The Best Damn Poll In The Land
Our History
During a long and brutal off season in June of 2008, a group of fans had enough. We had enough of the media bias in the polls. We had enough of coaches voting that didn’t watch the games. We were tired of teams being ranked on reputation and not reflecting the current product on the field. Yes, we had reached our limits. The Best Damn Poll In The Land was born.
A group of 40 members from around the country, who came to know each other via a once popular sports message board community, decided to take action. We came up with a balloting system and produced our own poll, free from bias. How did we accomplish this? In a word: Transparency. Every pollsters ballot was made public each week. There was debate, yelling, and even some spitting. Yet, each week, we produced a product that we were proud of and reflected the short comings of the current systems in place.
The poll was embraced by not only the regular posters in the once popular message board community, but since it was a national board, we garnered attention from the casual fan. Passers by would join the board just to comment on The Best Damn Poll In The Land. Now, not all of it was positive, but the fact that they would take the time to comment made us feel we were on to something. We didn’t stop there.
We had our Player of the Week, which became almost as popular as the poll itself. We also did a weekly Heisman ballot. At the end of the year, we “invited” the top 5 vote getters and had our own balloting process. For the record, Tim Tebow won the TBDPITL’s 2008 Heisman, as he wasn’t left off a single ballot. We also started the “Damn, That Just Happened Play of the Week”, where each pollster would vote for their high impact, game changing play from that week’s round of games, complete with a video replay. This had become more than just a message board poll. It had become a monster. We developed a "drag and drop" software voting system that is completely unique to our website and cannot be replicated, duplicated, or copied. All for the ease of the true college football fan to let his voice be known.
Now we have struck out on our own, and this site is the fruits of our labor and our passion for college football. We have assembled one of the most competent groups of administrators to bring this website to life. Our staff is comprised of former collegiate athletes, legal experts, the brightest of software developing minds, and those who have worked in the offices of college football's brightest coaches just to name a few. We know college football unlike any other group you'll find. We're older, we're younger, and we're incomparable. Our voting pool has grown to over 90 strong, and our following has grown exponentially as well. This is a poll for the fans, by the fans. This is your place to make your voice heard. Comments and criticism are always welcome. We encourage you to make your opinion known. We can’t wait to hear it.
Our plans for the future include recruiting, National Signing Day, and Spring Practice reviews. Feel free to let us know if you want to see some things that we have yet to address.
We want to take this time to thank each and every voter for their hard work and diligance. We want to thank the web designers that worked so hard on this site. We want to thank the fans as well, who checked in and commented on the poll every week. You folks have truly made this The Best Damn Poll In The Land.
Enjoy!
The Staff of The Best Damn Poll In The Land
*** This site is intended for mature, knowledgeable, true fans of college football. If you are easily offended by homer opinions, strong language, brutal honesty, tasteless humor, PAC 10 pillow fights, or visor throwing-this isn’t the site for you. We here at TBDPITL are incapable of being sympathetic and politically correct, so strap on a pair and check your sensitive feelings at the door.