Empire 8

fisheralum91 · December 30, 2006, 12:54:42 PM

Mr. Chair-
Maybe UC has that rep in your eye- but living here and watching the drastic changes - there is a totally different feel over on Burrstone road!

superman57 · December 30, 2006, 02:35:22 PM

so fisher struggles to put away cortland...boy this could be a real long year....tonight should be very telling...also intrested to see what we do next week with Hobart RIT and NAZ all on the road...

FisherDynasty · December 30, 2006, 03:56:32 PM

Fisher will be fine, they will make it to the E8 tournament atleast if not win it all. are they going to go 14-0 or 13-1 in the conf. no. they will probably drop atleast 3-4 games in the conf. If that is calling it a long year then us Fisher fans have been really spoiled in previous years. Any other team but fisher would love to be 11-3 or 10-4 in the conf. I will say that just about everygame is going to be a battle for Fisher this year.

fisheralum91 · December 30, 2006, 06:58:36 PM

didnt fisher win today?

super--cmon man- its not that bad-- at least they arent syracuse!!!

FisherDynasty · December 30, 2006, 11:27:25 PM

Yes Fisher did win 67-53. Another solid win for Fisher who are now 6-1. They should be getting some top 25 votes, this is rediculous. dont get me wrong, idk if they are a top 25 team yet but theres no way Rochester or Utica should be getting votes over Fisher.

superman57 · December 30, 2006, 11:33:16 PM

Quote from: FisherDynasty on December 30, 2006, 03:56:32 PM
Fisher will be fine, they will make it to the E8 tournament atleast if not win it all. are they going to go 14-0 or 13-1 in the conf. no. they will probably drop atleast 3-4 games in the conf. If that is calling it a long year then us Fisher fans have been really spoiled in previous years. Any other team but fisher would love to be 11-3 or 10-4 in the conf. I will say that just about everygame is going to be a battle for Fisher this year.

It comes to the point where you are used to only losing 1 or 2 games a year....and the games we are playing we either look real good or only so so....

pg04 · December 31, 2006, 12:46:45 AM

Quote from: FisherDynasty on December 30, 2006, 11:27:25 PM
Yes Fisher did win 67-53. Another solid win for Fisher who are now 6-1. They should be getting some top 25 votes, this is rediculous. dont get me wrong, idk if they are a top 25 team yet but theres no way Rochester or Utica should be getting votes over Fisher.

Well then Brockport should be receiving some top 25 votes too then, being Fisher's only loss and also being 6-1 with a close loss on the road right? They haven't received votes either. There are lots of teams out there and not enough votes. I'm not altogether familiar with Utica but know that they also have only one loss (to hamilton)...and Rochester --- I'm not sure who this Lake Erie team was that they lost too earlier in the season...

FisherDynasty · December 31, 2006, 10:52:00 AM

brockport should not be getting votes yet, like i said in a previous post. In order for a team that hasnt been good in past years to get votes they have to have a better record than 6-1 more like 15-1. As for Fisher, they should get votes from past year dominance, they should get more respect from the voters. The rankings are based more than just the current years success. As you can see with some teams with up to 3 losses.

pg04 · December 31, 2006, 11:14:33 AM

Quote from: FisherDynasty on December 31, 2006, 10:52:00 AM
brockport should not be getting votes yet, like i said in a previous post. In order for a team that hasnt been good in past years to get votes they have to have a better record than 6-1 more like 15-1. As for Fisher, they should get votes from past year dominance, they should get more respect from the voters. The rankings are based more than just the current years success. As you can see with some teams with up to 3 losses.

I agree that Brockport shouldn't be receiving votes, I was just presenting a similiar argument that Superman had stated before. As for the poll, It also depends on the "strength of victory" (I wanted to throw this in because I like the phrase) and strength of the opponents faced....the past should have nothing to do it for this year's rankings theoretically (even though they do).

fisheralum91 · December 31, 2006, 12:01:03 PM

Please guys.
It is too early in the season to start the respect garbage.
Win the games and top 25 will come when deserved..

FisherDynasty · December 31, 2006, 03:38:38 PM

Agreed PG04. The rankings rarely are on point in determining who is the better team anyways. I would just like to see the East Region get more love. I know it is weaker and doesnt deserve as much as some of the other regions but the few powerhouses should get more credit. Anyways, the E8 should be a lot more interesting this year then previous year, and I cant wait to watch some of the games.

sjfcards · January 01, 2007, 04:46:32 PM

Big week for Fisher this week. Three games, all on the road. Also, playing RIT and Naz this weekend. Two of their bigger rivals and two huge road tests early in the E8 season.

My predictions for the weekend:

Utica pulls away late and beats a game Hartwick team by 12-15 points

Fisher has two close games and finds a way to escape with 2 wins...maybe by a combined 5 points...

RIT beats Alfred on saturday to start 1-1..

Naz beats Alfred on Friday to start 1-1 as well.

Ithaca will take it to Elmira on tuesday as well..

sjfcards · January 02, 2007, 02:35:03 PM

Where is everybody?

fisheralum91 · January 02, 2007, 03:37:45 PM

slow day on the board- everyone is back to work- making up for time off!

sjfcards · January 02, 2007, 03:50:44 PM

Quote from: fisheralum91 on January 02, 2007, 03:37:45 PM
slow day on the board- everyone is back to work- making up for time off!

I guess so...

Anyone out there have any thoughts on this weekends games...especially the Fisher/Naz/Rit weekend, and the Utica/Hartwick game?

tough week for fisher