Anticipate the fake controversy...

[niels_boar]

that will be used to diminish the accomplishments of the fine young men who represent the University of Arkansas on its men's basketball team should they pull off a shocking upset against UNC in the second round of the NCAA tournament.  I'll start.


In one of the more bizarre games in NCAA tournament history the officials called zero fouls and did not let the clock stop, even at halftime.  The explanation from NCAA National Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officiating J.D. Collins:

The officials wanted to beat the church crowd to Cracker Barrell.  This is the Bible Belt.

The coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels Roy Williams, whose #1-seeded team suffered a 33 - 28 upset in the unusually brief contest, was not satisfied with the explanation.  He tweeted:

I wanted to get there before they ran out of biscuits, too, but this is the fracking NCAA tournament.

Arkansas coach Mike Anderson refused to comment but did break out into a stirring rendition of OneRepublic's Marchin' On.

[Hootiethehog]

This was spectacularly surprising. 5 stars, would read again.