Shane, Garrett, and I have our own Selection Sunday and reveal the field of 64 and break down each entry with the hard-hitting analysis that only we can deliver.

Voting is now live here (and embedded at the bottom of the post). Vote early. Vote often.

Yes, this might just be the dumbest thing that we’ve ever done, but you can’t spell “dumbest” without best. Therefore, the best thing that we’ve ever done.

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(Apologies for the audio quality at the beginning…and the end. I’m clearly out of practice, but I promise, the majority of the stream has the audio working properly)

Round of 64 Voting

Live Bracket!

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Bridget’s winning tweet, to me, encapsulates #NDFB Twitter perfectly. It’s demonstrates a passion for cheering on our football team, but also our fondness for drinking copious amounts of adult beverages in the process.

As Bridget progressed, she had to explain to her non-football-loving husband about #HLSRecapMadness (imagine that conversation), which surprised him since HE APPARENTLY DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS ON TWITTER! We also want to give a special shout-out to Bridget’s mom, who was talking up Her Loyal Sons in her beauty shop.

We wrote about Bridget and her tweet during the Final Four round, which we’ll reprint below the winning tweet. We want to thank each and every one of you who cast a vote through our six rounds of madness. It was a lot of fun!

YOUR #HLSRECAPMADNESS TOP TWEET OF 2015 FOOTBALL SEASON

What though the odds be great or small, we're gonna need some hard alcohol.

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) September 26, 2015

@bridgetgoirish – Winner of Puns/WTF Region & National Semi-Final #2

• 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 Sweet 16
• beat @TomFornelli, 27-14 (66% to 33%) in Elite 8
• beat @CBusIrish, 78-45 (63% to 37%) in Final 4
• beat @SupermanTDJesus, 61-17 (78% to 22%) in the National Championship

Hometown: No one will know where it is so I will just say, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania- home of Yuengling beer and the birthplace of Muffet McGraw.
Current City: Nashville, TN
Preferred Smartphone/Twitter application: the generic twitter app, but I’m open to suggestions!
Started tweeting: I Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-ed that season and the months that followed, so I don’t remember a lot. Also, as you can see from my tweet, I like to drink.

At what point in the season did you write your tweet?

Bridget: It was during the UMass game. I’d been wanting to do something with the Victory March for quite some time, and it came to me like a blessing from Heaven.

Where were you, and what were the circumstances/feelings surrounding your tweet?

Bridget: Everyone was touting it an “easy game” and I honestly would worry if my office put together a pickup team and played Notre Dame. I can’t remember the exact circumstances, except Notre Dame, Notre Damed.

What would this #HLSRecapMadness victory mean to you?

Bridget: The only thing that would mean more would be never hearing a Manti Teo joke ever again.

Who helped you along the way to Twitter greatness?

Bridget: You are my biggest supporter, Jude. [Ed. note: It’s cause you’re funny!] When I miss football season I read old HLS recaps and they still crack me up in my cube. And what are you supposed to say to that? “Oh sorry, just laughing at a joke from when ND played Stanford in 2013?”

How does Twitter enhance your gameday experience (or does it)?

Bridget: Because I married someone who couldn’t care less about sports in general, my family who does care is far away from me, and going to a sports bar is out of the question because I live in SEC Country, Twitter is my lifeline during football season. I don’t know how I ever survived without it!

Growing up, when did you first realize you wanted to be #HLSRecapMadness Champion?

Bridget: I can’t remember a time I didn’t want to be #HLSRecapMadness Champion. I think that’s what I said I wanted to be when I grew up at Kindergarten graduation.

Where do you find your inspiration?

Bridget: @PDXIrish is the funniest person on twitter. I fan girl on her hard. I told her when my tweet was up against hers in a previous round that I felt like Coach Brey playing Coach K.

Aside from the remaining finalists, who would you consider your Twitter nemesis?

Bridget: I recently got a tweet from a Tennessee fan I never met, telling me to get back to the kitchen.

Where do you go from here? Will you turn professional?

Bridget: I am thinking we all need a reality show, perhaps “A Season With #NDTwitter.”

Anything else?

Bridget: I invited Brian Kelly to my wedding. He couldn’t make it, but did RSVP rather quickly.

