Those words take on a whole new meaning, given current events. But regardless, the Road to New Orleans goes on.

The Scientist is a huge basketball fan. Although he likes football and will watch baseball, basketball is his favorite. He's had cable TV for years solely for the college basketball season, the NCAA tournament particularly. This year we're both filling out our picks for the brackets. I've got Duke winning over Maryland in the final. Sound familiar? The Scientist is interested to see if an educated fan (him) does better or worse than a going-by-the-gut person (me).

We entered our picks online, with the chance to win $1,000,000 in the SI.com's Hoops Bracket Challenge. Probably not, but it's nice to dream. Enter your picks by 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time tomorrow (Thursday).