With toenails trimmed, our new-look NCAA live chat is a go!
TV or not TV, that is the question. Or something like that. (Photo and pedicure by yours truly)
I’ll have you know that I clipped my toenails just for this. (I even thought about putting polish on them. Then I realized I don’t really know how that’s done.) And clipping my toenails is, for this correspondent, an experience fraught with trauma.
On Sept. 25, 1997, I had taken a shower and repaired to the bedroom to clip my toenails. The deed done, I walked into the bathroom to return the clippers in question to their assigned drawer. I slipped on a wet spot and shattered my right kneecap into seven asymmetrical shards. I was on crutches until January. To this day, I have no right kneecap.
But I digress. I worked up my nerve and clipped my toenails because I didn’t want to appear all scraggly for our new-look NCAA tournament Day 1 live chat. As you can see, we have a new TV. The old one in the den stopped working last summer. (Although the old one in the den wasn’t nearly as old as the one featured in previous NCAA live chats. That one still runs like a charm.)
OK, enough about me. The Big Dance starts in earnest today, though it would be tough to top the doings in Dayton on Tuesday: Western Kentucky trailed by 16 points and won; BYU trailed by 25 points and won. To invoke Dickie V.: Are you serious?
First up today is Murray State-Colorado State. The Racers are, depending on your slant, either wildly underrated or overrated. Then comes Kansas State (overrated) against Southern Miss (underrated). Then Wisconsin (overrated) against Montana (dunno). That’s pretty fair fare for the first afternoon, I’d have to say.
And now it’s over to you. I’ll keep going until 4 p.m. or so, and I’d appreciate the company. And if anybody out there knows how to program these newfangled TVs, please sing out.
By Mark Bradley
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186 comments Add your comment
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
12:10 pm
FIRST! Let’s get rolling Mark! Look good on TV the other day!
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
12:10 pm
I can smell my Krogers Gift Card now!!
GACheesehead
March 15th, 2012
12:14 pm
Mark,
Are you a Foot Model? Dr. Shoals, eat ur heart out!
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
12:17 pm
Kudos, Brad!
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:18 pm
Kudos and thanks, ClemsonBrad.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
12:18 pm
Maybe they’re not as official as Mark’s kudos… but heartfelt nonetheless.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:19 pm
And magnanimity from the Rickster.
Jeff B
March 15th, 2012
12:20 pm
There were no comments yet when I first loaded the page… but the sight of Mark’s feet caused me to quickly leave the room without commenting. Sorry Mark!
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:23 pm
Also new this year. I’m commenting via iPad.
Bill
March 15th, 2012
12:24 pm
Mark do I need to go to Facebook to access the chat?
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:24 pm
I’m already tired of the Carlie Sheen DirectTV spot.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
12:25 pm
Every streak comes to an end, does it not?
UCLA’s… Dimaggio’s,.. Hogan’s… Rickster’s
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:25 pm
Upset alert: Murray State down seven.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:27 pm
No. This one is being done right here, Bill. Just refresh often.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:34 pm
I congratulate Rickster for showing more grace at streak’s end than did, say, Pete Rose.
GACheesehead
March 15th, 2012
12:34 pm
Upset alert: Murray State down seven.
Dang………..my bracket is trash now
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:36 pm
Don’t panic just yet. Murray State is settling in. Down two now.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:37 pm
Murray State leads.
I have the Racers in the Elite Eight, FWIW.
DCBravosFan
March 15th, 2012
12:39 pm
Mark,
What is your take on the Racers? I am BIG on them. They are the only team in the country with just one loss!
DCBravosFan
March 15th, 2012
12:40 pm
Looks like you answered my question while I was writing it!
Paul in NH
March 15th, 2012
12:40 pm
Did Gene Garvey strike out the Rickster?
cousin vicker
March 15th, 2012
12:43 pm
Me too Mark. Murray state in the elite 8. That makes me very nervous.
DCBravosFan
March 15th, 2012
12:43 pm
And Mark, this is a day early, but you are going to regret that Belmont pick. In addition to the Racers, I am HUGE on the Hoyas!
