ESPN's 2-Minute Drill (SEMIFINAL 2)
Chris Wolvie
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Panelists
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Alice Cooper - Rock 'N' Roll Hall-of-Famer
Clyde Drexler - Former NBA Houston Rockets Great
Orel Hershiser - Former MLB Pitching Great; ESPN Baseball Analyst
Eddie George - NFL Tenessee Titans' Running Back
[Seed] Contestants - Job, Location (Cash)
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[1] Herm Sorcher - Assistant GM for Minor League Baseball Team,
Freehold NJ ($45K)
[4] Willy Gibson - Defending "2-Minute Drill" Champion, Columbus OH
($30K)
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Round 1
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Herm - 9 right answers + 0 category sweeps = 9 points
Cooper - School's Out (High school-age athletes)
Drexler - Rockets Red Glare (NBA Houston Rockets)
Hershiser - Around the Mendoza Line (Poor batters [Mendoza line is
.201])
George - The U.S. Super Bowl Of Football
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Willy - 14 right answers + 2 category sweeps (*) = 14 points
Cooper - Rock & Jock (Athletes being entertainers and vice versa) *
Drexler - The 50 Greatest (players in NBA history)
Hershiser - Two League Stars (Those who played in both AL and NL)
George - SEC Running Backs *
Round 2
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Herm - 11 right, 8 wrong/passed
Willy - 16 right, 3 wrong/passed
Willy 30 - 20 Herm
(Won with 1:20 left)
Cash: $30,000
Question of Great Significance (Eddie George)
[sheer coincidence that Eddie's a panelist in this game]
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Question: During his collegiate career at Ohio State gained many, many
yards. Sometimes he got his yards in small chunks, sometimes he got a
whole bunch at once. Your job today is to tell me the story of the
two longest runs he had for Ohio State. Tell me (for each run):
(a) The opposing team,
(b) The year Eddie was in school at the time of the run
(freshman, sophomore, junior or senior) and
(c) How long was the run.
Given answer: (without hesitation) [1] As a junior (b) against
Michigan State (a), 76 yards (c)...[2] As a senior (b) against Arizona
(a), 87 yards (c).
Correct answer: [1] (a) Michigan State, (b) Junior & (c) 76
[2] (a) MINNESOTA, (b) Senior & (c) 87
Cash: $60,000 total [$175K grand total]
Quarter-finals: Semi-finals: FINALS:
[Seed] Name (money) [Seed] Name (money) [Seed] Name (money)
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[1] Herm Sorcher-----\
($30K) +-[1] Herm Sorcher-----\
[8] Donald Dold------/ ($45K) [23-21] |
($30K) +-[4] Willy Gibson
[4] Willy Gibson-----\ | ($60K) [30-20]
($15K) +-[4] Willy Gibson-----/
[5] Charlie Avallone-/ ($30K) [28-26]
($30K)
[2] Dave Grudberg----\
($15K) +-[2] Dave Grudberg----\
[7] Jake Luxemburg---/ ($30K) [26-24] |
($30K) +-[3] Vinod Velakaturi
[6] Brian Davenport--\ | ($85K) [32-32]
($20K) +-[3] Vinod Velakaturi-/
[3] Vinod Velakaturi-/ ($55K) [29-24]
($25K)