WSoBP Day 4 (January 4) - 2nd Day of Beer Pong

10:55 am – Waiting for the games to begin. Once again, I didn’t eat breakfast (Fresno went to McDonald’s again) and I immediately drank a beer as soon as I got out of bed. I am currently consuming a Monster energy drink, and I’m hyped beyond belief right now. The 10 of us are just hanging out on the bleachers like a bunch of 3rd graders, except that we drink something other than juice boxes and 25 cent milk cartons.

11:30 am – We’re now 4-2 after beating the Idaho Potato Peelers. These guys told me that they were in Las Vegas all night, and didn’t get back to Mesquite until 8:00 am. Looking rather ragged and tired/hung over, they actually came within 2 cups of beating us. We were a little off at first, but we got the W, and that’s all that really matters.

12:05 pm – The Cleveland Steamers failed to show up, so the game resulted in a forfeit. After our easiest victory yet, we’re now 5-2, with 4 games left to play today.

1:10 pm – We just beat Peer Bong Squenis Wad by 2 cups. They were arguably the best team that we have faced yet. We shot solidly, going cup for cup against them. We 1-2d them, meaning Fresno hit the 1st cup and I hit the 2nd to secure us a victory. It was old school TYGB style. We’re now 6-2 and riding high. There’s no “half time” intermission today, meaning that there’s little rest until the next game. Hopefully we can ride this high into the next game. During this tournament, I’m all decked out in old “ball and glove” logo Brewers gear from head to toe, making my love for the team publicly known. They also know that I’m proud to be from Milwaukee and Wisconsin. They tried to taunt me with saying, “You work at the stadium!” Like that’s even close to a taunt, seeing as how I love my job more than anyone really should. When I hit the kill, I jumped up and yelled, “YOU’RE G D RIGHT I DO!” I apologize now for the brash language, but I couldn’t help it at the time and I needed to preserve that quote as it was said.

2:15 pm – Beat the Motherchuggers by 4 cups. We’re 7-2 now and I hit another kill shot.

3:40 pm – Went back to the room to grab a beer and get my buzz back after eating lunch. I ate lunch with Brodey, Balkman and Fresno, and our food was actually warm today, which was a big improvement over yesterday’s food.

3:45ish pm – Played round #11 against Cat Griz, and beat them by 4 cups. This increased our cup margin and gave me one more kill shot.

4:15ish pm – Won our 6th game of the day against F.A.C.E. and finished at 9-2. This game was huge because there was seriously like 30 people gathering around to watch us. There were photographers, journalists, fans and the event organizers rooting us to victory. I had to hit the kill shot, because I didn’t want to let any of them down. This victory guarantees us a spot in tomorrow’s double elimination playoff tournament. When I hit the kill shot, Balkman said, “The Ice is nice” and it was the truth. But I could’ve never done it without my partner Fresno Chris. He’s been shooting well in every game and he’s always there to back me up. I feel bad because all of the “media” attention is on me, and he once again has to take a back seat to me in the beer pong universe. He’s a good sport about it, and next time I’ll put in a good word for him. He did have the best taunt ever though. The FACE guys weren’t drinking their beer. We were screaming at them to man up and drink, but they wouldn’t. Fresno walked over, picked up their cup, and chugged it. The crowd went nuts and I think they lost because they let us get in their heads.

Around 5:00ish day 2 was complete, and all of the teams fared better on the second day that they did on the first. The final results after 2 days of beer pong are:

Iceman/Fresno: 6-0 day two, 9-2 overall
Casey/Lorge: 4-2 day two, 8-3 overall
Brodey/Balkman: 4-2 day two, 7-4 overall
Riley/Phany: 4-2 day two, 7-4 overall
Aaron/Salmon 3-3 day two, 5-6 overall
That puts Milwaukee at 36-19 after two days.

At 8:00 the 32 teams that make the playoffs will be announced. Until then, we’re gonna be watching the USC/Texas Rose Bowl game. A lot of us have money riding on this game, but Fresno was the only one who bet on Texas to win and cover the spread.

6:05 pm – Balkman is passed out already. It turns out that he didn’t sleep last night because he spent the night in the casino at the blackjack table. Sounds stupid if you ask me, but winning $500 is worth more than a good night’s sleep.

Watched the game, and Fresno ended up winning some money because Texas covered the spread in the game. I bet on USC to win, so I lost again. I also bet on the Milwaukee Bucks to win, but they lost, so I lost money yet again. I decided that I’m giving up on gambling for the rest of this trip. One thing that I’m not giving up on is beer pong. Our 9-2 record gave us the #4 seed in the playoffs, loosely meaning that we were the 4th best out of the 80-some teams that entered this tournament. CHBPL (Casey/Lorge) enter into the playoffs at #13, the Greatest Show on Plywood (Brodey/Balkman) are #21 and Milwaukee’s Best (Riley/Phany) are at #26. Sadly, Aaron and Salmon did not make the playoffs, but we still have 4 Milwaukee teams representing tomorrow. Check back to see how we did, but know this – if Fresno and I win the $10,000 grand prize, you won’t have to wait until the next day to read about it, I’ll be calling you to let you know immediately.

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