Trick Plays are Treats: Flea Flicker Voted Fan Favorite over Fake
Punt, Fake Field Goal
RIVERWOODS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2013--
Don’t be surprised if your college football-loving neighbor answers the
door with a candy bowl in one hand and a remote in the other the next
time the game airs during trick-or-treating.
College football fans show they are loyal to both their favorite team
and their Halloween obligations: nearly half, 49 percent, would spend
Halloween trick-or-treating hours simultaneously handing out candy and
watching their favorite team play. Other fans would handle the night
differently:
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10 percent would record the game and go trick-or-treating
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9 percent would leave the candy out on the porch while watching the
game
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10 percent can’t decide
But for 22 percent of fans, kids can kiss their treats goodbye. Those
fans would draw the shades, turn off the front lights and whisper their
cheers in order to avoid parting from their television screen.
Is Your Favorite Trick Play a Treat?
Twenty-seven percent of fans prefer the flea flicker trick play, when
the quarterback hands off the football to their running back, who
lateral passes it back to the quarterback, according to the Discover Fan
Loyalty Poll. Fans also ranked the following trick plays:
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The fake punt, 23 percent
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The fake field goal, 17 percent
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The statue of liberty (when the quarterback appears to be passing, but
the running back sneaks up and grabs the ball out of his hand), 10
percent
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The end around, 9 percent
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Some other play, 7 percent
Loyalty over Lunacy: Most Fans Willing to Host a Killer to Guarantee
Victory
As for the frightening villain fans would rather share the couch with
during their Halloween football game – as long as it could guarantee a
victory for their favorite team – Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter spooked
his way to the top, at 15 percent. Fans were also most willing to spend
time with Voldemort from the “Harry Potter” series, at 12 percent, and
Freddy Krueger from “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” at 8 percent, followed
by:
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7 percent: Michael Myers from “Halloween”
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7 percent: Chucky from “Child’s Play”
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5 percent: Jason from “Friday the 13th”
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5 percent: Pinhead from “Hellraiser”
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3 percent: Masked Murderer from “Scream”
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2 percent: Jigsaw from the “Saw” series
The remaining fans, 36 percent, would chicken out of hosting a horror
villain to ensure a team victory.
Alabama Maintains Lead as Fan’s Choice for Best Team
It’s no trick that fans again chose Alabama as the best college football
team in the country, at a whopping 45 percent. Oregon and Ohio State
rounded out the top three.*
The Discover Fan Loyalty Poll is conducted twice a month by Rasmussen
Reports, a nationally recognized leader in polling, who gathers
sentiment by phone from 1500 college football fans who follow games at
least once per week on television, radio, in person or online. The Poll
leads up to the 2014 Discover Orange Bowl. Discover’s commitment to
college football includes relationships with ESPN and Notre Dame
Football on NBC.
*Fans were polled during the week of Oct. 13, 2013.
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