Any poll that doesn't have NFL Hall of Famer Otto Graham as the winner isn't worth the cyberspace it's printed on.
Inside NU Greatest Athlete Poll
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I didn't follow it very closely after a couple of ridiculous early results. I think it is funny that the finalists were a field hockey player and a tennis doubles player. (Disparaging comment alert). To me, field hockey is what you play if you aren't good enough for Lacrosse, and tennis doubles is for people that aren't good enough to play singles.
I did appreciate the attention to Lisa Ishikawa, who was lights out, but I think she beat somebody like Fitz or Otto, and I said, nah, I'm done. Clearly an agenda - no OWG's need apply
Reminds me of the time during The Streak when NU fans stuffed the ballot box in either Trib/SunTimes fans poll, but the paper rejected them. I was like "hey! this is Chicago! vote early and often!"
I did appreciate the attention to Lisa Ishikawa, who was lights out, but I think she beat somebody like Fitz or Otto, and I said, nah, I'm done. Clearly an agenda - no OWG's need apply
Reminds me of the time during The Streak when NU fans stuffed the ballot box in either Trib/SunTimes fans poll, but the paper rejected them. I was like "hey! this is Chicago! vote early and often!"
don’t think it was an agenda just some fans and readers Rallying for underdogs or their friends etc... all in fun most likely, nobody is getting a prize for this poll
Damn, can we keep these crap on the rant board! Seems like there are good battles going on there. Don’t need to pollute this board.
My bad. i guess you got me there, @willycat .
By the way, this headline from InsideNU says it all about their poll:
Gretchen Scheuermann voted Northwestern’s greatest athlete of all time
I like how the final showdown got 80K votes. This for a website whose chat board has about 50 comments in the last 12 months lol.
That's impressive. I guess it goes to show that Gretchen must've been the greatest athlete at NU, given that kind of support.
I was under the impression that someone would revise Otto's headstone to include the award, had he won
Does that mean you are 99 years old or does it mean that, no matter when you are a member of the same fraternity, you are still brothers?