#31, Wisconsin

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The Badgers.
Looking at you, Scott.

Was there ever a man so bitterly betrayed?
Everybody has won money with these chumps. Every. Body.
Betting the Badgers is like betting you'll get ten bucks from your grandfather on your birthday. It's a lock. It's a sure fucking thing.

Enter Snotty.

And here's where it gets tragic.
It was his son's wedding day. Great big wonderful wedding. (Thanks, Scott. Really.) Beautiful weather. Skaneateles in the late summer. Are you kidding me? The sun. The water. The boats. Leaves just beginning to turn. Opening kick off of BRFL Season Seven just days (DAYS!) away.
This should have been a great, great day for Scotty Ryan. I mean, come on, right? Does it get any better? His friends. His family. Everybody seeing that, basically, Scott is a big success. Got the righteous house. Got the biz. The beautiful family. Got it all. Right? Right?
But then...then. The guy. I don't know who this guy was. Friends, friends. I was pretty drunk by the time we hit the reception. I'm not proud of it. I was walking on peg-legs and wearing a pair of rocking shoes.When I spoke it was, let's face it, like listening to a schizophrenic free-associate his way out of a jam. I was not the only one.
And I'm sharing drinks with Snotty. And SeaGrass. Amigos. Getting together. Sharing a special moment. Along with this guy. Whom I did not know. Whom Snott had apparently invited. And this dude was a business associate, apparently. And a Wisconsin alumnus. Nay, perhaps even a Wisco Badger booster.

Snotty should have left it alone. Let the golden day be the golden day.

But, alas, no. Scott had to ask this man what he thought about his BRFL pick for Season 7. He had to. Shark got to swim, right? Dog got to bite? BRFLer got to get some reassurance about his pick.

And then the dreaded words. All the dude said was, well, that he thought they were over rated and RANKED TOO HIGH (oh...oh....oh my GOD!)
Scott got that look on his face. You know the look. You've seen it in the mirror, Brethren. When you're heisman hopeful QB goes down in week three. When you're #1, 2 and 3 RBs blow their knees out in week 4, 5 and 6. When you're head coach gets a DUI. Or you're top 5 starters get suspended for urinating on a campus police officer. You know the look.
And the rest is history.
And that is the Legend of Snotty and the Badgers.

Who's gonna' pick these butt-hairs this year?

Jimbosuke,
Commissioner for Life