March Madness: Bracket Wars
March 20th, 2008 . by ErinIt’s that time of year again where you bust out your news papers, do the Yahoo pick ‘em, and for facebook lovers, there is now an application where you can pick your bracket groups and fill out your brackets. That’s right folks; the NCAA Championship is now under full swing!
I received all my invites for March Madness around 11:30 pm last night… This didn’t exactly give me a whole lot of time to ponder who would kick whose trash in the bracket wars. I was filling out my yahoo picks as fast and carefully as I could given the time restraint, and all I could think back to was how well the teams did last year. Being a girl and especially being a girl in Provo Ut, it’s hard to convince others (roommates) the necessity of having ESPN or even Sports Center, I find it hard to keep up with latest rankings and how everyone is doing.
So far, I’m faring ok in the group that I’m in, but something tells me that won’t last long unless N. Carolina wins… Good golly I hope N. Carolina wins, then I might have a chance. There is nothing worse then the guys looking at you with the ‘she’s just a girl, she doesn’t know’ look. Especially since most of March Madness is usually luck any way. If anything pisses me off more, it’s gender pity.
Erin, you are an amazing writer!! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your “rants.” I can’t wait to read your book:)
March Madness is alive and kicking in our house- come on over! Bram is watching a game right now (even though it is 11pm and he has to get up for work before 6am!). We had the boys fill out brackets this year and it was pretty cute. Luke loved saying “G’Town” and Jacob was all about Duke (he thought it was cool because it sounds like Luke). I say, “Go UCLA!!”