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:45 pm
Mission accomplished. I found TruTV. It’s channel 48.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:46 pm
Gene Garber, Paul.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:47 pm
Really glad I picked Southern Miss. Down 8-1 already.
Paul in NH
March 15th, 2012
12:48 pm
Mark – thanks for the correction. I obviously had Gene Garber and Marcus Garvey mixed up.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:51 pm
Or Steve Garvey, who also hurt the Reds.
Sonny Clusters
March 15th, 2012
12:53 pm
Is this like NASCAR? We don’t know much about basketball.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:54 pm
Southern Miss looks terrible.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
12:56 pm
This is a lot like NASCAR. Every four minutes, the teams play under caution
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
12:56 pm
Methinks this settles the whole “Are Mark Bradley & The Rickster the same person” kerfuffle.
Josh
March 15th, 2012
1:00 pm
Mark, there needs to be a link to the fiasco page on the front page so I can keep up with my bracket. I cannot find a link to the page anywhere.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:01 pm
Murray State down one at halftime.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:02 pm
That was becoming a vicious rumor, Rickster
Sonny Clusters
March 15th, 2012
1:04 pm
We was told Fredi was filling in a bracket but kept putting Chipper in the 3-hole and spoiling the ballot. Whack Hyder was a great basketball name because you almost never see anybody named Hyder. We went to school with a Hyder but she didn’t like athletes. She dated us for our good looks and acadmic prowess.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:04 pm
Here’s a link to the Fiasco.
http://ajc.collegehoops.upickem.net/collegebasketball/registration/loginmobile.asp
Josh
March 15th, 2012
1:05 pm
Thanks Mark!
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:06 pm
Actually, NCAA pools are a fixture of the Braves’ clubhouse.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:07 pm
If current trends hold, I’ll be 0-2 on the day.
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:10 pm
Thanks for sharing about your knee….good lord.
cousin vicker
March 15th, 2012
1:10 pm
Have the First Four taught you nothing Mark? No lead is safe.
Bill
March 15th, 2012
1:10 pm
Josh I bookmarked my picks as soon as I finished and I can go right to them.Hope that helps.
Sonny Clusters
March 15th, 2012
1:10 pm
When we was in school we was known for our academics and Jeff and us was both on the Honor Roll. You wouldn’t expect that if you ever heard Jeff interviewed because he comes of a little bit like uh, Chipper when he starts talking and sometimes says things he shouldn’t. We was wondering if DOP or whatever his name is is laying low now that Chipper’s talking about him on the tv broadcasts. We remember when Hudson was ready to dust him over Ken Griffey, Jr. awhile back. Being a journalist can be hard work with some danger mixed in because sometimes the cheese bars have really old cheese on them.
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:12 pm
Is Brett Favre at the S Miss game? Peyton Manning?
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:14 pm
You know who really got a kick out of my knee story? The late Larry Munson. He always believed there was more involved
GACheesehead
March 15th, 2012
1:14 pm
No, Favre is not there, but he is texting in his pics.
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:17 pm
Larry should have been talking would be my guess! He certainly is missed, especially now that we have to listen to the wretched current product…
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:18 pm
Favre.
A tough son of a gun but not the brightest bulb at Lambeau Field…
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:18 pm
Kansas State has been called for three moving screens. New NCAA record
Ron in Vegas
March 15th, 2012
1:18 pm
Colorado St. leading at the half is no fluke. They are a pain in the rear end for anyone that they play and they had a good year in the Mountain West Conference beating UNLV, SDSU, and UNM.
cousin vicker
March 15th, 2012
1:20 pm
Actually, speaking of the First Four, it’s taken a lot of the fun out of picking brackets for me. I just can’t envision myself ever going “Well the winner of this First Four game is definitely going to the sweet sixteen, regardless of who wins!”
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:23 pm
But VCU did just that, Cousin Vicker.
