Uh oh. Did we influence a voter?

Harry King of the Arkansas News Bureau wrote this:

A note from a Portland, Ore., firm that polls Heisman voters was a reminder to go overboard to avoid a "homer" vote for McFadden. Asked about my ballot, I said it was Tebow one day and McFadden the next.

" ... let me know when you've got it figured out," the pollster said. "You sure you want to tell your readers you voted against McFadden?"

Tebow is second on my ballot and Colt Brennan of Hawaii is third.

Of course, I'd like to think that an Arkansas voter would likely have voted for the Arkansas guy no matter what I said.

Kari Chisholm | December 7, 2007 | Comment on This Post (3 so far)
Permalink: Uh oh. Did we influence a voter?

Comments

SPONSORED LINK

Like so many of these sportscasters and writers Harry King is a real joke.
Most have little back bone and even less knowledge.Being objective is almost impossible with these local media guys.
The biggest dimwit of all is Ivan Maisel of ESPN who didn't have Tebow among his first 3 choices!Being a national writer what's this fools excuse?
ESPN should be embarrassed to have him on their payroll.

Posted by: Doug Fennema | Dec 7, 2007 6:09:27 PM

Uh.....I think he was having fun at your expense. I screw with pollsters when they call me. He was going to vote McFadden the whole time. He just was giving you a hard time.

Posted by: Larry Thompson | Dec 8, 2007 9:24:00 AM

Tebow's team now has 4 losses...he had a good season, but his TD #s are inflated by the play-calling in that system. You can argue that he was worthy of the trophy, but it's not crazy to think that he wouldn't have been top 3 in the eyes of a sportswriter who surely knows more about the game than you do.

Posted by: Michael Procton | Jan 1, 2008 7:18:10 PM


The H------ Memorial Trophy is a registered trademark of the H------ Memorial Trophy Trust. This site is not affiliated with the Trust, not even a little. We're not even using the H------ word, since they don't want us to. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Copyright to and responsibility for all posts and comments are owned by their respective authors.

Obviously, the posts and comments here are the views of their authors, and not of anyone else.

While we're strong believers in free speech, we reserve the right to delete comment spam or other offensive material. Our contributors, however, reserve the right to embarass themselves in public.