[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'May 8 2005, 02:49 PM\']Since the final round of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions is set to air later this month, although we don't know yet who will be in the finals, who would you like to see win? Or, maybe a better question is - who do you think will win?
Do you want to see Ken Jennings rack up another $2 million to become the richest game show contestant ever? Or, would you prefer to see one of the challengers take the top prize?
For me, I wouldn't mind seeing Ken win again - after all he did win 74 straight games. I guess it depends on who's in the finals with him. If he doesn't win, someone who only won a fraction of the number of games will just about pull even with him in the money department -- but that's what tournaments are for - the best against the best, and sometimes it doesn't turn out the way you think it will.
Any thoughts?
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I'd like to see Dan Melia win. He's proven that age is only a number and put on a KJ-like performance in the just-completed second round.
You'll recall in Dan's original appearances, he was old enough to compete in the seniors tourney and won more than $50K after five regular season wins -- en route to the 1998 ToC win.
[quote name=\'wschmrdr\' date=\'May 8 2005, 06:11 PM\']In any case, I think Dan Melia has the best shot of the Elite 18 to beat Ken Jennings. If not him, I'm gonna take Spangenberg.
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I think Spangenberg & Meila will make it to the finals (unless they play each other in the next round). I've had my money [figuratively] on Dan Melia to beat Jennings for a while now, though.