March Madness

[O Really]

That was close! But since I've won anyway, I was actually pulling for the Cinderellas - urr Shockers.

[O Really]

good luck. for several not necessarily compelling reasons, I'm not playing this year. But if I were, I'd still follow my mostly successful strategy of the past. I hope you do well with it, but I don't know if I'd personally have the nerve to pick L'ville over the 'Gators. we'll see.

[O Really]

After less than one round, there are now only 16 "competitors" left in Buffet's Brackets.

[O Really]

Out of how many entries? I'm sure Duke's loss, which doesn't bum me out a bit, hurt many.

I don't know how many -but about 97 percent of them picked Duke.

[O Really]

Out of how many entries? .

Around 15 million.

[O Really]

I'm glad I sat this one out. But I'm still happy with the UConn win.

[O Really]

I'm not playing this year - mostly because I didn't carve out the time to turn in my brackets. My colleagues won't miss me since I've won four out the last six. Given the start of the tourney, I'm not unhappy to be out. Given that my faves probably aren't going to be around in the end, I've moved on.

[O Really]

"Sports is man's joke on God. You see, God says to man, 'I've created a universe where it seems like everything matters, where you'll have to grapple with life and death and in the end you'll die anyway, and it won't really matter.' So man says to God, 'Oh, yeah? Within your universe we're going to create a sub-universe called sports, one that absolutely doesn't matter, and we'll follow everything that happens in it as if it were life and death.'"

[O Really]

I'll say it now (10:20) before the coach turns into a pumpkin...

Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame,
Wake up the echoes cheering her name,
Send a volley cheer on high,
Shake down the thunder from the sky.
What though the odds be great or small
Old Notre Dame will win over all,
While her loyal sons are marching
Onward to victory."

[O Really]

Pumpkin. Arrrrgh!

[O Really]

Go Badgers!
"On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin... "

I think I'll make some beer cheese soup and open a bottle of Leinie's for the game. I guess there's no chance of getting any Walleye, though.

[Vrede too]

MSU would have been nice but WOW!!!, and despite the refs.

Brother takes 1st if WI wins, 2nd if Dook does, nice.

The last time WI played in the final, Pearl Harbor happened later that year, ut-oh.

[Vrede too]

Go Terrapins tomorrow!

[O Really]

I've got a friend from Wisconsin who does at least one "dreamer" bracket with Badgers or Marquette winning. Nobody's laughing at him this year apparently.

[Vrede too]

SC losing is a good thing, even if it's to Notre Dame.

[Vrede too]

Go Terrapins tomorrow!

Go Badgers.

[Mr.B]

Duke won.

[Vrede too]

Yep, my brother will have to settle for 25% of $500 rather than 35%. He's buying breakfast when we get together in May.

[Vrede too]

Out of 104 I finished 49, 68, 72 and last.
Twitter Picks - 33
Picks-by-seeds - 39
President Obama - 72
Jimmy Kimmel - 81
I know Mitt Romney did very well but don't have the comparison to our pool.

[Vrede too]

... The last time WI played in the final, Pearl Harbor happened later that year, ut-oh.

Trump may be worse.

I couldn't find 4 teams with a reasonable shot to root for this time.

So, OR, Mich. St., Miami, then OR again at work.

Go Ducks!