As of midnight last night, Michigan OTR was voted the best college blog in the country by a US News and World Report survey. We were up against some of the best schools in the nation including Harvard, Columbia and Berkeley so the victory is all the more gratifying. Big Ten represent. Also, we were locked in a battle for votes (and a fair amount of trash talking) with Wesleyan for the duration of the contest, but thanks to your voting, we pulled out the win 49% to 33%, which could be due largely to my promise of a puppy to each voter. I think I owe like, 5,000 or so dogs now. Yikes.

Yeah I'm sure most of you don't care and wish this was a post about ADPi or something, but this is pretty cool to win so there are a few people to thank:

First, my co-editor AHor, who did just as much shit as me to get out the vote for this contest and for helping keep this site alive with new material every day.

Doug and the OTR staff, for hosting this site and giving us total creative freedom to write about anything we want.

Friends and family,  I know it's embarrassing to create a Facebook event and invite everyone you know to vote for some cartoon character's college blog, but you did and you guys rock. And grandma, thanks for voting on your twenty year old Mac.

You, the readers. I'm not sure who all reads this site. According to my influx of new Facebook friends it's everyone from Umich Greek life, to GDIs, to high schoolers, to people in other states. So all of you, thanks. Without you this site wouldn't be around at all.

So yeah this was cheesy and sentimental and all that bullshit and I'm sure will earn a post making fun of us by Wesleyan, but I really do appreciate all of you. If you want your promised puppy, swing by my place, and we'll do some shopping at the Humane Society. And with that, we resume your regularly scheduled programming.

-JQ