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SnotBubbles
Mar 24, 2010 7:30am
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/Autistic-Teen-Picks-First-Two-NCAA-Rounds-Perfectly-88916437.html
Unbelievable....good for him. Hope he gets them all!
Unbelievable....good for him. Hope he gets them all!
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Mar 24, 2010 7:49am
that's pretty sweet
Bigred1995
Posts: 1,042
Mar 24, 2010 8:53am
That's pretty amazing! Makes you wonder if it's pure coincidence or if it's a function of his autism; either way it's pretty amazing!
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pepperpot
Posts: 646
Mar 24, 2010 8:56am
Hard to believe, good for him..........
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cat_lover
Posts: 2,388
Mar 24, 2010 9:04am
Wow!! That's some good picking.
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Mar 24, 2010 9:10am
I wonder if he watches Judge Wapner or shops at K-Mart....definitely great job picking!!!
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 24, 2010 9:12am
Someone buy this man a lottery ticket.The odds of anybody doing that? One in 13,460,000, according to BookofOdds.com. It's easier to win the lottery. Twice.
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Mar 24, 2010 9:22am
He has Purdue winning it all. His bracket is soon to be busted.
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Mar 24, 2010 9:26am
Nice. A kid where the old lady does her physcial rehab is autistic and he bowls 300 on the WII regularly.
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tigerballonline
Posts: 125
Mar 24, 2010 10:01am
How did he get Ohio over Georgetown? I am sure that tripped up most people outside of Athens.
se-alum
Posts: 13,948
Mar 24, 2010 10:19am
Sorry, but I'm a bit skeptical.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Mar 24, 2010 10:26am
Autism doesn't enter into it. Luck, however, does.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 24, 2010 10:39am
I dont believe this for a second.
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Fabio
Posts: 547
Mar 24, 2010 10:42am
Is this the same autistic kid who shot all those 3 pointers?
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Mar 24, 2010 10:46am
That was Jason McElwain and that was a cool story bro.Fabio wrote: Is this the same autistic kid who shot all those 3 pointers?
bigdaddy2003
Posts: 7,384
Mar 24, 2010 1:03pm
It is pretty hard to believe and the fact that he says he has a system he uses for it makes it even harder to believe.
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Mar 24, 2010 1:07pm
I was like, "WOW!" until I got down towards the end of the article where it mentions you can change your picks AFTER the game. Once I read that, I stopped buying.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 24, 2010 1:09pm
Yeah, I just read through the whole article instead of just skimming the first few paragraphs. I don't buy it.Scarlet_Buckeye wrote: I was like, "WOW!" until I got down towards the end of the article where it mentions you can change your picks AFTER the game. Once I read that, I stopped buying.
thePITman
Posts: 3,867
Mar 24, 2010 1:27pm
Right when I heard this, I thought "scam" and that this was a ploy for attention since the kid is autistic. Very rude of this family to take advantage of their kid like this. Here is the part that everyone should read.
And he coincidentally only entered his bracket into 1 of 3 CBSSports bracket challenges, the only one which doesn't provide a prize. Suspicious, anyone?CBSSports.com can not confirm Alex's entry -- the company doesn't track entries to their Bracket Manager program. Unlike CBSSports' Bracket Challenge, which ranks players nationally and locks entries once the tournament begins, Bracket Challenge does allow changes after play starts.
The Hermanns insist, however, that they filled out their brackets as a family before the tournament started, and haven't touched the picks since. When asked whether the bracket was altered after the tourney began, Alex's mother said, simply, "no."
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/Autistic-Teen-Picks-First-Two-NCAA-Rounds-Perfectly-88916437.html#ixzz0j7FLcCab
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Mar 24, 2010 1:35pm
Shit, if I could change my picks after games, I'd have a perfect bracket, too. Maybe. I was really drunk for four days straight to celebrate the opening two rounds of the tournament, so I probably would have screwed something up...
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Mar 24, 2010 4:35pm
Hell...my 4 yr old nephew picked kansas and villanova gettin beat, as well as gtown....
but he also has Wofford winning it all.....
This is the frist year we included the 5 neices/nephews in the contest...and they were for a good laugh when grading them!
but he also has Wofford winning it all.....
This is the frist year we included the 5 neices/nephews in the contest...and they were for a good laugh when grading them!
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Mar 24, 2010 5:44pm
me too.se-alum wrote: Sorry, but I'm a bit skeptical.
shenanigans.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 24, 2010 6:27pm
j_crazy wrote:me too.se-alum wrote: Sorry, but I'm a bit skeptical.
shenanigans.
Tigerfan00
Posts: 3,427
Mar 24, 2010 7:04pm
