Not as much drama as the second round of the Spirit Bracket, but the Tradition Bracket did offer up a few close races and the first demise of one of our 1 seeds. Here’s the round up with more assistance from the peanut gallery:

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• 1 HighHorse vs. 8 OU Cougar: Some have questioned why HighHorse has a coveted 1 seed in this contest.  Most CBers regard him as a thoughtful Libertarian with a penchant for building up his storage of ammo.  The truth is, we love HH for his Ambien posts.  "I took an ambien and now there is a vulture standing on my bookcase spreading his wings.  He wants me to die so he can eat me."  HighHorse can rest easy tonight, with or without the Ambien, as he dispatched OU Cougar easily in this one, 96-56.
• 13 JOPE vs. 5 byutx: Much closer than anyone expected, byutx claims that he was distracted by JOPE’s moniker, trying to determine if it was Spanish so that he could solicit another immigration client.  Turns out that JOPE is just another white dude, so byutx took him down with a final score of 90-62.
• 2 goose vs. 7 El Pasco: With the widest point spread in this round, goose continues to make noise on his quest for the crown.  He destroyed his opponent soundly in the skirmish with a score of 106-47.  He celebrated by eating an entire watermelon, letting the juices run down his neck and chest in some kind of primal display of superiority.
• 3 Choke vs. 6 Funke: Would Funke get choked, or would Choke get funked?  It turns out it was the former to the tune of 81-76.  Choke is unintimidated by goose’s watermelon display and returns the posturing with some kind of awkward rendition of the Haka.  Sorry Choke, you are a ninja, but you are also a teacher.  Your Haka is awkward.

• 1 Mall Santa vs. 8 fattycoug: fatty entered this round all moony-eyed to go up against the venerable Mall Santa.  As soon as he arrived, he forgot what he was there for.  Finally, he was lifted off of Mall Santa’s lap and sent down the slide of disappointment.  He spent a number of minutes in the clouds of cotton fathoming his 99-62 loss, then honorably tried to concede before realizing that he doesn’t know how.
• 4 mulletino vs. 12 johnnycarson: In what fans are calling the worst branding decision since the spirit-tradition-honor jerseys, mulletino is now mulletYno.  The committee passed a slim 6 to 5 decision to let him continue to compete, but the fans were much more unequivocal in their voting and put mulletYno through to the next round with a nice palindromic 95-59 victory.
• 2 Epileptic Beagle vs. 10 HansMoleman: If you go back and check last week’s results thread, Epileptic Beagle has finally posted a celebratory gif for his  round 1 victory.  Not really, but you can click on the link embedded in the mangled code that he posted.  Granted, it’s not the gif he wanted to post which somehow ended up getting replaced by a man putting gerbils into some kind of leather basin.  What are you Googling, EB?  Moles, not gerbils.  Somehow he wins another match, 89-63.
• 3 erkimust vs. 11 uberslacker: Do you ever wonder if CBers who seem arrogant, condescending, and snooty are really just softies at heart who like cat pictures as much as the rest of us?  Uberslacker's probably a cupcake once you get to know him.  Regardless, much like the Israeli election yesterday, we're not sure the right guy won this one, but we are sure erkimust has an opinion he'd like to share about it.  Asked for his opinion about this narrow 84-78 victory, erk only stated, “Wow, I almost Chesh’d that one.”

• 1 Indy Coug vs. 9 Non-donor troll: Showing a little vulnerability, our defending champion looked his age in this symbolic matchup.  Ten years ago, even five, Indy Coug ruled these boards with his lighting-quick wit and intelligence, now he is barely fending off run of the mill non-donor trolls, 97-67, with his puns and dad jokes.  Unless he adds a bit more flash to his layups and jump shots, fans might just tire of his solid fundamentals.  A fall almost seems inevitable at this point.
• 13 Kama’aina vs. 12 whoneedscorners?: How far will Kama’aina advance in this tournament?  Here is your Cinderella, ladies and gentleman.  Earning the exact same number of votes as our defending champion with a final score of, 97-57, does Kama have what it takes to defeat Indy Coug in the next round.  I think it will be close.
• 2 Abe Froman vs. 7 endy: endy put up a fight, but as soon as he questioned Abe Froman's genealogy, it went south quickly.  Abe: "Are you suggesting that I'm not who I say I am?"  endy: "I'm suggesting that you leave before I have to get snooty."  Abe: "Snooty?"  endy: "Snotty."  Abe: "Snotty?"  It was all downhill from there.  Abe gets to eat his gourmet lunch in peace and might catch a parade later - he earned it with his 98-57 win.
• 3 darkcoug vs. 6 ds7: This one was close.  ds7 fired the first volley with a quote from Prager.  When darkcoug was nonplussed, ds7 demanded that darkcoug produce a birth certificate proving his CB citizenship, then his college transcripts, then a copy of his tax returns.  darkcoug resisted the urge to follow ds7 through the looking glass and remained as calm as a cheshire cat, eking out a 82-72 win.

• 1 John Haddow vs. 9 vacougfan: Part of me feels the same way I felt when Mitt Romney lost.  John gets a lot of flack on here for his confident, matter-of-fact ethos, but truth be told, he’s a classy guy and doesn’t deserve to be the first 1 seed to fall.  That should have been Bernard.  To add insult to injury, vacougfan was actually at Haddow’s viewing party last night and word on the street is that he totally hogged all the chips.  He also hogged the votes for a shocking 96-63 victory.  Sister Haddow has informed vacougfan that he is not invited back since he broke the “Haddow House Rules” three times, twice for saying the A-word, and once for the B-word.
• 4 Sea Chicken vs. 5 Heinz57: Sea Chicken adopted a bold strategy of thumbs downing every Heinz57 post yesterday (many of which were replies to tweets, strangely enough).  Despite his campaign, Sea Chicken couldn't overcome the momentum that CB's favorite condiment built in this 4-5 seed match up.  Frankly, a battle between tuna and steak sauce sounds like the perfect BYU off season discussion, but Heinz shut it down early and runs away with it 96-58.
• 2 flavordave vs. 7 glemonade11: Sold!  For the bargain price of $399.99 (plus shipping and handling)!  It is a countertop turbo oven that cooks your food in a fraction of the time!  It removes fats and oils for healthier cooking, it's lightweight and portable for easier portability and…Uh, wait - what's that?  I'm hearing from my producer that...oh.  Terrible mistake on our part.  We thought we were voting for the flavorWAVE.  Not flavorDAVE.  Huh.  Welp, we don't really have any idea why flavordave won this one, he doesn't cook our food in any sort of time fraction and he's not even dishwasher safe.  Still, he does come with not just one, but two free gifts - slap chops and Shamwows for everyone as flavordave takes down glemonade 104-48.
• 3 deliciousmocha vs. 11 RealComfortableJeans: Let's be honest, we were all uncomfortable with the Wrangler commercials with Brett Favre as their spokesman.  No one wanted to see the U vs. V cutout in the inseam of their jeans.  We're not saying that the fit of pants made a difference in the outcome of this contest, CB would never be so small minded.  But deliciousmocha more than measured up in this challenge as he outlasted RealComfortableJeans 98-54.