Ha! You're right. I was shortening for the purposes of discussion - I'd generally have 4 or 5 matches instead of three. =) So, pretend like my original question included an example that made sense.
I'm not picky about how it's done, so since it seems like you've got a way to do the drop-downs out of the box, let's talk about that!
And yes, I have to report to an LMS sometimes.