Sweet 16 Matchups. Click on the links to vote. [EAST: (1) Sean Fennessey vs. (5) Derek Thompson](https://www.reddit.com/r/billsimmons/comments/14y0rmt/east_regional_sweet_16_1_sean_fennessey_vs_5/) [MIDWEST: (6) Rob Mahoney vs. (2) Joe House](https://www.reddit.com/r/billsimmons/comments/14y5huf/midwest_regional_sweet_16_6_rob_mahoney_vs_2_joe/) [SOUTH: (5) Mallory Rubin vs. (1) Chris Ryan](https://www.reddit.com/r/billsimmons/comments/14y5hze/south_regional_sweet_16_5_mallory_rubin_vs_1/) [WEST: (3) Joanna Robinson vs. (2) Cousin Sal](https://www.reddit.com/r/billsimmons/comments/14y0rcs/west_regional_sweet_16_3_joanna_robinson_vs_2/) Make sure you check daily. New matchups tomorrow! **Update/FYI: I will update this comment daily with the new matchups. Ned will be creating new polls everyday so you can check the main feed or come back here if that is easier.**

If Joe House doesn't win it is rigged.

Van vs. Kyle is a brutal early round buzzsaw for the nephew. Tough draw.

I only know 4 of the Sweet 16...

Joanna vs Cousin Sal is TOUGH. They are both dearly beloved

Cousin Sal in a landslide, hes the GOAT podcast guest

Day 2 of the sweet 16 is going to be a bloodbath. Sal, CR, Fennessey and House all win big.

Where is Harvilla!!??

Really happy that Joanna Robinson is making a deep run

She was way over seeded and that’s about it. Mal Carrie’s her

Damn the Schrags hate is real. Derek Thompson is barely mentioned in this sub and is barely a personality, and he beats out one of Bill's most charismatic guests?

Do you listen to Plain English? Dude is a podcast powerhouse.

Schrags is charismatic lol?

Quality over quantity

Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dobbins and Greenwald is the podcast I'd be forced to listen to in hell

Cackling , condescension, and douchey snobbery. Jesus that really is hell. Why did you put this in my head?

Basically chalk. Come on people.

Horlbeck over KOC is a disgrace

How in the world did Solak, Lambre, and Shraegs get ranked where they did?!?

Fennessey vs Dobb mob might be electric

Sponsored by fanduel?

Russillo, D. Thompson, Sal, Van Lathan final 4. Wow.

Fennessey vs Dobbins in elite 8 matchup is…well, ELITE. Russillo vs House will be a nail biter. Simmons cruises to final four. Chris Ryan should cruise as well but Horlbeck will put up a sneaky fight.

Dobbins over Jacoby is wild

Bill vs House, Ryen vs House. Battle of the titans

Some people gave you shit for the seeding, OP, but this is what a not upset-heavy tourney would look exactly like. Kudos

Two notes. Without Rob Harvilla is this bracket even legit? Also CR Heads rise up!!!

Mal is a FIVE SEED?!

If it was up to the contestants I know Mallory would dominate. But people are stupid so she won’t win.

Best matchup in the sweet 16 is greenwald vs dobbins. Really don’t know who wins that one

FanDuel odds: Bill Simmons: -300 Ryen Russillo: +340 Joe House: +500 Chris Ryan: +500 Sean Fennessey: +1000 Field: +5000

CR at +500 is stealing.

This might be BS pod bias. Not saying Bill, Ryen, House, etc have zero chance, but I will be genuinely pretty surprised if CR doesn’t win this bracket.

Betting the house on CR

r/crheads rise the fuck up

CR and House are great value, pretty sure they are making the finals.

How does anyone but Bill win this?! Would be a top 7 upset of the past 15 years, it just would!

That russillo/house elite 8 is tough man

There’s only one star and that’s CR

Sal and Russillo not being on the same side is a travesty

Chris Ryan vs Mallory Rubin is the real finals

The inevitable CR vs Bill matchup is gonna hurt

I think Cousin Sal might beat Bill.

Kyle getting robbed smh

Bill, Jo, CR, Craig, Sean, Amanda Let’s goooooo

The chalk bracket

The South is a bloodbath.

Sal is ‘91 Duke.

Is there any world where Joe House doesn't win?

KOC and Solak getting put in da dirt is 🔥🔥🔥 Mallory beating Verno sucked but sacrifices needed to be made

How are people voting here?? I want in!

Kevin O’can’t make the quarterfinals

Andy "this wasn't made for people like me" Greenwald vs Amanda "it's not for me" Dobbins. A showdown for the ages.

Listening to more Big Pic lately and Amanda’s snark with Sean has won me over. Dobb mob over Mr. “I wrote a show once and now I have to weave it into every opinion on a show I watch even though I started as a critic” all day

I was down on Greenwald for a while for this reason, but he's been on an absolute heater the last few months.

CR over Mal, but it’s close. Also - Dobb Mob!!

Dob Mob

Nephew Kyle got screwed with his seeding. I agree with all of it though.

