Who's Heading to the Final Four??

Alright, here we go…down to the last 8 guys. Who will advance to that not-so-coveted Final Four? Of the remaining 8, we have two #1 seeds (including the #1 seed overall, Big Stick Bauman), a 4 seed, 5 seed, two 6 seeds, and two 7 seeds. Now, this would be a huge improbability in the real March Madness to have half the people ranked 6 or lower, but remember these guys’ rankings were put in the hands of fate…or Excel…however you want to look at it.

Also, with the growing popularity of this blog, I want to thank all of my readers… 2 things keep me going: you, and Tim’s blog (http://timyoutzy.blogspot.com/). Due to this widening fan base, I was going to say that this blog was brought to you by Midas, because that’s where I am writing this blog post from as I sit here and get multiple much needed repairs that will take $980 out of my NWC college fund. However, as a D3 athlete we learned all about the do’s and don’ts of life on our first night back at the 3003. About midway through the long list of rules the NCAA comes up with, we were told that we can’t endorse any product or service. So therefore, this blog can’t be brought to you by Midas. Sorry to disappoint, but I can’t (don’t) endorse them. Therefore, this is just another blog post… ah well, let’s get at it!

Bauman vs. Kabakas—Joe is the #1 pick overall in this tournament. When he found out his position at the top the other morning at breakfast, he was actually quite proud. That only confirms my suspicions that Joe is hungry for a ring again…apparently being the only guy on the NWC football team to win a state championship in high school isn’t good enough. In true #1 fashion, Joe holds out on the dating scene while CoCo’s smooth talking and rather fascinatingly large butt gets him a fine lady. Joe is on to the Final Four.

Balzer vs. DeBoer—NWC’s finest vs. Ogilvie’s finest, this matchup is hot. In my last round, I said that Cyle would meet someone at Goose’s wedding. Being a man of my word, I’m going to stay on that track and say that Cyle has the advantage here. However, I think Balzer leads a 4^th quarter drive that makes the matchup interesting. My gut says Balzer ties the knot first…

Kevin vs. DJ—I gotta give a shout out to Kevin here for being a servant leader. After discussing what I look for in a woman so that he could find her for me (remember, he’s a “match expert”) he realized that we have very similar tastes. This is problematic for him because he is passing a girl he could potentially be interested in on to me so I can exit this tourney. That’s servant leadership right there. It’s what Jesus would do. Because of that, and because DJ isn’t going anywhere fast, I’m giving Kevin the nod out of the tourney and pushing DJ into the Final Four.

Chang vs. Dontay—Two former football players who are out looking for a girl full time. I did some asking around about Dontay because I didn’t know him all that well last year (d-linemen don’t spend much…any…time around wide receivers). Turns out from my research that Mr. Hollins is likely to have quite a few connections at least. However, Chang also has his fair share of connections as well, so I don’t know how that compares. This matchup is really tough for me, to be honest, because I would have considered putting both guys real close to the championship matchup had they not met here. So what does a math major do when he can’t decide something? He turns to random number generation…if an even number popped up it was Chang and odd being Dontay. I did best out of 7 and the winner (by winner I mean getting out of the tourney) was….Dontay! Chang is into the Final Four.

Here is my updated bracket heading into the Final Four: