re: Official "Vote for Charles Scott, Mike, and Les" Thread

Keep on voting! Scott is getting the second most votes coming in right now. At this rate he will be in the top three or four easy.

10/02/2008 HEISMAN TROPHY VOTING
PLAYER POS SCHOOL VOTES % VOTES % DIFF
Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia 29711 25% 30551 22% 840
Javon Ringer RB Mich. St. 20261 17% 26417 19% 6156
Chase Daniels QB Missouri 23420 19% 24932 18% 1512
Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma 10463 9% 11794 9% 1331
Tim Tebow QB Florida 10187 8% 10540 8% 353
Max Hall QB BYU 7982 7% 8525 6% 543
Charles Scott RB LSU 4326 4% 7450 5% 3124
Colt McCoy QB Texas 1590 1% 2395 2% 805
Mark Sanchez QB USC 2203 2% 2346 2% 143
Beanie Wells RB Ohio St. 2066 2% 2066 2% 0
Graham Harrell QB T. Tech 1700 1% 1786 1% 86
Michael Crabtree WR T. Tech 1485 1% 1689 1% 204
Donald Brown RB Conn. 893 1% 1446 1% 553
Jeremy Maclin WR/KR Missouri 899 1% 1052 1% 153
Rey Maualuga LB USC 935 1% 935 1% 0
Pat White QB WVU 923 1% 923 1% 0
P.J. Hill RB Wisconsin 761 1% 761 1% 0
Matt Stafford QB Georgia 460 0% 460 0% 0
Shun White RB Navy 135 0% 135 0% 0
Jahvid Best RB California 117 0% 117 0% 0
Taylor Mays S USC 86 0% 86 0% 0
David Johnson QB Tulsa 59 0% 59 0% 0

I've seen the threads on ESPN's Battle of the Bands, and finally went to the site and took a listen. As a conservatory-trained musician, here's how I rank the bands and why:

1. Georgia -- Most imaginative and elaborate arrangement, well performed. Loved the obbligato on the sideline percussion. Sorry guys, gotta be honest.
2. LSU -- Close second. The arrangement was a little too straightforward for my taste, and I didn't like how LSU's fight songs were quoted here and there (thought it was cheesy). Nevertheless, LSU's brass had the best power, sound, and intonation of any other band. Now, if we could just get the players who are resting to sit still -- I hate all that wiggly ridiculousness.
3. Texas -- I liked their arrangement almost as much as Georgia's, and the playing was fairly clean. Their percussion was particularly crisp. I appreciated the presence of actual dynamics in their performance as well.
4. Clemson -- Clean playing, good dynamics, reasonably good arrangement. Not super exciting, but not boring either.
5. Florida -- Here's where the genuinely bad/unimaginative arrangements start. The "chomp" theme in the beginning (or whatever they call it) was hideous; they would have been better served to leave it out. From there, the score was very boring. Technically, the performance was okay, but uninspired.
6. Auburn -- ditto Florida, but with an even more unimaginative arrangement.
7. USC -- Good grief! The attack of almost every note by almost every brass player was fracked! Unquestionably the sloppiest performance of the batch. Blech!

We should pass Hall by tonight, only about 600 votes behind.

Scott's getting very close to 8,000 votes. Keep it going.

Only 423 votes behing Hall, let's pass him tonight!!

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Only 423 votes behing Hall, let's pass him tonight!!

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I actually thought we would have passed him up last night but he didn't get the votes that I thought he would get.

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1. Georgia -- Most imaginative and elaborate arrangement, well performed. Loved the obbligato on the sideline percussion. Sorry guys, gotta be honest.

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No way those obbligato you're speaking of is what is throwing everything off, IMO,,, I don't like it.

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We need more votes for Charles Scott he only has 6%

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ESPN just listed his name in this week. Most of the other names have been there several weeks ago.

Scott rolling in pretty well considering that his name just got listed.

300 more votes and he passes BYU QB "Max Hall"

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2. LSU -- Close second. The arrangement was a little too straightforward for my taste, and I didn't like how LSU's fight songs were quoted here and there (thought it was cheesy). Nevertheless, LSU's brass had the best power, sound, and intonation of any other band. Now, if we could just get the players who are resting to sit still -- I hate all that wiggly ridiculousness

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You may claim to be a musicial professional, but your obviously not a good judge for this competition. I don't think that the whole point to this competition is to be the best sounding, (which I think TGBFTL obviously was). The point is to look good and convince others to vote for you in a 1:30 min video. Tiger band blew every other band on that page away. I'm not being a homer. I may not have been the most creative musical arragement, but it made up for it with the horn flashes costumes and Les Miles.

Keep on voting. We are putting up the second most votes behind Javon Ringer. We are blowing away everybody else.

10/02/2008 HEISMAN TROPHY VOTING
PLAYER POS SCHOOL VOTES % VOTES % DIFF
Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia 30551 22% 30710 22% 159
Javon Ringer RB Mich. St. 26417 19% 27646 20% 1229
Chase Daniels QB Missouri 24932 18% 25095 18% 163
Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma 11794 9% 12156 9% 362
Tim Tebow QB Florida 10540 8% 10581 8% 41
Max Hall QB BYU 8525 6% 8578 6% 53
Charles Scott RB LSU 7450 5% 8345 6% 895
Colt McCoy QB Texas 2395 2% 2461 2% 66
Mark Sanchez QB USC 2346 2% 2357 2% 11
Beanie Wells RB Ohio St. 2066 2% 2067 2% 1
Graham Harrell QB T. Tech 1786 1% 1798 1% 12
Michael Crabtree WR T. Tech 1689 1% 1718 1% 29
Donald Brown RB Conn. 1446 1% 1514 1% 68
Jeremy Maclin WR/KR Missouri 1052 1% 1056 1% 4
Rey Maualuga LB USC 935 1% 935 1% 0
Pat White QB WVU 923 1% 923 1% 0
P.J. Hill RB Wisconsin 761 1% 761 1% 0
Matt Stafford QB Georgia 460 0% 460 0% 0
Shun White RB Navy 135 0% 135 0% 0
Jahvid Best RB California 117 0% 117 0% 0
Taylor Mays S USC 86 0% 86 0% 0
David Johnson QB Tulsa 59 0% 59 0% 0