Holy $#!‡, Pitt

Well, tied will do

That did not last long, but I'll take tied in PPR.

Hey Nellie, want to go back to San Antonio?

Go Spiders

I am loving this game!

And I know better than to compete in smack talk with this witty group, but I am feeling good to have surpassed our national and family dignitaries in Possible Points Remaining.

Nell

Hate the Duke Blue Devils? Not anymore - ESPN

Great article on the change in Duke and college basketball in general:

So I ask, outside of ACC fans and maybe UNLV and Michigan alumni, can you still really gin up authentic hate, rage, antipathy and rancor for Duke? I can't. The Duke worth hating, the Duke worthy of hating -- you know, Laettner-chest-stomping, Woj-floor-slapping, always-in-the-Final Four Duke -- that Duke is resting in peace.

Hate the Duke Blue Devils? Not anymore - ESPN

Clarkson's Bracket in Top 400 Nationally

Our most senior prognosticator is doing well as the third round gets underway. In our own little pool, he is leading the pack, tied only with everyone's favorite Irish man O'Bama. But Clarkson is also doing well nationally: he ranks 399th at this moment.

Headline Challenge #2

How should the press (satirical or otherwise) write about Friday's
basketball games or the McDowHoops bracket results? Here are my takes.
Add yours in the comments.

--After a First Half of Bricks, Mason Dismantles Villanova

--Georgetown Can't Dodge Rams, Tough

--No Oyster for Pearl: Michigan knocks of Tennessee

--Kansas Covers Boston: More Than A Feeling to Carry on My Wayward Son

--Huskies Mush Dawgs: Washington wins first ever game in North Carolina

--Nation's Most Respected Bureaucrat Leads Pool, Ties Barack Obama