ESPN College Football Tradition Contest
Well, we beat Clemson pretty decisively. Now on to Nebraska. The new poll is up, so be sure to go to ESPN.com and vote !
All they do is touch a horseshoe as they walk out, so they should be beatable. Beats being in the other bracket, where ND's "Play like a champion" is going up against FSU's Chief Osceola and Renegade . . .
As they say in Chicago, vote early and vote often!
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/6711772/11-michigan-vs-15-neb…
Links, yo. Why start this thread (other than wanting attention) if you're not going to provide a link?
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/6711772/11-michigan-vs-15-neb…
Chill out, maybe he forgot.
very funny final score
link?
edit: beaten to the bunch but here's the link:
Picture. So. Large.
OT - But your avatar picture, goes so amazingly well with the post and the picture above it.
and properly sized
Your wife likes the other one better!
Where is the demo?
I don't think people impartially looking at each tradition and saying to themselves, "all they are doing is touching a horseshoe." People are voting because they like the school.
In our case and in that of Nebraska, maybe so. Some people are unduly impressed by the Play Like a Champion sign, and I have to admit I am pretty darn impressed by Chief Osceola and Renegade. The burning spear is just icing. I'm pulling for ND, because FSU is going to be a tough out. We do have some good alumni numbers though, so let's just wait and see. Anyway, first things first - gotta take out Nebraska . . .
as touching the shoe is a very small part of "The Tunnel Walk".
Here's the real thing from our 2009 game against Oklahoma if your interested in seeing the actual tradition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX1PafJoOk8
I usually think ESPNs polls are stupid, but I like this one since you get a chance to familiarize yourself with what make other schools unique. To me, this sort of thing is what separates collge from pro football.
I just saw a prayer. and season highlights. Doesnt seem like 'The Tunnel Walk' to me.
El tunnel walk? It's a cool hype video. I just didn't see the tunnel walk in there anywhere.
hackers are voting for Nebraska. FIrst round they got 10 times as many international votes as they did state of Nebraska votes, double what they received from the continental US, and against Oklahoma it was close, so one night 20,000 votes came in in under an hour. We need to vote like crazy of we're going to beat a cheater.
...we're falling behind!
Only temporarily. Wait till the MGoCommunity gets rolling!
nebraska's online community seems to be equally impressive. i'm developing a lot of respect for their fanbase already.
that being said, let us crush them.
as we're a pretty dedicated bunch. Good indicator of why the B1G invited us in despite our small population base. Beware of the Corn!
On the other hand, there's lots of Maize to be reckoned with.
Corn = Maize = Funny
...we're all the same. Scary.
"just touch a horseshoe". To be the devil's advocate, we only touch a banner. It's not so much as what they're doing as how it's a storied tradition
Ummm, UM players have to jump to touch that banner...
Our last opponent "just touched a rock". Most of these traditions either involve touching something, or having an animal on the sideline. And we are in that group, but it still won't stop me from demeaning their horseshoe during the contest, all in the name of fun. And I won't be too traumatized when they point out that all we do is "touch a banner". It's all a matter of which side you are on . . .
As far as the storied tradition part, do you know the tradition behind the horseshoe? I don't, actually. For all I know, it might be some amazing story. I'm sure we'll hear plenty about it, now that they are in the Big Ten.
And while you're there, vote against Notre Dame.
#1 seed, my ass.
FSU's tradition is actually pretty cool. I'd love to see it in person some day.
Anyone else surprised Miami's running through the smoke wasn't in this competition? I think that's pretty cool too.
they were at Michigan Stadium in 1990 i think. i can't remember if the chief and horse were there, but i do remember that terrell buckley jumped desmond's slant route on the first play of the game and never looked back. FSU was so far ahead of michigan speed and talent wise, it was kind of sad.
Please don't remind me of that game. St. Bobby Bowden pulled out every trick in the book in that game and they all worked to perfection. The speed issue was a problem but so was being badly outcoached. And those FSU fans taking chunks of the Big House turf home with them. I've despised them ever since. The only time I ever rooted for them was when they were playing Notre Dame. I did get some joy out of watching them destroy the Bucks in the 98 Sugar Bowl as well.
What i remember about that game is falling WAY behind early....storming back to make it 25-23 right before half and then letting them score late to got up 31-23. Then we returned the halftime kickoff to about their 15 yard line and somehow didn't score and that was that.
I think the game was a foreshadowing of what life would be like under Gerg......
I was at that game too. I think I am still traumatized to this day. The fun part was that every time the Noles played the War Chant, the M fans chanted right along with them, "f--k the Seminoles" . . .
It went with the music remarkably well! :-)
That, and doing the tomahawk chop with the middle finger . . .
Ha, I was the 4th voter, and we were up 100% - 0%. I'm guessing that's gonna change..
Same thing happened for me...
I just voted and it said there were 4 total votes and Michigan had all four...I don't understand how ESPN tracks that and why they're so bad at doing it
I voted a while before you did and we were down 13 to 8. I don't think this system is that accurate...
To be fair, there aren't a lot of Hills in Nebraska. I think "Cornbillies" or "Great Plains Americans" are the preferred, politically correct nomenclatures.
what country is the panama canal in? hurrrrr
Hahahaha this is great. I love that he doesn't tell them when they got it wrong so they celebrate.
UM is getting smoked right now. 41%-59%. Vote people.
Their round was closest in the totla number of votes to ours and the accusations of them cheating with thousands of votes being submitted over night.
come guys we are down, we need to vote a few times a day.
Using Chrome i re opened the window with incognito windows and voted three more times. Each time it had a lower total number of votes than it previously had...
What I did before was to disallow cookies in my browser. Then, after voting I would hit refresh. That seemed to work. Does anyone have a better way to do this?
The down side to the way I did it was that I lost all those places that I was signed in, and had to try to remember all my passwords. I do not have the brain cells left for that . . .
I just copied and pasted the link about 40 time into new tabs, then started voting. You still have to disable cookies, though.
In firefox if you re-enable your cookies all your passwords come back.
I went in to internet explorer options and made it delete all files when i close browser and just open a new one then paste the link vote. I get about 1 vote every 10 seconds.
I don't know if ESPN's tracking works but there are currently 355 votes on our side of the bracket and only 8 on the ND side! Keep voting.
Edit: How do you force the site to let you vote again? It just keeps coming up with the current results.
just use incognito/inprivate windows. espn isnt displaying realtime results, but your vote IS being recorded. so just do it.
I'll vote over and over as long as they count but it didn't appear they were?
yes, it works. you can take my word for it, or you can read my explanation below.
**CS NERD ALERT**
the espn site is using cookies to monitor your session state to determine whether people have voted or not. when you vote, espn dumps the info into a cookie, and thats why when you go back to the site, you no longer see options, but results.
when you use inprivate mode, espn is no longer allowed to store cookies on your machine post browser close. so if you close the inprivate browser, the cookie is killed, and the session is returned to a virgin state, thus allowing you to reopen a new inprivate browser and vote again. this doesnt work for normal browsing because the cookie is maintained across browsing sessions.
now with regards to not seeing instant results from espn, realtime reporting of polls like this is expensive from a resources standpoint. its easier for them to bin results in 5/10/15 minute chunks and report on those frequencies. that is why you dont see your votes being immediately reflected - i.e. because espn is kinda lazy.