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:23 pm
KS’s crazy coach will now come totally unglued and attack an innocent fan….that guy makes Bobby Knight look like a kindly arts patron…
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:24 pm
cousin vicker isn’t interested in facts….
Old Timer
March 15th, 2012
1:26 pm
And you think you’re screwed? My bracket has Kansas and Missouri playing for the national championship.
cousin vicker
March 15th, 2012
1:27 pm
I know, that’s my point. So basically I would have to have a bracket that said “VCU/FSU” winner in the Final Four. Not necessarily VCU, but the VCU/FSU winner. That’s just not March Madness.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:29 pm
Murray has it going. Scores first seven points of the half.
Dale Murphy (No, not that one)
March 15th, 2012
1:29 pm
Murray State starting to open it up. I have them losing in the Great 8.
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:31 pm
Fire FG!!
cousin vicker
March 15th, 2012
1:31 pm
Correction : VCU played USC in the First Four game. but my point remains the same.
Dale Murphy (No, not that one)
March 15th, 2012
1:34 pm
Blood, sweat and tears for Murray State.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
1:34 pm
Southern Cal went on to have one of the worst years in the history of the game. Went 6-26.
Paul in NH
March 15th, 2012
1:37 pm
I’ll take your 6-26 and raise you a 4-23 (with a 51-74 loss to a Division II school on St. Valentine’s Day)
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:38 pm
What are the current game scores?
Bill
March 15th, 2012
1:39 pm
I have the Racers winning today and losing to Missouri.
Ron in Vegas
March 15th, 2012
1:39 pm
On another note, it looks like the Bills are about to announce the signing of Mario Williams. What’s going on over at Flowery Branch?????
Dale Murphy (No, not that one)
March 15th, 2012
1:41 pm
The last 8 NCAA champions had the color blue in their uniforms.
Dale Murphy (No, not that one)
March 15th, 2012
1:43 pm
My pick Kentucky will make it 9 blue teams.
George
March 15th, 2012
1:45 pm
I’m not so sure about including the toenail thing as a starter for this article. When you’ve completely run out of things to do, cut the cuticles (on your fingers) with an double edge razor. I urge caution and a good pair of reading glasses. Missouri wins it all this year.
phil
March 15th, 2012
1:45 pm
Nothing is going on at Flowery Branch other than the usual…
Which is to say we won’t be winning any super bowl anytime soon, or even a single playoff game.
Andy
March 15th, 2012
1:51 pm
Murray St. has woken up it appears.
Metro Coach
March 15th, 2012
1:57 pm
This also my dogs’ favorite time of the year. The big one gets to lay in the house with me all day, her favorite thing to do, and the smaller one gets to lay in the sun on the back patio, come inside and drink half a gallon of water, and go back out and lay in the sun again, with me as his personal doorman. If thereis such a thing as reincarnation, I want to come back as some family’s Golden Retriever or Lab.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:00 pm
Davidson now ahead of Louisville. Southern Miss is also up.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:02 pm
I think the Falcons were more concerned with trying to keep players than in buying a big name.
Andy
March 15th, 2012
2:04 pm
Is that arena really called the KFC Yum! Center? Seriously?
get ready
March 15th, 2012
2:04 pm
csu has 20 turnovers in the game, and 10 pts in the 2nd half. defense wins championships!
Metro Coach
March 15th, 2012
2:04 pm
Hello Jen Hildreth, nice addition to the sideline reporter squad.
get ready
March 15th, 2012
2:05 pm
Yum Brands owns KFC
get ready
March 15th, 2012
2:06 pm
Jen is an emory grad
phil
March 15th, 2012
2:07 pm
Trying to keep players….
the same players that can’t do a thing but embarass themselves come playoff time.
sad.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:10 pm
Just checked my bracket. Haven’t missed one yet!
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:12 pm
Weird. Three teams from Kentucky are playing in Louisville’s arena today. But not Louisville, which had a 10:40 a.m. start in Portland.
