Friday, March 20, 2009

Have no fear....

The Underdog is here...
I'm going to go out on a limb right now at 3:40PM on Friday afternoon. Pitt and WVU are playing at the same time. Here in the Burgh they're showing the WVU game on another local channel. We flipped away from the Panthers to check the Sisterfuckers vs Dayton - lo and behold, Gus Johnson is calling games from that site.
I was immediately excited because I knew where the day's upset was going to emanate from. Has there been a big upset he HASN'T called in recent memory. A quick check of the main bracket reveals that Robert Morris is playing the night cap in Minneapolis.
A quick aside, I was at the tourney in the Burgh some 10 years ago when Coppin State beat Univ of South Carolina as a 15 over 2 upset. It's something like one of only three times it's ever happened in the history of Dr. James Naismith. It was amazing to see that because the ENTIRE arena got behind Coppin even as their 'star' sat with fouls for most of the final frame. Everyone loves an underdog.
Back to my limb walking - Gus Johnson, Robert Morris as a 15....IDK it just feels right. So you know, I didn't pick this in my pools because IDK Gus was going to be their play by play man. But I'm calling it Bobby Moe over the Spartans. You heard it here first. Say hello to Mr. SixteenForSixteenOnDayOne...

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