavier : Christian - Fred
11 Colorado : Tim - Zacko
12 VCU : Danny - Craig
13 NewMexicoSt. : Andrew - Barb
14 South Dakota St. : Troy - Melanie
15 Lehigh : LADave - Scott Miller
16 Miss Valley/W Kent : Darren - Scott Wilkerson

WEST
1 Michigan St. : Bridget - Tim
2 Missouri : Sharif - Zacko
3 Marquette : Costello - Sean
4 Louisville : LADave - Scott Wilkerson
5 New Mexico : Campbell - Christian
6 Murray St. : Fred - Nancy
7 Florida : Danny - Andrew
8 Memphis : Wessel - Craig
9 St. Louis : Troy - Ted
10 Virginia : Friedman - Scerra
11 Colorado St. : Barb - Casey
12 Long Beach St. : Jeff - Lindsay
13 Davidson : Brian - Norm
14 BYU/Iona : Rap - Darren
15 Norfolk St. : Melanie - Chinfoo
16 LIU Brooklyn : Scott Miller - Leslie

EAST
1 Syracuse : Jeff - Scerra
2 Ohio St. : Chinfoo - Fred
3 Florida St. : Christian - Friedman
4 Wisconsin : Sean - Zacko
5 Vanderbilt : Rap - Bridget
6 Cincinnati : Costello - Leslie
7 Gonzaga : Scott Miller - Campbell
8 Kansas St. : Casey - LADave
9 Southern Miss : Danny - Nancy
10 W Virginia : Wessel - Troy
11 Texas : Andrew - Ted
12 Harvard : Barb - Scott Wilkerson
13 Montana : Melanie - Darren
14 St. Bonaventure : Norm - Tim
15 Loyola-Maryland : Brian - Lindsay
16 UNC Asheville : Sharif - Craig

MIDWEST
1 North Carolina : LADave - Scott Miller
2 Kansas : Andrew - Rap
3 Georgetown : Ted - Norm
4 Michigan : Danny - Sean
5 Temple : Tim - Chinfoo
6 San Diego St. : Craig - Bridget
7 St. Mary's : Casey - Jeff
8 Creighton : Friedman - Scott Wilkerson
9 Alabama : Darren - Christian
10 Purdue : Lindsay - Barb
11 North Carolina St.: Costello - Leslie
12 California/S Florida : Brian - Wessel
13 Ohio : Sharif - Fred
14 Belmont : Campbell - Scerra
15 Detroit : Zacko - Melanie
16 Lamar/Vermont : Nancy - Troy

STANDINGS
(1) 46 Melanie Sartoris
(2) 36 Darren O'Loughlin
(3) 30 Troy Jones
(4) 28 Brian Beery
(5) 24 Barbara Yates
(6) 16 Craig Burnett
(7) 14 Lindsay Kurtis
(8) 12 Scott Wilkerson
(9) 10 Scott Miller
(10) 8 Steve Wessel
(11) 6 Norm Brown
(12) 4 Leslie Juarez
(13) 2 James Campbell
(14) 0 Sharif Rahman
(15) -2 Andrew Parker
(16) -4 Danny Patterson
(16) -4 Nancy Lelieur
(16) -4 Zachary Rynew
(19) -6 Fred Einesman
(19) -6 Tim Carroll
(19) -6 Mike Chinfoo
(19) -6 Casey Cristich
(23) -8 Steve Scerra
(24) -12 David Sartoris
(25) -14 Christian Reed
(25) -14 Jeff Berson
(27) -18 Rap
(28) -20 Ted Cheung
(29) -22 Scott Friedman
(30) -24 James Costello
(31) -32 Bridget Wilkerson
(32) -34 Sean Gjos

