Other Final Four Observations

On a side note, I watched tonight's game at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant on North Academy in Colorado Springs. It's the official home of the Pikes Peak chapter of the Ohio State Alumni (they had a banner and everything). They had a good crowd, cheered intelligently (clapped mostly), weren't obnoxious, gamely ignored the anti-Buckeye factions in the room, and had an all around good time. I'll plan to be back for Football season in the Fall.

Other notes:

• The East coast media (journalists and lawyers who went to elite schools or wished they had) all bought into Georgetown way too much (these guys were lucky to get to the Final Four).
• These same people, thinking that they had underestimated UCLA all year, also went for the upset in the Florida game. Heh. Their picks were more emotionally driven than mine.
• Their were a few people quietly cheering for Georgetown at the Buffalo Wild Wings. They didn't look like lawyers, but in this town, you never know.
  
• It's actually pretty amazing that UCLA got the lead back down to 10 points. They easily could have lost by 30.
  
• The Gators are annoying. Noah is annoying. The Gator chomp is annoying. I have had it with Florida. They must be stopped.
• The Buckeyes just look cool as a cucumber in every game. Doesn't matter if they're winning or not.
• If Oden does decide to go to the NBA, it may well be because he'll be guaranteed more than 20 minutes of playing time by the referees.
  
• Maybe the Celtics will get him and we'll have a Boston renaissance. Too much to hope?
• If you're still paying attention to brackets, I have the final two picked correctly. In retrospect, TPTB did an excellent job of setting up the tournament this year.