Bear's Picks!

I shamelessly stole Jon's format for this post because, quite frankly, I don't have time to do this haha. This bracket was submitted to yahoo this morning, before the deadline somehow! I took about 10 minutes of un-researched time to make all the picks. I tried to follow a couple rules, bomber teams and good guard play trumped good front court play when I felt there was a close match up or the talent level was comparable. Also, I gave the big ten and the big east penalties, just cuz they always fuck me every year and quite frankly I'm pushing them down on my rankings because of it. And as always, I hate the SEC, so they get pushed down as well. As a side note, with 2 games completed I'm already 2-0, so obviously I'm awesome at this game.

The picks:

East Region
(1) Ohio State over 16 seed
(9) Villanova over (8) George Mason
(5) West Virginia over (12) Clemson
(4) Kentucky over (13) Princeton
(11) Marquette over (6) Xavier
(3) Syracuse over (14) Indiana State
(7) Washington over (10) Georgia
(2) North Carolina over(15) Long Island

(1) Ohio State over (9) Villanova
(4) Kentucky over (5) West Virginia
(3)Syracuse over (11) Marquette
(2) North Carolina over (7) Washington

(1) Ohio State over (4) Kentucky
(2) North Carolina over (3)Syracuse

(1) Ohio State over (2) North Carolina

Southwest Region

(1) Kansas over (16) Boston U
(9) Illinois over (8) UNLV
(12) Richmond over (5) Vanderbilt
(4) Louisville over (13) Morehead St.
(6) Georgetown over (11) VCU
(3) Purdue over (14) St. Peter's
(10) Florida State over (7) Texas A&M
(2) Notre Dame over (15) Akron

(1) Kansas over (9) Illinois
(12) Richmond over (4) Louisville
(3) Purdue over (6) Georgetown
(2) Notre Dame over (10) Florida State

(1) Kansas over (12) Richmond
(3) Purdue over (2) Notre Dame

(1) Kansas over (3) Purdue

West Region

(1) Duke over (16) Hampton
(8) Michigan over (9) Tennessee
(5) Arizona over (12) Memphis
(4) Texas over (13) Oakland
(6) Cincinnati over (11) Missouri
(3) Connecticut over (14) Bucknell
(7) Temple over (10) Penn State
(2) San Diego State over (15) Northern Colorado

(1) Duke over (8) Michigan
(4) Texas over (5) Arizona
(3) Connecticut over (6) Cincinnati
(2) San Diego State over (7) Temple

(4) Texas over (1) Duke
(2) San Diego State over (3) Connecticut

(4) Texas over (2) San Diego State

Southeast Region
(1) Pittsburgh over (16) UNC-Ashville
(8) Butler over (9) Old Dominion
(5) Kansas State over (12) Utah State
(4) Wisconsin over (13) Belmont
(11) Gonzaga over (6) St. John's
(3) BYU over (14) Wofford
(10) Michigan State over (7) UCLA
(2) Florida over (15) UCSB

(1) Pittsburgh over (8) Butler
(5) Kansas State over (4) Wisconsin
(3) BYU over (11) Gonzaga
(2) Florida over (10) Michigan State

(5) Kansas State over (1) Pittsburgh
(3) BYU over (2) Florida

(5) Kansas State over (3) BYU

Final Four

(1) Ohio State over (4) Texas
(1) Kansas over (5) Kansas State

Finals

(1) Kansas over (1) Ohio State


You can call this thing a chalk bracket if you must, I have a couple upsets, nothing crazy, I went against the 5-12 rule this year, well I picked one, but that more goes back to my rule that the SEC fucking sucks, so it seemed like a ripe upset pick. My two "borderline" picks are Texas and K State going to the Final Four, both teams are pretty fucking good on paper, it's just a matter of playing well in the tourney, so we shall see. The Marquette pick is a pure homer upset pick. Fuck the Badgers, they aren't a good tourney team, especially with the region they drew. Purdue getting to the Elite Eight is also a little risky, but the bottom half of that region is littered with shitty upset picks and Big Ten and Big East teams all over the place, so who the hell knows what team is getting out of there. I felt like Ohio State was a good enough team to get over the whole Big Ten down ranking and I ended up with them paired off against Kansas. I figured Kansas to be the less common championship pick so why the hell not.

Keep in mind my beginning disclaimer, all of this logic spewed out of my brain over the course of 10 minutes this morning, so it should be iron clad.

Holiday, Alleged Double Murder Bowl V Mega-Post!

HOLIDAY BENDER

So it is Christmas time. And this year it is extra special, because we are headed to Lambeau to worship the one true God (sorry Sports Bottle's god), Saint Vince. I'm headed to Lambeau for Packers-Giants in what amounts to a playoff game. What does this mean? Well, it means I have extra drinking motivation.

