LAST EDITED ON 12-07-08 AT 06:41 PM (EST)

Week Nine Rankings

Heading North

With the devastating loss of clear favorites Dallas & Toni (I think we’ll just call them an honorary #1 this week), Nick & Starr take over first place on the lvoe list. Ken & Tina just hold off you-know-who and get second place.

Heading South

It was closer than ever before – only a difference of .05 butAndrew & Dan end the final lvoe list in last place.

Rank	Team	First Place Votes	Last Place Votes	Last week's Rank	Compass Heading
1	Nick & Starr	12	6	2	↑
2	Ken & Tina	4	6	3	↑
3	Andrew & Dan	4	8	4	↑

The Final Tally
32 different peeps made lists over the course of this season, 6 of whom made a list for every week from preseason to the finale – The Perfect Posters- ARNutz, Max Headroom, warp_core breach, Seana, beau_30 and myself. To thank everyone who participated I charted all 32 in order of first posting and collected a funny, snarky or just interesting quote from each. Just want you to know I've enjoyed being kid-stat-flash:

Name	Number of Lists	Hall Of Fame Quote
ARnutz	11	Arm karma! That’s what you get for playing dirty. -Nick & Starr – week 4
kidflash212	11	Doesn’t seem right to pick one of my own!
dajaki	10	She is just a nightmare with poorly plucked brows. Yech.-Ken & Tina – week 5
cahaya	9	No rhythm and totally out of tune. Clearly among the worse teams to ever make the Final 4.-Andrew & Dan – week 9
Max Headroom	11	Persistently stupid and unlikable, it's a minor miracle each week when these two arrive at the mat in next-to-last place. Wondering why nobody will help you? Maybe it's because you're shouting out the window of a huge truck in an angry tone of voice?-Andrew & Dan – week 8
beau_30	11	This season's Villians. Great. A whiny boy, and a tough girl, is this backwards?-Terence & Sarah – week 1
warp_core breach	11	I was expecting so much from this team. Now this childish spat over a sweaty, nasty sports bra. Get over it and focus! You had horseshoes up your butts this leg!-Kelly & Christie-week 3
Seana	11	They did OK this week, I guess. No idea what's up with the skanky clothing choices. And since they didn't make me laugh by screwing up royally, down the list they go.-Kelly & Christie – week 6
redbaronii	8	They are so incompetent that I don't even know where to start again. Wonder why nobody helps you? Yelling English, being "ugly" American and being ugly frat boys just does not make you any more popular in Kazakhstan.-Andrew & Dan – week 8
Joools	6	Love them, love them, love them! Dallas' dancing, mooing cow just about had me busting a gut and good for him for reading the clue correctly and keeping Toni from trying to hail a cab. If they don't make it to the final leg, I really don't care who wins this season.-Toni & Dallas – week 8
emydi	10	Did Ken "imply" at the end that if they don't win the race, they won't stay together, and Tina...shut up you shrew!-Ken & Tina – week 6
Starshine	4	Seem supportive of each other, not enough brains to fill a thimble though-Kelly & Christie – week 2
CT Girl	9	If I rolled my eyes one more time at these two they would’ve rolled right out of my head. His hair-do is silly and having Sarah blow on his boo-boo even sillier, but they’re good racers and I enjoy laughing at them.-Terence & Sarah – week 2
michel	7	Did they find the Hidden Immunity Idol while digging in the sand?!!-Kelly & Christie – week 2
Peetah	1	No quotes offered
mindy23	6	just because there are no other slots left, and they just suck. Even if one (can't tell them apart) DID have a Tucson shirt on-dude, you are embarrasing me, a fellow Tucsonan!!-Dan & Andrew – week 7
mia rules18	5	Never thought this mother/son team could fare so well. Dallas is calm and focused. I'd take him for a partner any day.-Dallas & Toni – week 4
television	1	competent and nerdy... I mean, this is an internet forum, who do you expect to endear themselves to us?-Mark & Bill – week 2
MaryKat	6	Did they really not know how to change a tire at all?-Ty & Aja – week 4
DoodleBug	2	I liked how they got the band to move faster. They are annoying but not vicious.-Marisa & Brooke – week 3
shimane22	8	This team has lots of problems, but in spite of their cluelessness I believe they are still a strong team and still have a chance of winning this (surely their odds are better than Dandrew's at this point). -Kelly & Christie – week 6
Tazluli	1	OK, I get it. Your men done you wrong, and it looks like Nick and Starr are doing the same thing. Too bad! Move on! Read the clues and run the race.-Kelly & Christie – Week 3
Kwiet One	2	seriously, Ty does.not.know how to change a flat. Pathetic, and you're a dude. I could swear it was a female/female team in distress.-Ty & Aja – week 4
louislam	7	They had terrible luck with taxi, so I think it's not their fault for being in last place. Tina was very bossy at roadblock but maybe this was the reason why Ken did the task so fast. I found the scene where the dogs chasing them very funny though.-Ken & Tina – week 6
History Detective	4	Here we have evidence that third-tier fraternities do exist for losers who cannot make it into a first-tier frat. They could not make it even into a second-tier frat because those guys are at least smart even if they are not particularly attractive. These two buffons, however, are neither smart nor attractive. I do not know which is which, but the one with the red hair never even has a glimmer of thought or engagement in his eyes. The other one, the one with glasses, always has a look on his face like he forgot to wipe the last time he took a crap and now he's worried about the size of the skid mark the next time he changes his underwear.-Andrew & Dan – week 5
Jenna_F	6	To be fair to these guys, they actually ran a good leg this time. They started out way behind and managed to catch up and pass 2 teams. This doesn't make up for how much they've sucked all season, but it's a start.-Andrew & Dan – week 10
Psycho Kitty	4	UNFV***NG BELIEVABLE!!!!!!! How can these two douchebags still be in this! This is such a horrible scenerio - and the idea that they could win it is a nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!! And they are the LEAST DESERVING, MOST INEPT TEAM OF ALL TIME!!!!! Did I make myself clear? Because, as you know. . . I keep my opinions to myself -Andrew & Dan – week 10
princat	1	They are good racers but kinda get on my nerves.-Nick & Starr – week 7
dabo	2	I'm beginning to think these two were hired to play the parts of Andrew and Dan since it isn't actually possible they are still in the race.-Dan & Andrew – week 10
byoffer	1	Can't quite compete with #1, and don't want to take risks to become #1, but seem to really appreciate the journey they are on. Loved how much fun they had in the cow costume.-Dallas & Toni – week 8
zorayah	3	I'll start to pay attention to them when they quit talking about their relationship. TAR is not your shrink people! Gees...-Ken & Tina – week 10
samboohoo	1	STFU Tina. My cod, I'm surprised Ken only cheated once.-Ken & Tina – week 10

Edited in beau_30 list - whew, close one!