http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/rank?versionId=1&listId=29#topOfList

you know the deal, Carolina and duke at the bottom, State at the top

8/24/2007 11:14:15 PM

paging qntmfred

8/24/2007 11:23:50 PM

Done.

Carolina has about 170 more votes than us for number one.

It appears that you can vote multiple times without clearing your browser as well.

[Edited on August 24, 2007 at 11:27 PM. Reason : gaining ground quickly, come on people]

8/24/2007 11:24:18 PM

i don't think this is very skewable

8/25/2007 12:07:30 AM

So far we are in first place, despite having fewer first place votes. The weighted total right now is 2,778 for State to 2,645 for UNC. State has 85 first place votes while UNC has 158.

8/25/2007 12:09:57 AM

that's it, i'm doing this all night.

8/25/2007 12:22:09 AM

voted several times

8/25/2007 12:33:05 AM

skewed in a few

8/25/2007 12:34:24 AM

put us well in the lead and knocked carolina down to 6

8/25/2007 1:26:15 AM

I don't know if it is Mozilla or what, but after I vote, the shit just will not completely load.

8/25/2007 3:41:25 AM

Quote :

"i don't think this is very skewable"

At the moment, we have a commanding lead for first place (6560 vs 4119 for Duke), and UNC is in 5th with about half the points that we have.

8/25/2007 9:35:11 AM

carolina's in last now

let me know if anybody catches up

8/25/2007 11:14:19 AM

Haha, we've got a weighted total of 13,051, with GT being second with 7,671. We also have the most #1 votes at 824, while the next closest team is UNC with 254 even though they are dead last.

8/25/2007 11:18:12 AM

roffle, very sexy.

8/25/2007 11:30:00 AM

where are you guys seeing the results?

8/25/2007 11:42:55 AM

another poll skew on espn U

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/index

bottom right

Will NC State be the top ACC team.


We're getting beat at every state

8/25/2007 11:44:09 AM

^^ after you vote

^ damn this is getting some exposure.

[Edited on August 25, 2007 at 11:46 AM. Reason : lawl gavin. i'm drinking it though]

8/25/2007 11:44:13 AM

1 N.C. State (860) 13,584
2 Ga. Tech (6) 7,974
3 Maryland (17) 7,830
4 Duke (18) 7,714
5 Clemson (2) 7,522
6 Fla. State (26) 7,365
7 Virginia (4) 6,933
8 Bos. Coll. (2) 6,548
9 Va. Tech (4) 6,011
10 Miami (6) 5,973
11 Wake Forest (2) 5,528
12 N. Carolina (260)

8/25/2007 12:04:55 PM

i didn't think i could get the 2nd one going but maybe so

Will NC State be the top ACC team?
Yes 53%
No 47%
TOTAL VOTES: 2,376


[Edited on August 25, 2007 at 12:33 PM. Reason : flash polls are harder. also, the state-by-state results are wack]

8/25/2007 12:33:04 PM

i wish we didnt have to skew these

cant wait for bball season

8/25/2007 12:44:26 PM

yeah, me too. i'm loving our chances at football and basketball this year though

8/25/2007 12:49:42 PM

i love the second poll...

we lead the international side 93% to 7%...

whose fault is that? fess up...

8/25/2007 12:51:37 PM

haha my top 4 is

1. NC State
2. Clemson
3. Florida State
4. Miami

my bottom 4 is

9. Wake
10. Maryland
11. Duke
12. UNC

8/25/2007 12:53:28 PM

^^ uh...me? 3 posts up from yours

[Edited on August 25, 2007 at 1:00 PM. Reason : i might try to hook into some geographically distributed proxies to "even out" the skewing]

8/25/2007 12:59:22 PM

qntmfred ftw in all these poll skews

8/25/2007 1:02:15 PM

indeed, well done...

of course, right now it just looks like all our fans are overseas...

8/25/2007 1:42:34 PM

well done qntmfred, well done indeed

8/25/2007 2:13:10 PM

thx. espn's flash polls are gonna be a challenge this year. i need to step up my skills a bit. and i'd like to make it appear nationwide rather than just coming from international votes lol

[Edited on August 25, 2007 at 3:04 PM. Reason : we were down to 51 to 49 so i added a few hundred votes]

8/25/2007 3:04:21 PM

THIS WILL MAKE NC STATE THE BEST TEAM IN THE ACC
fucking morons

8/25/2007 3:18:17 PM

qntmfred, that's sooooo fucking money

8/25/2007 3:21:10 PM

I like how out of the entire USA, NC has the most votes coming out of it with 200.... yet international votes total to about 2,000.

8/25/2007 3:54:50 PM

Quote :

"THIS WILL MAKE NC STATE THE BEST TEAM IN THE ACC fucking morons"

we're just having fun, shut the fuck up.

8/25/2007 7:15:06 PM

^^

U.S. Population: 300 Million
World Population: Over 6 Billion

8/25/2007 8:08:41 PM

but how many people internationally care about ACC basketball?

8/25/2007 8:38:15 PM

According to the poll, a lot.

8/25/2007 8:52:50 PM

ESPN poll back to 50 / 50

8/26/2007 10:37:07 AM

At least Utah has our back. Thanks, Mormons.

8/26/2007 4:16:44 PM

lol State has a commanding lead

8/26/2007 4:59:55 PM

We are getting our asses kicked 47% to 53%.

8/26/2007 5:13:17 PM

heh america pretty much hates us - we have 1 state

8/26/2007 5:16:36 PM

(#1 Votes)
1 N.C. State (1,212) 21,734
2 Maryland (34) 13,805
3 Ga. Tech (6) 13,311
4 Duke (56) 13,299
5 Clemson (3) 13,012
6 Virginia (15) 12,317
7 N. Carolina (651) 11,493
8 Bos. Coll. (4) 11,432
9 Fla. State (29) 11,266
10 Va. Tech (6) 9,534
11 Miami (6) 9,034
12 Wake Forest (7) 8,876

8/26/2007 5:41:04 PM

added some

8/26/2007 6:47:50 PM

qntmfred: for the second poll skew, can you get us some votes from somewhere else besides "international?"

8/26/2007 9:13:02 PM

it's on my to-do list. probably won't happen for this poll, but i'll work on it for future polls. more people will be paying attention once the season actually begins anyways

8/26/2007 10:58:20 PM

new hampshire hates us

8/27/2007 10:17:28 AM

we have 3700 first place votes. UNC has 700

8/27/2007 10:20:16 AM

[Edited on August 27, 2007 at 11:59 AM. Reason : delete]

8/27/2007 11:47:24 AM

dude

read

the

thread

Quote :

"another poll skew on espn U http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/index bottom right Will NC State be the top ACC team. We're getting beat at every state"

8/27/2007 11:51:44 AM

Quote :

"Gavin Grant isn't afraid to say NC State will be the top ACC team"

haha that is the caption of a picture on ESPN...i wonder if they think some of gavin's international brethren are voting

8/27/2007 11:52:01 AM

Or all of the past NCSU basketball players playing in Europe

8/27/2007 11:56:01 AM