Let the TWW poll skewing begin:

http://www.rudyawards.com/cfra-ballot.htm

12/8/2010 3:41:32 PM

1% and counting!

12/8/2010 3:51:10 PM

voted last week and we had like 50% of the votes

12/8/2010 3:55:47 PM

12/8/2010 5:29:18 PM

[Edited on December 8, 2010 at 6:53 PM. Reason : voted, still @ 1%]

12/8/2010 6:51:50 PM

i would vote for daniel imhoff.

12/8/2010 9:16:55 PM

How much does the fan vote count?

Nevermind.

Quote :

"Online fan voting is limited to one vote per day. Fan voting carries the weight of one Selection Committee member. Individual votes totaling less than 1% display as 0%. Results will be posted on December 14, 2010."

There are 13 selection committee members, so the fan would count for 1/14. Here are the selection committee members.

Peter Murphy - Chairman
Barry Alvarez - Former Wisconsin head coach and current AD
David Bailiff - Rice head coach
Gary Barnett - Former Colorado and Northwestern head coach
Fisher DeBerry - Former Air Force coach
Dennis Franchione - Former Texas A&M, Alabama, TCU, and New Mexico head coach
June Jones - SMU head coach and former Hawaii head coach
Chuck Knox - Former LA Rams, Seattle Seahawks, and Buffalo Bills head coach
Gary Patterson - TCU head coach
Buddy Pough - South Carolina State head coach
Jackie Sherrill - Former Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, and Washington State head coach
Dick Tomey - Former San Jose State, Arizona, and Hawaii head coach
Doug Williams - Former Grambling head coach and Super Bowl XXII MVP

[Edited on December 8, 2010 at 9:47 PM. Reason : ]

12/8/2010 9:24:10 PM

jesuschrist. There are like 50 names on that list

12/8/2010 9:26:34 PM

Here's the 2007 winner UK's Terry Clayton with the award. I wonder if the school also gets a copy to display like the way a copy of the Heisman is given to both the player and the school.

12/8/2010 9:51:53 PM

Finalists:

1. Alex Henery - Nebraska Kicker
2. Mark Herzlich - BC
3. Michael Lemon - NCSU

http://www.rudyawards.com/press/cfra-press-finalists2010.htm

12/14/2010 3:47:02 PM

According to http://www.rudyawards.com/cfra-ballot.htm , the Nebraska and Alabama has 330k and 220k votes, respectively. Other players had around 1k-10k votes.

Yep, that's completely legit.

[Edited on December 14, 2010 at 4:00 PM. Reason : lkj]

12/14/2010 4:00:17 PM

it's not solely based on fan voting....

12/14/2010 4:02:40 PM

as explained a few posts up.

12/14/2010 4:04:34 PM

Yeah I know the 1/14 thing, it just looks skewed to me. And obviously it didn't matter because the Alabama player didn't get jack shit and Mark Herzlich (who really deserved this) was a winner with 345 votes.

So that's it, there are three winners for the Rudy Award and Lemon is one of them?

[Edited on December 14, 2010 at 4:05 PM. Reason : lkj]

Quote :

"The three finalists will be honored and the overall winner announced, during the Priority Payment Systems Awards Ceremony, to be held in conjunction with the American Football Coaches Association Convention on January 11, 2011, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, in Dallas, TX. "

[Edited on December 14, 2010 at 4:06 PM. Reason : fail ]

12/14/2010 4:04:52 PM

do you read anything?

evidently yes

[Edited on December 14, 2010 at 4:06 PM. Reason : ...]

12/14/2010 4:06:32 PM

From the webpage above:

Quote :

"Rudy Ruettiger will personally present each individual with a classic finalist award and an academic scholarship will be made in his name to the general scholarship fund of his college or university. The overall winner will be presented with the bronze RUDY AWARD trophy and top scholarship. For more information, visit http://www.CollegeRudyAwards.com"

12/14/2010 4:06:33 PM

I did I swear I glazed around looking for a place to vote

12/14/2010 4:07:22 PM