mlt@mb2c.UUCP (Mark L. Tompkins) (11/13/85)
Well, fans, since I haven't received any more responses for a few days, I hereby declare that the voting for "THE GAME" has ended. Many thanks to all that cast their ballot(s). No less than 33 different collegiate clashes received at least one vote. Now, without any further ado ( read: hype ), here is the final tally in the voting for college football's greatest rivalry. The voting was very close, to say the least. In fact, it wasn't decided until I received the final responses. Disclaimer: This is, by the very nature of USENET, an unscientific poll. This poll only attempts to measure the opinions of those who are fortunate enough to have access to a USENET site. Any resemblance to a scientific poll, living or dead ( eg. Mssrs. Gallup and Nielsen :-) ), is purely coincidental. T H E G A M E Final Voting Results RANK CONTEST VOTES RECEIVED ------ --------------------- ---------------- 1 MICHIGAN - OHIO STATE 10 2 OKLAHOMA - NEBRASKA 9 3 OKLAHOMA - TEXAS 7 4 ARMY - NAVY 6 4 U.S.C. - U.C.L.A. 6 6 HARVARD - YALE 5 7 CALIFORNIA - STANFORD 4 8 NOTRE DAME - U.S.C. 3 8 TEXAS - ARKANSAS 3 10 ALABAMA - AUBURN 2 10 B.Y.U. - AIR FORCE 2 10 CLEMSON - SOUTH CAROLINA 2 10 FLORIDA - GEORGIA 2 10 GEORGIA - GEORGIA TECH 2 10 PENN STATE - PITTSBURGH 2 10 TEXAS - TEXAS A & M 2 17 COLORADO - NEBRASKA 1 17 DEPAUW - WABASH 1 17 DUKE - GEORGIA TECH 1 17 FLORIDA - FLORIDA STATE 1 17 FLORIDA - MIAMI(FL.) 1 17 FURMAN - CITADEL 1 17 INDIANA - PURDUE 1 17 LAFAYETTE - LEHIGH 1 17 MICHIGAN - ILLINOIS 1 17 MICHIGAN - MICHIGAN STATE 1 17 MICHIGAN - NOTRE DAME 1 17 NEBRASKA - PENN STATE 1 17 OKLAHOMA - OKLAHOMA STATE 1 17 TENNESSEE - ALABAMA 1 17 TENNESSEE - KENTUCKY 1 17 TENNESSEE - VANDERBILT 1 17 WYOMING - HAWAII 1 I received some very interesting and entertaining reasons why certain games should be considered, especially regarding the Texas - Oklahoma and Texas - Arkansas clashes. All in all, a very wide variety of contests were represented in the voting. Once again, thanks to all who voted. Mark Tompkins MBT Co. epsilon!mb2c!mlt