the shrewdness of apes

i'm a bit behind here after spending a few days taking in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, but this came from Harvey Araton in last week's NYTimes:

Come on now, who but 30-something, Buffalo-wing-eating geeks still camping out in their parents’ basement have the time or inclination to select the tournament field before they pick the winner? The rest of America will be perfectly content to wake up Monday morning with the brackets filled in for them as they prepare to do the office-pool thing.

i think Harvey has been reading my blog because that's pretty spot on except for the living with my parents part. and also the fact that i didn't quite get to finish picking the field. for the record, i think it ended up being pretty even-handed. personally, i would have taken Drexel and Appalachian State over Stanford and Arkansas for variety's sake, but overall i'm just looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

meanwhile Bill Simmons and I were writing in similar fashion. i'm not sure if that's a good thing. here's Simmons on Monday:

"I mean, did you SEE the first half of Saturday's Texas-Kansas game? Did you see him [Kevin Durant] drop 25 in the first half against the deepest team in college hoops?"

and me on Monday:

"i mean, did you see Eric Maynor completely will VCU to victory over George Mason?"

looks like bringing back this blog may be my ticket to the big time! i mean, hell the NFL Pudding Strike guy is now a writer for CBS Sportsline, so why not?