Finally told my husband about #HLSRecapMadness

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) April 1, 2016

@andrewwinn @PDXIrish @herloyalsons I started with the big picture and moved in- by the time I got to the point of saying…

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) April 1, 2016

@andrewwinn @PDXIrish @herloyalsons I was in the final four- he actually was somewhat proud?

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) April 1, 2016

@andrewwinn @PDXIrish @herloyalsons and then was like wait- you have Twitter?

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) April 1, 2016

@andrewwinn @PDXIrish lol no. He's like "I thought you were just texting your family during nd games"

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) April 1, 2016

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There can only be one winner of the #HLSRecapMadness Dammit Poot Memorial Trophy, so let’s get right to it. Voting ends at 11:59:59 p.m. on Thursday. You may vote once per day.

Kizer should open a bakery in Boston. He's already got the whole "Kizer Rolls" name going, and now he's giving away free turnovers

— HLS_SupermanTDJesus (@SupermanTDJesus) November 22, 2015

What though the odds be great or small, we're gonna need some hard alcohol.

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) September 26, 2015

How they got here:

@bridgetgoirish (bio) – Winner of Puns/WTF Region & National Semi-Final #2

• 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 Sweet 16
• beat @TomFornelli, 27-14 (66% to 33%) in Elite 8
• beat @CBusIrish, 78-45 (63% to 37%) in Final 4

Total votes for: 178 (63%)
Total votes against: 106 (37%)

@SupermanTDJesus (bio) – Winner of Hubris/#NDFBIsDeterminedToKillMe Region & National Semi-Final #1

• 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 Sweet 16
• beat @Irish_Tightness, 23-17 (58% to 42%) in Elite 8
• beat @DoctahDean, 62-34 (65% to 35%) in Final 4

Total votes for: 154 (66%)
Total votes against: 78 (34%)

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We reached out to the four remaining contestants in an effort to get to know them a bit better. Please enjoy these profiles – and don’t forget to vote at the bottom of the page! Voting closes at 11:59:59 p.m. on Saturday.

@bridgetgoirish, winner of the Puns/WTF Region
Hometown: No one will know where it is so I will just say, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania- home of Yuengling beer and the birthplace of Muffet McGraw.
Current City: Nashville, TN
Preferred Smartphone/Twitter application: the generic twitter app, but I’m open to suggestions!
Started tweeting: I Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-ed that season and the months that followed, so I don’t remember a lot. Also, as you can see from my tweet, I like to drink.

@CBusIrish, winner of the Pics/GIFs Region
Hometown: Columbus Oh
Current City: Currently suntanning at resort in Antigua
Preferred Smartphone/Twitter application: iPhone – default Twitter app.
Started tweeting: sometime around the Lennay Kekua fiasco I think. I’m 80% sure about that.

@DoctahDean, winner of the Sick Burns Region
Hometown: One of Baltimore’s ruralest suburbs
Current City: Baltimore
Preferred Smartphone/Twitter application: iPhone Twitter app
Started tweeting: May 2012

@SupermanTDJesus, winner of the Hubris/#NDFBIsDeterminedToKillMe Region
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
Current City: Weston, FL
Preferred Smartphone/Twitter application: Twitter for iOS
Started tweeting: in 2011

At what point in the season did you write your tweet?

BGI: It was during the UMass game. I’d been wanting to do something with the Victory March for quite some time, and it came to me like a blessing from Heaven.

CBI: That specific tweet was sent the day of the Georgia Tech game, although it had origins the night after the Virginia game when we were all scrambling to make Kizer puns for the first time. (I included some earlier versions along the same lines)

DD: SC gameday

STDJ: As noted in the bracket, the tweet was during the horrid game against Boston College. It was the game that made me flat out the angriest all year.

Where were you, and what were the circumstances/feelings surrounding your tweet?

BGI: Everyone was touting it an “easy game” and I honestly would worry if my office put together a pickup team and played Notre Dame. I can’t remember the exact circumstances, except Notre Dame, Notre Damed.

CBI: This was definitely a collaborative effort, because the Kaiser Wilhelm (last German emperor & King of Prussia) jokes were out there, I just happened to be able to photoshop Deshone’s head on his body and it got some attention. An earlier version of Deshone as Wilhelm was featured on Mediumhappy.com and Barstool Sports. It even got re-tweeted by Joe Schmidt and Deshone Kizer. That all happened early in the week following the dramatic Virginia win. So the day of the Georgia Tech game, I was at Cedar Point with my family. I was standing in line for a roller coaster, and I got a tweet from @okerland asking if I could photoshop Will Fuller in there too. I’ve got this app called Enlight on my phone which has a photo mixer feature. I ran it through there and sent it back to him. Easy peezy lemon squeezy.

DD: My feelings were that I don’t like Southern Cal or wife-killing fiends.

STDJ: I was sitting on my couch watching the curse of the green jersey run afoul on the Irish and was getting sick of Kizer turning the ball over. One rage (Kizer) led to another (turnovers) in my head and the first this I though of was an asshole baker in the streets of Boston shouting “GET YAH FREE TURNOVAHS HEAH! F NOTAH DAME!”

What would this #HLSRecapMadness victory mean to you?

BGI: The only thing that would mean more would be never hearing a Manti Teo joke ever again.

CBI: It would mean that I’m on Twitter too much (according to my wife).

DD: Pretty sure I won’t stay single much longer if I win this sucker.

STDJ: It would mean I am a better tweeter than Mike Brey is a basketball coach? No, but seriously: It would mean all the snark was worth it.

Katie Nolan

Who helped you along the way to Twitter greatness?

BGI: You are my biggest supporter, Jude. [Ed. note: It’s cause you’re funny!] When I miss football season I read old HLS recaps and they still crack me up in my cube. And what are you supposed to say to that? “Oh sorry, just laughing at a joke from when ND played Stanford in 2013?”

CBI: This tweet had input from @miamivice95 and @irishroo12, as well as @okerland for the idea to include Will Fuller.

DD: Shoutout to my Twitter pal Katie Nolan, without whom I would have lost in round one by a single vote.

STDJ: I would like to give a shout out to my first Twitter role model, @TheSubwayDomer. I can’t say enough about what his influence did for me in my internetting and overall comedy careers.

How does Twitter enhance your gameday experience (or does it)?

BGI: Because I married someone who couldn’t care less about sports in general, my family who does care is far away from me, and going to a sports bar is out of the question because I live in SEC Country, Twitter is my lifeline during football season. I don’t know how I ever survived without it!

CBI: It keeps me laughing when the breaks are beating the boys. I try not to take it too seriously when teenagers are losing a game I didn’t play, and for a school I didn’t attend.

DD: College Football Saturday Twitter is the best Twitter.

STDJ: It allows me to shout at people without getting yelled at or in trouble. And it allows me to put some of my best-timed witticisms out as quickly as they come to me. It’s like writing down new material and storing it for later, only everyone gets to judge it in real time!

Growing up, when did you first realize you wanted to be #HLSRecapMadness Champion?

BGI: I can’t remember a time I didn’t want to be #HLSRecapMadness Champion. I think that’s what I said I wanted to be when I grew up at Kindergarten graduation.

CBI: I’ve always been a champion, I don’t understand the question.

Notre Dame Mike Brey, left, and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski chat. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)

DD: When I wasn’t selected in the NFL draft.

STDJ: I would say it first hit me as a dream when I was…how old was I yesterday? That age. Man, growing up is hard.

Where do you find your inspiration?

BGI: @PDXIrish is the funniest person on twitter. I fan girl on her hard. I told her when my tweet was up against hers in a previous round that I felt like Coach Brey playing Coach K.

CBI: Star Wars, my son Lil CBus & nerd culture.

DD: Like Tolstoy, I like to write in the village square in Moscow. The faces inspire me.

STDJ: In the depths of my pained and tormented ND fan soul. The despair can be pretty enlightening if you embrace it

Alison Brie

Aside from the remaining finalists, who would you consider your Twitter nemesis?

BGI: I recently got a tweet from a Tennessee fan I never met, telling me to get back to the kitchen.

CBI: People that tweet at recruits.

DD: Alison Brie seems to be giving me the cold shoulder.

STDJ: Oh fun, time to start Twitter beef! Honestly I’m not sure, but I’ll gladly pick someone blindly! From this day forward, @1stdownmoses will be my Twitter nemesis! Go and follow him and witness our epic 140-character cat fights!

Where do you go from here? Will you turn professional?

