There Are No Guarantees In Life...Except One
2007-03-26 07:13:14
By: Gene Bromberg
So yesterday I had the rare pleasure of rooting for an Ohio State athletic team. I went to Penn State and so I naturally look upon those who attended THE Ohio State University as, well, leaking bags of human garbage. It's nothing personal, mind you. I have quite a few friends who are Buckeye fans. It's just that I look upon those friends as...leaking bags of human garbage.
So Greg Oden and friends knocked out Memphis and seriously damaged the brackets of the two guys ranked above me in my March Madness pool. This left me in excellent shape...right up to the point where Kansas forgot how to make (expletive deleted) layups. Odd, my Pitt Panthers (went to school there too) ALSO couldn't make layups against UCLA. One tips one's cap to the Bruins, who somehow have the power to make supremely talented athletes incapable of making the simplest (expletive deleted) shot in the game. I'm thinking it's their cheerleaders. They do affect the concentration.
Anyway, my bracket, which looked so promising yesterday afternoon, now lies in ruins. And after a jolly night curled up in the fetal position and sobbing, I've finally come to terms with the fact that the first-place money won't be riding on my hip. Even if Kansas had won last night I needed quite a few dominos to fall in just the right way. No matter how sure a thing looks, nothing is ever guaranteed.
Except the prize pool in UltimateBet's Sunday tournament! As always, UltimateBet guarantees that the total prize pool in tonight's event will be AT LEAST $200,000. So if you're looking for evidence of certainty and conviction in the Universe, register by 9:30pm ET and find out for yourself. And since you're certaintly an excellent poker player, why not prove it by making a deep run in tonight's tournament? I need all the evidence I can muster. Especially if Oregon doesn't upset Florida later today.
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