SPORTS GUY: Madness 101

Posted 3/17/11

Look, I know March has always been steeped in a blizzard of annual college basketball madness. Heck, in college, my roommate and I would pool our pizza money together in order to purchase cable for one month. The whole point was to overdose on as …

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SPORTS GUY: Madness 101

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It has been exactly two years since The Sports Guy arrived in Powell. Yours truly is still enjoying life here in the Big Horn Basin. Our little clan loves waking up to the view of mountains in every direction and we’re not planning on leaving any time soon.

But if the opportunity ever presents itself, I think I’d have to accept an offer to become a bracketologist.

Look, I know March has always been steeped in a blizzard of annual college basketball madness. Heck, in college, my roommate and I would pool our pizza money together in order to purchase cable for one month. The whole point was to overdose on as many NCAA tournament games as possible.

After that, who needs cable?

Bracketologist.

Now, admittedly, I’ve never actually seen a job posting for a bracketologist. I don’t know the qualifications. I imagine the ad copy goes something like this, however:

“Do you know the mascots of Maine, Pepperdine, Northern Colorado, Manhattan and Prairie View? Can you recite the hyphenated California schools from memory in 30 seconds or less and tell the difference between Ohio St. crimson and Wisconsin red on first sight? Can you name any member of the starting five at South Dakota? If so, consider an exciting career in bracketology.”

After two semesters of helping the Sports Gal with her college algebra classes, I can do that. Trust me.

Look, once upon a time I was content to simulate the entire NCAA tournament on my PlayStation 2 and get away with calling it “computer research.” Not any more. My aspirations are loftier. I must be a bracketologist.

For the record: Kansas 67, Kentucky 62.

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