Elite 8

Hi everyone!  First of all, apologies for the lack of updates. I felt like hell last weekend and was traveling this week and forgot my laptop, and between it all, I've fallen a bit behind.  I did want to get out a quick update as we head into the Elite 8 games however.

So, without further ado, congrats to I Smell Dookies 2, who is leading the pack headed into today's games!  47 of you picked Duke to advance to this point, and Will had the best of those brackets.  We have a new biggest loser as well -- difficult though it may be to believe, letting your 3 year old make the selections isn't a super-strong strategy, as "Picks of a 3 Year Old" is coming in dead last.  Let your 9 year old do it instead, as that child seems to be leading in that family, sitting in 104th vs dad at 175th.  Here are where things stand for the top 10 as we move forward today (full standings here):

The Coin Flip bracket is doing predictably dreadfully, but nearly 3 dozen of you are doing even worse, so there's that.  Bijan Robinson continues to rule the roost amongst the Just for Fun brackets based upon his amazing start, but Dr. Pimple Popper is having a surprising run for someone in dermatology rather than athletics.

Presdident Biden is besting former President Obama by literally one point, so that remains a race to watch. Trump didn't submit one, so we can't compare his performance as well, sorry.  I did do RED STATE and BLUE STATE brackets based upon the voting of the home state for the school, and I'm stunned to report that the Blue States are way ahead. Politics aside, when I was doing the bracket, just looking at the schools, I thought the Red bracket would romp, but here we are.

The Mascot Bracket has had an unexpectedly solid run so far -- 61st place, outperforming Snoop Dogg, Sister Jean, and Jimmy Fallon.

That's it for today -- more to come after this weekend's games!