2009 Ralphie Report Reader Stats and T-Shirt Giveaway
by Jon Woods on Jan 22, 2010 3:09 PM MST
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Irish and I wanted to take a moment and thank all of you for reading and contributing to The Ralphie Report in 2009. While it wasn't the best year for the Buffs (outside of Brad Jones and Jenny Barringer), it was a great year for the site as we saw our little CU community grow by leaps and bounds. Below take a look back at some of the stats from the past year.
Most Active Commenters (2009)
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| irish1611 | 2365 |
| nebraskasux | 1408 |
| Hallux Valgus | 1064 |
| Jon Woods | 854 |
| NYCskibum | 747 |
| BuffnBigD | 709 |
| roxbombers | 648 |
| Broncoman | 617 |
| SlamDunkTheFunk | 506 |
| highlandsbuff | 446 |
Most FanPosts (2009)
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| roxbombers | 19 |
| MDBuff | 12 |
| irish1611 | 11 |
| mam2jd | 10 |
| Broncoman | 9 |
| nebraskasux | 7 |
| DABUFFS50 | 6 |
| GoBuffs | 6 |
| Jon Woods | 5 |
| rugbybuff | 4 |
Most FanShots (2009)
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| irish1611 | 223 |
| Jon Woods | 40 |
| roxbombers | 4 |
| Buff-in-IL | 3 |
| CleBUFFS | 3 |
| NYCskibum | 2 |
| Jester76 | 2 |
| highlandsbuff | 2 |
| Zach B | 2 |
| RPT | 1 |
One of the best parts of 2009 for The Ralphie Report winning the SBNation Twitter 5K contest by becoming the first site on the network to have over 5,000 followers on the social networking site (we are now just under 11k). As you may or may not remember, we promised some sort of prizes for helping to win the contest and while it might be terribly late, we still aim to deliver on our promise.
So here's the deal, we will be giving away 21 Ralphie Report T-shirts to any of the readers who made the top 10 lists above and 4 shirts to the commenter's who submit the best ideas for the t-shirt design. We want to put the site logo on the front but we are looking to you for what should be the design on the back. It can be anything from a CU related saying, something funny or a full design. Doesn't matter to us as long as it references the site and University and is not negative (I guess that excludes anything Hawk related). So drop your best ideas in the comments below and we will pick the winners and the design for the shirt in a week or so!
Click through to see who is getting the T-shirts!
T-Shirt Winners:
1) nebraskasux
2) Hallux Valgus
3) NYCskibum
4) BuffnBigD
5) roxbombers
6) Broncoman
7) SlamDunkTheFunk
8) highlandsbuff
9) MDbuff
10) mam2jd
11) DABUFFS50
12) GoBuffs
13) rugbybuff
14) Buff-in-IL
15) CleBUFFS
16) Jester76
17) Zach B
18) RPT (A Mizzou fan lucked out here)
19) Tom4Buffs (Great work on the Hits & Misses posts)
20) T-shirt submittal winner
21) T-shirt submittal winner
22) T-shirt submittal winner
23) T-shirt submittal winner
24) Your favorite manager irish1611
25) Your second favorite manager Jon Woods
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He hasn't been around in a while but he still made #3
We’ll try and get a hold of him to make sure he still gets his shirt.
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Awesome
After a terrible week at work this was the type of news I needed to get the weekend started right! Well… this and some Makers Mark. Thanks guys. Love the site.
by CleBUFFS on Jan 22, 2010 3:29 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Well drink up and let the creativity flow!!
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Do the shirts come in powder blue?
You guys run one hell of a site and have provided a great outlet for all buff fans to waste countless hours at the office. I have thoroughly enjoyed everyones thoughts on CU athletics and appreciate the cordial atmosphere that this site provides. Happy to see the ralphie report to continue to gain momentum and hope as we all do for better things to come in the future. Drinks at Blake Street are on me next season.
Haha
I’ll be happy to take you up on that offer.
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Awesome - I will wear my shirt with pride!
I’ll have to put some thought into what should be on the back. My initial thought was to use either of the site “tag lines” from the past year — “10 wins and no excuses” or “Covering ‘Competitive’ CU Sports Since 2008” — but those both stem from dumb things Hawk has said, and maybe it’d be better to go with something more positive and not tied to Hawk and the 2009 season.
