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GIF Tournament III: No. 4 ‘Jadeveon Clowney’ vs. No. 13 ‘Ichiro Suzuki’

The first round of GIF TOURNAMENT III is underway. Vote, and help us determine our favorite GIF of the last five months.

GIF TOURNAMENT -- FIRST ROUND
(4) JADEVEON CLOWNEY VS. (13) ICHIRO SUZUKI

Voting will remain open until 11 p.m. Eastern.

Hello, I am JADEVEON CLOWNEY.

Clowney

Special nomination. Has not previously appeared in THIS WEEK IN GIFs.

Our pal Spencer has already said everything there is to say about this wonderful, terrible hit. It looks as though Mr. Clowney was allowed 30 yards to get himself into a full sprint. He only had five or so. Notice also that he palms the ball, one-handed, from the ground.

Many of us at SB Nation have seen lots and lots of football games. This is one of the most stunning hits any of us have ever seen.

Also, the guy who made that hit was born in 1993.

Hello, I am ICHIRO SUZUKI.

Ichirodance_medium_medium

Special nomination. Finished second in Week 21 of THIS WEEK IN GIFs with 152 votes.

Ah, hamburgers. Now I’m just imagining Jadeveon Clowney hitting Ichiro Suzuki. Goodness, I really don’t want that to happen at all.

VOTE!

GIF TOURNAMENT III -- EAST REGION -- FIRST ROUND

(1) ZLATAN IBRAHAMOVIC vs.
(16) PEYTON MANNING
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(8) BARRY ZITO vs.
(9) NAPPIN’ MIKE FRANCESA
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(5) MARK SANCHEZ vs.
(12) REPLACEMENT OFFICIAL
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(4) JADEVEON CLOWNEY vs.
(13) ICHIRO SUZUKI
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(6) PADRES BULLPEN CATCHER vs.
(11) WADE BOGGS
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(3) SCREAMIN’ MARINE vs.
(14) FELIX BAUMGARTNER
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(7) JOEY CRAWFORD vs.
(10) TEXAS FAN/CAMERAMAN
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(2) TIM LINCECUM vs.
(15) MATT ELAM
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