It’s that time of year again! Everybody in the pools! My NCAA and NIT pools are, as always, free to enter. There is no monetary or tangible prize* — just a chance at bragging rights (or, as I like to say, eternal glory). Complete rules here. Entry links below. (Also, “like” the pools on Facebook!) Good luck! Men’s NCAA Tournament… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] What should be the rules of Last Man: Pope, if anybody wants to play it? I would propose the following: The object of the game is to go as long as possible without possessing The Knowledge. Participants, or “Knowledge Runners,” are advised to avoid the news, social media, etc. “The… Read more »
Scott Woods (@gswoods) of Jonesboro, Arkansas won the 9th annual Living Room Times Oscar Pool last night, taking over first place when Ang Lee won a surprise Best Director award for “Life of Pi,” and clinching victory when “Argo” won Best Picture. Woods got 72 out of a possible 80 points, missing on just 3 categories: he had Robert De… Read more »
The 85th annual Academy Awards start at 6:30 PM Mountain Time. Becky’s and my live-blog / live-chat / live-snark will officially begin at 6:00 PM (though you can start chatting earlier if you like). The chat is right here, in this blog post. To participate, you’ll need to log in below via Twitter, Facebook or OpenID. Oscars Live Chat 2013… Read more »
I’m pretty late in setting this up (though not quite as late as last year), but I just realized, OMG, the Oscars are on Sunday! … which means it’s time to sign up for the 9th annual Living Room Times Oscar Pool! The deadline to enter is Sunday at 5:30 PM Mountain Time. Entering the pool is, of course, free…. Read more »
You might recall Kyle Whelliston‘s ridiculous game of Super Bowl Knowledge Avoidance, “Last Man” (or #lastman), from 2011 and 2012. The object of the game is to go as long as possible without knowing who won the Super Bowl. The purpose of the game is… uh… well, for a certain breed of iconoclasts like Whelliston and some of his followers,… Read more »
Ryan Morgan, a.k.a. @rpm002, a Wisconsin fan and 2006 Drake alum, clinched victory in the 8th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ’em Contest when Arkansas State beat Kent State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl last night. Regardless of the outcome of tonight’s Notre Dame-Alabama BCS championship game, Morgan will finish tied in points with Sam Mann (@mannsg28), and will defeat… Read more »
Tonight’s GoDaddy.com Bowl between Sun Belt champion Arkansas State and MAC runner-up Kent State will decide the winner of the 8th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ’em Contest — regardless of the outcome of tomorrow’s BCS national championship game between Notre Dame and Alabama. If Kent State wins, Sam Mann (@mannsg28) will win the LRT contest. If Arkansas State… Read more »
Happy New Year! (Video of the 1st and 2nd annual Bally Drops.)
As we all know by now, horror and death visited the United States once more today, some hour and 20 minutes from my front door in a small town called Newtown, CT. There was too much blood spilled and for too little reason, as it almost always the case when blood is spilled. The reality of it is overwhelming, stifling,… Read more »