BGI: I am thinking we all need a reality show, perhaps “A Season With #NDTwitter.”

CBI: I’m going to finish this Long Island Iced Tea, and put some more sunscreen on. Beyond that, who knows… I’m on vacation.

DD: I went professional in something other than sports tweeting.

STDJ: Bitch, I AM a professional.

Anything else?

BGI: I invited Brian Kelly to my wedding. He couldn’t make it, but did RSVP rather quickly.

CBI: My wife hates Twitter and especially hates that I’ve typed this whole response on my phone at the pool.

DD: Do you think Alison Brie will read this?

STDJ: EVERYTHING ELSE, OMG LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS SHOE DEAL I SAW AT DSW. No, I think we’re good.

NATIONAL SEMI-FINAL #1

Southern Cal fans hold up two fingers during their fight song because that's how many people OJ killed

— Brian Dean (@DoctahDean) October 17, 2015

Kizer should open a bakery in Boston. He's already got the whole "Kizer Rolls" name going, and now he's giving away free turnovers

— HLS_SupermanTDJesus (@SupermanTDJesus) November 22, 2015

NATIONAL SEMI-FINAL #2

What though the odds be great or small, we're gonna need some hard alcohol.

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) September 26, 2015

Kizer…Will…Helm -cc @okerland pic.twitter.com/yl1IqGtVOH

— Boba Bettis (@CBusIrish) September 19, 2015

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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

Daughter just asked if OSUs mascot was a "pooper with a happy face on it"

— Irish Tightness (@IrishTightness) January 1, 2016

Southern Cal fans hold up two fingers during their fight song because that's how many people OJ killed

— Brian Dean (@DoctahDean) October 17, 2015

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.

Hubris/#NDFBIsDeterminedToKillMe Regional Final

#4 vs #2

Them -"Why did you put 42 confidence points on Notre Dame?"

Me – "Because I couldn't put 43"#AccomplishTheMission pic.twitter.com/OzlnMB957i

— Irish Tightness (@IrishTightness) January 1, 2016

Kizer should open a bakery in Boston. He's already got the whole "Kizer Rolls" name going, and now he's giving away free turnovers

— HLS_SupermanTDJesus (@SupermanTDJesus) November 22, 2015

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.

Puns/WTF Regional Final

#5 vs #3

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

What though the odds be great or small, we're gonna need some hard alcohol.

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) September 26, 2015

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.

Pics/GIFs Regional Final

#13 vs #3

And again pic.twitter.com/ldDeIephBn

— EAHarter (@EAHarter) October 4, 2015

Kizer…Will…Helm -cc @okerland pic.twitter.com/yl1IqGtVOH

— Boba Bettis (@CBusIrish) September 19, 2015

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.

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Puns/WTF Region

#16 vs #5

If the defense Cajuste get off the field….

— Moons (@GAMoons) November 29, 2015

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

How they got here:

@HLS_Moons beat @MayorofCH12, 29-25 (54% to 46%), in Round 1; beat @ndtex, 13-5 (72% to 28%) in Round 2
@TomFornelli beat @dinodemilio, 34-12 (74% to 26%), in Round 1; beat @tricerapops, 15-2 (88% to 12%) in Round 2

About these tweets: Moons reached out to the target of his pun – Stanford TE Devon Cajuste – and got a vote from him in Round 1. When I read Tom’s tweet, I thought: “I wish I could be that clever.”

#3 vs #2

What though the odds be great or small, we're gonna need some hard alcohol.

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) September 26, 2015

?In the Navy, you can destroy opponents' knees/
In the Navy, you want options? We got three?

— Lena Steigs (@PDXIrish) October 10, 2015

How they got here:
@bridgetgoirish beat @The_Durf, 28-21 (57% to 43%) in Round 1; beat @PeteSampson_, 12-6 (67% to 33%) in Round 2
@PDXIrish beat @thereidy, 33-19 (63% to 37%) in Round 1; beat @rakesofmallow, 13-5 (72% to 28%) in Round 2

About these tweets: Bridget took the Victory March and combined it with Irish fans’ other pasttime: day drinking. Nina’s tweet is, like Jill Goodacre offering gum in a locked ATM vestibule, perfection.

