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The Sweet 16 of the BBQ Best Name Bracket presented us with eight heart-wrenching match-ups. This brutal round forced us to do some thorough soul searching in an effort to determine which of these 16 names were worth of Elite Eight status. In the words of Ryan Seacrest, America has spoken. Full results and analysis:
REGION 1
1. Ten Million (62%) vs. 4. Cheese Goggans (38%)
While the #1 overall seed won handily yet again, it’s worth pointing out that Mr. Million has dropped roughly ten percentage points each round. If the trend continues, he may struggle to beat the intimidating Mungo.
3. Van Lingle Mungo (59%) vs. 7. Mysterious Walker (41%)
Mysterious Walker’s mysterious hot streak ends at the hands of VLM. About time.
REGION 2
1. Count Sensenderfer (48%) vs. 13. Dizzy Nutter (52%)
Another #1 seed falls at the hands of Dizzy Nutter and the enormous bandwagon of support he’s got right behind him. Many thought this would be the end of the line for Dizzy, but here we are.
14. Clovis Butts (46%) vs. 2. Shadrack McHooveter (54%)
The Cinderella Butts story comes to a tragic yet understandable end, as the six-syllable Shadrack earned just enough votes to continue onto Round 4.
REGION 3
9. Boots Poffenberger (66%) vs. 4. Ed Head (34%)
Arguably a more surprising upset than his takedown of #1 seed Bris Lord, Boots continued his excellent form with a shockingly easy defeat of the best rhyme in the tourney, Ed Head.
3. Pretzels Getzien (64%) vs. 2. The Only Nolan (36%)
After a second round scare against Dick Oder, Pretzels and his supporters re-gained focus and confidently beat The Only Nolan. The Only Pretzels.
REGION 4
1. Orlando Zgraggen (53%) vs. 5. Yank Deas (47%)
The first two rounds seemed to indicate an unstoppable journey towards the title for Yank, but the Zgraggen was released and Deas’ journey was indeed stopped in Round 3.
11. Lil Stoner (51%) vs. 2. Squiz Pillion (49%)
Perhaps the most disappointing result for us here at the BBQ, one of our all-time favorites was eliminated by a mere 13 votes in favor of The Littlest Stoner. So much for the Million vs. Pillion championship. THANKS, GUYS.
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