World Gawne Mad – Friday Evening Opening Round Session Open Thread

Time to get the sads for the cornucopia coming to a close.  Real life beckons soon, unless you have a six-shootin’ pistol and are ready to leave (h/t, Strumbellas):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpWpD8axxzA

#9(S) Kansas State (+1, -105) v. #8(S)Creighton (6:50, TNT)

Hey, you want anonymous?  This match will give you some anonymous.  I think Creigh-Creigh is better coached, and has showed some flashes of upside, so I gives ’em the slightest of edge.

#14(MW) Bucknell (+13.5, +750) v. #3(MW) Michigan State (7:10, CBS)

Ninja, please!

#16(W) Texas Southern (+19, N/A) v. #1(W) Xavier (7:20, TBS)

Mike Davis will find these Jesuits more like his first 13 foes than Wednesday night’s easygoing Central folk.  It will be a good tourney for the Queen City (garbage chili varietal).

#13(MW) College of Charleston (+10, +435) v. #4(MW) Auburn (7:27, truTV)

FUCK YOU, who said you can drop “College of” from your name?  NAWT Hippo.  Auburn is one of those nice “out of nowhere” stories that seems to be coming apart at the end.  Methinks they will sputter through one game, but Clemson will smack them good.  Over-popular upset pick here.

#16(S) Maryland-Baltimore County (+20, N/A) v. #1(S) Virginia (9:20, TNT)

DO NOT BET the dog here.  Wahoowa will be out to make a statement, and we shall see how Retrievers are at fetching they own jocks.

#11(MW) Syracuse (+5, +180) v. #6(MW) TCU (9:40, CBS)

Offer thine blood FOAR the Bloodeyes’ god, because with the Bonnies shitting the bed, it is up to L’Orange to carry on the tradition of at least one play-in piece of flotsam doing some damage.  And ain’t nobody (but Scotchy) got time for that.

#9(W) Florida State v. #8(W) Missouri (+2, +115) (9:50, TBS)

The Seminoles are the only favoured 9-seed, and I agree.  Much is made of Mizzou’s uber-hyped freshman coming back from injury for the tourney…but he still played in the SEC tournament loss to UGA, didn’t he?  Full health and chemistry remain open questions, plus FSU is just better and deeper.  Unless they are having one of their off nights – the reason they fell to such a low seed to begin with.

#12(MW) New Mexico State (+4.5, +170) v. #5(MW) Clemson (9:57, truTV)

Speaking of over-hyped upsets – everybody is aboard the “Clemson flops” train but me.  I see a legitimate Final Four contender.  Not that the Aggies aren’t a dangerous 12 seed – they most definitely are, but rather Clemson is a focused and dogged opponent, who gave UVA a real scare in the ACCT semis.

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Senor Weaselo

I’m pretty sure Lyles has unlimited turbo at this point.

Croooow

I’m starting to believe…

Dick E. Phuck

If I were still in Baltimore I’d go to Catonsville and get absolutely fucked up.

Mr. Ayo

UMBC are very good boys. 12/10

Spur

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Gratliff

UVA gonna have to live with this forever and I’m here for it

herodotus450

So does UMBC win another game in this tournament?

Mr. Ayo

IT DOESN’T MATTER. HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME.

Dick E. Phuck

Game Over

Redshirt

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Senor Weaselo

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Spur

HOLY SHIT

Senor Weaselo

Dagger?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Romonobyl

I miss the ’80s.

theeWeeBabySeamus

HOW FUCKING OLD ARE YOU???

(you see it’s funny because I’m changing the meaning of your sentence in order to imply that I believe you miss YOUR 80s…because you’re older than that….you get it right?)

Romonobyl

I’d be very happy to make it to my 80s. Too bad my lifestyle is less than conducive to this ultimate goal.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Say what now?

– P. Pilate

herodotus450

Was that guy just brushing his tongue with a cheese cracker on the bench?

