March Madness

March Madness? It’s always madness around here, no matter the month.

But we sure do love our games and never shy away from a little friendly competition.

This year, Cal picked his own bracket for the NCAA tournament.

Well at least he STARTED to pick his own bracket.

We began with picking by mascot preference. But we ran into problems almost immediately. You’d think it’s as easy as: “What do you like better, a bear or a wolf?” But it’s not.

Take, for example, Louisville Cardinals v. Colorado State University Rams. The conversation went like this:

Me: Cal, what do you like better, a red cardinal…which is a bird…okay, a red bird…or a ram…a brown ram…I guess he’s kind of brown….and a ram is like a deer, but he has curly horns…okay, what do you like better, a red bird or a brown deer?

Cal: I only like blue.

So we tried choosing teams based on color of uniforms. Which was easy, of course, provided that one of the options was blue. But, for example, when he had to choose between the Georgetown Hoyas (grey uniforms) and the San Diego State Aztecs (black uniforms), we quickly lost interest.

Me: Cal, what do you like better, grey or black?

Cal:  I only like blue. 

Strike two.

Last attempt at bracketology was the flip of a coin. Which could have been great fun (and perhaps even a profitable strategy), except that he lost interest in this “great fun” within about 45 seconds.

So Cal left and went back to watch Toy Story and we flipped his coins for him.

His pick for the overall winner? Kansas State. A team that lost in the first round to LaSalle. Poor LaCal.

Must have been the purple uniforms.

If only Cal could choose his own teams.

His bracket would look like this instead:

T-Rex v. Spidey? Only in his dreams.

Although I sure would like to see Buzz Lightyear send Cailou to Infinity and Beyond. For good.

K