This Classical Life

Wish I were on Franklin Street celebrating tonight. Congratulations, Tar Heels! And congratulations to Reba, who won the TCL annual pool, and continued the girls’ winning streak.

Amber, Ellen and I have each won and Dawn has bested us all twice. That’s right, five years and not one male victor. Will female wiles triumph again?

I have tried to get ESPN Tournament Challenge to work for me at least 6 times over the last 24 hours on two computers to no avail, and I don’t have the time to keep messing with it. So, this year’s pool will be hosted on facebook. Yes, it’s an app you have to install, I hate those too. You can delete it once the tournament is over!

http://apps.facebook.com/thebracketchallenge/?page=pool&id=320279

Best of luck to all prognosticators and Go Tar Heels!

Courtesy of the Onion.

The glory of the 2008 TCL NCAA Tournament pool goes to Ellen. Congratulations!

Here’s a link to our annual NCAA tournament challenge group. The password is “tclmadness”

We’re having a good holy week but I need to get my dresses finished!

So, yesterday when out and about I noticed Tyler Hansbrough on the cover of USA Today, announcing that the Heels are the preseason #1 pick. I have mixed feelings about this. Of course, it’s good to know that others recognize that we have a great team, that we could do great things, but starting out at #1 means there’s no where to go but down. And that makes me nervous. I predict we won’t retain the ranking through January. And that’s okay, because rankings aren’t THAT important. But, we’re going to win the national championship in the end.

Did anyone see the classy gesture made by USC coach Pete Carroll in the middle of the first quarter against Idaho? (more…)

Congratulations to Amber for winning the pool!

And congratulations to the Gators.  Many thanks for replacing dook as the answer to the trivia question, “Who was the last team to win back-to-back NCAA championships in men’s basketball?”

I’m sulking.

March Madness is upon us! I know the Heels won’t be resting upon their ACC Championship laurels for long, we’ve got some games to play.

Here’s the annual NCAA pool. The password is “tclhoops” ONE ENTRY per person.

My husband sent me this dook news this weekend.  We’ll see how it plays out on Sunday.