2011 Favorite Spartan Athlete Bracket: Greg Jones v. Franklin Gomez

by Pete Rossman on Jun 1, 2011 10:02 PM CDT in Michigan State Spartans News Roundup

I'm back from Peru. Thanks to T-Con, LVS, intrpdtrvr, and all of you for filling in so well in my absence. With that said, welcome to the first matchup of the 2011 Favorite Spartan Athlete bracket! Here's the way it'll work:

There will be a different poll each weekday, or at the very least I'll try my darndest to have one up.
Each poll will last for three days.
The athlete with the most votes will move on to the next round. In the (odd) case of a tie, the TOC staff will cast the tiebreaking vote.

With that said, let's break down the first two candidates, All-American Linebacker Greg Jones and NCAA champion wrestler Franklin Gomez. I'll have mini-biographies up on them later tomorrow afternoon, but for now use this post as a placeholder for your thoughts and memories. Thanks for reading, and there'll be more substantive content in the days to come. Pinky-swear.

Poll

Who moves on?

Greg Jones

355 votes

Franklin Gomez

56 votes

411 votes | Poll has closed

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Gomez has a National championship to his name. Jones doesn't.

I love Greg Jones, but I also got to see Gomez wrestle on a few different occasions and he was one of the most electrifying athletes I’ve ever seen step onto a wrestling mat. Gomez was the best wrestler for his weight class in the country. Jones was arguably never even the best player on his team.

by steinfi2 on Jun 1, 2011 10:22 PM CDT reply actions

True, but

this isn’t about the best. This is about the favorite. It it was about the best, it would be unfair to put any wrestler or soccer player, or baseball player up against any basketball or football guy. That said, there is on person in this thing who was both the best and who played basketball. While this whole thing is a good idea to fill the time until we have football to talk about, we all know Magic has already won.

by Justin Hardy on Jun 2, 2011 8:25 AM CDT reply actions

this is not fair.

I know everyone is going to vote for Jones and he was a gr8 All American LB, ut I voted for Gomez, He was fantastic winning a NCAA championship medal and it brings focus on sports that are less recognized at MSU. this is not Iowa’s wresting program.

by spartynation on Jun 2, 2011 9:50 AM CDT reply actions