A little twist for the final week won't hurt anyone… We were walking down the street, and a young boy came up to us and said, "Mister! Mister! Look at that man on fire!!" I calmly, bent down to one knee, and told the lad, "It's okay sport, That's John Z, but you can call him En Fuego."

John Z won another week right out. You can all thank Noon for inviting this super human handicapper to our game, but we will give John credit where it's due. He's a hell of an e-mailer.

Here's a clip from John Z's e-mail after the Robbie Hummel injury:

"Purdue has made me happy, they have made me sad – but most of all they introduced me to robbie hummell.. The guy who hit an inappropriate amount of threes in a half when i bet against them, but also missed some big ones down the stretch when i needed him to. The point is college's version of big shot bob fell hard and is now out for the season… Would this have happened if he didnt play with the extra stress put on him by being a featured mdg game so often? My guess is no, thus we have our FIRST case of the MDG jinx. Similar to the greats before it (Madden cover, SI cover, billy goat incident) I imagine this jinx will be a yearly or seasonly occurrence. Players beware – they dont call it the most dangerous game for nothing"

En Fuego is responsible for coining the MGD jinx phrase. The real question is, with a 2 game lead going into the final week, will En Fuego choke, or leave us all in the dust? Remember we are paying 3 spots, and 3 spots only. But in the spirit of making this contest better, we're adding a twist. Are you nervous?

 

UPDATED 3/4/10, commentary below:

1. John Z – 76 wins

2. Kowal – 74 wins

3. Reco – 72 win

4.(t) S Kirbs – 71 wins

4.(t) Mike P – 71 wins

6.(t) A Kirbs – 70 wins

6.(t) E Kirbs – 70 wins

8(t). Luke – 68 wins

8(t). BG – 68 wins

10(t). A Chan – 68 wins

10(t). Alts – 68 wins

12(t). Atkins – 67 wins

12(t). C Nix – 67 wins

14. Maloo – 66 wins

15(t).Young – 65 wins

15(t). Scoot – 65 wins

17. Nick – 64 wins

18. Noon – 59 wins

 

MONDAY

Georgetown @ West Virginia (-6)

 

TUESDAY

Illinois @ #7 Ohio State (-10.5) - Not much for Ohio State to gain here

#9 Villanova (-4.5) @ Cincy - No more one seed for Villanova. – Cincy is running out of chances to impress the committee

 

WEDNESDAY

#5 Kansas State @ #2 Kansas (-9.5) - Jacob Pullen & Sherron Collins? Getcha popcorn ready

#4 Duke (-1.5) @ Maryland - Scheyer & Vasquez…? 2 bullets please

 

THURSDAY/FRIDAY

Not too much changed going into the weekend where everyone must die. Favorites went 3/5, and it looks like there could be a race for the 3rd and final money spot. Get excited.

By the way, if John Z chokes it could be the biggest public collapse since Hank Gathers. (we're going to hell)

THE WEEKEND WHERE EVERYONE MUST DIE!!!!! (We tried to pick nationally televised games)

 

SATURDAY

#1 Dandy Rautins @ Louisville (-1.5)

#8West Virginia @ #9 Villanova (-2.5)

Texas (how are they still ranked) @ #22 Baylor (-2.5)

#2 Kansas (-3) @ Missouri

 

SUNDAY

Florida @ Kentucky (#109 in your hearts) (-12.5)

 

Good luck guys.