KenDawg
March 15th, 2012
2:12 pm
Murray State a lock.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:13 pm
Yep. Yum is KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:15 pm
Louisville leads 22-16. Murray is cruising.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:15 pm
Plus Long John Silvers.
Yum!
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:17 pm
And (I think) A&W (which sells more than just root beer.)
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
2:18 pm
Mark, looks like I spot a Wii remote under the TV….you playing some Mario GoKart at halftime?
Old School
March 15th, 2012
2:23 pm
Mark, just saw where Stansbury resigned at Mississippi State. Can’t help but wonder if was forced out.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:24 pm
The daughters like the Wii. Just Dance.
Andy
March 15th, 2012
2:25 pm
Dumbest name ever for an arena. Remember back in the good old days when stadiums and areanas were named after important and influential people. Now we name them Yum!. Sad.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:26 pm
Rick Stansbury might have been the worst game coach in the country.
And I’m sure he was pushed. AD Scott Stricklin is from Painstsville, Ky. He cares about basketball.
Bill
March 15th, 2012
2:27 pm
Racers win.I ma 1-0.Mark can I just quit here?
Andy
March 15th, 2012
2:29 pm
Mark
I do like your new TV. Dare I ask if you have HD?
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:30 pm
I’ll admit the Yum Brands Arena does not resonate like Freedom Hall.
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
2:30 pm
Stansbury had a ridiculous amount of talent this year for a SEC that was pretty average after Kentucky, Florida, and Vandy….So glad Clemson didn’t get him two years ago.
phil
March 15th, 2012
2:30 pm
Fire Rick Stansbury!!
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
2:32 pm
Stansbury had a ton of talent this year in a SEC conference that was pretty average after Kentucky, Florida, and Vandy. I’m with you Mark…TERRIBLE in-game coach.
Greg
March 15th, 2012
2:32 pm
That jurrjens did great today. Fool Bradley thinks the braves will win the wild card. Haha They will be lucky to win 75 games.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:34 pm
No HD. We barely have electricity.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:36 pm
Go Murray State!
Makes me 1-for-1 so far.
Old School
March 15th, 2012
2:36 pm
Who knew Charles Barkley is an “IT Guy”?
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
2:38 pm
Anyone have any good excuses right now on how to get out of the office to get to home/in a bar to watch March Madness?
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:38 pm
I don’t think you need an excuse to leave early to watch hoops.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:39 pm
Hemy “guilty but mentally ill” on count 1, plain ol’ guilty on count 2.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
2:39 pm
Southern Miss is showing me nothing. Terrible pick.
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
2:40 pm
That’s true Mark. If it worked for you, it should work for me, right?
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:40 pm
ClemsonBrad, remember the wise words of Jimmy Buffett & Alan Jackson: “It’s five o’clock some where.”
KenDawg
March 15th, 2012
2:42 pm
Watching Montana – Wisconsin. Lots of facial hair on the Montana players. Living up to the Grizzly name…
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
2:43 pm
Who else wants to see Slick Rick and Louisville go down in the first round? Would love it…
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:44 pm
On the AJC.com on-line scoreboard they have KSU/SMiss in the East Regional even though it’s in the Southeast.
UGASlobberknocker
March 15th, 2012
2:47 pm
Where is the link to my Fiasco bracket? cant find it
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:48 pm
K State needs more than a 3-point lead to make me comfy.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
2:50 pm
Though since Mark picked them.. that does offer me a bit of hope.
Brian
March 15th, 2012
2:52 pm
that smiley face is so not appropriate
Brian
March 15th, 2012
2:53 pm
K-State will prevail. up by 7 now
Brian
March 15th, 2012
2:54 pm
nevermind just 4 now
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
3:02 pm
As much as like the thought of a BYU upset, I think that comeback in the play-in game took everything out of them. Don’t think they have much – if anything – left in the tank.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
3:03 pm
2-for-2 so far.
still in the running for that “one million dollars”
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:04 pm
I picked Southern Miss. Wrong. Also picked Marquette to lose today — to Iona.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:05 pm
Try here for the Fiasco.
http://ajc.collegehoops.upickem.net/collegebasketball/registration/loginmobile.asp
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:06 pm
Marquette ahead 18-5.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
3:08 pm
The BYU tank must be emptier than I thought.
