For as long as I can remember, I have filled out a NCAA March Madness Bracket. I’ve yet to win. Actually, I’m almost positive, I’ve never even been close. Does this make me stupid? Actually, it’s quite the contrary, I believe it makes me smarter than the guy who ends up winning it. Here’s why:
If you are in a pool with 300 other knuckleheads at $10 a pop, someone is going to walk away with a nice little payday. Normally, you know about twenty-percent of the people in that pool, and for all intents and purposes, you are just trying to finish above them, so they are the brunt of the joke at the next “beer meeting.” Historically, the person to win the bracket madness is someone like “Carol” or “the intern from the creative department”, or worse, “Jane from Accounting”…(not that there’s anything wrong with the name Jane….but accounting? Really?)
My point is this: if you are an average Joe like myself, you fill out 2 brackets. One bracket you pick the clear favorite(s) to win in the first 3 rounds, and make your move in the Elite 8 so that you can beat the rest of the competition. This year I have Kansas beating Ohio State in the Finals. I know, I really went out on a limb there. However, in my 2nd bracket I put my daughters’ name on it, and picked like a drunk throwing darts at balloons at the carnival to win a Def Leppard poster. This way, if I am completely out of it on Thursday night, they can all make fun of an 11-month old girl, which ironically is a 38-year old genius completing his dream of one day being the ultimate champion…she of course, will take all the blame if the trick fails. She has Kansas beating Uconn in the finals.
So why does this make me more of a bracket-guru than the person who wins the whole thing? It doesn’t. But it will, if Quincy can bring home the bacon.
This coming from the guy who tried to convince me Glen Coffee was going to be the next coming of sweetness!
Posted by: This Guy | March 16, 2011 at 09:31 AM