The Legends Poll started in July 2005 when Andy Curtin and four partners convened a three-day conference in Thomasville, Georgia that was attended by fifteen retired college football coaches, all with impressive career records as head coaches. These coaches were introduced to a polling system that was quite different than any previous poll. The main differences in the proposed poll were threefold. The voters in the new poll would be provided game DVDs to watch each week, the voters would discuss the recent games on an hour-long conference call each week, and there would be no pre-season poll. The first poll wouldn’t take place until after the voters had seen three weeks’ worth of games.