But if anyone can pull off a miraculous comeback… it’s them Mormon boys!
GACheesehead
March 15th, 2012
3:08 pm
Lets go Marquette WARRIORS!!!!!!!!
Jay
March 15th, 2012
3:09 pm
You have a foot fetish bradley. You often take photos with your feet in them.
y3ll0wjacket
March 15th, 2012
3:15 pm
Mark,
What was Kentucky’s record in the NIT back when it was the more prestigious tourney? It doesn’t seem that we make any allowances for that in today’s stats.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:17 pm
Another prediction: Louisville-Davidson will tighten up.
seezy
March 15th, 2012
3:17 pm
Mark, are those world book encyclopedias on the shelve?
seezy
March 15th, 2012
3:18 pm
are those world book encyclopedias on the shelf?
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:18 pm
I believe Kentucky has only won one NIT. In 1976.
seezy
March 15th, 2012
3:19 pm
i’ve got this louisville/davidson game on right now. sigh of relief that kansas state held on.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:19 pm
Sorry. Two NITs. One in 1946, when it was a big deal.
Marcus
March 15th, 2012
3:23 pm
Wow! New TV. Beats the old cabinet/anchor I recall from 2 years ago. All hail Best Buy.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:25 pm
I actually bought three tvs last year. I’d gone more than a decade without buying one, as you might know.
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
3:27 pm
I see that someone opened the childproof lock on the doors under the TV so Mark could get the remote.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:29 pm
You might say: Isn’t it unfair for BYU to play in Dayton on Tuesday and then again on Louisville in Thursday afternoon?
The committee didn’t have much choice. BYU will not play on Sunday, meaning they had to go to a Thursday-Saturday subregional.
seezy
March 15th, 2012
3:29 pm
davidson wishes they had seth curry still.
seezy
March 15th, 2012
3:30 pm
stephen curry i mean.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:31 pm
Davidson is doing nothing. Louisville letting the Wildcats linger.
Mike
March 15th, 2012
3:31 pm
God Montana sucks – already given up 40+ to Wisc? I just wanted them to cover the 9.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:33 pm
I’d pay attention to Syracuse against Uncle Asheville.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:35 pm
Almost picked Montana. Glad I resisted.
Mike
March 15th, 2012
3:36 pm
Not much else to pay attention to….favs are goin 5-0 to start the day. Can’t even get a good game.
ClemsonBrad
March 15th, 2012
3:38 pm
Everyone watch the Dickey kid for UNC Asheville. That kid can play!
railman311
March 15th, 2012
3:43 pm
This dang job thingy is getting in they way of my march madness. This chat board > ESPN
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:45 pm
Davidson making a run. Too late, though
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:48 pm
That Syracuse game could be intriguing.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
3:59 pm
Really a dull afternoon. I apologize.
railman311
March 15th, 2012
3:59 pm
Great I get home and theres a slow moving storm over Flowery Branch, Dish is out FML
Rickster
March 15th, 2012
4:02 pm
3-for-3, and feeling good about my picks of Wisconsin & Marquette. Syracuse has me a bit on edge.
seezy
March 15th, 2012
4:04 pm
this game is getting testy
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
4:05 pm
Going to wrap it up. Thanks for keeping me company. And pay attention to UNC Asheville.
ben
March 15th, 2012
5:38 pm
officiating in syracuse game is a joke. so pro su.
Old School
March 15th, 2012
5:57 pm
Never like to criticize officiating but Asheville got hosed.
Mark Bradley
March 15th, 2012
6:07 pm
The lane violation was correct. The out of bounds call wasn’t.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
March 15th, 2012
8:03 pm
8 for 8 so far…here we go!!
