I posted the following on my “blog” at espn.com – a site that I don’t visit very often, mostly because I don’t really know much about sports or really care that much. But I knew that it would annoy my co-worker Keith.
You see Keith thinks that in order to fill out a NCAA tournament bracket you should know something about sports, or at least basketball or maybe at least be able to tell which of two numbers is higher than another. But I don’t agree – I think part of the fun of taking part in March Madness is the fact that you don’t have to know anything to fill out a bracket and you might just get lucky.
This is apparently quite annoying to him so I capitalized on it by posting a blog which you can read below or view on my ESPN.com profile page, oops wait I mean this one.
5 reasons my NCAA picks are better than yours…
If anyone is actually reading this then you probably know me, and by knowing me you know that I know absolutely nothing about sports. But that doesn’t mean that my picks aren’t better than yours. Here are 5 reasons my picks beat your picks…
5. I did them at work. I’m generally a bit more on my game when I do things during the work day. If this hold true I will easily defeat you.
4. I’m wearing brown. It’s a good color on me and I think it just adds to my ability to make great picks.
3. Kent State – I know where it’s at and can drive there without written directions, once again – adding to my familiarity with this years tournament.
2. The Wagner Lab of Ornithology in Newport has informed me that that bird is a liar, and also not my doppleganger. Today is a good day.
1. You actually read this list, meaning you’re looking for insight for your picks which means you’re worried that you’ll make or have made poor choices – I win.
Good luck this year.
So I finished typing that and published, figuring that nobody would ever read it unless I specifically directed them there. I was wrong – later that day I got an email letting me know that I had received a message on my profile at ESPN.com. It said the following:
From: MattFriedrichs
Sent: 03/19/2008 at 10:32 AM
Subject: Picks blog
Message: Very funny. I’d consider it for the front of ESPN.com if you turn on the comments (Edit My Profile, privacy settings).
The next day I received another message:
From: CommunityEds
Sent: 03/20/2008 at 3:34 PM
Subject: Funny blog
Message: We rounded up NCAA tourney blogs, yours included here: http://myespn.go.com/s/blogs/show/username/CommunityEds?target_tsn=99
I was really suprised - I went ahead and turned on comments like they requested but I don’t think it ever was promoted to the front page of ESPN.com. But just like the March Madness, (and Forrest Gump for that matter) you never know what you’re gonna get. Looks like sometimes there is a little luck involved with Tournament brackets…
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