i heart march madness (as you've all figured out by now), and i love filling out a bracket and then seeing how well i'm able to predict the actual outcome. i think most of america made some major mistakes in their brackets this year, myself included. but will i ever be able to forgive myself for not saying duke would win the championship in a year when they actually DID? i guess i didn't want to jinx it, or presume too much - and, honestly, i didn't think we could or we would win. so i picked kansas. and then cheered (loudly) against them as they lost to northern iowa. next year i may need to go back to blind devotion to the cause.
my family does a bracket pool on espn, and this year none of us picked duke to win it all. shame on us. i would like to publicly give the final standings, though:
1st place: me and mom. mom won last year, i think. she is a fierce competitor.
3rd place: dad
4th place: brandon, my sister's boyfriend - also a duke grad. in fact, we're all duke grads except mom, and she is an honorary graduate at this point. she certainly cheers like one.
5th place: becky. i love her, so i can say this out loud: her bracket was, um, not so accurate. in fact, she didn't correctly pick any of the final four teams. but that is okay, because she tried her hardest. (oh, i'm such a teacher.) she won two years ago (i think), so she is also a fierce competitor.
and this is pretty cool.
I PICKED DUKE! And now I get a fancy meal bought for me by a coworker for winning the office blog. Additionally, considering the Saints won the Superbowl, Duke won the NCAA...I'm putting money now on St. Louis to win the World Series.
ReplyDeletewoo hoo nora!! i'm sure that willis would second your vote for st. louis in the world series - he hates the braves and is a big cardinals fan. willis, perhaps shockingly, perhaps not, is a big sports fan and quite knowledgeable about these things. you two should chat. :)
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