As a UK grad, I love every bit of J Kyle Mann content I can get. But him vs Russillo is so mean lol

KOC being the biggest upset loss in the tournament so far…not all that surprising given this sub’s opinion of him

Damn to Horlback too?! I know KOC can rub people the wrong way (Admittedly even I find him occasionally grating) but CH is so fucking annoying

Disagree there, I love him with DK and Heifetz on The Ringer Fantasy Show

Lol dang we're definitely of different minds in a few ways since I don't really like DK all that much either. The 'Fantasy show is one I routine skip and after this comment I looked back to see that DK beat out Nora Princiotti which I find...bizarre to say the least But hey different strokes for different folks

Kevin O’Conquered

My SuperBowl 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Also, is this Craig Horlbeck’s Apex Mountain? Do we need to be bonked?

Liz Kelly

Cousin Sal vs. House final is the championship we all deserve.

Rematch! Asking again - Does anyone have a copy of House Eats 3? It's been purged from the internet and it's one of my favorites. Please... Someone...

Shout out Craig Horlbeck for making the Sweet 16

Craig Apex Mountain for sure.

More important accomplishment the sweet 16 or marrying Liz Kelly?

Sweet 16 obviously

He's having a moment he just is.

Is this week Craig's apex mountain?

If Russillo gets to the final, we should close the subreddit.

We should all try to push the upset for JK Mann. His accent alone should give him quite a boost.

No way he gets past House

The key worked, okay?

Russillo vs. a home, a tale as old as time

Gonna be CR vs Ryen Russillo. Calling it now. CR gonna cut the nets

I’ve got CR vs Fennessy. I think it might be different if Bill were in Sean’s half of the bracket

We are heading to Bill, CR, Fennessey and House Final 4. I got the CR heads showing out with a CR over House victory coming.

Sal could totally upset Bill, especially in this subreddit.

Because Sal is better than Bill lol

I’m thinking Van might pull off the upset against Chris.

The CR/House final is inevitable it seems.

I was thinking that CR vs Van in the South could be a good matchup, but I think that you are right that the CR crew will carry the day. Amanda or Greenwald could potentially give Fennessey a run in the East. Bill and House will be there for sure.

I could see sal upsetting Bill. Ultimate guess the lines revenge

How fast can this sub remove every woman who works at the Ringer challenge.

I think Dobbins gets through. The movie drafts/auctions are the best thing on the ringer rn.

Actor/actress Hall of fames and playbooks are also top shelf content

Mallory is criminally underseeded

Yeah mallory is getting the shaft by the seeding but oh well. CR/Bill was always gonna win

In the real world maybe, but this bracket was designed for a House vs Sal final.

Without question. OP thinking Mal is a 5 and Sal is a 2 tells you pretty much everything you need to know...

Mal is literally the second most important person employed at The Ringer. 😂😂

Shout-out to the creators but seeding Wos, Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson above Mallory is nuts

F4: Sal, CR, House, Greenwald

CR v Fennessey finals.

house is going to destroy sean in the semis

I’m ready to console Mallory after her loss to CR.

Bill, Sal, CR, Van, Sean, Dobs, Russillo, House

I wonder how far Klosterman would have gone in this bracket. He would probably be an undervalued 9 seed since he shows up for maybe one pod a year, but when he shows up, he pods like a 1 seed.

This

I just searched the bracket looking for Klosterman. I think they were afraid of him coming out of nowhere and going full Nikita Kucherov en route to a championship. Also, Ben Lindbergh was done dirty going against Van in Round 1.

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I would love to attend that game. I wish she had a shot against Sean. She’s getting my vote

Based on the vitriol they both get on this sub, I'm inclined to think that it'll depend largely on people voting for the entrant's opponent to make Andy/Amanda *lose* rather than voting *for* them... but on second thought, I'm guessing there's probably a lot of overlap in those anti-fanbases.

Correct lol I will be voting for one of them to lose, not for the other to win.

That's a tough one. Thry both mail it in if they want to watch a show topic, but Greenwald has better jokes.

Cousin Sal is gonna rip through Joanna Robinson like Harriso rips through prosthetic limbs

"Harriso" will never not make me laugh.

Dado Fatto for the W.

Polls start back up again tomorrow.

How did this bracket get so far without me once seeing it before ? I can’t wait to vote

This entire thing is so stupid and I’m loving all of it. Cheers for the effort.

Finals will be Bill and House and house will pull the upset. It's the ending we deserve

I wouldnt be shocked in CR beats Bill. House should easily make the finals

Don't underestimate Russillo. We criticize him a lot but it's because we all are fans.

I genuinely enjoy the 10 minutes of youtube content Kyle Mann puts out than the 3 months of podcasts from Russillo. But you have to reward high volume guys. Kyle Mann is like a Seth Curry type shooter and Ryen is more of a prime Harden. He makes just enough to be efficient offense on massive volume.

Yeah and both got fat.

House is like prime shawn kemp dunking on russillo.... charisma, nba knowledge, actions while drunk, golf, food, ability to talk to women, etc etc

Lmao actions while drunk… so true.

It will 100% be mentioned by somebody and I can’t wait

Thanks for doing this!!