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2020 FIW Tournament: Second Round Voting Open – Basilica Region

Second Round voting for the 2020 FIW Tournament is now open. Relive some great Notre Dame wins and vote for your favorites!

The second round of the inaugural FIW Tournament has opened voting. After a fun first-round that had a few significant upsets and a couple thrillers, it’s time for round two.

Because of issues with the format in the first round, we’ve switched voting to Twitter so we can allow all fans to see live results after they vote. Be sure to be following Fighting Irish Wire if you aren’t already so you don’t miss any of the remaining voting.

Here are your Second Round matchups in the Basilica Region:

1. ’88 Miami vs. 9. ’12 USC

One was so historic they made t-shirts and eventually an ESPN 30 for 30 on it while the other was the final game of a perfect regular season that sent Notre Dame to their lone BCS Championship Game appearance.

5. ’93 Michigan vs. 13. ’15 Virginia

Kevin McDougal took underdog Notre Dame team to the Big House early in ’93 to upset then-No. 3 Michigan and the Irish came out a title-contender. Meanwhile, the ’15 Virginia game was the biggest upset in the first-round as Kizer to Fuller in the final seconds remains strong in folks minds.

3. ’18 Michigan vs. 6. ’12 Michigan State

The 2018 Michigan win kick-started an undefeated season and remained the best win that Fighting Irish squad had all year. The ’12 Michigan State game also gave Notre Dame a ton of respect nationally as the Spartans were then ranked in the top ten.

2. ’91 Florida vs. 7. ’17 LSU

Jerome Bettis blew up for three touchdown runs over the No. 3 Florida Gators to cap the 1991 season in the Sugar Bowl, a game many didn’t believe Notre Dame didn’t even belong in. Ian Book connecting with Myles Boykin in the final seconds knocked off LSU in the Capital One Bowl on New Years Day 2018.

Voting will be open until 7 p.m. ET Sunday night so vote early, often and share with your Notre Dame friends as we continue to decide the greatest Notre Dame game since Lou Holtz took over in 1986.

2020 FIW Tournament: First Round Results (Notre Dame’s Greatest Game ’86-Now)

The biggest upset of the first round was found in the Basilica Region.  The region also saw six higher seeds move on and two lower seeds pull upsets, even if one of them was an 8/9 game. 

And like that the first round of our inaugural tournament on Fighting Irish Wire is a wrap.  Some upsets were had while blowouts were also seen a-plenty.  We’ll get you the results in just a second but first an apology from yours truly.

If you participated in first-round voting then first, thank you.  We’re trying to have some fun here and change up the pace in the events of the world.  After posting I realized those who voted couldn’t immediately see results.  However, it was too late to change since things went live.  As a result I’ll be switching the voting to our Twitter account for the second round through the championship game.  I’m sorry for the mistake and your refund check is in the mail for the pain I’ve caused.

So now – about those first-round results – we’ll give them to you by region.  First up is the Basilica Region:

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