Obviously I understand that the Messiah hype train is going to be super high for a team that won so many National Championships in such a little amount of time.  But... I'm the type of guy that needs the sniff test... if I can watch them play... and they are good... then I'm going to say they are good.

Now from the looks of the scoreboard everyday on D3 soccer the majority of the big schools have live video of their games.  However, Messiah's schedule says that one of their games will have video... so onto my question... Is everyone that is ranking Messiah traveling out to Harrisburg and then south on route 15 to watch these games? or do they stream games live?

Quote from: Mid-Atlantic Fan on September 08, 2016, 10:15:32 AM

Quote from: lastguyoffthebench on September 07, 2016, 08:19:24 PM
I originally had Scranton ahead of Haverford, but I cannot bump them to 5th in the Mid-Atlantic with a 1-0 road loss to Brandeis.  No chance Scranton is ahead of Etown... Yetttt.

Scranton sitting at 3-0, preseason favorites ahead of Etown in the Landmark, 3 shutouts, 2015 NCAA tournament team, beat Etown in the final last season....hard to not put them ahead of Etown in my opinion. This is the classic "well Etown was good back in the 90's so they must be good now" argument. Same with Messiah this year and last. Anybody who has watched Messiah in the last 5 or 10 years knows this team and last season's team is nowhere near the standard or dominance of previous teams yet spectators still believe they will win the national title. Everyone can have their opinion but please be some what realistic. My vote right now would go towards Scranton at this moment in time LastGuy. Etown has had a very strong start as well so I completely understand your logic 

If you are going by difficulty...Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, Cabrini vs Hobart, TCNJ, and Wilkes

If you are going by Goal Dif... 7 vs 9

If you are going by last year... Etown beat Scranton in the league 2-0 and went 8-0 in the league... Scranton won 3-2 in the final...

If you are going by "preseason favorite"... Believe that Catholic was favored last year... and how did they do?

Regardless, its shocking that Scranton isn't in the top 25 especially since Etown is ranked 11th.  These teams should be a lot closer.  Also, as we have seen last year... just because a team is ranked in the Top 25 for D3soccer doesn't mean that they are looked at as the first 25 in... If I'm Scranton I get to play with a chip on my shoulder for the next week... I loved playing with a chip on my shoulder.