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AggieJohn
07-17-2005, 04:57 PM
1) Most memorable sports moment?

40.5% Houston Rockets win Games 6 and 7 vs. Knicks to win NBA Finals and city's first title in any sport (1994)
13.6% Dallas Cowboys beats Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX, fifth overall and third in four years (1996)
9.7% Nolan Ryan extends own record with seventh no-hitter, at age 44 for the Rangers (1991)
5.3% Houston Astros' Mike Scott throws no-hitter to clinch NL West title (1986)
5.2% Nolan Ryan sets strikeout record, passing Walter Johnson with 3,509 (1983)
5.0% Darrell Royal's Univ. of Texas football wins undisputed college football title, school's last (1969)
3.7% Dallas Stars win Stanley Cup on Brett Hull's goal in third overtime of Game 6 vs. Buffalo (1999)
3.4% Univ. of Houston upset by NC State for NCAA basketball title on Lorenzo Charles' dunk (1983)
3.4% San Antonio Spurs beat Knicks in NBA Finals, earning first title for a former ABA team (1999)
3.2% Dallas Cowboys trade Herschel Walker to Minnesota for picks and players (1992)
2.4% Univ. of Houston upsets UCLA in front of 52,693 fans and first nationally-televised game (1968)
1.8% Rice wins College World Series for school's first title in any sport (2003)
1.2% Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in ''Battle of the Sexes'' at Astrodome (1973)
1.0% Ben Hogan wins 1950 U.S. Open, 18 months after serious car accident (1950)
0.6% Houston Astros lose NLCS to Mets in six games, blowing three-run, ninth-inning lead in Game 6 (1986)

2) Favorite sport?


68.2% Football
17.0% Baseball
10.4% Basketball
1.9% Hockey
1.4% Soccer
0.6% Auto racing
0.3% Golf
0.3% Fishing

3) Favorite pro team?


23.2% Houston Rockets
20.2% Houston Texans
19.6% Dallas Cowboys
19.0% Houston Astros
9.9% San Antonio Spurs
3.2% Dallas Mavericks
2.8% Texas Rangers
2.2% Dallas Stars


4) Favorite college team?


48.2% Univ. of Texas (football)
41.1% Texas A&M (football)
3.2% Texas Tech (football)
2.8% Baylor Univ. (women's basketball)
2.5% Univ. of Texas (basketball)
2.2% Univ. of Texas (baseball)

5) Best rivalry?


52.5% Univ. of Texas vs. Texas A&M (football)
35.7% Univ. of Texas vs. Oklahoma Univ. (football)
7.4% Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins
3.1% Univ. of Texas vs. Oklahoma Univ. (basketball)
1.4% Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs

6) Best homegrown product?


37.3% Nolan Ryan (baseball)
29.5% Lance Armstrong (cycling)
9.5% Roger Clemens (baseball)
5.4% George Foreman (boxing)
3.6% Earl Campbell (football)
3.5% Shaquille O'Neal (basketball)
2.4% Babe Didrikson Zaharias (track, golf)
1.2% A.J. Foyt (auto racing)
1.2% Mia Hamm (soccer)
1.1% Michael Johnson (track and field)
0.8% Doak Walker (football)
0.8% Cat Osterman (softball)
0.7% Ben Hogan (golf)
0.6% Sheryl Swoopes (basketball)
0.4% Eric Dickerson (football)
0.4% Byron Nelson (golf)
0.4% Jack Johnson (boxing)
0.4% Sammy Baugh (football)
0.3% Rogers Hornsby (baseball)
0.3% Ernie Banks (baseball)
0.1% Tris Speaker (baseball)


7) Best in-state pro career?

28.9% Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
16.7% Nolan Ryan, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers
15.0% Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros
12.5% Emmitt Smith, Dallas Cowboys
6.3% Craig Biggio, Houston Astros
6.0% Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
5.6% Troy Aikman, Dallas Cowboys
2.5% Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys
2.0% David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
2.0% Earl Campbell, Houston Oilers
1.0% Mike Modano, Dallas Stars
0.5% Tony Dorsett, Dallas Cowboys
0.5% Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
0.4% Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
0.3% Warren Moon, Houston Oilers

8) Best place to watch an event?


45.9% Kyle Field (Texas A&M football)
21.3% Texas Memorial Stadium (Univ. of Texas football)
7.4% Reliant Stadium (Houston Texans)
5.8% Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros)
4.8% Texas Stadium (Dallas Cowboys)
4.1% Ballpark at Arlington (Texas Rangers)
3.9% Cotton Bowl (college football)
3.3% American Airlines Arena (Dallas Mavericks)
2.1% SBC Center (San Antonio Spurs)
0.8% Texas Motor Speedway
0.6% Rice Stadium (Rice football, Super Bowl VIII)


9) Favorite personality or historical figure?


37.1% George W. Bush (politician)
17.7% Willie Nelson (musician)
12.7% Dwight Eisnehower (general, politician)
11.7% Howard Hughes (entrepeneur)
4.7% Buddy Holly (musician)
3.6% Matthew McConaughey (actor)
3.1% Tommy Lee Jones (actor)
2.3% Janis Joplin (musician)
2.1% Dixie Chicks (musical group)
1.8% Dan Rather (newscaster)
1.5% Lyndon Johnson (politician)
1.1% Ross Perot (politician)
0.6% Sandra Day O'Connor (jurist)
0.1% Joan Crawford (actress)

10) Have you been to Texas?

95.0% Yes
5.0% No


Total Votes: 40,044

Old Tiger
07-17-2005, 05:03 PM
Originally posted by AggieJohn
2) Favorite sport?


68.2% Football
That's what I'm talkin about

AggieJohn
07-17-2005, 05:06 PM
Originally posted by AggieJohn


5) Best rivalry?


52.5% Univ. of Texas vs. Texas A&M (football)
35.7% Univ. of Texas vs. Oklahoma Univ. (football)

that's what i found interesting, there's some 15 and 16 year olds out there that think different

Keith7
07-17-2005, 05:26 PM
i'm guessing this poll was done by people in the houston area??

ILS1
07-17-2005, 05:45 PM
Originally posted by Keith7
i'm guessing this poll was done by people in the houston area??

I was gonna say the exact same thing!!! LOL!! These polls had ALOT of Houston bias in them!! :D :D

HighSchool Fan
07-17-2005, 05:49 PM
i hate to come to AJ's defense here, but these polls came from ESPN

ILS1
07-17-2005, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by HighSchool Fan
i hate to come to AJ's defense here, but these polls came from ESPN


Well,I guess ESPN did this poll in HOUSTON!!! LOL!!!


:D :D :D

bullfrog_alumni_02
07-17-2005, 05:58 PM
Originally posted by HighSchool Fan
i hate to come to AJ's defense here, but these polls came from ESPN but there could still be more people from houston than austin, dfw, or san antonio actually voting in the poll. i think some of the numbers have changed a little since i voted in it.

ILS1
07-17-2005, 06:01 PM
1) Most memorable sports moment?

40.5% Houston Rockets win Games 6 and 7 vs. Knicks to win NBA Finals and city's first title in any sport (1994)
13.6% Dallas Cowboys beats Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX, fifth overall and third in four years (1996)
9.7% Nolan Ryan extends own record with seventh no-hitter, at age 44 for the Rangers (1991)
5.3% Houston Astros' Mike Scott throws no-hitter to clinch NL West title (1986)
5.2% Nolan Ryan sets strikeout record, passing Walter Johnson with 3,509 (1983)
5.0% Darrell Royal's Univ. of Texas football wins undisputed college football title, school's last (1969)
3.7% Dallas Stars win Stanley Cup on Brett Hull's goal in third overtime of Game 6 vs. Buffalo (1999)
3.4% Univ. of Houston upset by NC State for NCAA basketball title on Lorenzo Charles' dunk (1983)
3.4% San Antonio Spurs beat Knicks in NBA Finals, earning first title for a former ABA team (1999)
3.2% Dallas Cowboys trade Herschel Walker to Minnesota for picks and players (1992)
2.4% Univ. of Houston upsets UCLA in front of 52,693 fans and first nationally-televised game (1968)
1.8% Rice wins College World Series for school's first title in any sport (2003)
1.2% Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in ''Battle of the Sexes'' at Astrodome (1973)
1.0% Ben Hogan wins 1950 U.S. Open, 18 months after serious car accident (1950)
0.6% Houston Astros lose NLCS to Mets in six games, blowing three-run, ninth-inning lead in Game 6 (1986)

Case in point!! 9 of these choices has something to do with Houston!!! My choice would've been the Dallas over Pittsburgh for their 3rd NFL title in 4 years!! That was just matched this year by New England.




:) :)

AggieJohn
07-17-2005, 07:17 PM
houston is bigger than dallas

BHBrave08
07-17-2005, 07:19 PM
I think Houston is bigger than the whole metroplex. Right?

AggieJohn
07-17-2005, 07:20 PM
houston is better than dallas any day of the week

BHBrave08
07-17-2005, 07:22 PM
WHOOOOOOOOOOP!!!:D

HighSchool Fan
07-17-2005, 08:06 PM
Originally posted by AggieJohn
houston is better than dallas any day of the week

you wish

lostaussie
07-17-2005, 08:12 PM
maybe a civil war to decide. i think dallas will need fort worth and all of the metroplex to help out. houston, you have a problem!!!!!

Bandera YaYa
07-17-2005, 08:22 PM
Originally posted by AggieJohn
that's what i found interesting, there's some 15 and 16 year olds out there that think different ...oh, here we go again........ :rolleyes:

fairfield_06
07-17-2005, 11:07 PM
Hakeem had a better in state sports career then Nolan Ryan Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith I am not buying that.

AggieJohn
07-17-2005, 11:33 PM
Originally posted by Bandera YaYa
...oh, here we go again........ :rolleyes:
round the bin with you lately has been the theme it seems, sad that you start it

Keith7
07-18-2005, 01:19 AM
Originally posted by BHBrave08
I think Houston is bigger than the whole metroplex. Right?

nope not even close

D/FW= 5,589,670
source = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas/Fort_Worth_Metroplex

Houston = 1,700,000
Houston metroplex = 5,200,000
source = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston

Bandera YaYa
07-18-2005, 09:42 AM
Originally posted by AggieJohn
round the bin with you lately has been the theme it seems, sad that you start it Oh, you are just sooooooooo predictable..........i keep thinking you will tire of using the victim card........oh well! :p :p