YCS Greatest Bracket Ever (Mark Chmura Regional)

Play-in game: 2010 FIFA World Cup vs. the Luftwaffe

RESULTS
2010 World Cup over Luftwaffe
- The 2010 World Cup may not have happened yet, but there's no way it can have a worse record than the Luftwaffe, the Washington Generals of the History Channel.

FIRST ROUND
#1 '72 Miami Dolphins vs. #16 2010 World Cup
#8 Greg Maddux vs. #9 "The Godfather: Part II"
#4 '27 New York Yankees vs. #13 The Assembly Line
#5 Nolan Ryan vs. #12 The Moon Landing
#3 Michael Jordan vs. #14 Harry Houdini
#6 William Shakespeare vs. #11 "The Hand of God" Goal
#7 "Citizen Kane" vs. #10 That one time Bobby Knight threw that chair
#2 Abraham Lincoln vs. #15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Creamsicle Jerseys

RESULTS
--'72 Dolphins never lost, so they slaughter an event that hasn't happened yet
--Maddux's entire career has been filled with offers he couldn't refuse, so the Godfather holds sway
--The assembly line produced the Model T, an outdated car. The '27 Yankees had Murderer's Row, which helped them sweep the World Series. Yankees win.
--Tough call. In 1969, the moon landing took place, and Nolan Ryan was on the Met team that won the World Series. Ryan's WHIP in 1969 however was 4.80. Moon Landing scores the upset.
--Harry Houdini performed magic escape acts, but these were all illusions. Jordan performed magic escape acts that were real.
--William Shakespeare wrote plays that were based on histories and events that took place in real life. However, to hit a ball with your hand in front of 100,000 people in the stadium and millions worldwide, then to claim that it was scored by "The Hand of God" tops any fiction Shakespeare could have written. Point. Maradona.
--While Citizen Kane is one of the greatest works of cinema, how many people today have seen it? Or would recognize it? How many have seen Knight throw his chair? Gotta go with Knight.
-- The Bucs orange jerseys combined with their general worthless play defined losing untill they were changed (at which point they promptly won the Super Bowl). Lincoln on the other hand freed the slaves and won the Civil War.

SECOND ROUND
#1 '72 Dolphins vs. #9 "Godfather: Part II"
#4 '27 New York Yankees vs. #12 The Moon Landing
#3 Michael Jordan vs. #11 "Hand of God Goal"
#2 Abraham Lincoln vs. #10 That one time Bobby Knight threw the chair

RESULTS
--Robert DeNiro won an Oscar for "Godfather II." Larry Czonka went on to do play-by--play for American Gladiators. End game: Czonka and Dolphins keep undefeated streak alive.
--Moon Landing. While everyone remembers Neil Armstrong's famous words, no one remembers a thing Babe Ruth said because it was slurred and smelled of cheap scotch and loose women.
--Jordan. The Hand of God was scored in a quarterfinal game, so while Argentina won the 86 World Cup, the goal did not win any championship.
--Bobby Knight has 869 career wins. Abraham Lincoln only has one win, but it kept the country together. Lincoln.

SWEET 16
#1 '72 Dolphins vs. #12 Moon Landing
#2 Abraham Lincoln vs. #3 Michael Jordan

RESULTS
--The Moon landing has been done several times since it was first done. The 1972 Dolphins undefeated run has never been duplicated, and probably never will be. '72 Dolphins.
--Lincoln is Illinois' favorite son. Jordan made Chicago famous for things other than mobsters and hippie-beatings. But Jordan is technically from North Carolina, and Illinois has more electoral votes than North Carolina.

QUARTERFINALS
#1 '72 Dolphins vs. #2 Abraham Lincoln

RESULTS
--Lincoln is on two pieces of Currency. Don Shula is on none. Lincoln advances to the Final Four.