Senor Weaselo

He needs fluids, not salts!

Mr. Ayo

John Elway is introducing a new training regimen tomorrow.

Mr. Ayo

BAN CHARGES

theeWeeBabySeamus

$2.29 at Target.
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WCS

Never saw someone rub a Toast-Chee on their tongue. Also, there’s a sentence I never thought I’d type.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Jerome don’t know how close he just got to getting tossed.
I’ve seen that look/gesture from officials before. Whatever Jerome said, it almost got him goin’ bye bye.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Romonobyl

How did you find my wedding night video?!?!?

Mr. Ayo

Your wife is hot. Is she available for parties?

Romonobyl

Not until she explains the big hole in those fishnets I just got for her!

Spur

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Gratliff

Wow. We really doing this tonight?

theeWeeBabySeamus

What’s the live lines?

theeWeeBabySeamus

ah yes.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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herodotus450

UVA fouling with 7 minutes left? Seems about right.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Spur

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Croooow

I actually kinda like how well the SEC is doing, especially programs that very much live in the shadows of the football teams (Alabama, Auburn, etc).

theeWeeBabySeamus

Well ‘cept fer them Miami assholes.
Notre Dame can suck it too.

Brick Meathook

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Romonobyl

That’s why you never pick the middle of three stalls.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Unless there are holes.

Romonobyl

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Croooow

I want this to happen, bracket be damned. But, I’m not giving my hopes up…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Dick E. Phuck

Holy shit. I cannot believe this may actually happen.

Spur

it’s cool when you pop your cherry.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Don’t do it.
They’re going down.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yep. They’re already beaten.
They’ll narrow to about six because UMBC isn’t poised enough to put ’em away tho.

Mr. Ayo

That’s terrible odds. Bet it!

Spur

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WCS

I’m going to jerk to this. For about 40 seconds.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

YOU ARE A FUCKING STALLION MARATHON MAN!!

herodotus450

This might be the final video asset I need to complete my Gillian-bot virtual girlfriend. Sucess!

Mr. Ayo

The way her right eye moves is very off putting for me.

blaxabbath

Breakdancers seem neat. I think it’s pretty impressive what they do (and they seem to be fun people).

blaxabbath

Maybe I’ll take up breakdancing.

Brick Meathook

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herodotus450

ncaa thinks they are soooo clever by hiding the mute button on their stream when it goes to commercial. You think I can’t see an ad coming a mile away and got to that sucker first? Huh? What? HUh?

theeWeeBabySeamus

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blaxabbath

I still rock my ron paul tee some days when no one else is home, I’m mostly staying in, and I’m likely wearing my vibrams.

theeWeeBabySeamus

LMFAO

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

No.

blaxabbath

How much do music video background dancers make? Like, they have to learn those dances and then be there for the filming and having to do it 50 times because the singer is a shit dancer and like, what’s that worth? $600? $250? 1k?

Spur
WCS

Every time I hear this, I want to snort coke.

theeWeeBabySeamus

My coke song.
Yes, I’m old fuck you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2EamaNFzuU

Spur

i think number 11 for Maryland is 5’4 inches tall

theeWeeBabySeamus

She’s cute, tho.

Mr. Ayo

Can you get live odds now?

Senor Weaselo

I haven’t seen Tony Bennett this distraught since the last rankings showed LaGuardia over Sinatra in terms of NYC’s best performing arts high schools.

blaxabbath

Is Maestro here? I feel like he’s the person who’d get that joke.

Senor Weaselo

Maybe Buddy and/or Nomonkeyfun, Maestro’s probably too Canadian and all.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Somewhere, Dave Letaio(sp?) is giggling. At least a little bit.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh shit….that’s right. He went back there. He did that shit twice!!!!!!

Spur
blaxabbath

Up in Here is the greatest radio edit song ever.

Senor Weaselo

Better than Midnight Train?
/It’s called Party Up

blaxabbath

You are correct.