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-T...
Sorry for posting two topics in a row. It's finals week, so I clearly have nothing better to do than be on mgoblog.
I don't think Mich fans are
Yes. Dr. Saturday, I'm sorry
that the Michigan fan-base is the largest and most organized college football fan-base on the planet.
Hide ya kids, hide ya wife.
Now,
make that 49%
I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge
Make it 50%.
Make it 50%.
Woo 53%
Woo! 53%
+1
=54%. I love it!
Keep it going...
55% now...let's really piss him off by getting it to 60%.
It dropped
It dropped back to 59%...we must rectify this. That isn't even a filibuster-proof majority.
whats with a little support
whats wrong a little support for our team? i think it shows just how passionate of a fanbase we are
“The blue in our ribbons may fade, our trophies may become tarnished, the gleam of our medals lose luster, but the emotional experiences of joy and elation will never be forgotten.”
it's Jake Long
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.
If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone
Troof
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).
Missing Ann Arbor
Joe Thomas and Robert Gallery were no scrubs as I recall in
college. Granted I'm not really sure what they've done in the pros though.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
i'm not sure...
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.
Joe Thomas
All-Pro as a rookie.
Pros
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.
All-City '66, scored 4 TDs in one game!
I know if I were in the Doc's
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.
"Well, I think I made my position clear there."
- L.C.
So let me get this straight,
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.
Hey DocSat...
...don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
Posts like these
make me wish I could +100. Excellent Simpsons reference.
Just voted...
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.
Missing Ann Arbor
Meh
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.
I said - not good enough.
He's "Impatient?" We should
He's "Impatient?" We should vote faster?
I feel like we should pick
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.
I agree...
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.
Maybe the WVU choice? or a
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...
Supermajority
A majority equal to 60 in the US Senate.*
*This definition shall be null and void if Joe Lieberman is included in said majority.
I don't understand why he's
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.
MGoGTI
Not your personal army.
Not your personal army.
all the dude wanted was his rug back...
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Wow, Dominic Raiola's on
Wow, Dominic Raiola's on there. Bum. Pity he was such a draft bust - the Lions just never noticed.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
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Actually he has been pretty good on
an o-line that has been consistently terrible.
http://twitter.com/#!/JHScramble
Up to 57 percent...
...and I agree with SFBlue: being the number one pick counts for something. It definitely means Miami's GM would vote for him.
This actually should be here
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."
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
i guess i understand it
for voting braylon and lamarr as the best of their respective positions this decade but jake long deserves his huge lead
59%
Keep them coming.
"The world is an imperfect place, screws fall out all the time".
Come on 60%
Can we do it?
Yes we can!
Go Baby Go
60%! I can consider today a
60%! I can consider today a success.
The Human Torch was denied a bank loan.
I voted for Lamarr Woodley,
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?
Poor DocSat! How does it's M
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.
2010 = Year of Justification and Redemption!
Maybe he's peeved that he has
Vote early
and vote often!
It is kind of silly to do a
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.
"spamming" the vote as he says. We just come out and vote in droves for our boys.
http://twitter.com/#!/JHScramble