This might not mean a thing since it's still just testing and ultimate result is correct ... but for the information of the powers that be in case they'd like to know:
Game crashed 5-13-07 -- was DQ'd -- Links detected crash 3 days later -- was able to resume -- finished round (-5 for what it's worth) -- verified score here on machine -- unable to submit stats -- tried to resubmit when logged back on -- unable to submit due to unverified score