ncaa_032002

You said it Steve-o. Oklahoma, baby! The NCAA returns to action on Thursday night as mine and Ruprecht's Oklahoma Sooners along with the rest of the South and West regions battle it out for a spot in the Elite Eight. The North and East obviously in action on Friday evening. The schedule is as follows:

                                     THURSDAY

            Matchup                        Time         Who do I have?
(5) Indiana vs (1) Duke             7:38 est             Duke
(3) Arizona vs (2) Oklahoma     7:55 est          Oklahoma
(12) Kent St vs (3) Pittsburgh 10:03 est          Pittsburgh
(12) Missouri vs (8) UCLA       10:20 est           Missouri (whoo hoo!)

Hey, by the way ... couple more hall of shame nominees for ya. Kelly Driscoll and Judy Cosgrove both had to hit the Commish up for copies of their sheets this week. Judy just freely admits she forgot to make one for herself, much to the consternation of her husband who had to go the whole weekend not knowing his picks. Mrs. Driscoll however harkened back to her school days, dredging up the ol' "dog ate my NCAA sheet" line. This is what you've sunk to Kelly? The dog? Tsk, tsk.

                                      FRIDAY

            Matchup                         Time         Who do I have?
(2) UConn vs. (11) So Illinois    7:38 est             UConn
(2) Oregon vs. (6) Texas          7:55 est            Oregon
(1) Maryland vs (4) Kentucky 10:03 est           Maryland
(1) Kansas vs. (4) Illinois         10:20 est           Florida (D'oh!)

A couple of folks correctly pointed out some scoring errors to me this week, so please, please, please check your score on the spreadsheet. We don't need any Olympic style controversies where on the day after the championship we annoint so-and-so as the winner, only to have John Doe tell me the next day, "oh, I think you made a mistake in my first round score." Next thing you know we've got a full blown scandal on our hands, and I won't even be able to blame it on the French judge. So do us all a favor and check your sheet sooner rather than later. This public service announcement has been brought to you by Greg Dennehy Incorporated, makers of fine Greg Dennehy products.

With the exception of the Sebastian crew, fourteen people still owe me their $5 entry fee. Let's get it in, shall we? I'd hate it if I started gettin' mad and had to lose my temper. I've got one of those little rubberized stress balls like Mr Furious of "Mystery Men" fame had, but I know sooner or later it's not gonna do the trick. And hey, speaking of the Sebastian crew, hopefully everyone did Ugly Mike a solid and clicked on his webpage? If not lets get clicking there people. Here is the link (again): Ugly Mike. Hmm, not real sure what it is we're supposed to do once we get there. And what I don't understand is how does someone become an Eagles fan and a Maple Leaf fan? What is up with that?

And for those who will for whatever reason not be tuning in Thursday to that evenings games on C-B-Essss, might I reccomend to you some alternate programming. Specifically "The O'Reilly Factor" on the FOX News channel where host Bill O'Reilly will be interviewing one of my own personal heroes, Holyoke, MA Police Chief Anthony Scott, the man who saved Holyoke. Trust me ...you'll want to see this guy.

Okay, weird request time. You all know those McDonald's Happy Meal things they sell? You know, the little kids meal at Mickey D's where they include a little toy inside? Yeah well, anyways ... the commish DESPERATELY needs to get hold of the "Jane" toy from the Peter Pan collection or else a certain Dennehy yute will live the rest of their life in abject despair. You see, "Jane" was the final piece of the whole set that we needed to get. A friend gave us one, but within TWENTY MINUTES of bringing it home ... the dog ate it. So if anyone has one out there that they' are willing to part with, in exchange the Commish is willing to spare you any mention whatsover in his updates. Or if you'd rather, I will mention you in EVERY update. Your choice.
(note to self - that Kelly Driscoll "dog excuse" had better work)

Congratulations to pool participant "Starvin" Kevin Garvin and his wife, Colleen, on the birth of their second yute, Maxwell, last week. Garv - me and the Mrs apologize for jinxing you on that whole "missing the St Patricks Day weekend" thing." Nyuck, nyuck.