NCAA Bracket Fever Spreads Fast: 2007 Bloggers Tournament
Is your 2007 NCAA Bracket ready? So soon after the picks have been made, you ask? Well, aside from Fantasy Football, I can’t think of another sporting event that attracts so much attention…and business. Ok, well maybe the preseason college football rankings. But you get the idea. I haven’t touched my bracket yet, but I have to have mine in by Wednesday at 5:00pm CST. And for the rest of the month, my lunch hour has been reserved for meals at Buffalo Wild Wings.
This bracket phenomenon has spread to any number of subjects. How about last year’s NFL’s Sexiest Man bracket by FOXSports.net? Or how about Maxim Magazine’s Hometown Hotties bracket? The list goes on. Richard Sandomir, the award-winning sports television columnist for the New York Times, has written a book titled The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything with co-authors Mark Reiter and Nigel Holmes. In the book, Sandomir talks about the simple thought of brackets creating debatable subject matter based on the mere comparison of a subjective group of choices that are close in quality. In the book, he compares fruits, American beer, the most reliable economic indicator, best video game, meaningless sports statistics…the list goes on.
2007 Bloggers Bracket
Well, in the spirit of bracketology, I’ve decided to create my own bracket. I’m pitting blogs against one another. I basically chose the blogs at random — blogs I read rather regularly — and seeded them based on their Alexa ranking as of today. They include [1] ShoeMoney.com, [2] StevePavlina.com, [3] JohnChow.com, [4] NetBusinessBlog.com, [5] KingNomar.com, [6] HMTK.com, [7] CareerRamblings.com, [8] propstm.net.
RULES:
- Your comment is a vote. In order for your vote to count, you must leave a comment and select 1 blog from each of the 4 games as your favorite. Any comment with less than 4 votes will not be counted. This obviously applies to Day 1 only.
- You may vote once. I’m sure there’s a more efficient way to do this; but until I find that more efficient method (poll) for Rounds 2 & 3, I plan to count these myself. *runs & hides*
- Voting ends at 12:00am CST. Any votes received on or after 12:00am CST (03/13) will not count toward the “tournament”.
So…easy enough. Let’s see how this works…or if it works. 
Good luck to all of the participants (whether or not you want to).
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March 12th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Although I doubt that CR and Steve Pav. is a fair match up I have to go with the following:
Game-
1) Shoemoney
2) NetBusinessBlog
3) JohnChow
4) CareerRamblings
Thanks for including us in the mix derrich!
March 12th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
shoemoney
kingnomar
hmtk
careerramblings
Why did you put me up against John Chow? Is that a vote of confidence or do you just want me out in the first round?
March 12th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
[…] A regular reader of NBB, derrich, has just posted his bloggers bracket for 2007 where he pits blogger against blogger much like Daniel’s Blogger Face-Off series. […]
March 12th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Propstm.net!
NetBusinessBlog!
John Chow!
CareerRamblings!
March 12th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Great Idea Derrich . . i was thinking about doing something similar, but mine had flash incorporate into it and since I don’t know flash, i couldn’t
. . . No hard feelings for not picking me though! I know i would have been demolished by these blogs . . hahaha . . anyways, here are my 4
- ShoeMoney
- KingNomar
- John Chow
- Career Ramblings
it’s gonna get hair after that . . . . good luck everyone!
March 12th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Here are my votes…
1, 4, 9, 2
or if you prefer
shoemoney, netbusinessblog, johnchow, stevepavlina
As for the poll, I found a neat poll software over at http://VouchOn.com called pollburner
http://www.vouchon.com/post/pollburner-create-useful-polls-fast/
Hope this helps,
Ryan
March 12th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
[…] Derrich from Derrich.com decided to put a little mayhem into the flurry of pools which is normally March Madness. Derrich has decided to create his own blogging March Madness and yours truly was included! […]
March 12th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Derrich, sorry bout that. I was so shocked to see myself included let alone seeded against Shoemoney that I made my post for the wrong blog! I deleted the post and moved it to the right blog, but i guess that trackbacks are quicker than me!
March 12th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Propstm.net
NetBusinessBlog
John Chow
CareerRamblings
March 12th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
My pick are as follows: PROPSTM.net, KINGNOMAR.com, JOHNCHOW.com, and CAREERRAMBLINGS.com.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
My pick are as follows: PROPSTM.net, KINGNOMAR.com, JOHNCHOW.com, and CAREERRAMBLINGS.com.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Hmmm…Matt might win after all.
Ryan: Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll check it out.
Gary: I know…you hate me now (why do you think I didn’t include myself).
Jane: Absolutely!
March 12th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Propstm.net
NetBusinessBlog
John Chow
CareerRamblings
March 12th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Propstm.net
Netbusinessblog.com
HMTK.Com
careerramblings.com
March 12th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
propstm.net
netbusinessblog.com
johnchow.com
careerramblings.com
March 12th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I would give my take with
1) Shoemoney
2) NetBusinessBlog
3) JohnChow
4) CareerRamblings
Hey, and no self-voting for your personnel site! *wink
March 12th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Propstm.net
NetBusinessBlog
John Chow
CareerRamblings
March 12th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Here are my votes:
ShoeMoney
KingNomar
HMTK
CareerRamblings
March 12th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
propstm.net
netbusinessblog
john chow
careerramblings
March 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Propstm.net
NetBusinessBlog
John Chow
CareerRamblings
March 12th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Propstm.net!
NetBusinessBlog!
John Chow!
CareerRamblings!
March 12th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Shoemoney
Net Biz Blog
John Chow
CareerRamblings
March 13th, 2007 at 1:49 am
Damn, I think I cannot beat NBB YET !!
March 13th, 2007 at 7:58 am
- ShoeMoney
- KingNomar
- John Chow
- Career Ramblings
March 13th, 2007 at 9:03 am
My Vote
Propstm.net!
NetBusinessBlog!
HMTK
CareerRamblings!
March 13th, 2007 at 9:47 am
Game 1 Winner ShoeMoney
Game 2 Winner Netbusinessblog
Game 3 Winner John Chow
Game 4 Winner CareerRamblings
March 13th, 2007 at 10:41 am
[…] Sports fan Derrich, of derrich.com, writes about all manner of things including basketball, investing, cars and business. The post that caught my attention though was his Bloggers Tournament idea. […]
March 13th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
I’m curious as to the reasoning of the seeds: shouldn’t similarly ranked blogs be pitted against each other?
March 13th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Actually, you want the best “teams” (or blogs in this case) to play each other at the end. If they eliminate one another in the first round, the excitement kinda fizzles away. This is how just about every sport with a bracket system seed the teams. #1 vs #8, #2 vs #7…and so on.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
I do understand that point but doesn’t that mean the lower ranked blogs will be automatically beaten?
March 14th, 2007 at 8:25 am
My votes are as follows:
1. Shoemoney
2. Kingnomar
3. HMTK (nothing against John, just gotta root for the underdog!)
4. Careerramblings
Great idea. I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
March 14th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
[…] Daniel over at Daily Blog Tips created a new project to pit famous bloggers against each other to see who’s more popular. Derrich took it a step further and started a tournament for bloggers complete with brackets. Both are great ideas, but unfortunately the featured bloggers are limited to those they read and know of. […]
March 15th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
[…] Daniel over at Daily Blog Tips created a new project to pit famous bloggers against each other to see who’s more popular. Derrich took it a step further and started a tournament for bloggers complete with brackets. Both are great ideas, but unfortunately the featured bloggers are limited to those they read and know of. […]
March 19th, 2007 at 3:35 am
[…] The response I received as a result of the original 2007 Bloggers Tournament was fantastic…and I don’t say “fantastic” alot…really. Based on the comments I received and the emails you sent, I’ve decided to give it a go while using your criticisms and suggestions to make it better. Besides, the NCAA Basketball Tournament is far from over. […]
March 19th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
[…] To build off the success of his first 8 Blogger Tournament, Derrich.com has decided to put together a massive 32 Blogger Tournament that incorporates 8 Different Categories of Blogs based on their Alexa Stats. It’s just my luck that I’m going against John Chow’s top commentator - Samanathon.com, but it’s cool! We’ve been growing up together on the blogosphere and I wish him the best of luck, so check out his site, then come back here and […]
July 9th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
[…] on his blog, Fleeing The Social Scene, earlier today. Matt was a participant in the very first Bloggers Tournament on Derrich.com. He didn’t do too bad…went to the finals versus CareerRamblings.com, but […]
August 20th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
[…] against each other to see who’s more popular. Derrich took it a step further and started a tournament for bloggers complete with brackets. Both are great ideas, but unfortunately the featured bloggers are limited […]
March 13th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
nice post. Cant wait for this years bracket to come out..