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Madden NFL 25 Cover Vote First Round
March 20, in the year of our Lord 2013 – ESPN
SportsNation today announced unprecedented first round results
and second round matchups for the Madden NFL 25 Cover Vote.
First round vote totals reveal early front runners from both the
new school and old school player brackets. Fans have shown up at
the polls in record numbers casting over 21 million first round
votes, shattering last year’s week one tally and already besting
last year’s vote total for the entire Madden NFL 13 Cover Vote.
New school Adrian Peterson and old school legend Barry Sanders
have proven to be just as electric off the field as on it,
easily winning their first round matchups. Sanders secured the
largest margin of victory of any of the first round matchups
claiming 95% of the overall vote against Bears legend Ron
Rivera, while Peterson claimed 94% in his victory over Carson
Palmer.
Elsewhere in the brackets the 49ers are showing their dominance,
with top seeds Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Colin Kaepernick all
easily dispatching their opponents. In a surprising turn of
events, No. 11 Darrelle Revis managed to knock off No. 6 Jamaal
Charles in his quest to be the face for the new school. In the
tightest first round matchup, Von Miller defeated Victor Cruz,
scraping across the finish line with 51% of the votes. Other
voting highlights include:
· Head-to-head first round matchups averaged 653,000 votes each,
with 36% of all votes coming from mobile
· Joe Montana led all old school players with 640,000 votes,
while Adrian Peterson led the new school bracket with 594,000
votes
· Joe Montana vs. Jake Delhomme led the first round matchups
with more than 700,000 total votes
· SportsNation’s Madden NFL 25 Cover Vote Kickoff Show created
more conversation on Twitter than any show in SportsNation
history, according to Social Guide
Voting for round two is now open and will continue through
Wednesday, March 27. Fans are invited to cast their votes at
ESPN.com/MaddenVote through their PC or mobile devices. For the
chance to “Maximize” votes, ESPN and Madden NFL 25 have
partnered with Pepsi MAX to promote Twitter live voting every
Tuesday throughout the Madden Cover Vote campaign, where tweets
with each player’s respective cover vote hashtag will count as
two votes. Double votes ends at midnight ET each Tuesday.
Embraced by fans and honored by critics for 25 years, Madden NFL
is known as the NFL’s “33rd Franchise” due to its authentic
gameplay, the development team’s unparalleled access to NFL
resources and its prominent place in NFL culture.
All player participation has been facilitated by National
Football League Players Incorporated, the licensing and
marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA).