Doug Mataconis wins Pick ’em Contest

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n676087616_647783_9463-1Doug Mataconis, a 41-year-old attorney in Bristow, Virginia, won the 5th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ’em Contest tonight by correctly picking the BCS champion, Alabama.

Mataconis, pictured at right in his Facebook and Twitter profile photo, is an alumnus of Rutgers and George Mason, a blogger at Below the Beltway and The Liberty Papers, and a prolific tweeter. He finishes the 2009-2010 bowl season with a prediction record of 22-12.

David K., who had been tied with Mataconis heading into the title game, incorrectly picked Texas, and consequently fell into a second-place tie with Esteban Coca, Jon Schuman, Charles Fenwick, Brandon Allen, and T. Delli Santi at 21-13.

Kevin Curran, Mike Marchand and Neil Waechter finished tied at 20-14, rounding out the Top 10. Another ten contestants finished tied at 19-15. Complete standings here.

P.S. By the way, my 2-year-old daughter, who had the early lead in the contest, finished 17-17, tied for 29th place out of 64. That’s still better than me (15-19) or Becky (14-20). Heh.

BCS live blog & live chat HERE!

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Official start time is 6:00 PM Mountain Time, but I’m “launching” early so people can start chatting, if they so choose. Liveblogging will begin in earnest at 6.

If you see a triangular “play” button, click it to get started. Then, to join the “chat,” you’ll need to click the icons next to where it says “Login to comment during this event” at the bottom of the liveblog window, and log in using your Facebook or Twitter account.

Oh, and if liveblogging / chatting about football isn’t your thing, come back on February 2 (or whenever Obama ends up giving his State of the Union address) for a Living Room Times SOTU liveblog/chat. Let me be clear: it’ll be fun.

David K. (Texas) vs. Mataconis (Bama)

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David K. (Texas) vs. Mataconis (Bama)

Pick ’em Contest co-leaders David K. and Doug Mataconis picked different teams in tonight’s BCS Title Game — David predicted a Texas win, Doug an Alabama win — so all of the contestants 1 point back are mathematically eliminated, and it’s a two-man race for the 5th annual contest championship, to be settled based on who wins tonight.