Final Bracket Thoughts

Yep, 10Mar12 is over, and we have our brackets. 

The Big Guns:  Mark:  Graham Parker, The Rolling Stones
                         Tony: George Harrison, The Black Keys
(The Rolling Stones try again after not making final 8 last year as a 1-seed.  Parker always high-seeded, but sat out last year.  Harrison is a low-seed veteran, but made sweet16 as 11-seed last year.  Black Keys were good as rookies in 2010, sat out last year, ready to make a big move this year.)


Surprises?:  Mark has Jenny Lewis as a 2-seed, when he has most of her stuff
                            Tony goes heavy old classics (Boston, Frampton,etc) in the Stonewall


Big Balled:  Mark lost Guadalcanal 2-seed John Hiatt to The Shins
                             Tony lost WScott 3-seed BlindBoysAlabam to Nada Surf

Thrown Out in Phase One:  Mark threw out Nora Jones in Phase One.  I believe she has a 12- 1 record in the last 2 years. Tony: Forgot to throw a group out.  He usually aims for  Devo.

Downed Sydrome:  Tony forced Devo to 16, Rilo Kiley up to 12
                                 Mark forced Springsteen to 8, Peter Frampton up to 4

The Arena:  The Sand Bar near Gun Lake after hiking to The Devil's Soupbowl.
                             Mark had the Sandburger with fries.  Labatt in the Bottle.
                             Tony had the Rodeo burger with fries.  Maple (?) beer. From Frankenmueth.