Author Topic: Vote For Marquette (Read 10123 times)

TallTitan34 · « **on:** November 17, 2011, 09:33:48 AM »

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/16/baffoe-pick-the-college-basketball-team-i-root-for-this-season/

CBS Chicago Blogger Tim Baffoe has asked readers to pick the college team he roots and hopefully writes for this season. Whoever gets the most votes by noon Friday wins so be sure to write in MARQUETTE!

It would be nice to get a little love in Chicago!

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:35:34 AM »

Also there doesn't appear to be a limit how many times you can vote.

RyanConroy · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:47:53 AM »

Must not be, just voted for MU 20 times.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:53:01 AM »

I've dropped in about 100.

RealChiliWarrior · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:31:28 AM »

Vote often, it is the Chicago way.

mugrad2006 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:50:17 AM »

I got about 30 in there.

If Marquette makes up even a small portion of the 'other' category it's a blowout. I wish I could see the look on Baffoe's face when he looks at the 'other' category.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:54:29 AM »

I put out a tweet asking MU Fans to vote.

Baffoe re-tweeted it.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2011, 10:59:31 AM »

The "other" catergory is stuck at 1,000 but the total votes still goes up when you vote. Keep voting!

Brewtown Andy · « **Reply #8 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:08:19 AM »

Quote from: TallTitan34 on November 17, 2011, 10:59:31 AM

The "other" catergory is stuck at 1,000 but the total votes still goes up when you vote. Keep voting!

No, but the regular poll items don't total up to the total votes over 1000 listed at the bottom, so I'm guessing no one expected the individual lines to get more than 1000 votes, but it is still counting them.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:13:41 AM »

If you keep voting, the other percentage actually goes down as it is stuck at 1000 but total votes keep going up.

Awesome voting guys. We broke the poll!

Keep going!

MU_LOL · « **Reply #10 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:20:00 AM »

This is absolutely hilarious how the rest of the votes are being dominated

RyanConroy · « **Reply #11 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:23:07 AM »

I think these "other" votes are AT LEAST half Marquette, too.

Canadian Dimes · « **Reply #12 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:58:58 AM »

when does the poll end?

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:09:21 PM »

Friday at noon.

chapman · « **Reply #14 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:15:56 PM »

I think we win. So who's sending Tim a t-shirt?

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:20:34 PM »

Don't rule out University of Illinois people voting.

Brewtown Andy · « **Reply #16 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:22:16 PM »

Quote from: TallTitan34 on November 17, 2011, 12:20:34 PM

Don't rule out University of Illinois people voting.

Baffoe says right in the article that he's never liked the Illini, so even if they win, he's just going to ignore that.

Markusquette · « **Reply #17 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:28:12 PM »

lol just voted about 30 times as well

boyonthedock · « **Reply #18 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:30:42 PM »

i had about 1/3 of the votes between 1900 and 2000 total

WellsstreetWanderer · « **Reply #19 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:07:09 PM »

I just was told the entire inhabitants of St. Andrew's Cemetary will be voting soon

reinko · « **Reply #20 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:14:24 PM »

Erp, I just got warned, have been given a "cooling off" period.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:17:03 PM »

Still growing!

muwarrior69 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:17:43 PM »

Does the guy not like Marquette. Not even listed as a choice.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 17, 2011, 01:27:45 PM »

Marquette isn't exactly the first school that comes to mind of most people.

Benny B · « **Reply #24 on:** November 17, 2011, 02:34:34 PM »

I do hope it was someone here that I was racing to the 3,000th vote.

BTW - If that was you, suck it --- I'm Mr. 3,000 now. Nobody can Ctrl-V, Click, Click faster than me.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 17, 2011, 02:39:17 PM »

Damn you!

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 17, 2011, 02:42:40 PM »

I just lost out on 3,100 as well.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 17, 2011, 02:45:01 PM »

I'm blocked now as well. Time to move onto the iPad!

