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Posted by: Bradley McDonald

My sweet mother left me a voice mail (and an email) tonight letting me know happily that she is in third place in our bracket pool. I thought she was mistaken, having checked the standings last night to see myself in 11th and she only .5 points ahead of me. Then I read an email from USA Today that stated:

Due to a mathematical error, second-round scores in "Upset Special" pools were originally calculated incorrectly. The problem was corrected Monday afternoon. We apologize for the mistake and thank you for playing March Mania.

No, no, thank you, USA Today. Thank you for allowing me to have a shred of hope for a few hours and for letting me think I have a chance of beating someone who based their picks based on what state she liked best!

I want the incompetent creature that made this "mathematical error" to be flogged and flogged heavily!

I kid, of course. It's all in good fun. {sigh} Who's ready for baseball? :)