East Region Fan Poll

[bman]

I like these replies, and I probably posted because of my own confusion about the team this year.  I think they should be in the 10-15 range right now and 7 is too high personally, but I'll take it as it's good marketing for the school/program. 

I had a much, much bigger beef with 2011 where I thought we got treated like a second class citizen in the national discussion and on seeding due to a bizarre loss to RPI that I still can't explain.  Last year's team wasn't really any better and the team that played Wesley had backups at QB, ILB and WR.  SJF finished in the top ten for beating DelVal and JHU that year, but I still maintain we would've had the same results in 2011 and a different discussion if we had gotten a different draw than a road trip to the #3 or #4 team in the country on the road. 

My biggest concern, however, is the loss of assistant coach Scott Yoder to Shenendoah.  Kevin DeWall is a great guy, coach and recruiter, but Yoder was every bit as important w/15yrs in Geneva as a student/athlete and coach.  I was there with both and you can see what Yoder's already done with Shenendoah and I think he's going to turn them into a conference power in the ODAC within 5yrs.

This is all well and good, but until you prove you can eek out a playoff win against Salve Regina, youre NOT going to be in the National discussion...

[pumkinattack]

That would be a tough one.  I heard they are HUGE. 

[ExTartanPlayer]

That would be a tough one.  I heard they are HUGE.

I'd be more worried about the Tufts JUMBOS.  They have a really huge kid on their team.

[mattvsmith]

Bman took the words right out of my mouth.

[lewdogg11]

This season gets weirder every week ...

[bman]

I think it's just me, but I am not buying into the whole Rowan thing here...  I still don't see a quality win, (Brockport win over Lyco comparitive somwhat dismissed in my mind as their record offsets that)...
I guess the real Rowan will be uncovered(or displayed) against Wesley in a couple weeks...until then, my thought is they are vastly overranked here...

I guess we didn't have to wait until Wesley week...

[dlippiel]

No we don't, you had that one right bman.

[mattvsmith]

No we don't, you had that one right bman.

No kidding!

Boy, would I like to see Hobart play Rowan now. It would be completely different than the 2004 playoff game.

[pumkinattack]

That 04 game was quite and education (like the MUC, Wesley and STU games have been for Cragg and Co who has seemed to learn and improve with every lesson in almost linear fashion).  They homogenized us. 

Recall that we probably should've beat them in Glassboro in 06 with a somewhat limited offensive team (they got a last minute FG to win).  I kind of date their (Rowan's) "decline" to that period around 05-06.

[AUKaz00]

Week 6 Fan Poll 

Team	Record	Points	Last Rating	Next Week
1   Hobart( 5 )	5-0	50	1	Open
2   St. John Fisher	5-0	45	2	at #3 Salisbury
3   Salisbury	3-2	40	3	vs. #2 St. John Fisher
4   Delaware Valley	4-1	32	6	at FDU-Florham
5   Lebanon Valley	5-1	28	NR	Open
6   Widener	3-2	20	8	vs. Misericordia
7t  Ithaca	4-1	15	10	at Utica
7t  Lycoming	4-2	15	4	Open
9   Hartwick	4-1	9	9	at Alfred
10  St. Lawrence	5-1	8	NR	Open

Dropped Out:
Alfred
Rowan


Also Receiving votes:               
Utica 6
Cortland State 3
Alfred 2
Buffalo State 1
Framingham State 1
                     
            
Voting Distribution:            

Hobart (1,1,1,1,1)
St. John Fisher (2,2,2,2,2)
Salisbury (3,3,3,3,3)
Delaware Valley (4,4,7,4,4)
Lebanon Valley (7,5,4,5,6)
Widener (5,8,NR,6,5)
Ithaca (6,7,10,8,9)
Lycoming (10,6,6,NR,7)
Hartwick (NR,NR,9,7,8)
St. Lawrence (NR,9,8,9,10)
Utica (NR,NR,5,NR,NR)
Cortland State (8,NR,NR,NR,NR)
Alfred (9,NR,NR,NR,NR)
Buffalo State (NR,10,NR,NR,NR)
Framingham State (NR,NR,NR,10,NR)


Key Matchups:
#2 St. John Fisher at #3 Salisbury

[Jonny Utah]

I don't want to hijack the thread, but I wanted to throw out a list of all NY state teams only for rankings (my flawed rankings of course).

1. Hobart
2. SJF
3. Hartwick
4. Ithaca
5. St. Lawrence
6. Cortland
7. Utica
8. Buff State
9. Union
10. Alfred
11. Morrisville State
12. RPI
13. Rochester
14. Brockport
15. Merchant Marine
16. SUNY Maritime
17. Hamilton
18. Alfred State

In a perfect world, the upstate teams could all play 6 games, and then the top 16 would just have a playoff (I would call it something like the "Finger Lakes Battle Royale" or something like that) and the champion would then earn the #1 spot in the east. 

[bman]

Wow...good luck figuring this week out...
Wherever you put Rowan...I'm good:)

What a mess the East is...

[ExTartanPlayer]

1. Hobart

And that's this week's East Region Fan Poll

[D3MAFAN]

1. Hobart

And that's this week's East Region Fan Poll

Honestly, you are somewhat right, I don't know what to say. But in this comment I'm going to be an optimist and say the East is really competitive this year and have a lot a solid teams.

[pumkinattack]

1. Hobart

And that's this week's East Region Fan Poll

For what it's worth, I heard we absolutely dominated our opponent this week.  Not sure where the "BYE" shakes out in the national landscape, but I heard they like to lull you into this rope a dope where you just don't show up on Saturday.