BaceFook
March 15th, 2012
8:39 pm
O…………………………………………….. k
Joe
March 15th, 2012
9:56 pm
11-0 so far.. can Baylor hold on for a perfect dozen
Rickster
March 16th, 2012
8:31 am
The chance for perfection is gone.
Darn Indiana State. And who would have thought VCU would be the #12 upset special this year?
Luckily, I didn’t have either Wichita State or UConn past the second round, so my F4 won’t be trashed.
Still 14-2 ain’t bad at all.
Rickster
March 16th, 2012
8:33 am
Bradley, however, might need to watch out for the wet floor again, ’cause he took a bath in the first round.
Rickster
March 16th, 2012
8:44 am
Re: Indiana State
Should be “Iowa State”
BILL
March 16th, 2012
9:11 am
The winner of this tournament is NOT the best team in the country! Check out my blog article to find out why.
scientistbill.blogspot.com
Ted M
March 16th, 2012
10:31 am
Mark you’re getting hammered.
Rickster
March 16th, 2012
2:39 pm
The real fiasco is that Mark gets paid to do this!
Rickster
March 16th, 2012
2:54 pm
Boy.. North Carolina State just destroyed San Diego State – and cost me 2 points!
Rickster
March 16th, 2012
3:38 pm
15-3 with Florida looking good and Creighton (hopefully) able to hold off Alabama (oh please, please, please)
Rickster
March 16th, 2012
4:17 pm
Go Gators! Go Creighton!
Legend of Len Barker
March 16th, 2012
7:00 pm
I’m sure my other picks will oblige shortly, but…
at least I didn’t pick Mizzou
Midtown
March 16th, 2012
8:18 pm
Creighton knocking off coal black “Bama behind McDermott and Gibbs……too funny….
Paul in NH
March 16th, 2012
9:16 pm
Watching Duke-Lehigh. Who knew there were so many Lehigh fans in Greensboro, NC? Or that they decided to wear light blue?
Legend of Len Barker
March 16th, 2012
9:46 pm
at least I didn’t pick Duke, either
serbailes
March 16th, 2012
9:59 pm
Does it get any better? Duke will be forever shown as a 2 seed losing to a 15 seed!!!!!!
phil
March 16th, 2012
10:17 pm
No, it doesn’t get better! Hahahahaha duke! Sweet!
A Father
March 17th, 2012
8:25 am
The fiasco basketball board and tracking offered daily is FANTASTIC. Thank you for taking the time to produce this game format through AJC internet. When I read the story about the knee injury it was painful. Good Luck and thanks so much!
Fred ™
March 17th, 2012
12:14 pm
Those weren’t really Bradley’s picks. He wrote in the teams he thought would lose as winners just to make the rest of us feel good about our own brackets.
Thanks Mark, it worked for me. i was feeling pretty down until I saw your results.
crusher dawg
March 17th, 2012
7:46 pm
Congratulations to Coach Steve Prohm of Murray State. A graduate of Northwest Whitfield High School in Tunnel Hill, GA. They had a great year………
sports
March 17th, 2012
8:10 pm
great to see those overated “dookies” get their @sses handed to them…that bunch never deserved a 2 seed, they’re about the same level as the yellow blowflys on North Avenue.
kral
March 17th, 2012
8:35 pm
Not a INDY or VCU fan…but the flagarant one call in this game …swinging elbows was the dumbest thing I think I have ever seen..something needs to change..
Peach Fuzz
March 17th, 2012
10:09 pm
What do Georgia Crackers do during MM? Do they grieve? Do they go into denial? Or do they go to see Dawgs during Spring practice?
Vandy Dad !!!
March 17th, 2012
11:32 pm
http://www.insidevandy.com/sports/mens_basketball/article_cad372cc-70a1-11e1-80ce-0019bb30f31a.html
Dirty Bird Nation
March 18th, 2012
2:12 pm
Lady Dawgs BOUNCED from NCAA by a #14 seed. Andy Landers need to be removed as coach and bring in Theresa Edwards to coach this team. Andy had no idea of how to stop Marist motion offense. You are a #4 seed and you get BOUNCED.
gordon
March 18th, 2012
11:14 pm
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Sid
March 19th, 2012
1:50 am
Man…………..I promise you, Furman Bisher never wrote about “trimmed toenails”……….God Speed Furman!
