The play-ins will start their throwdowns as soon as possible. They must be started by this Thursday at 8pm EST. Whoever is at fault for the delay start of the throwdown forfeits and the other person advances.

The higher seed will choose any topic he or she wants and must send it to the lower seed. The lower seed will then start the throwdown and FanMail me the link.

Throwdown links are only allowed to be sent out to the following groups:
 -The FanNation Community
 -Tournament Greats Central (TGC)
 -No More Idiots (NMI)
 -S.I.F.S. (Secret International Federation of Sports)
No other groups are allowed and if you break this rule you will be disqualified from the tournament.

You may only choose topics of the sport of the bracket you're in. NO exceptions.

Here is the bracket with seeds in parentheses:

FOOTBALL
(1) Porkins vs. (8) NYGiantsSBXLIICHAMPS
(4) TheNest6827 vs. (5) nickb23
(3) Duquesne vs. (6) FannnnMannn
(2) PhillyEagles36 vs. (7) Goodell

NONE OF THESE FOOTBALL MATCHUPS SHOULD START. THEY ARE NOT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN UNTIL NEXT WEEK!

BASEBALL
Play-in: Yanksfan vs. Shake_N_Bake (This throwdown should begin ASAP)
(1) [The] Coach vs. (8) Play-in winner
(4) Coletrain vs. (5) RStowe
(3) Nomarfan vs. (6) Detroit Steel
(2) 0x NFL/NBA Champion vs. (7) Cheezhead

BASKETBALL
(1) Hyped78 vs. (4) Mike4redsox
(2) NCshvDavid vs. (3) Denis24

NONE OF THESE BASKETBALL MATCHUPS SHOULD START. THEY ARE NOT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN UNTIL NEXT WEEK!

NON-BIG THREE
Play-in: Bigdleech vs. Super Squirrel (This throwdown should begin ASAP)
(1) Ghosthunter vs. (4) Play-in winner
(2) Baun-ded vs. (3) Bigalke

Good luck to all participants!