I Like Texas........

[BigCityStripper]

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.