2012 NCAA pool is here.

For those that loved the World Cup pool, I'm bringing it back for the NCAA tourney with a few twists. The basics are: Everyone will get a random team in each region and winning is based on total point differential of your four teams. And there will be a LIVE WEBCAST of the draw on next Monday the 12th at 7:00. The more specific rules are below, but the cost is $10 per entry or $11 if you enter through paypal. Please paypal me at this address: zr10sw@yahoo.com Yes, this is a different format I've invented. The idea is that even if your four teams are out, you are still in the hunt because the point deferential from the teams ahead can dip as the tournament plays out. This may need some tweaking, but who doesn't love watching LIVE DRAWS? Here’s the rules: 1. A LIVE random draw will be conducted the evening of Monday, March 12 7:00pm. 2. Everyone will have their name drawn for a team in each region. There are four regions, so everyone will have four teams. 3. The pool of entrants will be in multiples of 16. No more, no less or this doesn’t work. If we have 32 people, then two people will be assigned to each team. For 48, then three to a team. For 64, you get the drift… 4. The top five will get payouts in a pool of 32($180 / $75 / $30 / $20 / $15). 5. The winner will be by the total win differential from your four teams. Four example, if your team X State beats Y College 73-65, you are +8. If you are Y College, you are at 0. 6. To handle the expansion of the tournament to 68 teams, the four play-in games will be assigned in lieu of a team. The person drawing the play-in game will receive the winner of the game for the remainder of the tournament as well as their winning point differential for the play-in. For example, last year two #16 teams UTSA and Alabama St. faced off in the play in game with UTSA winning 80-71. Whoever drew this matchup would get UTSA a +9 entering their first round matchup against #1 Ohio State. At least it softens the blow of getting a #16 seed. 7. Your team will also be handicapped by the two seeds playing in the game. For example, if you hold a #15 team that's playing a #2, then you will be rewarded 13 points to start. Conversely, the #2 will be deducted 13 points.

Zacko's 2nd Annual World Cup Draw

Here are the final results. We all know who we should be pulling for now:

1. Brazil - Tedmen Cheung
2. Spain - Barbara Yates
3. Portugal - Sharif Rahman
4. Netherlands - Troy Jones
5. Italy - Stan Stanev
6. Germany - James Costello
7. Argentina - Bridget Wilkerson
8. England - Rick Borchert
9. France - Gary Leach
10. Greece - Zachary Rynew


11. United States - Scott Seigrist
12. Serbia - John and Jay Wales
13. Uruguay - Steve Scerra
14. Mexico - Craig Burnetto
15. Chile - John Singer
16. Cameroon - James Campbell
17. Australia - Vincent Pun
18. Nigeria - Mike Chinfoo
19. Switzerland - Andrew Parker
20. Slovenia - Danny Patterson
21. Ivory Coast - Lyndsay Cameron
22. Algeria - Lindsey Kurtis
23. Paraguay - Mike Dobbs
24. Ghana - Tim Carroll
25. Slovakia - Dan Mack
26. Denmark - Darren O'Loughlin
27. Honduras - Nicole Debbini
28. Japan - Mark Narain
29. South Korea - Mike Rapisura
30. New Zealand - Brandon Singer
31. South Africa - David Sartoris
32. North Korea - Julia Mack

My dad's portfolio

If you go onto imdb.com, my dad doesn't have the largest page. It isn't because a lack of trying, but it's just that most of his work has gone as uncredited. Not too many people know that he created the radars in Top Gun or added special effects to the last episode of Cheers. And of course, with all the Simpsons gear around the house, you know how much of a big part he was with the show.

Anyways, last Saturday, we were flipping through the channels and my dad told me to hold it on one of our non-premium channels. "Repo Man" was starting and he wanted me to watch the opening. He started to tell me how they had little time and my dad had to put together a title sequence with no money. My dad, as resourceful as he was, went to the nearest AAA and grabbed a bunch of maps because he was a member. He worked through the night and by the next morning they had their opening.

The next morning we flipped open the LA Magazine in the sunday section and they had an article about the fifty greatest movie title sequences in the history of film. You can guess what was one of the films, but the man who got the credit was someone my dad never met.



Repo Man Title Sequence(The first 2:16)