I want to start with a big thank you to everyone who takes time out of your week to read these silly blogs and vote in our tournaments. I really do look forward to this every single year and hope you do too. I’m gonna throw out the tip jar one more time, just for funsies – Don’t be an Oscar the Grouch. If you enjoy what we do here and feel so inclined to throw a couple Dollary-Do’s my way to help pay for the sites and whatnot, feel free to Venmo me @ josh-sorensen-5 or PayPal @ JoshSorensen5. Enough with the my blabbering, let’s get to the good stuff!

Our Championship Round came down to a 1 seed and a 2 seed that I think most of us could have picked to run the gauntlet at the outset of our voting even if it took a couple of massive upsets to get there. It was quite the journey for our two finalists but they pushed hard to make it to the finale.

This year was probably the least surprising bracket we’ve ever had in the first two rounds but more than made up for it in the final three rounds. Also it’s been incredibly tight down the stretch. We have not had a muppet win a matchup by 10 or more points (and no more than 4 votes) in the last three rounds. Absolute barn-burner of an ending this year!

This bracket also saw THREE 100-0 victories in the first two rounds and that was it! We end our year together with only one (1) tie in the entire tournament being broken by Mrs. Clumsy Optimist. She most definitely enjoyed that after having to break a record SEVEN last year.

Time to find out how the Championship Round fared. Remember all “scores” are in percentages.

Continue reading “March Madness: Muppets – Our Champion” →

Hey guys, we made it! We’re already through this great tournament. This has been a ton of fun and honestly one of the most regular, boring brackets we’ve ever done early on as far as upsets and Cinderella teams go but shocking in the last few rounds.

Just like every year, I like to make picks like I’m in an office pool before March Madness. For the first time in years, our Final 4 was close to exactly what I picked even if my two favorites to make the finals got the boot in the Elite 8. This is the first year that there were no major surprises as our Final 4 was one 1 seed and three 2 seeds. After this great run, let’s see how the winners of each region fared in the Final Four and who will face off in the title game!

The Championship Round voting begins now and will end Wednesday April 8 at 5pm Central. Championship winner will be announced on Thursday. I can’t believe we are already almost through this year!

But first — Let’s get on to the results! Remember all “scores” are percentages from voting.

Continue reading “March Madness: Muppets – Championship” →

Y’all. Holy crap. When I put this bracket together, in my mind the final was always going to be two of our muppets that made it to the finals. Both of them almost got the axe in our Elite 8. This may truly have been the most competitive round of voting we have ever had. Not one team in our four regional finals was ever more that 10 points ahead. By the end of voting we had two matchups decided by 1 vote and another decided by 3. Wild week of voting!

So here we are. The Semi-Finals begin now and voting will end Sunday, April 5 at 5pm Central. I truly cannot believe we are already at the Final 4, this year’s tourney has absolutely flown by!

But first — Let’s get on to the results! Remember all “scores” are percentages from voting.

Continue reading “March Madness: Muppets – Final 4” →