This year, I learned a very valuable lesson when it comes time to make your picks and try to achieve the improbable task of scoring a perfect bracket! The odds of making a 100% perfect bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion. Needless to say, I need help.

I'm not a sports guy. I don't know teams, and I don't follow stats. But that is what makes this tournament so enjoyable for people like me. Skill can help, but there have been some major upsets in the games, so picking a team is as good as a coin flip.

I've had fun using alternate ways of making my picks in the past. I've used a coin flip since it is a 50/50 choice. I've had my little dog help me decide by throwing two toys, and the one he went to first would be the winning team.

I found that I most enjoyed making my picks by using a Magic 8-Ball. It actually was better than 65% accurate in recent years. I loved joking about conjuring the dark arts when I used it, so I wanted to take the "dark arts" up a notch this year.

I attempted to use a deck of Tarot cards to make my picks. The biggest problem with that is that I've never worked with Tarot cards before, so I had to learn using my brand new official Red Sonja Tarot Deck!

tsm/Timmy!

I learned a valuable lesson while making my picks for the Million Dollar Bracket Challenge powered by Yakima Steak Company. That lesson... be mindful of your time!

I took so much time learning how to use Tarot cards that I missed the window to make my picks by an hour. I have no one to blame but myself... and the government for still making us deal with the hour time change!

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On the flip side, by me working for the Radio Station, even if I had the best bracket and beat the odds. I wasn't going to be able to win the sweet prizes anyway. Hopefully, you didn't miss the deadline, and hopefully, YOU will be the one who will win it big!

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