Comments on Three Idiots on Sports: Don't Be That Guy: Bracket Edition

What about "Sorry it's late: I was in a meeting" g...

2009-03-19T17:31:00.000-04:00

What about "Sorry it's late: I was in a meeting" guy who hands in his bracket at 3pm on Thursday and just so happens to have picked the first 4 games of the day correctly. He should be FIRED.

Conference Guy not only picks his team to win but ...

2009-03-17T20:13:00.000-04:00

Conference Guy not only picks his team to win but every other team in that conference since they are the only teams has familiarity with. "And if KU can beat Oklahoma (my alma mater, for example), they can sure as hell beat "insert team here"

Don't forget the "No Chance Guy". He's the clown t...

2009-03-17T15:49:00.000-04:00

Don't forget the "No Chance Guy". He's the clown that checks out all of your picks and lets you know how many have NO CHANCE of winning. Thanks fortune teller - shut your pie hole. The name also implies how much chance this guy has of getting female attention.

I'm Mr. Going Out On a Limb guy, and I've won four...

2009-03-17T13:22:00.000-04:00

I'm Mr. Going Out On a Limb guy, and I've won four out of the last seven office pools. So I'm sorry, but I'm going to continue to be that guy.

I also am Xerox Guy too, as successfully pulling off Xerox Guy can win you both first and second place, which is what I did in '05 and '06. :)

"We beg you, please don't pick an all #1 seed Fina...

2009-03-17T12:52:00.000-04:00

"We beg you, please don't pick an all #1 seed Final Four."

What's so bad with this? If you think they are the 4 best teams (as happened last year), why not pick 4 #1 seeds?

As a Syracuse fan, Syracuse in 2003 remains my bes...

2009-03-17T11:34:00.000-04:00

As a Syracuse fan, Syracuse in 2003 remains my best, and least lucrative, bracket ever. The guy who ran the bracket pool in college had graduated the year before, and no one stepped up to organize anything. For shits and giggles, I through something together for Yahoo, and proceeded to pick 28/32, 15/16, 7/8, 4/4, 2/2 and, of course, Syracuse to win. Out of all the Yahoo entries I was in the 99.99% percentile, and didn't win a dime. I haven't entered in a basketball pool since, assuming that I blew a lifetime's worth of March Madness luck that year.

Tom Hanks (aka the Hopeless Romantic): This...

2009-03-17T10:56:00.000-04:00

Tom Hanks (aka the Hopeless Romantic): This guy who picks his alma mater to win it all - and his alma mater is a 15 seed.

This is me, but my alma mater is a 1 seed!

Great job by the way, very well done!

I have a quick (actually it got kind of long) stor...

2009-03-17T09:17:00.000-04:00

I have a quick (actually it got kind of long) story about: Not being "Cuse is in the House Guy."

It's March of 2003. In a tradition that dates back to about 1989 I filled out my bracket immediately after watching the NCAA selection show.

As I'm going through I keep saying to myself we can win this game, we can win this game. The next thing I know I have us winning it all. After seeing this my father says "never bet with your heart." I put a single line through Syracuse and write Kansas on the final line.

Fast forward to the greatest, err second greatest day of my life (CeeDubbs effect), April 7, 2003. Someone else in our tournament also had the Kansas/Syracuse championship game. Except their father didn't talk them out of leaving Syracuse on the final line. I was up by 5 points with the championship game worth 6.

Needless to say I called a local gentleman who accepts wagers on such affairs and bet the Syracuse money line and more than doubled what I would have won had I just won the bracket.

A guy, yes I said guy at work asked me yesterday w...

2009-03-17T08:32:00.000-04:00

A guy, yes I said guy at work asked me yesterday what March Madness was!!!??

Definitely DO NOT be this guy!

Russinator-

did you at least win the pool w...

2009-03-16T21:53:00.000-04:00

Russinator-

did you at least win the pool when you chose your bracket based on the mascot fights?