Posters' Poll

Mr. Ypsi · February 13, 2006, 08:13:21 PM

Only eight ballots in - I'm gonna hold the poll open another hour in hopes that the turn-out improves. FDF? formerbant? Greg? PS?

Knightstalker, I sent a message concerning your ballot - did you get it?

John Gleich · February 13, 2006, 08:29:45 PM

Ypsi,

Just sent my poll... would you mind sending it back, so I can have a record of my pics? I forgot to copy it before I sent it. Thanks

Knightstalker · February 13, 2006, 08:37:16 PM

I think it was only an oversight. I can't check right now everything is saved on my computer at work. It was really difficult this week because I wasn't able to get one together last week. I started over from scratch basically. I remember looking at augie and thinking no, that's a little to high, and later, no that's a little too low and I must have just forgot all about them.

Mr. Ypsi · February 13, 2006, 08:56:34 PM

Quote from: knightstalker on February 13, 2006, 08:37:16 PM
I think it was only an oversight. I can't check right now everything is saved on my computer at work. It was really difficult this week because I wasn't able to get one together last week. I started over from scratch basically. I remember looking at augie and thinking no, that's a little to high, and later, no that's a little too low and I must have just forgot all about them.

If you want to give me a position for Augie, I can then just lower everyone below them one spot.

Greek Tragedy · February 13, 2006, 09:13:29 PM

Maybe he didn't think Augie was worthy of a Top 25 spot and now you are just pressuring him to add them. Dictatorship! lol.

Mr. Ypsi · February 13, 2006, 09:15:37 PM

I'm awaiting clarification of the ballots from knightstalker and Point Special, but note they are both off-line - arrrrgh!

I'll wait 'til ten (so if anyone else wants to submit before then...).

Mr. Ypsi · February 13, 2006, 09:28:21 PM

Quote from: Old School on February 13, 2006, 09:13:29 PM
Maybe he didn't think Augie was worthy of a Top 25 spot and now you are just pressuring him to add them. Dictatorship! lol.

I certainly don't make a habit of questioning most omissions, but since EVERYONE else had them at least 11th, I figured it was PROBABLY an oversight.

Likewise, with Point Special, he had Amherst at both 8th AND 10th - they had one heckuvan impressive weekend (SOUNDLY beating both Tufts and Bates), but I wasn't sure they deserved TWO spots in the top ten!

And a third poster, who shall go unnamed, also had an omission that I wondered about - he has corrected it (it WAS an oversight).

Even if we are mainly just for fun, I want the poll to accurately reflect posters' intentions, not our accidental screw-ups!

Knightstalker · February 13, 2006, 10:03:17 PM

Put Augie where the poll would place them and move everyone else down a slot. I was agonizing over number 25 and reluctently gave it to widener.

John Gleich · February 13, 2006, 10:34:05 PM

Drop #8 and add Transylvania at #25 (pushing everyone else up)

Ralph Turner · February 13, 2006, 10:54:53 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 13, 2006, 04:46:07 PM
Actually, I need Sul Ross State to complete the "Tri-fecta" on HPU in Alpine this evening. That would put HPU back into a tie with McMurry.

SRSU 89, Howard Payne 82. My trifecta is complete!

McMurry and Howard Payne are in a tie for 1st in the ASC-West.

Mr. Ypsi · February 13, 2006, 10:55:43 PM

Quote from: PointSpecial on February 13, 2006, 10:34:05 PM
Drop #8 and add Transylvania at #25 (pushing everyone else up)

I was just preparing to post the poll when I got your message - I responded by message, but now see you also posted. I had decided to drop the #10 and move everyone else up (with no 25), but have followed your instructions. Augie blesses you but York curses you since youy have now broken an 8th place tie!

Results as quickly as I can type them up.

sac · February 13, 2006, 11:17:33 PM

type quicker

Mr. Ypsi · February 13, 2006, 11:21:47 PM

The Posters' Poll (with a disappointing 9 voters):

1. Woo 224 ( 8 )
2. Larry 217 (1) [note, together they got ALL the 1-2 votes]
3. B-W 203
4. Witt 201 [BW, 5 3rds, 4 4ths; Witt 4 3rds, 4 4ths, 1 5th]
5. Hope 179 [4-8]
6. Amherst 165 [5-16]
7. Albion 157 [6-13]
8. Augie 156 [6-11]
9. York 155 [5-14]
10. IWU 140 [8-15]
11. Miss C 130 [5-15]
12. Va Wes 114 [7-16]
13. Calvin 110 [ 7-20]
14. Carroll 103 [7-23]
15. Oxy 102 [11-18]
16. C Mellon 75 [14-21]
17. Wartburg 73 [10-22, 1NV]
18. SJF 71 [12-22, 1 NV]
19. Lincoln 70 [7-23, 1NV]
20. UW-Stout 56 [12-25, 1NV]
21. Puget Sound 48 [14-24, 3NV]
22. UW-Whitewater 39 [18-25, 2NV]
23. Transylvania 29 [18-25, 1NV]
24. NCC 22 [13-25, 4NV]
25. Elmhurst 16 [19-25, 5NV]

26. Trinity (TX) 11 [2 voters, high 18]
27. Cortland 9 [4 voters, high 22]
27. R-MC 9 [3 voters, high 21]
27. NYU 9 [1 voter]
30. Baruch 6 [1 voter]
31. Tufts 5 [2 voters, high 22]
31. UWSP 5 [2 voters, high 23]
31. Widener 5 [1 voter]
31. WPI 5 [1 voter]
35. Willamette 3 [1 voter]
36. Whitworth 2 [1 voter]
37. UW-LAX 1 [1 voter]

Mr. Ypsi · February 13, 2006, 11:29:24 PM

Quote from: sac on February 13, 2006, 11:17:33 PM
type quicker

Sorry, sac, but I wanted to try to get it right the first time!

In addition to the notes at the top of the table, note that 7-9 are essentially a dead-heat, 14 and 15 are a veritable tie, and 16-19 are VERY tight.

Note also that for MANY of the teams, the spread in voting is much wider than in previous weeks - all those upsets really did cause some indecision!

Ralph Turner · February 13, 2006, 11:41:15 PM

Thanks for posting the Poll!

I had more outliers this week than in any of the previous polls. I had prided myself in trying to anticipate the consensus, and I found my poll numbers to be in the middle of the range, more often than not!

With all of the losses, I threw out the "conventional wisdom" and started over.

I guess that I will see whether I am prescient or crazy!