Andy -- I do agree with your point, but the questions were not that bad, altogether. I think there were quite a few buzzer races at the middle and and the questions (most of which our B team seemed to lose, due to inexperience). However, I think the things that really set some of these teams apart are (a) Experience, both in college and in high school (with the latter more important, in my mind) and (b) dedication and amount of questions heard. DePauw's B team consisted of three freshmen and one sophomore, with a combined 3 tourneys of experience in their collective repertoire. Also, three of these people came from Indiana, Hawaii and Bangalore, India -- all places without ANY college-style QB competitions to speak of. In other words, they were completely green to the world of QB as we all have done it for some time. I think geography does have something to do with how good a team can be and with the talent they can potentially recruit, and if that is the case, almost any team from Michigan will have an advantage over almost any team from Indiana, as Michigan's high schol circuit is better than Indiana's by innumerable leaps and bounds. Thus, the people we get at DePauw are often the ones who have not played, meaning we have to indoctrinate them. If we field that same B team at the end of the year, they'll average more than 100 ppg on those same questions. For right now, they're all stil riding the learning curve. Stan J.
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