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Post by M3 Commish on Mar 21, 2011 7:20:37 GMT -8
 The full tournament bracket for the Madden NFL 12 cover has now been released. As reported earlier each team has a player up for the honor that will be voted upon in a ‘March Madness’ style tournament. The Seahawks’ candidate however is “The 12th Man” rather than a player. The seeding is somewhat odd, given that the Patriots representative Danny Woodhead has somehow pulled a four seed as one example. This may be due to the first round featuring all inter-division rivalries. The most interesting match-up is probably Michael Vick vs DeMarcus Ware. The attention grab EA Sports made by including Vick could ultimately see the odds being stacked against him. Despite the seeding Ware could get strong support from the Cowboys’ fan base and those who dislike Vick. Adrian Peterson vs Julius Peppers will mean one of the favorites will be out in the first round. Voting has opened up on the website! The first round winners will be announced next Monday and then the voting will continue.  |
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Post by kompressor on Mar 21, 2011 13:54:46 GMT -8
My final four are Woodhead,Tebow, Peppers, Vick with Woodhead winning it all
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Post by M3 Commish on Mar 23, 2011 16:08:25 GMT -8
On the Padrecast posted earlier today some of the discussion centered on the way votes would ultimately be distributed in the Madden NFL 12 cover tournament. With a one vs one setup there is just as much potential for to go against an individual as there is for the votes to be cast in favor of them.
ESPN has decided to release some of the current voting results before the winner is even determined and the motivation for doing so could be questioned. In this case the first reveal is that Tim Tebow is losing big to Jamaal Charles. That would be a surprise to most, and with Charles getting a whopping 65% of the vote putting this out there makes it look like ESPN/EA are hoping to light a fire under the Tebow fan base.
It was difficult to determine going into the voting whether it would trend heavily towards the most popular players and individual fan bases, or if dislike of certain players could result in a band of support for their opponents. If the latter were to be true, and based on this initial news it may be, than those like Tebow and Michael Vick are going to struggle to advance and almost certainly have no chance to win.
(Update) Other match-ups mentioned include Andre Johnson crushing Chris Johnson, and Patrick Willis holding just a few percentage point edge over The 12th Man.
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