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THE SOUPER BOWL

You Guys Sure Have a Lot of Opinions About Soup

By Sarah Larimer at

"Your quick dismissal of French Onion is going to come back and bite you," Friend of Grantland Jason warned us in the comments section.

"Hot and Sour and Lobster Bisque are both flashy niche soups; no play in the heartland," (Apparent) Souper Bowl Analyst Mark wrote after Alphabet made its exit. "They will get thrashed by a traditional powerhouse with good old-fashioned fundamentals."

"Vegetable is just a staple of American culture, I would think," said my grandmother, who was "disappointed" in its performance in Souper Bowl I.

Excellent feedback, Jason, Mark, and Grandmother Larimer! Honestly, the Grantland Twitter feed and Facebook page has been BLOWING UP with soup-related comments all week and, as a soup enthusiast, I could not be more thrilled. I could talk about Potato Cheddar for days.

Below you'll find a few of our favorite Soup-related comments from the past few days. Thanks to Grantland's Senior Soupologist, Rafe Bartholomew, who pulled this post together. Check back here for the Souper Bowl I: Day 3 results later in the day.

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THE SOUPER BOWL

Souper Bowl I: Alphabet Falls to Hot and Sour

By Jay Caspian Kang at
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Rembert Browne

The first day of Souper Bowl I saw only one significant upset, as the old men from Tomato used a combination of ugly post moves, spot-up jumpers, and "blue collar"-ness to take down Broccoli Cheddar. Before action began Monday morning, many tournament pundits were wondering how Broccoli Cheddar received such a high ranking in the first place, as it is more of a tertiary soup. If you replaced the broccoli in Broccoli Cheddar with any other stalky vegetable, would it be diminished in any way? If you ordered it in a restaurant and the waiter brought you Potato Cheddar soup instead, would you really care? Does Broccoli Cheddar really have an identity on its own? Or is it the University of North Carolina at Greensboro of soups?

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