College basketball, meet Sarah.
She’s got the wide-eyed, furtive look of a fan trying to predict the winning teams of March Madness.
Only she’s a chicken.
A speckled Sussex hen in southwest Atlanta who pecked a bracket that might look like yours.
She sized up the field game by game.
A pair of cards with tournament pairings were placed in front of her, and she pecked (or scratched) her choice.
When she lost interest, five look-alike hens also named Sarah provided backup off the bench.
Under the cards was cracked corn. So seeding was a factor.
Sarah’s pecks for the Final Four in the Georgia Dome: Florida, Texas A&M, Washington State and–in a plucky move–No. 14 Wright State, named for the fathers of flight.
So she probably laid an egg. Owners Ben and Adrainne Gray–he’s an Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographer–collect four each morning.
Sarah’s winner? Defending champion Florida.
No big surprise. Gator, after all, tastes like chicken.
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NCAA TOURNAMENT HITS
Nevada coach Mark Fox yelled profanities and appeared ready to use force toward a police officer and game officials after the Wolf Pack lost in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, according to a police report released Tuesday. Fox told the Reno Gazette-Journal that he and official Bill Gracey encountered each other when Nevada lost 79-77 to Utah State in the WAC semifinals Friday night. “We got stuck in the same hallway. I said something to the official that I regret. I apologize to him and the conference.”
