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Title: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Benny B on January 24, 2017, 09:51:03 AM
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/donald-trump-espn-march-madness-bracket-college-basketball-televised/757upcuxwqh11lxacimoag5t5

Simple question: Yes or No.  Period.  That's it.  Nothing else to say.

Let's see how far the poll can get before the morons screw things up with their comments.


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Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: fjm on January 24, 2017, 09:52:49 AM
You bet your a$$ I would watch this.

"Marquette, they are yuuuuuge from behind the 3 point line... just YUUUUGE. but they can't protect their defensive borders. MU has gotta put MU first."
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: MU82 on January 24, 2017, 09:56:49 AM
Of course.

Trump is good TV, and ESPN is a TV network.

I wouldn't watch it ... but I didn't watch Obama's, either. I find such stuff to be vapid and dopey, kind of like sideline reporters. Plenty of others would watch it, however.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Galway Eagle on January 24, 2017, 09:59:14 AM
Obama gave MU a lot of love in his brackets from what I remembered usually had us in the sweet 16. I always thought it was cool to see a president giving an MU Hoops shout out
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: jutaw22mu on January 24, 2017, 10:02:35 AM
Yes, for two reasons:

1. Trump is a sports guy

2.  It would be pretty funny tv
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: MerrittsMustache on January 24, 2017, 10:13:24 AM
Perfect fit! "Trump" and "March" just go together.

Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: WellsstreetWanderer on January 24, 2017, 10:25:31 AM
I always need help with my brackets,sad
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: GWSwarrior on January 24, 2017, 11:07:49 AM
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/donald-trump-espn-march-madness-bracket-college-basketball-televised/757upcuxwqh11lxacimoag5t5

Simple question: Yes or No.  Period.  That's it.  Nothing else to say.

Let's see how far the poll can get before the morons screw things up with their comments.


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Yes, because POTUS already has the best bracket an amazing bracket. his bracket, which is already filled out by the way, is the best it is totally going to win it is the best winner everybody is saying so. His bracket is way better than any bracket Crooked Hillary will fill out. Sad!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Loose Cannon on January 24, 2017, 11:12:30 AM


  No!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Hards Alumni on January 24, 2017, 11:17:05 AM
Yes, of course, if he wants to.

Kind of a silly question.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: wadesworld on January 24, 2017, 11:28:06 AM
Yes, because POTUS already has the best bracket an amazing bracket. his bracket, which is already filled out by the way, is the best it is totally going to win it is the best winner everybody is saying so. His bracket is way better than any bracket Crooked Hillary will fill out. Sad!

The best in history.  The first ever perfect bracket.  Not one pick wrong.  Warren Buffett's $1B will be donated back into this country.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: MerrittsMustache on January 24, 2017, 11:33:34 AM
Yes, because POTUS already has the best bracket an amazing bracket. his bracket, which is already filled out by the way, is the best it is totally going to win it is the best winner everybody is saying so. His bracket is way better than any bracket Crooked Hillary will fill out. Sad!

The best in history.  The first ever perfect bracket.  Not one pick wrong.  Warren Buffett's $1B will be donated back into this country.

(http://www.funcork.com/pics/3450.jpg)
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: wadesworld on January 24, 2017, 11:39:57 AM
(http://www.funcork.com/pics/3450.jpg)

I think this is more in good fun than anything serious (at least mine was).
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: BM1090 on January 24, 2017, 11:42:37 AM
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/donald-trump-espn-march-madness-bracket-college-basketball-televised/757upcuxwqh11lxacimoag5t5

Simple question: Yes or No.  Period.  That's it.  Nothing else to say.

Let's see how far the poll can get before the morons screw things up with their comments.


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1 hour and 16 minutes. Longer than I expected, honestly.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: dgies9156 on January 24, 2017, 11:44:42 AM
No

Barack Obama was a basketball guy.

To my knowledge, Donald Trump is not.

Case closed. Unless I am wrong.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: wadesworld on January 24, 2017, 11:52:47 AM
1 hour and 16 minutes. Longer than I expected, honestly.

If light hearted jabs are political posts, then it took 1 minute and 36 seconds, as the first response was essentially the exact same thing as GWSwarrior and my responses.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: cheebs09 on January 24, 2017, 11:55:37 AM
No

Barack Obama was a basketball guy.

To my knowledge, Donald Trump is not.

Case closed. Unless I am wrong.

I agree with this. Maybe something tied with the US Open due to Trump's love of golf.

Frankly, I don't really care since I think it's a bit out of place. I think the Presidential interview before the Super Bowl is out of place too, which it sounds like they are continuing.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Bocephys on January 24, 2017, 11:57:10 AM
I agree with this. Maybe something tied with the US Open due to Trump's love of golf.

Frankly, I don't really care since I think it's a bit out of place. I think the Presidential interview before the Super Bowl is out of place too, which it sounds like they are continuing.

That probably more the President using the Super Bowl for its audience than the other way around. 
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Vander Blue Man Group on January 24, 2017, 12:25:39 PM
(https://media.giphy.com/media/12XMGIWtrHBl5e/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: brewcity77 on January 24, 2017, 12:31:11 PM
The best in history.  The first ever perfect bracket.  Not one pick wrong.  Warren Buffett's $1B will be donated back into this country.

Any picks that the media says are wrong are clearly the product of fake news. Alternative facts will determine the NCAA champ!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: wadesworld on January 24, 2017, 12:33:08 PM
Any picks that the media says are wrong are clearly the product of fake news. Alternative facts will determine the NCAA champ!

 ;D
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Coleman on January 24, 2017, 01:02:58 PM
Trump has won more brackets than anyone in history. Period.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: buckchuckler on January 24, 2017, 01:09:05 PM
Sure why not.  Haha.   If you are too offended by the idea of Trump picking teams, well, it is going to be a long few years for you.  It is a stupid lighthearted little bit.  It was with Obama, it would be with Trump.  Not exactly defining the future of the world with the round of 32 picks. 
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: jutaw22mu on January 24, 2017, 01:09:44 PM
Guys.....but what if he does it, and actually fills out a perfect bracket????  What then???
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: tower912 on January 24, 2017, 01:12:40 PM
Is it a coincidence if his bracket is identical to Putin's?
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: buckchuckler on January 24, 2017, 01:13:23 PM
Is it a coincidence if his bracket is identical to Putin's?

Hahahah!  Tip of the cap sir!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Spotcheck Billy on January 24, 2017, 01:14:26 PM
Would ESPN even try this if Clinton was prez?
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: tower912 on January 24, 2017, 01:17:53 PM
He'll fill one out.  And then refuse to release it.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: MerrittsMustache on January 24, 2017, 01:23:40 PM
What if Hillary gets more total games correct but Trump gets more total points by winning the key games? Will her supporters claim that she actually won?

Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: tower912 on January 24, 2017, 01:26:54 PM
Will he fill out a bracket for the Women's tournament?
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: naginiF on January 24, 2017, 01:29:20 PM
Yes, for two reasons:

1. Trump is a sports guy

2.  It would be pretty funny tv

Breitbart telecasts now?
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: tower912 on January 24, 2017, 01:34:43 PM
FWIW, I never paid attention when Obama did it, either. 
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: jsglow on January 24, 2017, 01:55:18 PM
Is it a coincidence if his bracket is identical to Putin's?

Post of the day!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: GWSwarrior on January 24, 2017, 02:14:52 PM
(http://www.funcork.com/pics/3450.jpg)

I was channelling my inner Baldwin
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: brewcity77 on January 24, 2017, 02:23:46 PM
He'll fill one out.  And then refuse to release it.

Everyone else may like the Putin post, but this is my favorite.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on January 24, 2017, 02:32:06 PM
If Wisconsin wins the tournament, Trump and I will not accept the results!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: manny31 on January 24, 2017, 02:47:25 PM
"Slow clapping" well done everybody!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: T-Bone on January 24, 2017, 03:00:15 PM
Well, it would depend on whether ESPN/ABC/Disney happen to say something that annoys him. 
Finicky like Morris this pres.
https://www.youtube.com/v/uCja1WGZx-E
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on January 24, 2017, 03:08:10 PM
Trump has won more brackets than anyone in history. Period.

Scott Spicer said Trump picks a perfect bracket every year.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: tower912 on January 24, 2017, 03:09:21 PM
Anybody who picked a better bracket than Trump did it illegally.   
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on January 24, 2017, 03:10:37 PM
God bless it, I love this place.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Windyplayer on January 24, 2017, 03:22:48 PM
What if Hillary gets more total games correct but Trump gets more total points by winning the key games? Will her supporters claim that she actually won?
Trump will still claim he actually won more games, too, as those she picked correctly were rigged.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Frenns Liquor Depot on January 24, 2017, 03:23:48 PM
Trump will still claim he actually won more games, too, as those she picked correctly were rigged.

Well you know there are all those illegitimate play-in games
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: shoothoops on January 24, 2017, 03:29:28 PM
I don't really care because it doesn't count. I like things that count. Tonight's game counts. Pre-season and exhibition don't count. They are fine for working on things but I have no interest in the results of things that don't count. If it interests some ok, others no, that's ok too.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: brewcity77 on January 24, 2017, 03:39:29 PM
Trump will still claim he actually won more games, too, as those she picked correctly were rigged.

Baskets scored against teams Trump picks are clearly made by ineligible Mexican players.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on January 24, 2017, 04:36:00 PM
Now Trump is calling for Bo Ryan to release his birth certificate.  Rumor is Bo wasn't born in Wisconsin.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: GooooMarquette on January 24, 2017, 04:41:07 PM
I'm sure he'll fill out a bracket, but he will never release it because it'll be under audit....
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: TinyTimsLittleBrother on January 24, 2017, 04:44:46 PM
Now Trump is calling for Bo Ryan to release his birth certificate.  Rumor is Bo wasn't born in Wisconsin.


He was born in Pennsylvania.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on January 24, 2017, 04:46:52 PM

He was born in Pennsylvania.

I know that.  It was a joke.  Perhaps off the mark.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: tower912 on January 24, 2017, 05:05:23 PM
I'm sure he'll fill out a bracket, but he will never release it because it'll be under audit....
Way to plagiarize my one-liner, Melania.


*I hate it when I screw up a punchline.*
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on January 24, 2017, 05:48:46 PM
Melania Trump's bracket will exactly match one Michelle Obama filled out in 2012.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Lennys Tap on January 24, 2017, 06:10:06 PM
Now Trump is calling for Bo Ryan to release his birth certificate.  Rumor is Bo wasn't born in Wisconsin.

He was born in Hades, the lovechild of the grinch and Satan himself.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: GooooMarquette on January 24, 2017, 06:36:41 PM
Way to plagiarize my one-liner, Melania.


*I hate it when I screw up a punchline.*

Oops - hadn't read through the entire thread before replying.   You beat me to it.  Great minds think alike.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Hards Alumni on January 24, 2017, 06:54:47 PM
Lets just wait and see how he picks before we rush to judgement, everyone.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: BallBoy on January 24, 2017, 08:33:20 PM
No, Obama was a basketball player who would play hoops with his staff.

Trump isn't a baller so don't force it because Obama did it. Maybe a Masters pool.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on February 15, 2017, 04:04:49 PM
http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/donald-trump-declines-to-fill-out-out-an-ncaa-tournament-bracket-on-tv/

Alas, our dream of YUGE March Madness special with Mr. Trump has hit a WALL.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Mods, Delete me please. 8/26/2020 on February 15, 2017, 04:19:06 PM
Obama a baller????  Please.    He's like one of those nerds they pick for the shooting game during timeouts at home games.    And yes, ESPN should do it, but they've succumbed to political hackery so they never will.   It's part of why ESPN is dying.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC1vzMHSYBY

Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: naginiF on February 15, 2017, 04:23:14 PM
There's rumor of an executive order mandating the Tulsa Golden Hurricane get a auto bid so DJT can have a team to pull for.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: MU82 on February 15, 2017, 04:30:09 PM
And yes, ESPN should do it, but they've succumbed to political hackery so they never will.   It's part of why ESPN is dying.   

Um ... did you read the article? It was Comrade Twitler who chose not to do it, not ESPN or any other network.

