Red Mosquito

With a final score of 24-14, Animal is your 2026 March Madness winner.

Congratulations to Animal, who wins for the first time, and as only the second ever winner from Vs.

I didn’t even realize this was the final final matchup. I thought it was another sub-bracket final thing.

Good job, Animal!

did folks like the tournament with a tournament model? we could try a grouping by songwriter structure next year.

or too complicated?

I thought it was a cool twist. The songwriter thing may be complicated because of all the different combinations but could be a fun thing to untangle. You could start a thread prior to decide who gets credit for each song. Probably best to focus on music writing rather than lyrics (to keep it simple, plus Ed writes the overwhelming majority of lyrics anyway).

agreed - we'd have to focus on music authorship.

I think thats a cool idea yes

Splendid idea

wease wrote: Mon May 18, 2026 3:06 am I didn’t even realize this was the final final matchup. I thought it was another sub-bracket final thing.

Good job, Animal!

Same here. I've been dreaming of the day Animal wins March Madness, and now that that day is here...I feel nothing

Farmer John wrote: Mon May 18, 2026 2:29 pm

wease wrote: Mon May 18, 2026 3:06 am I didn’t even realize this was the final final matchup. I thought it was another sub-bracket final thing.

Good job, Animal!

Same here. I've been dreaming of the day Animal wins March Madness, and now that that day is here...I feel nothing

Animal is my favorite song pre-1994.
But 7 albums with awesome Matt Cameron bangers, and we picked a track from the 2nd album. Meh.
At least it’s not a Ten track.

ten has been shockingly underrepresented among the winners over the year. just black and release i think

Thanks for taking the time to run this year after year, stip

Thanks Stip. As always it was a blast.

my pleasure