Rant#19: One Sh!tty Moment

After the championship game CBS once again showed a montage of clips from the Tourney set to the cheasiest song ever written – “One Shining Moment.” The lyrics are below.

For all of you who, like me, had their brackets destroyed well before the Tar Heels' victory, I have provided a slightly different set of lyrics. Interspersed within “One Shining Moment” are the words to my song – “One Sh!tty Moment”. Hope you enjoy.

"One Shining/Sh!tty Moment"

The ball is tipped
(Your brackets are ripped)
and there you are
(Worst year by far)
you're running for your life
(You’re looking for a knife)
you're a shooting star
(To kill ‘Nova’s star.)

And all the years
(All those fears)
no one knows
(Of Lawson’s toes)
just how hard you worked
(And the Sooners lurked)
but now it shows...
(Now you feel hosed)


IN ONE SHINING MOMENT,
(In One Sh!tty Moment)
IT'S ALL ON THE LINE
(Marquette Crossed The line)
ONE SHINING MOMENT
(One Sh!tty Moment)
THERE FROZEN IN TIME
(Pitt - Ran Out Of Time)

But time is short
(Damn Zags went length of court)
and the road is long
(for another pick you got wrong)
in the blinking of an eye
(BC stinking- oh God why?!)
ah that moment's gone
(Wife then yells “Shut TV - tend to lawn.”)

And when it's done
(Hope it was fun)
win or lose
(picking Syracuse)
you always did your best
(You knew they had no rest)
cuz inside you knew
(Well, you got screwed)


THAT ONE SHINING MOMENT
(One Sh!tty Moment)
YOU REACHED DEEP INSIDE
(Siena’s Shots Went Wide)
ONE SHINING MOMENT
(One Sh!tty Moment)
YOU KNEW YOU WERE ALIVE
(You Knew – Wake Took A Dive)


Feel the beat of your heart
(There’s no beat of your heart)
feel the wind in your face
(There’s no blood in your face)
it's more than a contest
(Don’t look your greatest)
it's more than a race
(more like a corpse on Cold Case)


And when it's done
(Yup you’re done)
win or lose
(Go grab your booze)
you always did your best
(went 0 for the West)
cuz inside you knew
(Cuz Memphis blew)

THAT ONE SHINING MOMENT,
(That One Sh!tty Moment)
YOU REACHED FOR THE SKY
(You Just Want To Cry)
ONE SHINING MOMENT,
(One Sh!tty Moment)
YOU WERE WILLING TO TRY
(Worse - Than A Boeheim Sigh)



Take it easy till next year,
Dave


"FREE" POOL INFO -

The pot, made up of all my advertising profits and the donations, stands at $2,758.24

So:
1st place = $1,705.24
2 Winners of groups (other than the first place overall) - $326 each
“Wild Card” (person with highest score who did not win a group) - $326
Jimmy V Foundation = $75


WHO'S WHO AMONGST THOSE ALIVE AS OF THE FINALS

NORTH CAROLINA beats Michigan St.

1st Place - Linda Harkins (Group1A) - 147 - Linda was recruited by my St. Bona buddy Keith Mangas via her husband Richard Harkins. Richard is the proud recipient of this year's award as the person who had the most difficulty following the "Idiot Proof" instructions. Lucky for him his wife is a not only brilliant, but apparently a sage.

Group Winner - Tina Hurley (Group1) - 141 - Tina is married to the brother of my BC law buddy and former law partner Patrick Hurley. Should she finish in the $ she will officially make it 3 years of Hurleys to win bucks in this pool. Her husband claims that's a dynasty. He also claims he will get Tina to dress up as Linda Evans.

Group Winner - Tammy Bamrungsuk (GroupA) - 146 - Tammy is the girlfriend of another St. Bona bud, Johnny Cusanno. Johnny edited pretty much every one of my posts. So if you found any grammatical errors or sub-par jokes, they were all his fault.

Best of Rest - Robin Hughes (Group1A) - 144 - Robin teaches elementary school in Walpole Mass. with my wife. She's the one who last year convinced me to run a pool for the Woman's Tourney. I've need daily shots of testosterone since.


MICHIGAN STATE beats UNC
1st Place - Sara Barend (Group1) - 128 - A chick I met in a bar.

Best of Rest - Linda Harkins (Group1A) - 115 - A chick who I never met and who I hope doesn't mind being referred to as a chick.

Group winner - Tammy Bamrungsuk (GroupA) - 114 - A chick who, much like Linda, has already locked up $321.

Group Winner - Michael Camosico (Group1A) - 117 - Not a chick. At least I'm pretty sure of that. That makes Michael the only man still alive for $. If memory serves, Michael found my site due to a post that Keith Mangas placed on the St. Bonaventure Bandwagon website.

Others
Jeannie Basile & Marianna Toma - Two people who hate Keith Mangas. Were it not for Keith's recruiting and posting efforts, these two women would still have a shot at some dough.

Since North Carolina won:

CONGRATS TO:
1st Place - Linda Harkins (Group1A) - 147
Group Winner - Tina Hurley (Group1) - 141
Group Winner - Tammy Bamrungsuk (GroupA) - 146
Best of Rest - Robin Hughes (Group1A) - 144

Take it easy,
Dave