The Silly Goose will have dollar PBR during the Memphis Tigers vs. Maryland Terrapins game this afternoon. Game starts at 2:20 PM CDT. I was equally divided on Saucer, Goose, and Bardog as possible watch locations, but I suppose dollar PBR will win the day for the Goose.
I watched basketball at Bardog for a few hours yesterday afternoon with Air Traffic Mike and John D. They had the sound on for the Oklahoma State vs. Tennessee game, and it was quite an enjoyable place to watch the action. I’d never considered Bardog an NCAA watch spot before, but it’s on my list now. After the game, I felt it was my duty to text all the Tennessee fans in my phone’s Contacts and tell them that their team lost. Thank goodness we’re done looking at Bruce Pearl for another seven months.
Quote of the day:
Air Traffic Mike: “Both the Great Pumpkin and Bruce Pearl come out in October.”
Me: “Yeah, but how can you tell which is which?”
After that, I went to the Saucer, where Ghost River was on hand to tap their keg of Wee Heavy. It was delicious, and was 8.5% alcohol by volume, odd because the Wee Heavy the Saucer normally carries (Belhaven) is 3.9%. I’ll have to get one of my beer-brewing friends to explain that variation to me. As I drank the beer, I thought to myself that it would go great with some salted-in-the-shell peanuts and Gus’s chicken. A couple of hours of NTN Poker at Calhoun’s wrapped up the evening. Watched off-duty Saucer bartender Marci cheer on her Arizona Wildcats to an upset of Utah. Guess they proved that they belonged in the tournament after all.
My bracket is still looking pretty good so far. I picked 25 of the 32 winners in the first round. I only picked two teams to go to the Sweet Sixteen (Utah and West Virginia) and one to go to the Elite Eight (West Virginia) that have already been knocked out. All of my Final Four (Louisville, Duke, Memphis, Oklahoma) are still intact.
What’s going on tonight? It’s my last party night before the job starts and I’m hoping to stay out late.
Time to take the laundry out of the dryer, then head to the Goose to get a good seat. Go Tigers!