In 2017, there was no bridge club at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Then Andrew Rowberg, a recent PhD graduate in computational material science, came along. Four years later, during which bribery cookies were baked, practice sessions held, and talent developed, the UCSB Overbidders Anonymous emerged victorious in the 2021 Online North American Collegiate Bridge Championships. We're excited to showcase the journey that this UCSB team took from having nothing to winning it all.
Episode Highlights:
2:40" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 2:40- The formation of the UCSB Bridge Club
4:05" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 4:05- How Danning learned bridge
5:34" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 5:34- The pieces of the champion team
12:20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 12:20- COVID can't stop dedicated college students
13:42" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 13:42- Defeating TST Guest 32 Richard Jeng the Georgia Tech bridge giants
19:10" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 19:10- Freshman clutching it up in the wild Finals match
23:29" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 23:29- Andrew's teaching philosophy
28:00" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 28:00- Now is your perfect chance to hire a collegiate champion with a PhD in computational material science!
33:07" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 33:07- The overbidders in "Overbidders Anonymous" are no longer anonymous
39:30" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 39:30- The universally dreaded Berkeley monsters
45:35" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 45:35- Proof that playing bridge increases your job prospects
48:10" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 48:10- Danning plays the precise system and likes to take fitness
51:23" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 51:23- The expert's advice on forming a collegiate championship team
56:00" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 56:00- The secret ingredient in bridge success: sugar