(From clker.com)
Here’s a special entering-round-two edition of “I can’t believe anybody searched this.”
Somebody googled this term today and ended up on one of my increasing number of NCAA Tournament bracket posts.
The curious soul wondered enough to type in and click somewhere: “Is it cheating to change my bracket.”
Now, I could say: It depends on if you’re playing in a pool or just filling it out to make watching on TV more interesting.
Or, I could say: It depends upon how much you like the folks who are in your bracket pool.
Perhaps I could say: It depends upon how good a hacker you are and how cleanly you can conceal your cyber steps.
But, no.
I will say: OF COURSE IT’S CHEATING IF YOU CHANGE YOUR BRACKET, NUMBSKULL.
And for those of you who have been following my progress right along: After those glorious two nights of games, I have picked 22 of 32 games correctly. I am tied with my dear wife Karen. I no longer think I may win the pool we’re in. My bowling teammate Steve tops the standings with 28 right, and my best bud Kingpin is not far behind, in 11th place with 26. Karen and I are two-thirds down the list.
Enjoy the weekend games.
Do you still have a shot at winning your bracket pool?
Here’s the public domain source for that snazzy question mark art.
Mark Bialczak 
Sorry for your loss? Or is it happy for your win? I just don’t see the point in watching men run around after a ball. I spend too much time chasing balls of yarn.
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Syracuse lost Saturday night. Too many missed shots. I’ll live, thanks, Angie. Kentucky lost this afternoon. I thought you should know since that’s where you live.
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The only bracket I filled out is in a just for fun pool some people on another internet community put together. I am currently dead last out of 31 entries, despite not following CBB at all. So much for the blind squirrel theory of winning these things…
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Oh, nuts!
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GOOD ANSWER MARK!!!!
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Isn’t it fun when you decide it’s proper to SHOUT IN A COMMENT, Colleen?!
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YES. I mean, yes, yes I am Mark! 😉
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Only a desperate soul poses ethical questions to google. “where have all the cowboys gone?” as Paula Cole might say.
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As Toby Keith answered to dear Paula: “Should’ve been a cowboy, just like Gene and Roy.” Yes, that google query was rather pitiful, wasn’t it, Sandra?!
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What a great response! Yes Mark I agree, pitifully sad.
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i’m doing pretty well so far, with a couple of surprises, but i think it takes all of the fun and competition out of it, if you cheat on this. cheat on taxes, fine. cheat on my driver’s eye test, yep. but not on my ncaa brackets, i have my principles!
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Yeah, it’s pretty low to even think about cheating on the NCAA brackets, Beth. How dare they!
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exactly! what is this world coming to?!)
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Harrumph!
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And how good does Michigan look today, Beth. Pretty damn good I’d say. Uh-oh, Texas just got to only 10 back …
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happiness in ann arbor tonight! and in karen’s brackets too )
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Congrats on Michigan over Texas, Beth. Meanwhile, Syracuse 18! points in the first half. And only trails by 2. Dayton is almost as ugly!
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crossing my fingers for your orange )
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http://talesalongtheway.com/2014/03/22/david-defeats-goliath/ Don’t worry, I am not much competition ! Good luck to Syracuse this afternoon ! Wahoowa!
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Good luck to UVA tomorrow, Anne!
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Thanks buddy and back at you for Syracuse !
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Yes, You took the words out of my mouth. That question deserves a quick slap from a wooden spoon to the hand.
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The Sisters would hit them with a ruler, to be sure, Chris.
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I saved money this year by not getting around to do a bracket … I always pick my alma mater to win it all. Or should I say, my alma “matta.”
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Just this morning, Dave was gnashing his teeth over this. 😉 I wonder what Warren Buffet will get by gathering all these stats. ???
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I know what the mortgage company gets. And I did not put in a bracket in that shot-in-the-dark because of the extensive questionnaire involved. As far as Warren, just more publicity he doesn’t really need. He’ll know how to transform it into dollars somehow, I suspect.
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I personally don’t understand this brackets game of games, but it sounds fun!
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Not much to understand, PJ. Pick all the games and watch your teams lose!
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I didn’t make a bracket. But every time a lower-tiered team beats a higher-tiered, I go “Yes!” What an ass. #dukepocalypse
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Human nature is to gloat when the little dude kicks the big bully in the …. shins, and gets away with it. That, Ross, is what makes the tournament so damn much fun to watch.
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Love it.
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