BHGP NCAA TOURNAMENT PICKAROOSKI
by Adam Jacobi on Mar 16, 2009 11:30 AM CDT
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PrintAs usual, HFMR will be setting up this year's tournament pick-them. We expected him to get it done last night, but instead he got drunk on a Sunday night and huffed some liquid cement. We kick him every now and then and he twitches, so... he's alive and that's cool.
Anyway, when he comes to, we'd like a little information for him. ESPN is still the best place to host one of these things, right? Our three main criteria for hosting our Picksies are probably in this order:
- Ease of filling out bracket, especially for those hampered by shitty work computers
- Ease of signing up (Yahoo probably wins on this, because who doesn't have a yahoo id, right?)
- Maximum size of group
- Prizes (realistically, none of us are winning a fucking thing that the site offers)
In other words, is there anything past ESPN or Yahoo that we're missing as a viable host? Otherwise, we'll have your signup info later today. BONUS TOURNEY PROTIP: This is Stephen F. Austin's year.
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CBS Sportsline is pretty decent, but the only reason to have an ID for that site is if you filled out a bracket there last year…..in which case you’ve probably forgotten your login name and password anyway…..
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Mar 16, 2009 12:00 PM CDT reply actions
Having said that
It takes like 9 seconds to sign up for a new login name
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Mar 16, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Yahoo! is wicked easy to use.
I just filled one out for another group and it took me all of 2 minutes. Very user friendly, and it gives you sysnopsisesiisiss’s of each team as you do it. Plus if you get them all right (and I usually do) you win ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
It has instant updates and all that. You can print .pdfs easily. I say we use that…but whatever. I am not a big fan of the upset multipliers…but I am down for whatever.
Apparently facts are weak things when they face personal philosophies.
(gurgle) one more thing
Do you guys like the idea of the seed multiplier, which rewards you exponentially for correctly picking upsets?
For instance, if you’re wise enough to take Stephen F Austin to the Elite Eight, you would multiply their seed (14) by the points per round (usually 1, 2, 4, 8 etc). That’s 14 + 28 + 56 = 98 points instead of the standard 1 + 2 + 4 = 7.
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Mar 16, 2009 12:09 PM CDT reply actions
That seems like it devalues 1 seeds too much – picking a 1 to the Final Four gets you 15, a 2 to the Elite Eight gets you 14. I saw someone suggest (seed+4) as a multiplier somewhere (then a 6 seed gets you twice as many points per game as a 1, but the difference between a 1 and 2 is small), but I don’t know of any site that runs that as an automatic option – you’d have to score it by hand.
personally, no
but it’s not all about me.
(yes it is)
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
(that was in response to HFMR's seed multiplier thing)
Speaking of seed multipliers, it would be awesome if you could take a pill and then all of a sudden, when you ejaculated (ONTO A LADY, WOOOOOO SEX), you end up dumping like a liter of mansauce. I suppose your balls would have to grow to an uncomfortable size or something, but still, that’d be pretty sweet.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
by Adam Jacobi on Mar 16, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Isn't that
what happened to the lady with 14 kids?
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You mean Old Mother Hubbard?
Didn’t her uterus fall out?
by Bucketochicken on Mar 16, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
To an dog. They live in an old shoe with a bunch of cupboards.
by Bucketochicken on Mar 16, 2009 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
"an old shoe with a bunch of cupboards"
So like Roos, then?
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
Roos...
…were totally sweet. You could fit a whole nickel in there. If you broke it in properly, then you fit a quarter. Although the Ice Cream Man never appreciated when I would take 5 minutes to get my quarter out and still couldn’t afford the “Supreme Cookie Sandwich.” I guess that’s when I started getting good at giving blow jobs.
Fucking Roos, they cost me more than just that Supreme Cookie Sandwich, but years and years of pain and torment. Thanks OPS! My psychiatrist will be thrilled that I made such a tremendous breakthrough.
Haha! Roos!
Sweet! I had the Walter Paytons. They looked cool (in as much as a god-awful combo of white orange and blue can look cool (read: it can’t)), but holy shit that was some piss-poor sweatshop labor quality. Those things fell apart faster than Ki-Jana Carter’s knees.
by Bucketochicken on Mar 16, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
We can beat Penn State, though.
Hugs and kisses,
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
too bad they couldnt win this game
or they would be in the tourney that matters
by Anonymous Hero on Mar 16, 2009 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice picture
The Hawkeye player is in the midst of turning the ball over because he was distracted by a shiny piece of jewelry.
"Breaststroke, free style," Rubin said of his technique, "Let’s see Phelps do that one."
by ReadingRambler on Mar 16, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
the piece of "jewelry" is known as
The All Sport Complete Total Domination Over Penn Shtaaate Trophy.
by Anonymous Hero on Mar 16, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
All Sports?
Like Women’s volleyball where Penn State just went undefeated? And if you say that’s not a “real sport” then you can’t count wrestling.
"Breaststroke, free style," Rubin said of his technique, "Let’s see Phelps do that one."
by ReadingRambler on Mar 17, 2009 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions
He's just vociferously pointing out some sweat on the floor.
Matt Gatens is very safety-conscious, and I’ll thank you to not take such matters lightly.
by Bucketochicken on Mar 16, 2009 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
That doesn’t count because he/she was talking about basketball, you slimy piece of slimeball!
"Breaststroke, free style," Rubin said of his technique, "Let’s see Phelps do that one."
by ReadingRambler on Mar 16, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude, just stay away
These guys beat us at trash talking every single time. We’re just not cut out for it.
"Breaststroke, free style," Rubin said of his technique, "Let’s see Phelps do that one."
by ReadingRambler on Mar 16, 2009 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Figging work
is now blocking yahoo fantasy leagues. Making me use my own time to screw off.
DAMN YOU, WORK!
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