Pics/GIFs Region

#1 vs #13

UPDATE: Sheldon Day's handshake with his mom is still the best. #SeniorDay pic.twitter.com/lT6qtDTy6z

— Notre Dame on NBC (@NDonNBC) November 14, 2015

And again pic.twitter.com/ldDeIephBn

— EAHarter (@EAHarter) October 4, 2015

How they got here:
@NDonNBC beat @missamylou4, 60-21 (74% to 26%) in Round 1; beat @AMSanford23, 34-9 (79% to 21%) in Round 2
@EAHarter beat @MrsTruj, 144-104 (58% to 42%) in Round 1; beat @alx_west, 44-30 (59% to 41%) in Round 2

About these tweets: Sheldon shares a special handshake with his mom on Senior Day vs. Wake Forest. Liz’s social media skills have helped her cruise to victory twice. Can she pull the upset a third time?

#3 vs #10 vs #2

Kizer…Will…Helm -cc @okerland pic.twitter.com/yl1IqGtVOH

— Boba Bettis (@CBusIrish) September 19, 2015

sadtrombone.mp3.jpg pic.twitter.com/h2Bye9vyXp

— First Down Moses (@1stDownMoses) September 14, 2015

Halftime activities: indoctrinating small children pic.twitter.com/QB6yRqRaKA

— Lena Steigs (@PDXIrish) October 18, 2015

How they got here:
@CBusIrish beat @Jo_Rae, 55-21 (72% to 28%) in Round 1; beat @dapremonster, 30-13 (70% to 30%) in Round 2
@1stDownMoses beat @ndmspaint, 60-16 (79% to 21%), in Round 1; tied @PDXIrish, 23-23, in Round 2
@PDXIrish beat @ndIRISHlc19, 60-15 (80% to 20%), in Round 1; tied @1stDownMoses, 23-23, in Round 2

About these tweets: The impressive part of CBus’s photoshop work? He did it on his phone while waiting for a roller coaster. Sad trombone. Asking me to pick my favorite Nina tweet in this tourney is a Sophie’s Choice I’m not willing to attempt. Moses and Nina tied. My contest, my rules. Both advance.

Don’t forget to vote in the other half of our bracket – the Sick Burns / Hubris Regions – here.

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Sick Burns Region

#1 vs #4

Is there a #1 overall pick of getting your ass thrown out of the game?

— Jack Ryan Cooley (@JackCooligan45) January 1, 2016

Daughter just asked if OSUs mascot was a "pooper with a happy face on it"

— Irish Tightness (@IrishTightness) January 1, 2016

How they got here:

@JackCooligan45 beat @NDBlogMurph, 42-18 (70% to 30%), in Round 1; beat @BrianPickett, 20-9 (69% to 31%), in Round 2
@IrishTightness beat @celebrityhottub, 38-16 (70% to 30%), in Round 1; beat @Subway_Sprout, 19-16 (54% to 46%) in Round 2

About these tweets:

Notre Dame’s favorite former-basketball-player-turned-funny-Twitter-follow offers his thoughts after Joey Bosa’s helmet struck DeShone Kizer’s ribcage. Tightness’ kid is funny and smart.

#11 vs #2

I’m not surprised @plaxicoburress commented on the Notre Dame team tonight. He recognizes somebody shooting themselves in the foot. #NDFB

— Jude (@andrewwinn) November 22, 2015

Southern Cal fans hold up two fingers during their fight song because that's how many people OJ killed

— Brian Dean (@DoctahDean) October 17, 2015

How they got here:

@andrewwinn beat @SupermanTDJesus, 37-14 (73% to 27%), in Round 1; beat @MattSRader, 20-8 (71% to 29%), in Round 2
@DoctahDeah tied @dapremonster, 34-34, in Round 1; beat @PootND and @dapremonster in Round 2, 24 to 6 to 12, (57% to 14% to 29%)

About these tweets:

Plaxico Burress, a Michigan State grad, decided to poke fun of Notre Dame during its unexpected struggle with woeful Boston College. The O.J. joke needs no explanation.

Hubris / #NDFBIsDeterminedToKillMe Region

#8 vs #4

https://twitter.com/TomFornelli/status/668241633998147584?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Them -"Why did you put 42 confidence points on Notre Dame?"

