Things Denver is doing while socially distancing: The bracket
Taxes! Talking to your dog! Brooding!

Things are getting real.
Welcome to our social distancing bracket, because what else are you doing right now!
Maybe a lot of things, like your taxes. But you could also do none of the things, like put googly eyes on something.
Vote on pre-determined match-ups of activities Denver is doing in These Very Strange Times. Winners move to the next round, and so on and so forth, until we’ve determined the best way to isolate.
We’re indoors, and things are getting weird.
Here are the match-ups, in four distinct and important categories:
One amusement to rule them all.
Here’s where you vote. The very serious implications of this competition are up to you!
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Some things are secret.

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āIām more scared of half a million Broncos fans.ā

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