No Need to Wait For Heisman Results

Unsilent Majority — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:04:23 EST

Why slog through the pre-packaged Heisman presentation show at 8 pm when you can just check the exit polls? It's not as if you'll wait for your November 3rd newspaper to find out who won the presidential election, you'd just check the exit polls. Fortunately a website out there in the vast internets called Stiff Arm Trophy has done the legwork of compiling all of the published (or otherwise leaked) selections made by Heisman voters all over the country.

* We count actual votes. We count only the picks from people who claim to be actual voters. (The organization doesn't release a list of voters, so we can't verify.)
* We make two assumptions. 1) That the voter turnout in each region will be equal, and 2) that the undisclosed votes in each region will mirror the publicly disclosed votes,
* Based on those assumptions, we total up the votes in each region and then extrapolate the totals.
* We continually update as more information comes in.

They've nailed the winner all five years of their existence, and they're pretty accurate at projecting the top five. With this information I'm ready to call it for the winner...after the jump (spoiler alert!)

Huzzah!

Check Stiff Arm Trophy for the "full" results.

Original photo via ABC News

It's Been a Busy Day, Let's See What We Missed

Unsilent Majority — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:44:38 EDT

•We Are SC happened upon these lovely Song Girls wading in the refreshing water of Lake Tahoe. The artwork was done by yours truly. (via the photogenic Gridiron Goddess)

• John "Giant" Isner is attempting to prove his theory that Roger Federer "ain't shit!" He's currently down two sets to one and he's on the verge of getting blown out of the match. Well at least that first set was fun, now he needs to hurry up and get to a television before his Georgia Bulldogs take the field. It would have been over by now but Isner has challenged every single point.

• Fulham earned an unbelievably dramatic tie (such a thing does exist) this morning at the expense of the disappointing Spurs. The equalizer came just shy of the stoppage time when a header popped the ball into perfect position for Diomansy Kamara to nail home a seemingly impossible goal. Those are two more points that the Tottenham side has left on the pitch, things aren't going well for Bill Simmons' boys.

• The NFL suspended Cowboys quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson for his role in this federal investigation business. Wilson swears that the banned substance in question was for personal use and that none of it was distributed to his old team, the Chicago Bears. This story has legs.

• Baseball happened.

• Sorry we couldn't get to a fourth Hugh Johnson post today, things got pretty crazy there and time ran short. Thanks to those who took the time to contribute.

That's all for me today, for all of you social networkers consider this your official DUAN post. I'll see you in the morning.

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No Need to Wait For Heisman Results

It's Been a Busy Day, Let's See What We Missed