Friday, May 17, 2013

We are the champions

After grumping so much about Jeopardy's endless tournaments and stunts, I'm blogging about the show's college champ. This may seem hypocritical, and in fact it is hypocritical. But what can I do? This is a blog for game show news. And the biggest news today is Georgetown's Jim Coury copping a hundred grand as Jeopardy's college tournament winner.

All grumpiness aside, congrats to Jim. It's tough enough to win one time on Jeopardy, much less a tournament against handpicked college smarty-pants. Jim's been dreaming of Jeopardy glory for a while. He tried to qualify for the show's kids tournament when he was ten years old. It's always nice to see a dream come true, as even this cynical blogger will admit.

An weird sidenote to this year's tournament is a page of "hotties" among the contestants. Jeopardy never exactly struck me as the show for eye candy. But somebody out there apparently disagrees.

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