Does FS' "pop" get to be the landlord? I bet after a couple of drinks I can talk him into letting me stay without being gay. This place does have a hot tub, right?

Great. I get two metros. Who's gonna fix the plumbing?

I'm afraid to touch that one in this PG-13 environment!

Wait - how can I rephrase that better...?

That is OK Bethie, we will let you run around in the boxers. And Geoff and I have no problem letting you play with our Nipples. We are open minded Guys!

Hmmm... Seems our thread here has gotten lost on its way to Bracketville and taken a left at Pornville, USA. :p

That is OK Bethie, we will let you run around in the boxers. And Geoff and I have no problem letting you play with our Nipples. We are open minded Guys! [/b][/quote]Run around in boxers? If you insist. I'm more of a thong kind of gal myself.

Look at FS inviting Geoff to play with our nipples. I think I will leave that one alone.

Is something amiss? I'm registered with a group "The Godfather". There are only 11 players, no plaw or JG or FS. Are there two groups formed? Do we have to combine?

The group name is Gangster BB. The password is godfather.

I've joined the correct group. Ironically there is a group called "the Godfather". When I read Don Sicilia's initial post my fast eyes skimmed right over "Gangster BB". Extra caffeine I guess. Anyway I'm in and undoubtedly going to kick all your asses like I did in the Pigskin Pick'em.

You're the "Pizzo Entry" MC?

(Just like to know who the entrants are for when I make up the "morning line")

Now Bethie, we don't want to send you back to school for reading comp do we?

"And Geoff and I have no problem letting YOU play with our Nipples. We are open minded Guys! "

and the thong thing works for me.

NOw watch how the others will change their entrys to get into the basement!

plaw,

I'm the "Kraut-Mick" of course.....and by the way, I admire your pictures very much.

Not so much needing reading comp but more like wishful thinking. :p Sheesh! It's no fun playing with guy's nipples. That's like kissing your brother.

Are you sure you're in the right group?

I don't see you listed

pizzo Entry 1, d. pizzo (???)
Crabby Black Car Drivers, p. lawrence
Chicken Wings, S Pike (Spike716)
Pork n' Beans, J Geoff Malta
Anderson Entry 1 (Don Marco)
Douche Bigelow (Don Sicilia)
Fathersson Michael
Kansas City Partagas
milwaukee BGT (BadGuyTony)
Baltimore Crabcakes (Beth E)

Which one are you?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by plawrence:
[QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by MaryCas, the ass-kicker:
[qb]


I don't see you listed

You didn't look under "Stupid Ass-Kickers Who Forget to Push the Submit Bracket Button."

I've done this bracket 3 times now. I've almost got it memorized. Do you really think I can play Fantasy Baseball?

In baseball, it's the "select" button. Maybe that'll be easier for you than "submit".

But I am wondering....

Nice to see you finally made it, MC. We better be careful guys- MC did three days of research for this before he finally joined us! :p

Me, I finished my rounds of coin flipping about 5 minutes ago. Go FAMU!

So who's the "Pizzo Entry"?

Here's a question for everyone...

Setting aside that we can pick 5 different brackets on ESPN, say you were in 2 or 3 different pools... Would you hedge and pick 2 or 3 different brackets or would you turn in the same bracket for all the pools? Keep in mind that there is one pick set that you would deem as your favorite- one that your gut says is the best one.

What do you think?

Also, Pizzo Entry, let us know who you are! We need to know so we know who we are talking trash/praising when they lose miserably/win gloriously!

You came to the right place, DB...

First of all, I'm assuming that money is involved here. If so, then ideally, to a certain extent anyway, it should depend on the competition in each pool.

If, for,example, I knew that in one pool everyone was just flipping coins, and there was a chance that people would be picking 16s to beat 1s, or 15s to beat 2s, I would go with what I felt was my best shot.

But that's probably not the case. So I would make different picks for each of the pools I was in, putting what I felt was my best in the pool that was worth the most, and so on.

I would do it that way based on the following logic:

If I'm in 4 different pools, and use the same picks for each, then I will either win all 4, or win none. If I use 4 different picks, I have no chance to win all 4, but I have a much better chance of winning one out of the four.

Per dollar invested, I believe that my expected value would be greater doing it that way.

It's the same as if I played the daily number in a state lottery game. If I bought 4 tickets on the same number, I would win four times the amount of the prize if that number came in. But if I played 4 different numbers, I'd have a four times greater chance of winning one quarter of that amount.

Given that the payoffs in these things are so large, I'd rather have the four times greater chance of winning the smaller amount.

Not so much needing reading comp but more like wishful thinking. :p Sheesh! It's no fun playing with guy's nipples. That's like kissing your brother.

I am sure that they are not as nice as your's or LDV's. We can only wait for some pictures to see. (adding extra memory and disc space to my computer while wishing they they were here already)

Good points, plaw and yes, my hypothetical question is not really hypothetical and money is involved!

I know, rationally, you are correct - you and I being like-minded in terms of numbers, expected value and such. My gut says though, that it's sort of pansy to turn in different brackets in different pools. I don't know if it's my conscience or whatnot, but for some reason, I feel uneasy about turning in a bracket that I don't feel is my best pick set. That's just something I have to get over. In the end, it's all about strategy. Just like in fantasy baseball or basketball, I might pick a team towards the end that might not be the best team possible but makes sense in a tight race (just like the end of the first half of basketball). Choosing different brackets is just another strategy. It's just like in investing - you have to diversify to hedge your risks.

Any other opinions? I'm sure some of you are running into the same situation. You may not analyze it as much as plaw and me (who over-analyze everything ), but let me know what you think.

Pansy, Schmansy.

This is about money. The more possible combinations you have going, the greater your chances of winning, albeit it winning less than if you played one bracket in many different pools.

Look at it this way: If you're only gonna play one combo, find one pool where the entry fee is larger and the prizes are bigger, and go with that one.

But if you're in more than one, it's silly to play the same entry.

If this were a game where there were only, I dunno, 20, 30, or 40 possible outcomes, and you felt strongly about one, and the payoff was greater than 20, 30, or 40 to 1, that would be one thing.

But there are how many different possible ways are there to fill out a 64 team bracket. Jeeze...
2 to the 64th power (I think) in the first round alone. That's like more than a trillion combinations right there. Even if you throw out the combos where a 16 seed beats a 1, still...

Even if you say there will be no upsets until the 7 vs. the 10, and the 8 vs. the 9, there's eight of those matchups, so the chances of getting them all right are 255-1. And we're not even out of the first round. wait until the later rounds, when it gets harder.

This game is basically all luck. Play the percentages, man.

Now, could we get back to the nipple talk?

Don't worry plaw, I know you're right.

And before anyone gets worried, we will NOT calculate the number of ways the bracket can be filled!

By the way, the correct answer is 2 to the 63rd power.

I got registered and I got my bracket and all that. I see the Gangster BB group, but I cant join it. They never give me the option of whether or not I can join it.

RB... Here are instructions to find the Gangster BB...

- At the ESPN Fantasy page, log in, and click "Men's Tournament Challenge" on the left hand side.

- If you haven't joined a group yet, there should be a table that has your teamname and after it, "Create or Join a Group". Click on that.

- In the Search Box, type in "Gangster BB".

- You should be able to find the "Gangster BB" group. Click on it.

- You will see all the members in the "Gangster BB" group. On the right hand side, you will see a box asking for a password. Type in "godfather" and click "Join this Group".

- You should now be in the group.

Let me know if you have problems.

Thanks DS, Im in.

My Final four is:

Stanford over Duke
St. Joes over Gonzaga

St. Joes over Stanford


Yes St. Joes. Laugh it up.

Sorry guys but i just got home ...im the PIZZO ENTRY. Also these picks suck!!!i let my daughter pick my 1 entry{i did all 5} QUESTION TO THE COMMISH..can i switch my entry from another group and put it in ours once the tourny starts? CIAO A TUTTI!


im the pizzo entry