The voting is over and the public has spoken. The cover athlete for Madden NFL 12 is Peyton Hillis from the Cleveland Browns!
Hillis beat out Michael Vick for the final round of voting, taking in over 61% of the total 1.092 million votes. Throughout the voting rounds there were over 12 million votes cast. Jon Robinson breaks down Hillis' victory in his blog.
Hillis beat out Michael Vick for the final round of voting, taking in over 61% of the total 1.092 million votes. Throughout the voting rounds there were over 12 million votes cast. Jon Robinson breaks down Hillis' victory in his blog.
And while I picked Hillis to win once he made the finals (I figured a vote for Hillis was also a vote against Vick for animal rights fans), when I first looked at the bracket before the tournament even started, Hillis wasn't even in my top 10 of players whom I thought would win.
Just goes to show why online voting is so fun to follow. Forget Vick, Drew Brees and Adrian Peterson, Peyton HIllis is now the face of video games for the NFL, and Browns fans everywhere can celebrate their star while at the same time crossing their fingers that the dreaded "Madden" curse won't take down the new king of Cleveland.
Just goes to show why online voting is so fun to follow. Forget Vick, Drew Brees and Adrian Peterson, Peyton HIllis is now the face of video games for the NFL, and Browns fans everywhere can celebrate their star while at the same time crossing their fingers that the dreaded "Madden" curse won't take down the new king of Cleveland.