East Region Fan Poll

[rams1102]

How does Utica not get a single vote? I would have them no less than 7th after their win over Ohio Northern. Come on guys!

I did not have them in my Top 10. If There was honorable mention they would get my vote. Who would you knock out of the Top 10 to insert Utica? It's still early.

[dlippiel]

How does Utica not get a single vote? I would have them no less than 7th after their win over Ohio Northern. Come on guys!

I did not have them in my Top 10. If There was honorable mention they would get my vote. Who would you knock out of the Top 10 to insert Utica? It's still early.

Alfred (who I like), Rowan, and Stevenson to start. IDHO a 2-0 team with a win over a top 20 team CANNOT not be in the ERFP in week #2.

[UfanBill]

Voter #3 gave a vote to an 0-2 Albright team?

[AUPepBand]

How does Utica not get a single vote? I would have them no less than 7th after their win over Ohio Northern. Come on guys!

I did not have them in my Top 10. If There was honorable mention they would get my vote. Who would you knock out of the Top 10 to insert Utica? It's still early.

Alfred (who I like), Rowan, and Stevenson to start. IDHO a 2-0 team with a win over a top 20 team CANNOT not be in the ERFP in week #2.

...particularly when it was a win over an OAC top 20 team! (Although they had yet to take the field in 2016.)

[UfanBill]

I can't find any fault with votes for Stevenson.  Congratulations on their win over Albright. Just looking at their success the last three seasons, they have really elevated their program. Of course the Fan Poll will sort itself out in the next weeks with head to head games. Maybe Utica will prove that they belong top ten.

[AUKaz00]

How does Utica not get a single vote? I would have them no less than 7th after their win over Ohio Northern. Come on guys!

I did not have them in my Top 10. If There was honorable mention they would get my vote. Who would you knock out of the Top 10 to insert Utica? It's still early.

Yeah.  Like most voters, my top 10 goes 15-20 deep and it's a matter of mental gymnastics to sort out 6 through 12, or thereabout.

[Upstate]

No offense to AU and Husson but Utica's win over a top 20 OAC team is a hell of a lot more impressive than a 7 point win over an ECFC team...

[Bombers798891]

The signal-to-noise ratio in early season polls makes them challenging to discern. For all we know, ONU could go 0-10

But the Utica win has to be the most improbable ending we've seen in awhile. For ONU to have the ball at the Utica 15, up 17, with less than seven minutes to go...it's kind of crazy.

This game also underscores why, unless you somehow wind up with 8 men on the field on defense, I think teams should avoid using 2nd half timeouts until the end. It blows my mind when I see teams call timeout to avoid a delay of game penalty on 2nd-and-3 in the third quarter just to save five yards.

Utica having all three timeouts gave them a second life after the onside kick failed.

[pg04]

No offense to AU and Husson but Utica's win over a top 20 OAC team is a hell of a lot more impressive than a 7 point win over an ECFC team...

Agreed. More impressive than any win most of the ranked teams have.

[AUPepBand]

No offense to AU and Husson but Utica's win over a top 20 OAC team is a hell of a lot more impressive than a 7 point win over an ECFC team...

[fisheralum91]

My kids would pull that.

"no offense dad but thats stupid"
id yell and the response was "but I said no offense!"

[D3MAFAN]

The signal-to-noise ratio in early season polls makes them challenging to discern. For all we know, ONU could go 0-10

But the Utica win has to be the most improbable ending we've seen in awhile. For ONU to have the ball at the Utica 15, up 17, with less than seven minutes to go...it's kind of crazy.

This game also underscores why, unless you somehow wind up with 8 men on the field on defense, I think teams should avoid using 2nd half timeouts until the end. It blows my mind when I see teams call timeout to avoid a delay of game penalty on 2nd-and-3 in the third quarter just to save five yards.

Utica having all three timeouts gave them a second life after the onside kick failed.

Agree with the timeouts, I have witness over the last two weeks, teams waste timeouts for punts and xp conversions.

[Bombers798891]

The signal-to-noise ratio in early season polls makes them challenging to discern. For all we know, ONU could go 0-10

But the Utica win has to be the most improbable ending we've seen in awhile. For ONU to have the ball at the Utica 15, up 17, with less than seven minutes to go...it's kind of crazy.

This game also underscores why, unless you somehow wind up with 8 men on the field on defense, I think teams should avoid using 2nd half timeouts until the end. It blows my mind when I see teams call timeout to avoid a delay of game penalty on 2nd-and-3 in the third quarter just to save five yards.

Utica having all three timeouts gave them a second life after the onside kick failed.

Agree with the timeouts, I have witness over the last two weeks, teams waste timeouts for punts and xp conversions.

1st half, okay I get it. You don't *need* to score at the end of the first half, and sometimes, trying to score can backfire—Ithaca got a strip sack at the end of the first half of the 2013 Cortaca Jug and nearly hit a Hail Mary on the next play. Can't take them with you, might as well use them.

But if you're entering the 4th quarter with less than your full slate of timeouts, there better be a really good reason

[rams1102]

How does Utica not get a single vote? I would have them no less than 7th after their win over Ohio Northern. Come on guys!

I did not have them in my Top 10. If There was honorable mention they would get my vote. Who would you knock out of the Top 10 to insert Utica? It's still early.

Alfred (who I like), Rowan, and Stevenson to start. IDHO a 2-0 team with a win over a top 20 team CANNOT not be in the ERFP in week #2.

Utica was not even a mention in the first weeks Poll. Stevenson be a top 25 Team, Alfred opened well, and God forgive me, Rowan also did well. I can see Utica in the ERFP if they continue to win. It's to early to worry about the Polls, though they are fun. We can really start to bitch in week #5.

[wesleydad]

How does Utica not get a single vote? I would have them no less than 7th after their win over Ohio Northern. Come on guys!

that win puts them on the radar.  they were not very high before that.