This weekend is one of them few times that the NFL gets outshone and I’m here for it. The Shield has become ubiquitous and rarely takes a backseat to anything anymore. The Kentucky Derby? Take your silly hat back home with you. The Indy 500? An Irsay DUI would get more coverage. (you know it’s just a matter of time) To me it’s just international competitions (Olympics, World Cup, etc.) that overshadow football.

The college ball tourney is so full of interesting stories that the coverage still doesn’t seem forced to me, even after watching for 48-ish(?) years. Remember that dude that was fat? Remember that dunking team? Remember that halfcourt shot that rimmed out? Me too! (sorta)

To The Games!

Arkansas/Kansas: (7:10 EST) Down year for the Rows of Corn. Kansas? A 7th seed? I’ve no idea why residents of the state expect better than just out of habit.

Yale/Texas A&M: (7:25 EST) I believe Skull and Bones aquitted themselves quite nicely last year in the tourney but it could have been the year before. As Heidegger once said, “Time is a small monkey that is jumping up and down on my shoulder and making annoying screeching noises”.

Drake/Mizzou: (7:35) These mid mid-level Midwest teams…smh.

Utah State/UCLA: (9:25) Despite the higher seed, Utah playing in Rupp Arena in Kentucky has the overwhelming advantage, vibes-wise. (god, I hate that ‘vibes’ is a thing)

Omaha/St. John’s: (9:45) I’m going out on a limb here and guess that Pitino is going to outcoach his counterpart this evening.

UC San Diego/Michigan: (10:00) I’ll guess that Patrick Swayze’s favourite rag-tag band of rapscallions (Wolverines!) is going to take down The Fightin’ Thongs.

UNC Wilmington/Texas Tech: Wilmington’s was the shop where I took one of my first girlfriends. She let me rub my elbow on her boob while we both sucked on an Orange Fizz.

Btw, the NHL is countering with a whopping 14 games this evening.

Do your thing.