We're on to the final eight in our Do Your Bracket challenge and the chalk continues to dominate. Of the eight matchups that took place in the previous round, only one saw a lower seed come away victorious. That game saw the 3 seed in the Dynasty I Region, the 2001 Snow Bowl win over Oakland, earn more than 70 percent of the vote in taking down the 2 seed, which is the Super Bowl XXXVIII win over Carolina.
Other than that, the race to the final four features 1 seeds against 2 seeds. The matchups are as follows:
PRE-KRAFT REGION FINALS
1 SEED: 1985 AFC Championship win at Miami
2 SEED: 1985 division round win at LA Raiders
DYNASTY I REGION FINALS
1 SEED: 2001 SB 36 over St. Louis
3 SEED: 2001 division round Snow Bowl over Oakland Raiders
BLEDSOE REGION FINALS
1 SEED: 1996 division round win over Pittsburgh
2 SEED: 1996 AFC Championship over Jacksonville
DYNASTY II REGION FINALS
1 SEED: 2014 SB 49 over Seattle
2 SEED: 2016 SB 51 over Atlanta