Sean B. Fitzgerald It doesn’t go something like this, it goes exactly like this.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

When I woke up this morning I was already in a bad mood because I knew in a few hours I would be driving myself all the way to school for one class and then driving all the way back. However, when I checked my e-mail, I got a message from my professor saying class was cancelled. Hooray! It really shouldn't have come as a suprise though. First of all, it's St. Patrick's Day and like the old adage goes, "Today, everyone is a little bit Irish, except of course for the gays and the Italians". Plus, his name is John Harrington. With that name alone I thought he would have cancelled class today and the class before and after it at the beginning of the semester. But no. He had to leave us all in suspense when he knew damn well he was not going to class today as soon as they marked "St. Patrick's Day" on the 17th of March. My other teacher, and Irishman himself, had the decency to let us know several weeks ago that he was going to be in Ireland drinking heavily on this the most holiest of days.

So now I have the whole day off. I, Sean Brian Fitzgerald, have the whole day off on St. Patrick's Day. Surely I would be doing something unsavory right? Not so much. For a man of my size and culture, I do not drink nearly as much as my heritage dictates. And today I probably will not partake in any alcoholic beverages. I could head on over to the city to join in the festivities down at the parade, but that would require a lot of moving that I am just not prepared to do. So how will I be celebrating the day of St. Patrick chasing the snakes out of Ireland? Probably what all non-Irish people do on this day. Eat corned beef and cabbage. Watch the parade. Wear green. Today I am going to feel like a real poser.

Meeting unsuccessful, Cutler wants to be traded
I'm not sure what my take is on this story. But here are the things we know:

• New coach Josh McDaniels tried to trade Cutler to the Buccaneers in an attempt to sign Matt Cassel from his former team, the New England Patriots.
• Some how, Cutler found out and became very agitated. He stopped showing up for workouts and put his house in Denver up for sale.
• Now this meeting. Apparently, McDaniels didn't apologize to Cutler for trying to trade him and still would if he had the chance.

Nice move Josh. With his first official move, he alienates his quarterback, attempts to trade him, fails, and doesn't apologize. Now, come September, he'll have a D+ quarterback under center for a team that has signed 80% of the available free agents in an attempt to redeem themselves after choking away the AFC West last season. Score another one for the Belichick coaching tree! We're keeping score right? Mangini: Fired (Hired, probably will be fired again). Crennel: Fired. Weis: It's only a matter of time. Daniels: Solid start.

Connecticut women get #1 overall seed
The women's bracket is out! High fives self. It has been argued that this Connecticut women's team could be the greatest team ever. You know what that means? Upset! I will be filling out my women's bracket today, some time between watching Waking Ned Devine and drinking a Black and Tan.

Play-in Game tonight at 7:30
Yay! We're getting closer! This is going to be a great game for many reasons. But one obvious reason is because of the center for Alabama State, Chief Kickingstallionsims. I am not making that name up. He's lean, he's mean, and his ancestors fought at Wounded Knee. He also looks more terrifying than his name.

That's an Irish Soda Bread in case you were wondering.