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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theeWeeBabySeamus

UMBC comes to Charlottesville, the musical version…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDIzMGh94vo

Spur
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WCS

Hippo making picks (artist’s conception):

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Spur

Hippo got tomorrows picks ready?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Spur

i want to stop by Green Valley Ranch tonight and place my bets. What you got? Mr. Ayo you got anything?

Mr. Ayo

Oh god no. Stick with Hippo if you want to survive.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

That is sooooooo Caesar!!!!!!!!

Romonobyl

Aren’t you a day late with this?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

No.

Romonobyl

Wasn’t the Ides of March yesterday?

Romonobyl

Sorry, Shakespeare brings out the dick in me.

Not something I thought I’d say today…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Today is bitch about a good joke day, though.

Romonobyl

I’M A WINNER!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Croooow

Very much looking forward to what Barkley has to say about this.

Unsurprised

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Holy shit.

OK, she can come on the boat.

Unsurprised

It’s weird to think that if she hadn’t been scouted, she’d almost certainly be a Marine right now like her parents and brother.

Spur

Back to Hornytoads. FUCK the Orange

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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ballsofsteelandfury

Later, on TWBS’ boat…

theeWeeBabySeamus

Bullshit.

Vagina has only ever gotten me in trouble. fuck dat.

And no I’m not saying I’m gay, you fuckers.

Solitude

(aka no bitches on the boat)

ballsofsteelandfury

Hippo?!?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Wait…are you asking me if Hippo can come on the boat (phrasing)….or if he’s a bitch?

Ah never mind. It’s “yes” either way.

theeWeeBabySeamus

And yes, I know it’s none of the above.
So don’t even start with me, lmfao.

ballsofsteelandfury

I’m saying Don’t Turn Into Hermit Hippo!

theeWeeBabySeamus

I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE SAYING I’M HIGH NOT STUPID!!!!!

Romonobyl

Have you ever been stupid high?

theeWeeBabySeamus

No comment.
Also, tonight, most recently. You didn’t read back on my “Kitchen Adventures” earlier. Obviously.

Spur

is this a Vikings or Packers boat party?

Unsurprised

A bunch of packers who end the night with the boat on fire.

Spur

holy shit. she even has nice feet.

ballsofsteelandfury

One of us? One of us!

-Rex

Spur

if she takes care of her feet, she keeps the rest of herself in good shape

Romonobyl

I’m hoisting my spinnaker right now.

Dick E. Phuck

I don’t give a shit about anymore games after this.

Dick E. Phuck

At least for tonight, anyway.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

WHO ARE GOOD BOYS?

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United Malayan Banking Corporation (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Dick E. Phuck

How many DFOers besides me knew UMBC existed before this game?

ballsofsteelandfury

I still don’t know what the BC is for…

Dick E. Phuck

Baltimore County.

theeWeeBabySeamus

This is, in fact, correct.
But not as funny.

Unsurprised

Bullet Collectors

theeWeeBabySeamus

Big Cock?

ballsofsteelandfury

Great minds

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’d have guessed it was a medical abbreviation for “umbilical cord”.

ballsofsteelandfury

Now, it’s going to be University of Men with Big Cocks

theeWeeBabySeamus

You get your application in yet?

I got rejected.

ballsofsteelandfury

Full ride scholarship.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Hehehehe…the best kind.
Full ride, that is.

theeWeeBabySeamus

It could also be….

UMamasBigCunt

Just saying.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

University of Missouri Bioinformatics Consortium (Columbia, MO)

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ballsofsteelandfury

I love that there is NO ONE in the stands for Syracuse-TCU.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Us Too!!!

– Syracuse

Unsurprised

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Romonobyl

At least now I know what happened to my Grandmother’s favorite tablecloth.

Spur

I’d spill my milkshake on it.

yeah right
Unsurprised

UVA tweeted “Thanks Obama” because he chose them to win it all.

So, Thanks Obama. He shat the bed for everyone yet again.

Dick E. Phuck

Bernie’s bracket would’ve been perfect, smgdh.

Unsurprised

“UVM doesn’t even have a team!”

Dick E. Phuck

I’m being told from a source that the Retrievers are celebrating this historic win by chasing their tails and sniffing each others butts.

Spur

Green Chile Aggies need to make a run here

Unsurprised

NM State will … Not.

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Fronkenshteen

Good dogs.

WCS

USA over USSR at the Olympics
Appy State over #5 Michigan
This

Discuss.

Unsurprised

Fuck that Miracle On Ice shit.

ballsofsteelandfury

Nope.
Nope.
THIS

Mr. Ayo

NYG over Pats for NFL

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

This.

Croooow

This is surreal. I was convinced it was next-to-impossible that a 16 could get past a 1. Just incredible.

I love March Madness.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’ve long argued that it makes no sense to expand the field until a 16 beats a 1. So I guess I can pack that talking point up and put it in the attic.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Please don’t.
Please no 128.
Please?

Unsurprised

128 teams. Because that many teams playing in the postseason has proven to be a spectacular success for college football.

...

I can’t recall where I read it, but someone wrote an article on 16s beating 1s, ran some numbers, and said we’ve been overdue for this.

Spur

Good! – william tecumseh sherman

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Has it ever happened that a bracket consisted of all four upsets?

Gratliff

Folks, this reminds me of a time where a #1 seed didn’t blow it: Super Bowl LII

Senor Weaselo

Senor Weaselo
I want to either be right or chaos. 11s over 6s aren’t fun enough. 13s are just a start.

Are you happy, me?

Unsurprised

This is making me wish I had a way to watch this game on TV.

Dick E. Phuck

Is being the first 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed a fireable offense?

Unsurprised

It should be a “Fired into the sun” offense.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Maybe fire up a bong hit.

Gratliff

Goddamn. Virginia should be barred from any future tournaments, NCAA basketball or no.

Mr. Ayo

This is the 2nd day in my life I knew a UMBC existed.

Gratliff

I’ve been there and occasionally forget.

Senor Weaselo

Virginia hasn’t seen this big of an upset since Yorktown.

Spur

#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.

Spur

Retrievers bite Hippo

theeWeeBabySeamus

I know you ain’t gonna denigrate yoself for not seeing that one coming. Dude?

Dick E. Phuck

This is so goddamn awesome.

Senor Weaselo

Have the O-VER-RA-TED chants begun?

ballsofsteelandfury

This is AWESOME! The team I chose to win it all becomes the first #1 in history to lose to a #16. Beautiful!

theeWeeBabySeamus

Ditto.

Spur

Gentleman it’s been a honor watching histrionic bed shitting with you.

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Croooow

I’m really starting to believe…

theeWeeBabySeamus

Dude, no way in hell they can make up 20 in a minute.
This has been OVAH for about then minutes. At least.

Senor Weaselo

Oh hey, someone from my alma mater’ll be in the college dunk contest.

yeah right

[let’s get this nonsense out of here]

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ballsofsteelandfury

WTF?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Google search does that some. Gimme a sec, I’ll fix.

yeah right

Thanks. I’m trying here.

yeah right

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theeWeeBabySeamus

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yeah right

There it is!

yeah right

Thank you sir!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Please edit that shit.

theeWeeBabySeamus

thought we did.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Welp, at least I climbed back as high as tied for 5th before Thomas Jefferson fucked me in the ass.

I’ll see you bottom halfers in a coupla minutes.

Dick E. Phuck

“Thomas Jefferson fucked me in the ass.”
-Sally Hemings

Spur

Baltimore is going to burn brighter tonight than normal

Croooow

This should be transfered to CBS. I don’t think anybody cares about TCU vs. Syracuse right now.

Mr. Ayo

Alright, about time to go watch Syracuse pick their nose and lose.

Dick E. Phuck

I’m surprised how badly UMBC beat their ass.

Spur

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