Troy Dog
You love March Madness, WE love March Madness, so let’s have some Vurbmoto Madness, shall we? WE (Troy Dog) spent the last week creating the ultimate list of the best riders to ever do the thing and we’ve seeded them into a sweet sixteen bracket. Then we had YOU, the people, vote on it.
We’re going to unleash another poll for the elite eight here in the next couple of days. Then we’ll have some key matchups to vote on Instagram as well. But for now, here are the results of the first round. We don’t know what we are doing. We know how it’s going to play out in the end, but we want to see how the rest play out.
We’re just trying to have some fun and see what everyone chooses! So, cast your vote later this week and help us narrow this bracket down!
Here is how we got to the elite eight:
1. Ricky Carmichael 92%
16. Ken Roczen 8%
2. Jeremy McGrath 98%
15. Mike Kiedrowski 2%
3. Ricky Johnson 71%
14. Jeff Emig 29%
4. Ryan Villopoto 89%
13. David Bailey 11%
5. Ryan Dungey 90%
12. Broc Glover 10%
(Instagram Key Matchup Result)
Dungey 93%
Glover 7%
6. Eli Tomac 42%
11. Chad Reed 58%
(Instagram Key Matchup Result)
Tomac 77%
Reed 23%
*This Tomac/Reed matchup was the only flip flop that we had on Instagram/Poll results. We went ahead and added the percentages together and did the tie breaker that way. Tomac advances.
7. James Stewart 85%
10. Bob Hannah 15%
(Instagram Key Matchup Result)
Stewart 91%
Hannah 9%
8. Jeff Ward 54%
9. Jeff Stanton 46%
Elite 8
1. Ricky Carmichael
vs.
8. Jeff Ward
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4. Ryan Villopoto
vs.
5. Ryan Dungey
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2. Jeremy McGrath
vs.
7. James Stewart
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3. Ricky Johnson
vs.
6. Eli Tomac
This next round is going to be absolutely insane! Stew vs. MC, RD vs. RV, RJ vs. Tomac, and the Flying Freckle vs. the other Flying Freckle? Are you kidding me? Some feelings are about to get hurt and I think we’re about to see some upsets!
(Editor’s note: We had zero upsets in the first round here, which makes me believe that I was onto something here in this bracket.
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