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Calnan
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Post subject: The big dance  Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:14 pm |
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Even though I already did my bracket I will not put that out there until probably early thursday afternoon. Mainly because I am hoping some of you joing the bracket challenge here is the info. Sorry I posted this twice. I already posted this in the fantasy section.
Hello everyone,
I am starting a march madness pool. It is 10 bucks. Winner take all if under 10 people or under are in it. 10-19 people the top 2 will get money. More than 19 the top three will be in the money. I am sending out the invite to the people in the fantasy leagues and the people on this board.
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com
Group ID = 76561
password - madness
Sign up and send the 10 dollars to
Marc Calnan
505 Garland Road
Dexter, Me 04930 if interested.
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linc02
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:43 am |
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I have a pool on espn.com. Its free but you can win prizes. Here is my group:
This message is from Linc who is challenging you to play Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com.Get in on the excitement of this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Compete against other fans as you fill out a bracket and earn points for every correct pick! Come out on top and you could win $10,000. Get a group together and earn plenty of bragging rights amongst your friends by winning it all. Best of all, it’s free to play and win. Get in the action now:
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/group?groupID=45092
Group: LLFF
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Roadduck99
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:33 am |
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I'm in with Linc's group. I'm not sure why anybody, much less somebody with insider knowledge like myself, would invest $10 in my NCAA pics, so I'm passing on Calnan's.
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linc02
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:13 am |
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Roadduck99 wrote: I'm in with Linc's group. I'm not sure why anybody, much less somebody with insider knowledge like myself, would invest $10 in my NCAA pics, so I'm passing on Calnan's.
Welcome aboard.
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lexwing
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:50 am |
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I joined as well
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NEsportsfanscott
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:09 am |
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I'm in.
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mitsoxfan
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:46 am |
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I think I'm in. But I'm not going to far since I have More Head State winning it all.
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Two Funny Guys and Ross
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:10 pm |
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mitsoxfan wrote: I think I'm in. But I'm not going to far since I have More Head State winning it all.
What dude wouldn't want to go to THAT college??? 
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What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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SteelerFan
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:04 pm |
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Two Funny Guys and Ross wrote: mitsoxfan wrote: I think I'm in. But I'm not going to far since I have More Head State winning it all. What dude wouldn't want to go to THAT college??? The dude that wants to go to Ball State, not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:46 pm |
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mitsoxfan wrote: I think I'm in. But I'm not going to far since I have More Head State winning it all.
Is that the sister school to Oral Roberts?
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What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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Roadduck99
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:06 pm |
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By the way, here's my final four. I put a spoiler on it in case you don't want to be overly influenced by my genius.
[spoil]Pitt, UConn, Michigan St., Oklahoma
Oklahoma over UConn for the championship. [/spoil]
Let me know if you want to see my first round upsets. My bracket is an open book.
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New Auburn Maniac
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:38 am |
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Two Funny Guys and Ross wrote: mitsoxfan wrote: I think I'm in. But I'm not going to far since I have More Head State winning it all. Is that the sister school to Oral Roberts? I always thought that Oral Roberts were 2 gay guys named Bob. 
It's always funny to hear the "Let's go Peay" chant in the NCAA tourney. You guys have brought up two more possibilities.
"Let's go Ball, let's go ball"
or simply "More head, more head". 
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:58 am |
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Apparently, Coach K was not impressed with President Obama's picks. What a douche.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski isn't thrilled his team got snubbed by the leader of the free world.
"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Krzyzewski told a reporter from the Associated Press on Wednesday.
The president filled out his NCAA bracket for ESPN on Tuesday, and the Blue Devils weren't among his Final 4 picks. Instead, he has Coach K's squad falling to Pittsburgh in the Elite 8.
Obama's pick to win the Big Dance? Duke's archrival, the University of North Carolina.
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What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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jalbs
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:04 am |
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I'm in...this is the best sports day of the year.
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Calnan
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:12 am |
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Two Funny Guys and Ross wrote: Apparently, Coach K was not impressed with President Obama's picks. What a douche.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski isn't thrilled his team got snubbed by the leader of the free world.
"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Krzyzewski told a reporter from the Associated Press on Wednesday.
The president filled out his NCAA bracket for ESPN on Tuesday, and the Blue Devils weren't among his Final 4 picks. Instead, he has Coach K's squad falling to Pittsburgh in the Elite 8.
Obama's pick to win the Big Dance? Duke's archrival, the University of North Carolina.
