March Madness: the time of year when family, friends and co-workers get together to gamble on a sport that the vast majority of them pay no attention to throughout the rest of its season.

I am no exception to that. And neither is Choppy.

That’s right, Choppy has a bracket. As you can see in this video, her picks were made using a very scientific method:

 

In related news, it took approximately an hour to get through Choppy’s picks. The end result? This:

This is Choppy's bracket. It has some...interesting...picks.
This is Choppy’s bracket. It has some…interesting…picks.

 

In what may be a brilliant move (as it may be the only bracket challenge I am in that I win), I have decided to take on Choppy in a bracket challenge.

 

This is my bracket. It has some...interesting...picks.
This is my bracket. It has some…interesting…picks.

 

Of course, if I lose to my dog, it’s going to prove a very, very bad decision.

I’ll have updates during the tournament to let you know how we’re doing, but until then, a couple thoughts on Choppy’s first round picks.

  • She has two #1 ranked teams going down in the first round. No #1 has ever gone down in the first round. Choppy appears to be hoping for bracket chaos. I applaud this decision.
  • Surprisingly, even though Albany’s mascot is a Great Dane, one of those first round #1 upsets is not the Florida-Albany game. Perhaps Choppy is remembering her previous encounters with alligators and thinks a Gator would win in an encounter with a Great Dane: