Monday, March 17, 2008

March Madness

The NCAA Tournament represents the perfect balance of upsets and favorites. In arenas all across the country die-hard fans come together to root on their teams. 50-year-old men scream and cry like 8-year-old children. Come this Thursday, tens of thousands of Americans will call in sick to their boring desk jobs so they can sit at home with their friends and follow their bracket, crossing out wrong picks, and hitting themselves for trying to hard to find this year's "Cinderalla Team," that will shock the world by beating a giant power. Random institutions like South Alabama and Butler will have their fifteen minutes of fame while heartless fans root them on yelling at players they previously had never even heard of. Who will fill the glass slipper? A beautiful thing indeed... I can't wait.

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