Believe me (as he would say), they would have been happy to air it if he wanted to do it.

Looks like Comrade Twitler is too chicken to put himself out there, or he has the basketball knowledge of a fruit fly.

Or maybe he's simply too busy sending out tweets ripping Nordstrom for dropping his incestuous crush's girlfriend's money-losing clothing line.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on February 15, 2017, 05:37:20 PM
Um ... did you read the article? It was Comrade Twitler who chose not to do it, not ESPN or any other network.

Believe me (as he would say), they would have been happy to air it if he wanted to do it.

Looks like Comrade Twitler is too chicken to put himself out there, or he has the basketball knowledge of a fruit fly.

Or maybe he's simply too busy sending out tweets ripping Nordstrom for dropping his incestuous crush's girlfriend's money-losing clothing line.

I mean he didn't even have to read the article. The damn title said that Trump declined the offer.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on February 15, 2017, 05:38:25 PM
There's rumor of an executive order mandating the Tulsa Golden Hurricane get a auto bid so DJT can have a team to pull for.

Bravo sir. Bravo.

Not sure which I'd rather be stuck in, a Golden Hurricane or a Red Storm!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Sheriff on February 15, 2017, 07:26:39 PM
Superbar?
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: T-Bone on February 15, 2017, 08:29:02 PM
But what if he were to pick Marquette winning it all? 
And then we did.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: avid1010 on February 15, 2017, 08:31:01 PM
I mean he didn't even have to read the article. The damn title said that Trump declined the offer.

Alternative truth my friend.  He doesn't need to read reality...he has his alternative reality and it fits his world just fine. 
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Newsdreams on February 15, 2017, 08:36:03 PM
http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/donald-trump-declines-to-fill-out-out-an-ncaa-tournament-bracket-on-tv/

Alas, our dream of YUGE March Madness special with Mr. Trump has hit a WALL.
Putin was not cool with him doing it.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: GB Warrior on February 15, 2017, 09:10:15 PM
Perfect fit! "Trump" and "March" just go together.

Subtle and terrific.

Who would have thought this thread is what unified Scoop, if but for a moment
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Eye on February 15, 2017, 11:27:29 PM
Scott Spicer said Trump picks a perfect bracket every year.

Who's Scott Spicer?
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on February 15, 2017, 11:31:41 PM
Who's Scott Spicer?

Some guy who LOVES Dippin Dots.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: keefe on February 16, 2017, 03:22:50 AM
Barry's people will leak the classified brackets before the telecast...
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on February 16, 2017, 03:26:24 AM
Leave it to keefe to take a silly thread and make it serious...
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: keefe on February 16, 2017, 03:43:54 AM
Alternative truth my friend.  He doesn't need to read reality...he has his alternative reality and it fits his world just fine.

Scapegoat???

Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on February 16, 2017, 09:01:30 AM
Leave it to keefe to take a silly thread and make it serious...

Meh, I thought it was funny. We're all taking pokes at current politics, he just poked the other side.

Now MUUnderpants, that guy was trying to make it serious.....but was instead funny with his lack of reading comprehension!
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: avid1010 on February 16, 2017, 09:12:28 AM
Scapegoat???

minorities??? 
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Benny B on February 16, 2017, 09:20:28 AM
Scapegoat???

Be careful what you say... you don't want Elijiah Cummings to quote you.
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: MerrittsMustache on February 16, 2017, 09:56:32 AM
Um ... did you read the article? It was Comrade Twitler who chose not to do it, not ESPN or any other network.

Believe me (as he would say), they would have been happy to air it if he wanted to do it.

Looks like Comrade Twitler is too chicken to put himself out there, or he has the basketball knowledge of a fruit fly.

Or maybe he's simply too busy sending out tweets ripping Nordstrom for dropping his incestuous crush's girlfriend's money-losing clothing line.

(https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder791/66151791.jpg)

Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: LAMUfan on February 16, 2017, 10:00:39 AM
Trump has won more brackets than anyone in history. Period.
Must have a little Kim Jong in him
Title: Re: Bracketology - ESPN POTUS Special
Post by: Bocephys on February 16, 2017, 10:13:46 AM
This is going well