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I'm in significantly worse shape than the rest of you. Lost one Final Four team (Virginia Tech) and two more Elite 8 teams besides (Georgia Tech and Louisville). In fact, only half of my Sweet 16 was right.

OK, sorry for the delay. I'll take Clay Hensley, SP, San Diego Padres

I'll get another pick in a minute, sorry. Thought I double checked it.

Edit: Yeah, I guess Escobar's gone. What happened is I had him in me list of potential picks for Round 10 that I PMed to Stephen Joseph, when I ended up getting Noah Lowry who was at the top of the list anyway. Then, I just went back and checked after Lowry and missed Escobar being taken in Round 9.

Only one more pick to go! If I get through two rounds of pining over and then Cena's Writer takes him, I'm going to be pissed.

Edgar Sosa's playing just a spectacular game. Chanelling Taquan Dean in terms of an amazing tourney performance from a UL player.

Fun tournament so far if a scary one. That's twice I've had one of my Final Four teams trailing double digits in the second half (this time it was my national champion) only to pull it out in the final seconds. Honestly, Xavier played the best basketball they were capable of playing today, they looked like a Top 10 team, and Ohio State still got the job done. I think that speaks volumes. Honestly, I feel more confident about OSU winning it all now than I did before the tip today.

WOWOWOWOWOW! What a great finish to regulation. This is defintiely game of the tournament thus far.

I really needed that Virginia Tech game tonight. Had them in my Final Four and was ready to give up on my bracket if they lost. Luckily, they closed the game out on a 12-0 run for the huge comeback.

TAMU-CC's hanging tough. Wisconsin keeps trying to get a run going, but the Islanders aren't fazed at all. I really hope they can hold on for the win.

I've got to say, Winthrop looks amazing right now. If they play like this, they're going to destroy Oregon.

Wow, can't believe the guy I want has made it through the last 26 picks without getting taken. Only 11 more picks until it's my turn!

Yeah, Georgia Tech just played terrible today. I haven't seen them look that dead on offense all year long. It's not even like UNLV played a particularly good game, they gave GT their chances and the Jackets didn't finish. That was kind of a triple threat loss as not only did it destroy my beloved Jackets, it also shredded my bracket, and cost me significantly gambling-wise too. I guess now I'll just put my hopes on Winthrop to help me get two out of three back. (If they make the Elite 8, then no one will have that bracket right and I won't miss a lot of points against the field.)

I like 2+2 a lot, but if you're not looking for "gambling types", I guess a board based on gambling isn't your best bet. I will say that the "sporting events" section there is completely different from the "sports betting" folder and gets a lot of action, but I can't vouch for the quality, as the only time I posted there was right after Michigan got screwed out of the title.

How can I do better than Princess Cunt? That just has a ring to it. I guess it does sound a little on the heelish side though. In all seriousness, I think you should just stick with Princess Leena at this point. Everyone recognizes you under that handle instantly. I hate trying to have to play the "X poster used to be Y poster" game to keep track of who everyone is all the time. I think at this point, people just think of you instead of the name anyway. No one thinks, "oh her name has princess in it, she must be trying to start shit".

Can't really argue much here. Everything is close enough to where I have it, that I can see where you're coming from. One thing though, I really think Florida's overall resume is much better than USC's at this point. Even using your rankings, Florida beat #11 LSU by 13, #18 Tennessee on the road when they had Ainge and were much better, and #30 Georgia. The only loss on the year was to a still very good #10 Auburn team on the road. USC does have the one big win over Arkansas, but McFadden was injured that game and only had 9 carries, and the Razorbacks weren't the same team at all. It's like comparing the Rutgers that barely beat UNC in the opener to the team that beat Louisville last week. Outside of that, the only ranked team the Trojans have beaten is #25 Nebraska, and that would have been a lot closer if Callahan had a decent gameplan. Add in the loss to unranked Oregon State, and I think their overall resume's significantly weaker than that of the Gators. Sure, USC looked better than UF last night, but over the course of the season, Florida's accomplished a lot more. Still though, the rankings were pretty good overall. You got Nebraska and Clemson back in there, and dropped Cal, Tennessee, and Texas about as far as they deserved. Auburn should be down a little further and LSU should be up a little further, but it's probably better than what the AP and coaches will come out with this week.

Ooh, that's tough that you got backdoored on the Hawaii game. Last I saw it, Hawaii was rolling. Don't get too discouraged about a 2-4 week though. Even winning sports bettors will go through stretches where they miss 6 and 7 games in a row at some point.

Just in case you're interested for comparison's sake, I've got a whole picks thread here. 0-2 so far this week, but I've got lots more picks to go.

Michigan was pretty dominant again this week as Minnesota was never really in the game at all. Are you sure that you want to have two one-loss teams over them? I mean for as good as Texas has looked this year, who have they beat? Iowa State and that's it. Also, Texas got beaten pretty soundly at home by OSU, and I really think that if the Wolverines got the Buckeyes at home this year, they'd beat them. Glad to see Georgia Tech in the Top 20 though, even though I'd probably put them a little higher.

The funniest part about this as that SMU already lost to a Sun Belt team this year in North Texas, 24-6. The teams from that conference are so schizophrenic that you just never know what they're going to do. (Yes, I used that prior fact to bet on Arkansas State last week and well..... I felt stupid.)

Not bad. I actually like LSU at #3; if I didn't feel obligated to keep them behind Auburn, I might have them there myself. The only thing far off enough to even argue with would be Texas. They didn't just lose, they lost by 17 at home. That kind of loss, to me means you're not a real contender for the national championship, especially when they haven't beaten a ranked team yet.

I would love to know how someone can write this article and come to the conclusion that Howard should be the MVP. I mean reading it, I thought, wow, that's a really persuasive case for Pujols, I'd think almost anyone who read this would be swayed, and then at the end, he comes out and says he thinks Howard should be the MVP. WTF!

Maybe he took broadcasting lessons from Keith Jackson? I don't think I've ever seen a worse call in my life than what he did in the Rose Bowl last year.

I actually agree on the 9/11 stuff. People are emotional and easily manipulated. The way the media was reacting now, you'd think the bombings just happened. For three days, it covered the entire front page of the newspaper. I just don't see the big deal about an anniversary I guess. It's nothing but a day on a calendar.

The point is that Auburn won every game they played in a major conference agains tough competition, and they had no chance to win a national title. That's controversial almost by definition. Who cares if they didn't "look good" against Virginia Tech. It's pretty hard to get motivated to play at your absolute peak when you know you just got ratfucked out of a shot at the national title. I think Utah deserved a shot too. They were extremely impressive all season long, and I think they could have given USC a hell of a game. 2004 was a perfect argument for a playoff. When you've got four legitimate teams that haven't lost at the end of the season (five altogether), no bowl system is going to crown a true national champion.