We did it! Five years in a row...

Once again, we correctly projected the winner of the Trophy, the correct order of finish for the finalists, and pretty much nailed it on the total points.

We projected 2603 points for Troy Smith, and he picked up 2540. We projected that he would get 94.0% of the 2772 possible, and he got 91.6%.

We projected 789 points for Darren McFadden, and he had 878. We projected he would get 28.5%, and he got 31.7%

We projected 661 points for Brady Quinn, and he had 782. We projected he would get 23.8%, and he got 28.2%.

In short, we slightly overestimated Troy Smith's vote total and slightly underestimated McFadden's and Quinn's. This would be expected, given the widely-held view that Troy Smith was a landslide winner -- those supporting other candidates kept quiet.

We're still waiting for the Trophy Trust folks to release their usual press release with the top 10 rankings, with regional breakdowns. (At the moment, the link to the release is broken. Ugh.)

Here's some initial numbers - from the ESPN broadcast:

1st Pts Name
801 2540 Smith
45 878 McFadden
13 782 Quinn
6 214 Slaton
5 210 Hart
6 202 Brennan

Kari Chisholm | December 10, 2006 | Comment on This Post (1 so far)
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Congrats kari. Not much suspense as Smith was the runaway winner. I belive in years past you started up the website with a couple weeks to go. This year you opened it up when the season was about over. Any reason?

Posted by: Dave | Dec 18, 2006 12:20:06 AM


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