Sid
March 19th, 2012
2:06 am
Bisher: I saw him take his first breath in life and I saw him take his last
On the death of his son, Roger
By Furman Bisher
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
First published: April 19, 2000
Let me tell you about Roger Bisher, the athlete. It won’t take long because the career was short.
He was well-built for a kid. Looked like an athlete. Could run like a deer. He had a coachable attitude. So the Pop Warner coach at Chastain Park talked him into coming out for the team. His brother Jamie was already a player. Roger looked like a natural. He pitched in with moderate enthusiasm, then discovered that the coach knew all about machinery, so while the others practiced, Roger talked machinery with the coach, who enjoyed talking machinery with Roger, and football got lost. End of career.
His next career led to machines and science and stuff. He had a little workshop under the house out of which came some of the strangest sounds you ever heard. Sometimes it was crackling electricity. Sometimes it was an explosion, nothing major, just the budding scientist learning by trial and error. Once, he freeze-dried a dead bird he had found and won a prize in a citywide science contest. The paper printed his name wrong, Thomas Bisher. Made no difference to him. He knew who it was.
On our street, he was everybody’s repairman. TV, refrigeration, air-conditioning, appliances, plumbing, anything. As they say in sports, he could do it all. Best part, there was no waiting. Knock on the door and ask if Roger could come over and fix something. Oh, once in awhile I’d have to tell them, “Soon as he finishes his homework.”
One of my neighbors said, “He’s kind of pricey, but he does good work and you can count on him.”
He liked to swim, but when we used to vacation at Hilton Head, sometimes you’d look around for him and he’d be gone. You’d find him with some maintenance men or guys installing something. Sometimes he’d be down or up or inside something, just as dirty as they were.
Once I asked him why he didn’t get out of his workshop and play games. He said, “Daddy, you play golf for fun. This is my game.”
Junkyards were his playgrounds. He’d make friends with the man who ran the place and get rummaging privileges. Sometimes he’d take some kind of scrap or discard to make a trade, but that was usually a token. One of his closest friendships was made in a junkyard — well, a scrap dealership would be more proper — with a man named Dave Pirkle, who while Roger was still a youth, accepted him as an equal.
After he and his wife developed their business, Prime Power Inc., and it grew out of a patch of woods into a good-sized complex, he didn’t sit back and delegate. He was hands-on. Once, he and an associate, Rick Taylor, were working on a project at the Centers for Disease Control and Roger spied a dumpster on the grounds. Being a natural forager, he jumped into the dumpster and began looking around when a CDC official showed up.
“I’d like to meet your president, ” he said to Rick.
“He’s right here, ” Rick said, and at that moment, Roger, the president, stood up in the dumpster and said, “Pleased to meet you.”
I took him to his first Indianapolis 500, and as soon as we hit town, he caught a taxi to a manufacturing company he’d corresponded with. It wasn’t long before he was in the president’s office talking shop, this sophomore at Georgia Tech. It was sort of like the time when Jesus disappeared and his parents found him in the temple talking with the elders, and I hope that isn’t overdrawn.
I took him to his first, and only, bowl game. Georgia Tech played Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl, but the highlight of the trip was crossing into Juarez, his first time in a foreign country. He was careful not to drink the water.
The subject of Roger comes up today because I have lost him. A beautiful, handsome, loving man, no finer son has any parent ever had, and I grieve. Old men like me should be going first, not one who had so much to give to the world as he. Roger Chisholm Bisher passed away Monday afternoon. I saw him take his first breath in life and I saw him take his last. He was just 44, but in my heart he shall always be that smiling child blowing up his workshop. Thanks for giving me your time.
Rickster
March 19th, 2012
10:04 am
Dirty Bird… based on your logic, Coach K should be fired for losing to a #15 seed.