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Lookin' good Cap'n. Happy New Year. Lions? Not the Pats? Who knew?

VERY nice, "Carri". Clever and elegant meta, as always. Love the pseudonym, too. THIS time, I got it!

Really, really enjoyed this one. And learned a couple of things - always a nice bonus!

I saw the team names right away, but didn't get the right Tigers at first.

Fun one! Had to backsolve for Auburn, but otherwise straight forward. I'm relatively new, so I don't get the pseudonym or 5-yr anniversary?

Very nice! I wanted to use the TREE for Stanford but it wasn't symmetrical! Had to sift through several TIGERs of course and 40A said there would be another step. Cute. Happy New Year!

A very fitting tribute!

Like the original, this one had me googling up a storm and listing all kinds of info to find what was useful

Bravo. I solved and submitted via the forum, but I came here to see if any nonMuggle Crosshareistas got all or any of the references.

Very funny!!! Had a bit of trouble figuring I missed something cause I got NO TB GAIN and thought "dang what is the key thing here" when I remembered there are TWO teams with the name of TIGERS and though one is from BATON-ROUGE the other is from AUBURN. Glad I didn't flag on this one, I didn't make it to the last pageant and was afraid I'd be two for two. Fun start to the year and if this is Carri's inaugural, congratulations! Obviously a Cap'n tutored constructor because this one is clean and fun.

Oh, and this afternoon's bowl is going to be a difficult one for me. I am from PA and have rooted for PSU since 1966 BUT I went to the University of Utah - dilemma....

Good one! I knew right away that I didn’t want to “be pageanted” but what to do? We’re you looking for where these teams played Bowl Games in 2022? No because they all did not play in a bowl game. So maybe it was the city where the school was located? Aha, that works except there are sooooo many Tigers! Backsolved for “Auburn “. Fun way to start the New Year!

This my worst subject so I didn't find everything even with Google, but still enough to be sure of the answer given the setup! Nice to get a chuckle today, thanks!

Great start to a new season of MMM's. Thank you, Carri and Capn Rick.

When I realized the answer wasn't going to be Really Rick, or even Not Carri, I found the actual solution. The whole premise is so very clever and fun! A bit of Tiger Trouble but I was pretty sure at least that Princeton wasn't in that league! Thanks, Rick!

Yes, knowledge of that previous event certainly helped me solve this one.

I had no idea what the previous event was -- thanks, cpjohnson. Went smoothly after the nudge. Thanks!

To a puzzler still scarred, lo, these many years later … you really know how to rub it in.

Five years ago already? I was one of the original pageanted group. I figured we had gotten an easy end-of-year puzzle and gladly submitted without too much thought. Never made that mistake again. Enjoyed the flashback, though.

After further review... Years of Pageant paranoia finally come to fruition. Thanks, Cap'n!

This was before my time, though I've heard about the history behind PAGENTED. Nice touch that you wanted to post a memorial meta.

I have been fortunate to watch all of those teams play live, so this was a fun one for me!

Nicely done, Cap'n ... even if I did need the nudges to avoid being "pageanted." Best wishes for this fledgling new year and congrats to our Nittany Lions.