The first round winners have been chosen by the masses; here are the results:
MIDWEST
#1 Hoosiers vs. #16 Mr. Destiny-Everyone knew it was Hoosiers destiny to advance, posibly to the Final Four.
#8 Eight Men Out vs. #9 Any Given Sunday- I guess on any given sunday, anyone can be knocked off from the tourney.
#4 Legend of Bagger Vance vs. #13 Sea Biscuit-Riding on to the 2nd round in the first major upset.
#5 Caddyshack vs. #12 Angels in the Outfield- In the closest opening round match-up it takes OT for a Caddyshack win; I guess Angels really can't help in a championship game.
#2 Bull Durham vs. #15 Rookie of the Year-The youngster couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat.
#7 Karate Kid vs. #10 The Benchwarmers-
#3 Rocky Balboa vs. #14 The Naked Gun-Sylvester Stallone vs. Leslie Nielsen in a fight; I like Sly's chances and liked his movie.
#6 Glory Road vs. #11 Coach Carter
WEST
#1 The Waterboy vs. #16 8 Seconds-It only took about eight seconds for Adam Sandler to open a can of whoop *** on the opposition.
#8 Brewster’s Millions vs. #9 The Replacements-John Candy in a great role before he went north of four bills.
#4 Finding Forester vs. #13 Johnny Be Good-Good win for Forrester which is a movie near and dear to my heart; it's about writing and basketball... and moving onto the next round.
#5 Miracle vs. #12 Blue Chips-The true Miracle was that Miracle got any votes.
#2 Friday Night Lights vs. #15 The Longest Yard (Burt Reynolds)-Did you know that Billy Bob and the QB also teamed up in Sling Blade?
#7 Varsity Blues vs. #10 The Hurricane
#3 Major League vs. #14 Teen Wolf- "Just a bit outside."
#6 Necessary Roughness vs. #11 Paper Lion-I actually saw the stadium where the filmed the movie... not that any one cares.
SOUTH
#1 Million Dollar Baby vs. # 16 She’s the Man-Amanda Bynes is the victim of a first round TKO.
#8 Jerry Maguire vs. #9 Bring It On
#4 Happy Gilmore vs. #13 White Men Can’t Jump-Woody Harrelson can't jump... out of the first round.
#5 Breaking Away vs. #12 Fever Pitch- Not even Buckner could have screwed this one up for Red Sox fans.
#2 Rudy vs. #15 Cobb-Who didn't cry when the little guy got accepted, or when his dad came to see him play, or when he finally got to play...
#7 Invincible vs. #10 League of their Own-There is no crying in baseball or justice in this contest as Invincible proves falible. If Tom Hanks doesn't say, "There's no crying in baseball" does this movie win?
#3 The Rookie vs. #14 Summer Catch
#6 61* vs. #11 Mr. Baseball-Key to early success in this tournament, have Dennis Haysbert in your movie (you know him better from the insurance commercials, as President Palmer on 24, or as Cerrano in Major League).
EAST
# 1 Field of Dreams vs. # 16 The Cutting Edge-The dream is over for the ice skating movie.
#8 The Babe vs. #9 The Natural-It seems unnatural that the Babe didn't go out on top.
#4 We Are Marshall vs. #13 Hoop Dreams
#5 Cool Runnings vs. #12 For the Love of the Game-Huge upset... in no one's eyes but my own.
#2 Cinderella Man vs. #15 Slap Shot-James Braddock gets knocked out by the Hanson brothers.
#7 Mr. 3000 vs. #10 Dodge Ball-Ben Stiller gives Bernie Mac a "total facial."
#3 Remember the Titans vs. #14 Basketball Diaries
#6 Rocky 1 vs. #11 Rocky 2-The first one proves to be the best.
This sets up:
MIDWEST
#1 Hoosiers vs. #9 Any Given Sunday
#5 Caddyshack vs. #13 Sea Biscuit
#2 Bull Durham vs. #7 Karate Kid
#3 Rocky Balboa vs. #6 Glory Road
WEST
#1 The Waterboy vs. #8 Brewster's Millions
#4 Finding Forester vs. #12 Blue Chips
#2 Friday Night Lights vs. #7 Varsity Blues
#3 Major League vs. #6 Necessary Roughness
SOUTH
#1 Million Dollar Baby vs. #8 Jerry Maguire
#4 Happy Gilmore vs. #12 Fever Pitch
#2 Rudy vs. #10 League of their Own
#3 The Rookie vs. #11 Mr. Baseball
EAST
# 1 Field of Dreams vs. #9 The Natural
#4 We Are Marshall vs. #12 For the Love of the Game
#10 Dodge Ball vs. #15 Slap Shot
#3 Remember the Titans vs. #6 Rocky 1
Let's post you're next round winner! I'd like to finish another round by sometime tomorrow or early Saturday at the latest.
8 years ago
9 comments:
Midwest: chalk.
West: chalk except Brewster's Millions. That flick is really underrated. You almost expect WGN to show it over and over before the Cubbies begin their season of shame.
South: Jerry Maguire, Rudy and Happy Gilmore. Tom Sellick in the Tigers uniform moves on, too.
East: Field of Dreams, We Are Marshall, Titans and the Chiefs decimate Average Joes.
Chalk?
Yeah, top seed wins. Chalk.
I agree Brewster's Millions is a heck of a movie. I haven't seen it in years, but I can remember so much of it so well.
Plus any movies with the Toledo Mud Hens in it is a pretty darn good one.
Interetsing to note:
When looking at the actors who appear the most in the tourney- you have Costner and Sly at three apiece...
But did you know that Bruce McGill also appears in three of these flicks: 61*, Cinderella Man, and the Legend of Bagger Vance.
Does anyone know of anyone with more than three.
Wow, this tournament is just moving along. Now, if we could get the big one to go this quickly.
Here's the Midwest breakdown:
No. 1 Hooisers, could be another team of destiny here.
No. 5 Caddyshack, on the strength of that gopher.
No. 2 Bull Durham, I almost fogot that Susan Sarandon was a hotty.
No. 3 Rocky Balboa, good thing they didn't test for HGH before that fight.
West
No. 1 Waterboy, the best performance ever by a pro wrestler.
No. 12 Blue Chips, who knew Shaq and Penny Hardway could act?
No. 7 Varsity Blues, James Van Der Beek is so dramtic.
No. 3 Major League, "Are you telling me that JC can't hit a curve ball?"
South
No. 8 Jerry Maguire, "You had me at hello," it makes me choke up every time.
No. 4 Happy Gilmore, still the best golf movie ever.
No. 10 A League of their Own, Rosie stole the show in this one.
No. 11 Mr. Baseball, another underdog story here.
East
No. 1 Field of Dreams, If you build it, you will make it to the third round.
No. 12 For the Love of the Game.
No. 10 Dodge Ball, "Looks like it's gonna be a two on one - a menage a trois of pain."
"Usually you pay double for that kind of action Cotton."
No. 6 Rocky, "Yo Adrian, we did it."
Trying to keep the chatter going on this, I'm going to toss up my own picks for this round (which should end sometime tomorrow):
Hoosiers over Any Given Sunday- a win as easy as underhand free throw
Caddyshack over Sea Biscuit-Toby should stick with Spiderman
Bull Durham vs. Karate Kid-Machio has more time to pain the fence... now that he's out of the tourney
Rocky Balboa knocks out Glory Road
Brewster Millions upsets Waterboy-Here comes the Money!
Blue Chips over Finding Forrester- Nolte dunks Shaq style over Sean Connery
F.N. Lights over Varsity Blues- FNL the TV series is much better than Dawson's Creek
Major League over Necessary Roughness- Scott Bakula asks, "I've been cut already?"
Jerry MacGuire over MDB
Happy Gilmore over Fever Pitch- Drew Barrymore running on the field doesn't quite add up to Bob Barker beating up Sandler
Rudy over League of their Own- There is crying in this tournament when League loses
The Rookie over Mr. Baseball-Selleck gets shanghighed
Field of Dreams over the Natural-Close call
For the Love of the Game over Marshall-Costner vs. Costner in the upcoming Elite Eight matchup
DodgeBall over Slap Shot
Remember the Titans over Rocky 1-"Ain't going to be no rematch," says Titans. "Don't want one," replies Rocky.
C'mon! The Hansons have their own web site and Slap Shot is one of the few flicks you can get a jersey from the movie.
Dave, just to be clear. I wasn't saying these were in fact the next set of winners, i was just taking the opportunity to share my picks with everyone else, which will be averaged in with everyone else's opinion.
With that being said the DodgeBall fan dome seems to wildly supporting their team and Slap Shot could lose.
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