Madison

[laughs]

There's also the Rocket City Trash Pandas in Madison, Alabama.

They probably changed that from Raccoons or Coons, so-

You know they did

Uh, yeah.

It's, uh, uh, it's for raccoons.

So they were in Madison, Alabama, and they was named the Coons or the Raccoons.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, man, it, it's, it's so hard to keep track of who even plays for who anymore.

Like, I was looking, this kid Gio Lopez that I covered when he was at James Clemens High School in Madison, Alabama, okay, was a starting quarterback for the Jets there, not the New York Jets, but the James Clemens Jets, goes to, I believe he started at South Alabama, then went to North Carolina.

Now he's the starting quarterback at Wake Forest.

I'm under the impression that he's still at UNC.

We were like two episodes behind.

So I says, "So let's get some hotel snacks." Um, and then after that, we headed 30 minutes to the east to Madison, Alabama, which is a subset of Huntsville.

Mm-hmm.

And, uh, we pulled into the, the, uh, Bridge Shopping Center.

Emily Mayo, a Broadway ads project manager from Brooklyn, New York.

And Matthew Riggle, a community college math instructor from Madison, Alabama, whose two-day cash winnings from way back in season 42 was $64,400.

Jeopardy! Round categories are opera characters.

I saw it on a t-shirt.

Wesley Halipa, a legal assistant originally from Columbia, Missouri.

Abby Mullen, a professor originally from Greenville, South Carolina.

And Matthew Riggle, a community college math instructor from Madison, Alabama.

He has now won three games and $72,401.

Good look at this young man.

And Martin is from Madison, Alabama.

Another true freshman, he and Michael Hart.

And what they say about Martin, last night we were talking to some of the Michigan people.

Spent 10 years there.

Spent eight years in Madison, Alabama, up at North Alabama at James Clemens High School.

Did one year at Florence, two years at Hoover, and now I'm here, year three.

Two.

[laughs]

... a community college math instructor from Madison, Alabama, whose two-day cash winnings total 64,400.

Brian leads for most of the game, but both he and Matthew lose big on Daily Doubles in the Double Jeopardy! round.

Brian leads with 15,600 to Matthew's 12,000 and Emily's 4,000 headed into Final.

Yes.

All right.

Tuesday, September 15th, here are today's contestants: Wesley Jalipa, a legal assistant originally from Columbia, Missouri; Abby Mullen, a professor originally from Greenville, South Carolina; and Matthew Riggle, a community college math instructor from Madison, Alabama, whose three-day cash winnings total $72,401.

Matthew leads for all of the Jeopardy! round, and despite Wesley going all in on a Daily Double, Matthew continues to dominate in Double Jeopardy! Scores are competitive going into Final, however, with Wesley $6,200 short of Matthew's almost $18,000 total.