Coleman · « **Reply #28 on:** November 17, 2011, 03:19:04 PM »

Just got us to 3,400

Dawson Rental · « **Reply #29 on:** November 17, 2011, 03:28:06 PM »

Quote from: Victor McCormick on November 17, 2011, 03:19:04 PM

Just got us to 3,400

The percentage of the "other team" is dropping, which makes me concerned that some other schools are pushing their team now.

foreverwarriors · « **Reply #30 on:** November 17, 2011, 03:31:05 PM »

Quote from: LittleMurs on November 17, 2011, 03:28:06 PM

The percentage of the "other team" is dropping, which makes me concerned that some other schools are pushing their team now.

It drops every time anyone votes for an Other team

I got it up to 3480 before I was given a cooling off period...

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #31 on:** November 17, 2011, 03:34:28 PM »

It drops when you vote for other because other's vote doesn't go higher than 1,000. It keeps counting the total votes however.

Therefore the more votes other gets, the lower the percentage because it is stuck at 1,000.

Skatastrophy · « **Reply #32 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:07:54 PM »

Here is his actual poll results instead of the poorly embedded thing on his website. The percentages are right on polldaddy:

http://polldaddy.com/poll/5676923/#

Benny B · « **Reply #33 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:56:46 PM »

Upped it to 4,168 total votes. Cooling off for the second time today.

Coleman · « **Reply #34 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:58:04 PM »

Quote from: Skatastrophy on November 17, 2011, 04:07:54 PM

Here is his actual poll results instead of the poorly embedded thing on his website. The percentages are right on polldaddy:

http://polldaddy.com/poll/5676923/#

I wish it broke down the Others

Skatastrophy · « **Reply #35 on:** November 17, 2011, 05:04:10 PM »

Quote from: Victor McCormick on November 17, 2011, 04:58:04 PM

I wish it broke down the Others

Yeah, I looked around for anything but it looks like it's hidden from everyone but the poll creator.

JustinLewisFanClubPres · « **Reply #36 on:** November 17, 2011, 06:11:43 PM »

Did anyone else actually read the article? This guy sounds like a d-bag. Can't say I want him watching our "inferior" product all season and longing for the good ol' days of the NBA.

Blue Horseshoe · « **Reply #37 on:** November 17, 2011, 06:36:02 PM »

His profile said he attended Iowa, my second least favorite big 10 team behind Madison. Iowa fans are obnoxious and ignorant. I guess that can be said for a lot of biased college sports fans.

Dawson Rental · « **Reply #38 on:** November 17, 2011, 06:57:02 PM »

I figured out why the % of other votes goes down the more that people vote. The vote totals go up, but the program is setup to count no more than 1,000 votes for other when figuring out the percentages.

Steve Buscemi · « **Reply #39 on:** November 17, 2011, 07:30:07 PM »

We are the 99%!

jeffreyweee · « **Reply #40 on:** November 17, 2011, 07:45:58 PM »

Quote from: LittleMurs on November 17, 2011, 06:57:02 PM

I figured out why the % of other votes goes down the more that people vote. The vote totals go up, but the program is setup to count no more than 1,000 votes for other when figuring out the percentages.

Welcome to 10 hours ago.

Litehouse · « **Reply #41 on:** November 17, 2011, 08:04:32 PM »

Quote from: Steve Buscemi on November 17, 2011, 07:30:07 PM

We are the 99%!

Occupy Tim Baffoe!

jsglow · « **Reply #42 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:38:56 PM »

Just pushed the total past 4700. He's going to wish he never asked! Gotta invite him onto Scoop!

Brewtown Andy · « **Reply #43 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:42:39 AM »

For some reason, I keep laughing every time I see that DePaul has the most votes out of all of the listed teams.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #44 on:** November 18, 2011, 09:03:40 AM »

Just added 20 votes for good measure.

Ends at noon.

Benny B · « **Reply #45 on:** November 18, 2011, 09:38:50 AM »

Quote from: MU7703 on November 17, 2011, 06:11:43 PM

Did anyone else actually read the article? This guy sounds like a d-bag. Can't say I want him watching our "inferior" product all season and longing for the good ol' days of the NBA.

Look at it this way, at least he'd be filling a void we've had for a couple months around here.

Lighthouse 84 · « **Reply #46 on:** November 18, 2011, 11:21:39 AM »

With each of us in this thread voting as many times as we have, and I've voted more than I care to mention, can MU lose this vote? Not based on the fact that I've voted for the Warriors more than the total of the other schools listed...

