Announcement: Our 2021 Summer Bracket Schedule

Our bracket schedule has been determined.

Thank you to everyone who made suggestions. We loved all of them. If yours wasn’t chosen, we still have it on file (shoutout to the person who suggested “frogs”), and rest assured—some of our choices were made because we didn’t want too good of brackets, which might imply we were trying to do something serious here.

Now, the dates below are tentative, and we’ve left space for two more TBA brackets, in case there’s time. But the following twelve brackets are happening. Start and end dates for the voting are in the parentheses. Please use this link to submit entrants to any and all of this year’s unique brackets (the ones we aren’t repeating from last year).

2000’s Bangers Bracket (April 6^th-April 14^th)

In honor of the 90’s Bangers Bracket, we move one decade into the future.

Don’t Cancel Me, Bro! – Famous People You Don’t Expect to Be Canceled (April 16^th-April 24^th)

What celebrities, or other people of fame, do you believe are the least likely to get themselves canceled?

Tournametti: Pasta Shapes (April 26^th-May 4^th)

Can we come up with 64 of these?

License Plate Bracket II (May 6^th-May 14^th)

As road trip season approaches, can Wyoming defend its title?

The Tournament of Vegetables That Are Fine (May 16^th-May 24^th)

Not vegetables you like. Not vegetables you hate. The ones in between.

State Flags That Don’t Glorify Slavery Bracket II (May 26^th-June 3^rd)

How will Mississippi perform in its first year in the field?

Avalanche of Laughs: Funniest Animals to Imagine Competing in Olympic Downhill Skiing (June 5^th-June 13^th)

You indexed to squirrel, perhaps, but what about the mighty moose?

Jurassic Bark: The Dinosaur Bracket (June 15^th-June 23^rd)

I think this is the one most likely to get someone legitimately upset.

Indivisible: The Tournament of Things That Make Us One (June 25^th-July 3^rd)

This is the hardest one to explain, personally, but it comes from the premise, and I don’t know who all originally said this so apologies for not giving credit, that no one is better than anyone else when they’re in a Waffle House. Similarly, no one is better than anyone else while drinking Miller High Life. We’re going for that kind of thing. The things that unify us, timed in an attempt to bring the entire country together before the 4^th of July (dream big).

Sick Day: Shows You Watched While Home From School (July 5^th-July 13^th)

You know. Wheel of Fortune and such.

TBA (July 15^th-July 23^rd)

TBA (July 25^th-August 2^nd)

Bracket Bracket (August 4^th-August 12^th)

The bracket of all our brackets, from this year.

Tournament of Champions (August 14^th-August 22^nd)

The tournament of all our bracket champions from this year AND last year.

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Again, here’s the link to submit entrants. Please submit them in the next few days so we can get ready to release all the non-TBA brackets during the week immediately following Selection Sunday.

Here’s the full schedule, consolidated:

Bracket	Start	End
2000’s Bangers Bracket	6-Apr	14-Apr
Don’t Cancel Me, Bro! – Famous People You Don’t Expect to Be Canceled	16-Apr	24-Apr
Tournametti: Pasta Shapes	26-Apr	4-May
License Plate Bracket II	6-May	14-May
The Tournament of Vegetables That Are Fine	16-May	24-May
State Flags That Don’t Glorify Slavery Bracket II	26-May	3-Jun
Avalanche of Laughs: Funniest Animals to Imagine Competing in Olympic Downhill Skiing	5-Jun	13-Jun
Jurassic Bark: The Dinosaur Bracket	15-Jun	23-Jun
Indivisible: The Tournament of Things That Make Us One	25-Jun	3-Jul
Sick Day: Shows You Watched While Home From School	5-Jul	13-Jul
TBA	15-Jul	23-Jul
TBA	25-Jul	2-Aug
Bracket Bracket	4-Aug	12-Aug
Tournament of Champions	14-Aug	22-Aug