Typically in my family Christmas Eve is the night to drink. And while it doesn't always happen, if it doesn't, Christmas tends to be a fairly dry holiday. But this year is different. See, I plan to drink my way through the night tonight, while not getting out of control and feeling out the situation. It is weird to drink heavily by yourself, but sometimes my Dad, brother and cousins get in on the act and it turns to fun. We'll see. I've already been warned that I can't puke and/or be hung over tomorrow (does that mean I have a problem)?

Christmas Day usually involves a lot of driving and a few Old Fashions (google it if you aren't from Northeast Wisconsin), but not drinking heavily. However, since the Packer game is Sunday, we are expecting company on Christmas night in the form of Richard at least, and hopefully my brother as well. And, lets face it, I'm not capable of sitting around other dudes for a whole night and not drinking. Since it is Christmas night, there probably aren't bars open, so the bar will be open at my crib (and I'm pretty sure Grandma and Grandpa are getting me a bottle of Grey Goose, so there is that).

And Sunday, well, Sunday is going to be awesome. There is somewhere between 10 people and everyone I know going to the game on Sunday. It is a late afternoon start, which means a) more time to get over the previous night's hangover and b) an easier time drinking more prior to game time. Also, I took the liberty of not working on Monday, because I'm planning to go until my wife makes me stop. It should be epic. Oh, and there is going to be a great ass football game. I predict a really good crowd and a Packer win.

So being hung over/drunk for the next three days is in my future. Praise Jesus.

ALLEGED DOUBLE MURDER BOWL V


Now comes the time in the post where I stop being festive, and start getting serious. I've got some money to win this week. The White Broncos (11-4) are taking on Schmock's team (13-2). I handed Schmock a loss two weeks ago. But this time I've got some potentially serious injury issues. MoJo Drew is now being called a "game time decision", which fucking sucks because I'm going to the game and will be unable to change my lineup late. I may be forced to start Fred Jackson in his place. Schmock leads the all time series 6-4, but I'm currently favored by 8. MVP Aaron Rodgers v. former MVP Phillip Rivers and offensive player of the year Arian Foster. Winner becomes the first two-time winner of the league. The TV audience on TLC is expected to break records. The GooGoo Dolls are the halftime entertainment. Axl Rose is singing the national anthem.

But here is the deal. Schmock picked up MoJo's backup before I could get to him, so I'm serious now. I'm going to give a ridiculous pregame speech. I'm taking money out of Schmock's kid's mouth. I'm taking diaper money away. I'm just being real.


Merry Fuckin' Christmas boys and girls. Here's to hoping everyone gets the shit they want, pays their credit card bills on time, and eats and drinks way more than they should.

Beef O' Brady Sounds Awful

A few random thoughts:

-Is someone really going to sit there and make the claim that Bowl games are important and have history, while we have the fucking "Beef O' Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg Florida" last night? I'm in a bowl pool and I couldn't bring myself to watch more than about 5 minutes. Also, Boise St. is playing in a December 22nd bowl called the Macco Bowl Las Vegas. Christ. (To be fair, Brent Musberger is announcing it, and he is selling it).

- A-Rodg is starting, which is good. This makes my weekend more fun. Because winning and being drunk is a lot more fun than losing and being drunk (more on this later in the week).

-Big OJSFA title game coming up: Me v. Schmock. Alleged Double Murder Bowl V preview later in the week too.

-Every time I might feel sorry for He Who Shall Not Be Named for almost dying in a football game. He goes and does something like telling Julius Peppers to "Beat the Packers", and then I remember that he is a horrible human being, and a lying piece of shit, and if there was a hell, there would be a special place in it for him.

-I didn't bother looking at the Top 50 all-time Viking list. I figured it would be Tarkenton, Foreman, Allan Page, Ahmad Rashad, Cris Carter, and a bunch of dudes I've barely heard of. Then I heard that Jared Fucking Allen was on it, and I wanted to see it less. What a joke. He Who Shall Not Be Named HAD to be on it then, doesn't he? Was Randy Moss on it? How about Adrian Peterson? I mean really, I'm not looking at the list, so maybe they are there and I just didn't care. I'm not even sure why I'm complaining about this. Oh, and nice fucking job freaking out about getting "screwed" out of your seat when they moved the game to TCF, and then NOT FUCKING SHOWING UP. A 3/4 full 50,000 seat stadium is an embarrassment.

-The Bucks, playing Andrew Bogut, a 5'3" guard and 8 other guys I've never heard of beat the Lakers. Hey, how bout that?

-Rex Ryan has a foot fetish. (Gross).

-Oh, and this is funny.