It Begins...

About 5 minutes until the kickoff of the first game at the World Cup in Germany. To start with, the host country Germany will play Costa Rica. Holy crap, what a great tournament this will be. Personally, I've entered three pools: Two office pools and one online pool. Here's how the standings will pan out for each group (the first two teams advance from each group)... and you can take it to the bank.

Group A
Germany
Poland
Costa Rica
Ecuador

Group B
England
Sweden
Trinidad and Tobago
Paraguay

Group C
Netherlands
Argentina
Servia and Montenegro
Cote d'Ivoire

Group D
Mexico
Portugal
Angola
Iran

Group E
Czech Republic
USA
Italy
Ghana

Group F
Brazil
Australia
Croatia
Japan

Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo

Group H
Spain
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Ukriane

That's right, I picked the USA to advance over Italy. You can't go with all the favourites, or you'll never win a pool. What are ya gonna do about it?

Anyway, the tournament ends on July 9th, with Holland defeating Brazil. Again... take it to the bank.

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Oh, and by the way, I've been watching the first 15 minutes of this first game and all I gotta say is that all the games in HD are going to be GREAT!