Now I'm sure everyone has been eagerly awaiting this...well those who knew I was doing this (which isn't many but anyway). I've been keeping track of who gets BotD and MIB since July 8 so I've got a full month of data that you lot can all pick apart. There were a few anomalies in the results; July 11, July 12 and August 7 all changed names during the day so I'm going with who I first saw and wrote down.
Some quick housekeeping first though. Since there are three names picked each day, that means the absolute maximum number chosen over the last 31 days is 93 while the minimum is, well, three.
BotD - SoCalSports ruled the roost this past month with an incredible 14 days of being the BotD (including a run of six from nine). Lisa and Curt Menefee were next best with four days, Ramblings had two and the remaining seven days were shared around.
MIB - Lisa got the nod with 11 times mentioned. Ramblings got it five times, SoCal four, with Josh Q, Dark Knight, Kenrick and Dayn Perry getting three each while the rest ended up with two or less (23 names there so I won't put them all up).
All up, 35 different people were used, or, in other words, that's nearly the same as swapping all three people every fourth day...not a startling figure when you say it like that really. Nor is it when you consider there are a lot more than 35 people who blog on here either.
Since I focus mainly on NASCAR, I can tell you that "we" got featured a grand total of four times...a number which got doubled in the last three days courtesy of, ironically, me getting two MIB's (Falcons and ccr were the other two...and neither got BotD). So three NASCAR guys (sorry to those who have written motorsport related articles but these are just the Nazzie "regulars" I'm talking about, hope you understand) out of those 35...a tick over 8.5%.
That's not really high when you consider that NASCAR is, apparently, the second most popular sport in the USA (and probably the second least popular here in New Zealand)...but oh well, doesn't matter I suppose.
I don't have any real point to this blog, I just thought I'd share my findings with everyone.
its hard to bring it lori. we are more about gossip and name calling with the odd competition thrown in than coming across with well thought out and timely opinion. i guess i just don't know the criteria for botd
Wilman, you bring it to the table every time. I don't remember myself doing any name calling...actually come to think of it, since Falcons hasn't shown his face this past week, I haven't seen any of that going on :) And - JJD is on the MIB today... things just may be looking up!
cool, good for JJD....hope he gets through the next round in that contest thing.
one thing I do like in the Nazzie group is that we don't tend to post the same article as someone else. Yeah there's the odd occasion where we do (Tony's comment at Indy, the Gordon/Ambrose deal at Montreal) but more often than not, there's just one post on a certain topic....not like the MLB section where it was all about Barry yesterday, lol
i remember seeing you comment about your research on this the other day.
been waiting for it, and it is interesting.
by the way, i thought it was rather convenient both myself and lisa (1 other blogger i think as well) each got into the top 3 right after posting about how silly the whole process was. mine was up there for half of yesterday. dont know what time it went up, but it was after 3 pm, and was removed sometime after 11 pm, probably when they do their regular daily changes. after all, you cant keep the paid fox writers (well, not all of them anyway) out of the top 3 for too long.
It is not cool that they are giving such prominence to writers who are in the competition. Not cool at all. It would be really nice if the people at FoxSports.com would mellow a bit and listen to their customers instead of being so defensive about everything.
WW, my view is that the frequent NASCAR bloggers around here do a better job of playing nice with each other than say the NFL, NBA and CFB bloggers do. Sure there are exceptions and some sad and unfortunate melt downs.
That doesn't mean we don't have disagreements.
One thing we can all do to keep it that way is real simple. If a post you do degenerates into blogger on blogger crime, hit the freaking delete button. Keep your own yard crime free.
The positioning of NASCAR is a joke. There is NFW we should be stuck BELOW THE NHL.
I've got something else planned I'll be putting up soon that may help the NASCAR focused writers get a bit more love.
But we do all need to stick together -- even if we don't always agree.
cheers for the comments everyone....I didn't know that many people actually saw my comment saying I'd be doing this, lol
personally, I don't think Fox should feature any of the writers in the comp since it gives an unfair advantage to the ones they do. Or at least only hook up the particular entry into the contest to the rating system
Tezgm99
The NASCAR fans are out there but it's hard for them to be taken seriously. Especially when the majority of the blogs are primarily about the NFL or MLB. And at this time of the year that'll always be the case.
Me personally I just like to read and write about sports. The three great loves of my life in no particular order, sex, sports and music. What else could one really ask for ? Other than living a long and productive life.
volfan
Like I said in no particular order , sports , sex and music. You'll see that I left out drugs as I don't prescribe to the theory that you need that sort of a high to feel good about one's self.
Tez is a rare creature; an Australian who was living in New Zealand before moving to Canada. He's also a Civil Engineer who is hoping to spend his Monday to Friday sitting in front of a computer surfing the inter...uh, working hard for an Engineering Consultant or Contractor when he finds a job. His heart is torn between his two loves; F1 and NASCAR.
Due to his high interest in those, his blogs will likely focus on them with the occasional foray into sports that don't get much (if any) mention on this website. All blogs and/or comments will more than likely have his usual dollop of sarcasm and general Aussie spin on them.
Amazingly, he also managed to score 2 MiB nominations on consecutive days (August 5 & 6, 2007) after announcing he had been keeping track of them...he's considering hiding under his bed as a result.
