Friday, April 06, 2007

Postseason bracketology

Florida came through after all, so I salvaged a respectable showing in basketball prognostication. The results are a bit more mixed on the state celebrity front, though. My pick of a Harper Lee-Hank Williams final in The Birmingham News' pop culture showdown was halfway right, but I didn't foresee Fannie Flagg's march to the title game, including upsets of Lee in the Elite Eight and Tallulah Bankhead in the Final Four. Williams still should be the favorite, but it's tough to overcome the kind of momentum Flagg has.

You can pick your favorite between the Cinderella and the No. 1 seed until 11 p.m. CST. After that, it's back to our favorite spring sports pastime: waiting for football to come back.