NCAA Logo Tournament Challenge

For anyone who hasn't heard through social media, the Connecticut-based website SportzEdge.com has been hosting an NCAA Tournament-style logo challenge, where fans vote for the best team logos in the country.

It is formatted so that the team with the most votes from each of the 32 conferences will be given an "automatic bid" to the Round of 64, and the 32 highest vote-getting schools after that, regardless of conference affiliation, will receive an "at-large" bid.

Teams from FCS conferences and other small conferences have been doing quite well in this contest: from the old Big South, UNC Asheville, Winthrop, Longwood, and Campbell made it past the conference stage; not to mention The Citadel, Wofford, Western Carolina, and of course VMI, who passed with a modest 123,000 votes.... it would be an understatement to say our fans came out in full force (you can see the overwhelming results here).

Now the First Round of the tournament is upon us, and we are up against the Texas Longhorns, the logo of whom is one of the most recognizable cattle in the country. They also have the largest athletic budget in the country at over $210M, though luckily, that won't help them out here. At this point we are winning with ease (perhaps thanks to some Aggies and Red Raiders), and barring some unforeseen Longhorn infestation, we should cruise through this round. This support comes despite a rather unfavorable view from the pollsters, who criticized the logo for its blandness and lack of creativeness (which, from a distance is fair, but they may have forgotten to realize the militaristic origins of the logo).

But voting doesn't end for this round until September 5th, and in the meantime, I encourage everyone to support your Keydets:

http://sportzedge.com/2014/08/26/coolest-ncaa-logos-tournament-1-vmi-vs-16-texas/

You can vote as many times as you wish, by simply clicking the "Return to Poll" button in the bottom right-hand of the voting box.