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
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