2007 Underdog of the Year Voting

The 5 underdogs that most excelled themselves during 2007.

[edit] Alex Holowczak

1.  Argentina Rugby Team - From the most overlooked team in world rugby to finishing third at the World Cup.
2.  Ireland Cricket Team - Despite their best player playing for England, they reached the Super Eight after beating Pakistan and tieing with Zimbabwe.
3. Markus Winkelhock - A random DTM driver that raced because he was a German in Germany, Winkelhock led a race, in a normally backmarking Spyker, in the F1 German Grand Prix at Nurburgring. Led for 1 lap before race stopped due to the torrential downpour.
4. Mark Selby - Beat former World Champions on his way to a surprise World Snooker Final against John Higgins, which he narrowly lost.
5.  Israel Football Team - Beat Russia to keep England in Euro 2008 qualification.

[edit] Pittsburgh Gunny

1.  Fiji Rugby Team - Defeated Japan, Canada and Wales to advance from the group stage at the World Cup.
2. Iraq for winning the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. (Almost forgot about that one)
3. Robert Kubica, Polish F1 driver for the BMW Sauber Team came back after a horrific crash at the Canadian Grand Prix to finish 6th overall.
4. Watford F.C. - made it all the way to the FA Cup semi-finals before being ousted by Manchester United.
5. Colorado Rockies - Staged an incredible run to take the National League pennant.

[edit] Sasha

1. Arizona Diamondbacks - Was there a bigger baseball underdog this year?
2. Boise State University - With liberty for all.
3. Philadelphia Phillies - Pretty good stretch run.
4. Cleveland Cavaliers - Not bad for a one man team.
5. Colorado Rockies - Overcame all odds to have a good month.

[edit] Romi

1. Team Iraq: Them winning the Asian Cup (soccer) was definitely unexpected.
2. Colorado Rockies: Who (besides that one guy last year in AGM) would've ever thought that the Colorado Rockies would've made the playoffs!? Never mind the World Series.
3. Boise State University: They were definitely a great story to follow in '07 in College Football... 'nuf said.
4. Arizona Diamondbacks: It was believed by many people that the Diamondbacks would not make the playoffs since the Dodgers and Padres were "better" teams. The 'Bax also made the playoffs with more runs allowed than runs scored. That just goes to show you...
5. Cleveland Cavaliers: LBJ...LBJ...LBJ!

[edit] Chachi

1. Colorado Rockies - Came out of nowhere
2. Boise State University - Probably the best game of 2007
3. Appalachian State - Goes to the Big House and knocks off a D-I, top 5 Michigan team
4. Arizona Diamondbacks - Same as Rockies
5. Cleveland Cavaliers - Everyone thought LeBron could get them to the playoffs, but the Finals were an unexpected surprise