Race to 100 Votes

I check ESPN.com all the time, just because it's there and I like sports and maybe Bill Simmons posted a new column in the last 12 minutes. (His Twitter feed, however, is a great way to get that weekend fix.) One of the more useless things on ESPN's website is the SportsNation polls -- asking the audience's take on something mundane and fluffy like "Who would you want to be your father: Tiger, LeBron, Phil, or Roger Federer?" No matter how stupid these polls might be, however, I click and vote every single time I visit the page.

Why?

Not because I care about the outcome; it's because I like to play "Race to 100 Votes" between Alaska and Wyoming. Voting in the poll is the only way you can see the results. They roll out a red state/blue state map and you can see the percentages and number of votes per state. Most states have hundreds -- if not thousands -- of votes, but there's always poor Alaska and poor Wyoming -- 49th and 50th in population, respectively -- scuffing along in the double digits. I almost feel bad for their sheer insignificance, but then I just giggle when I see the underdog, Wyoming, has taken a 95-90 lead.

Could we drink to this game?