Listen, a-holes, I’ve won bracket pools before, OK? Won one last year, as a matter of fact. A bonus-points-for-upsets job. Just ’cause I haven’t won this one, doesn’t mean I can’t pick winners. Cause I can. Let’s get that straight.
I’m not going to speculate on the resume of Captain Ron Dardis (our only other charter member without a win) other than to say empty wagons make a lot of noise.
Per our tradition, every seventh year we adjust for inflation. Let’s take it up another $5, shall we? That brings us to $30 per man plus whatever PayPal fees might pop up. It brings our winner-take-all pot to $360, assuming everyone meets our before-Thursday’s-first tip-off deadline.
That’s terrific, but I am very busy as I can imagine you are. Look, we all are. Ryan Dardis was reportedly “in and out of conference rooms and taxi cabs every day last week.” So, let me not waste any more of your time.
Cast your focus upon the unvanquished and their feats of fortitude.
2003 Jon Heinz
2004 Matt Cullen
2005 Matt Cullen
2006 Dan McClure
2007 Dan McClure
2008 Kevin C. Wilson
2009 Trevor Schmidt
2010 Dan McClure
2011 Brennan Hitpas
2012 Kevin C. Wilson
2013 Kevin C. Wilson
2014 Brennan Hitpas
2015 ?
These men are champions. I won’t any longer hide my desperation to join their ranks.
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change.”
That’s William Burroughs, you jags.
He lived in Lawrence, you know? And so did I.
And so did I.
Let’s take this hill!
Our brackets reside here. The league password is 1609. Keep that to yourselves.
-Commissioner Sheforgen
