The NCAA Championship to a non follower in Bleed Blue Nation

The NCAA tournament started yesterday, which brought about the inevitable office pools and bracketology.  It is of course a full time job here in Wildcat Country where if you don't bleed blue, then you must be a traitor from Da 'Ville.  I am neither, but that is hard for many to understand.  Oh, I have a soft spot for UK.  It was almost my Alma mater and I love Kentucky.  But, I do not follow the team - basketball or football - during the regular season.  And when I have something better to do, I do not sit glued to my TV watching the silly team almost lose the game before finally winning or losing spectacularly.  And it seems that no matter who the coach, that is what the Wildcats do.  I have seen games coached by Pitino, Tubby, the most recent disappointment Billy, and now Coach Cal.  No matter who it is, if you watch, the game will send you into fits of apoplexy.  While I enjoy the games when I watch them, I do not follow them.  I do not paint my naked body blue and run around screaming C-A-T-S!  And I do not put them on my bracket as the winners of the NCAA championship unless the coin tells me to.  That's right, I said the coin.  Whilst the inevitable bracket is passed out each March, I am patiently flipping a coin to determine who will win each game.  I have found that the coin is as accurate a predictor as the most avid basketball follower.  This year, the coin predicted the triumph of Morehead (another KY team) over Louisville.  I see this as proof that the universe has a sense of humor and all we lonely earthlings can do is laugh along.