Stiles Tours the Sports Zodiac: Showdown Bracket - 2nd Round
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by Manny Stiles
Over the past year, I have brought forth a list of names of people born under the particular Zodiac sign of that time period. Today is the opening round of the Zodiac Showdown (a.k.a The Aquarian Age Invitational)!!!
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The Zodiac Challenge pits sign against sign in order to determine which sign is the truly dominant energyforce in the Sports World today... or at least which one is second (hint - This is the Age of Aquarius).
The first round consisted of BYEs for the top 4 ranked signs and signs ranked 5-12 battled it out to face the upper tiered signs.
First Round Winners
Libra defeated Cancer, Taurus beat Pisces, Aries beat Virgo and Scorpio beat Sagittarius - and they were all basically determined by the same ratio - so there were three upsets in the first round!!!
But now the REAL competition begins...
Rankings were determined through a non-scientific dowsing and tea leaf reading ritual and through a series of meticulously ridiculous methods garnering a system of order that cannot be logically explained in the context of written words.... so I won't even try.
Here is the bracket!
| 1) | Aquarius | ||||||||||||
| 8) | BYE | ||||||||||||
| #1 Aquarius | |||||||||||||
| #4 Libra | |||||||||||||
| 4) | Libra | ||||||||||||
| 5) | Cancer | ||||||||||||
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| Sun Division | |||||||||||||
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| 2) | Capricorn | ||||||||||||
| 7) | BYE | ||||||||||||
| #2 Capricorn | |||||||||||||
| #6 Taurus
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| 3) | Pisces | ||||||||||||
| 6) | Taurus |
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| 1) | Leo | ||||||||||||
| 8) | BYE | ||||||||||||
| #1 Leo | |||||||||||||
| #5 Aries | |||||||||||||
| 4) | Virgo | ||||||||||||
| 5) | Aries |
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| 2) | Gemini | ||||||||||||
| 7) | BYE |
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| #2 Gemini | |||||||||||||
| #6 Scorpio
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| 3) | Sagittarius | ||||||||||||
| 6) | Scorpio | ||||||||||||
Ponder it deeply as we plow through the rounds until the final...
Your Job is to Pick who YOU think the Winners are
In comments, list the signs tht you are choosing as the winners of the first round matchups. HOW do you pick the winner? I encourage you to click on the links and take everyone under the sign into account, otherwise you figure it out... and put the sign names in comments below.
The Matchups
Sun Division #1 - Aquarius vs. #4 - Libra
Sun Division #1 seed Aquarius boasts legends like Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Jim Brown, Bill Russell... do you need any more? Jackie Robinson, Jack Nicklaus, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, George Halas, Roger Staubach, Fran Tarkenton ... it goes on and on.
Sun Division #4 seed Libra is represented by the likes of Jerry Rice, Mickey Mantle, Mike Schmidt, John Wooden, Mario Lemieux and Mike Ditka.
Sun Division #2 - Capricorn vs. Sun Division #6 Taurus
Sun Division #2 seed Capricorn steps up with Muhammad Ali, Sandy Koufax, Rickey Henderson, Ray Guy, Minnesota Fats, Hank Greenberg, Dick Weber, Laffit Pincay Jr, Steve Carlton, Willie McCovey, and Bruce Sutter
Sun Division #6 seed Taurus is portrayed by individuals such as Willie Mays, Joe Louis, Johnny Unitas, Yogi Berra and Rogers Hornsby.
Moon Division #1 - Leo vs. Moon Division #5 Aries
Moon Division #1 seed Leo reps such stars as Wilt Chamberlain, Walter Payton, Magic Johnson, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Roberto Clemente, Bill Parcells, David Robinson,Dorothy Hamill, Peggy Fleming, Ben Hogan, Pete Sampras, Bud Selig, Tom Brady and Hulk Hogan
Moon Division #5 seed Aries burns brightly with representatives like Cy Young, Gordie Howe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pete Rose, Greg Maddux and Maria Sharapova
Moon Division #2 - Gemini vs. Moon Division #6 Scorpio
Moon Division #2 seed Gemini is led by Jim Thorpe, Joe Montana, George Mikan, Lou Gehrig, Martin Dihigo, Allen Iverson, Frank Thomas, Jeff Bagwell, Pat Summitt and Thurman Munson
Moon Division #6 seed Scorpio boasts such proud members as Bob Gibson, Pele, Bob Feller, Doug Flutie, Ken Griffey Jr. and Bobby Knight.
Happy Choosing
Remember, while I strongly encourage you to consider the ENTIRE sign and not just the members I've listed as examples, you don't have to explain your choices to anyone. Just list the four (4) signs in comments that you think deserve to move on to round three...
