While the pool (and the bracket) is a zero sum gain construct, with winners and losers on each riding the fates of the games, such is not the case with fandom. With the oft-practiced but rarely seen in games “clang the second free throw, slap the rebound past half court where your teammate recovers it, lasers a pass to the key for a buzzer beating nothing-but-net shot to tie the game” play at the end of regulation, the setting for pool MC Sven-the-boilermaker’s subsequent torment was in place. While being a Cal Bear fan myself makes the possibility of such torment a thing of the distant past, I do think that you’ll recover soon. Hang tough…
In pool news, at the beginning of the final four we have a 1,2,3, and 5 seed remaining. You can imagine that this has been a tumultuous ride in the pool, with the result being that “Gerald 2” is in the catbird seat, winning it all in every outcome save one. And in that one outcome where G2 does not finish in first G2 does have the consolation prize of 5th place. Not a bad position to be in. Notably in that “Gerald 2” may very well be the pool Horatio Alger story, as we suspect that “Gerald 2” might well be related to last year’s Brandy Award winner!
Be sure to check out both the final four report and the possibilities report to make sure that you are rooting for the right outcome in each of the final games!!
Good luck…