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It’s what all these kids work for all year. The chance to bring the aluminum to Omaha and compete for the College World Series title. Without either of the two last World Series winners remaining in the dance, a new school will be able to hold the bragging rights for a year while being immortalized as the 2013 Champs for eternity. With the greatest tournament in collegiate athletics coming to a close, it’s time to predict who will be squaring off in the final series of the year. The two halves of the bracket have finally come together in the middle of the country (approximately all of you Magellan’s out there) and will duke it out over the next fortnight (approximately all of you Shakespeareans out there) for all of the glory.

The Left Side of the Bracket (Oregon State, Mississippi State, Indiana, & Louisville)

These brackets have no names and no distinction, hence right and left. Actually for the other bracket I’ll call it “derecho” because it means ”right” in Spanish (it could mean left for all I know. Spanish isn’t my strong suit and I don’t have any sort of time to Google these things. I just know derecho was the name of that weird storm looking thing Chicago and the rest of the Midwest experienced about a week or so ago and “izquierda” is the opposite of “derecho”… No, I don’t have a college degree.) But in the left side you have four schools which I have incredible passion towards. Let me explain.

I’ve long been an avid OSU supporter since last year’s College Football season when I confused Oregon State (OSU) with Ohio State (THE OSU) in a group chat with Bryan Doherty and K.M. Venné. Since then, I’ve been all hands on deck for all things Beavers and Buckeyes. Plus, the Beavers actually do field an above average team year-in and year-out, so they’re as strong of a pick as any in this bracket. Mississippi State just unveiled new pink uniforms for their upcoming College Football season. There are few things which buy you as much credit in this world with me as dedicating an entire game to full fledged pink uniforms. Indiana is just a state I can get down with every day of the week. They don’t think they’re anything but what they are. Small towns with hard work ethics. ‘Merican to the core. Indiana also gave Boston Larry Bird, which was mighty kind of them. And how can you pick against Louisville right now? Honestly. Rick Pitino apparently paid his dues for his… transgression… and now L’Ville is one of the hottest schools in these United States. Plus their baseball uniforms are a throwback to the ’70s and ’80s which I appreciate the hell out of. Such a tough bracket to call. I’ll give you the pick at the end, mainly so you AT LEAST have to scroll down. Ultimately keeping you on page longer, which in turn pumps up The Quarters SEO, which could eventually mean money for Seth in terms of advertising revenue, which would end up with his children finally wishing him a Happy Fathers Day some time in the distant future. So thank you, random citizen. You can use your page hit as a tax write-off AND claim one of Seth’s children as a dependent (TSHQ LEGAL NOTE: YOU PROBABLY CANNOT DO THIS. WE WILL NOT KNOW IF YOU CAN OR CANNOT DO THIS UNTIL COLE FINALLY PASSES THE BAR. AND WE ALL KNOW COLE’S NEVER BEEN ABLE TO PASS A BAR WITHOUT STOPPING IN FOR A FEW FINGERS OF MAKER’S MARK. HEY NOW!)

EL Bracket Derecho (North Carolina, North Carolina State, UCLA, & LSU)

Listen, entire state of North Carolina, you have TWO representatives left out of the eight teams still dancing. You guys have a 25% chance of taking this entire thing down. IF NEITHER STATE NOR UNC MAKE IT TO THE SHIP? Might as well just hand the entire “Carolina” name to South Carolina and try and strike up a deal with Wyoming or something. Not like Wyoming is even using their name. But with South Carolina owning two of the last three titles, there’s really no excuse here. UNC or NCST HAS TO reach the Championship if they want to save face in Omaha. And the best part is, they can help one another out. They face off in the first game, meaning one of them gets a free win. Then they split up for a game (the loser will have to play two), where they will likely bludgeon the non-Carolinian teams they are playing. Then they get to reconvene, where one of the squads will be 2-0 and the other will be 2-1. Then it doesn’t matter. May the best team win and put on for the state with pride and dignity.

SO COLEY, Who Will Be Facing Off for the 2013 College World Series?

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Representing the left side of the bracket, coming in hot out of the shadow of D’Anthony Thomas is Oregon State! Recent history aside, the number three team in the Nation is built for this trip to Omaha. While Louisville, Indiana, and Mississippi State have all had solid showings at the tournament, OSU has just enough to get back to the final dance.

Y de donde el bracket derecho, nosotros tenemos LOS TARHEELS DE LA CAROLINA NORTE! That’s right. The Bruins, Tigers, and Wolfpack are going home with their various tails betwixt their legs. Well, except for the Bruins, bears don’t have tails. Unless we’re talking Tail Spin, in which case they still don’t have tails but they can fly aquatic planes with a relative ease which I did not know bears possessed from the ages of zero to four. Come to think of it you would imagine more bears would enter the world of aviation with this knowledge of their skills. Perhaps it’s too easy for them? Like they don’t feel the challenge a la Michael Jordan when he retired to go make Space Jam and play baseball? Do bears just hunt for trout and chill in the woods and swipe picnic baskets as their Space Jam? Highly possible. In fact, down right probable that this is the case. You see, this is what makes the College World Series the best tournament college athletics has to offer. You don’t find out these scientifically proven facts about nature in the Frozen Four. And you certainly don’t hear about them in March Madness. Between imaginary schools like St. Cloud State, imaginary girlfriends in College Football, and imaginary hopes and dreams like a 16-seed winning a game, the CWS is, if nothing else, a refreshing dose of reality amidst a world of gumdrops and make-believe. Really makes you appreciate and, most importantly, anticipate this Beavers-Tar Heels duel we have looming on the horizon.