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Special March Madness Tournament Hot Takes

Rosco P or Drilling 3's and Jeremy Johnson of Mancookgood.com

Not making pics - but i’m telling you some interesting tidbits to think about

The 12 over 5 upset is incredibly popular — but a great place to look is right next door in the 13 vs 4 game. 

Especially in a bracket where everyone is talking about how good the 4 and 5 seeds are and how great their 2nd round matchup will be. So, i’d look at Boise ID where people think Kentucky and Arizona are inevitable second round opponents. 

I don’t see Gonzaga losing and I don’t see Wichita State losing as the 4 seeds in their brackets — but Auburn against College of Charleston is a little interesting

But… Buffalo upsetting Arizona is where i’d look and here’s why — Arizona has some bad losses out of conference on Neutral courts including to SMU - the Pac-12 was down this year - and Buffalo was sneaky strong in the MAC. In addition Arizona doesn’t really have any big wins this year, just avoided any really bad losses and took care of their lackluster schedule. 

But mostly, Arizona seems to be the invincible 4 seed and that’s a red flag. They’ve also had their share of drama lately and rallied around their coach in the Pac-12 tourney, if the get caught napping in this one, and buffalo can hang around — this could be  your upset special

Play-in game winner who could be a tough out 

If St Bonaventure gets by UCLA in Dayton — Florida should watch out for the Bonnies. They won 13 in a row before losing to team that hit 16 3’s in the conference semis. Neutral court in the Texas - Bonnies could keep the train rolling

The two teams that need a win really badly — Rhode Island started 21-3 before going 4-4 to end the year // mean while Oklahoma went 4-8 in their last 12 after starting 14-5 

Rhode Island can struggle to score at times and Oklahoma has been pressing to much to live up to the Meteoric Rise of Trae Young early in the year. Something has got to give, and I think the 10 seed Oklahoma is due for a big game on the big stage from the aforementioned Trae Young 

Guns N' Roses 3 countries, 4 concerts plus Flat Earthers "Rant of the Month"

GnR Facebook live 

Places listening - Australia, Philippines, England, Germany and Saudi Arabia are all doing great work in terms of listening

4 shows, 3 countries, 4 methods of transportation 

Took an Uber Pop in Prague - driver knew back roads was pumped GnR was in Prague- cab driver back to Praha 1 tried to swindle ya with a “I have no change”

Rode bicycles in Nijmegen - bike tailgate party 

Drove my car and then walked like 2 miles each way in Winston-Salem

Nashville- bought tix on the broadway walked right in and out from the hotel

Varying axl banter (nc show- fight to live another day vs live to fight another day, at least we didn't get blown up in nuclear war- Prague - likes the wine // Netherlands more about Angus young - this one's for us 

Nashville- only real banter was to introduce the train horn for “night train” 

Variations in the set list (both good and bad)

Winston-Salem, NC                    Nijmegen                                Prague                     Nashville

1 It’s So Easy

2 Mr. Brownstone

3 Chinese Democracy 

4 Welcome to the Jungle 

5 Double Talkin’ Jive

6 Better

7 Estranged

8 Live and Let Die

9 Rocket Queen

10 You Could be Mine

11 New Rose (Duff)                                                        11 Attitude (Duff Misfits Cover)    11 Attitude 

12 This I Love

13 Civil War                                                                                          13 Prostitute (C Democracy)

14 Yesterdays                            14 Whole Lotta Rosie (Angus Young)

15 Coma                                15 Riff Raff

16 Slash Guitar Solo

17 Godfather Theme

18 Sweet Child O’ Mine

19 My Michelle                                                         19 Used to Love Her

20 Wish you were here (Pink Floyd)               20 Used to Love Her                                         20 Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb)

21 November Rain

22 Black Hole Sun                        22 Out Ta Get Me

23 Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

24 Nightrain 

25 Don’t Cry 

26 The Seeker (The Who)

27 Paradise City 

                                    28 Sorry                                                     28 Patience 

                                    29 Patience                        29 Don’t Cry                  29 Don’t Cry 

                                    32 was Paradise City                 31 was Paradise City         30 Madagascar  32 was Paradise City

 Public restrooms being unisex makes men’s room nicer and women’s room lines smaller

The Tax Bill — passes at 1:30am on a saturday — 500 page document that has people’s handwritten scribble on it — given to senator’s like 2 hours or less before the vote — we deserve better.

This isn’t even a criticism of the Republican party, not the Democrats — congress is not longer working for us — they’re working for themselves. They are no longer public servants they are making us, the public, their servants. 

We need to stand against this “cabal”, this emerging oligarchy  is unacceptable. The courts need to step in, at the behest of the people. We need term limits on all congressional positions… we need them to stop being the ones allowed to draw their own congressional districts and gerrymander our futures away. Wake up — this isn’t about party, or about tax cuts, it’s about a runaway power drunk washington ruling class— guys, it’s time to call BS 

Skyline Chili ingredients: 2 pounds of ground beef, 2 cups of chopped onions. 4 cups of beef stock, 2 cans of tomato sauce, 2-3 table spoons of chili powder, 2 table spoons of apple cider vinegar, 2 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 ounce of grated unsweetened chocolate — and yeah and like a mountain of cheese

Tennessee is going to Hire Tee Martin — feels like brining in Phil Fulmer (and based on the fact that no accomplished head coach would take this job right now)… it feels like Tee Martin is the move. 

I love how people are now clamoring for an 8 team playoff in — but i’d much rather argue over #4 and #5 then #2 and #3

Also — the more spots we create, the more watered down the regular season gets. We already have way fewer undefeated teams than we used to in the BCS ear — why, cuz there is room for error… if we start letting in 8 teams — how many 3 loss and 4 loss teams are we going to have to decide between? 

Who you got in the College Football playoff first round games? Clemson vs. Alabama ? Georgia vs Oklahoma ? Who do you HOPE wins it all?