Looking back at my earliest posts on this thread, it's ironic how different the tournament turned out. I had expected excitement from the many veterans, but in the end they failed to deliver - which of course wasn't very exciting. There was also a statement about domination being less likely - but boy, was I wrong. It got worse!
I thought those statements were a relatively safe assumption to make, but if I had bet a piece of cardboard on those, then I'd still be having something inedible to munch on long after my favorites got wiped out and after the tournament ended.
