Poll: Sports Movies

Some of you might have noticed the addition of "fan polls" to the right of the page here on TigerBlog. Well, at least to this point, a few of you have.

We decided to add this feature for several reasons. First of all, I personally love voting in fan polls on the Internet myself. No need to wait until November to exercise your right to vote. It's a great method of interaction and creates opportunities for discussion, which is vital in sports and among sports fans.

Also, it can give you an idea of just how many people read your site, or your blog, in this case. Each poll we've produced over the last month or so has had an increasing number of votes. Now, that could mean the same person is voting a bunch of times. In that case, I thank the two or three people out there in cyberspace who regularly visit TigerBlog!

But getting serious now... the latest poll was about the greatest sports movies of all time. The choices posted were ones that I could think of at the moment. And the winner is...

Hoosiers. Great sports movie focusing on, of course, basketball. I've seen it at least 50 times and never, ever get tired of watching it. Rumor has it that Jimmy Chitwood was recruited to play at then-East Texas Baptist College but he declined because we pumped too much air in the basketball down here in Texas...

Little disappointed that "Rocky" didn't get more love. Personally, I put it in one of my top 10 movies of all time. Again, it's one of those movies I just can't put down. Now, there's not a referee or boxing official in the world that would allow a fighter to continue that was as pulverized as Rock against Apollo, but that bit of make-believe aside, Rocky is just a feel-good story that has something for everybody -- blood, gore and violence, not to mention sports, for the guys, and a love story for the gals.

Maybe some of you didn't vote for Rocky because of what I call "Rocky fatigue." 25 sequels will do that to you I guess.

"Remember the Titans" got some love figuratively, meaning it got a vote. As did "Major League" and "Field of Dreams." Can't believe no one stepped up with at least one vote for "Kicking and Screaming," the Will Ferrell classic on the pitch.

And "The Longest Yard" probably needed some clarification -- I should have stressed that it was the original, with Burt Reynolds as Paul Cruwe. Yep, that probably would have made a difference.

The biggest mystery coming out of the poll? The one vote for "Other." Now I have to guess what that "other" is. "Raging Bull?" "Semi-Pro?" "Caddyshack?" "Kingpin?"

Watch for more polls in the future and don't hesitate to vote... many times if needed. Make your vote count!!!

DW