[Wrestling] Ballot box stuffing: Not Just For Hobey

[ugarte]

The wrestling Heisman/Hobey is called the Hodge. (What is it with these H names?) and WIN magazine is sponsoring a poll that gives fans a chance to vote for the Hodge. You can find the poll on the WIN homepage by scrolling down a little. No registration, no sign in, nothing. Yes, it DOES seem very hackable. That is an observation, not a suggestion.

As it stands now, four time NCAA champion Big Red wrestler Kyle Dake is at over 60% with his closest competitor at ~25%.

Vote, vote, vote. (Even though it is inconceivable that he wouldn't win.)

[ugarte]

Can't say I'm surprised, but the real ballot box stuffing is going on in Pennsylvania. Since I last posted, Dake has fallen to 57% and Penn State's Ed Ruth has climbed to 32%.

WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR, ED!

[snert1288]

And now Ruth overtakes Dake, 47% to 45.5%.  There is no way Dake doesn't get this award, right?

[billhoward]

And now Ruth overtakes Dake, 47% to 45.5%.  There is no way Dake doesn't get this award, right?

Penn State reactivated the Save Joe Pa mailing list.

[Jim Hyla]

Sorry, but I can't vote in a poll that after you vote alows you to go back and vote again. Well, maybe I can't (won't) vote more than once.:-|

[ugarte]

And now Ruth overtakes Dake, 47% to 45.5%.  There is no way Dake doesn't get this award, right?

I would be stunned.

[Chris '03]

Dake wins.

http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/3/29/WREST_0329131411.aspx

[Al DeFlorio]

Dake wins.

http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/3/29/WREST_0329131411.aspx

And who were the two assholes who voted for Ruth?  Edit: I guess it was the Penn State tribe who voted for Ruth in the public poll, proving that public polls are dumb...especially when one can vote at will.

[mountainred]

Dake wins.

http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/3/29/WREST_0329131411.aspx

And who were the two assholes who voted for Ruth?  Edit: I guess it was the Penn State tribe who voted for Ruth in the public poll, proving that public polls are dumb...especially when one can vote at will.

Yep, that's how I read the story as well; Dake was unanimous except for the public poll.  Maybe the Hodge Committee will see this as evidence that the public poll is a stupid addition, but I doubt it.

[ugarte]

Dake wins.

http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/3/29/WREST_0329131411.aspx

And who were the two assholes who voted for Ruth?  Edit: I guess it was the Penn State tribe who voted for Ruth in the public poll, proving that public polls are dumb...especially when one can vote at will.

Yep, that's how I read the story as well; Dake was unanimous except for the public poll.  Maybe the Hodge Committee will see this as evidence that the public poll is a stupid addition, but I doubt it.

Yeah, I think they said that the public poll counted for two. A guy who apparently had a vote had suggested that he was going to vote for Steiber but probably changed his mind because COME ON. (Steiber is a great wrestler and is one of two likely winners next year, along with Ruth. But he is also a two-time champion because of a TERRIBLE call in the 2012 finals against Oliver, who should have graduated a 3x champ.)

[snert1288]

I would not count out David Taylor for Hodge next year.

[ugarte]

I would not count out David Taylor for Hodge next year.

True - but Ruth would be a legit 3x champ, an injury in the semis his freshman year from going for 4. Steiber will be a less legit 3x champ, but a 3x champ nonetheless. Taylor would be on his second championship. THANKS TO KYLE DAKE! (And Bubba Jenkins.)

[ugarte]

Dake wins.

http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/3/29/WREST_0329131411.aspx

And who were the two assholes who voted for Ruth?  Edit: I guess it was the Penn State tribe who voted for Ruth in the public poll, proving that public polls are dumb...especially when one can vote at will.

Yep, that's how I read the story as well; Dake was unanimous except for the public poll.  Maybe the Hodge Committee will see this as evidence that the public poll is a stupid addition, but I doubt it.

WIN has revised the article; Ed Ruth got 4 votes, including the two fan votes.

(Publisher's Note: The original March 29 Hodge Trophy release had an error in recording the number of first-place Hodge votes for Penn State's Ed Ruth. Kyle Dake got 39 of 43 first-place votes. Ruth got the other four, not two as originally released. Of these four first-place votes, two of them were the composite fan votes. Dake's first-place total of 41 was tabulated before the official fan voting was closed late on Thursday, March 28.)

[Al DeFlorio]

Dake wins.

http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/3/29/WREST_0329131411.aspx

And who were the two assholes who voted for Ruth?  Edit: I guess it was the Penn State tribe who voted for Ruth in the public poll, proving that public polls are dumb...especially when one can vote at will.

Yep, that's how I read the story as well; Dake was unanimous except for the public poll.  Maybe the Hodge Committee will see this as evidence that the public poll is a stupid addition, but I doubt it.

WIN has revised the article; Ed Ruth got 4 votes, including the two fan votes.

(Publisher's Note: The original March 29 Hodge Trophy release had an error in recording the number of first-place Hodge votes for Penn State's Ed Ruth. Kyle Dake got 39 of 43 first-place votes. Ruth got the other four, not two as originally released. Of these four first-place votes, two of them were the composite fan votes. Dake's first-place total of 41 was tabulated before the official fan voting was closed late on Thursday, March 28.)

So there WERE two assholes who voted for Ruth.::moon::

[ugarte]

Dake wins.

http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/3/29/WREST_0329131411.aspx

And who were the two assholes who voted for Ruth?  Edit: I guess it was the Penn State tribe who voted for Ruth in the public poll, proving that public polls are dumb...especially when one can vote at will.

Yep, that's how I read the story as well; Dake was unanimous except for the public poll.  Maybe the Hodge Committee will see this as evidence that the public poll is a stupid addition, but I doubt it.

WIN has revised the article; Ed Ruth got 4 votes, including the two fan votes.

(Publisher's Note: The original March 29 Hodge Trophy release had an error in recording the number of first-place Hodge votes for Penn State's Ed Ruth. Kyle Dake got 39 of 43 first-place votes. Ruth got the other four, not two as originally released. Of these four first-place votes, two of them were the composite fan votes. Dake's first-place total of 41 was tabulated before the official fan voting was closed late on Thursday, March 28.)

So there WERE two assholes who voted for Ruth.::moon::

Seton Hall Pirate had said that he was voting for Steiber (apparently bears a grudge against Dake?) but who knows what he did in the end.