DocSat complaining about M fans
Dr. Saturday says via the twitters that he is unhappy that we are stuffing the ballot box for Michigan players in his poll of the all-decade team. So keep it going! Jake Long is currently leading with 47% of the vote; the next closest has 9%.
Link, if you didn't see it in the mgolicious sidebar: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/All-Decade-…
Sorry for posting two topics in a row. It's finals week, so I clearly have nothing better to do than be on mgoblog.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:39 PM ^
"spamming" the vote as he says. We just come out and vote in droves for our boys.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:21 AM ^
that the Michigan fan-base is the largest and most organized college football fan-base on the planet.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:44 PM ^
make that 49%
December 16th, 2009 at 11:55 PM ^
Make it 50%.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:05 AM ^
Woo! 53%
December 17th, 2009 at 1:55 AM ^
=54%. I love it!
December 17th, 2009 at 2:06 AM ^
55% now...let's really piss him off by getting it to 60%.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:47 AM ^
60% now. Andre Smith is a distant 2nd at 7%.
December 17th, 2009 at 6:29 PM ^
It dropped back to 59%...we must rectify this. That isn't even a filibuster-proof majority.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:52 PM ^
whats wrong a little support for our team? i think it shows just how passionate of a fanbase we are
December 16th, 2009 at 11:59 PM ^
I'm surprised it's not greater than 50 percent...his lead seems a bit tighter than it should be given his dominance. Saturday should know this.
December 17th, 2009 at 2:01 AM ^
D'Brickshaw Ferguson is the only remotely respectable alternative, and he trails a couple of other mopes. The only thing he has over Long is a better first name (seriously, D'Brickshaw, that's effing badass).
December 17th, 2009 at 9:01 AM ^
college. Granted I'm not really sure what they've done in the pros though.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:41 AM ^
on thomas, but i know that robert gallery was moved to guard because he was so bad at tackle in the NFL. since being moved he has played much better.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:52 AM ^
All-Pro as a rookie.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:52 AM ^
IIRC, J.Thomas made the probowl his rookie year. On the other hand, Gallery has been pretty much a bust especially considering his draft position. Playing in Oakland can't help his development either.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:00 AM ^
I know if I were in the Doc's shoes that I'd probably be a little peeved that Michigan fans were actually reading my blog and responding to my surveys and all. If Matt is tipped off to this thread at some point I just want to say that I read his blog daily and love his insight. Keep up the good work!
Vote for Jake Long or die.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:05 AM ^
So let me get this straight, he posted an online poll and is now upset that certain message boards have flooded the voting? I'm sure nothing like this has ever happened in the history of online polls, prior to these dastardly Michigan fans every one had votes ranging from a truly representative sample.
At least he didn't make "Colbert" one of the choices.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:10 AM ^
...don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
December 17th, 2009 at 6:38 AM ^
make me wish I could +100. Excellent Simpsons reference.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:55 AM ^
Up to 54%. But look, no other offensive lineman was a number one overall pick, and Long is dominating in the professional ranks. It is hardly surprising that he owns this.
December 17th, 2009 at 2:02 AM ^
Matt and Brian are pretty tight in blog-o terms. Matt always gives Michigan plenty of face time on his blog and we always check out Brian's links. He shoulda saw it coming.
December 17th, 2009 at 2:39 AM ^
He's "Impatient?" We should vote faster?
December 17th, 2009 at 2:53 AM ^
I feel like we should pick one of the running backs to favor, despite no UM picks, just to show Doc Sat the mighty power of the blahg.
December 17th, 2009 at 3:04 AM ^
Except there isn't really anyone that is a natural fit for Michigan fans to rally around IMO. I voted for A.D. though. So that would be my pick for who we rally around.
December 17th, 2009 at 3:06 AM ^
Maybe the WVU choice? or a B10 choice?
I think picking someone who wasn't an obvious front runner to show our supermajority would be ideal. On that note, I'm surprised supermajority doesn't show up in spellcheck after the '08 elections...
December 17th, 2009 at 3:17 AM ^
A majority equal to 60 in the US Senate.*
*This definition shall be null and void if Joe Lieberman is included in said majority.
December 17th, 2009 at 3:46 AM ^
I don't understand why he's complaining.
The top 4 OL's are the only big names that have gone high in the draft, and I don't even remember McKinnie. I mean sure, the percentage is skewed to Jake, but who cares? His biggest following is M fans that know how well him and Brian get along.
Braylon truly was one of the greatest receivers of the decade, and he's neck and neck with the competition on the poll. All good there.
Lamarr... I'm not so sure about his placement on the list, since it's up in the air as to whether he was even Michigan's greatest D Lineman of the decade.
Caveat: If he gets to QB, and Henne is in the top 3, there is definite skew. At this point, there isn't really any that is affecting what the result would actually be.
December 17th, 2009 at 6:05 AM ^
Not your personal army.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:13 AM ^
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wait, what
December 17th, 2009 at 4:56 PM ^
Why comes your triforce is upside down?
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December 17th, 2009 at 7:16 AM ^
Wow, Dominic Raiola's on there. Bum. Pity he was such a draft bust - the Lions just never noticed.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:13 AM ^
an o-line that has been consistently terrible.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:00 AM ^
...and I agree with SFBlue: being the number one pick counts for something. It definitely means Miami's GM would vote for him.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:40 AM ^
I also love how the MGoLicious link comments have changed
RE: Doc Sats polls: We went from "Vote for Woodley or die"
to "# All-Decade Team: Vote for the best offensive lineman
Vote for Jake Long if you sincerely believe he deserves it."
December 17th, 2009 at 10:18 AM ^
for voting braylon and lamarr as the best of their respective positions this decade but jake long deserves his huge lead
December 17th, 2009 at 10:31 AM ^
Keep them coming.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:17 AM ^
Can we do it?
Yes we can!
December 17th, 2009 at 11:30 AM ^
60%! I can consider today a success.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:37 AM ^
I voted for Lamarr Woodley, Braylon Edwards, and Jake Long each once, and, as a CFB fan, have no moral or ethical issue doing so. Is he trying to argue that those three don't deserve the high number of votes?
December 17th, 2009 at 11:49 AM ^
Poor DocSat! How does it's M fans voting early & often tho? Maybe his readers just know college football and recognize the O-line dominance that was personified in Long. Being as objective as possible, I thinks his stats were most impressive.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:12 PM ^
Maybe he's peeved that he has such a large group of readers that are M fans. Ha!
December 17th, 2009 at 12:45 PM ^
and vote often!
December 17th, 2009 at 4:06 PM ^
It is kind of silly to do a poll like this and expect great results.
On the one hand, it's done on the internet. I have a hard time believing that any internet poll could be expected to be accurate.
On the other hand, Michigan fans (and other teams' fans, I'm sure) have a tendency to be giant homers. When people tell us to go vote for Jordan Kovacs for the Rudy Award or vote on an All-Decade team or something like that, we just do because they played for Michigan.
If there was a poll saying "Who should have won the Heisman this year?" and it had David Molk on it, droves of Michigan fans would have voted for Molk rather than Gerhart, Spiller, McCoy, etc.
The whole idea is just kind of dumb, and having droves of Michigan fans vote for Michigan players just distorts the results. That's why I don't typically vote for things like this, because the results are useless.