Oct. 22, 2010

Welcome back to Tuesdays with Tanke. Again, I'm feeling a bit nostalgic this week. Just the other day I, with the help of Chris Pennock, was reminiscing back to high school graduation voting ballets of best athlete, best smile, class clown, and whatever else. So, on our bus ride to Philly, the URI Men's Soccer team filled out our own superlative ballets. Some of the poll results were a bit controversial, but a recount was not necessary.

Here are the final tallies:

Best iPod Playlist: Andrew Tetzlaff

Most likely to play pro: Dwayne Williams

Best Dancer: Greg Balicki

Most likely to be late: Josiah Austin

Most likely to be president: Peyton Warwick

First to get married: tie between Robby Gargaro and Greg Balicki

Last to get married: Jonathan Pereira

Future over 40 league MVP: Greg Balicki

Best tattoo: Austin Dias

Worst tattoo: Andrew Tetzlaff

Best hair: Franco Lo Presti

Worst hair: Franco Lo Presti

Most accumulated study hall hours: Jonathan Pereira

Best nickname: Jon Cloutier, aka "Johnny Tsunami"

Biggest ladies' man: David Malloy

Not-so-biggest ladies' man: Matt Preyss

Hairiest: Anthony Tavares

Most Dependable: tie between Robby Gargaro and Dwayne Williams

Hardest working: Michael Tanke (I like to think this is true.)

Smartest: Eric Hutson

Best soccer-tennis partner: Michael Tanke (This is undoubtedly true. I'm deadly in the back row)

Worst soccer-tennis partner: Greg Balicki

Class Clown: Anthony Tavares

I would like to point out that both T-Money (Anthony Tavares) and Jo-Po (Josiah Austin) received the most total votes by far, and Parker Kuklinski made tight races for most likely to be president and smartest.

In my personal opinion, Matt Preyss has plenty of "game". On second thought, I wouldn't say plenty, but more than some other guys on the team for sure.

Another note was that JP (Jonathan Pereira) was actually voted best nickname, but that nickname - not "JP" - cannot appropriately be shared on this blog, so ask one of us in person when you get the chance.

I also find it astonishing that 20 people somehow voted Franco Lo Presti to have both the best and worst hair.

Lastly, some write-in votes were allowed, the funniest (and GoRhody.com-appropriate) ones are below.

Smallest hands: Tom Palmer

Grumpiest: Jonathan Pereira

Best Mario Kart Player: Matt Preyss

Most likely to make a cameo appearance on The Jersey Shore: Franco Lo Presti and/or Austin Dias

One of the categories should have been best singer. It would have gone to Franco. Don't believe me? Check out my YouTube Clip of the Week to see him in action.

As always, God Bless and Go Rhody!