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Booyah II

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NCAA hoopster junkies:

I’m enjoying the games this year, more than usual. Maybe because I actually tried my hand at predicting outcomes in a formal format.

My outcomes yesterday improved over Thursday’s by three.  Only two incorrect picks: Oklahoma State and Marquette lost. Also, one more of my picks, Louisville, won’t reach the sweet sixteen making that total two, for now.

Through most of the evening I thought I might get all sixteen games right.

My standing in relation to overall contestants improved quite a bit: points/250; pct/96.6; rank/160,151; PPR/1560. (leader so far is: pts/310; pct/100; rank/1; PPR/1600)

As for today’s games: Continue reading →

What kind of man am I? (“The question.”)

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It was a week ago today.  The first football game I had attended in years.

The weather was cold, with drizzling rain and light snow showers in the mountains and an occasional lonely flake finding its way to where I was sitting in the visitors’ bleachers.

Across the field was my high school football team playing in a first round state playoff game.  The home team bleachers were about half full.

I could have sat there if I’d really wanted to.  There was plenty of room, but I didn’t want to take the chance that someone might recognize me and ask me what I’m up to. Continue reading →