Tuesday's Top 10... a day late

So I've thought long and hard today to figure out what my Top Ten Sports Rivalries would be. I always hear people talking about what the best matchups are, but never really saw a list. Even though I'm sure ESPN has done a list at some point, I just never saw it. I'm sure some of you may disagree, please do. I've consulted with others to help shape my list and have been advised to stay away from my own bias of rivalries, otherwise we would have Minnesota and Chicago teams littering the entire list.  So I hope you enjoy and debate.

TOP TEN SPORTS RIVALRIES

Honorable Mention: Any In-State Rivalry like Oregon v Oregon St., This list would have been much longer.

10. These are my favorite rivalries including my favorite teams:

• Minnesota Vikings v. Green Bay Packers
• Minnesota Twins v. Chicago White Sox
• Chicago White Sox v. Chicago Cubs
• Minnesota Wild v. Dallas Stars
• Minnesota Gophers v. Wisconsin Badgers
• Chicago Cubs v. St Louis Cardinals

9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. USC Trojans Football

8. Los Angles Dodgers v. San Francisco Giants Baseball

7. Celtic v. Rangers Football (Soccer)

6. Army v. Navy Football

5. Los Angles Lakers v. Boston Celtics

4. Tom Brady v. Peyton Manning

3. Michigan Wolverines v. Ohio State Buckeyes Football

2. Duke Blue Devils v. North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball

1. New York Yankees v. Boston Red Sox

*NOTE* - I did not watch every one of these, sorry if they aren't the best quality.

I Gotta A Basketball Jones...

My weekend was full of college basketball. I know I wasn't the only glued to the TV, or actually for my it was my phone. I found the March Madness Live App, which you can watch all games if you have a cable provider otherwise you get something like 5 hours of any network access, then once your time runs out you can watch any game that's being played on CBS. Needless to say I used it non-stop. 

With all the upsets, I wonder how many of you still like your brackets? 

I have too many brackets to say that I called all the upsets, yes, I got lucky on picking Dayton to the Sweet Sixteen, and on a couple other of the first round games. My Final Four is still alive (Louisville, Florida, Arizona, & Michigan St.) and other then Duke, my Elite Eight teams are still kicking. Wait, I had Villanova in one of my brackets to the Elite Eight.

Now I have to try to get another group of peeps to see if there is any interest in a Sweet Sixteen Bracket. This way its a fresh start for all of you who had a Kansas v. Wichita St. Final match-up. Good Luck for all of your brackets in the upcoming week!!

March Madness

As we enter Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament, we are all staring at the TV or our brackets. We all hold our breath and watch for 2 weeks, the 19-20 years battle each other for that "One Shining Moment". One of the most exciting 48 hours of basketball with all the Cinderellas attempting to fit into their glass slippers.

I saw a note from ESPN, that after 4 games completed, only a little over 5% of the 11 million brackets, still had a perfect bracket. Most of that was due to Dayton's upset of Ohio St.



I feel as if I have the same Final Four as everyone, which I'm hoping doesn't backfire on me. With the seeding getting such grief for how teams ended up, but I still felt as if there were 4 dominant teams in each bracket.  In most of my brackets I have Florida, Michigan St., Arizona, & Louisville with each of them winning depending on my specific bracket.

I wish everyone the best of luck in their various pools, except for anyone in one of mine. Enjoy the upcoming weekend of basketball!

Check out how my brackets are doing here:

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