Fug Madness 2009: The Brackets, Part II

(1) SWINTON vs. (16) PLAY-IN WINNER (game time: Tuesday, March 17)

(2) KATY PERRY vs. (15) ROBERT PATTINSON

(3) AGYNESS DEYN vs. (14) M.I.A.

(4) SCARLETT JOHANSSON vs. (13) AMY ADAMS

(5) BEYONCE vs. (12) BLAKE LIVELY

(6) CHLOE SEVIGNY vs. (11) ANNE HATHAWAY

(7) JENNIFER LOPEZ vs. (10) BRANGELINA

(8) CHARLIZE THERON vs. (9) LILY ALLEN

I love this time of year. No matter how random Jessica and I try to be
– and this year it actually involved using an online randomizer to
decide which seeds went in which of the four brackets — certain
matchups STILL come out with a beautiful synergy. For instance, before we even seeded anyone or remembered that threes always play fourteens, we had JOKED about how great it would be if Agyness and M.I.A. — who both wore the same hideous polka-dotted Henry Holland outfit within the last year — got to face off against each other. And poof, the randomizer coughed up that exact battle. It’s too good to be true, but it IS true. The top six seeds in this bracket are one of the toughest groupings in the entire contest and I’m very much looking forward to see which ones emerge unscathed. Beware the underdogs, y’all. They bite.

Reminder: Please don’t freak out if your favorite — or
least-favorite — Fug Hound didn’t make the list. Remember that we’re
ONLY judging people by what they wore in the one-year eligibility
period, from March 1, 2008 to Feb. 28, 2009. But nobody’s perfect.
Sometimes we forget people exist; sometimes, our opinions of how bad
they were aren’t going to match yours. Hey, it happens — the actual
NCAA selection committee has the same problems. So just kick back,
relax, enjoy the games,
and imagine that your missing favorite is out there somewhere playing
in the Fug NIT, leading the charge of the also-rans and praying for a more auspicious and publicly terrible year to come.