Keep up the great work fellas.
Last year one of the ideas we had
was “The Stable” with drawings of Scott, Sumler, Speedy and Lockridge on the back. Boy would those have been out of date quickly….
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Woo Hoo
I won something!!! Hey, thats one more win than Dan Hawkins has against Big12 North on the road in his entire career!
- for me- And most of them didn’t even have profanity!
Awesome
Here’s some suggestions:
2010 – No excuses, until 2011
I wouldn’t know, I don’t have any kids.
CU – Where Ralphie Lives and Hawks die
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"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun" - Ash from Army of Darkness
"H.I., you're young and you got your health, what you want with a job?" - Evelle from Raising Arizona
"It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes." - Agent Rogersz from Repoman
Haha brutal...
Had 4 fanposts as well…2 made it to the front page.
“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.”
That whole negativity rule makes it hard.
CU Football- Undefeated in Spring Games and Going Strong
….on the other hand we also lose that game every year too…..
"Do The Deal!"
My favorite Hawk quote to date.
Come on guys
Love the humor, but no matter the dire state of our athletic department, let’s keep this a positive t-shirt. How about: “Our team goes to a big bowl every year…CU Skiing.”
The Makers is kicking in…
by CleBUFFS on Jan 22, 2010 7:02 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Nice
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun" - Ash from Army of Darkness
"H.I., you're young and you got your health, what you want with a job?" - Evelle from Raising Arizona
"It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes." - Agent Rogersz from Repoman
Sweet a Top 10 Finish!
I’ll take it but I’d trade it in a heartbeat (no disrespect Irish and Jon) for a Buffs Top 10 finish in football or B-Ball. A guy can dream can’t he?
Congratulations to the folks at Ralphie Report on another fine year! Wishing you continued success and keep up the good work! your the best blog site on the ’net.
PS I’ll take my T in XL.
One other thought
When I left Boulder and moved to Chicago we used to go to a BW3 on Lincoln b/c it was a CU bar. The shirt they gave out for the 2003 season (still have it btw) had this statement: “We knew Neuheisel was scum!”. That would still work!?!
by CleBUFFS on Jan 22, 2010 7:17 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Hawkins has had one good quote the last few years:
“The worst day as a Buffalo fan is better than the best day as a Husker fan”
You guys probably don’t want to focus on one opponent, but that’s pretty good.
What kind of suggestion would you expect from me? :-)
That and the CU skiing are my two favorites so far.
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by Jon Woods on Jan 22, 2010 9:43 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Give me a couple of days..
I’ll have something good to put on the shirt. I do love the CU skiing and Husker fan shirts. Should be fun to see what all we can come up with.
Maybe one of these quotes:
"You can stand on the periphery and judge, or you can stand in the middle and scrap"
“I’m going to be here a long time.”
“The real Buffs wear black and gold.”
my tee idea
Hawkins more coaching less hair gel
by THEMFTRUTH34 on Jan 22, 2010 10:30 PM MST via mobile reply actions
MY TEE IDEA
WE HAVE NEVER FORGOT 91 & Here is to a 2011 to remember
my idea:
CU: We’re a Basketball school, I swear.
"It's like an owl without a graduation cap; Heartbreaking!!" -Tracy Jordan
thats where I was headed
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CU-We love our AMATURE Athletics
“We are Ralphie!”
CU- The only “bowl” we know involves skiing or a lighter
RALPHIEREPORT.COM- Log on Dan, We’ll help ya out
Bowls, we know how to pack them!
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun" - Ash from Army of Darkness
"H.I., you're young and you got your health, what you want with a job?" - Evelle from Raising Arizona
"It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes." - Agent Rogersz from Repoman
haha thats epic
both of those are sad, yet great
"It's like an owl without a graduation cap; Heartbreaking!!" -Tracy Jordan
Hey, I won!
As for ideas, there are already so many good ones up in here I can’t fathom topping any of them.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
When is the deadline?
I have a few ideas, but I like to do everything at the absolute last minute.
More exciting that way.
Friday of this week.
I’ll bump the post back up to the top tomorrow with our favorites so far.
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