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<\/a><\/p>\nWow!!<\/p>\n
With over 16,000 votes cast in the Salacious 16 round, that had to have been the most exciting finish of the tournament so far!<\/p>\n
Granted, we\u2019ve only been doing this for 2 days, but still. Exciting nonetheless.<\/p>\n
Rachel Held Evans made a miraculous comeback, overcoming a 500 vote deficit in the last hour to eek out a win over @FakeDriscoll.<\/p>\n
Tolerance lost again as \u2018Gay Affirming Christians\u2019 were defeated by 98 votes by the almighty In-N-Out.<\/p>\n
And in the closest battle so far, \u2018Women\u2019s Health\u2019 eliminated Invisible Children by a mere 4 votes! Which, probably isn\u2019t a terrible thing since Invisible Children sort of has more important things going on at the moment.<\/p>\n
Just kidding. There\u2019s nothing more important than fictitious tournaments pitting real people against abstract concepts.<\/p>\n
Fun fact: Joel Osteen\u2019s matchup with \u2018Church Discipline\u2019 ended up with a total of 666 votes cast.<\/p>\n
For reals. Just saying.<\/p>\n
Anyway, things are REALLY heating up for the Egregious 8 round. But before voting resumes again, here\u2019s the results from all of your Salacious 16 matchups\u2026.<\/p>\n
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Salacious 16 Results<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nRachel Held Evans \u2013 3,794<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 @FakeDriscoll \u2013 3, 615<\/em><\/p>\nIn-N-Out \u2013 1,217<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gay Affirming Christians \u2013 1,119<\/em><\/p>\nMasculinity \u2013 439<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jefferson Bethke \u2013 286<\/em><\/p>\nWomen\u2019s Health \u2013 1,331<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Invisible Children \u2013 1.327<\/em><\/p>\nRational Christianity \u2013 507<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Discernment Ministries \u2013 103<\/em><\/p>\nStephen Colbert\u2019s Lent Ashes \u2013 595<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Social Justice Christians \u2013 425<\/em><\/p>\nChurch Discipline \u2013 437<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Joel Osteen \u2013 229<\/em><\/p>\nTim Tebow \u2013 561<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Third Eagle of the Apocalypse \u2013 256<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
And here\u2019s the latest update for our bracket challenge leaderboard\u2026.<\/p>\n
Bracket Challenge Leaderboard<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n1. Kara Govoni \u2013 50 points<\/p>\n
2. Clint Wrede \u2013 36 points<\/p>\n
3. Greg Dill \u2013 32 points<\/p>\n
4. Brian Daughtry \u2013 31 points<\/p>\n
5. Sally Duncan \u2013 28 points<\/p>\n
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Get ready to start voting again!<\/p>\n
Voting for the Egregious 8 round starts TODAY at 9am CST!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Wow!! With over 16,000 votes cast in the Salacious 16 round, that had to have been the most exciting finish of the tournament so far! Granted, we\u2019ve only been doing this for 2 days, but still. Exciting nonetheless. Rachel Held Evans made a miraculous comeback, overcoming a 500 vote deficit in the last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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