I heard it this morning and you could tell he was joking around.
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NEsportsfanscott
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:32 am |
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Calnan wrote: Two Funny Guys and Ross wrote: Apparently, Coach K was not impressed with President Obama's picks. What a douche.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski isn't thrilled his team got snubbed by the leader of the free world.
"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Krzyzewski told a reporter from the Associated Press on Wednesday.
The president filled out his NCAA bracket for ESPN on Tuesday, and the Blue Devils weren't among his Final 4 picks. Instead, he has Coach K's squad falling to Pittsburgh in the Elite 8.
Obama's pick to win the Big Dance? Duke's archrival, the University of North Carolina. I heard it this morning and you could tell he was joking around. Did you hear or watch it? Because I saw it and he wasn't exactly joking around, but tried to play it off like he was at the end. And to be honest I can't really blame him. I dont mean to turn this into a political thing, but I remember when Bush came out and talked about banning steroids in sports people were all up in arms saying he had bigger things to worry about. Now we are in a recession and ESPN goes and asks President Obama to fill out a bracket and discuss it.
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Roadduck99
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:09 am |
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The biggest difference there is that Bush was proposing government intervention in the rules of a private business (in other words, lots of Congressional time and resources dedicated to the issue), and Obama was taking an hour to fill out a bracket.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:39 am |
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Roadduck99 wrote: The biggest difference there is that Bush was proposing government intervention in the rules of a private business (in other words, lots of Congressional time and resources dedicated to the issue), and Obama was taking an hour to fill out a bracket.
True. I dont really care that he did, Im in the group that thinks it's cool he did it but I can see how some may have a gripe. I was impressed to hear that he knew Oklahoma only goes 7 deep.
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Roadduck99
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:18 pm |
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So our ESPN group has four people picking UNC to go all the way, and one each picking Memphis, Mich. St., Pitt, UConn and Oklahoma. Go Sooners!
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:19 pm |
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Roadduck99 wrote: The biggest difference there is that Bush was proposing government intervention in the rules of a private business (in other words, lots of Congressional time and resources dedicated to the issue), and Obama was taking an hour to fill out a bracket.
Wow, I'm actually a bit embarrassed that it only took me 10 minutes. I feel like I shortchanged my country!
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Roadduck99
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:23 pm |
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No, no, TFGAR, you were more productive than the President. Productivity is a key to the US economy.
But you are a slacker compared to me. I did two separate brackets in less than 10 minutes. It's a Zen thing. Or maybe that I'm completely guessing so it doesn't really matter who I pick. I don't believe I've watched 60 seconds of NCAA basketball (combined) this season.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:09 pm |
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With 9 minutes to go Cal State Northridge is leading #2 Memphis 64-61. I doubt Memphis loses but could you imagine.
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Calnan
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:10 pm |
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I love that you can watch any game online for free. I am glad I did not get the mega march madness package since I get the same thing for free. Great watching the memphis struggle right now.Only bad thing is Brando is the announcer. I have Memphis in a few of my brackets to make the final 4 I do not mind them going down and taking a chance with the rest of my picks. In the majority of my brackets I have Pitt winning it all.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:31 pm |
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Roadduck99 wrote: So our ESPN group has four people picking UNC to go all the way, and one each picking Memphis, Mich. St., Pitt, UConn and Oklahoma. Go Sooners!
Make that two people with Pitt. For some reason I didn't see Jalbs listed when I looked earlier.
0-2 on the 8/9 games. There goes my historic perfect bracket!
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linc02
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:36 pm |
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NEsportsfanscott wrote: With 9 minutes to go Cal State Northridge is leading #2 Memphis 64-61. I doubt Memphis loses but could you imagine.
Memphis comes back and wins by 11.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:38 pm |
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I'm 3-3 right now. So, do you guys want to just forfeit now?
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Calnan
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:51 pm |
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In the yahoo league half the people in it (5 out of 10) have the same exact final 4 (Memphis,UNC,Pitt and Lousiville).
Here is the breakdown in that one for who people predict to win it all.
UNC- 3
Memphis- 1
Pitt- 2
Syracuse- 1
Louisville-2
Michigan State - 1
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Calnan
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:09 pm |
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Must be something serious wrong with Calhoun. He is missing today ad most likely the entire weekend.
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I doubt many people in the country have the same final four as me.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:22 pm |
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3/3 so far but I doubt it will hold
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