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frazzled

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55. The Tar Heels are favorites on most of the betting forecasts

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:28 AM

Mar 2012

Doesn't mean they'll win, but it's not like it was an odd choice.

That said, what's wrong if he picked them (an already favored team) to boost his chances there? I say "by whatever means necessary." Why should he pick, say, Kentucky if he has no chance of "making friends" there anyway?

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Did Obama pick UNC because NC is a swing state? [View all] taterguy Mar 2012 OP

No I don't think so. My husband is really into that March Madness Thingy and I remember on Justice wanted Mar 2012 #1

Did he pick UNC in 2010? taterguy Mar 2012 #2

Excuse me? I'm telling what remember seeing on ESPN during the last couple of years. He picked Justice wanted Mar 2012 #6

Your memory is faulty taterguy Mar 2012 #8

THAN KINDLY give me the links that prove me wrong? Justice wanted Mar 2012 #9

UNC didn't play in the tournament in 2010 taterguy Mar 2012 #10

he picked em mackattack Mar 2012 #11

What the fuck is a yaaar? taterguy Mar 2012 #27

Its how a pirate mackattack Mar 2012 #34

MY MISTAKE 2009 HERE"S THE LINK: Justice wanted Mar 2012 #12

Picking a team once equals 'always' taterguy Mar 2012 #30

You just can't admit that you are snapping to judgement. He picked them in 2009 and this year. Justice wanted Mar 2012 #33

Picking a team twice equals 'always' taterguy Mar 2012 #37

Lighten the fuck up, Francis! madinmaryland Mar 2012 #46

Isn't Michelle's family from NC? [n/t] Proud Public Servant Mar 2012 #3

So why not pick NC State? taterguy Mar 2012 #4

UNC is very popular amongst Obama's voting demographic UncleTomsEvilBrother Mar 2012 #5

Because as an NC State alum Esse Quam Videri Mar 2012 #16

aztecs FIGHT! frylock Mar 2012 #24

Because NC State has about as good of a shot winning the whole thing as you and I... Drunken Irishman Mar 2012 #28

I find it hard to beleive that anyone bowens43 Mar 2012 #7

+10000000000000000000000000000. Couldn't have said it better myself. Justice wanted Mar 2012 #35

The he should have picked Wisconsin too! Scuba Mar 2012 #13

And Iowa, even though they didn't make the tourney. rurallib Mar 2012 #17

I've got an all-Big10 final, not that I'm a homer or anything. Scuba Mar 2012 #18

^^^^ Truth mackattack Mar 2012 #21

This is a joke, right? n/t Inuca Mar 2012 #14

As an NC STATE alum I would say of COURSE! Esse Quam Videri Mar 2012 #15

The damn officials that didn't remind Gottfried how many fouls Leslie had? taterguy Mar 2012 #32

I was taking about the collision with 9.2 secs left Esse Quam Videri Mar 2012 #44

Score was tied and your best player was on the pine taterguy Mar 2012 #45

TAR Carolina Lady Mar 2012 #19

I don't believe he'd put politics above basketball Orangepeel Mar 2012 #20

Maybe he picked UNC because he thinks they're going to win. Obama likes to win. yardwork Mar 2012 #22

Maybe he thinks it's the team most likely to win. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #23

LOL Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #25

Uh, who cares? President Obama reminds me of my Dad, who is obsessed with basketball. Jennicut Mar 2012 #26

Exactly. UNC is a #1 seed, so, it's not that big of a leap to say they'll win it all. Drunken Irishman Mar 2012 #31

Why not pick Ohio State then? They've got more electoral votes than North Carolina. Drunken Irishman Mar 2012 #29

No he picked them because Thrill Mar 2012 #36

Let me guess. You live in the Triangle taterguy Mar 2012 #38

Charlotte Thrill Mar 2012 #39

Also not really part of NC taterguy Mar 2012 #40

Time to put the bottle down Thrill Mar 2012 #42

Easley was running against a former UNC basketball player taterguy Mar 2012 #43

And Your excuse for Roy Cooper? Thrill Mar 2012 #47

None of the folks you just mentioned played basketball at UNC taterguy Mar 2012 #48

I thought NC made cigarettes not swings. rug Mar 2012 #41

You've never swung on a Stumpy Point Swing? taterguy Mar 2012 #51

It's a burden. rug Mar 2012 #52

Everyone I know supports the Tarheels. musicblind Mar 2012 #49

Tar Heels is two words taterguy Mar 2012 #50

My family and I have always used it together as one word all my life. musicblind Mar 2012 #53

The Heels aren't as good as the Bobcats taterguy Mar 2012 #54

The Tar Heels are favorites on most of the betting forecasts frazzled Mar 2012 #55

Picking the Tar Heels hurts him in NC taterguy Mar 2012 #56