{"id":547,"date":"2010-04-01T18:02:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2011-06-09T20:23:25","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T00:23:25","slug":"final-four-burg-food-bracket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"Final Four &#8211; &#8216;Burg Food Bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s final four weekend!\u00a0 Harrisonburg Food Style.\u00a0 As #12 seeds traditionally do, Blimpie has become the surprise cindarella of the tourney by eeking out a tight victory over\u00a0 fellow fan favorite (two points for alliteration) and #13 Dukes&#8217; Double Punch.\u00a0 But now they face a huge challenge: Will the Blimpie&#8217;s Best (12&#8243; of course) even be able to challenge the awesome power of the Gyro from top-seeded Gus&#8217;\/Dave&#8217;s?<\/p>\n<p>In the other semi, the seeds have held and we should be in store for\u00a0a real battle as #2 Spanky&#8217;s and #3 Luigi&#8217;s will finally square off in a primetime matchup after easily dispatching their quarterfinal opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Also, huge congrats to Rob for Mrs. Rob for adding another future Duke last week when I was out on the west coast (seriously, how do we all not live in San Diego?).\u00a0 He&#8217;s dynamite!\u00a0 That said, Rob&#8217;s going to be a bit preoccupied the next month and you all may be stuck with my ramblings when it comes to Spring Practice, Baseball, and other current sports news down in the Valley.\u00a0 Now that it&#8217;s April and football took to the practice field again yesterday, we&#8217;ll certainly be trotting out some new material and lots of Drew v. 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