Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge

[Buffnik]

Quicken Loans and Warren Buffet are going to have a bracket challenge this year. Perfection nets you $1 Billion (or $500 million in a lump sum). Also will pay out $100k each to the Top 20 brackets.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...billion-prize-for-quicken-loans-in-ncaa-bet-1

 

[Bigbuffs]

damn

 

[slider]

Normally I'd take the lump sum, but I would be tempted in this case to go with the $25mil annual payments. That's plenty

 

[wyobuff]

The article states huge odds, but if you remove the 4 #16 seeds, you can reduce the odds quite significantly - Even then though, you'll need to find this years VCU. (Hint, it could be in omaha, ne)

 

[goalline]

Has anyone, ever, filled out a perfect bracket?

 

[cubuffs85]

Normally I'd take the lump sum, but I would be tempted in this case to go with the $25mil annual payments. That's plenty

Not sure which one I would do, it would be a great problem to have.

 

[cubuffs85]

Has anyone, ever, filled out a perfect bracket?

Never on ESPN, the perfect brackets it seems are almost always done with by the first Saturday night of the Tourney.

 

[Bone Buff]

You have a better chance of winning Powerball twice.

 

[Bone Buff]

Oh, and after browsing a few articles, I'm under the impression that the First Four games are part of the deal.

I'm still gonna dream that the CU Buffs will be playing at Bone Buff Arena next year.

 

[cubuffs85]

Oh, and after browsing a few articles, I'm under the impression that the First Four games are part of the deal.

I'm still gonna dream that the CU Buffs will be playing at Bone Buff Arena next year.

Really?, I've never done a bracket where you've had to do the First Four or previously the 64/65 game.

 

[FLounder]

Flounder field.


Almost has a better sound than Folsom.



Almost.

 

[B1Buff]

Oh, and after browsing a few articles, I'm under the impression that the First Four games are part of the deal.

I'm still gonna dream that the CU Buffs will be playing at Bone Buff Arena next year.

From the article:

"Aaron Emerson, a spokesman for Quicken Loans, declined to say how much the company paid for the policy. He said the tournament excludes the play-in games, which narrow the field to 64 teams"

 

[The Ogre]

Flounder field.


Almost has a better sound than Folsom.



Almost.

Sadly, the two have pretty much been interchangeable the last few years.

 

[Bone Buff]

From the article:

"Aaron Emerson, a spokesman for Quicken Loans, declined to say how much the company paid for the policy. He said the tournament excludes the play-in games, which narrow the field to 64 teams"

Thanks, I saw another article at some point saying entries begin on sunday, and are due Wednesday, but I can't find that piece in the article anymore. Still have like 2 months for them to sort out the details.

 

[WizzersGhost]

Has anyone, ever, filled out a perfect bracket?

I smell a "Back to the Future, IV" coming from this!

 

[cmgoods]

There are officially no more perfect brackets left

 

[Alfred91]

Somehow Yahoo found this important enough to send an alert to my phone.

 

[buff4bcs1985]

 

[Jello Bear]

Just an observation - Lunardi's bracket is pretty much unremarkable. So much for the great prognosticator.
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2014/en/entry?entryID=2933315

 

[cubuffs85]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...tt-bracket-challenge-will-be-easier-next-year

“Wait until next year though. I think we're going to come up with something better next year,” he said, noting that Quicken Loans president Dan Gilbert would need to sign off on the gamble as well. “We'll make it a lot easier to enter. There were some questions that were a little tough, I thought. We'll make it easier to win but I think we'll have an exciting prize.”