Lighthouse 84 · « **Reply #47 on:** November 18, 2011, 12:35:06 PM »

So did the Warriors win?

mugrad2006 · « **Reply #48 on:** November 18, 2011, 12:39:32 PM »

It's 12:40 and I can still vote. Guessing he's not looking at it too closely.

Benny B · « **Reply #49 on:** November 18, 2011, 12:40:27 PM »

About an hour ago, he re-tweeted Titan's tweet:

@Ten_Foot_Midget Here's are two quick primers for your #mubb fan experience! About MU: tinyurl.com/MUguide1 History: tinyurl.com/MUguide2

LON · « **Reply #50 on:** November 18, 2011, 12:40:55 PM »

Quote from: TallTitan34 on November 18, 2011, 09:03:40 AM

Just added 20 votes for good measure.

Ends at noon.

Apparently not. I just added about 20 more votes.

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #51 on:** November 18, 2011, 12:45:17 PM »

Quote from: Benny B on November 18, 2011, 12:40:27 PM

About an hour ago, he re-tweeted Titan's tweet:

@Ten_Foot_Midget Here's are two quick primers for your #mubb fan experience! About MU: tinyurl.com/MUguide1 History: tinyurl.com/MUguide2

Never tweet from a phone with auto-correct. Should say "here" instead of "here's"

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #52 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:31:02 PM »

He just tweeted:

Quote

well, the people have spoken and the votes have been tallied. I am now a college basketball fan of... OTHER!

T-Bone · « **Reply #53 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:38:33 PM »

Quote from: TallTitan34 on November 18, 2011, 01:31:02 PM

He just tweeted:

Lame. He better get on the mubb bandwagon. The people have spoken.

Canadian Dimes · « **Reply #54 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:45:22 PM »

poll is still open...i just pumped in another 40 or so votes.

i think we should dump in another 1000 or so for MArqueete just for good measure

TallTitan34 · « **Reply #55 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:49:25 PM »

You can tweet him @Ten_Foot_Midget

Lighthouse 84 · « **Reply #56 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:50:26 PM »

Ok, I just pushed the Other total to 5,800.

Lighthouse 84 · « **Reply #57 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:51:11 PM »

Quote from: TallTitan34 on November 18, 2011, 01:49:25 PM

You can tweet him @Ten_Foot_Midget

Ask him if he's going to be writing about the Warriors all season.

turk17 · « **Reply #58 on:** November 20, 2011, 04:11:39 PM »

Looks like we got it.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/20/baffoe-so-im-a-golden-eagle-now/

jtrash37 · « **Reply #59 on:** November 20, 2011, 05:10:51 PM »

Quote from: Litehouse on November 17, 2011, 08:04:32 PM

Occupy Tim Baffoe!

THIS!

jeffreyweee · « **Reply #60 on:** November 20, 2011, 05:39:16 PM »

Good work team, good work.

Dawson Rental · « **Reply #61 on:** November 20, 2011, 07:57:58 PM »

Quote from: turk17 on November 20, 2011, 04:11:39 PM

Looks like we got it.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/20/baffoe-so-im-a-golden-eagle-now/

I think that the most appropriate way to initiate Baffoe to the team would be to let him know that some controversy exists as to whether he has become a Golden Eagle or a Warrior! Who wouldn't rather be a Warrior?

bossmustang · « **Reply #62 on:** November 20, 2011, 08:42:09 PM »

I just tossed in 100 for the Warriors.....took the total vote count from 6000 to 6100...just in case he has ANY second thoughts.

Dawson Rental · « **Reply #63 on:** November 20, 2011, 08:44:25 PM »

Quote from: bossmustang on November 20, 2011, 08:42:09 PM

I just tossed in 100 for the Warriors.....took the total vote count from 6000 t0 6100

Awesome, but...... we have already won.

TomW1365 · « **Reply #64 on:** November 21, 2011, 06:00:20 PM »

It was pretty cool to see that the power of MU Scoop-ers voting early and often can effectively tip the balances in our favor. It's too bad we can't vote in the AP polls! Well, maybe this Baffoe is a voter that will help our ranking this year... not that it matters. But I'm all for creating a big bandwagon this year!

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