The moment has arrived. Bracket-mania 2011.
You may remember last year Bracket-mania was started so my friend Lane & I could keep up our daily conversations about college football after she moved to Atlanta. We succeeded.
Lane would consider year 1 as a success since she walked away with the jackpot. Pretty sure my dad & I both see it as a failure. Pick the sure winner, or go for the upset? That IS the question...
Sooooo, here are the rules. Some modifications from 2012 + some improvements:
- Every week you'll pick the winner of the games played by the Top 25 teams. For every game right, you earn 7 points (Touchdown!) For every game wrong, you lose 3 points (Field goal by the other team) and if you pick all 25 games correctly, you'll get an added 2 points for the week (Safety)
Please Note: In 2010, no one got a safety throughout the entire season. Something to strive for.
- You also have to be a follower of this blog in order to sign up. (Probably should have started with that, no wonder I only have 14 followers..........)
- You also have to be serious. For real, you'll get kicked out. We've done it before.
Action items for YOU:
1. Look to the right and click on "Join this site." Do it now.
2. Either comment on this post or email Lane or me if you want in.
3. Wait for the most exciting email of your fall to come around August 15 in preparation for week 1.
4. Pay in. Easy.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The dog days are overrrr
Umm, is there going to be college football anymore? I'm starting to think that all of it is so out of control that they're going to just remove all programs from all schools and start from scratch.
On top of the disaster going on with Ohio State, ESPN is reporting that they're still investigating Auburn from last years' Cam Newton situation. This means we're looking at another potential forfeit of a National Championship. OSU already forfeited the Rose Bowl from last year (along with all of their wins, which includes a win over Michigan. That hurts Buckeyes...maybe more than anything)
Maybe I'm over-reacting, I'm just really starting to wonder what is going to whip these schools and programs into shape and bring this sport back to the glory that I know it can be.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
ESPN Classics
Last year when I moved in with best roomies ever, we were appalled at the fact that SOAP Net wasn't part of our Cable plan. How else would we watch 90210 reruns on repeat Saturday & Sunday mornings?!? Then one night, the Verizon Fios Fairy came and we woke up to "Breakfast in Bed" - the greatest invention since Saturday morning cartoons. Now we can get our fix of Brandon, Brenda & the gang every week.
If I could ask the Verizon Fios fairy for one more thing, it would be to grant us ESPN Classics. Why isn't this part of the normal cable subscription? It's a channel dedicated to playing all of the GREATEST games of all time! All....day......long! Instead, I have to sit at home in jealousy while my dad emails me about everything I'm missing.
This past weekend, while celebrating this amazing country I love so much, I heard the the familiar sound of Kirk Herbstreit's voice. I rushed into the family room to see what this could be. Oh, just the 2010 National Championship game. Auburn vs. Oregon in all its glory. Don't most families sit around watching old National Championships together? No? Just mine?
Want to know what came on after that? The 2009 Rose Bowl with Ohio State and Oregon. You know the one...it's the one where all the punk Ohio State players sold their rings for money and took down their entire football program with them. Surely this is why it is now part of the ESPN Classics programming.
It did get the wheels turning though - we're so close! Just a month away. But it feels like there's so much to do to prepare. Super Fan & I need to get the 2011 Bracket up and running. I need to decide which games I can get to this year. I need to start researching teams to see who will be this years' upset.
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