I WAS THERE TO MATCH MY INTELLECT ON NATIONAL TV:  Ever wonder what happens on Jeopardy! for one of their two-week tournaments, when there's a tie in determining the final entrants based on most dollars among those who didn't win their individual nights? Because it happened in the present college tournament, and it's kind of a clusterfuck.

IMAGINE YOU WERE GOING TO BE A WAITER, BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF WAITER YOU WERE GOING TO BE AHEAD OF TIME:  John Rawls and Robert Nozick walk into a restaurant.

UPSET CITY:  Denver won the game, Hyundai (featuring George Washington High School's own Kevin Hart) won the Ad Meter, Gaga was right on the border, and so Lou Wainwright, who forecast a narrow Denver win with Von Miller as MVP, wins our 11th annual pool.

According to the Ad Meter, America's not really interested either in whether we're defecating too much or too little. Go figure.

added: We should also use this space to talk about Queen Bey and the halftime show, and your general thoughts on "Formation," which is as chock full of signifiers and ambition and ... whoa. It's something.

ELEVENTH ANNUAL SEASON-ENDING BIG GAME POOL: Five questions, one blog:

1. Winner/final score.
2. Official Game MVP.
3. Which advertiser tops the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter?
4. Eff Coldplay. There is no question 4 this year. Just name your favorite Earth, Wind & Fire song.
5. Will Lady Gaga's rendition of the National Anthem run longer than 2:20?

Tiebreaker: pick a prop bet. Get it right. The tougher the odds, the better you do.

Previous winners: 2006: Benner; 2007: me; 2008: Joseph J. Finn ; 2009: Scott; 2010: Scott again; 2011: GoldnI; 2012: Phil; 2013: Benner; 2014: Isaac Spaceman, and 2015: StvMg. As they will tell you, the prizes are Fame and Glory within this community, but nothing financial.

My picks: Carolina 27-20, Newton, Anheuser-Busch, "Groove Tonight," shorter. And Stephen Curry points (-4.5) (-115).

ONE MAN, TWO AWARDS SHOWS: James Corden will host the Tony Awards in June, which are exiled from Radio City due to a summer Rockettes show.  A Brit hosting a show in which tons of awards go to Hamilton will certainly be amusing.

OKAY, CAMPERS, RISE AND SHINE, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR BOOTIES 'CAUSE IT'S COOOOOOLD OUT THERE TODAY: It's February 2, so it's time to talk about the movie again. Do you buy the whole Buddhist thing, or should we just quote lines for a while and generally discuss its awesomeness?

Participate in this thread, or it's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life.

EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE COMMUNITY OF THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PLAN: The Americans (Season 4) premiers in March, but the released episode titles give you good hint about the which period of the Reagan administration they'll be covering.