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Nice Presidential Snub

Obama's extremely risk-averse bracket has an Elite Eight with every 1 and 2 seed, except Ohio State.
http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/entry?entryID=3288143

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March 17th, 2010 at 1:02 PM | I would say that tactic is a (Score:1)
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I would say that tactic is a pretty safe bet with low risk, but should be 75 percent correct.

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March 17th, 2010 at 1:05 PM | I knew there was a reason (Score:1)
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I voted for that man.

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:42 PM | If you are young (Score:1)
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and don't vote democrat you don't have a heart, if you are old and don't vote republican you don't have a brain.

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March 17th, 2010 at 3:10 PM | Lord, (Score:1)
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before you neg the poor guy to death, that's a quote from Winston Churchill.

And Churchill was a badass.

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March 17th, 2010 at 3:21 PM | For accuracy's sake (Score:1)
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It's a Churchill quote only if you drop the American political parties and drop in liberal and conservative, but point about Churchill being a bad ass well taken.

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March 17th, 2010 at 3:50 PM | bad ass I knew (Score:1)
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it was from someone famous sorry I didn't give him the credit he deserves. We need more Churchills, is there one "bad ass" now in US politics, other than Sarah Palin? (I wouldn't vote for her but she does shoot moose, while most politicians only carry a gun for a photo opp, see John Kerry, or ride on a tank, can't remember that guys name but will never forget that photo). That tank shot guy was when I was a democrat and I was smart enough then to know that election was over.

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March 17th, 2010 at 4:01 PM | OK, now (Score:1)
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you can neg him.

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March 17th, 2010 at 1:08 PM | Well, (Score:1)
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there goes Ohio, back into the red column.

Taking it one week at a time

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March 17th, 2010 at 1:26 PM | I was just going to say (Score:1)
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His advisers won't like that pick one bit.

"A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish"

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March 17th, 2010 at 1:33 PM | Georgetown is a better school (Score:1)
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The President wants the support of the Georgetown graduates who are much more likely to make valuable contributions to society than OSU grads.

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March 17th, 2010 at 7:47 PM | Ohio State graduates are (Score:1)
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Ohio State graduates are valuable in our society. Someone has to clean up public places and deliver pizzas. And call me "sir".

Michigan: 903–315–36 (Best in NCAA)
vs Ohio State: 58-44-6
vs Notre Dame: 23-16-1
vs MSU:  68-32-5
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vs PAC 12: 48-24-1
vs Big 12: 10-5-1<

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March 17th, 2010 at 1:33 PM | Well, The Only Colors (a (Score:1)
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Well, The Only Colors (a quality MSU blog) has OSU has the most overrated 2 seed by KRACH ranking.

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March 17th, 2010 at 1:34 PM | Remember, he picked Kentucky (Score:1)
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Remember, he picked Kentucky as a "great team" just before they lost to South Carolina. I believe that was their first game as a number one.

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March 17th, 2010 at 1:48 PM | Please list undefeated (Score:1)
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Please list undefeated national champions in NCAA basketball.

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:08 PM | Good point, but (Score:1)
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it's not unheard of:

San Francisco, 1956
North Carolina, 1957
UCLA, four times, 1964, 67, 72, 73
Indiana, 1976

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:10 PM | Exactly. And those aren't the (Score:1)
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Exactly. And those aren't the only great teams in the history of the sport, right?

I'd forgotten about San Francisco. Wow.

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:19 PM | San Francisco = Bill Russell (Score:1)
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They won in 1955 as well.

The only comparable feat is Larry Bird and Indiana State making it undefeated to the championship game in 1979 before losing.

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:40 PM | 1976 (Score:1)
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Michigan faced two undefeated teams in the Final Four in Philadelphia.
M knocked off undefeated Rutgers in the first game Saturday, but lost to conference rival Indiana in the Final on Monday.

Taking it one week at a time

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:08 PM | You mean Obama didn't declare (Score:1)
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You mean Obama didn't declare that the gov't would decide who wins the tournement?

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:10 PM | Careful, you are treading on (Score:1)
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Careful, you are treading on the edge of the neg cliff.

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:35 PM | Just out of curiosity... (Score:1)
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why? I'm really just wondering, not trying to start anything. Thanks!

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:42 PM | MGoRules - no politics. The (Score:1)
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MGoRules - no politics. The bracket counts as sports, picks count as sports, policy is a no-no

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/mgoboard-faq

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In the offseason, offtopic posts are somewhere between tolerated or encouraged. During the season it would be nice if they were kept to a minimum. What counts as on- and off- topic?

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Politics"

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:52 PM | My bad for the comment, as (Score:1)
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My bad for the comment, as for the why question, think it's better to keep that one to myself, will brush up on my blog rules to follow, still a rookie here though been reading for quite some time.

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:50 PM | Bama, (Score:1)
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I thought it was gummint.

LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:53 PM | I stand corrected, good (Score:1)
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I stand corrected, good catch.

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March 17th, 2010 at 3:07 PM | A crack about how the gummint... (Score:1)
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...owns the socialized domestic auto industry would probably go over real well with this audience. Care to give it a whirl?

LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe

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March 17th, 2010 at 3:50 PM | And be sure to add (Score:1)
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They no longer call me Bisbiño

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March 17th, 2010 at 2:53 PM | We've basically had chalk (Score:1)
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We've basically had chalk brackets since the random George Mason year, and even that was pretty true to form. While the first rounds give you some nice surprises, it does seem that most Elite 8s include few real surprises.

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March 17th, 2010 at 3:52 PM | And he couldn't even spell (Score:1)
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And he couldn't even spell Syracuse correctly...

Sycasuse?

Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05

Space bitches, space.

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