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These Eight Tweets Are Elite

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On behalf of all of us at Her Loyal Sons, we hope you had a peaceful, beautiful and joyous Easter Sunday.

Our #HLSRecapMadness tournament, which started at 64, has been narrowed to just eight great tweets. We invite you to vote on these four remaining matchups until 11:59:59 p.m. on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, we’ll reveal our Final Four and the two matchups that will determine who advances to the championship round, which begins next Sunday.

Here are your finalists:

Sick Burns Regional Final

#4 vs. #2

How they got here:

@IrishTightness

  • beat @celebrityhottub, 38-16 (70% to 30%), in Round 1;
  • beat @Subway_Sprout, 19-16 (54% to 46%) in Round 2;
  • beat @JackCooligan45, 15-11 (58% to 42%) in Round 3

@DoctahDeah

  • tied @dapremonster, 34-34, in Round 1;
  • beat @PootND and @dapremonster 24 to 6 to 12, (57% to 14% to 29%), in Round 2;
  • beat @andrewwinn, 32-15 (68% to 32%), in Round 3

About these tweets: Tightness’ kid is funny and smart. The O.J. joke needs no explanation.

Which tweet advances?

@IrishTightness
@DoctahDean

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Hubris/#NDFBIsDeterminedToKillMe Regional Final

#4 vs #2

How they got here:

@IrishTightness

  • beat @Candice4ND, 36-18 (67% to 33%), in Round 1;
  • beat @tyhildenbrandt, 14-4 (78% to 22%) in Round 2;
  • beat @TomFornelli, 14-9 (61% to 39%) in Round 3

@SupermanTDJesus

  • beat @OptimisticDomer, 35-11 (76% to 24%), in Round 1;
  • beat @clashmore, 15-6 (71% to 29%) in Round 2;
  • beat @HLS_BayouIrish, 19-10 (64% to 36%) in Round 3

About these tweets: Tightness, winner of the Hubris sub-region, battles TDJ, winner of the #NDFBIsDeterminedToKillMe sub-region. Shane’s tweet was during the B.C. game – not one of DeShone’s finest performances.

Which tweet advances?

@IrishTightness
@SupermanTDJesus

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Puns/WTF Regional Final

#5 vs #3

https://twitter.com/TomFornelli/status/655537314316206080?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

How they got here:

@TomFornelli

  • beat @dinodemilio, 34-12 (74% to 26%), in Round 1;
  • beat @tricerapops, 15-2 (88% to 12%) in Round 2;
  • beat @HLS_Moons, 28-20 (58% to 42%) in Round 3.

@bridgetgoirish

  • beat @The_Durf, 28-21 (57% to 43%) in Round 1;
  • beat @PeteSampson_, 12-6 (67% to 33%) in Round 2;
  • beat @PDXIrish, 33-20 (62% to 38%) in Round 3

About these tweets: When I read Tom’s tweet, I thought: “I wish I could be that clever.” Bridget took the Victory March and combined it with Irish fans’ other pastime: day drinking.

Which tweet advances?

@TomFornelli
@bridgetgoirish

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Pics/GIFs Regional Final

#13 vs #3

How they got here:

@EAHarter

  • beat @MrsTruj, 144-104 (58% to 42%) in Round 1;
  • beat @alx_west, 44-30 (59% to 41%) in Round 2
  • beat @NDonNBC, 30-23 (57% to 43%) in Round 3

@CBusIrish

  • beat @Jo_Rae, 55-21 (72% to 28%) in Round 1;
  • beat @dapremonster, 30-13 (70% to 30%) in Round 2;
  • beat @PDXIrish and @1stDownMoses, 32 to 15 to 9 (57% to 27% to 12%) in Round 3

About these tweets: Liz’s social media skills have helped her come from behind and seize victory thrice. Can she pull the upset a FOURTH time? The impressive part of CBus’s photoshop work? He did it on his phone while waiting for a roller coaster.

Which tweet advances?

@EAHarter
@CBusIrish

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