Bracketology Basics, March Mayhem, Parody Pope

As I See It...

By Pete Burmeister on

News from the Coffee Shop

March 28, 2013 4:32 PM

I'm fascinated with the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, always have been. Once you get your head around the fact that basketball is a fickle sport that is unable to define what is or is not a foul and refuses to use basic technology of video replay, it does make for great entertainment. It's one of the few sporting events that truly lives up to the hype given to it by the talking heads. Each year a unknown team rises above the perennial "blue bloods" of college basketball and pulls off a shocking upset. By now you've heard about the big wins this year from Harvard, LaSalle, and (the acronym school FGCU) Florida Golf Coast University. Though the Cinderella stories will likely end in the Sweet 16 games, it proves time and time again that the games get played for a reason.

While I'm on the subject of pulling off upsets and as proof that there is absolutely no skill involved in filling out bracket picks, I had my 3 year old daughter complete one on the iPad for the News from the Coffee Shop pool this year. By the way, she's in first place through the first weekend with all of her own picks. She also has Sparty winning it all. Like her old-man, she knows how to pick a winner! Click here to check out the complete standings.

One last thing... have you ever been in a pool with that guy that "is doing awesome in my other pool?" Yeah, me too. I hate that guy. Get a life, fill out one bracket and stick with it.

 

Speaking of March Madness, (or is it March Mayhem now... I'm confused CBS and All-State) I've been trying to buy a few cattle embryo's on these Internet sales throughout the month of March. I'm too cheap, so getting any purchased has been a challenge. For those of you who have been following along with these sales on Breeders' World, CW Cattle Sales, and Premier Online Sales, the auctions have been smokin' hot to say the least! I'm still looking, so if anyone out there has any high quality matings available, will guarantee all three embryos result in a 90 day pregnancies, and priced for less than there worth, I'm your guy.

...and for those of you have no idea what I'm rambling on about, try to keep up. Here's a manual.

Am I the only one who just doesn't get it? What's all the fuss about anyway? Is this a Disney movie? Does it really matter that Jorge Mario Bergoglio rode back from St. Peter's Square on the same bus with the same cardinals or that he stood on the same level as others during his coronation? Why were all those people standing in the square for hours upon hours in the rain waiting for white smoke to show up? And why did the white smoke need a new stove pipe? Why does the first Pope Francis have a roman numeral behind his screen name?  One thing is for sure, lots of questions, not a lot of answers! 

I figure the "powers to be" want the people to believe that these are examples of "Change" for the Catholic Church. Huh, wait a minute... seems like we've heard that campaign slogan before- Change. You surly aren't going to fall for that again are you? You want change? Get Dennis Rodman in that white cloak and ruby red slippers! After all, he is on a mission to save the world.