It's March Madness, Baby!

In less than five minutes, Christmas in March will officially begin.  I have my bracket filled out, my game-day shirt on and I'm ready for this!

The Greater Cosmos(tm) knew I'd need a hardcore sports event this week - that's why everything went to crap last week.  Bring on the cutthroat competition and the testosterone!  Let me throw pillows and shoes at the referees! (but without hitting the TV)  I'm ready! *grrrrr....*

(Man - just watching the Price is Right before basketball gets going - these Showcases are getting stinking expensive!)

March Madness - Round 1.1.1

Florida - WHAT THE CRAP????  Your idiotic football blueblood BCS nonsense pisses me off during football season, and your basketball team has a chance for redemption - AND YOU FAIL MISERABLY!!  You would have been a Cinderella team - EVERYONE LOVES CINDERELLA!!  (except Duke, but they're jerks anyway)  Oh, I forgot - you're too snotty to be a stinking Cinderella team.  (I'm glad I didn't get to serve in Gainesville.  Punks).

K-State - That was a freaking boring game.  I don't know why CBS thought we wanted to see that over the St. Mary's-Richmond game (like I said, everyone loves a Cinderella team).  I don't blame you - just whomp on the zoobies on Saturday and I will love you forever.

Vanderbilt - THANK YOU FOR SCREWING UP MY BRACKET!! I HAD YOU GOING TO THE SWEET 16! (losers...)

Murray State - I can like you, even though by beating Vanderbilt you messed things up for my bracket.  This is how March Madness works - you pick the winner with your head, but you cheer for the underdog with your heart.

Villanova, Old Dominion, and Baylor - Thank you for not screwing up my bracket.  *cookies!*

Later tonight - UNLV-UNI, Tennessee-SDSU, UTEP-Butler and a bunch of other teams that I don't know off the top of my head.

March Madness - Round 1.1.2

Well, my bracket is shot to heck.  I have Northern Iowa, Ohio and St. Mary's to thank for all that.  Oh well, I've never been one to put much stock in predictions (which is why I've never put money on it).

I discussed this with my friend Dallas today - you pick teams with your head, but you cheer with your heart.  I've made it a policy of mine: if I have no one to cheer for or against, I cheer for the lower seeded team.  This is what makes the NCAA Basketball tournament so much fun (and the football BCS system such a joke) - pretty much anyone has a chance to win (unless you're a 15 or 16 seed, then you just enjoy the fact that you were there).  The Cinderella teams are endearing and just flat-out fun to watch because no one expects them to do anything, but all of a sudden, they've beaten #3 Georgetown.  And they enjoy doing it.

The most boring tournament happened a few years ago (in 2007? I don't remember the exact year) when there were no Cinderella teams.  The NCAA selection committee were congratulating themselves for "getting it right" (whatever the crap that means), but the fans wanted to shoot themselves in the head - who on Earth wants to cheer for Duke or Kentucky? (unless you actually went to Duke or Kentucky).

Well, Washington is gaining on Marquette.  Boogers... (now watch - the teams I picked as upsets won't even fly a fart in the direction of a win).

March Madness - Round 1.1.3

The games in this section are on-going, which is why this will be an open thread.

Some initial thoughts:

I think Tennessee should change their name to the "Dreamsicles."  Seriously - every time I see a Tennessee player, I get the image in my head of a creamsicle.  Usually, I savvy the wacky color combinations and oddball mascots of college sports (St. Mary's Gaels, much? Richmond Spiders?) - but Tennessee just makes me want ice cream.

"The Blind Side" is coming out on DVD!!  YAY!!!!! ^_^

Those inane "2010 Census" lines in the the commentary - (You know I had to have a political barb in here, you just knew it, didn't you?) - What's the betting that it's costing us taxpayers $1 million+ to have the play-by-play guys say "Fill out your census form and send it back?"  Even the commentators think it's ridiculous.  I don't think I need to say anything more about that.