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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3065100, member: 1220"] Frankly I don't put very much credence in what Creme says. What the problem is that some people do. That is the crux of the discussion. How much credence does Creme even deserve, not about which teams and where he puts them. They are only relevant in respect to concluding if he is using reason or is just rationalizing. In my case it is also about an "Emperors New Clothes" syndrome. That is were no one even questions his conclusions just because he writes for ESPN. In respect to Creme I was looking for a discernible rational for his picks and didn't find one. For someone who is being paid to do this every year he should have some sort of formula or standard that he sticks too. I have seen far better efforts by random posters on WCBB sites, who seem to have put in far more effort. They should be doing these Brackets for ESPN. As to Creme only trying to predict what the committed will do -- total BS. He often has criticized the committee's picks and decisions when they didn't match up with his own perspectives. He even uses the term Critique in respect to his latest take on their prelim bracket. He does critique and if you do that you are not predicting what they will do. If he was predicting he would only critique his predictions. It is less that he is projecting what they [B]will do[/B] rather more what they[B] should do. [/B] [/QUOTE]