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In Its Trip Out West, United's Fortunes Go South In Defeat - Washington Post

Saturday Nights In Neon Light

SAT season. Parents are mad at themselves for calling so late – and it’s easy to tell because they’re taking it out on me. Kids – mostly first semester seniors with early-onset Senioritis – who can’t be bothered with adding fractions, much less doing homework and practice tests.

But Saturday night? That’s for soccer.

Bracket Finale

I knew my bracket was in trouble when I logged on to ESPN.com and found out that Chris Close had filled out his own and called it “Chalk.”

You see, Chris is the keeper of the ASM, a numerical formula that only he fully and truly understands. The formula’s goal, rather than focusing in on first-round upsets and the like, is to get the big points by picking most of the Elite Eight and Final Four correctly.

And in 2008, he did just that. Five of eight in the former and three of four in the latter.

It’s for this reason that Chris Close is the winner of the first-ever RobertSpuhler.com NCAA Tournament Pool. Mr. Close will receive a prize appropriately picked by me to cause the most marital strife pure enjoyment.

Things I learned during this year’s tournament:

• Don’t call out a team at the start. That little Kansas crack in the description is looking pretty stupid right about now.
• The Big East lives to disappoint.
• I really don’t know much about college basketball. Every year I like to fool myself into thinking I do, and every year it turns out that I, in fact, should use darts and a blindfold.

Post-Mortem - American v. Tennessee

On the Malt Shop Logic podcast earlier in the week, Chris and I disagreed on AU’s luck in drawing a 2-15 matchup against Tennessee in the first round. As it turns out, we were both right.

AU versus Tennessee - Quasi-Live Blog (2nd Half)

10:27 - CBSSports.com’s halftime show sucks. And we’re back.

AU versus Tennessee - The Quasi-Live Blog (First Half)

...because I can. And I'm out of beer.

On Appearances

Monday night I made my podcast debut, as a guest on the Malt Shop Logic podcast with my friend Chris. A good time was had by all. Go for the soccer and basketball analysis, stay for the tasteless Jonestown jokes.

In other news, I've booked a role in a very funny play called "Office Sonata." It opens at the Hayworth Theater in the mid-Wilshire district in late April. More on that as rehearsals get underway in earnest.

Reminder: RobertSpuhler.com Bracket League

The RobertSpuhler.com ESPN Bracket Challenge.

League: RobertSpuhler.com Password: AUEagles

Alma Mater Update: Amateur Bracketologist

Five teams. All American is looking for is five teams that it can point to and say, “those guys are worse than we are,” and AU will get out of the 1-16 matchup in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

It’s a stretch.

Alma Mater Update - The TOURNAMENT!

I'm sure there's something I'm supposed to say here. But a few margaritas and  a few beers on top of that have left me speechless. Instead...

YES!

NCAA TOURNAMENT!

BRING IT!