Here is your yearly reminder that sweating over the picks in your March Madness bracket is a waste of the precious few minutes you have on Earth before your eternal doom:
This 12-year-old had a better bracket than every single one of us
Hey, so, that’s a damn child, and he is indeed tied for first place in all of ESPN’s bracket challenge. What’s his secret to doing something better than 11 million other people? Via ABC7:
“I just rushed right through it. I think it was kind of all skill. Some people say it’s luck, but I think I studied enough,” Sam said.
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Sam filled out ten brackets this year. His winning bracket was the fourth.
His dad, who had been irritated by the amount of printer ink his son was using, entered the bracket for Sam because he’s a minor, and now has to collect his winnings for him (if he wins, which he won’t, because even the best bracket just enters you into a drawing). Sam’s going on the radio and stuff, though.
Meanwhile, you and I can just stare into this kid’s eyes and contemplate our own mediocrity:


