NCAA Tournament Brackets

Ok, so I have some beef with anyone who sets up a bracket competition and only pays the 1st place finisher. Really people; if 50 sign up, you only pay one!!??

In most tournaments, of any kind, you reward the top three finishers. In most betting competitions (poker tournament, horse racing) you pay the top few finishers for their accomplishments. That's just logical. I was in two brackets this year, and mistakenly didn't ask how many people get paid; and in both of them, only 1st place was rewarded. I wouldn't have bothered playing in one of them had I known that was the case. You've got to at least throw a few bucks to the guy/girl who finished second.

As a disclaimer, I did not finish in the top two or three this year, so I'm not just venting as a reaction to that. Its just a point of logic for anyone who will ever set up a bracket going forward. The same also applies to Fantasy sports.

If you pay to play, reward more than one person.

Indians / Random

I don't watch the Indians unless I'm at Jaco..Progressive Field or they're in the playoffs, but all I know is they just lost their season opener six to nothing. I'm sure Mike will have something to say on the matter, but sports-wise, my Summer is filled with watching nothing more than highlights and reading about how the Browns draft picks are coming along. Like that Veikune guy, who might be good if he played at his natural position.

Same thing with Vernon Gholston and the Jets. Did they even try to start him at Defensive End or did they just let him fail as a Linebacker?

After the NBA finals are over, I've got nothing until the Browns start. Don't worry, it's only two months, I live.

Bold Statement: "If the Pats draft Tebow, the rest of the AFC East is screwed for the next decade." -James.

More on Browns Trade

First let me say that I also support this trade. We are improving the CB position without hoping a draft pick works out. We can still draft for the secondary and let them learn from Sheldon Brown, a good player. It also makes you wonder how early they'll decide to pick a QB now that they've upgraded the secondary.

But, I have a problem with this statement: "Hall was a seventh-round pick of the Browns in 2008 out of Division II St. Augustine's. He played in 14 games last season, mostly on special teams, and had 10 tackles. Hall never evolved into the fearsome pass-rusher that the Browns' previous regime hoped he would become." - Mary Kay Cabot (cleveland.com)

Alex Hall was a 7th Round pick. There is no way they really expected him to be a 'fearsome' pass-rusher. First of all, he's only been in the league for 2 years and should have played more last year, but just didn't fit Rob Ryan's scheme. Hall showed lots of potential in 2008 at the end of the year; but Mary Kay must have forgotten that part. I think it's way too soon to make a statement like she did.

I'm not saying he'll make the Pro-Bowl; but he's going to provide some great value for a 7th Round pick.

Again, I don't care that the Browns traded Hall; I just think its too soon to be writing him off like that. We traded value for value; it was a fair trade. Stop trying to make it sound like the Browns 'won' in this trade.

BROWNS Trade

Alex Hall, a fourth round, and a fifth round for CB Sheldon Brown and LB Chris Gocong. I've never heard of Gocong before, but Shelton Brown is the guy who absolutely cleaned out Reggie Bush on that one screen pass where it looked like Bush wasn't ever going to get back up.

I support this.. Sheldon Brown is good. And anything out of Gocong will be bonus.

Madden 010

It's pretty much Friday, that means I'm going to say something about Madden 010. I like the game, but it's because I have no choice. There are no other NFL games out there, and no other remotely good football games out there. Backbreaker is coming in May, but that is yet to be seen.

Until then, I'm stuck with absolute shit like this:

The selected play was an all out blitz. Everyone blitzes, the two safteys and a corner go deep. Watch what D'Qwell Jackson does on the play, once he has his eyes locked on Drew Brees.

I've never EVER seen this happen on a Sunday. But I guess it does, because as EA Sports says "if it's in the game it's in the game."

Then for bonus, check out the Marshall Cornerback in NCAA Football 010:

Unbelievable.

DAMMIT

You beat me to Shaun Rogers... but little do you know is I have the photograph!!

Shaun Rogers Arrested

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/04/cleveland_browns_player_shaun.html

Apparently we haven't learned anything from Gilbert Arenas or Plaxico Burress. Leave the guns at home, and hire a body guard. Or, if you're as big as Rogers, just don't worry about it, nobody's going to mess with you.