{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Beer Engine","title":"Bracketmania 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6210,"description":"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… welcome to the most electrifying time of the Beer Engine calendar!\nThe arena lights are on. The taps are flowing. The brackets are printed. And somewhere in the distance you can hear the sound of aluminium cans cracking like folding chairs over a wrestler’s back…\nBRACKETMANIA 2026 IS HERE.\nThis week, Tony and Griff step into the ring to kick off their annual bracket showdown, a tournament of questionable decisions, passionate arguments, and bold predictions that will rumble all the way through to the heat of summer.\nAnd let me tell you brother… this thing gets heated.\nThe lads unveil this year’s 64-entry bracket, packed with matchups so intense they’d make a steel cage blush. There are early favourites, dark horses, and at least one entrant that has absolutely no business being there—but somehow survived Griff’s seeding process.\nWill Tony’s “statistical approach” dominate the field?\nOr will Griff’s patented “gut feeling and two pints deep” strategy once again throw the whole tournament into chaos?\nExpect:• Dramatic bracket reveals• Trash talk worthy of a championship belt• Wild predictions that absolutely will not age well• A few surprise rule changes mid-episode (because of course there are)• And at least one moment where someone demands a bracket rematch\nAs tradition dictates, the bracket will evolve week-by-week throughout the season. Rivalries will form. Alliances will crumble. And by the time summer arrives, only one contender will stand victorious in the centre of the Beer Engine ring.\nSo grab a cold one, pull up a seat ringside, and prepare yourself…\nBecause Bracketmania is running wild in 2026.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xV1DnxrKII7rcnYSXpObR8aaaPrbho8uhe3Sb3pEiEU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMDI3/ZjA1NWRiYzgwM2Y0/M2VjZDk2MTRkYzk0/MWU3Yy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}