1) Most memorable sports moment?
48.6% Dallas Cowboys beats Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX, fifth overall and third in four years (1996)
31.4% Houston Rockets win Games 6 and 7 vs. Knicks to win NBA Finals and city's first title in any sport (1994)
4.3% Nolan Ryan extends own record with seventh no-hitter, at age 44 for the Rangers (1991)
3.7% Nolan Ryan sets strikeout record, passing Walter Johnson with 3,509 (1983)
2.1% Darrell Royal's Univ. of Texas football wins undisputed college football title, school's last (1969)
1.4% San Antonio Spurs beat Knicks in NBA Finals, earning first title for a former ABA team (1999)
1.4% Houston Astros' Mike Scott throws no-hitter to clinch NL West title (1986)
1.3% Dallas Stars win Stanley Cup on Brett Hull's goal in third overtime of Game 6 vs. Buffalo (1999)
1.3% Dallas Cowboys trade Herschel Walker to Minnesota for picks and players (1992)
1.3% Univ. of Houston upset by NC State for NCAA basketball title on Lorenzo Charles' dunk (1983)
1.1% Univ. of Houston upsets UCLA in front of 52,693 fans and first nationally-televised game (1968)
0.8% Rice wins College World Series for school's first title in any sport (2003)
0.5% Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in ''Battle of the Sexes'' at Astrodome (1973)
0.4% Ben Hogan wins 1950 U.S. Open, 18 months after serious car accident (1950)
0.2% Houston Astros lose NLCS to Mets in six games, blowing three-run, ninth-inning lead in Game 6 (1986)
2) Favorite sport?
85.1% Football
8.6% Baseball
4.1% Basketball
0.7% Hockey
0.6% Soccer
0.4% Auto racing
0.3% Golf
0.2% Fishing
3) Favorite pro team?
49.2% Dallas Cowboys
23.6% Houston Texans
11.5% Houston Rockets
8.6% Houston Astros
3.7% San Antonio Spurs
1.4% Dallas Mavericks
1.3% Texas Rangers
0.8% Dallas Stars
4) Favorite college team?
55.3% Texas A&M (football)
39.9% Univ. of Texas (football)
1.5% Texas Tech (football)
1.3% Baylor Univ. (women's basketball)
1.1% Univ. of Texas (baseball)
0.9% Univ. of Texas (basketball)
5) Best rivalry?
76.0% Univ. of Texas vs. Texas A&M (football)
18.0% Univ. of Texas vs. Oklahoma Univ. (football)
4.2% Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins
1.1% Univ. of Texas vs. Oklahoma Univ. (basketball)
0.8% Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs
6) Best homegrown product?
53.8% Babe Didrikson Zaharias (track, golf)
15.2% Nolan Ryan (baseball)
15.1% Lance Armstrong (cycling)
4.7% Roger Clemens (baseball)
4.4% Earl Campbell (football)
1.7% Shaquille O'Neal (basketball)
1.3% George Foreman (boxing)
0.5% Michael Johnson (track and field)
0.5% Mia Hamm (soccer)
0.4% A.J. Foyt (auto racing)
0.4% Doak Walker (football)
0.4% Ben Hogan (golf)
0.3% Cat Osterman (softball)
0.3% Sheryl Swoopes (basketball)
0.2% Eric Dickerson (football)
0.2% Byron Nelson (golf)
0.2% Sammy Baugh (football)
0.2% Jack Johnson (boxing)
0.2% Ernie Banks (baseball)
0.1% Rogers Hornsby (baseball)
0.0% Tris Speaker (baseball)
7) Best in-state pro career?
46.6% Emmitt Smith, Dallas Cowboys
29.0% Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
7.5% Nolan Ryan, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers
4.2% Craig Biggio, Houston Astros
4.2% Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros
2.4% Troy Aikman, Dallas Cowboys
1.9% Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
1.2% Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys
0.9% Earl Campbell, Houston Oilers
0.9% David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
0.3% Mike Modano, Dallas Stars
0.2% Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets
0.2% Tony Dorsett, Dallas Cowboys
0.2% Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
0.1% Warren Moon, Houston Oilers
8) Best place to watch an event?
56.3% Kyle Field (Texas A&M football)
29.8% Texas Memorial Stadium (Univ. of Texas football)
2.8% Reliant Stadium (Houston Texans)
2.5% Texas Stadium (Dallas Cowboys)
2.1% Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros)
1.8% Ballpark at Arlington (Texas Rangers)
1.8% Cotton Bowl (college football)
1.4% American Airlines Arena (Dallas Mavericks)
0.9% SBC Center (San Antonio Spurs)
0.4% Texas Motor Speedway
0.3% Rice Stadium (Rice football, Super Bowl VIII)
9) Favorite personality or historical figure?
41.7% Buddy Holly (musician)
25.7% Willie Nelson (musician)
15.1% George W. Bush (politician)
4.7% Dwight Eisnehower (general, politician)
4.6% Dixie Chicks (musical group)
2.6% Howard Hughes (entrepeneur)
1.4% Matthew McConaughey (actor)
1.4% Tommy Lee Jones (actor)
0.7% Janis Joplin (musician)
0.7% Dan Rather (newscaster)
0.7% Lyndon Johnson (politician)
0.5% Ross Perot (politician)
0.2% Sandra Day O'Connor (jurist)
0.1% Joan Crawford (actress)
10) Have you been to Texas?
97.9% Yes
2.1% No
Total Votes: 185,358
I'm really surprised that aTm is ahead of UT in those categories. Maybe its because there's not a whole lot to do there in College STation.
Last edited by BigCityStripper; 08-03-2005 at 09:52 AM.
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