Me – "Because I couldn't put 43"#AccomplishTheMission pic.twitter.com/OzlnMB957i

— Irish Tightness (@IrishTightness) January 1, 2016

How they got here:

@TomFornelli beat @stogiesnbeer, 28-17 (62% to 38%), in Round 1; beat @Will_Fuller7, 13-7 (68% to 32%) in Round 2
@IrishTightness beat @Candice4ND, 36-18 (67% to 33%), in Round 1; beat @tyhildenbrandt, 14-4 (78% to 22%) in Round 2

About these tweets: The two finalists in the Hubris sub-region.

#11 vs #2

I'm all for burning boats but why do we have to beat ourselves with the oars?

— ??BayouIrish?? (@HLS_BayouIrish) January 1, 2016

Kizer should open a bakery in Boston. He's already got the whole "Kizer Rolls" name going, and now he's giving away free turnovers

— HLS_SupermanTDJesus (@SupermanTDJesus) November 22, 2015

How they got here:
@HLS_BayouIrish beat @WorstRayEver, 28-18 (61% to 39%), in Round 1; beat @LluckoftheIrish, 13-8 (62% to 38%) in Round 2
@SupermanTDJesus beat @OptimisticDomer, 35-11 (76% to 24%), in Round 1; beat @clashmore, 15-6 (71% to 29%) in Round 2

About these tweets: The finalists in the #NDFBIsDeterminedToKillMe subregion, Bayou’s tweet was a reaction to the suspensions announced before the Fiesta Bowl. Shane’s tweet was during the B.C. game – not one of DeShone’s finest performances.

Don’t forget to vote in our other regions! Puns/WTF & Pics/GIF

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Here are your second round match-ups:

#1 vs #9

UPDATE: Sheldon Day's handshake with his mom is still the best. #SeniorDay pic.twitter.com/lT6qtDTy6z

— Notre Dame on NBC (@NDonNBC) November 14, 2015

So great to have @CoachSanfordND home after a great win!!! #novembertoremember pic.twitter.com/CLxsuQzSAi

— Anne-Marie Sanford (@AMSanford23) November 8, 2015

First-round votes: @NDonNBC – 60; @AMSanford23 – 55

This match-up is all about family. Sheldon shares a special handshake with his mom on Senior Day vs. Wake Forest. Mike Sanford returns home after a big win on the road vs. Pittsburgh.

#12 vs #13

https://twitter.com/alx_west/status/683019553060843520?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

And again pic.twitter.com/ldDeIephBn

— EAHarter (@EAHarter) October 4, 2015

First round votes – @alx_west – 60; @EAHarter – 144

After a bit of a back-and-forth, Liz harnessed the power of her social media relationships to annihilate @MrsTruj in the first round. Together, the two ladies combined for more votes than those cast in the 2014 #HLSRecapMadness CHAMPIONSHIP round. Alex re-appropriated Pat Connaughton’s dad’s “hand praise” to celebrate the Irish football squad pulling within a touchdown of Ohio State.

#11 vs #3

My greatest achievement as a father is my son's habit of randomly yelling "Go Irish" entirely of his own volition. pic.twitter.com/XYRLYl5kNF

— Big Dap Energy (@dapremonster) October 4, 2015

Kizer…Will…Helm -cc @okerland pic.twitter.com/yl1IqGtVOH

— Boba Bettis (@CBusIrish) September 19, 2015

First-round votes: @dapremonster – 48; @CBushIrish – 55

Dap’s boy beat out Dixie Domer’s girl for the cutest baby/best tweet in round 1. The impressive part of CBus’s photoshop work? He did it on his phone while waiting for a roller coaster.

#10 vs #2

sadtrombone.mp3.jpg pic.twitter.com/h2Bye9vyXp

— First Down Moses (@1stDownMoses) September 14, 2015

Halftime activities: indoctrinating small children pic.twitter.com/QB6yRqRaKA

— Lena Steigs (@PDXIrish) October 18, 2015

First-round votes: @1stDownMoses – 60; @PDXIrish – 60

Sad trombone. Asking me to pick my favorite Nina tweet in this tourney is a Sophie’s Choice I’m not willing to attempt.

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(I’m trying a different poll to avoid some of the first round problems. If you hit “results” before “vote,” I have no idea how to get back to vote. So…don’t do that?)

