we have the world champions of ... beer pong

I live just outside Sacramento, California, and the local newspaper informed us of our local world champions. Michael Seivert and Byron Findley, aka the "Drinkin' Smokin' Straight West Coastin'" team beat out 352 other teams and won $25,000 in the World Beer Pong Tour Championship in Atlantic City. Apparently there are other tournaments, and the duo, both 26, have also won the "World Series of Beer Pong" and the "King of Cups" tournament. Both claim their beer prong prowess comes from their athletic careers, having played basketball and rowed crew in college. One is part owner in a company that runs beer pong tournaments, and the other has no other income besides beer pong earnings.

I had no idea anyone took this seriously. $25,000 for beer pong? There must be either sponsors or lots of people willing to pay money to watch this. I've never played beer pong. I guess that it didn't exist when I was in college from 1982-86, or the parties that I went to didn't have it. Of course, I lived at home as did most of my classmates, so I don't think my parents would have let me and my friends use the kitchen table for beer pong. The wildest we ever got at a party was a game of strip poker. I thought everyone was kidding and wasn't worried when I lost the first four hands and lost my shoes and socks. Then I started to win, and when the girl next to me lost her bra and shirt I thought "Oh wow, they're serious!" I was maajorly bummed that the guys wimped out. The girls sat there having to show off their breasts, but when the guys lost their underwear they just slid them off and kept sitting. I wanted to see penises! I ended up winning. Most of the other people put their underwear back on and we just sat around and drank and talked, until there was a knock on the door, followed by a mad scramble to find clothing.