Is there a reason why Halliburton isnt on the list this year, even after observing many requests for its inclusion?

That Wal-mart - Sears battle in the 2nd round looks like a fantastic match-up.

You left of Delta Air Lines who fires its employees on Thanksgiving and X-mas.

Is there a reason why Halliburton isnt on the list this year, even after many comments requesting its inclusion?

Prediction: it's going to come down to Best Buy vs. Comcast.

@rdldr1: There weren't so many requests once you discount all of the double-comments. ;)

@rdldr1: No, and asking again won't change that. :P

I can't fucking wait.

ebay/paypal is the obvious cinderella with their seeding.

Why isn't the incumbant running for a second term? Has the RIAA really improved that dramatically?

i think this bracket thing has to do with basketball, no? im not familiar with that system - but if it's comcast v. menu foods tomorrow then i'm guessing it means the two companies at each of the outer boxes will battle to see who eventually makes it into the box? ugh. can someone please explain? i'm just really concerned that Exxon is going to beat out my top choice: Crocs.

Final 4:

Comcast vs AT&T

CitiBank vs Countywide

'Winner' Comcast

@RAREBREED It's not physically possible for it to come down to Comcast vs. Best Buy, they are in the same division? conference? how are we classifying?

that wouldn't be a good contest, nobody would be voting for either of them, they both suck@RAREBREED:

It's all about the final 4, baby: BestBuy v Comcast, CountryWide v HomeDepot. Winner: Countrywide over BB.

The toughest call is HallMark v Countrywide to get into the sweet 16. That's a true evil matchup.

watch out for those 5 vs. 12 seeds - upset special!

Diamonds versus flowers! It's a Valentine's Day smackdown!

March keeps getting better and better.

Does the winner have a basket of fruit delivered to it's corporate offices, Letterman-style?

@BloggyMcBlogBlog: The Wal*Mart v. Charter Cable in the third looks way more interesting!

Someone get a fantasy team going.

Gus Johnson is EXCITED! "THE BEST BUY CSR FOR THREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! OAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!!"

Menu Foods will definitely get my vote. Those fuckers killed my cat.

I'm rooting for Best Buy. There's like always a Best Buy / Geek Squad story of the week.

The tournament WOULD have been broadcast in HD but Comcast messed up the installation order.

My money is on Comcast.

I can already see some bitter fights in the second round:

Comcast -vs- Facebook
BestBuy -vs- CompUSA
AT&T -vs- CapitalOne
Wal-Mart -vs- Sears
Bank of America -vs- Monster Cable

This is gonna be more fun than the Presidential primaries :)

Radio Shack vs TimeWarner. No brainer for those that have tangled with the shak like I have, from the inside and out. Plus the infamous 400 electronic pink slip debacle.

Hey, is there also a "Best Company in America" contest? Perhaps it wouldn't be as much fun on the schadenfreude front, but it would be a nice recap of who it pays to do business with, and a reward to companies that actually value customer service.

Comcast sucks, but what menu foods did was beyond terrible.

They could go all the way, but they don't have the name recognition of a comcast or a subprime mess company.

@RandoX: Bush and Cheny made you say that.

Why is everyone putting money on Comcast? Out of the entire bracket, only one company has it's fingers in destroying the nation's economy, and that's countrywide.

@stpauliegirl: Thanks for the reminder about what Menu Foods had done. Screwing up your cable installation is one thing, but killing your cat is an entirely different plane of evil.

@rdldr1, @vladthepaler: Please see the post calling for nominees for the new rules this year regarding eligibility.

[consumerist.com]

New rule this year: we will only accept nominations for companies that makes or sells products or services that consumers actually buy.

They are not eligible.

Man, some of these are going to be blood baths: MTV vs TransUnion? BCBS vs CNN? The TV channels don't stand a chance.

For a moment, I was really excited that there is a company that packs meat and sells greeting cards.

What about Blackwater?

@BuddyGuyMontag: Not to mention they're up against puppy killers right off the bat.

They might win but it's hardly a lock. There are a few companies whose actions or lack of action led to illness or death and then there are companies, like Countrywide, whose actions affected everybody not just their customers.

@BuddyGuyMontag: Sallie Mae from the Best Buy bracket?

@stpauliegirl: @Corydon: Yes, thank you, I had forgotten who Menu Foods was. Changed my vote! Kind of similar to the AT&T/Mattel bout coming later.

I'm most interested in these two match-ups above, and especially Chase v United Health Care. That one is sure to be gruesome.

The whole upper right bracket is tough! Who ever makes the final 4 from that one is truly the great Satan.

WTF is this BS? Fox News was 8% or so and you put up some companies that had 1%

The voting didn't even matter did it?!

Um, where is Sprint? Or Verizon? I don't see it.....am I just not looking hard enough?

@Corydon: Agreed. Many pets died because Menu Foods wanted to save a few bucks importing from China.

@Scalvo2:

WTF is this BS? Fox News was 8% or so and you put up some companies that had 1%

The voting didn't even matter did it?!

@Scalvo2: They probably just let the nomination for NewsCorp absorb Fox News since it owns Fox News. There was a lot of complaining in the thread about that.

@ConsumerAdvocacy1010: Yes. Verizon v Allstate, upper left bracket (2 v 15 slot). HP v Sprint, lower right (4 v 13 slot).

You should change your name to "Walleye" :)

@BuddyGuyMontag: I have to agree with you about Countrywide. Everyone shouldn't forget the stories of having consumers thinking they're signing for a fixed rate loan only to give them an ARM because agents put additional loan papers underneath and shredded the top set.

I think that the Face Book American Arbitration Assoc. smackdown looks interesting. As well as Video Professor vs. Capitol One.

@Corydon: Listen, Little Mary Sunshine, this isn't Disney*--quit yapping and fill out your brackets.

I was rooting for American Airlines, but killing America's pets? More evil.

*Why no Disney??

@ConsumerAdvocacy1010: I don't see it either. It got more of the vote than MTV though so I'm also confused about that one.

You are not looking hard enough. But why in the world is Google there?