Here are your second round match-ups:

#16 vs. #9

If the defense Cajuste get off the field….

— Moons (@GAMoons) November 29, 2015

For the life of me/I cannot believe/We scored two TDs/We were only freshmen

— Ryan Ritter (@ndtex) September 6, 2015

First-round votes: @HLS_Moons – 29; @ndtex – 27

Upset specials! Moons reached out to the target of his pun – Stanford TE Devon Cajuste – and got a vote from him. Tex’s favorite tweet of the football season knocked out the formidable Ryan Nanni of SB Nation (who also voted for Tex).

#5 vs #13

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

Tony Alford – if you're reading this, "would you like some fruit by the foot?" ACTIVATE ALFORD

— tricerapops (@tricerapops) January 1, 2016

First-round votes: @TomFornelli – 34; @tricerapops – 41

When I read Tom’s tweet, I thought: “I wish I could be that clever.” Pops, with his semi-oblique “Manchurian Candidate” reference, knocked off past #HLSRecapMadness champion @oaknd1 in the first round.

#6 vs #3

This start is less Macho Man Randy Savage and more Fred Savage

— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) October 4, 2015

What though the odds be great or small, we're gonna need some hard alcohol.

— bridget (@bridgetgoirish) September 26, 2015

First-round votes: @PeteSampson_ – 46; @bridgetgoirish – 28

Pete made the best #savage joke after Will Fuller’s tweet; Bridget took the Victory March and combined it with Irish fans’ other pasttime: day drinking.

#7 vs #2

This season of Serial should switch to discussing what happened to Nyles Morgan.

— Chris W. (@rakesofmallow) January 1, 2016

?In the Navy, you can destroy opponents' knees/
In the Navy, you want options? We got three?

— Lena Steigs (@PDXIrish) October 10, 2015

First-round votes: @rakesofmallow – 25; @PDXIrish – 33

Nina’s tweet is, like Jill Goodacre offering gum in a locked ATM vestibule, perfection. Rakes’ reference is funny, then sad (and topical!)

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(I’m trying a different poll to avoid some of the first round problems. If you hit “results” before “vote,” I have no idea how to get back to vote. So…don’t do that?)

Here are your second round match-ups:

#1 vs #8

https://twitter.com/Will_Fuller7/status/647916539816116228?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

https://twitter.com/TomFornelli/status/668241633998147584?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

First round votes: @Will_Fuller7 – 34; @TomFornelli – 28

Fuller’s tweet created a lot of message board and bulletin board fodder – and a million #savage jokes.

#5 vs #4

https://twitter.com/tyhildenbrandt/status/645326402347208705?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Them -"Why did you put 42 confidence points on Notre Dame?"

Me – "Because I couldn't put 43"#AccomplishTheMission pic.twitter.com/OzlnMB957i

— Irish Tightness (@IrishTightness) January 1, 2016

First-round votes: @tyhildenbrandt – 28; @IrishTightness – 36

I can’t decide if Ty’s tweet is a reference to Hulk Hogan, the theme song from “Cops”…or both.

#11 vs #3

I'm all for burning boats but why do we have to beat ourselves with the oars?

— ??BayouIrish?? (@HLS_BayouIrish) January 1, 2016

If I were there, I'd have suffocated myself with my unfashionable poncho by this point.

— Molly (@LluckoftheIrish) October 4, 2015

First-round votes: @HLS_BayouIrish – 28; @LluckoftheIrish – 31

Just like the real tournament, #6 seeds had a difficult time advancing in our contest. Bayou’s tweet was a reaction to the suspensions announced before the Fiesta Bowl. Molly’s tweet is in response to a turnover-plagued game (in a monsoon!).

#7 vs #2

why does everyone on this team have the gripping strength of a fucking claw machine

— bobby (@clashmore) November 22, 2015

Kizer should open a bakery in Boston. He's already got the whole "Kizer Rolls" name going, and now he's giving away free turnovers

— HLS_SupermanTDJesus (@SupermanTDJesus) November 22, 2015

First round votes: @clashmore – 33; @SupermanTDJesus – 35

Bobby was lamenting the inability of Notre Dame’s running backs to avoid being stripped of the football by B.C. defenders. Shane’s tweet was also during that game – not one of DeShone’s finest performances.

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