As promised, here is the cup tournament for the Divisions game. This is a single-elimination tournament with a couple of other differences with the regular game. First, there is no home-field advantage (all games are on neutral turf) and there are no virtual draws. In the event of an actual draw, I will post the result and the first five tie-breaker votes that come in will be the penalty shootout.

Sixteen teams have byes in the first round (The Stadium Division and top four teams in the Arena Division). The criteria for each round will be different and chosen at random. Coincidentally, the debut of the tournament will feature debut albums. I went with full-length albums. Here are the Round 1 matchups, voting closes at midnight on Thursday.

R.E.M. (Murmur) vs. Kraftwerk (Kraftwerk 1)
Marvin Gaye (The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye) vs. Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull)
Stevie Wonder (The Jazz and Soul of Little Stevie) vs. Blur (Leisure)
Bob Marley (Soul Rebels) vs. Tom Waits (Closing Time)
Elvis Costello (My Aim Is True) vs. Ramones (Ramones)
The Smiths (The Smiths) vs. Sonic Youth (Confusion Is Sex)
Nirvana (Bleach) vs. The Cure (Three Imaginary Boys)
Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) vs. Roxy Music (Roxy Music)
The Doors (The Doors) vs. The White Stripes (The White Stripes)
Public Enemy (Yo! Bum Rush the Show) vs. Otis Redding (Pain in My Heart)
Van Morrison (Blowin’ Your Mind) vs. Pixies (Surfer Rosa)
Talking Heads (Talking Heads 77) vs. Lou Reed (Lou Reed)
Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar) vs. Creedence Clearwater Revival (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Aretha Franklin (Aretha) vs. The Kinks (Kinks)
The Byrds (Mr. Tambourine Man) vs. Beck (Mello Gold)
James Brown (Please Please Please) vs. Michael Jackson (Got to Be There)

Oh boy, it will be interesting to see how many people who take time to dig up these debut albums in order to make votes. These are the match-ups where I have heard both albums, and I don't have time to listen to the others because I'm visiting Nicolas in Paris the coming week.

Tom Waits (Closing Time) - The first Marley album though is "The Wailing Wailers", which I haven't heard.
Elvis Costello (My Aim Is True)
The Cure (Three Imaginary Boys)
Roxy Music (Roxy Music)
The Doors (The Doors)
The Byrds (Mr. Tambourine Man)

My Aim Is True
Roxy Music
The Doors
Mellow Gold

Going with debut albums is interesting, because most of the 60s groups had record company directed singles-and-filler albums before 1965.

I didn't know MJ had a solo album before Off The Wall.

R.E.M. (Murmur)
Tom Waits (Closing Time)
Elvis Costello (My Aim Is True)
The Cure (Three Imaginary Boys)
Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
The Doors (The Doors)
The Byrds (Mr. Tambourine Man)

R.E.M. (Murmur)--- BY a landslide!!!
PASS
Blur (Leisure)
Bob Marley (Soul Rebels)
Elvis Costello (My Aim Is True)
The Smiths (The Smiths)
The Cure (Three Imaginary Boys)
Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
The White Stripes (The White Stripes)
Public Enemy (Yo! Bum Rush the Show)
Pixies (Surfer Rosa)
Talking Heads (Talking Heads 77)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
The Kinks (Kinks)
PASS --- I've really been anti_beck lately...
PASS

R.E.M. (Murmur)
Marvin Gaye (The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye)
Pass
Bob Marley (Soul Rebels)
Ramones (Ramones)
The Smiths (The Smiths)
Nirvana (Bleach)
Roxy Music (Roxy Music)
The Doors (The Doors)
Pass
Pass
Talking Heads (Talking Heads 77)
Pass
Pass
The Byrds (Mr. Tambourine Man)
James Brown (Please Please Please)

I don't think I'llbe able to vote in any other match, but I just had to get one vote in:
The Doors beats the White Stripes
The Doors have what may be the best debut album of all time.

Lots of passes goin' on:

R.E.M. (Murmur)
PASS
PASS
PASS
Ramones (Ramones) (TOUGH matchup, geez...)
The Smiths (The Smiths)
The Cure (Three Imaginary Boys)
Roxy Music (Roxy Music) (another extremely tough match-up)
The White Stripes (The White Stripes)
PASS
Pixies (Surfer Rosa)
PASS
Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar)
PASS
Beck (Mellow Gold)
PASS

Winners below, just using vote counts. There were two draws, see below.

R.E.M. (Murmur) vs. Kraftwerk (Kraftwerk 1) 4-0
Marvin Gaye (The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye) vs. Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull) 1-0
Stevie Wonder (The Jazz and Soul of Little Stevie) vs. Blur (Leisure) 0-1
Bob Marley (Soul Rebels) vs. Tom Waits (Closing Time) 2-2
Elvis Costello (My Aim Is True) vs. Ramones (Ramones) 4-2
The Smiths (The Smiths) vs. Sonic Youth (Confusion Is Sex) 3-0
Nirvana (Bleach) vs. The Cure (Three Imaginary Boys) 1-4
Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) vs. Roxy Music (Roxy Music) 2-4

The Doors (The Doors) vs. The White Stripes (The White Stripes) 5-2
Public Enemy (Yo! Bum Rush the Show) vs. Otis Redding (Pain in My Heart) 1-0
Van Morrison (Blowin’ Your Mind) vs. Pixies (Surfer Rosa) 0-2
Talking Heads (Talking Heads 77) vs. Lou Reed (Lou Reed) 2-0
Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar) vs. Creedence Clearwater Revival (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 1-1
Aretha Franklin (Aretha) vs. The Kinks (Kinks) 0-1
The Byrds (Mr. Tambourine Man) vs. Beck (Mellow Gold) 3-2
James Brown (Please Please Please) vs. Michael Jackson (Got to Be There) 1-0

First album to get three votes, or whichever is ahead after 24 hours wins.

Bob Marley (Soul Rebels) vs. Tom Waits (Closing Time) 2-2

Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar) vs. Creedence Clearwater Revival (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 1-1

Bob Marley

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash