Comments on: Fuck Your Bracket

By: The Everyday Joe » Recovering from Monday’s Fix

The Everyday Joe » Recovering from Monday’s Fix — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:41:55 +0000

[...] However, things got better in the evening. And while most don’t care, Florida’s win over UCLA cemented my victory in the 115 entry bracket pool in which I participated. I do feel a tad responsible for prostituting the nation’s youth, at least the ones playing in the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. Not surprisingly, I don’t feel the least bit bad about it. They play. I wager. It’s the circle of life. Or something like that. [...]

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:47:02 +0000

I go to KU. I burned my bracket in the back yard.

By: Justin Slotman

Justin Slotman — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:08:04 +0000

Gawd, is there anyone who wouldn’t want a Butler-Penn final? That would be magic.

By: Mullet

Mullet — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:41:44 +0000

I’ll worry about that Butler-Penn matchup, or one similar, when it never happens. Until then, stick it to the “man”

By: rwn3f

rwn3f — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:36:15 +0000

of course human nature causes us to pull for dogs, but the tournament is not about upsets, its about annoiting the best team in the country. do you route for dogs in any other championship? Does anyone really want to see a butler-penn final? you may pull for it in the moment, but after the fact, id rather see the best two teams on the court.

that being said, fuck tenessee for taking down winthrop and fuck sdsu for choking against indiana.

and doug, im with ya, except for everything you said. youre an idiot

By: Pacifist Viking

Pacifist Viking — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:01:55 +0000

It’s even more fun when a professional writer like Peter King takes time out of his MMQB to talk about his bracket. No matter how often I swear that a given King article is the last I’ll ever read, the allure of pro football commentary draws me back.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:25:56 +0000

I disagree completely, brackets are part of the fun that is March Madness. Upsets are cool either way, but part of the fun in them is trying to PREDICT those upsets. Even if I wind up being wrong and a 11 seed that I didn’t expect to do anything DOES wind up going to the sweet sixteen I can stop and say “well yeah, sure it fucked up my brakcet, but damned it wasn’t cool.” And besides, I HAVE won my pool a couple times in the last few years so eat it MJD.

By: DookieStyle

DookieStyle — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:09:31 +0000

As per usual, Doug sucks.

By: Mullet

Mullet — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:48:43 +0000

No one’s saying that you shouldn’t root for YOUR team. But, when you don’t have a vested interest in either team, it’s human nature to pull for the underdog. No one goes to see “Rocky” to cheer for Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, or the ‘mighty’ Russian. No one watches “Hoosiers” and hopes that they lose the final game. Neutral fans tend to cheer for the underdog. Upsets make the tournament fun.
And, Billy Packer doesn’t seem to like upsets, either. So, there’s that, too.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:20:38 +0000

Brackets are half the fun. I fill them out whether or not I have money involved or not.

For whatever reason, I can’t root for teams I’ve never seen play or heard of, regardless of what my bracket might read.

It’s not like people only root for higher seeded teams, but why should they stop rooting for teams they like, just because the team they like is playing against and underdog?

If you want me to go through my bracket and tell you games I rooted against the team I picked, I can go on all day, but don’t sit around here and tell people who they should and shouldn’t root for and if their reasons for rooting a certain way are justified or not.

The tourament might be about upsets for some people, but for people like me, it’s about rooting on my favorite team, hoping all the teams I hate lose, and enjoying the rest of the tourney for what it is. If by chance the bracket I filled out happens to win me some money, more power to me.

By: Pacifist Viking

Pacifist Viking — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:18:08 +0000

Though it’s not like first round upsets are that rare anymore. These upsets are pretty commonplace–I have a hard time seeing them as great stories (though obviously they are for those schools). But a team scoring two straight upsets and getting to the Sweet 16, that’s a story.

By: Mullet

Mullet — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:24:28 +0000

Well said. I’ve had to sit and watch this tournament with a guy who pulls for the big schools because he “respects what they’ve done.” Why do I keep watching it with him? Because I have to argue with him and try to show him the error of his ways. I also like to call him a “woman” and ask to finger-bang his vagina. It’s pretty frustrating. Everytime a better seed wins, he says “See?” I, of course, tell him that they are supposed to win and explain that he’s missing the point of the tournament. I’m getting mad right now and I think I’m gonna find him and try to see his woman parts. FUCK BRACKETS!

By: fp

fp — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:09:35 +0000

I have UConn over Texas and yet was outright rooting for Albany and Penn to just TRY and hold on to their respective leads. Sometims, once in a blue moon, the sport should beat out personal financial gain.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:47:32 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to plug my blog MJD…

By: stedmala

stedmala — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:30:23 +0000

MJD, you are DEAD-ON as usual!
There is nothing more ignorant than to root for Tennessee against the Shockers because you “…had the Vols in the Sweet 16″!
Nice pick Nostradamus – now go celebrate with the other 138 million people who took the Vols.
Real fans root for upsets – human buttholes root for their $25 pool at work.

Great post, thanks!