20 places behind my wife is par for the course. This bracket, last years bracket, fantasy football...if it's a fake sporting challenge she will fall ----backwards into victory nine time out of ten. Lucky for Dusty this wasn't one of those.

So, as long as she keeps winning both of our entries fees back most of the time, I say lead on wife. Lead on.

WHERE'S JUAN ?

OUTSIDE U.S. CELLULAR, WAITING FOR OPENING DAY ?

DUKE RULES !

Ironically enough, my picks this year coincide with my feelings about Steve Lavin himself, or as i like to say, "they suck."  Guess i just felt by keeping my mouth, or as i like to call it, "my talky thing" shut, id be able to avoid hearing about that.  But alas, i am for the 57th time this tournament, mistaken.  I was unable to foresee, or as i like to say, "pick", that we'd have the whitest final four in the history of the tournament this year, or as i like to call it, "2010".  Butler?  really?  Duke?  really?  Kyle Singler could be the ugliest person in the NCAA.  I feel like duke recruited him solely b/c he resembled the Blue Devil so much.  But i guess i have to give credit where credit is do.  Congrats on managin to pick slightly fewer losses than everybody else this year and following the trail of coach krzyzewski's hair dye to the top of all of this madness.  Your efforts are noted, i suppose. Wellp, tt is time for me to once again slump back into the shadows, or as i like to call them, "dark spots", and start preparing for next year.

Hey Bozzy,

You have been awfully quiet on the boards this year. 

What gives? 

Were there not enough metaphors for how bad your picks are?

http://www.stickfigurez.com/images/loser.jpg

Bazinga.

is that where he is?

i cant see that far down from here.

maybe i will buy some new spectacles.

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Hey Ty,

20 places behind the wife, eh?

Ouch.

So here it is...

If West Virginia wins on Saturday, then it's down to Pa Feltz and Corchete De Mala J (Douche) for first place.

If Duke pulls it out, then it's down to me and Dusty for first.

Oh the waiting...how will we survive the tension?!?

come on west virginia...

win one more game and then "c" your "p's" in the championship and the juicemaster gets a new pair of gold plated slacks.

a tradition unlike any other...

the dockers alchemist.

Come'on Duke.  Win two more games and daddy gets a new pair of shoes.

Yep.....that about sums it up for this year...

timeforol'JuantosaddleupthepalominoandrideoffintothesunsetDINI

There is a 31.25% chance of me winning this deal...based on my calculations.

So, good luck with all the pride and fat filled rolls...I am taking this baby home!

The Tej

PS - I am only 31.25% chance confident in that last statement.

You are obviously oblivious (an alliteration unlike any other) as to my whereabouts.  Could I be "joakim noah's tailor"?  "Ma Feltz"?  How about the "SteveLavinMetaphorBracket"? (I PRAY NOT..!!!) To quote one of the finest baseball pitchers of all time, Satchel Paige..

"DON'T LOOK BACK.  SOMETHING MIGHT BE GAINING ON YOU." (obviously the man was a better athlete than he was orator...however, the advice is prudent).

whereintheworldIScarmenDINI?????!!!!!

And yes, by the way, Walt's Holland Cream coffee cake was delicious this morning...picked up a good one this week..that thing must have had a good two inches of that mouth-watering fat and lard cream inside of it.  Pure heaven...thanks for asking!!!

a rebuttal....

"is one better to have pride before the fall, or to never have pride at all?  if you cant fall any further, then you musnt have had pride to begin with"

roll that around with your morning sweet roll, pops.  once you do, let me know what it is like to never have smelled the rarified air of the top 10.

a tradition unlike any other...

the juicemaster.

".....pride goeth before a fall....."

saysproverbialDINI

...says the guy not in 3rd place.

cant nobody take my pride, cant nobody hold me down, woa oh, p--- that guacamole

A "pool ailment" unlike any other...premature e-gloat-ulation.

Quite common, actually, among  pool participants who have languished in the murky depths of the pool, only to rapidly ascend to the surface with a lucky pick or two.  This ailment is essentially equivalent to a diver experiencing the "the bends." Your post is no surprise; such a rapid ascent reeks tremendous havoc on the body and causes confusion and memory loss.  Other symptoms, however, include urinary and fecal incontinence (PIZZA MONSTER, you're in for a LONG weekend).

MESH MITTENS, you will "hear more footsteps" this weekend than the Chicago Bears lame-a s s receiving corps (corpses?) on any given Sunday.

BEWARE THE BEARS (Baylor that is..)!!! WONDER AT THE WILDCATS!!

dr.drewDINI

For your sake, and that of your loved one, I hope this is the only medical diagnosis you will ever receive with the word "premature."

a tradition unlike any other, the juicemaster.

suck on that.

3rd place.

Hey Weekday Will...

Where's your paps been? Not a peep from him so far this year. You may want to explain to him that you can't access this site with a Royal typewriter..

Willie B, trying to obtain the latest pool standings and make a forum post....It is believed that he is also attempting to illegally download "Air Supply's Greatest Hits."

andithoughtIwasaludditeDINI

Sweet salted pork...Tennessee being my bonus team was a good decision.

Booyah!

Just 90 minutes into the Sweet 16 Tournament, it continues......

"The horror......the horror......"

apocalypticDINI

Hey CY-STATE..

Congratulations on holding down the CAPS LOCK key!!! Probably the best selection you made in the tourney so far. I believe congratulations are also in order for picking Georgetown in the finals on your original bracket selection and being the only pool participant on record to lose a finals team in less than 24 hours!!! 

I humbly remain

OF THE HARDWOODS

Dear West Virginia,

Please suck at basketball tonight.  You suck at most everything else, so please suck at this...for me and my bracket.

Sincerely,

El Grande Tej

PS - If Kentucky and Tennessee happen to read this, would you please be awesome at Basketball over the next couple of games.  You are so great at making your own brands of whisky, please be great at Basketball too...for me and my bracket.

CY-STATE IS ALREADY ON TOP OF THE SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET 16 POOL !

en juan shiningmoment tu reacho para el starso, en juan shiningmoment tu es frozenooooooo...ennnnnnnn tiempooooo.

Don't forgot to submit those sweet sixteen brackets today! 

Hey...#45 on the Aggies...Nathan Walkup is your name, I think.  Guess you won't be "walkin' up" many flights of stairs anytime soon after that kid from Purdue blew right past you and busted your ankles on that sweet crossover.

You guys shoulda suited up those five yelling dudes...

onceagainthestateofTexasletsmedownagainDINI