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Badassiest Mascots 2012 – The Winner Revealed!

March 13th, 2012 · 4 Comments

Without further ado, let’s trace out the rest of the badassiest bracket! Sweet Sixteen The (16) Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils over the (5) Wichita State Shockers The Shockers had a great run, but dirty-minded chutzpah can only take you so far.  You can’t out-dirty-mind the devil, after all.

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Badassiest Mascots 2012 – The Third Round

March 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on Badassiest Mascots 2012 – The Third Round

The badass wheat is starting to be separated from the lame-ass chaff – but who will be the badassiest of them all? South Region The (16) Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils over the (8) Iowa State Cyclones A fire manipulating Cajun Imp is pretty badass, but one of the most destructive and unpredictable forces of […]

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Badassiest Mascots 2012 – The First and Second Rounds

March 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment

It’s March Madness time once again, and again we here at First Principles are committed to providing you the best sports analysis anywhere. Oh, wait.  This is a political blog.  And I’m a terrible sports fan – a “low information” sports fan, if you will.  Which is why I like to base my predictions on […]

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Tags: Sports