tourney time... fill in your brackets

showtime... if you want to fill out a NCAA bracket, and track results automatically w/ other folks in our 'mcpuff sphere of influence'... please do... we're using ESPN again to do this.

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/frontpage
then look for and join the group "mcpuff"

rules:
1. on espn.com, you can create (or remember) your free login name and password. see link above. fill out your bracket before the 1st tip off

2. join the "mcpuff" group on espn.com (no faxes, spreadsheets, paper mailings of brackets accepted as real... those will be deleted, shredded, ridiculed)

3. $10 per entry. decide if you want to 'just play for fun', or 'just play for $10 * # other folks'. if you want to fill out two brackets and submit both of them as possible winners, send me $20 (espn allows up to 5 brackets per user) send $10 for each bracket to: 5975 fawn trail circle, woodbury, mn 55129

4. no 'honor system' for playing 'in the money' (duh)... if i don't get your $10 cash or check, postmarked by at least friday, you're 'playing just for fun'. if you have more than 1 bracket submitted into the 'mcpuff' group, but only send in $10, you need to tell me what is the 'money' bracket (yes, kevin... *before* thursday)

5. feel free to forward this link and contest to whoever. the mcpuff group isn’t password protected, and the more the merrier

6. so far, i'm "in" for $10. i'd expect 3-10 other folks to be in. winner takes all if there’s 5 or under paying brackets... if there’s 6-10 paying brackets, then the payout is 75% for 1st, 25% for second. for 10+ (not likely), payoff is 50% 1st, 30% 2nd, 20% for 3rd), per the points that espn scores it as (1 pt 1st round, 2 pts 2nd round, etc). nothing for biggest upset, fewest points, or for any foo-foo stuff like that.

7. if you don't want to pay, but want to play, that's cool... do it!