Poll: LT Top Fantasy Pick

In our Fantasy Football poll, Ladainian Tomlinson gets the the nod over fellow RB Adrian Peterson as the #1 pick by the narrow margin of one vote. I can understand the excitement over Peterson after his great rookie year but I had the #1 pick in a fantasy football draft a few weeks ago and went with the consistency of LT. Peterson's injury history and only one year of pro football were the main factors of me going away from him. (But I did grab his backup Chester Taylor later in the draft). Brady put up great numbers last year, but you never pick a QB #1. Addai & Westbrook will have a nice years too, but not better than LT.

Here are the poll results:

Who should be the #1 pick in fantasy football drafts?

Joseph Addai	1 (9%)
Tom Brady	1 (9%)
Adrian Peterson	4 (36%)
Ladainian Tomlinson	5 (45%)
Brian Westbrook	0 (0%)
Other	0 (0%)

Poll: Best Summer Movie

The run-away winner of our best summer movie poll is The Dark Knight. No surprise there, as The Dark Knight is well on its way to becoming one of the highest grossing movies of all time.

Here's the poll results:

Hancock	1 (5%)
Iron Man	1 (5%)
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	0 (0%)
Kung Fu Panda	0 (0%)
Prince Caspian	0 (0%)
Sex and the City	1 (5%)
The Dark Knight	15 (83%)
The Incredible Hulk	0 (0%)
WALL-E	0 (0%)

Votes so far: 18
Poll closed

Next poll: Who should be the #1 pick in fantasy football drafts?

Poll: The Empire Strikes Back picked as top SW Movie

Gulf Coast Offense readers have chosen The Empire Strikes Back as their favorite Star Wars film. Here's how the poll turned out:

The Phantom Menace	0 (0%)
Attack of the Clones	0 (0%)
Revenge of the Sith	2 (10%)
Star Wars (A New Hope)	4 (21%)
The Empire Strikes Back	11 (57%)
Return of the Jedi	2 (10%)

This is not a surprising result. Empire was my choice as the top film as well. The only downfall of that movie is that there's no true ending, as its the middle of the first trilogy. But other than that, it's perfect Star Wars. Irvin Kershner took George Lucas' story and brought it to a new level. He knows how to add the little things to a movie, and he improved on the characters established in A New Hope. Empire has some of the most well known Star Wars scenes, as well as top pop culture moments...mainly Vader's "No, I am your father" line and the introduction of Yoda.

The original Star Wars (A New Hope) came in second in the poll followed by a tie between Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith. The other two prequel films didn't receive a vote. Again no surprise there.

Next poll: What's the best movie you've seen this summer?

Poll: Goblet of Fire Picked as Top HP Book

I started this blog almost a year ago and have included polls on the sidebar since the beginning. The polls have ranged from sports topics to television and movies to any other random thing I can think of to poll. But once a poll closed, I just took it down and put up the next one (mostly because I only get about 4-5 votes each time. Thank you loyal readers!). Well, I've decided to start keeping track of the poll results, so once a poll closes, I'll do a post on it and talk about how and why I voted the way I did. Without further ado, here's the first poll post.

After a few weeks and a total of 16 votes (not a huge sampling, but the blog isn't exactly USA Today), Goblet of Fire is chosen as the reader's favorite Harry Potter book. I personally voted for Half-Blood Prince, but enjoyed Goblet of Fire as well.

Here's how the poll turned out:

The Sorcerer's Stone	0 (0%)
The Chamber of Secrets	1 (6%)
The Prisoner of Azkaban	4 (25%)
The Goblet of Fire	5 (31%)
The Order of the Phoenix	2 (12%)
The Half-Blood Prince	3 (18%)
The Deathly Hallows	1 (6%)

I'm still working on Deathly Hallows and am really enjoying it, but I think Half-Blood Prince will still be my favorite. I was most disappointed with Order of the Phoenix. I just found it too long with not enough advancement of the story. I believe I read that JK Rowling would have edited it down if she had had more time with it. It is still a fantastic story, but it just takes too long to get to the good stuff.

Next poll: Your favorite Star Wars film