Join the Beatdown in Comcast SportsNet's Bracket Challenge 2009

by Rexx on Mar 16, 2009 11:44 AM EDT Comment 38 comments

NEW NOTE: The Comcast SportsNet Bracket Challenge 2009 is up and ready for you to make your picks. Remember to get all your friends signed up under our group (Baltimore Beatdown) as we are going head-to-head with the Redskins fans and need the numbers to take them on! So if you've already signed up, click on the ad in between these stories to log in and make your picks. If you haven't, it's free- so what are you waiting for!? Don't you want to see those Deadkins fans crying at the end of the Tournament?

SB Nation has joined Comcast SportsNet in promoting it's Bracket Challenge 2009. Join our own public group, Baltimore Beatdown, which is going head-to-head with the fans of Hogs Haven, SB Nation's Washington Redskins blog site. Register and make your picks on the NCAA Men's Hoops Tournament once the brackets are determined and released.

Click on the Comcast SportsNet advertising link between these stories and register. Once you are registered, look for the link that says "Interact" in the small rectangular box near the top of the page. Then click on "Join a Public Group" and put "Baltimore Beatdown" in the 'Search' box. That's all you have to do to sign up. You can also edit your profile, add a photo, pick favorite sport/team and even post some comments.

It's free to register and if you win, there are some great prizes. First place gets a Sony 42" HDTV. Second gets a Nintendo Wii and third brings you a year's supply of Vitamin Water. Even better is the opportunity to trash those Deadskins fans like the Ravens did in early December of last season!

Once you've registered, post a note letting me know you're part of the group and feel free to talk some trash to those guys down the dirty side of the Beltway!

Update Note: This story has generated so much fun and trash talking in a relatively quiet NFL period, so I decided to update this and re-post it again. Keep trying to validate yourselves, Redskins fans, us Raven lunatics are just rolling our eyes when you keep telling us how you're going to "rebound" this year!

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It's not going to even be close

This is Kevin, manager of the Skins HogsHaven site. I have some love for Baltimore having gone to Loyola, and the fans were great at M&T when I traveled up for the Skins game. Having said that, you’re gonna killed in this challenge. What does Baltimore know about college basketball? You have UMBC…thats it. DC has MD, Gtown, GW, George Mason and American Univ. We have the ACC & Big East covered, two of the best in the business. Do they even have TV’s in Dundalk? ha. Ok…I don’t want to wrinkle any purple camo pants or ‘Wacco for Flacco’ t-shirts.

Let the Haynesworth jokes begin.

by KevinE on Mar 13, 2009 11:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Your argument is horrible

So just because Cletus from Winchester,VA is a Redskins fan, he automatically knows more about college basketball and the Terps then Baltimore residents and UMD alums?

A ton of Baltimore residents and natives went to UMD, or at least follow the team religiously. Most Ravens fans are way closer to College Park then the average Deadskins fan. I’ve lived in NOVA and College Park as well as Baltimore. I’ve seen both fan bases up close and personal and I am very confident. Underestimate us if you will, but you will get an old fashioned Baltimore Beatdown in the end.

by DT711 on Mar 13, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're kind of proving my point for me

If a lot of Baltimore residents went to UMD, hence they will know a lot about college basketball. The colleges in Baltimore don’t give you that college basketball immersion.

A lot of my Loyola friends still live in Baltimore, and are from DC, Philly, NY..so of course, like yourself, will know a lot. In my statement above, I was more targeting the people that were born and raised in Baltimore. What if I drive along Eastern Ave asking people if they like ‘Cuse tonight…or Baltimore residents east of canton square? They’ll have no idea what I’m talking about.

by KevinE on Mar 13, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Understood

But how many people along Eastern Ave that you speak of own a computer, let alone visit this blog? I do get your point but I guess what I’m trying to say is that most members of this blog don’t fit into the demographic you described. Either way it should be fun. I always love battling Redskins fans, something I have plenty of experience in from my CP and Northern VA days….

by DT711 on Mar 13, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not us

Not only ravens fanatics, but all around sports fanatics. Who doesnt know anything about college basketball.

Oh yea, Jonnie Flynn is god.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 13, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I look forward to the competition. Hopefully there is a good turnout on both sides. Rexx and I never did decide on what the losing blog has to do. Maybe losing blog has to do a Post praising the other team’s football team.

God that would suck. ha.

by KevinE on Mar 13, 2009 1:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Loser has to wear the winner's jersey around town for a day

I’d think I’d rather kill myself than get humiated like that in front of my family and friends if I were to have to don that ugly crimson and gold rag!

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 13, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

DEAL!

My co-writer and I were just discussing what Skins jersey we’d make you wear, we’re thinking burgundy Skins jersey of: Tony Banks, Riggins, Ernest Byner, Casey Rabach, or Deion Sanders. Hahaha, still thinking….

by KevinE on Mar 13, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I want to wear a Trung Canidate jersey

Cause back then, he was considered by Dan Snyder to be the greatest free agent pick up of all time.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 13, 2009 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I already have a Ravens jersey of Tony Banks!

Could I just wear the crimson and white Arizona Cardinals jersey of Pat Tillman? At least I’ll be doing something patriotic instead of idiotic!

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 13, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You really want to go there??

Redman, Kyle Boller, Stoney Case, Scott Mitchell, Anthony Wright.

Your team should have won 4 super bowls this last decade…nice work dropping the ball on a QB. Now that you have a decent one, your Defense is headed to AARP.

by KevinE on Mar 13, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know whose defense you’re talking about. The only old starters I can think of are Ray Lewis and Trevor Pryce, who are both playing at an amazing level considering their age. Ed Reed and Terrell Suggs are in their prime. Ngata is full of upside, and we just infused our CB position with young blood.

I understand where you’re coming from, though. You’re in denial. You’re thinking, “We’re right down the road. What do they have that we don’t?” Don’t worry, guys. I’m sure Albert Haynesworth is worth every penny of his new contract. He’ll be the resurgence of that team everybody in Richmond loves, but nobody’s talked about for over a decade.

At least DC is a nice place to live, right?

Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.

by Ampallang on Mar 13, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I just lost my chance to win this bracket stuff

Cause now that Maryland beat the 3rd top 10 team this year and is in the NCAA Tourni, I gotta pick them to win it all. Just in my blood. Some team, right?

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 13, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Still need to continue winning

at least in the semi to even get a sniff of the tourney. Besides you better hope no other bubble team like Syracuse does the same thing. Either way, they’re one at most two and done. Lady Terps, now there’s a story! #4 in country, getting #1 seed, with two 2,000 point scorers, which hasn’t happened since the ’80’s!

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 14, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

got us there…Billick blew it big time with that D…all we needed was a stable vet like Flutie, Warner, Garcia but our a-hole guru f’d it all up.

by raven on Mar 13, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Check out my post on their site

Over at Hogs Haven. I really let the spittle fly in their faces and it’s sure to draw some fun responses, although I certainly expect bad spelling, poor grammar and missing teeth (what?)!

Anyway, get on over there and take my back, guys. Show them how we do it here on the Beatdown. And if anyone else dares to step across the city limits boundary I drew in the sand, show them what team defense and “Organized Chaos” is all about here on the Beatdown!

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 13, 2009 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesome, arguing with Baltimorons

Slamming my nads with a hammer is not only more enjoyable, it is more productive. Oh yeah, this is Ken, co-manager of HogsHaven. For those who wish to quibble with my nickname, I earned it in the Charm City itself, while attending Loyola with Kevin. I look forward to the rewarding experience of schooling you Ravens fans in yet another sport. I am low on ammo when it comes to recent team success. You guys have done some good work there. Thankfully, logic and rationale are not necessary when arguing with Ravens fans! I am searching Ebay for the Danny Wuerffel jersey you will get to wear.

by Ken Meringolo on Mar 13, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"Schooling us?"

Just like your Redskins did to our Ravens in December on national TV? Hah! Enjoy the basement of the NFC Least, the most overrated division in the NFL!

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 14, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So...

You start off by insulting our logic while failing to give an appropriate example? Fail. Also, you state that you are going to “school” us “in yet another sport,” but in the next sentence, you admit that your team is lacking in “recent success” and that we’ve “done some good work” here. Fail. You must have taken your “logic and rationale are not necessary” statement to heart because you certainly did not use either. Epic fail.

by BAL_Hawk on Mar 14, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He used webstersdictionary.com

To figure out his word choice. You think they get that good of an education down there in the DC public schools to be able to create a well written argument, BAL_Hawk? Hell no.

Then again, cannot really talk, cause B-More schools are maybe the worst public school system in the country. But thats why I love it! Product of the best right here.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 14, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice picture for you...

by KevinE on Mar 13, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

in his best days!

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 14, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Signed up and ready to go

My final 4

Sienna, Radford, Cleveland State, North Dakota State

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 13, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Go back to your futbol/football crumbling stadium and dream about what you once were and never will be again. You bottomless money pit of greed and poor decision making.
The only thing that ties DeChe to the glory days is 4 fat toads who dress like women with snouts and the two old goats who do post game- George “Where’s My Horse” Michaels and Sonny “I’m Mad At The World” Jorgenson. Even Gibbs didn’t recognize the place anymore and threw it into 5th gear to get the hell out of the hole. May you challenge Detroit’s 2008 record you wedgy stains.

by raven on Mar 13, 2009 11:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

George Michaels

looks like he’s 150 years old and has been dead for years. Jurgonsen has to weigh about 400 pounds, lives in 1960 and reportedly once ate five large pizza, oh yeah, threw like a girl.

Rexx

by Rexx on Mar 14, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go Redskins…worst name ever. How can you have so many illegals running around in that area and still trumpet the Redskins. That’s balls.

by raven on Mar 14, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Redskin

is a racial slur for a native american
says wonders about the people who named em

by heapheap on Mar 14, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And PETA whines because we have ravens as a mascot, point being that there’s always going to be some oversensitive person that whines about some miniscule point of argument. There are so many shortcomings across the spectrum of the Redskin organization that you can find something more substantial than “your team name made somebody cry :-(”

Here, let’s get you started:

The Redskins’ colors are hideous.
The Redskins haven’t been a contender in the NFC Least in recent memory.
The Redskins’ front office is run by 100 chimpanzees on typewriters.
The Redskins hail from Washington, D.C.
The Redskins were embarrassed by the Ravens on national TV last season.

Please feel free to add on if you are more familiar with the Deadskins than I am.

Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.

by Ampallang on Mar 14, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs