Do you believe in miracles?
Astonishingly, and for reasons known only to them, Esquire, for their 2010 Sexiest Woman Alive tournament, have new USC football head coach Lane Kiffin as one of the “competitors” in the bracket, joining the likes of Erin Andrews, Danica Patrick and the intimidatingly sexy Gina Carano. Kiffin is the 16 seed in the Sports bracket and is presently in a heated battle with number one seed Natalie Gulbis.
Of course, this story has been all over the ‘tubes this week (I first saw in on the wonderful Every Day Should Be Saturday), but the shocking aspect of it all is that as of this morning, Lane Kiffin is holding a substantial lead in the head-to-head battle.
The gist of Esquire‘s tournament, whose motto is, “You like March Madness and you like women. So why not combine the two?” Can’t argue with that.
This year, in addition to naming Esquire’s seventh-annual Sexiest Woman Alive in the November issue, we are conducting a tournament to allow our readers to choose their own honoree. (Tragically, past winners are not eligible.) Much like another epic March tournament, this competition starts with sixty-four participants.
Then you come in.
Right here every three weeks, you’ll get to vote on a round of matchups, culminating in one winner, who will appear in an upcoming issue. Click on the pairings in the tabs to the left and get the madness started, then come back soon to vote on Round Two — or just to look at that photo of the Panamanian cricket team again.
Once again, I am compelled to agree with them. The photo of the Panamanian cricket team Esquire elected to use is mesmerizing, to say the least.
Now, on to the nitty-gritty. At last check (just a few minutes before the publishing of this post), Kiffin, the lusty man-child with a perverse sense of entitlement which can only be apparently described as “sexy,” currently has 58,147 votes, compared to 42,864 for Miss Gulbis, good enough for 58 percent of the vote. That’s crazy stuff.
But at the same time, is the potential outcome of Kiffin ousting Gulbis from the Sexiest Woman Alive Tournament really that surprising? I mean, look at him. He’s got it all. And if he doesn’t, he’ll just move on to a different tournament where the prospects are much more favorable.
No matter whether you consider yourself Gaga for Gulbis or Cuckoo for Kiffin, go here and vote. Let your voice be heard. Personally, I’m pulling for Kiffin, simply because I assume he will somehow manage to parlay this into some sort of NCAA violation.
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VOTE LANE KIFFIN FOR SEXIEST WOMAN ALIVE [EDSBS]
Sexiest Woman Alive: (1) Natalie Gulbis vs. (16) Lane Kiffin [Esquire]
